Conservatives Must Endorse Evil
There is a truism about voting that is very succinctly expressed in an old adage. That adage states that a vote for the "lesser evil," is nothing more than an endorsement of evil. That's why, in the past, when faced with a choice of a liberal Democrat and a liberal Republican, we have normally recommended voting third party, that is of course, if there was an acceptable, conservative third party candidate.
This election cycle, however, has been anything but normal. As long as there was even a slight chance that Hillary Rodham Clinton might have been able to take the Democrat nomination, and because John Sidney McCain represents such an extremely serious threat to both the nation and the GOP, we were forced, for the first time, to support the lesser evil, in the form of a Clinton endorsement.
In fact, because of the extremely serious threat to conservative values, posed by John Sidney McCain, it appeared, earlier in the campaign, that even Barack Hussein Obama might be a better choice for conservatives, since McCain will be able to subvert many GOP congressmen and get his liberal initiatives through Congress, which is something that Obama could not do. However, with the continuing revelations about Barack Hussein Obama, it has become painfully obvious that even as much of a threat as McCain represents, the threat that Obama represents is many times worse.
It follows then, that given the choice of great evils presented to voters, in this presidential race, conservatives will have no choice but to cast a vote that will effectively "endorse evil." It distresses me beyond measure to have to say this and it is something that I would not have dreamt that I would ever say, even in my worst nightmares, but the least disastrous presidential vote that conservatives can cast this November is one for John Sidney McCain.
We must save the nation from the hate of Barack Hussein Obama, even if it means endorsing an evil that could destroy what little George W. Bush has left of the GOP and our Constitution.
Expect More
Liberal
Judges
Under McCain Than Clinton
March 7, 2008
As most educated voters know, one of the most important issues in any presidential race has to do with the kind of judges each candidate will nominate. However, during the upcoming election, we have to adjust our thinking, on this issue.
There is no doubt that all of the candidates left in the presidential race will nominate liberal judges. Even supporters of John McCain cannot deny this. After all, McCain was one of the founders of the "Gang of Fourteen," which was created for the specific purpose of blocking Bush's conservative judges. Furthermore, more than a few well respected people have reported that John McCain called Judge Alito, "too conservative." That leaves no question as to what kind of judges will be nominated by John McCain. They will be just as liberal as those who might be nominated by either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama.
Therefore, since Clinton, Obama and McCain will all nominate liberal judges, we have to look beyond simply, who they will nominate. We must ask another more specific question.
Which candidate will be able to get the most of his/her liberal judges CONFIRMED?
Read the entire article here.
Some Conservatives Lose Focus
Over McCain Smear Piece
February 23, 2008
After the New York Times tried to suggest that John McCain had an illicit affair with a lobbyist, some conservatives have lost focus and are moving to support him. Let's be clear about this.
The Times article is clearly a non-issue. Sure, it was a hit piece and we should say so. But it is not an issue. The issue on which conservatives should focus, is McCain's liberal politics.
Let's clear the air. McCain was a Viet Nam POW. He should be respected for his military duty to his nation. McCain has been attacked by the New York Times. It was an unfounded attack and we should ignore it. But these things have absolutely nothing to do with McCain's qualifications or more properly, lack of qualifications to be president of the United States of America.
Read the entire article here.
Stop GOP Implosion!
February 22, 2008
Now that John McCain has virtually cinched the Republican presidential nomination, real conservatives must search their souls. We must ask ourselves if we really should vote Republican, even when it's clear that the GOP presidential candidate is not only a Republican In Name Only (RINO), but even more dangerous than either of the Democrats.
To answer this question, we must look at more than just the office of President. We must look at Congress.
In particular, we must look at how the Republicans in Congress have responded, in the recent past, to liberal initiatives proposed by both Democrat and Republican presidents. I say "liberal" initiatives, because John McCain is after all, a liberal.
McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts twice, he voted against the Marriage Amendment, he cast the deciding "No" vote on drilling in the Anwar, he has a Gun Owners of America rating of "F-" (the same as Hillary's and lower than Obama's), he helped form the "Gang of 14", to block Bush's conservative judges, he wants to close the Guantanamo terrorist detention facility and give terrorists access to our courts and the list goes on and on and on...
This is why we look at how congressional Republicans have responded to liberal initiatives from the Whitehouse.
Read the entire article and see our presidential endorsement here.
McCain Discontent Poll
Measuring conservative discontent with McCain
February 19, 2008
There has been a lot of conservative discontent expressed against John McCain's candidacy, since he effectively locked up the GOP nomination. Focus on Family founder, Dr. James Dobson, has said that with McCain as the GOP candidate, he will sit out the presidential election, this year. On February 3, ActionAmerica announced our support for either Democrat candidate, over McCain. Our decision was validated the next day, when conservative talk show host, Ann Coulter, announced that she is now endorsing Hillary Clinton. Many other well known conservatives have taken similar stances.
All of this raises a question. How much effect is this having on conservatives voters?
Let us know how you will vote, if McCain is the GOP nominee.
Vote in our McCain Discontent Poll.
Meeting the McCain Challenge
February 7, 2008
While we are vociferously opposed to John McCain's candidacy, we don't want it to be said that we haven't given him a fair chance. So in that regard, we have decided to respond to his request, uttered at a Phoenix news conference on Wednesday, that conservatives "...just calm down a little bit and see if there's areas we can agree on.'' Ignoring the poor grammar (mine may not be great, but even children educated in public schools know to not end a sentence with a preposition), we took that as a challenge.
Let's look at where most conservatives stand on a variety of issues and compare that with McCain's positions on those same issues. For this purpose, I will use reports from the most recent polls on each subject.
ISSUE |
CONSERVATIVES |
McCain |
AGREE |
| Bush Tax Cuts | Broad support | Voted against Bush Tax Cuts twice | NO |
| Amnesty | Broad opposition | Co-authored McCain-Kennedy Amnesty Bill | NO |
| Same-Sex Marriage | Broad opposition | Opposed Marriage Amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage | NO |
| War in Iraq | Broad support | Strong support | YES |
| Guantanamo Terrorist Detainment | Broad support | Will close Guantanamo detainment camp, move terrorists to US soil and give them the same rights as you and I enjoy. Would he punish soldiers who aided in water-boarding??? | NO |
| First Amendment | Broad support | Co-authored McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Bill (often referred to as the "Incumbent Protection Bill"), that denies activists freedom of political speech | NO |
| Second Amendment | Broad support | Has an "F-" rating from the Gun Owners of America - 'nuff said | NO |
| Conservative Judges | Broad support | Conspired with Democrats to form the Gang of 14, to block Bush's most conservative judges and also voted for liberal judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg | NO |
| Drilling in the Anwar | Broad support | Cast the deciding "NO" vote on drilling in the Anwar and leans toward the Gore position on global warming | NO |
| Trustworthiness | Demand | Claims that he does not support amnesty, even though he co-authored a major amnesty bill. He thinks that by calling it "Orderly Immigration," we won't realize that it is Amnesty. If you still trust him, just read the bill. Also claims that he never called Alito "too conservative," despite reports from numerous credible people who heard him say just that. | NO |
In fact, on those occasions when McCain does vote with Republicans, it is most often on issues where the vote is not even close and on those occasions when he votes with Democrats, his is often the the deciding vote or one of only a few deciding votes. As I have stated before, that's like a baseball player getting all of his singles, when there are no men in scoring position and striking out every time the bases are loaded.
Read the entire article here.
For more on this, I also refer you to this Ann Colter article.
McCain is Nowhere Near Conservative
February 3, 2008
If the recent polls are to be believed, John McCain is apparently fooling a lot of conservatives into believing that he is conservative. This of course, has been aided by the liberal media, who see him as a reasonable Republican alternative to having Hillary or Obama in the Whitehouse.
In fact, McCain repeatedly cites his lifetime ACU (American Conservative Union) rating of 82.3%, as proof that he is conservative. However, there are two things wrong with that inference.
First of all, 82.3% just isn't that high. In 2006, that put him at position 39, in the Senate. To put that into perspective, remember that there are only 49 Republicans in the Senate. To be 39 of 49 is not that great. For comparison, two other GOP candidates, who have already dropped out, Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredeo, have lifetime ACU ratings of 92.0 and 97.8, respectively.
But, a lifetime rating, for someone who has been in the Senate for 24 years can be misleading. (more...)
Huckabee Would Deny Americans
Rights to Dual Citizenship
January 2, 2008
In yet another move against the rights of US citizens, Mike Huckabee now wants to deny American citizens the right to use a second passport.
"So, what's wrong with that?" you might ask. "Aren't those, who have two citizenships, being unpatriotic?"
The answer is simple. It has nothing to do with patriotism. Those Americans are just trying to protect themselves.
First of all, many US citizens who travel a lot, know that almost any other passport is safer than a US passport. Islamic terrorists will go after Israelis first, Americans second and Brits third. The simple solution for Americans, is to travel on a passport from another country - preferably a small, non-controversial country. In that case, you get to be one of the hostages who is freed, as a sign of good faith.
There is a second related, but much less important travel issue, of which many Americans are quite familiar. When you travel on a US passport, in certain countries, the level of service available to you drops significantly. Try visiting Paris on a US passport. Even the best hotels will likely treat you with disdain. (more...)
Huckabee
Good on a Few Issues
Bad for Real Conservatives
December 27, 2007
Until the recent unexpected rise of Mike Huckabee, in the polls, we have not felt it necessary to address the Huckabee candidacy, in any way. Frankly, for reasons that I will explain, we never saw him as a viable candidate, in the first place. Due to the changing polls, we now feel it necessary to point out some issues of extreme importance, concerning Huckabee.
I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. It's not that I disagree with Huckabee on important issues. In fact, I, like many conservatives, agree with him on more than a few of the issues important to conservatives - enough that if it were not for one major problem, I would find it easy to support him. The problem is that, above all, he is a single issue candidate. (more...)
GOP Primary (Non) Endorsements
How Not to Endorse Evil
December 14, 2008
We have received many feedback forms asking us who we endorse in the GOP Primaries. At this point in time, I can only name the RINOs in that race, who we do not and will never endorse, under any circumstances. There are, in fact, at least three REAL Republican presidential candidates, who are at the very least, acceptable. The reason why we are not yet ready to endorse only one of these candidates, is because the ones who we favor most, are not top-tier candidates and as such, one or more of them may drop out after the New Hampshire or Iowa primary. I will however, name our favorites, later in this article. (more...)
1986 - 2005 IRS Collections Data
by Income Category (Percentile)
October 4, 2007
John Gaver
It's that time of year again. Once again, the IRS has quietly released their latest Tax Collections Data (for 2005) and once again, we aren't letting it stay quiet. Our systems detected the new data only minutes after it was quietly added to an area deep within the bowels of the IRS web site and we are publicizing it and making it available to all who are interested in this sort of thing.
Here is just a sample of some of what it shows:
• The top-earning 1% of taxpayers earned 21% of the income.
• The top-earning 1% of taxpayers paid 40% of taxes collected.
• That's roughly double their share, based upon income.
Who says the rich don't pay tax?
There is lots more in the new data. Read our analysis of it here. You can also download the whole spreadsheet in XLS format, from the IRS website, by clicking on the button at the bottom of that article.
FDA & VeriChip try to
Spin Spychip Scandal
September 11, 2007
John Gaver
After a recent investigation by the Associated Press uncovered the fact that substantial evidence exists, linking FDA-approved, human-implantable spychips, manufactured by VeriChip Corporation, with cancers found in numerous lab animals and at least one pet dog, both the FDA and VeriChip have been in full spin mode, trying to avoid a full-scale investigation that has the potential to bring down not only VeriChip, but quite possibly former Health and Human Services Secretary, Tommy Thompson.
It's important to note that Thompson, who was Secretary of the department that oversaw the FDA, at the time that VeriChip received its FDA approval for their spychip, resigned that post just two weeks after that approval and within five months, held a very lucrative position on the board of directors of both VeriChip and its parent company, Applied Digital Solutions. Was this payback? I don't know. But, if this wasn't payback, it was certainly an extremely convenient and lucrative coincidence. Is it any wonder why this exposure has all parties involved cranking up their spin machines?
In fact, that's all that it is - pure spin, without any hint of relevant fact. Let's look at what these spychip proponents are saying and then look at the facts.
Read the entire article here.
Read our original story on this subject here.
Suggested Google words for this story: spy chip cancer (also spychip, spy-chip & VeriChip)
iHype or iCool
The verdict is mixed
John GaverSeptember 5, 2007
Today, after much media hype leading up to it, my favorite computer company, Apple, announced some new products and upgrades to others. So, was there real reason for all the hype or was it just a lot of wow about not-ready-for-prime-time products, like the iPhone? Well, until we can get our hands on those new products, we can't be sure, but the new products sound awesome. On the other hand, the upgrades to the iPhone amount to little more than a Band-Aid to treat a compound fracture.
Since I am a Mac Evangelist, I'll talk about the good stuff first. The whole iPod line has been revamped But, the biggest news is what appears to be a marvelous new iPod Touch. The iPod Nano, has been flattened and widened, so as to include a large 320x240 pixel, 2-inch video screen. The Nano will also support games and cover-flow. To top it off, the standard iPod has been upgraded and is getting a new name. It will be called the iPod Classic - obviously, to distinguish it from the new iPod Touch. It sports an thinner, all-metal case claims 40 hours of music or 7 hours of video on the 80GB version.
Apple also made a much hoped-for, but largely disappointing announcement, concerning the iPhone. Although there was a welcome price cut, Apple failed to address most of the myriad shortcomings of the iPhone. They finally added customizable ringtones to the iPhone - at least, in a fashion. But, that fashion is a poor and costly substitute for the easy and free customizable ringtones on almost all other modern phones. The headphone jack still doesn't fit most headphone plugs. It's still missing many of the basics, including, copy and paste, voice dialing, Bluetooth stereo and a user replaceable battery. It still doesn't have any kind of external memory expansion capabilities and the camera still doesn't support video.
Read the entire review here.
America's Most Wanted Airs
Second Show on Border Scandal
The DOJ tried to quash the first show and now AMW exposes even more scandal.
Kudos go to the Fox Network show, America's Most Wanted, for staying on top of the mockery of justice, surrounding the US Department of Justice's railroading of two honorable US Border Patrol Agents and an equally honorable Deputy Sheriff, at the orders of the Mexican government. America's Most Wanted has now aired two features on this travesty, the second adding new and even more damning information.
Their first story on this scandal was aired on February 3rd, when they included a feature story titled, "Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos - Miscarriage Of Justice At The Border." It should be noted that the Fox Network is to be commended for standing up to the Department of Justice, who twice tried to quash this critical exposé into government run amok. The second show exposing this developing scandal was aired on March 24th, in a feature titled, "366-Day Sentence For U.S.-Mexico Border Deputy." Be sure to read the summaries of both of those shows on the America's Most Wanted web site. Just click on the links, above.
When the story of the Ramos and Compean railroading first broke, government spinmeisters had it sounding like two bad cops, were getting their just rewards. But that fabrication began to unravel quickly, as more and more information became available to the public. One after another, the facts began to paint quite a different picture - a picture of two honorable and respected Border Agents, who our own government is vilifying, so as to send an ominous message to law enforcement officers, all along the border. That message is very clear. It says, "IF YOU ATTEMPT TO ARREST ANYONE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY, BUSH WILL HAVE HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FRAME YOU AND PUT YOU IN JAIL."
It also sends a clear message to illegal aliens, drug smugglers and terrorists, who want to sneak into the US. That message is, "Have no fear, Bush wants you here." In fact, as hard as it is to believe, I am beginning to wonder if Bush isn't intentionally leaving our borders unprotected, in order to allow terrorists to get in and perpetrate another major attack, so as to justify more subversions of our constitutional rights, more government intrusions into our private business (Patriot III?) and maybe even justify the invasion of Iran, in the eyes of the anti-military crowd (Pelosi and Company).
But, it gets worse. Since that first show, Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez has also been improperly convicted for attempting to enforce the law and stop fleeing human traffickers. Incidentally, it was the very same US Attorney, Johnny Sutton, who pressed the Ramos and Compean case, who also prosecuted Hernandez. Yet, with all of the US Attorneys who Bush fired for "performance reasons," he didn't fire Sutton. Is a picture beginning to develop here?
Once you are aware of all the facts, the conclusion, though quite obvious, is inconceivable. It's a story of a US Attorney who ignores physical evidence, the testimony of two respected Border Patrol Agents (one who had just been nominated for Border Patrol Agent of the Year) and a US Army doctor, in favor of the unsubstantiated claims of a known repeat drug smuggler. It's a story of a turncoat Border Patrol Agent, who helps his drug smuggler, childhood friend build a case against the good Border Patrol Agents. It's a story of government suppression of exculpatory evidence. It's a story of a US Attorney who repeatedly misrepresents the facts of the case, both to the court and to the media. It's a story of a jury that was not allowed to hear all of the facts in the case and that received grossly improper instructions from the judge. It's a story of that very same US Attorney, who then sets out to destroy the career of a well respected Deputy Sheriff, by sending him to prison for just doing his job. It's a story of known drug smugglers and human traffickers getting Green Cards, in exchange for their testimony against our honorable law enforcement officers. It's a story of two honorable and respected Border Patrol Agents and an equally honorable and respected Deputy Sheriff, who are now serving time for doing their jobs - too well to suit George W. Bush.
We hope that you will learn all about this case and then write your congressman, your senators and the Whitehouse and demand:
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that Agents Ramos and Compean be exonerated (not simply pardoned) and returned to duty immediately, with reimbursement of their legal fees and back pay for all but the maximum 5-day suspension that their minor errors would have normally justified,
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that the Whitehouse issue a formal apology to these two brave and grossly mistreated agents, for the injustice to which they have been subjected and a copy of that signed apology inserted into each agent's file,
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that U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton be immediately fired, with no possibility of rehire, in any government position and an investigation be launched to determine if Sutton was acting on his own or if he was acting under orders, from above,
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that turncoat Agent Rene Sanchez be fired, with no possibility of rehire, in any US law enforcement agency, for conspiring with his drug smuggler, childhood friend, to get him immunity and build a phony case against respected Agents Ramos and Compean,
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that Deputy Gilmer Hernandez be exonerated (not simply pardoned) and that his legal fees be reimbursed and
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that the Whitehouse issue a formal apology to Deputy Hernandez for the injustice to which he has been subjected and a copy of that signed apology inserted into his FBI file, making it clear that nothing concerning this incident would prevent him from returning to duty or taking another job in law enforcement (Note: Since Hernandez is not a US government employee, Bush cannot order him returned to duty, but the town has made it clear that they want him as their next Sheriff.)
You might also want to demand that the current absurd Border Patrol "Rules of Engagement" that prohibit pursuit, without a supervisor's explicit authority, be changed. Keep in mind that under any reasonable "Rules of Engagement," Agents Ramos and Compean would have done absolutely nothing wrong. They simply pursued a drug suspect, fleeing toward the border, without a supervisor's explicit approval. Maybe those Rules of Engagement should be changed to read that if a fleeing suspect does not stop after being ordered to stop, in both English and Spanish, agents should fire a shot on the ground in front of the fleeing suspect and if the suspect still does not stop, they should be allowed to use whatever force they deem necessary to stop the suspect, up to and including deadly force.
Our southern border is a virtual open back door, not only to illegal aliens, who just want to come here to get work and take advantage of our welfare, but to terrorists and drug smugglers. Fox News reported that in the first eight months of the 2005 fiscal year, 70,000 "Other Than Mexicans" (OTMs) were apprehended crossing our southern border. That's 230 OTMs a day and those are just the few who are actually caught. So, while you and I face unreasonable scrutiny at airports and international shipments face costly delays, for anti-terrorism reasons, terrorists can easily walk a dozen nuclear devices across our southern border every night. Our borders must be protected. Our brave Border Patrol Agents and other law enforcement officers in the region must have the authority to do their jobs.
Anything less than a complete exoneration and reinstatement, with back pay and reimbursed legal fees, for both Agents Ramos and Compean and Deputy Hernandez, still sends the wrong message to our brave law enforcement officers across the nation. Until Agents Ramos and Compean and Deputy Hernandez are completely reimbursed and reinstated, law enforcement officers across the country will be forced to stop and second guess every decision, sometimes, at our peril. That is not acceptable. Our brave law enforcement officers must know that their legitimate actions, in the line of duty, are protected by our government.
Until U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton is fired and possibly even charged with conspiracy, U.S. Attorneys and District Attorneys across the nation will still feel free to misuse their office, in pursuit of their own agenda, to go after good, honest law enforcement officers, who were only doing their duty. This kind of abuse of power must stop. U.S. Attorney Sutton must be fired and investigated for conspiracy.
This kind of miscarriage of justice has to stop. Examples have to be made. Make your voice heard now.
Sign the Petition to President Bush to Free Border Agents Ramos and Compean, here.
Sign the Petition to President Bush to Free Deputy Hernandez, here.
Well over a quarter million petitions have already been delivered to the Whitehouse and key government offices on the Ramos and Compean case (the first of the two cases). Add your name now. Then call your congressman and senators and ask that they contact the President and demand, on behalf of their constituents, that Agents Ramos and Compean be exonerated and returned to duty, with back pay and reimbursed legal fees. Don't wait. Do it now. Then, do the same thing for Deputy Hernandez. Sign that petition here.
Sign the Ramos/Compean Petition.
Sign the Hernandez Petition.
Email the Whitehouse: comments@whitehouse.gov
Read the America's Most Wanted Articles (3 parts).
See the Lou Dobbs Report on this Miscarriage of Justice.
Important Update: Late Saturday evening, February 3rd, Agent Ignacio Ramos was severely beaten by five prisoners, shouting slurs and yelling in Spanish, "Maten a la migra!" That means, "Kill the Border Patrol Agent!" Does anyone really believe that Agents Ramos and Compean were put into a prison known to hold many illegal alien drug smugglers and placed in the general population, by accident? This was more of what is becoming very clearly a Bush administration effort to send a message to all law enforcement officers along the border. That message is, "Watch, but don't interfere with the illegal aliens, drug smugglers and terrorists, crossing our borders, or Bush will railroad you into prison."
It comes down to this. Bush was unable to get more cheap foreign labor for his big business buddies, since his amnesty bill was shot down. So, he is now risking our security, with a back door attempt to insure a free flow of illegal aliens, which translates into a free flow of terrorists and now, two fine Border Patrol Agents and one fine Deputy Sheriff are paying the price for his arrogance.
Sign the Ramos/Compean Petition.
Sign the Hernandez Petition.
Email the Whitehouse: comments@whitehouse.gov
Here's another good idea. The Pollard & K.C. in the morning show at WTVY in Dothan, Alabama makes a daily call to the Republican National Committee, asking them to ask President Bush to pardon border agents Ramos and Compean and Deputy Hernandez. Then they call the Whitehouse comment line to urge Bush to pardon these fine law enforcement officers. Finally, they urge their listeners to do the same, with both numbers. If nothing else, it's tying up the Whitehouse comment line, since that number is now almost always busy.
2006 State of the Union or
Spin of the Union?
Once again, George W. Bush gave us a State of the Union that left conservatives wondering if Bush was schizophrenic. On the one hand, he has a definite conservative plan to win the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. But then, in the next breath, he lays out a series of domestic initiatives, much of which sound like they could have come from Nancy Pelosi's own notes. It sounds like Bush learned nothing from the last election. (Read more)
AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM
Now available on DVD
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Aaron Russo's exceptional documentary, AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM, is now available on DVD. If you missed it in theaters, then here is your chance to see it.
Russo, the award winning producer of such films as Trading Places and The Rose, has turned his hand to producing a documentary of such significance, that it has many in government worrying that Americans might actually learn how our government works. It began as a project to debunk the claims of some of his tax protester friends and ended up being an exposé of the IRS and the Federal Reserve.
Todd David Schwartz, of CBS called it, "The scariest film you’ll see this year. Makes Fahrenheit 9/11 look like Bambi." Jarret Keene, of Liberty Watch Magazine tells us, "If you ever questioned income taxes, the Federal Reserve or the IRS, Aaron Russo answers your fears. They're true."
From beginning to end, every minute of AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM is packed with solid facts, from reputible sources. Even so, there is only so much that you can pack into 107 minutes. Those who are politically attuned will probably find a lot of what Russo exposes to be nothing new. On the other hand, Russo has managed to get some very interesting interviews that you won't find elsewhere. But most importantly, Russo presents these facts in a manner that the masses can easily understand.
If you are concerned about the direction that this nation is going, then I encourage you to Order AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM now and watch it with your friends.
NSA phone database threatens gun owners
with defacto Universal Gun Registration
Gun owners beware. The NSA's recently disclosed, monumental database of phone records may well end up being used against gun owners.
While Bush blithely brushes off concerns about the blatant illegality of his unilateral authorization for the NSA's unwarranted and indiscriminate collection of the phone records of hundreds of millions of US citizens, most media sources tend to focus only on the 4th Amendment issues, as though that is all that there is to it. In fact, this immense database poses one of the greatest threats to the 2nd Amendment that we have seen in modern times. In fact, it poses a serious threat to a lot of different groups, for reasons that the media tends to ignore.
The NSA admitted to Qwest Communication officials that the database would be shared with other agencies. So, when the BATFE get's their copy, they have but to run a simple data-mining program against it to generate a fairly accurate list of gun owners. Such a "universal" list of gun owners is the first step toward gun confiscation.
Without the massive NSA phone record database, it is highly unlikely that the gun grabbers would ever achieve anything close to "universal" gun registration. However with it, a defacto "universal" gun registration is available at the push of a button or two.
Clueless at Department of Homeland Security
(Although Action America does not make it a habit to accept Op-Ed pieces, occasionally an Op-Ed piece is submitted to us that is of such exceptional caliber that we feel that we must print it. Such is the case with this piece.)
Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, points out that refusal to profile has led to Washington bureaucrats and policy
makers tending to view the entire population as suspected
terrorists. Further, he points out that the definition of "terrorism", at the Department of
"Homeland Security Subjugation" sets up a preference for genocide over self defense! I'm not kidding! It does!
We have often been criticized by the "my party, right or wrong" Republicans, for our continuous criticisms of Dubya's "Homeland Subjugation" policy, based upon its remarkable and increasing similarity to that of the Gestapo. The mantra of Dubya's minions is always, "Well, if you aren't doing anything wrong, then you don't have anything to fear". Right!. And, pigs fly. This piece shows just how easily even good, law-abiding conservative Christians can get caught up in the broad, unthinking tactics of Dubya's despotic "Homeland Subjugation" policy.
You see, the Department of "Homeland Subjugation" has determined that ANY group that is engaged in an armed struggle against a government, as well as those who provide material support to the group, even if the government that they are fighting is engaged in genocide, are "terrorists". That means that if you, as a concerned humanitarian, donated money to Christian Freedom International, a Virginia organization that has helped the Burmese Christian refugees, who are resisting extermination by the Rangoon government, then by "Homeland Subjugation" standards, YOU are a "terrorist". So if you donate to such worthy causes, don't be surprised if, the next time you go to buy a new car, you have trouble getting a loan or the next time you plan a vacation, to find yourself on a "No-Fly" list, thanks to our "Big Brother", RINO president.
Action America releases
more counters and clocks
Because of the huge popularity of our Gun Self-Defense Counter and our Wham-Bam-Tram Ram Counter Action America has created two more statistical devices (such as the Gun Self-Defense Counter, shown at the top of this page) for our readers' edification.
The Tax Freedom Day Clock
Each year, using data compiled by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Tax Foundation calculates "Tax Freedom Day" for that year. That is the day on which the average US taxpayer has labored long enough to earn enough money to pay all of his taxes for that year. The Tax Freedom Day Clock counts down the months and days till that time and after that time, counts the months and days since you have been allowed to keep the money that you earn. (more...)
The Drug War Cost Clock
Since President Ronald Reagan, became the first president to not only declare war on drugs, but to actually do something about it, the "War on Drugs" has become the greatest waste of taxpayer money in history. After more than 20 years and hunderds of billions of dollars spent prosecuting the "War on Drugs", not only are matters much worse than before, but it has also become an excuse for tremendous increases in government power and a catch-all phrase used by our government to subvert the rights of all citizens (not just drug users). So, as a constant reminder of how much taxpayer money is being wasted on the War on Drugs, the Drug War Cost Clock uses data from the two most authoritative sources available, on the the monetary cost of the Drug War, to display the amount of money that the government has wasted, since the beginning of the year, in the bogus name of fighting the Drug War. (more...)
The National Disaster Plan's Real Weakness
September 9, 2005 - After studying the response of federal officials, to the Katrina disaster in New Orleans, two things become obvious. First, the federal response was slower than it should have been. If you look no further than this, it would appear that the Whitehouse and other federal officials, simply acted slowly. However, it's not that simple.
When you look deeper, the second point that becomes obvious is that the delay was caused by a missing scenario in the federal disaster plan and it was a scenario that is hard to blame them for missing. You see, nobody in the federal government could have ever imagined a scenario, where there would be a total breakdown at both the state and local levels of government. Nobody in the federal government had envisioned a scenario where state and local governments would fail to even begin to follow their own disaster plans.
New Orleans had a disaster plan in place and the Mayor failed to follow it. Specifically, it called for extra help to be provided in advance to residents with "special needs." That term means, among other things, anyone who has no means of transportation out of town. That help didn't materialize until it was too late to take them anywhere but the "shelter of last resort", the Superdome.
Furthermore, in all previous hurricanes and other natural and manmade disasters, the Governors of the affected states immediately called for federal assistance, since federal law specifically does not allow federal troops to enter a state without a request from the governor. Yet, in this case, the Governor waited until Wednesday to call for federal assistance. Not only that, but the Louisiana National Guard initially kept the Red Cross disaster volunteers out of New Orleans. The failure at both the state and local level was epic.
The federal disaster plan attempted to take into consideration, all reasonable possibilities. But, what reasonable person could have ever predicted that there would be such a total breakdown of authority at both the state and local levels? Prior to this, such a possibility was unthinkable. The result is that federal officials, who have extensive disaster plans in place for just about every conceivable disaster, were totally blind-sided.
As those who have read my previous works should know well, I am far from being a fan of Dubya. In fact, he has done more damage to the Constitution than any president in history. But to be fair, the only fault that I can find in the handling of the federal disaster response in New Orleans, cannot be laid at his feet. That fault lies firmly with the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana. Hopefully, though it will probably never be needed again, future federal disaster plans will include the possibility of total state and local incompetence in their disaster response. But even then, we must be careful. This is, after all, still a "republic". To allow the federal government to enter a state without the authority of the governor, would destroy the last vestiges of what is left of our republic.
Dubya has done more than enough for which to be criticized, in other areas. In earlier days, his legislative attacks upon the Constitution alone, would have been cause for impeachment. We don't need to be inventing imaginary evils to apply to him, especially now. Tens of thousands of people are probably dead, many others still need rescue and hundreds of thousands of others are displaced. Like it or not, Dubya and the federal government have done a respectable job.
Granted, the federal response could have been better. But, considering that this is the worst natural disaster that this nation has ever faced and the massive failure at the state and local levels, the federal response has actually been better than should have been expected. Instead of trying to figure out a way to spin the facts to blame Dubya, we need to focus on the recovery. Then, after it's all over, if people want to try to spin the blame, they should go for it. But, after all is said and done, Dubya will probably end up looking fairly good, as concerns the recovery efforts.
As I have said here before, even a blind pig finds an ear of corn once in a while. Though Dubya has done more damage to our republic than any president in history, I must give credit, when credit is due. Chalk up one to the blind pig.
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London Bombings Prove that
the War on Terror is Succeeding
July 22, 2005 - While the main-stream media keeps playing into the hands of the terrorists, by harping about how the bombings on July 7 and 21, were "coordinated" and "well-planned", we would like to point out some major flaws in such reporting. In fact, we will show that the recent bombings show just how successful the War on Terror has been.
Let's look at what we know about the July 7 bombings. Yes. They were coordinated. There is no doubt about that. But, let's get real. How much trouble or intelligence does it take for four idiots to decide to blow themselves up at the same time? Think about it... All it takes is four cheap watches and four brainwashed idiots and even then, they still didn't do it all at exactly the same time. Somehow, I don't think that quite qualifies them as great planners.
Then, look at the bombs that were used. They were Acetone Peroxide (TATP). Although such bombs are fairly destructive, they are not of the military grade that terrorists have used in the past. They were likely homemade - built from chemicals that are easily attainable by most people. Look at the images of the bus that was bombed in London. You can still tell that it was probably a bus. Then think back to some of the images of busses that were bombed in Israel, where all that was left was four wheels and a frame. If the terrorists had used a real high-explosive, on those trains in London, authorities would not have dragged the damaged cars out of the subway, with a big piece of plastic around them. They would have been lifting the pieces out through the hole that the explosion left in the ground.
Finally, I ask you to look at the result of the July 7 bombings. The best that the terrorists could do, after all of that "supposed" planning, was to kill just 56 people and disrupt business in London for a day. Certainly, it's terrible when even one person dies at the hands of a terrorist. But, the point is that we should put this into perspective. Such an attack, had it taken place on September 10, 2001, would have killed hundreds. The fact that only 56 died, demonstrates that the War on Terror is succeeding.
Then, look at the July 21 attempted bombings. The operative word is "attempted". In fact, all that they did was to injure one person and shutdown a few subway lines, for a few hours. Worse, one of the terrorists barely got away, after he was chased down and tackled by some citizens and he would probably be in custody or dead now, if all of those British citizens had not been disarmed by their own government. The fact is, that terrorists are past the point of having to use even second string terrorists and are now down to using incompetent rookies, who can't even figure out how to blow themselves up. That's because most of the terrorists who had any real ability to carry out such attacks have either been captured or killed around the world - mostly in Iraq.
We don't want to suggest that the terrorists are no longer dangerous. In fact, there will almost certainly be more terrorists attacks and some may be carried out by some of the few really dangerous terrorists who have not yet been captured or killed and those incidents may be more damaging. But, the important point to keep in mind, is that starting with the 9-11 attacks and proceeding through the Madrid and London attacks, the scale and frequency of terror attacks have been trending steeply downward. Many such attacks have actually been thwarted. As sad as it is, when terrorists kill even one person, we must keep our eye on the ball.
The big story is not the "everybody be scared" hype that the major media is reporting. That's just playing into the hands of the terrorists. The real story is that this consistent downward trend in the effectiveness of terrorist attacks, proves one thing...
The War on Terror is succeeding.
There is another story here, that is being downplayed by the major media. That story is how political correctness is keeping the police in both England and the USA, from using the most powerful tool in their arsenal - racial profiling. It is an absolute, undeniable FACT, that more than 99% of the terrorists are Middle-Eastern males, between the ages of say, 16 and 30. Let's put all of this into perspective. These nut cases are trying to KILL large numbers of innocent people and our government officials are worried about political correctness?
Hello???
Let's get our priorities straight. Which is more important, lot's of dead people or political correctness?
RACIAL PROFILING WORKS. It should be used.