President Obama Lectures Christians On ‘Civility’

By TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty

I have been here in Washington for awhile and I have seen many National Prayer Breakfasts come and go. This morning, I closed my eyes and listened to President Obama’s address and heard what amounted to a lecture on how America needs to be more “civil.” But when I opened my eyes, I expected to be in some high school gymnasium in one of the primary states like Iowa or New Hampshire, a typical contrived campaign event.

These days Mr. Obama’s soaring rhetoric is running on empty as the American people have had a chance to shine a light on and examine his promise of change and transparency in government. We now have a President and government which is deliberately opaque not transparent. And things have changed but not for the better.

Now that Americans have had some time to ask questions of and examine Mr. Obama a little more closely, his polling numbers have gone subterranean (we should start drilling for oil that far down). And now that his numbers have tanked, Mr. Obama reminds us to treat him “civilly.” This from someone who has Rahm “I Thought Mother Was An Adjective” Emmanuel as his chief of staff and Rev. Jeremiah “I Never Met a Man I Didn’t Hate” Wright as his pastor.

President Obama argues for “civility” even as he pushes abortion and homosexuality with all of the muscle available to the federal government. While other Presidents have talked about appointing the “best and the brightest” to key posts, Mr. Obama offers us the “most extreme and least talented.”

Bottom line – the President talked about “civility” and then launched into a long finger-pointing diatribe against most Americans who do not share his support for homosexuality, abortion, big government, and out-of-control spending. And how do you talk about intolerance without mentioning Islam?

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Ten Obama Disasters That Have Nothing to Do with W.

By John W. Lillpop

In addition to his dependency on tobacco, President Obama has developed an unhealthy addiction to blaming his failures, past and present, on George W. Bush.

From soaring unemployment to the staggering federal deficit, Obama would have the American people believe that the foul odor emanating from the White House is the result of policies and practices inherited from W.

There are, however, a few Obama “originals,” disasters that even the most ardent Obama-mite cannot blame on W.

Ten of the most obvious are:

* Ridiculing disabled children on Jay Leno

* P*****g off entire city of Las Vegas—twice!

* Trying to close GITMO & moving KSM trial to New York

* Reading Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab his Miranda rights

* Lying about the number of jobs created/saved in order to justify “”stimulus” fiasco

* 2016 Olympics in Rio

* Van Jones, Timothy Geithner, Erick Holder, and Rahm Emanuel

* Inappropriately bowing to a king, an emperor, and a mayor

* Losing Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for 46 years

* Falling behind Sarah Palin in presidential polls

Bottom line: Obama has been a complete failure on his own even without W.’s help!

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“F.....g Retarded” or “F…..g Stupid”? Absolutely!

Satire by John W. Lillpop

Rahm Emanuel may very well qualify as the dumbest, most trashy-mouthed scalawag to have ever served as Chief-of-Staff to any American president in this nation’s 234 year history.

Nonetheless, the man does have a way with words, especially when it comes to describing liberals.

As reported at the Washington Post, in part, (1):

“White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has apologized for referring to liberals as "retarded" during a strategy session last summer.

"F---ing retarded," the Journal reported Emanuel as saying during the meeting. A report last August recounted Emanuel as having said "f---ing stupid" at the meeting with liberal Democrats.”

There is no need to waste time trying to determine whether Emanuel actually called liberals retarded or stupid. Fact is, most liberals are retarded AND stupid, which is why they are liberals!

Give Emanuel credit for having the good sense and decency to apologize to the Special Olympics, rather than to liberals.

Nonetheless, Emanuel’s faux pas exposes a larger, much more distressing concern about hypocrites within the Obama administration:

Namely, just about a year ago, President Obama likened his bowling skills to the Special Olympics, an obvious slam at the physically disabled. Now, Obama's Chief-of-Staff joins his boss in beating up on the innocent and defenseless.

Just why do President Obama and his minions take such delight in ridiculing the least able and most cursed among us?

A bit of free counsel for Obama-mites: Never refer to Special Olympics children as liberals..that would really be offensive!

(1) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/02/emanuel-apologizes-for-retarde.html?hpid=news-col-blog

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President Cuts Border Security in Proposed Budget

by Jim Kouri

While telling the American people that national security is a priority in his administration, President Barack Obama submitted a 2011 budget proposal that includes cuts to U.S. border security.

The proposed budget cuts include a reduction in Border Patrol agents and a cut in the amount of money allocated for the so-called "virtual fence" on the U.S.-Mexico border, which critics claim is a pipe dream in lieu of a real border fence.

In the midst of a firestorm over Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano's failure to appear before a Congressional committee hearing, officials from her office confirmed the proposed cuts on Monday.They said, however, that there would be no lay-offs of Border Patrol agents and the reduction in positions would be achieved through attrition as agents retire or transfer to other Homeland Security departments.

In order to ward off vocal condemnation of this latest Obama proposal, White House officials claim the cuts won't reduce the effectiveness of the U.S. Border Patrol, which President George W. Bush doubled in size. At it's apex, there were more than 20,000 agents assigned to northern and southern borders.

This latest White House attempt to reduce the amount of resources allocated for border protection will undoubtedly be met with resistance from the Senate and House of Representatives, who will be vote on proposed budget cuts, according to several national security experts.

"The Republicans are expected to kick up a fuss over this latest effort to minimize the protection of U.S. borders. But, this is an election year and Democrats do not want to appear weak on security, especially when control of both houses of Congress is at stake," said former NYPD detective and Marine intelligence officer Sid Frances.

"Look at it this way: New York City has a police department that numbers well over 40,000 officers and another 10,000 civilian employees, yet the U.S. Border Patrol agents, who are responsible for thousands and thousands of miles of border, number only 20,000. And Obama wants to cut that number," said Frances, now the owner of a private security firm.

Obama's proposed budget cut also would eliminate $226 million that had been allocated for an electronic "virtual fence" system along the border. Known as "SBInet," the strategy is to install cameras, radar and sensors to detect humans and contraband coming into the U.S..

Obama White House officials told reporters that even though the President is seeking cuts in border programs, the administration is seeking an additional $10 million to create Border Enforcement Security Task Forces in Honolulu, San Francisco, and Massena, N.Y.

These multi-agency teams work to identify and stop criminal organizations that transport drugs and other contraband across U.S. borders.

"This is only the beginning," said political strategist Mike Baker. "There will be more cuts made to Immigration and Customs Enforcement since President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others have been critical of agents going after illegal workers. This budget is going to be all smoke and mirrors."

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a columnist for The Examiner (examiner.com) and New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (www.kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.

He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.

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Worth Reconsidering

President Obama is reassessing his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM) in New York City.  A couple of related ideas also need to be reconsidered.

by Thomas E. Brewton

The colossal cost of holding a KSM trial in New York City is evidently the primary motivation for moving the trial elsewhere.

More worthy of reassessment is the liberal-progressive idea that terrorists should be dealt with as if they were ordinary criminals entitled to Miranda rights and the host of additional constitutional protections that go with ordinary criminal trials.

Worthy of reassessment, as well, is the administration’s repeated assurances that KSM will be found guilty and will be executed.  This gives the appearance of a show trial in which the conviction is rigged beforehand.  One wonders why Obama is willing to create this appearance, given his craven urges to kow-tow to overseas public opinion.

The answer perhaps may lie in liberal-progressives’ readiness to support any measure by a collectivist, socialistic government - in the proposed KSM trial and in the 1930s Moscow show trials - in the belief that liberal-progressives are pure of heart and can commit no wrong. 

After all, Obama, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, David Axelrod, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid are endangering our homeland security and the nation’s economic survival in service to the grand designs of social justice and socialistic perfection of future generations.  At any rate, that was the liberal-progressive justification here in the United States for Stalin’s murdering tens of millions of people during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.

Add to the rationale John Dewey’s pragmatic dogma that Darwinian evolution has made “value judgments” about right and wrong passé.  Under Dewey’s pragmatism, the only thing that counts is getting what you wish to have, which, by the way, also explains Nancy Pelosi’s determination to cram socialized health care down the throats of a revolted public.

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Barack Obama: Quintessential Late Developer?

Satire by John W. Lillpop

By the time one attains age 48, most of the fairy tale allusions that one has held about life have been thoroughly debunked and are replaced with the cold hard facts of life.

Most 48 year old adults no longer believe in Santa Clause, the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny, or big government nannies as the solution to all problems confronting human kind.

There are exceptions, of course. So-called intellectuals raised in a cocoon of elitist liberalism are often late in accepting reality over facts. Even so, some are quite bright, articulate, and even charismatic, despite their withering liberalism.

President Barack Obama is an excellent example. Having turned 48 last August, it is remarkable that such an educated and presumably bright man still believes:

* There is no such thing as evil. All men are imbued with an abundance of good just waiting to be coaxed into action by a clean and articulate man who is light-skinned and who has no Negro dialect.

* All cultures are equal. America is not, and has never been, special.

* Islam is a great religion of peace.

* Government can and should create millions of high-paying jobs that will last forever.

* Higher taxes are needed to curb corporate greed and promote economic growth.

* America can spend its way out of an economic depression.

* The President of the United States is personally and constitutionally obligated to oversee college football and to lobby on behalf of American cities when it comes to hosting the Olympics.

* Multi-billion dollar corporations are run by corrupt and greedy men, a situation that does not pertain to labor unions.

* Caucasian law enforcement authorities always “act stupidly” when dealing with Latinos and African-Americans.

* All conservatives are racist homophobes who hate liberal presidents, especially black ones.

* Spreading the wealth is one of very few Christian principles worth observing.

* Terrorists are actually garden-variety criminals who can be salvaged by reading them their Miranda rights, trying them in civilian courts just like American citizens, and by working to address their self-esteem issues.

* Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Barbara Boxer, and Timothy Geithner connect with mainstream America and reflect the views and opinions of most thinking Americans.

* The SCOTUS is a gaggle of radical-right extremists that should be watched carefully by Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security.

* When you think about it, a trillion dollars is not all that more onerous than a billion. Other than a few zeros, that is.

And so it is that our naïve president continues to dither away in dream land, all the while musing of the day when he too will be able to “change” anything and everything with just a twitch of his nose, Ala Samatha from Bewitched fame!

Still, there is hope. Perhaps Obama is just a late developer who will mature in wisdom and grace by the time he reaches 50, at which time he will be forced to seek honest employment outside government?

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There Was the President's Speech, and There Is Reality

by David Limbaugh

Watching President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech makes me wonder whether the reason he tells so many fibs is that he believes them himself. Either that or he is an even better actor than he is a teleprompter reader.

Obama not only wasn't contrite about his broken promises and disastrous record; he was on the attack, daring anyone to oppose his agenda -- even in the face of the Massachusetts rebuke. But let's see how some of his statements match up with reality.

On health care, he taunted congressmen to "let me know" if any of them have "a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors and stop insurance company abuses," as if his own plan would do those things.

Even the Congressional Budget Office has said most of the Democratic plans would increase the budget. Besides, you can't reduce overall costs when government forces an increase in demand, even if it caps insurance premiums and shifts costs elsewhere and/or imposes rationing. The CBO has also reported that with Obamacare, millions would remain uninsured. So under his plan, costs would rise, quality and choice would decrease, care would be rationed, millions would remain uninsured and, worst of all, the government would acquire an unprecedented level of control over all aspects of our lives.

Do conservatives have better ideas? Of course. Restore market forces through tort reform, strengthening health savings accounts, abolishing government coverage mandates, allowing consumers to purchase policies across state lines and eliminating the tax laws incentivizing employer-provided health care, which unnecessarily increase demand by making prices invisible to consumers.

A candid Obama would have said, "If any of you have a plan that does not involve restoring market forces and reducing government's role in the health care industry, I'll at least pretend to look at it." "Make no mistake," neither Obama nor his Democratic colleagues will support genuine health care reform, because to reduce costs, we must reduce government control, and they can't abide that. Period.

As for spending, Obama didn't once apologize for his reckless expenditures. Instead, he blamed his soaring deficits on his predecessor, completely misrepresenting the projected deficits under President Bush and ignoring his own deliberate doubling of the national debt over the next 10 years. That's the issue Americans are losing sleep over, and he offers only Band-Aids and smoke and mirrors.

He says he will freeze a portion of the discretionary budget, but as Cato Institute reports, 83 percent of the budget will be off-limits. Other than his "stimulus" insanity, the real explosion in spending is occurring in the entitlements that he refuses to touch. Even his mini-freeze wouldn't begin until 2011 (why wait?), and it would be dwarfed by his planned spending increases for other socialistic projects, including a new "stimulus plan." And how about that assault on personal and fiscal responsibility with his promise to forgive student loans after 20 years?

How Obama can stand before the nation and insist on spending more borrowed money to accomplish something his first "stimulus plan" didn't achieve (job creation), but exacerbated, is beyond me. How he can blame President Bush for his own broken promise that unemployment wouldn't exceed 8 percent if his "stimulus" bill were implemented is jaw-dropping. He even said he saved 2 million jobs. Scary delusional! Or scary sinister!

Speaking of chutzpah, did he actually dare to utter the words "transparent" and "accountable"? How about those phantom legislative districts receiving stimulus monies, Mr. President? How about that promise to televise the health care debates on C-SPAN?

He said he hadn't raised income taxes "a single dime" on 95 percent of the people. Yet in almost the same breath, he promised to redouble his efforts on cap and tax, which would increase the average family's energy costs by almost $3,000 per year. I don't believe his campaign promise was limited to income taxes, by the way.

How about his righteous ranting on earmark reform? Sorry, we've been down that twisted road with you before, Mr. President.

Then there was his audacious riff on lobbyists. Been there, done that, too, Mr. President, with your phony promise to keep lobbyists out of the White House.

Obama also railed against "partisanship, shouting and pettiness" as he filled most of his speech with just those things, even castigating the Supreme Court, erroneously, for opening the door to foreign corporations' campaign contributions.

How about his statement that "America must always stand on the side of freedom and human dignity"? Hmm. Tell that to the Iranian and Honduran peoples. He must have meant once he's out of office.

Then there was his bizarre out-of-body pivot, when he blamed Washington for our problems.

All of this, especially Obama's obvious incapacity for self-doubt, is disturbingly surreal.

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Caning of SCOTUS Exposes Obama's Lack of Prime Time Sophistication

By John W. Lillpop

President Obama slithered to a new low on Wednesday by lashing out at the US Supreme Court during his State of the Union address.

The assembled justices, representing an equal branch of government, were not afforded equal time to rebut the president, although Judge Alito begged to differ with the fallen messiah and made that fact abundantly clear by mouthing his dissent.

Tolerating dissent does not appear to be one of this president’s strengths; nevertheless, this is still America and Alito showed remarkable restraint by not shouting out “YOU LIE!” at our befuddled leader.

In addition to being tacky and down right rude, Obama’s outburst shows an embarrassing lack of maturity and good sense.

After all, Obama has an agenda for change that would displace many institutionalized American values. Implementing massive change is certain to provoke legal challenges, including cases that will inevitably wind up before the very justices that Obama was slamming so passionately.

Why would any president with even a lick of common sense choose to publicly humiliate the people who could very well make or break his presidency?

What was the motivation? Was Obama simply providing a sassy punch line for leftist nut balls in Congress to cheer?

If so, that would be a pity. Democrats hold the White House and majorities in both houses and yet the only thing to cheer is a presidential caning of the Supreme Court?

Clearly, President Obama is not ready for prime time. He needs to reboot his entire political career and pronto.

Perhaps a stint of taking coffee to the Clintons is more in line with your capabilities at this time and would enhance your political acumen, Mr. President?

Finally, it appears that the issue of Obama’s birth certificate can be safely put on hold, at least temporarily.

Instead, let’s demand to see his High School diploma!

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Obama’s Reckless Course Will Drive America Off The Cliff

by TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty

I once heard someone say that at the heart of liberalism is someone who believes that they know how to live your life better than you do. They know how to spend your hard-earned dollars, they know how to raise your family, etc. “Scratch a liberal and you find a fascist,” he said.

In the State of the Union, President Obama and his liberal supporters cheered wildly as he demonstrated that he will ignore the results of the recent Massachusetts election and continue on the same track to more government, fewer jobs and less security for the American people.

Some pundits praised the President’s tenacity while others praised his determination. I don’t believe it is either – I believe it is typical liberal arrogance. He knows better than us what to do, and he isn’t about to let any election results or giant tea party rallies get in the way.

And when a liberal money handout program like the bank bailout and the stimulus programs do nothing and stimulate no one, liberals always have a simple diagnosis – it’s because we didn’t throw away enough money. So, the President proposed another round of government giveaways – throwing more money into programs which do not work. The one thing President Obama will “stimulate” is debt and a dark future of high taxes for future generations of Americans.

Throughout the speech I kept hearing the sound of cash registers going “cha ching" -- racking up more costs for the taxpayer.

I was shocked (and I believe Justice Alito was shocked) when the President took advantage of the presence of the Supreme Court justices seated in the front of the House chamber to lecture them on their recent campaign financing decision which he doesn’t support.  Justice Alito mouthed the words “Not true!” for all eyes to see.  He was right and anyone who had read the decision would agree with the Justice.  But, the President was the only one in the room with a microphone.

In the coming year, I suspect there will be elections which will send similar messages to the President and the Congress.  Ignoring the angry concern of the average American man and woman, as President Obama did in his address, will not make it go away, it will just fan it and cause it to grow.

The State of the Union is not good, Mr. President, but the state of our nation’s leadership is worse.  Hard-working Americans are not fooled by name-calling and shifting the blame.  President Obama and the liberals in Congress have spent the first year trying to pass a socialist health care program which few citizens support.  Call us names, ignore us for as long as you can, but voters will have the last word.

Obama says he’s not giving up on his ambitious agenda of socializing our nation and taxing us into oblivion.

Here are a few ways you can be informed and work to slow down Obama's radical agenda:

• The President plans to keep up efforts to ram socialized medicine through no matter what.

• Obama continues to nominate individuals for high posts who are pro-abortion, and pro-gay in their political outlooks.  

• The LGBT activist movement is thrilled by President Obama’s commitment to their political goals.

• Democrats hold secret meetings on health care in violation of Obama’s promises of transparency in government.

• Obama promised change in his campaign but after Americans got a good taste of hope and change, they rejected it.

• Obama nominated Chai Feldblum to become a member of the EEOC. Feldblum believes that the gay agenda should trump religious liberty.

• Obama has promised to sign the Employment Non-Discrimation Act into law. It will violate religious liberty.

• Obama’s promise to close GITMO and bring terrorists into the U.S. undermines national security.

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FACT CHECK: Obama and a toothless commission

By CALVIN WOODWARD

President Barack Obama told Americans the bipartisan deficit commission he will appoint won't just be "one of those Washington gimmicks." Left unspoken in that assurance was the fact that the commission won't have any teeth.

Obama confronted some tough realities in his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, chief among them that Americans are continuing to lose their health insurance as Congress struggles to pass an overhaul.

Yet some of his ideas for moving ahead skirted the complex political circumstances standing in his way.

A look at some of Obama's claims and how they compare with the facts:

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OBAMA: "Starting in 2011, we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years. Spending related to our national security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will not be affected. But all other discretionary government programs will. Like any cash-strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don't."

THE FACTS: The anticipated savings from this proposal would amount to less than 1 percent of the deficit - and that's if the president can persuade Congress to go along.

Obama is a convert to the cause of broad spending freezes. In the presidential campaign, he criticized Republican opponent John McCain for suggesting one. "The problem with a spending freeze is you're using a hatchet where you need a scalpel," he said a month before the election. Now, Obama wants domestic spending held steady in most areas where the government can control year-to-year costs. The proposal is similar to McCain's.

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OBAMA: "I've called for a bipartisan fiscal commission, modeled on a proposal by Republican Judd Gregg and Democrat Kent Conrad. This can't be one of those Washington gimmicks that lets us pretend we solved a problem. The commission will have to provide a specific set of solutions by a certain deadline. Yesterday, the Senate blocked a bill that would have created this commission. So I will issue an executive order that will allow us to go forward, because I refuse to pass this problem on to another generation of Americans."

THE FACTS: Any commission that Obama creates would be a weak substitute for what he really wanted - a commission created by Congress that could force lawmakers to consider unpopular remedies to reduce the debt, including curbing politically sensitive entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. That idea crashed in the Senate this week, defeated by equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. Any commission set up by Obama alone would lack authority to force its recommendations before Congress, and would stand almost no chance of success.

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OBAMA: Discussing his health care initiative, he said, "Our approach would preserve the right of Americans who have insurance to keep their doctor and their plan."

THE FACTS: The Democratic legislation now hanging in limbo on Capitol Hill aims to keep people with employer-sponsored coverage - the majority of Americans under age 65 - in the plans they already have. But Obama can't guarantee people won't see higher rates or fewer benefits in their existing plans. Because of elements such as new taxes on insurance companies, insurers could change what they offer or how much it costs. Moreover, Democrats have proposed a series of changes to the Medicare program for people 65 and older that would certainly pinch benefits enjoyed by some seniors. The Congressional Budget Office has predicted cuts for those enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans.

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OBAMA: The president issued a populist broadside against lobbyists, saying they have "outsized influence" over the government. He said his administration has "excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs." He also said it's time to "require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or Congress" and "to put strict limits on the contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for federal office."

THE FACTS: Obama has limited the hiring of lobbyists for administration jobs, but the ban isn't absolute; seven waivers from the ban have been granted to White House officials alone. Getting lobbyists to report every contact they make with the federal government would be difficult at best; Congress would have to change the law, and that's unlikely to happen. And lobbyists already are subject to strict limits on political giving. Just like every other American, they're limited to giving $2,400 per election to federal candidates, with an overall ceiling of $115,500 every two years.

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OBAMA: "Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed. ... And we are on track to add another one and a half million jobs to this total by the end of the year."

THE FACTS: The success of the Obama-pushed economic stimulus that Congress approved early last year has been an ongoing point of contention. In December, the administration reported that recipients of direct assistance from the government created or saved about 650,000 jobs. The number was based on self-reporting by recipients and some of the calculations were shown to be in error.

The Congressional Budget Office has been much more guarded than Obama in characterizing the success of the stimulus plan. In November, it reported that the stimulus increased the number of people employed by between 600,000 and 1.6 million "compared with what those values would have been otherwise." It said the ranges "reflect the uncertainty of such estimates." And it added, "It is impossible to determine how many of the reported jobs would have existed in the absence of the stimulus package."

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OBAMA: He called for action by the White House and Congress "to do our work openly, and to give our people the government they deserve."

THE FACTS: Obama skipped past a broken promise from his campaign - to have the negotiations for health care legislation broadcast on C-SPAN "so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies." Instead, Democrats in the White House and Congress have conducted the usual private negotiations, making multibillion-dollar deals with hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholders behind closed doors. Nor has Obama lived up consistently to his pledge to ensure that legislation is posted online for five days before it's acted upon.

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OBAMA: "The United States and Russia are completing negotiations on the farthest-reaching arms control treaty in nearly two decades."

THE FACTS: Despite insisting early last year that they would complete the negotiations in time to avoid expiration of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in early December, the U.S. and Russia failed to do so. And while officials say they think a deal on a new treaty is within reach, there has been no breakthrough. A new round of talks is set to start Monday. One important sticking point: disagreement over including missile defense issues in a new accord. If completed, the new deal may arguably be the farthest-reaching arms control treaty since the original 1991 agreement. An interim deal reached in 2002 did not include its own rules on verifying nuclear reductions.

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OBAMA: Drawing on classified information, he claimed more success than his predecessor at killing terrorists: "And in the last year, hundreds of al-Qaida's fighters and affiliates, including many senior leaders, have been captured or killed - far more than in 2008."

THE FACTS: It is an impossible claim to verify. Neither the Bush nor the Obama administration has published enemy body counts, particularly those targeted by armed drones in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. The pace of drone attacks has increased dramatically in the last 18 months, according to congressional officials briefed on the secret program.

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OBAMA'S ANSWER FOR AMERICA? MORE OBAMA...

Jonah Goldberg

There's a story of an ex hausted tenor at La Scala who, facing repeated cries of "Encore," responded that he couldn't go on. A man rose in the audience to say, "You'll keep singing until you get it right."

That seems to be the defining principle of the Obama administration -- whose response to every problem, every setback, every hiccup and challenge has been, simply, "more Obama."

Indeed, for people who aren't sticklers for political jargon, it will be a shock that last night was Obama's first State of the Union Address, since it was his third formal address to a joint session of Congress. Yet for all of the political déjà vu, what was most surprising last night was the degree to which Obama delivered even more of the same.

Washington graybeards and pundits have been insisting that Obama needs to "start over," "reboot" and "tack to the middle" after Scott Brown's win in Massachusetts. But Obama's response last night was to recommit himself to the agenda that has gotten him in so much trouble.

In fairness, the president took a French-bath of Clintonism before he took to his beloved TelePrompTer. He doused himself with the scent of the deficit-fighter and trade-promoter. He unveiled a slew of small, easy, applause-gathering proposals and populist appeals that he knows will go nowhere.

He also indulged in a lot of feel-your-pain pathos, trying to connect with the real Americans suffering from the recession and the misdeeds of a "Washington" that Obama seems to think is run by someone other than him.

But the eau-de-Clinton couldn't mask the stench -- and Obama, in his supreme arrogance, didn't really seem to care.

There was no "pivot to the center," no serious accounting for the Massachusetts miracle or his misfortunes. Instead, there was an innumerate, inaccurate and distinctly unpresidential whine -- blaming George W. Bush for nearly all of his problems (leaving out, among other things, that the Democrats have been controlling Congress and crafting budgets since 2006).

The White House insists that the new wave of populism created by Democratic governance is, in fact, the same populist wave that carried Obama to victory in 2008. In other words, Obama was elected president by the backlash against his own presidency.

This novel theory allows Obama to stick to his view that there's nothing wrong with his health-care plan, and anyone who feels differently hasn't heard or understood the president's explanations.

So, he not only implored Democrats not to "run for the hills" on the health-reform bill, but insisted that as "temperatures cool," hot-tempered opponents will, of course, realize they were wrong about the bill.

Obama began his presidency insisting that government is the answer to our problems. A year later, he still believes that the era of big government is upon us.

In the same speech in which he preened over a gallingly gimmicky "spending freeze," the president promised more jobs bills, more "investments" in schools, roads, trains and factories. He even reaffirmed his support for his carbon-tax legislation -- which would send far more jobs overseas than it would create here at home.

But Obama has a bigger problem: Aside from a few throwaway lines of self-deprecation, whenever he grew passionate, it was to blame others.

His predecessor topped his list, of course. But also everyone else who disagrees with him.

Obama insists that Americans need to muster the courage to agree with him, to sign on to his agenda. Just as at Omaha Beach and Bull Run, Americans need to show their mettle. "Again, we are tested. And again, we must answer history's call." That "call" is the call of Obama.

"I never suggested that change would be easy, or that I can do it alone." So come on, you slackers, fall into line.

He decried the politicians who are in "permanent campaign" mode -- the same week he brought into the White House his campaign manager.

Other politicians are vain, cowardly and insubstantial. They need the courage to change. Meanwhile, Obama is great the way he is.

That is the attitude that has gotten the president in so much trouble. And last night's State of the Union speech showed us that change really isn't easy, particularly for the president.

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PRIORITIES: Obama Calls For Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

President Obama said Wednesday night he will work with Congress and the military to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the armed forces.

Obama made the remark in his first State of the Union speech during a short litany of civil rights issues, which included his successful hate crimes bill, a move to "crack down on equal-pay laws" and improvement of the immigration system.

"We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal, that no matter who you are or what you look like, if you abide by the law you should be protected by it," he said.

"We must continually renew this promise. My administration has a Civil Rights Division that is once again prosecuting civil rights violations and employment discrimination. We finally strengthened our laws to protect against crimes driven by hate," he said.

"This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are."

Former Navy pilot Sen. John McCain said "it would be a mistake" to repeal the 1993 law that bars gay men and lesbians from revealing their sexual orientation, and prevents the military from asking about it.

"This successful policy has been in effect for over 15 years, and it is well understood and predominantly supported by our military at all levels," McCain said. "We have the best-trained, best-equipped, and most professional force in the history of our country, and the men and women in uniform are performing heroically in two wars. At a time when our Armed Forces are fighting and sacrificing on the battlefield, now is not the time to abandon the policy."

But in a message to Pentagon leadership, Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it's time to repeal the law.

"As a nation built on the principal of equality, we should recognize and welcome change that will build a stronger more cohesive military," said Shalikashvili. His letter was sent to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, who supports repealing the policy.

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, an organization that works with those affected by the "don't ask, don't tell" law, praised Obama's call for repeal.

"We very much need a sense of urgency to get this done in 2010," the group said. "We call on the president to repeal the archaic 1993 law in his defense budget currently being drafted, that is probably the only and best moving bill where DADT can be killed this year. ... The American public, including conservatives, is overwhelmingly with the commander in chief on this one."

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, flatly disagreed with the idea of ending it.

"When it comes to 'don't ask don't tell,' frankly, I think it's worked very well. And we just ought to leave it alone," he said to reporters Wednesday morning.

The policy prohibits openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. armed forces.

The policy bans military recruiters or authorities from asking about an individual's sexual orientation but also prohibits a service member from revealing that he or she is gay.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Michigan, supports ending the practice but wants to go about it carefully.

Levin said he did not have any details about what the president would say.

"If we do this in a way which isn't sensitive ... we could have exactly the opposite effect of what I hope will be the case -- which is to change the policy," he said Monday.

Levin said the committee plans to hold hearings on the issue in early February, although the hearing may be with outside experts -- delaying a hearing with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, that had originally been promised, CNN was told by a congressional source.

Obama campaigned on the promise that he would repeal the law in his first year of office.

Speaking to the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign, in October, Obama admitted that "our progress may be taking longer than we like," but he insisted his administration was still on track to overturn the policy.

"Do not doubt the direction we are heading and the destination we will reach," he said.

Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell deflected repeated questions about the policy at Wednesday's Pentagon briefing, directing reporters to take their questions to the White House.

"We continue to work on this problem," said Morrell. "But I'm not going to get into it with more specificity than that."

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INTIMIDATION: Obama directly condemns Supreme Court; Dems cheer (video)

President Obama directly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court, during his State of the Union address to Congress, over a decision allowing corporations to contribute to political advertisements.

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Obama fighting 'Alice in Wonderland' terrorism war, says Sen. Lieberman

by Jim Kouri

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, accused the Obama Administration of an "Alice in Wonderland" approach to the nation's anti-terrorism strategy.

Lieberman and other senators on both sides of the aisle are critical of President Barack Obama's decision to try terrorists in civilian court in New York City as well as the Obama Justice Department decision to process the so-called "Underwear Bomber" captured on Christmas Day in the civilian criminal justice system.

Lieberman urged the Administration Monday to move Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from civilian to military custody because "he is an enemy combatant and should be detained, interrogated and ultimately charged as such."

"Though the President has said repeatedly that we are at war, it does not appear to us that the President's words are reflected in the actions of some in the Executive branch, including some at the Department of Justice, responsible for fighting that war. The unilateral decision by the Department of Justice to treat Abdulmutallab - a belligerent fighting for and trained by an al-Qaeda franchised organization - as a criminal rather than a UEB and to forego information that may have been extremely helpful to winning this war demonstrates that very point," Lieberman wrote in his letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

Holder’s decision to prosecute murderous, fanatical terrorists—including the 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- in civilian courts continues to infuriate many Americans, but to no avail.

While President Barack Obama claims that he sees American intelligence, homeland security and law enforcement systems working together seamlessly. He wants the professionals in these areas to collect, share, integrate, analyze and act on intelligence "as quickly and effectively as possible to save innocent lives, not just most of the time, but all of the time," he said. "That's what the American people deserve. As president, that's exactly what I will demand."

But not everyone believes the president is serious about intelligence gathering and analysis during a time of war.. Some security experts believe that it wasn't the intelligence people who failed in the prelude to the Christmas Day attempted airline bombing, but a clear lack of leadership.

"You have a Homeland Security Secretary who believes returning war veterans are extremists and an Attorney General who's biting at the bit to prosecute intelligence agents," said former NYPD detective and US Marine intelligence officer Mike Snopes.

"And when they get caught with their pants down, right away they blame the people -- the intelligence community -- whom they denigrate with their usual vitriol," he added.

"We and many others have already expressed serious concerns about whether a trial in civilian court might compromise classified evidence, including revealing sources and methods used by our intelligence community," said Senator Lieberman.

"We are also very concerned that, by bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorists responsible for 9/11 to the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, only blocks away from where the Twin Towers once stood, you will be providing them one of the most visible platforms in the world to exalt their past acts and to rally others in support of further terrorism," he said.

"The moment [Abdulmutallab] was given Miranda [warnings], the guy lawyered-up. Which means investigators will have to negotiate with him and possibly trade intelligence for a lighter prison sentence or other break," said political strategist Mike Baker.

When asked about his motives for not allowing the military justice system to try Gitmo detainees, Attorney Holder and his supporters blame President George W. Bush's failure to try Gitmo terrorists in the so-called military tribunals.

However, the real reason there were so few military trials was that lawyers were continuously working to derail the military courts martial by challenging them in the civilian courts. And far too many of those lawyers are now working for Holder at the Justice Department, according to Holder and Obama's critics.

In fact, during the Bush Administration, Holder's law firm, Covington & Burling, provided pro-bono services for about 20 of the enemy combatants held at Gitmo. In lawsuits Holder and his firm brought against the American people, Covington contributed more than 3,000 hours of free, top-flight legal assistance to these violent terrorists.

"From a political standpoint, Holder reserves his vitriol and passionate opposition for US intelligence officers and those law enforcement leaders who fight terrorists, or police commanders who are tough on criminal aliens," said Mike Baker.

Yet, Obama and Holder appear to enjoy immunity from any investigative journalism by the elite media, including questions regarding Holder's ties to defending enemies of the United States in the past.

"My read of Holder and his boss Obama is that they are perfectly comfortable befriending and defending terrorists. Obama's close friend -- and ghostwriter -- William Ayers was a bomb-maker for the fanatical Weather Underground. And Holder possesses a history of beneficence to terror organizations such as when he brokered a deal for releasing FALN bombers in New York just as Hillary Clinton began her campaign for that state's US Senate seat," claims former NYPD detective and US Marine Sidney Frances.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a columnist for The Examiner (examiner.com) and New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.

He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.

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State of the Union Demands Real Change!

Andrea Lafferty, Executive Director, released the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight:

America elected Barack Obama because voters wanted “change.” Tonight’s State of the Union speech makes it clear that it is Barack Obama who now needs to “change.” It is his failed political philosophy and tone deafness to the desires of the American people regarding jobs and the economy that needs to “change.”

 

In all of those staged campaign “town meetings,” the President dismissed foreign affairs as just a matter of being friendly and talking with the most violent dictators in Iran, Venezuela and China. He tried the smiling and backslapping, and it got us nowhere with international criminals like Ahmadinejad, Castro and Chavez.

 

The President wore out a dozen teleprompters with speeches about his stimulus program. His theory was to give money to banks and get them to give it to their customers, but he didn’t bother to tell the banks that. “Raises and bonuses for everybody!” cheered the bankers, as they opened their “stimulus” checks written with taxpayer funds.

 

In short, President Obama needs to “change” immediately and start leading and acting to aid an economic recovery and to protect America from terrorists who have been emboldened by his groveling and “apology tours.”

 

Forget blaming Bush and limply invoking Reagan. Obama needs to demonstrate that he has a vision for the future of America, and it doesn’t require the government to take over industry – it requires the government to get out of the way of private enterprise.

 

The State of the Union is not so good, Mr. President, and it is time that you “change” your big-spending solutions to something real that will allow job-creation and economic expansion to occur, and take steps to convince thugs who seek to bully America that they are mistaken. In spite of our confused political leadership, Americans are strong and determined to carry on the legacy of generations of patriots.

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Time to Eliminate Czars and Handmaidens, Mr. President!

By John W. Lillpop

Scores of millions of Americans are fitfully waiting the unveiling of the new and improved President Obama, set to roll out at 9 tonight.

A word of caution, Mr. President: People are looking for real CHANGE this time, mostly to the wrong-headed policies and decisions that you have implemented over the past 12 months.

We hear that you will propose a spending "freeze" in order to address the huge deficit that you, Speaker Pelosi and Senate Leader have rung up.

With all due respect, sir, isn’t a freeze just too little, too late?

From a taxpayers’ perspective, it certainly seems that the Obama deficit has grown so unwieldy that only a legitimate slash and burn effort stands a chance at making a difference. Running in place should not be an option.

Only real CHANGE will do, sir.

When it comes to identifying unneeded bloat in government, you could make a decent start simply by looking around the White House itself.

For instance, why in Hades does a man with an IQ of 170 need 40 "czars" to keep track of doings in government? Better to slash the unneeded programs AND the czars. Do it now for the people!

And can you please explain to the American people, many of whom have lost their homes or are in the process of suffering that indignity, why the FLOTUS needs 30 or so hand maidens to tend to her personal needs?

Surely, there must be a less costly way to provide a family of four with luxury and comfort in the White House?

When it comes to wasteful spending, why not propose a freeze on all non-essential congressional travel? Like Speaker Pelosi’s million dollar extravaganza in which she loaded a few Air Force jets with leftist cheerleaders to watch you fail at the global warming farce in Copenhagen?

Why not force Pelosi to justify why she had to go to Copenhagen and why it was necessary for her to take most of San Francisco with her on a winter’s holiday-- at taxpayer expense?

Speaking of wasteful boondoggles, perhaps you and Michelle should pool your money with that of Oprah in order to pay the US Treasury back for the money spent to transport the three of you to Copenhagen in your failed attempt to have the 2016 Olympics staged in Chicago?

Even greater savings could be realized by using common sense in the handling of KSM and other brutal terrorists. Is it really necessary to spend $200 million a year just to try these renegades in New York City when a military tribunal is much more than they deserve?

Why not abandon your leftist agenda, sir, and "spread the wealth" back to the American people from whence it came?

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The Obama Road to Serfdom

by Thomas E. Brewton

During 2009 we travelled far along the downward economic spiral that Friederich von Hayek in 1944 accurately foresaw for Great Britain under the post-War socialist Labour Party government.

This Wall Street Journal editorial lays out the nauseating hypocrisy of Obama’s phony PR gesture in the direction of fiscal probity.

Only blind faith in the secular religion of socialism can explain Obama’s rush to subordinate every aspect of our lives to the control of socialistic ideologues like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, David Axelrod, Bill Ayers, and Bernadine Dohrn.  Obama and his people presume to omniscience, because they have been “educated” by elite socialistic universities.  They assume arrogantly that the American people are dunces who can’t find their way to the bathroom without guidance from the intellectuals.  In their ideology the only just and desirable society is based upon what Franklin Roosevelt termed security, what in earlier periods of history was called serfdom. 

Serfdom was a political structure under which farmers were tethered to their land in return for protection by their overlords.  What they could do and where they could go was tightly regulated by those overlords, whose part of the bargain was providing their serfs security.  Such security was, for centuries, economically stagnating and and intellectually stultifying.

With one of the worst educational systems in the developed world, courtesy of liberal-progressive teachers’ unions, the United States is well on the way to being a dumbed-down, servile nation.  Loading us with amounts of debt that can never be repaid, even with Obama’s proposed levels of taxation, guarantees our servitude to the Washington elite.

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How Obama Can Deliver His State of Union in Under Two Minutes

Satire by John W. Lillpop

Pity poor Barack Obama. Delivering the State of the Union after his wrecking-ball performance over the past twelve month is almost too much to ask, even for a clean and articulate man of color without a Negro dialect.

Democrats are urging the president to focus on the economy and the lingering carnage attributable to George W. Bush. That would make the speech 40-60 minutes long, far too much time for a failed president.

Above all else, Obama needs to make his speech short, concise and to the point.

America is in deep trouble and the last thing we need is a long lecture about how George W. Bush is to blame for all bad news, including the earthquake in Haiti according to some deranged leftist actor out in Hollywood.

America does not give a damn about savaging W. anymore. We want our leaders to focus on fixing the problems, rather than fixing blame!

Another bit of free counsel: Completely avoid the word CHANGE, as that word is now synonymous with communism in the hearts and minds of Americans who have been paying attention.

One more helpful tip: Avoid the following subjects entirely:

1. Unemployment/Jobs Creation
2. Homeland Security/Defense
3. War in Afghanistan
4. Energy Independence
5. Massachusetts
6. Overall Economy/Fiscal Prudence
7. Deficit Management
8. Iran, North Korea
9. Russia, China
10. Status of the Dollar
11. Middle East Peace
12. USA Image Abroad
13. 2016 Olympics and Chicago
14. GITMO
15. Transparency in Government
16. Race Relations, and
17. Health Care Reform 　

Focus instead on your Nobel Peace Prize and other outstanding achievements, Mr President.

By speaking only about your achievements, sir, you should be able to deliver your State of the Union in less than two minutes, provided your teleprompter does not misbehave.

Good luck, and Allah bless America!

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Chump "Change"

By J. Matt Barber

So much for that whole "hopey-changey" thing; cute while it lasted, but the American people – like Bernie Madoff investors – now realize they’ve been duped. "Change" for the mere sake of change is simply chump change.

The seismic political shift that occurred in Massachusetts Tuesday night can’t be overstated. Obama’s Marxist, secular-humanist agenda – shared by Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the elitist, Eurocentric left – just ain’t gonna fly in the good ole’ USA. Not even in liberal Massachusetts. (I’m a right-wing "redneck," you say? Well, tough tea party!)

The delicious irony is that this senate contest between Republican victor Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley was for the late Ted Kennedy’s seat ("the people’s seat"). Old Teddy’s baby, of course, was socialized medicine, and Brown’s election may well force both Teddy’s and Obama’s signature issue off the duo’s Faux-topian "bridge to nowhere." (Let’s call it "Mary Jo’s revenge.")

Those of us who prayed for a miracle to derail this ObamaCare monstrosity – passage of which seemed a foregone conclusion just weeks ago – have witnessed, along with the rest of the world, perhaps the greatest political upset in American history. It’s just that: a miracle. (God really does have a sense of humor, doesn’t he?)

Now, to Scott Brown: Many social conservatives (of which I’m one) have complained that the senator-elect is woefully flawed on social issues – particularly abortion. This is true.

Still, to my pro-life, pro-family compatriots, I offer this: While bleeding to death, one may be left no choice but to apply a tourniquet. A tourniquet is less than ideal. It may even cost a limb; however, it’s also likely to save one’s life. Obama has sliced open America’s wrists with his cutting political agenda. Time is of the essence. By providing Senate Republicans the crucial 41st vote needed to filibuster, Scott Brown supplies the tourniquet.

Consequently, ObamaCare may well wither on the vine. From a practical standpoint, countless innocents may be spared. How? We know that Obama’s preferred Senate plan would require taxpayer funding for abortion on demand.

This means that millions of Americans – in violation of their conscience – would, through force of law, be made complicit in serial prenatal homicide. Therefore, it’s no stretch, in my opinion, to conclude that Brown’s election – should ObamaCare go down as expected – may have saved untold thousands, if not millions, of lives.

Of course, none of this justifies Brown’s indefensible position on abortion, "civil unions" and other social issues. I and others will not rest until he, and all who have been so deceived by the euphemistic language of "choice" and "reproductive freedom," likewise recognize that all persons – whether born or pre-born – share an "inalienable right to life" that in every instance trumps another’s phantom "right to choose" premeditated murder.

I also remind Michael Steele and the Republican minority that Brown’s election was not as much an endorsement of him or his positions on the issues, as it was a furious and unequivocal repudiation of President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and their positions.

Just look at the grassroots, conservative groundswell (tea parties and such) driving this "throw the bums out" rejection of the Democratic juggernaut. The movement is led by complete conservatives, not mealy-mouthed "moderates."

The GOP, if it wishes to both gain and retain political relevance and leadership, must back candidates who are solidly conservative on fiscal, national defense and social issues. They must stand firm upon the conservative Republican Party Platform.

Still, we mustn’t ignore the enormity of Scott Brown’s victory. He’s to be congratulated for running a great campaign and for giving voice to the revolutionary mood of "We the People." Massachusetts Democrats, Independents and Republicans alike – and the American majority by proxy – are, once again (remember November’s GOP sweep in NJ and VA) rejecting Obama’s radical leftist agenda generally and the government takeover of healthcare specifically.

Consider that, according to Rasmussen exit polling, 56 percent of Massachusetts voters said that healthcare was their number one issue, more than twice the number two issue: the economy. Furthermore, 73 percent of Independents, the majority of whom voted for Obama in ’08, turned on the president this time around, casting a vote for Brown and, by extension, against ObamaCare.

So, despite the desperate rationalizations of Obama sycophants in the mainstream media and elsewhere, "We the People" have finally – by any reasonable standard – driven a stake through the heart of ObamaCare.

Of course, liberals are anything but reasonable. They remain determined "to do that voodoo that they do." Yes, Democratic leadership appears undaunted, evidently intending to sprinkle pixie dust on their pet healthcare zombie in hopes that it may yet claw its way back from the grave (sorry for the mixed metaphor).

Rather than slowing down, regrouping and listening to the American people, Democrats defiantly insist that they will instead hit the accelerator, rushing the ObamaCare freight train yet more rapidly toward the cliff’s edge.

"Organizing for America," one of Obama’s primary propaganda vehicles released as statement on Wednesday, incredibly suggesting that Brown won because Democrats haven’t pushed hard enough: "Yesterday’s disappointing election results show deep discontent with the pace of change," claimed the release. "I know the OFA community and the President share that frustration.

"Our health care system still needs reform," it continued. "The President isn't walking away from these challenges. In fact, his determination and resolve are only stronger."

According to Reuters, Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that "Democrats will push ahead with a sweeping healthcare overhaul despite a Republican win…" And The Hill reports that, "David Axelrod, a White House senior advisor, said it’s ‘not an option’ for President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress to abandon healthcare reform after roughly a year of formal efforts to craft and pass legislation."

So, it would seem that, despite Tuesday’s crushing blow in Massachusetts, both the Obama administration and congressional leadership – in dogged defiance of America’s expressed will – have, nonetheless, made a political suicide pact. It’s Socialism or bust.

You have to wonder if Blue Dogs and other low ranking Democrats will take the Obamatown Kool Aid along with them.

If they value their jobs – and I think they do – I suspect not.

Matt Barber is an attorney concentrating in constitutional law. He is author of the book "The Right Hook – From the Ring to the Culture War" and serves as Director of Cultural Affairs with Liberty Counsel.

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"Underwear Bomber" Case Mishandled by White House, Says Intel Chief

by Jim Kouri

Hearings before the U.S. Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today revealed that the nation's top intelligence officer, the Homeland Security secretary and the CIA chief were not consulted by the White House after the capture of the so-called "Underwear Bomber."

In testimony he gave as he sat before the committee senators, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said the Christmas Day airline bombing suspect should have been detained as a terror suspect when the plane landed and that it was a mistake to arrest him as a criminal suspect.

He stated that special interrogators rather than civilian law enforcement officers should have questioned the would-be bomber.

The Nigerian terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was reportedly interrogated by federal law enforcement investigators when Northwest Flight 253 landed at Detroit International Airport on Christmas Day after he allegedly tried to detonate a makeshift bomb he surreptitiously took through airport security in Nigeria and Amsterdam. Abdulmutallab presently is being held in a secure prison about 50 miles outside of Detroit.

Blair told the Senate committee members that he was not consulted on about Abdulmutallab and whether or not he should be interrogated by President Barack Obama's new High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group. Obama had decided to remove interrogation responsibility from the Central Intelligence Agency and have a team conduct interrogations of suspected terrorists.

"That unit was created just for this type of case," Blair said. "We should have put it before them. The decision was made on the scene. We should have used it."

Blair and U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter, who was also on a panel this morning, have come under heat for the failed Christmas Day plot and its aftermath.

It was the Obama Justice Department that immediately indicted Abdulmutallab on criminal charges of trying to destroy an aircraft even after he told cops he had ties to al Qaeda and had picked up his explosives at an al-Qaeda training camp in Yemen. And they did it without notifying intelligence or homeland security officials.

Last Summer, the Obama White House announced that the CIA would no longer interrogate suspected terrorists. Any and all interrogations will be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the direct supervision of a member of the Obama Administration, although no one had been named "Interrogation Czar."

The move was part of Attorney General Eric Holder’s intention to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the CIA agents involved in interrogations already investigated by the CIA’s Inspector General’s Office. Holder's critics have pointed out that his law firm represented several terrorists who were tried by the U.S.

Groups such as Amnesty International, Code Pick and others are applauding Attorney General Holder’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate cases brought to the Department of Justice against members of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a columnist for The Examiner (examiner.com) and New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.

He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.

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