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I ran into this little surprise over at HotAir. It just makes me giggle knowing that the DemonRat candidate doesn’t know exactly how many states he’ll be president over if he were to become president. Details.
Sphere: Related ContentWhose gov? Wyoming’s. I know, it’s a sad day when a red state like Wyoming has a moderate governor campaigning for a communist candidate with a wife who only recently became proud of her country. Ugh! Will this year ever end?
CHEYENNE — Although Barack Obama’s campaign has stumbled in recent weeks, Gov. Dave Freudenthal continues to support the Illinois senator in his quest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
“I still believe that of the two candidates the Democrats offer, Obama has the greatest chance of changing the gridlock chemistry in Washington,” Freudenthal said in an interview Friday afternoon.
Freudenthal will speak on Obama’s behalf during the Montana Democratic Party’s annual Harry S. Truman dinner May 10. Former President Bill Clinton is also on the speaker list to support the presidential campaign of his wife, Hillary Clinton.
I hope that turns out awkward.
Freudenthal said he looks forward to seeing and hearing the former president.
“He’s got to be easily the smoothest, most effective political orator on the scene today,” he said.
I’m assuming he means that as a compliment? And to show that Wyoming’s DemonRat governor is just as stupid as the other 99% of rats:
“With all due respect to all of the candidates, people who have seven-figure incomes arguing about who best understands people’s problems in buying gasoline is a little hard for me to take,” Freudenthal said.
Excuse me? Is Freudenthal suggesting someone who cannot even afford to keep gas in their vehicles run the nation? No, he’s just spouting out his liberal pie hole as usual.
I cannot help but wonder how the gun clinging citizens from Wyoming really feel about this ridiculous endorsement that in no way reflects the values of Wyoming. I think it reflects the values of the California transplants quite well.
Sphere: Related ContentDo we need a don’t ask don’t tell policy for atheists in the military? Well, according to an AP article on OneNewsNow, Specialist 
Jeremy Hall claims harassment for being an atheist in the military:
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. - Like hundreds of young men joining the Army in recent years, Jeremy Hall professes a desire to serve his country while it fights terrorism.
But the short and soft-spoken specialist is at the center of a legal controversy. He has filed a lawsuit alleging he’s been harassed and his constitutional rights have been violated because he doesn’t believe in God. The suit names Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
I’m having a difficult time finding where this soldier’s Constitutional rights have been violated, but I’m no attorney.
I find this part of the story strange:
Hall, 23, was raised in a Protestant family in North Carolina and dropped out of school. It wasn’t until he joined the Army that he began questioning religion, eventually deciding that he couldn’t follow any faith.
But he feared how that would look to other soldiers.
“I was ashamed to say that I was an atheist,” Hall said.
It eventually came out in Iraq in 2007, when he was in a firefight. Hall was a gunner on a Humvee, which took several bullets in its protective shield. Afterward, his commander asked whether he believed in God, Hall said.
Strange wording. Which was it? Was he afraid to say he was an atheist or ashamed? There is a difference. Hall has turned to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation for support. Hmmm … strange group. I’m having difficulty understanding their purpose. Is it to ensure that citizens in the military are guaranteed freedom from religion? While the video on the intro page of the website does not load and play properly, I find it offensive and ignorant that it is comparing Christian soldiers with radical islamists.
I have found this video on YouTube. Um, yeah, Ed Asner is involved. That alone answers any questions I have regarding the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Basically, they want to expel Christianity from the US Military. Ugh! That would be a stupid move.
I think it’s fine if this man chooses to deny the existence of God. It doesn’t change or affect God. It just seems like this young man is borrowing trouble by suing the Defense Secretary. Of course, it’s not about the money or furthering a political agenda. I find it frustrating that our military is even having to deal with this with so many other real important matters on their plate.
What do you guys think?
Sphere: Related ContentI never done a weekly roundup before, but OneNewsNow is just full of good stories for the week.
Happy Birthday Israel! Turning 60?! Awesome. No nation has ever fit the bill as a miracle nation like the Israel does. Even more exciting — God told us in His Word that they would be a nation again. I’m getting ready to head to church or I’d leave references. Feel free to leave them in the comment section (Neil). Anyway, as frustrating as politics are right now, we are living in EXCITING times and Bible prophecy is being fulfilled each and every day.
Israeli activist, Gary Bauer, is urging the U.S. State Department to make sure former President Carter doesn’t run a muck the world meeting with and endorsing terrorists organizations:
Bauer, president of the conservative group American Values, says it is dangerous for Carter to grant legitimacy to the terrorist group. “This trip is an absolute disaster. It’s counter to the national security interest of the United States, and I want to call on the State Department to seriously consider revoking former President Carter’s visa so that this sort of trip cannot be done again. It is damaging to the interests of the United States,” Bauer contends.
I agree, but a reality check tells me this nut of an ex-President will continue in his asinine ways until he finally gets the chance to answer to God for his bone head foreign policy ideas. Ouch! I would not want to be Jimmuh on that day.
Guess what? National Right to Life is endorsing McCain! Really, what choice do they have?
National Right to Life has endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) for president. While McCain has not been considered the ideal candidate by most of the pro-life community, many consider him a much better choice than either Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) or Senator Barak Obama (D-Illinois).
And last but least, Californians had better start spanking their children while it’s still legal. I’m not saying that all children need spanked, but like it not, most do! I can pretty much guarantee you that our child would not be headed down the path of success if proper discipline had not been part of her upbringing.
The legislation is a resurrected version of Democrat Sally Lieber’s bill from last year, minus the outright spanking ban. The bill prohibits using “implements” such as wooden spoons, paddles, rolled-up newspapers, switches, belts, or brushes — essentially, allowing only the hand.
Randy Thomasson of Campaign for Children and Families warns that if the bill is approved, the penalty for their use is severe. “You’re going to be arrested, handcuffed, taken to the police station, [and be] charged,” he details. Thomasson says that once a parent is charged, then a jury will determine if it was reasonable for that parent to administer a spanking.
Not to start a parenting lesson here, but I truly believe spanking your child with your hand is wrong. Not to mention, very ineffective.
Well, I have to run to church. My apologies in advance if this post is full of typos — that’s what we get when we type with one hand and get in a hurry!
From CBS News.
Never mind the fact that it would cost millions of dollars to revoke the policy and let gays serve openly in the military. I cannot even believe it would be in the best interest of a person to serve openly gay in the armed forces. Of course, the homosexual agenda propagators really could not give a rat’s patoot about the efficiency and well-being of our military. Their goal is to simply shove their agenda down everyone else’s throats.
The last time I checked, our military actually served a purpose of protecting our nation, not some asinine cause of advancing the perverted propaganda for the homosexual agenda.
Here’s Obama’s take on things:
“But I think there’s increasing recognition within the Armed Forces that this is a counterproductive strategy,” he said. “We’re spending large sums of money to kick highly qualified gays or lesbians out of our military, some of whom possess specialties like Arab-language capabilities that we desperately need. That doesn’t make us more safe.”
I’d like to see the actual large sums of money that are being spent to kick highly qualified gays or lesbians out of the military.
Isn’t it cute how Obama refers to the gays and lesbians as highly qualified? He goes on:
Asked what he could reasonably accomplish for the gay community as president, Obama said he can “reasonably see” repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy as well as signing legislation to ban workplace discrimination against gays. He said he’d like transgendered people to be covered by the law, but thinks it would be tough to get such legislation through Congress.
Is it just me, or are others getting fagged from the LGBT bunch?
Sphere: Related ContentI stumbled on this article when reading the Casper Star Tribune online this morning. I’d like to say that it was while enjoying a Saturday morning cup of coffee, but I quit the stuff on March 10th. Ugh! I miss it most on quiet Saturday mornings. Anyway, back to the subject at hand. I had a hard time believing the opening paragraphs of the article:
HOUSTON - Mayra Figueroa a naturalized U.S. citizen, community organizer and licensed driver had no reason to fear being arrested, no need to worry about deported.
Then she was pulled over by a Houston police officer, who told her he found it suspicious that a Latina was driving a late-model car. The first thing the officer requested? Figueroa’s Social Security card, as proof of citizenship.
Who else doesn’t think this is true? Ms. Figueroa gets pulled over and the officer tells her he found it suspicious that a Latina was driving a late-model car? I doubt that. Most traffic stops are recorded, and I’m thinking no police officer would be that ignorant. I could be wrong, but that would be an unusual occurrence too.
The AP author uses this article to justify why it is wrong to either deport or threaten to deport illegals. Here are some examples:
But as local governments feel mounting frustration over illegal immigration, that hands-off attitude is disappearing. More than 100 local law enforcement agencies including Los Angeles and Orange counties in California and Maricopa County in Arizona, which includes Phoenix have begun or are waiting for training to help the Department of Homeland Security root out illegal immigrants and hand them over for deportation.
Advocates say the training beefs up the power of the overworked Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency. Detractors say it will discourage millions of immigrants from reporting crime or cooperating with police investigations. They also cite evidence of poor training and overeager cops, like the one who questioned Figueroa.
Well, if they shouldn’t be here, send them packing. Period.
And what in the world is going on in New Jersey and when did Minnesota elect a Republican Governor?:
In New Jersey, the Attorney General ordered police to ask arrested suspects about their immigration status. In Minnesota, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed an executive order requiring state agents to enforce immigration law.
“When my deputies come across illegals, they arrest them even on traffic violations,” said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “People ask me why I am taking this on? The last I heard, crossing the border is an illegal activity. I took an oath of office to enforce the law, so I am enforcing the law.”
Ready for the experts?
But some experts say it could spell the end of cooperating with police in immigrant neighborhoods.
I’m just guessing … but I think the author might mean illegal immigrant neighborhoods.
“People are very, very fearful of interaction with law enforcement, said Susan Shah, with the New York-based Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit. “Even people with legal status, whose families may have mixed immigration status, now have a fear of opening the door.”
That fear has been exacerbated by accounts some rumored, some real of people being turned over to immigration officials after being stopped for minor offenses such as traffic violations and loitering, or after going to police to report a crime.
In Newark, N.J., a freelance photographer who stumbled upon on a dead body in an alley and reported the discovery to police was detained and asked about his immigration status.
In Falls Church, Va., staffers at the Tarirhu Justice Center, which works with immigrant victims of domestic abuse, say they are fielding calls from women who have been assaulted, yet refuse to go to police.
“When there’s confusion about what policy applies to you and when it does, the safe course of action is to avoid authorities altogether,” said Jeanne Smoot, the center’s director of public policy.
In Durham, N.C., police recently investigated a string of robberies targeting Latino immigrants, who the thieves saw as “soft targets” because they’d be reluctant to call police.
Only after officials reassured local residents that they would not be reported to ICE did they get the information needed to solve the cases, said Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez.
I guess I’m thinking this is one reason we have immigration laws in the first place — to prevent these scenarios. Illegals being victimized by other illegals who realize the chances of their victims reporting the crimes are slim.
Crossing the border illegally is a crime. So, all these illegals are criminals and really have no respect for any other laws in our nation. Why should they? It is not their nation nor the blood of their families that has been shed for the freedoms we enjoy.
The people who claim that the United States cannot survive without illegal aliens to do the work that Americans won’t do are no different that the people who didn’t think our nation could survive without slavery. How did that work out?
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From the Casper Star Tribune, I learn that a professor from UW is running against Senator Enzi. I would say, “Good luck with that.” Except for I wouldn’t mean it.
“We need a fresh group of policy makers that are willing to put the needs of their country, and the needs of their states, ahead of their personal rivalries and the desires of their political party — individuals who seek solutions through bipartisan collaboration and support, rather than through the simple tyrrany of the majority party,” Rothfuss said during his candidacy announcement.
Last I checked, the DemonRats were the tyrants with the majority.
To be clear, the good Senator Enzi has not announced whether or not he’ll be seeking reelection. Let’s hope he does.
On a personal note, is that a cute picture of Knut or what?
Sphere: Related ContentReuters that is. Doh! Do they have to give it away in the first word of the first sentence?! Only when it’s a Republican:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Renzi of Arizona, a state co-chair for Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, was indicted on corruption charges stemming from land deals in his state, Justice Department officials said on Friday.
What party poopers. Oh well, at least we can still be challenged by some stories.
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It’s been awhile since we’ve played the fun game of guessing which political party a convicted criminal belongs to. I felt obliged to post on it after spending 2 minutes of my life reading about this:
A businessman was convicted Wednesday of faking his disappearance after a car crash two years ago to draw attention to his long-shot congressional campaign.
Does it surprise anyone that I had to read the entire article before finding out which party this guy was campaigning for? Seriously, the last sentence? This is just too much fun.
Don’t cheat, try and guess before you get to the end.
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