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"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
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Terrifying the Republican Establishment
Alan Caruba
"Rise up together as one voice"
"Be careful where you stand"
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Top DHS Official Accused of Immigration Favoritism
On paper, the EB-5 immigration program sounds like a huge benefit for the nation's economy. The program fast-tracks green cards for foreign investors who put at least half a million dollars into a venture in the U.S. that will create jobs. But in practice, the program is riddled with corruption that favors businesses with ties to Democrat politicians -- all thanks to Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This is the finding of a two-and-a-half year investigation by DHS's Inspector General. "The juxtaposition of Mr. Mayorkas' communication with external stakeholders on specific matters outside the normal procedures, coupled with favorable action that deviated from the regulatory scheme designed to ensure fairness and evenhandedness in adjudicating benefits, created an appearance of favoritism and special access," the report concludes. Mayorkas meddled in at least three cases. In one instance, he became personally involved when a Mexican investor wanted a green card to invest in a Las Vegas casino Sen. dinky Harry Reid had touted. And this is where the corruption starts to stink even further. Mayorkas was under this investigation, heading the EB-5 program, when Barack nObama nominated him for his present deputy spot. It was dinky Reid who rammed through Mayorkas' nomination using none other than the nuclear option. But they say you can trust Democrats. More... -The Patriot Post
Global Warming Is Killing Everyone
Climate change, formerly known as global warming, often takes center stage for Democrats. That's not true of the electorate, but Democrats are undeterred. What is astonishing is the degree to which Democrats will mislead their constituents to grab the reins of power in Washington, DC. Take newly elected Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who wooed voters by pledging to address man-made global warming with initiatives like cap and trade. On Feb. 4, Beyer wrote on his website, "In all, extreme weather events triggered over $110 billion in losses and almost 7,000 fatalities" in 2014. He reiterated that claim a month later in the Falls Church News-Press, in which he repeated, "More than 7,000 Americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year." That's pretty startling. And egregiously wrong. After Beyer's assertion received backlash, spokesman Thomas Scanlon attempted to clear the air. "That number should be globally, not just in the United States," he told PolitiFact. "We made an error in editing this column." Even still, the claim is deceptive. The statistic (which was actually 7,700) was derived from Germany-based insurer Munich RE, which tallies "global natural loss event." According to researcher Peter Hoeppe, "We do not have the ability to identify the direct impact of global warming on fatalities caused by natural catastrophes, other than to say any fatality caused by the earthquake peril are not due to global warming." -The Patriot Post
Leftmedia Dismiss nObama's Mentor
In the seventh year of Barack nObama’s presidency, many questions still remain unanswered about his life before he entered the White House. Mysteries surround his associations with a number of people, including Frank Marshall Davis, the Communist writer and activist who was a mentor to a young nObama when he lived in Hawaii. But never fear; The Washington Post is on the case. Davis was one of many past nObama associates who was resolutely ignored by the Leftmedia in the run-up to the 2008 election -- and since then, too. While other presidential candidates, particularly Republicans, can always count on the unwavering scrutiny of the press, nObama remained free of such probing questions. In fact, the media circled the wagons to protect him from any information that might damage the glowing narrative of Hope 'n' Change™. Consequently, Davis went largely unmentioned. And questions about nObama’s early dalliances with communism went unanswered. This week, The Washington Post, one of the media gatekeepers of the nObama persona, gave the Davis story their fact-check "Pinocchio test.” After an article that documented barely half the story of Davis’s background and his associations with nObama, the Post decided any attempt to label Davis as nObama’s communist mentor was worth three Pinocchios out of four. -The Patriot Post
NEW CORRUPTION CLAIMS SNARE CLINTON INSIDERS
Investigators say a former Clinton appointee, now in a key post at the Department of Homeland Security, improperly intervened on cases that benefitted presumptive Democratic nominee Hilly Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, her former campaign chairman and other key Democratic donors. This is the second recent revelation of unseemly conduct inside Clinton’s universe. The other involves Rodham tapping the connections from his sister’s problematic family foundation to get in on a controversial gold mine in disaster-wracked Haiti. The nObama administration is sticking by embattled Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Even so, the report is sure to deepen questions about the contents of the tens of thousands of emails from her time as secretary of state that Clinton said she destroyed in the interest of protecting her privacy.
Investigators say a former Clinton appointee, now in a key post at the Department of Homeland Security, improperly intervened on cases that benefitted presumptive Democratic nominee Hilly Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, her former campaign chairman and other key Democratic donors. This is the second recent revelation of unseemly conduct inside Clinton’s universe. The other involves Rodham tapping the connections from his sister’s problematic family foundation to get in on a controversial gold mine in disaster-wracked Haiti. The nObama administration is sticking by embattled Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Even so, the report is sure to deepen questions about the contents of the tens of thousands of emails from her time as secretary of state that Clinton said she destroyed in the interest of protecting her privacy.
-Fox News
Hilly can blow off key issues in primary - NYT: “The last time she ran for president, Hilly Rodham Clinton did not have to take a position on the Common Core, Race to the Top or teacher evaluations in tenure decisions. She won the endorsement of one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions in 2007 after deploring the use of standardized tests and the underfunding of the No Child Left Behind law by President George W. Bush’s administration… Her allies believe that with no strong primary opponent to force her into the open, Mrs. Clinton has plenty of time to maneuver before taking sides. But advocates will be using what leverage they possess to draw her out sooner.” -Fox News
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Iran: The Only "Good Deal" - And How to Work for It
(Malcolm Lowe) - Even if, as the US Administration ceaselessly assures us, Iran's drive to acquire nuclear weapons can be frustrated for a while, any relaxation of the current economic sanctions will be used to finance Iran's other drive: its quest for regional hegemony...To begin with, the P5+1 could adopt the very successful style of negotiation practiced by Palestinians as well as Iranians. This is to whittle away at the position of the other side by extracting one little concession after another, but then to delay the negotiations indefinitely when the deal seems to be imminent. The result is that when negotiations do resume, it is not from zero, but from an inferior initial position of the other side. Whenever a deal seems near, one of the P5+1 should come up with a further demand or demands. What they could do is adopt that role in succession, so that Iran is the party that needs to keep starting afresh from a worse position. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5445/iran-good-deal
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nObama Admin Threatens U.S. Allies for Disagreeing with Iran Deal
(Adam Kredo) - Efforts by the nObama administration to stem criticism of its diplomacy with Iran have included threats to nations involved in the talks, including U.S. allies, according to Western sources familiar with White House efforts to quell fears it will permit Iran to retain aspects of its nuclear weapons program...A series of conversations between top American and French officials, including between President nObama and French President Francois Hollande, have seen Americans engage in behavior described as bullying by sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon. The disagreement over France’s cautious position in regard to Iran threatens to erode U.S. relations with Paris, sources said. Is he going to threaten the P5+1 if they all disagree with him? What a jerk, you don't threaten your allies. http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-admin-threatens-u-s-allies-for-disagreeing-with-iran-nuke-deal/
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Hilly Clinton Defies Subpoena, ‘Wiped Her Server Clean’
(Joel Gehrke) - Former secretary of state Hilly Clinton failed to provide any new documents to the congressional panel investigating the Benghazi terrorist attacks, instead notifying the committee that she has “wiped her server clean,” the lead investigator announced... “After seeking and receiving a two week extension from the Committee, Secretary Clinton failed to provide a single new document to the subpoena issued by the Committee and refused to provide her private server to the Inspector General for the State Department or any other independent arbiter for analysis,” Representative Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.), the chairman of the select committee investigating the attacks, announced Friday evening. “We learned today, from her attorney, Secretary Clinton unilaterally decided to wipe her server clean and permanently delete all emails from her personal server,” he continued.
You just knew she was going to do just that or she did it as fast as she could several weeks ago. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/416125/hillary-clinton-defies-subpoena-wiped-her-server-clean-joel-gehrke
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Trey Gowdy just Prove that Hilly Clinton is a Criminal?
(Onan Coca) - Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) who is leading the investigation into the Benghazi fiasco confirmed to America today that Hilly Clinton is indeed a slimy and likely criminal malcontent...It seems that Mrs. Clinton no longer has any of the emails she sent or received during her time as Secretary of State, but don't worry, unlike the folks at the IRS her computer didn't crash...No, Hilly lost her emails the good ol' fashioned way. She DELETED them. ALL OF THEM. And she did this AFTER the State Department asked her to return all of her work documents, emails and other material. The lady is dirty. http://eaglerising.com/16651/breaking-news-did-trey-gowdy-just-prove-that-hillary-clinton-is-a-criminal/
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THE FALLACIES OF ANTI-ARTICLE V ADVOCATES
(Timothy N. Baldwin, JD.) - Under the first argument, opponents of Article V attempt to scare patriots into believing that if we use Article V to limit the federal government’s power,we will get a worse constitution...They even argue that we would get an entirely different constitution (but do not explain how the states would ratify one.) They begin by incorrectly using the term “constitutional convention” or “Con Con” to describe Article V. This not accurate but is meant to lead people into fear. As constitutional scholars have rightly stated, “the term ‘constitutional convention’ is misleading; it would be more accurate…to call it an 'amendment-proposing convention.'' "In fact, one of the purposes of the Article V convention is precisely to avoid any need for a constitutional convention. Under the second argument, opponents of Article V point to other remedies they claim will “restore” the Constitution, such as nullification and the militia. However, no other remedy can change our federal jurisprudence and none will have nearly the same impact on restoring liberty as Article V. http://www.newswithviews.com/Timothy/baldwin195.htm
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The Fifty Shades Of Barack nObama
(rickwells.us) - Andrew Klavan notes how the one-sided love-hate relationship the United States had with its pretend president has now evolved into one of enlightened mutual hate shared by most Americans...even those who originally had decided it was a good idea to entrust our future to an unknown communist of unverified origin. He explains his views in an entertaining “50 shades of nObama” manner, with nObama playing the part of himself, as the abusive, self-centered villain. It’s kind of like “Dreams From My Father” but with less of the biographical fiction.
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Retiring Sen dinky Harry Reid An Emasculating Disgrace
(rickwells.us) - Charles Krauthammer begins his comments regarding the retirement of Senator dinky Harry Reid (D-NV) by saying, “dinky Harry, we hardly knew ye and what we did know we didn’t like.”...He says, “Now I know you’re not supposed to dance on the grave of the newly dead, but this is only a political death so those rules don’t apply and I will be unrestrained.” Krauthammer says, “I’m not against the fact that he was a partisan with sharp elbows and all that but I do think he was to his own institution because he emasculated it in the name of protecting the ‘president’ and trying to reelect Democrats. He didn’t succeed because he essentially shut down the Senate as soon as Republicans took the House in 2010.” http://www.rickwells.us/krauthammer-retiring-sen-harry-reid-an-emasculating-disgrace-who-protected-his-president-by-destroying-senate/
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Jeanine Pirro: America Needs To Stop Sleeping With the Enemy
(nicedeb.wordpress.com) - On Saturday night’s Justice, Judge Jeanine used the phrase “sleeping with the enemy” to describe the creepy, cozy relationship between nObama Regime and the Iranian Regime... “More American blood has been spilled by Iran and the terrorism it sponsors in the Middle East than by any other country,” Pirro stated. “Iran says its within its rights to enrich uranium. That’s like saying a proven mass murderer living next door to a daycare center has the right to buy as many AK-47s as he wants. Mr. President, America needs to stop sleeping with the enemy, dancing with the devil, and writing love letters to those who want to kill us.”
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Saudi Arabia Building A Coalition Where nObama Refused
(rickwells.us) - Andrea Mitchell notes that the military action undertaken by Saudi Arabia against targets inside Yemen is being conducted with the assistance of U.S. intelligence and asks NBC’s Richard Engel to sort things out...On what is the second day of military action against the Iranian-backed rebel insurgency in Yemen, Engel describes the Saudis as having “put together a very sizable coalition and a coalition that continues to grow.” He characterizes the breadth of the support for the action, as “more countries saying that they’re not going to just contribute with their planes but that they’ll send men on the ground to fight along with Saudi Arabia and invade Yemen if necessary.” http://www.rickwells.us/saudi-arabia-building-a-coalition-where-obama-refused-against-his-iranian-comrades-in-yemen/
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I said I would on May 6, 2013 when he was beginning to get attention. Columnist George Will said he was “as good as it gets” when it comes to being a true conservative in Congress.
I am of course speaking of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) who has announced his candidacy to be the presidential candidate of the Republican Party.
Middle East Meltdown Now A Regional Crisis
(rickwells.us) - As the nObama regime continues to make overtures to our enemies in Iraq and abandon our Middle East allies in its program of vacuum creation, the region is erupting into all out chaos...The situation in Yemen is the focus of John Bolton’s comments, but it is indicative of a wider problem which has been allowed to fester and grow in the chaotic vacuum created by the absence of American leadership under Barack nObama. The discussion notes the threat that the Houthi rebels pose to the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, a chokepoint of international trade through the region, one that could potentially be vulnerable to exploitation by the Houthis should they be so inclined. Up to forty percent of global maritime trade could be at risk.
Terrifying the Republican Establishment
Alan Caruba
(factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com) - Would you vote for a man who openly says he would repeal nObamaCare?
Would you vote for a man who openly says he favors a fair tax and wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service?
Would you vote for a man who opposes nObama’s efforts to offer illegal aliens amnesty and promises to secure the borders?
Would you vote for a man who decries a federal government “that wages an assault on our religious liberty”?
Would you vote for a man who wants a federal government that “works to defend the sanctity of human life” and would “uphold the sacrament of marriage”?
Would you vote for a man who defends our Second Amendment rights and condemns the effort ban ammunition?
Would you vote for a man who condemns a federal government that seeks to dictate school curriculums and wants to repeal “every word of Common Core”?
Would you vote for a man who would stand “unapologetically with the nation of Israel”?
Would you vote for a man who has pledged that he would do everything he could to ensure that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon?
Would you vote for a man who openly says he would do everything he could to defeat radical Islamic terrorism?
I am of course speaking of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) who has announced his candidacy to be the presidential candidate of the Republican Party.
I suspect that his announcement probably terrifies the Republican “Establishment” who have managed to serve up some good men, but poor candidates, to be President. When Republican voters stayed home, we got Barack nObama in 2008 and 2012.
Now they want to get the Party faithful to vote for Jeb Bush, but from my vantage point, the real base is ready to vote for anybody else, Sen. Cruz, Wisconsin Gov. Walker, and Sen. Rubio come to mind.
First of all, there is no Tea Party in the sense of a political party with its own candidates. What there is are Republicans who believe in the U.S. Constitution, small government, fiscal prudence, strong national security, and all those other values outlined in Ted Cruz’s speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
As Cruz said in an email about his announcement “Washington, D.C. has become completely disconnected from the values of real Americans. That’s why we are now more than $18 trillion in debt, why wages have stagnated, and why our foreign policy is an absolute mess.” That pretty much sums up what nObama has delivered.
Does it surprise anyone that Cruz’s candidacy was instantly attacked, not just by Democrats, but by a number of leading Republicans? Rep. Peter King, appearing on CNN’s “Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer, said, he’d “jump off that bridge” when he got to it if Cruz becomes the GOP candidate. He also accused Cruz and Rand Paul of being “counterfeit conservatives.” Nonsense!
The March 24 Wall Street Journal had a lengthy editorial devoted to “The Cruz Candidacy” noting that on most issues with the exception of immigration they found themselves in agreement with him and offered an upbeat view that “The good news for GOP voters is that their field of candidates in 2016 is going to be deep, offering many varieties of conservative leadership” but ending with reservations about “his polarizing style” which was another way of saying he is not a wishy-washy centrist.
We will hear more such accusations and criticisms and, as often as not, they will come from the GOP Establishment.
The GOP Establishment regards real conservatives as unable to secure election, preferring RINOs, Republicans in Name Only, and candidates who move as close to the center politically as possible. It seems to have escaped their notice that the Republicans elected in the last two midterm elections were sent to Washington, D.C. by Tea Party and other serious conservative voters.
It has been a long time since a real conservative Republican, Ronald Reagan, was elected President, but it can happen again as serious voters, particularly those who are independents, join with those who find Sen. Cruz a refreshing voice, Will he get the nomination? We are a very long way from the 2016 election, but at least we know it won’t be a boring one!
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