In the wake of the Flight 253 provocation, over-hyped terrorism panics, and last year's Big Pharma and media-engineered hysteria over the H1N1 flu pandemic, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13528 on January 11.
Among other things, the Executive Order (EO) established a Council of Governors, an "advisory panel" chosen by the President that will rubber-stamp long-sought-after Pentagon contingency plans to seize control of state National Guard forces in the event of a "national emergency."
According to the White House press release, the ten-member bipartisan Council was created "to strengthen further the partnership between the Federal Government and State Governments to protect our Nation against all types of hazards."
"When appointed," the announcement continues, "the Council will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities."
Clearly designed to weaken the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 which bars the use of the military for civilian law enforcement, EO 13528 is the latest in a series of maneuvers by previous administrations to wrest control of armed forces historically under the democratic control of elected state officials, and a modicum of public accountability.
Before he became a turncoat, Benedict Arnold was a gallant warrior and brilliant general who led the colonists to the turning-point victory over the British at Saratoga in our Revolutionary War.
A modern-day turncoat, Ben Nelson, Democratic Senator of Nebraska, didn’t even bother to fight–for his so-called principles or even for common sense. Supposedly against any health care reform that funded abortions, Nelson caved at the expected moment when Harry Reid threw a few million dollars his way to buy votes back home. He’s now one of the happy band of 60 Demo-idiots preparing to rule and ruin American health care from here to eternity.
Michelle Malkin on her blog has a letter from a Nebraska physician to Senator Nelson. It’s a must read. As the author notes, the so-called abortion language that convinced Nelson to vote for health care reform is as illusory as the savings the bill is supposed to wring from the nation’s medical spending.
That’s what you get for when you put Demofiends in power–government by illusion.
It went little noticed, but shortly after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the first health care reform measure as costing tens and hundreds of billions more rather than saving money, Director Doug Elmendorf was dutifully summoned to the White House, where he was worked over by Obama and his goons.
Since then, every so-called health care reform measure the CBO has weighed has–miraculously, and without basis in fact–saved tens and hundreds of billions over a ten-year period. The latest CBO fabrication guesstimate has the Senate bill, set to pass any day now, as saving $130 billion over ten years.
Cute trick. How you can enroll anywhere from 20 to 50 million people more in health care coverage and save money is a feat of LBJ proportions, and remember, it was Lyndon Baines Johnson who brought us Medicare and Medicaid and created the mess we’re in right now.
One thing is true, however. The measure is front-loaded with new taxes starting immediately while the health coverage doesn’t kick in until after the 2012 election. And if the Demofiends can hold power past that election, look for the public option to rear its ugly head again as soon as the fiends can demonize the insurance companies once the reality of how expensive this plan is going to be is revealed.
Anyway, we’re well on our way to rationed health care, administered by faceless bureaucrats (yes, death panels too), and a huge tax bill the likes of which we haven’t seen since, well, FDR and LBJ.
I thought we realized long ago that you can’t tax and spend yourself anywhere, except into national bankruptcy (like Greece today).
He’d already made a mockery of the U.S. presidency and the Nobel Peace Prize, but Barack Obama outdid himself when he arrived on a state visit to Japan the other day.
Now, one could almost understand how a Kenyan-Indonesian Muslim masquerading as an American Christian would betray himself by genuflecting in front of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdoullah, but when Barack Obama kowtowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, he betrayed 230 years of American tradition that holds all people to be equal.
It won’t be long before people will start bowing to King Obama and kissing his ring to plead for blessings when visiting the White House. Oh, but first, they have to pass that amendment thing about royalty in America. It should come sometime after health care reform.
Anyway, even an ur-socialist like FDR had the good sense to drive the King and Queen of England to his Hyde Park manse, where he served them hot dogs without ever bowing. Of course, being in a wheelchair did make genuflexion a bit out of the question. So Obama, I assume, felt constrained to make up for his predecessor’s gaffe.
Over at the American Thinker Web site, C. Edmund Wright (no relationship to Jeremiah, thankfully) offers an amusing but all too accurate assessment of the media and President Obama’s cover-up reaction to what went on at Fort Hood and what it means. Here’s a sample:
From what I can deduce, had his name been Smith it would be much easier for the Diane Sawyers of the Jurassic media to cover up what they fear really went on here. (In perhaps a related story, none of the 9-11 attackers were in the Smith family either.) And what appears to have gone wrong is that a poster child for every wrong headed politically correct liberal program our great military has been forced to accept blew a gasket and took 13 un-armed American soldiers out. Predictably blew a gasket I might add.
If what James Hudnall is writing on Big Hollywood about the new ABC series V is true, then I’m both happy and amazed. Amazed that a show could be so perceptive and get aired and happy because someone actually can see reality for what it is.
Here’s an excerpt:
The parable is, an attractive group of aliens show up, out of the blue, and offer universal health care, advanced technology and world peace in exchange for our trust and devotion. All we have to do is believe everything they say without question. Which means, don’t ask anything about their hidden motives or past associations because that would be racist impolite. In fact, one reporter who is offered an exclusive interview with their leader is admonished not to say anything negative or they would be denied access (Hi, Fox!).
And what do you know, the aliens are really here to eat us. And maybe even take over our car companies and banks. That part is unclear. But I’m sure they will reduce unemployment, because there will be less people looking for work. Oops, I guess “V” has nothing to do with Obama, because he sure isn’t doing well on that front. But anyhoo–
Good stuff. I’ve got to get my hands on a copy of that opening segment.
