According to the Jerusalem Post, the Obama Administration has demanded that Israel release cold blooded Palestinian terrorists as a goodwill gesture. Israeli Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis promised that there is no government
decision to release the terrorists and that the government is against
any such release.
President Obama is in no position to demand anyone to release child killing terrorists. Israel is at the forefront in the war with radical Islam and they are always pressed to show restraint or do things that harm the security of the state of Israel. Obama is in complete denial about the dangers of radical Islam and this terrorist release demand epitomizes that denial.
Mr. Obama can't even muster the words 'Muslim' and 'terrorism' in the same sentence. Other prime examples of this denial are the Fort Hood terrorist attack, the Benghazi terrorist attack and more recently the Boston terrorist attack. This White House even tried to coverup the Muslim Jihadist connection in the Benghazi terrorist attack by blaming a video on Youtube.
The Obama White House even moved quickly this week to down play Secretary
of State John Kerry’s contention that Boston Jihadist Tamerlan Tsarnaev had drawn inspiration for the attacks during a trip he
took to Chechnya.
Here is a listing of the terrorists President Obama is demanding that Israel release: Those who burned Amnon Pomerantz alive in his car in 1990, the
terrorists who murdered tractor driver Yigal Vahknin in 1993, the
terrorist who murdered 39-year-old Gush Katif resident Shaya Deutch in
1993, the terrorists who burned to their deaths Rachel Weiss and her
three children; Ephraim, Netanel and Raphael as well as soldier David
Delarosa who tried to save them and the terrorist who murdered Professor
Menachem Stern in the Valley of the Cross (in Jerusalem) while he was
on his way to Hebrew University.
Maybe Israel should demand that Barack Obama release Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a gesture of goodwill. Sad thing is, no one would really be surprised if Obama considered such an action.
Civil Liberties and Criminal Attorney Alan Dershowitz claimed in a MSNBC interview that authorities will "regret" not reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights and "may have blown the death penalty."
MSNBC ANCHOR: Authorities decided to withhold reading Dzhokar his
Miranda rights, invoking a public safety exception. As time passes, does
the justification for this wear off? And, in your opinion, does the
U.S., do investigators stand to regret that?
DERSHOWITZ: They will regret it, I think. A: There was never a basis for
the public safety exception. As you know, when they announced it, the
police had already announced that the public safety danger was over,
they had arrested everybody. They didn’t think there was any further
risk to the public. So they were using it as a subterfuge.
Why will they come to regret it? Because they think that this case is
going to be made based on videotapes the physical evidence. Bu there are
two elements to every crime: The actus reus, that is the crime itself,
which they will have no problem proving. And the intention. Now in order
to get the death penalty they have to prove a terrorist intention. Now,
in order to do that, they may get the information from him without
having Mirandized him. And that information may be kept out of a trial.
So they may have blown the death penalty, by not giving him his Miranda
rights.
DERSHOWITZ: And I do that there will be a price to be paid for it. I
know the courts in Boston, I practiced in front of the federal courts in
Boston. They're very tough on insisting that the rules be followed. And
if they try to circumvent these rules by not giving him his Miranda
rights, I can easily see a federal court saying, 'you can't use any of
his statements that he gave you in writing in the hospital.' They may
not be able to use them anyway because he may be not be competent to
provide incriminating statements while he is in and out of sedation.
I respect Dersowitz as a legal
mind, however, I disagree with him in this case. As he stated in the
article, actus rea will be easy enough to prove because of the plethora of
evidence, but he goes on to say that "in order to get the death penalty
they have to prove a terrorist intention."
Mens rea (actus non
facit reum nisi mens sit rea) can be proven even if the court rules the
prosecution cannot use the suspect’s statements. The carjacking victim
has told authorities the suspect claimed they were headed to New York to commit more attacks and also claims he wasn't
killed because he wasn't an American.
United States Law Code defines terrorism in part as "the term “terrorism” means premeditated, politically
motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational
groups or clandestine agents."
Premeditation will be a slam
dunk...the politically motivation part of the definition can be proved by the
simple fact they verbalized their intention to kill Americans exclusively to
the carjacking victim. That in and of itself willsatisfy the political motivation
requirement.
The defense will no doubt try to cast doubt on the credibility of the
witness, but I surmise the jury will see through the tactic. Muslim
terrorists often film farewell videos of themselves before they commit their
crimes, so if the government finds evidence of such a video, that will help
satisfy the political motivation requirement and premeditation as well.
There is so much evidence that will be accumulated before trial and I'm convinced it
will be enough to convict and sentence the suspect to death.
The Smoking Gun released a photo today of Boston Marathon terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The source of the photo leak remains unidentified. Is it real? You be the judge.
Three dead in Boston Marathon terrorist attack, another 144 injured with 17 critical.
The FBI has taken over the investigation into the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, which has resulted in 144 people injured. The FBI announced that they were searching for a
man they described as having dark skin, wearing black clothes and a
black back-pack who tried to gain entry into a restricted area during
the marathon. It was also reported that he may have had a foreign accent. We must be careful with early reports of suspects and facts on the ground because they are subject to change radically in short order. I will have more tomorrow when the facts become clear. Until then, say a prayer for all of those innocent people affected by this cowardly act of evil.
Good evening. I’m Marco Rubio. I’m blessed to represent Florida in
the United States Senate. Let me begin by congratulating President Obama
on the start of his second term. Tonight, I have the honor of
responding to his State of the Union address on behalf of my fellow
Republicans. And I am especially honored to be addressing our brave men
and women serving in the armed forces and in diplomatic posts around the
world. You may be thousands of miles away, but you are always in our
prayers.
The State of the Union address is always a reminder of how unique
America is. For much of human history, most people were trapped in
stagnant societies, where a tiny minority always stayed on top, and no
one else even had a chance.
But America is exceptional because we believe that every life, at
every stage, is precious, and that everyone everywhere has a God-given
right to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them.
Like most Americans, for me this ideal is personal. My parents
immigrated here in pursuit of the opportunity to improve their life and
give their children the chance at an even better one.
They made it to
the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a
cashier and a maid. I didn’t inherit any money from them. But I
inherited something far better – the real opportunity to accomplish my
dreams. This opportunity – to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter
where you start out in life – it isn’t bestowed on us from Washington.
It comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own
money to open a business.
And when they succeed, they hire more people,
who in turn invest or spend the money they make, helping others start a
business and create jobs. Presidents in both parties – from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan –
have known that our free enterprise economy is the source of our middle
class prosperity.
But President Obama? He believes it’s the cause of our problems.
That
the economic downturn happened because our government didn’t tax
enough, spend enough and control enough. And, therefore, as you heard
tonight, his solution to virtually every problem we face is for
Washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more.
This idea – that our problems were caused by a government that was
too small – it’s just not true. In fact, a major cause of our recent
downturn was a housing crisis created by reckless government policies.
And the idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best
way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers – that’s an old idea
that’s failed every time it’s been tried.
More government isn’t going to help you get ahead. It’s going to hold you back.
More government isn’t going to create more opportunities. It’s going to limit them.
And more government isn’t going to inspire new ideas, new businesses
and new private sector jobs. It’s going to create uncertainty.
Because more government breeds complicated rules and laws that a small business can’t afford to follow.
Because more government raises taxes on employers who then pass the
costs on to their employees through fewer hours, lower pay and even
layoffs.
And because many government programs that claim to help the middle class, often end up hurting them instead.
For example, Obamacare was supposed to help middle class Americans
afford health insurance. But now, some people are losing the health
insurance they were happy with. And because Obamacare created expensive
requirements for companies with more than 50 employees, now many of
these businesses aren’t hiring. Not only that; they’re being forced to
lay people off and switch from full-time employees to part-time workers.
Now does this mean there’s no role for government? Of course not. It
plays a crucial part in keeping us safe, enforcing rules, and providing
some security against the risks of modern life. But government’s role is
wisely limited by the Constitution. And it can’t play its essential
role when it ignores those limits.
There are valid reasons to be concerned about the President’s plan to
grow our government. But any time anyone opposes the President’s
agenda, he and his allies usually respond by falsely attacking their
motives.
When we point out that no matter how many job-killing laws we pass,
our government can’t control the weather – he accuses us of wanting
dirty water and dirty air.
When we suggest we strengthen our safety net programs by giving
states more flexibility to manage them – he accuses us of wanting to
leave the elderly and disabled to fend for themselves.
And tonight, he even criticized us for refusing to raise taxes to
delay military cuts – cuts that were his idea in the first place.
But his favorite attack of all is that those who don’t agree with him – they only care about rich people.
Mr. President, I still live in the same working class neighborhood I
grew up in. My neighbors aren’t millionaires. They’re retirees who
depend on Social Security and Medicare. They’re workers who have to get
up early tomorrow morning and go to work to pay the bills. They’re
immigrants, who came here because they were stuck in poverty in
countries where the government dominated the economy.
The tax increases and the deficit spending you propose will hurt
middle class families. It will cost them their raises. It will cost them
their benefits. It may even cost some of them their jobs.
And it will hurt seniors because it does nothing to save Medicare and Social Security.
So Mr. President, I don’t oppose your plans because I want to protect
the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors.
Hard-working middle class Americans who don’t need us to come up with
a plan to grow the government. They want a plan to grow the middle
class.
Economic growth is the best way to help the middle class.
Unfortunately, our economy actually shrank during the last three months
of 2012.
But if we can get the economy to grow at just 4 percent a year, it
would create millions of middle class jobs. And it could reduce our
deficits by almost $4 trillion dollars over the next decade.
Tax increases can’t do this. Raising taxes won’t create private
sector jobs. And there’s no realistic tax increase that could lower our
deficits by almost $4 trillion. That’s why I hope the President will
abandon his obsession with raising taxes and instead work with us to
achieve real growth in our economy.
One of the best ways to encourage growth is through our energy
industry. Of course solar and wind energy should be a part of our energy
portfolio. But God also blessed America with abundant coal, oil and
natural gas. Instead of wasting more taxpayer money on so-called “clean
energy” companies like Solyndra, let’s open up more federal lands for
safe and responsible exploration. And let’s reform our energy
regulations so that they’re reasonable and based on common sense. If we
can grow our energy industry, it will make us energy independent, it
will create middle class jobs and it will help bring manufacturing back
from places like China.
Simplifying our tax code will also help the middle class, because it will make it easier for small businesses to hire and grow.
And we agree with the President that we should lower our corporate
tax rate, which is one of the highest in the world, so that companies
will start bringing their money and their jobs back here from overseas.
We can also help our economy grow if we have a legal immigration
system that allows us to attract and assimilate the world’s best and
brightest. We need a responsible, permanent solution to the problem of
those who are here illegally. But first, we must follow through on the
broken promises of the past to secure our borders and enforce our laws.
Helping the middle class grow will also require an education system
that gives people the skills today’s jobs entail and the knowledge that
tomorrow’s world will require.
We need to incentivize local school districts to offer more advanced placement courses and more vocational and career training.
We need to give all parents, especially the parents of children with
special needs, the opportunity to send their children to the school of
their choice.
And because tuition costs have grown so fast, we need to change the way we pay for higher education.
I believe in federal financial aid. I couldn’t have gone to college
without it. But it’s not just about spending more money on these
programs; it’s also about strengthening and modernizing them.
A 21st century workforce should not be forced to accept 20th century
education solutions. Today’s students aren’t only 18 year olds. They’re
returning veterans. They’re single parents who decide to get the
education they need to earn a decent wage. And they’re workers who have
lost jobs that are never coming back and need to be retrained.
We need student aid that does not discriminate against programs that
non-traditional students rely on – like online courses, or degree
programs that give you credit for work experience.
When I finished school, I owed over 100,000 dollars in student loans,
a debt I paid off just a few months ago. Today, many graduates face
massive student debt. We must give students more information on the
costs and benefits of the student loans they’re taking out.
All these measures are key to helping the economy grow. But we won’t
be able to sustain a vibrant middle class unless we solve our debt
problem.
Every dollar our government borrows is money that isn’t being
invested to create jobs. And the uncertainty created by the debt is one
reason why many businesses aren’t hiring.
The President loves to blame the debt on President Bush. But
President Obama created more debt in four years than his predecessor did
in eight.
The real cause of our debt is that our government has been spending 1
trillion dollars more than it takes in every year. That’s why we need a
balanced budget amendment.
The biggest obstacles to balancing the budget are programs where
spending is already locked in. One of these programs, Medicare, is
especially important to me. It provided my father the care he needed to
battle cancer and ultimately die with dignity. And it pays for the care
my mother receives now.
I would never support any changes to Medicare that would hurt seniors
like my mother. But anyone who is in favor of leaving Medicare exactly
the way it is right now, is in favor of bankrupting it.
Republicans have offered a detailed and credible plan that helps save
Medicare without hurting today’s retirees. Instead of playing politics
with Medicare, when is the President going to offer his plan to save it?
Tonight would have been a good time for him to do it.
Of course, we face other challenges as well. We were all heart broken
by the recent tragedy in Connecticut. We must effectively deal with the
rise of violence in our country. But unconstitutionally undermining the
2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans is not the way to do it.
On foreign policy, America continues to be indispensable to the goal
of global liberty, prosperity and safeguarding human rights. The world
is a better place when America is the strongest nation on earth. But we
can’t remain powerful if we don’t have an economy that can afford it.
In the short time I’ve been here in Washington, nothing has
frustrated me more than false choices like the ones the President laid
out tonight.
The choice isn’t just between big government or big business. What we
need is an accountable, efficient and effective government that allows
small and new businesses to create middle class jobs.
We don’t have to raise taxes to avoid the President’s devastating
cuts to our military. Republicans have passed a plan that replaces these
cuts with responsible spending reforms.
In order to balance our budget, the choice doesn’t have to be either
higher taxes or dramatic benefit cuts for those in need. Instead we
should grow our economy so that we create new taxpayers, not new taxes,
and so our government can afford to help those who truly cannot help
themselves.
And the truth is every problem can’t be solved by government. Many
are caused by the moral breakdown in our society. And the answers to
those challenges lie primarily in our families and our faiths, not our
politicians.
Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats
love America. I pray we can come together to solve our problems, because
the choices before us could not be more important.
If we can get our economy healthy again, our children will be the most prosperous Americans ever.
And if we do not, we will forever be known as the generation
responsible for America’s decline. At a time when one showdown after
another ends in short-term deals that do little or nothing about our
real problems, some are starting to believe that our government leaders
just can’t or won’t make the right choices anymore.
But our strength has never come from the White House or the Capitol.
It’s always come from our people. A people united by the American idea
that, if you have a dream and you are willing to work hard, nothing
should be impossible.
Americans have always celebrated and been inspired by those who
succeed. But it’s the dreams of those who are still trying to make it
that sets our nation apart.
Tonight, all across this land, parents will hold their newborn
children in their arms for the first time. For many of these parents,
life has not gone the way they had planned.
Maybe they were born into circumstances they’ve found difficult to
escape. Maybe they’ve made some mistakes along the way. Maybe they’re
young mothers, all alone, the father of their child long gone.
But tonight, when they look into the eyes of their child for the
first time, their lives will change forever. Because in those eyes, they
will see what my parents saw in me, and what your parents saw in you.
They will see all the hopes and dreams they once had for themselves.
This dream – of a better life for their children – it’s the hope of
parents everywhere. Politicians here and throughout the world have long
promised that more government can make those dreams come true.
But we Americans have always known better. From our earliest days, we
embraced economic liberty instead. And because we did, America remains
one of the few places on earth where dreams like these even have a
chance.
Each time our nation has faced great challenges, what has kept us together was our shared hope for a better life. Now, let that hope bring us together again. To solve the challenges
of our time and write the next chapter in the amazing story of the
greatest nation man has ever known.
Thank you for listening. May God bless all of you. May God bless our
President. And may God continue to bless the United States of America.
In the fall of 2011, Obama ordered the killing of at least
three American citizens.One could argue
that two of those Americans that were killed by drone may have deserved their
fate, but due process considerations were ignored by this President.
In October of 2012, White House propaganda chief Robert Gibbs
was asked how Obama justified the killing of the sixteen year old
American.Mr. Gibbs responded in his
usual pompous manner by saying, “I would suggest that you should have a far
more responsible father if they are truly concerned about the well being of
their children. I don't think becoming an al Qaeda jihadist terrorist is the
best way to go about doing your business.”
That statement might have made more sense if Abdulrahman was
hanging out with his terrorist dad when his dad happened to be hit by the drone,
but that’s not what happened.Today we
learn about a secretive Justice Department memo that provides new information
about the legal reasoning behind the Obama regimes controversial kill-list policies.
The secret memo concludes that the U.S. government (Obama)
can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior
operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” -- even if there is
no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the
United States.
In a speech at Northwestern University Law School in March 2012,
Attorney General Eric Holder specifically endorsed the constitutionality of
targeted killings of Americans, saying they could be justified if government
officials determine the target poses “an imminent threat of violent attack.”
But the confidential Justice Department “white paper”
introduces a more expansive definition of self-defense or imminent attack than described
by Brennan or Holder in their public speeches.It refers, for example, to what it calls a “broader concept of
imminence” than actual intelligence about any ongoing plot against the U.S.
homeland.
A high-level government official may determine that the
targeted American has been “recently” involved in “activities” posing a threat
of a violent attack and “there is no evidence suggesting that he has renounced
or abandoned such activities.” The memo does not define “recently” or
“activities.”
This is a slippery slope for many legal reasons and Obama
must be challenged to explain his actions.This story has legs and it won’t be going away anytime soon.The reason it won’t be going away anytime
soon is because the mainstream media actually have an interest in this story,
unlike Benghazi or other Obama controversies.
The Obama regime doesn’t like the term “kill-list,” rather, they prefer to
call it "disposition matrix.”"Man-Caused
Disasters" instead of terrorism and "Overseas Contingency
Operation" for the war on terror comes to mind.
Have you ever said to yourself that you wished you lived
someplace where liberals didn't? Or
maybe you wished you lived in a place where you and your family would be safe
in the event the excrement made physical contact with a hydro-electric powered
oscillating air current distribution device.
Thanks to the patriots at The Citadel, you can now have both.
The Citadel is proposing to build a planned community in
northern Idaho that will house 3,500-7,000 American families. According to their website, patriotic
American families will voluntarily live together in accordance with Thomas
Jefferson's ideal of Rightful Liberty.
What is Rightful Liberty you ask?
It basically means that neighbors keep their noses out of other
neighbors business, that neighbors live and let live. Marxists, Socialists, Liberals and RINO's need not apply.
The good folks at the Citadel plan to purchase up to 3,000
acres for the planned community, which will be protected with walls and
towers. The Citadel has already purchased
about 20 acres (the beach head) where they intend to build a modern firearms
company (III Arms) to help fund the project.
Every able-bodied resident of the Citadel will be required to own and
maintain an AR-15, five magazines and 1,000 rounds of ammo. I know many of you are thinking this must be
a Utopian dream and I would concur.
Once the mainstream liberal media catches wind of this
project, I'm certain they will try to make comparisons to 'right-wing' anti-government
wackos or some racist cult in a compound.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
But of course the Matt Lauer types of the MSM never let the truth get in
the way of a good story. The Citadel
prohibits extremists and all prejudicial philosophies. In fact, they don't even care what race you
or your ancestors originate and they have no religious barriers. Patriots are not defined by race or religion. I myself might take issue with the religious
barriers issue. There are those
that view government as a religion....but then again... they fall into the
Marxist/Socialist/Liberal/Progressive camp, so I have no worries.
If you and your family are interested in such a wonderful
concept, I would encourage you to check them out. At the very least, you can purchase one of
their AR-15's or 1911's before Obama and the liberals makes them illegal. Let me know what you think.
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