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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

A Cancer grows in Europe



Germany's Merkel: Multiculturalism Is Kaput

Chancellor Angela Merkel tells a meeting of her Christian Democratic Union that immigrants are welcome in Germany but need to learn the language and...


Chancellor Angela Merkel tells a meeting of her Christian Democratic Union that immigrants are welcome in Germany but need to learn the language.


National Identity: Germany's leader confronts head-on the consequences of essentially open borders and virtually unrestricted immigration to German society. What they have there, she says, is a failure to assimilate.


(Tip: She ain't talking about Mexicans)





Mention controlling the flow of immigration here and you're branded a "nativist" consumed with xenophobia — fear of foreigners. We're a nation of immigrants, we are told. We have an iconic symbol, the Statue of Liberty, that beckons the world's huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

We are deluged with slogans such as compassion doesn't stop at the border. We're told that our society will suffer if we don't let in those willing to do the jobs we are not willing to do. We are told to follow the example of enlightened Europeans who had forsaken national hubris to become, as President Obama once told a throng in Berlin he was, citizens of the world.

Does something ring a bell here. Isn't this the same bullshit liberals are dishing out!

"Wait a minute!" Angela Merkel told a gathering of younger members of her conservative Christian Democratic Union party on Saturday. National identity is important, and while those who seek to become integrated members of our society are welcome, Merkel said "the approach (to build) a (multicultural) society and to live side-by-side and to enjoy each other ... has failed, utterly failed."

Considering Germany's history, this is a touchy subject. Yet a debate has ignited between the need for foreign workers in a country whose population, like the rest of Europe's, is at or below replacement level and the need to retain a national identity.

"Germany needs more qualified immigration to maintain its economic advantage and deal with the developments," Volker Beck, a lawmaker with the opposition Greens Party said Sunday. The problem there, as here, is that most of Germany's immigrants tend to be low-skilled and tend to derive more in benefits than they contribute to a German society they are reluctant to be absorbed into.

(Sound familiar?)

Germany's population now includes around 5 million Muslims, which has raised the issue of their own-brand of "home-grown" terrorism. Germany recently closed the Taiba mosque in Hamburg, a place frequented by some of the 9/11 attackers.

It was searched by police and shut down because German authorities believed it was again being used as a meeting point for Islamist radicals. Mohamed Atta, as well as Marwan Al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah, studied in Hamburg and frequented the mosque.

The debate about immigration and assimilation rages throughout Europe, which recently witnessed the trial of Dutch politician Geert Wilders for "hate speech" for openly questioning his country's open immigration policies. Hundreds of thousands of Muslim immigrants have been allowed into the Netherlands with no intention of ever becoming Dutch.

It's colonization stupid!
 Mini Yemen and Afghanistan's sprouting throughout Europe. Watered, fed, and kept alive by liberals.


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Saturday, October 16, 2010

What---No Shovel Ready Projects!!!




Remember all those video clips of Obama singing the praises of shovel ready projects to the tune of 800 billion?

Now the Messiah comes clean and admits:

 “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects.”


(except for one)



Throughout the 2009 stimulus debate early in his term, President Barack Obama and other Democrats argue it was time to put America to work with the aid of the government and so-called “shovel-ready jobs.” But in a startling admission in an interview with The New York Times’ White House correspondent Peter Baker, Obama said “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects.”

We all know what Obama is really shoveling.


Kraut hits the nail on the head




I've always wondered where they find those idiots who stand behind the Messiah in support every time he gives a speech.  Anyone know?




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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Forget Rasmussen and Gallup





This is the most accurate "poll" you're ever going to get!



George Soros, the ultra liberal progressive billionaire financier who was successful in swaying elections  as a Democratic donor in the last several election cycles is sitting this one out. He is not feeling optimistic about Democratic prospects.





Asked if the prospect of Republican control of one or both houses of Congress concerned him, he said:

 “It does, because I think they are pushing the wrong policies, but I’m not in a position to stop it. I don’t believe in standing in the way of an avalanche.”











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Monday, October 11, 2010

It's about time













New Subpoenas in Edwards Campaign Probe








RALEIGH, N.C. -- Federal prosecutors have issued a fresh round of subpoenas for a probe into John Edwards' campaign finances, an attorney for the two-time presidential candidate said Wednesday.


Lawyer Wade Smith said he has learned from other attorneys and other sources that several new subpoenas were issued. Smith said Edwards didn't violate any law.


"We want them to look as carefully as they wish," said Smith, who declined to discuss who got subpoenas and what they were seeking.


The subpoenas indicate signs of life for an investigation that hasn't publicly shown activity for a year. Edwards mistress Rielle Hunter and former aide Andrew Young made appearances at the federal courthouse in Raleigh a year ago to testify before a grand jury.


Young says he testified about vast sums of money that changed hands to help keep Hunter in hiding.


Edwards, a former North Carolina senator and 2004 Democratic candidate for vice president, has largely been in seclusion since admitting two years ago that he had an affair with Hunter. He publicly admitted for the first time earlier this year he fathered her child. John and Elizabeth Edwards have separated after more than 30 years of marriage.


Hunter worked for Edwards' political action committee in 2006, shooting behind-the-scenes video as the Democrat prepared to launch his second White House campaign. The committee paid her video production firm $100,000 that year and then another $14,000 later on in what a senior campaign official described as a payment for leftover footage.


Young has said he was tasked with taking care of Hunter both during the campaign and after. He described receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in support from Edwards supporter Bunny Mellon, the wealthy widow of banking heir Paul Mellon, and from Edwards campaign finance leader Fred Baron, who died last year.


Young said Wednesday he has not received another subpoena.




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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Why Is George W still doing this?




On a tip from
Ed Kilbane
Senior National Correspondent





Here's an opinion piece by Chuck Green who writes "Greener Pastures" for the Denver Post Aurora Sentinel...one of the more liberal papers in the country. Additionally, Mr. Green is a life long Democrat...so this is rather a stunning piece... 


Obama is victim of Bush's failed promises
Greener Pastures Column -- 5/ 15/10 



Barack Obama is setting a record-setting number of records during his first year in office.
Largest budget ever. Largest deficit ever. Largest number of broken promises ever. Most self-serving speeches ever. Largest number of agenda-setting failures ever. Fastest dive in popularity ever.

Wow! Talk about change.

Just one year ago, fresh from his inauguration celebrations, President Obama was flying high. After one of the nation's most inspiring political campaigns, the election of America's first black president had captured the hopes and dreams of millions. To his devout followers, it was inconceivable that a year later his administration would be gripped in self-imposed crisis.

Of course, they don't see it as self-imposed. It's all George Bush's fault.

George Bush, who doesn't have a vote in congress and who no longer occupies the White House, is to blame for it all.

He broke Obama's promise to put all bills on the White House web site for five days before signing them.

He broke Obama's promise to have the congressional health care negotiations broadcast live on C-SPAN.

He broke Obama's promise to end earmarks.

He broke Obama's promise to keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent.

He broke Obama's promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo in the first year.

He broke Obama's promise to make peace with direct, no precondition talks with America's most hate-filled enemies during his first year in office, ushering in a new era of global cooperation.

He broke Obama's promise to end the hiring of former lobbyists into high White House jobs.

He broke Obama's promise to end no-compete contracts with the government.

He broke Obama's promise to disclose the names of all attendees at closed White House meetings.

He broke Obama's promise for a new era of bipartisan cooperation in all matters.

He broke Obama's promise to have chosen a home church to attend Sunday services with his family by Easter of last year.

Yes, it's all George Bush's fault. President Obama is nothing more than a puppet in the never-ending failed Bush administration.
If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, all of President Obama's problems would be solved. His promises would have been kept, the economy would be back on track, Iran would have stopped its work on developing a nuclear bomb and would be negotiating a peace treaty with Israel. North Korea would have ended its tyrannical regime, and integrity would have been restored to the federal government.

Oh, and did I mention what it would be like if the Democrats, under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, didn't have the heavy yoke of George Bush around their necks? There would be no ear marks, no closed-door drafting of bills, no increase in deficit spending, no special-interest influence (unions), no vote buying (Nebraska, Louisiana).

If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, we'd have real change by now.

All the broken promises, all the failed legislation and delay (health care reform, immigration reform) is not President Obama's fault or the fault of the Democrat-controlled Congress. It's all George Bush's fault.

Take for example the decision of Eric Holder, the president's attorney general, to hold terrorists' trials in New York City. Or his decision to try the Christmas Day underpants bomber as a civilian.

Two disastrous decisions.

Certainly those were bad judgments based on poor advice from George Bush.

Need more proof?

You might recall that when Scott Brown won the election to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts , capturing "the Ted Kennedy seat", President Obama said that Brown's victory was the result of the same voter anger that propelled Obama into office in 2008. People were still angry about George Bush and the policies of the past 10 years. And they wanted change.

Yes, according to the president, the voter rebellion in Massachusetts was George Bush's fault.

Therefore, in retaliation, they elected a Republican to the Ted Kennedy seat, ending a half-century of domination by Democrats. It is all George Bush's fault.

Will the failed administration of George Bush ever end, and the time for hope and change ever arrive?

Will President Obama ever accept responsibility for something... - anything?

(Chuck Green is a veteran Colorado journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Denver Post.) 








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