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Yeah... Like this fucker isn't just a puppet.

"Mr. Obama uses them for everyday routine announcements, and even for the opening statement at his news conference.

He used them during a visit to a Caterpillar plant in Peoria, Ill.  He used them to make brief remarks at the opening of his 'fiscal responsibility summit.'  He used them during a visit to the Interior Department to discuss endangered species, even as he recalled a visit to some national parks as an 11-year-old.  'That was an experience I will never forget,' he said, reading from the teleprompter."

(www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/us/politics/06web-baker.html)


"After the teleprompter malfunctioned a few times last summer and Obama delivered some less-than-soaring speeches, reports surfaced that he was training to wean himself off of the device while on vacation in Hawaii.  But no such luck."

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"In a break from his routine, Obama did not use a teleprompter during his pre-Inauguration speech at a factory in Bedford Heights, Ohio - and his delivery seemed to suffer.  He paused too long at parts.  He accentuated the wrong words.  And overall he sounded hesitant and halting as he spoke from the prepared remarks on the podium."

(www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19663.html)


How about doing your little investigations before the presidential election, guys?

Since when do you need "permission" to hold a party?  Did those dirty spics get permission (and insurance) for their pro-illegal immigration rallies?

Cape "Tea Party" Canceled; City Fears Too Many Attendees

March 27, 2009 - From: www.winknews.com

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - A tea party to protest government spending and taxing is canceled.  Canceled by the government.

Why?  They feel too many people could show-up.

Lynn Rosko planned to hold a tax payer tea party at Jaycee Park in Cape Coral on April 1st.  The idea was announced at a Cape Coral City Council meeting, then an e-mail blast by the Republican Party and it was mentioned in the local media.

With all of that attention, the City of Cape Coral felt there could be more than 500 people attending the tea party.

Therefore Rosko needed to get a permit and insurance for the event.  Rosko says she's not willing to get insurance and accept liability for something that a stranger could do.  Rosko told WINK News, "I have rescinded any organizing or supervision or what ever you want to call it over this tea party on April 1st."

WINK News spoke to the director of parks for Cape Coral.  He says that even now if Rosko is willing to get insurance for the event he'll likely re-authorize it.

For now Rosko's event is canceled, she's encouraging people to attend the April 15th Tax Payer Tea Party in Centennial Park in Fort Myers.


Pro-Illegal Immigration Rally in Los Angeles

Looks like non-U.S. citizens don't have to obey our own laws - while in this country!

"Separation of Church and State!"

"Obama's not a Muslim!"

"Race doesn't matter!"

Wait...  Is that nothing but silence I hear?  LOL!

Obama Gets List of Top Muslim Americans

March 27, 2009 - From: www.denverpost.com

CHICAGO -- In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation's most qualified -- Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 executives and public servants, all carefully vetted -- has been submitted to the White House.

The effort, driven by community leaders and others, including U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., was bumped up two weeks because White House officials heard about the venture, said J. Saleh Williams, program coordinator for the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association, who sifted through more than 300 names.

"It was mostly under the radar," Williams said.  "We thought it would put (the president) in a precarious position.  We didn't know how closely he wanted to appear to be working with the Muslim American community."


Note how they talk about these traffic cameras in terms of "public safety," then towards the article's end they mention how much money they bring in!

Welcome to the web of corruption known as Illinois Democrat politicians.

Speed Cameras Proposed in Illinois

March 26, 2009 - From: www.chicagotribune.com

By Jon Hilkevitch

If you're a driver who hates cameras that ticket you for running red lights, you won't be revved up to support the next version of "cops in a box" possibly coming to Illinois.

Automated enforcement of speed limits would be allowed in the Chicago region and other areas under a proposed state law.

The move is part of a bill that would permit some counties and municipalities to mail speeding tickets of up to $100 for drivers caught going too fast by unmanned, stationary radar cameras positioned alongside roadways.

"I cannot feel sorry for those people caught by camera, because they are breaking the law," said state Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan), a sponsor of the legislation, which could move to a Senate vote next week.  If approved by the General Assembly and signed by the governor, the law would take effect Jan. 1.

"If people start to slow down, they wouldn't have to worry about the fines," Link said.

More than 500 speed-related traffic deaths occurred in Illinois in 2007, according to state records.  Nationally, about 13,000 people died that year in accidents where speeding was the cause or a contributing factor, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Under the proposed Illinois law, speeding tickets issued by automated surveillance would be treated as non-moving offenses, like parking tickets and red-light violations, and convictions or guilty pleas would not go on drivers' records, officials said.

Pictures of the offending license plate would be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.  The driver and passengers would not be photographed.

Speed cameras would be permitted on roads in eight counties that have a history of speed-related accidents, where insufficient police manpower exists to enforce speed limits and where on-site enforcement is "inherently difficult."

The counties are Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair and Will.

In addition to permitting municipalities and counties to install automated speed-enforcement cameras, the legislation would lift a ban on recorded images for speed enforcement unless a police officer is present, officials said.


The bill makes no mention of signs that tell drivers how fast they are going.  But the Illinois State Police's roving photo-enforcement vans can operate only with the electronic "Your Speed Is ..." sign, under the law written for the ISP vans.

The measure is aimed at reducing accidents and fatalities and it is not an attempt to increase revenue, said Link and state Rep. Joe Lyons (D-Chicago), the bill's sponsors.

The legislation is supported by the City of Chicago, Secretary of State Jesse White, law enforcement groups and other groups.  "The reason people speed is because they can," said John Ulczycki, vice president for research at the National Safety Council.  "When people perceive that a law is not being enforced, speeding increases."  In Arizona, where stationary speed-enforcement cameras are deployed on a broad scale, speeding on highways has been cut by 9 m.p.h. on average, according to the state.  Speed-related crashes along U.S. Highway 101 near Scottsdale have decreased 44 percent since the cameras were installed last year, officials said.

Last year, Rod Blagojevich, then governor, announced a plan to put speed cameras on interstates in Illinois.  He said the plan could raise $50 million a year and allow the state to hire hundreds of state troopers.







The Little Red Hen in the Age of Obama

"Who will help me plant my wheat?" said the little red hen.

"Not I," said the cow.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Not I," said the pig.

"Not I," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.  She planted her crop, and the wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain.

"Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Out of my classification," said the pig.

"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.

"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.

At last it came time to bake the bread.

"Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.

"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.

"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.

"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.

"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see.  They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share.  But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."

"Excess profits!" cried the cow.  (Nancy Pelosi)

"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck.  (Barbara Boxer)

"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose.  (Jesse Jackson)

The pig just grunted in disdain.  (Ted Kennedy)

And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.  Then the farmer (Obama) came.  He said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy."

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.

"Exactly," said Barack the farmer.  "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful.  Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants.  But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand."  But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her.  She never again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread free.  And all the Democrats smiled.  'Fairness' had been established.  Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared... so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.

Then the bread stopped coming.