No 670
“En mi opinión” Mayo 28, 2014
“IN GOD WE TRUST” Lázaro R González Miño
Editor
Critics: White House Blunder Puts Whole
CIA Unit in Peril
The accidental disclosure of the identity
of the top CIA agent in Afghanistan by the Obama administration could affect
operations in that country — even target the entire unit for assassination by
the Taliban, political operatives said Monday.
"It looks like a rookie mistake, but it's in year six of the administration," retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, who directed both the CIA and the National Security Agency, told Newsmax. "It's a bit stunning. You would never expect to see that in material that's been made public."
Former House Intelligence Chairman Pete Hoekstra told Newsmax that the CIA agent "is now compromised. I just classify this as a major blunder by the Obama White House national security staff."
"I do not know how long this person has been in Kabul, but they're not going to be there for long," Hoekstra added. "They'll probably be moved within a couple of days."
Bob Baer, a retired CIA agent, told CNN that administration officials are "going to have to pull him out now that he's been identified publicly."
"The Taliban probably didn't know his name before, but they will now," he said. "They will focus on attempting to assassinate him — and I think it is just a matter of fact that they will pull him out of Afghanistan."
In an embarrassing flub for the White House, the CIA official's name was included in an email sent to thousands of journalists during President Barack Obama's surprise Memorial Day trip to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
The officer's name — identified as "chief of station" in Kabul — was included by U.S. embassy staff on a list of 15 senior U.S. officials who met with Obama during the Saturday visit.
The list was sent to a reporter for The Washington Post who was representing the news media, who then sent it out to the White House "press pool" list, which contains as many as 6,000 recipients.
The officer's name was being withheld by many news organizations at the request of the Obama administration, who said its publication could put his life and those of his family members in danger.
A Google search, however, appeared to reveal the name of the officer's wife and other personal details.
White House officials realized the error when Washington Post White House bureau chief Scott Wilson notified them, and sent out a new list without the station chief's name.
The reporter who distributes the pool report generally sends it to the White House to be checked for factual accuracy and then forwards it to the thousands of journalists on the email distribution list.
In this case, the White House failed on at least two occasions to recognize that the CIA official's name was being revealed and circulated so broadly.
The disclosure smacked of the 2003 disclosure that Valerie Plame was a CIA operative by officials of the George W. Bush administration, Hayden and Hoekstra told Newsmax on Monday. It was done to discredit Plame's husband, a former ambassador who had criticized the decision to invade Iraq.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a lawyer who was chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the case, and sentenced to 30 months in prison, though Bush later commuted the prison sentence.
For her part, Plame said on Monday on Twitter:
"The issue is the same," Hayden told Newsmax. "The issue is revealing the name of someone whose relationship to the CIA is a classified matter. It's exactly the same thing."
While neither Hoekstra nor Hayden suspects the disclosure was intentional, what is most troubling about it, they said, is that Obama's national security staff should know how to handle such matters by now — after almost six years in the White House.
"This is not the president's first trip overseas," Hoekstra said. "He's now nearly six years into his presidency, and for an 'experienced' staff to be making these kinds of mistakes is pretty inexcusable."
Members of the CIA's operations arm, called the National Clandestine Service, are typically given cover identities to protect them, their families, and the sources they have recruited abroad.
The station chief, who manages all CIA operations in the country, is often a senior officer whose true name is known to the host nation and other intelligence agencies.
The term "station chief" is sensitive enough, however, that former officers usually are not allowed to use it in their resumes in connection with specific countries, even after their covers have been lifted.
Because Afghanistan's station chief is known to Afghan officials and lives in a heavily guarded compound, he may be able to continue in his job, both Hayden and Hoekstra told Newsmax.
"Most likely, the CIA chief in Kabul was cooperating with key people in the Afghan military," Hoekstra said. "We know that there's probably leaks in the Afghan hierarchy, but that's no excuse for us being sloppy. That's absolutely no excuse."
Baer, who worked primarily in the Middle East for the CIA from 1976 to 1997, echoed similar concerns to CNN.
"They're going to be able to look at him, his cover," he said, referring to the Taliban. "The people around him are going to look like CIA, too, and they may have to take a whole unit out.
"It depends on the situation out there," Baer added. "But this is a serious breach of security. The problem is White House staffers, and some of the military, don't understand the significance of cover and what it means for the CIA."
The intentional disclosure of the name of a "covered" operative is a crime under the U.S. Intelligence Identities Protection Act.
In January, a former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to disclosing to a reporter the name of an undercover agency officer.
"I doubt anyone from the White House is going to be prosecuted over this," said Jesselyn Radack, who represented Kiriakou. "It shows the continuing double standard over leaks."
Referencing the Plame case, Hoekstra also cited a double standard — but this one is with the mainstream media and its continued weak coverage of the Obama administration.
"What you're going to see again is a double standard," he told Newsmax. "Obviously, in terms of scale, this is a much more significant blunder than the mistake that was made by Scooter Libby.
"You're going to see the media just skate on this one and say: 'That's too bad. That's really too bad that someone made a mistake like this.'
"But the person in Kabul is absolutely furious that his or her cover has been blown," Hoekstra said. "When you compare that to where Valerie Plame was to the station chief in Kabul, there is no comparison — in terms of scale and in terms of importance."
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"It looks like a rookie mistake, but it's in year six of the administration," retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, who directed both the CIA and the National Security Agency, told Newsmax. "It's a bit stunning. You would never expect to see that in material that's been made public."
Former House Intelligence Chairman Pete Hoekstra told Newsmax that the CIA agent "is now compromised. I just classify this as a major blunder by the Obama White House national security staff."
"I do not know how long this person has been in Kabul, but they're not going to be there for long," Hoekstra added. "They'll probably be moved within a couple of days."
Bob Baer, a retired CIA agent, told CNN that administration officials are "going to have to pull him out now that he's been identified publicly."
"The Taliban probably didn't know his name before, but they will now," he said. "They will focus on attempting to assassinate him — and I think it is just a matter of fact that they will pull him out of Afghanistan."
In an embarrassing flub for the White House, the CIA official's name was included in an email sent to thousands of journalists during President Barack Obama's surprise Memorial Day trip to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
The officer's name — identified as "chief of station" in Kabul — was included by U.S. embassy staff on a list of 15 senior U.S. officials who met with Obama during the Saturday visit.
The list was sent to a reporter for The Washington Post who was representing the news media, who then sent it out to the White House "press pool" list, which contains as many as 6,000 recipients.
The officer's name was being withheld by many news organizations at the request of the Obama administration, who said its publication could put his life and those of his family members in danger.
A Google search, however, appeared to reveal the name of the officer's wife and other personal details.
White House officials realized the error when Washington Post White House bureau chief Scott Wilson notified them, and sent out a new list without the station chief's name.
The reporter who distributes the pool report generally sends it to the White House to be checked for factual accuracy and then forwards it to the thousands of journalists on the email distribution list.
In this case, the White House failed on at least two occasions to recognize that the CIA official's name was being revealed and circulated so broadly.
The disclosure smacked of the 2003 disclosure that Valerie Plame was a CIA operative by officials of the George W. Bush administration, Hayden and Hoekstra told Newsmax on Monday. It was done to discredit Plame's husband, a former ambassador who had criticized the decision to invade Iraq.
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a lawyer who was chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the case, and sentenced to 30 months in prison, though Bush later commuted the prison sentence.
For her part, Plame said on Monday on Twitter:
"The issue is the same," Hayden told Newsmax. "The issue is revealing the name of someone whose relationship to the CIA is a classified matter. It's exactly the same thing."
While neither Hoekstra nor Hayden suspects the disclosure was intentional, what is most troubling about it, they said, is that Obama's national security staff should know how to handle such matters by now — after almost six years in the White House.
"This is not the president's first trip overseas," Hoekstra said. "He's now nearly six years into his presidency, and for an 'experienced' staff to be making these kinds of mistakes is pretty inexcusable."
Members of the CIA's operations arm, called the National Clandestine Service, are typically given cover identities to protect them, their families, and the sources they have recruited abroad.
The station chief, who manages all CIA operations in the country, is often a senior officer whose true name is known to the host nation and other intelligence agencies.
The term "station chief" is sensitive enough, however, that former officers usually are not allowed to use it in their resumes in connection with specific countries, even after their covers have been lifted.
Because Afghanistan's station chief is known to Afghan officials and lives in a heavily guarded compound, he may be able to continue in his job, both Hayden and Hoekstra told Newsmax.
"Most likely, the CIA chief in Kabul was cooperating with key people in the Afghan military," Hoekstra said. "We know that there's probably leaks in the Afghan hierarchy, but that's no excuse for us being sloppy. That's absolutely no excuse."
Baer, who worked primarily in the Middle East for the CIA from 1976 to 1997, echoed similar concerns to CNN.
"They're going to be able to look at him, his cover," he said, referring to the Taliban. "The people around him are going to look like CIA, too, and they may have to take a whole unit out.
"It depends on the situation out there," Baer added. "But this is a serious breach of security. The problem is White House staffers, and some of the military, don't understand the significance of cover and what it means for the CIA."
The intentional disclosure of the name of a "covered" operative is a crime under the U.S. Intelligence Identities Protection Act.
In January, a former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to disclosing to a reporter the name of an undercover agency officer.
"I doubt anyone from the White House is going to be prosecuted over this," said Jesselyn Radack, who represented Kiriakou. "It shows the continuing double standard over leaks."
Referencing the Plame case, Hoekstra also cited a double standard — but this one is with the mainstream media and its continued weak coverage of the Obama administration.
"What you're going to see again is a double standard," he told Newsmax. "Obviously, in terms of scale, this is a much more significant blunder than the mistake that was made by Scooter Libby.
"You're going to see the media just skate on this one and say: 'That's too bad. That's really too bad that someone made a mistake like this.'
"But the person in Kabul is absolutely furious that his or her cover has been blown," Hoekstra said. "When you compare that to where Valerie Plame was to the station chief in Kabul, there is no comparison — in terms of scale and in terms of importance."
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Here’s Why Republicans Could Lose Miserably In The
2016 Elections
Republicans' hopes of repealing and
replacing Obamacare would be permanently dashed.
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The
2016 presidential election is shaping up as another close race, like the last
four. From 2000 to 2012, both major parties’ nominees received between 45 and
53 percent of the vote.
Historically,
that’s a narrow range, not seen since 1880-1892. It suggests something close to
parity between two highly competitive parties.
Polls
for the 2016 race, however, suggest strikingly different results. One would be
a nightmare for Republicans. The other would be a nightmare for Democrats.
This
column looks at the Republicans’ nightmare (a later column will examine the
Democrats’ nightmare). In this scenario, the Democratic nominee is, as widely
expected, Hillary Clinton.
The
assumption is that she encounters no significant turbulence in winning the
nomination — a plausible extrapolation from current polling, which shows her
miles ahead of any other Democrat.
Straight-line
extrapolations from current general election polling also look very good for
her.
Against
various possible Republican opponents — in alphabetical order, Jeb Bush, Chris
Christie, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan — Clinton is averaging
between 50 and 52 percent in the realclearpolitics.com averages of recent
polls, while the Republicans are averaging between 38 and 42 percent.
Due
allowance should be made for the fact that none of these Republicans is well
known nationally. It’s reasonable to expect that a Republican nominee will run
better if he puts on a competent campaign.
But
Clinton is doing something in these polls that Democratic House candidates
(and, to a lesser extent, Democratic Senate candidates) are having a hard time
doing: running ahead of President Obama’s job approval rating.
That
rating currently stands at 44 percent, well below Clinton’s 51 percent average
in national polls.
Clinton
runs ahead of Obama, though she too must be considered a supporter of the
unpopular Obamacare. His current negative ratings on foreign policy don’t seem
to hurt her, perhaps because he was getting positive ratings on that during his
first term, when she was secretary of State.
It
seems that Clinton’s standing reflects less on current judgments on Obama and
more on rosy retrospective ratings of the presidency of Bill Clinton. Voters
may not be eager for a third Obama term, but might like a third Clinton term.
When
you look at the relatively small number of statewide 2016 polls, you find that
Clinton runs ahead of Republicans by double digits in the three
electoral-vote-rich states of Florida (29 electoral votes), Ohio (18), and
Pennsylvania (20), each of which voted only narrowly for Obama in 2012.
One
reason for this might be that she is running stronger among older voters, since
these states have relatively large elderly populations. These numbers suggest
Clinton might carry these states by wider margins.
That
would be a nightmare for Republicans if voters continue, as they have
increasingly in recent elections, to vote straight tickets. That’s because
Republicans currently hold 17 House seats in Florida, 12 in Ohio, and 13 in
Pennsylvania.
Many
of those Republicans might be in jeopardy if Clinton should turn out to lead
down-ballot Democrats to victory. Democrats currently need to net only 17 seats
for a House majority.
Read more at http://www.westernjournalism.com/heres-republicans-will-lose-miserably-2016-elections/#xCY7U0TtIzsO75Ym.99
Is Obama Going To Establish Separate Government
Structures Based On Race?
"There is no constitutional basis for
conferring such status..."
For all his campaign rhetoric promising a
post-racial society upon his ascension to the White House, many Americans feel
no president has done more to divide the nation along ethnic lines.
According to recent reports, a proposal that could go into effect in
Hawaii would only bolster those apprehensions. The Obama administration is
reportedly considering the implementation of an independent tax and legal
structure that would apply only to the state’s native race.
The plan was revealed near the beginning
of the long Memorial Day weekend, leading many to assume Obama is once again
trying to further his agenda by subterfuge.
“There is no constitutional basis for
conferring such status,” said civil rights spokesperson Carissa Mulder; “and
Congress has repeatedly refused to confer this status.”
She concluded that this announcement
“seems to be yet another case of the Obama administration ignoring the law to
achieve its policy objectives.”
Others feel such policies could easily be
expanded to include other races, effectively dismantling the efforts throughout
the 20th Century to create equality of all Americans regardless of skin color.
“If you can do that with groups that are
already part of the mainstream, you can balkanize the country,” explained
University of San Diego law professor Gail Heriot.
According to documents released late last
week, the goal of this proposal is “to more effectively implement the special
political and trust relationship that Congress has established between that
community and the United States.”
While Heriot noted the intention probably
has roots in the protection of land revenue distributed to native Hawaiians, she
noted that, unlike Native Americans, that land is not considered a reservation
because members of the group are fully American citizens. As such, there is no
precedent for establishing a separate government for members of the race.
If successful, this move would force
through the basic objectives contained in a bill that has been stalled in
Congress since the beginning of the decade. The Akaka bill, named for native
Hawaiian Sen. Daniel Akaka, sought to implement similar racial segregation but
was rejected by a significant number of legislators and civil rights activists.
Read more at http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-wants-establish-separate-government-structures-based-race/#fzxsp7Sp1ZauDkyp.99
OLGA GRINAN: HA SIDO EL
MEMORIAL DAY MÁS TRISTE DE LA HISTORIA DE ESTA NACION. MAS DE 40 VET MUERTOS
SIN ASISTENCIA MEDICA Y MUCHOS MAS CADAVERES DE VETERANOS SIN FAMILIA
PUDRIENDOSE EN LA MORGUE POR MAS DE UN ANO SIN RECIBIR HONROSA SEPULTURA, Y LOS
LIDERES RELIGIOSOS SIN ATENDER SU PRIMERA OBLIGACION QUE SON LOS CIUDADANOS DE
ESTA NACION. QUE VERGUENZA!
CUANDO
HAY VARIOS PROBLEMAS A RESOLVER, SE COMIENZA EN ORDEN DE PRIORIDAD, POR EL MAS
GRAVE.
CON TODO EL RESPETO QUE PUEDAN MERECER EL ARZOBISPO TOMAS WENSKI, EL REVERENDO ANORGA, Y LOS OTROS 598 RELIGIOSOS, CONSIDERO QUE PRIMERO DEBIAN HABER FIRMADO UNA CARTA PIDIENDO AL PRESIDENTE LA URGENTE E INMEDIATA SOLUCION Y DESTITUCION DE LOS CAUSANTES DE MAS DE 40 VETERANOS MUERTOS SIN ASISTENCIA MEDICA Y DE LOS MUCHOS MAS CADAVERES DE VETERANOS SIN FAMILIA QUE SE PUDREN HACE UN ANO EN UNA MORGUE. NO EXISTEN PALABRAS PARA DESCRIBIR ESTE HORROR.
ELLOS NO FIRMARON UNA CARTA CUANDO MURIO UN SOLDADO GUARDAFRONTERA POR LAS BALAS VENDIDAS A LOS NARCOS POR EU EN EL CASO DE "FAST AND FURIOUS", TAMPOCO LO HICIERON CUANDO "BENGHAZI", NI CUANDO LOS ESCANDALOS DEL "IRS" CONTRA CIUDADANOS AMERICANOS QUE RESPETAN LAS LEYES Y LA CONSTITUCION DE EU, NI SIQUIERA CUANDO UN PADRE DE FAMILIA SE HA SUICIDADO Y HASTA HA ASESINADO A SUS HIJOS EN DESESPERACION POR NO TENER TRABAJO Y MUCHO MENOS CUANDO ES VERGONZOSO EL NUMERO DE NINOS NO NATOS Y HASTA NACIDOS QUE SON ASESINADOS POR EL ABORTO.
EN TODOS ESTOS CASOS LOS AFECTADOS NO VIOLARON LEYES, EN CAMBIO LOS ILEGALES SABIAN Y SABEN QUE HAN VIOLADO MUCHAS LEYES. AUN ASI RECIBEN ESCUELA, ALIMENTO, VIVIENDA Y ATENCION MEDICA GRATUITA.
EL PROBLEMA DE LOS ILEGALES ES REAL, PERO JAMAS SERA MAS IMPORTANTE QUE UN VETERANO, O UN NINO POR NACER, O LOS CIUDADANOS DESEMPLEADOS .
ES UNA VERGUENZA PEDIR AL PRESIDENTE QUE VIOLE LA CONSTITUCION MEDIANTE ORDEN EJECUTIVA PARA BENEFICIAR A PERSONAS QUE SABIAN LAS CONSECUENCIAS DE VIOLAR LAS LEYES.
CON TODO EL RESPETO QUE PUEDAN MERECER EL ARZOBISPO TOMAS WENSKI, EL REVERENDO ANORGA, Y LOS OTROS 598 RELIGIOSOS, CONSIDERO QUE PRIMERO DEBIAN HABER FIRMADO UNA CARTA PIDIENDO AL PRESIDENTE LA URGENTE E INMEDIATA SOLUCION Y DESTITUCION DE LOS CAUSANTES DE MAS DE 40 VETERANOS MUERTOS SIN ASISTENCIA MEDICA Y DE LOS MUCHOS MAS CADAVERES DE VETERANOS SIN FAMILIA QUE SE PUDREN HACE UN ANO EN UNA MORGUE. NO EXISTEN PALABRAS PARA DESCRIBIR ESTE HORROR.
ELLOS NO FIRMARON UNA CARTA CUANDO MURIO UN SOLDADO GUARDAFRONTERA POR LAS BALAS VENDIDAS A LOS NARCOS POR EU EN EL CASO DE "FAST AND FURIOUS", TAMPOCO LO HICIERON CUANDO "BENGHAZI", NI CUANDO LOS ESCANDALOS DEL "IRS" CONTRA CIUDADANOS AMERICANOS QUE RESPETAN LAS LEYES Y LA CONSTITUCION DE EU, NI SIQUIERA CUANDO UN PADRE DE FAMILIA SE HA SUICIDADO Y HASTA HA ASESINADO A SUS HIJOS EN DESESPERACION POR NO TENER TRABAJO Y MUCHO MENOS CUANDO ES VERGONZOSO EL NUMERO DE NINOS NO NATOS Y HASTA NACIDOS QUE SON ASESINADOS POR EL ABORTO.
EN TODOS ESTOS CASOS LOS AFECTADOS NO VIOLARON LEYES, EN CAMBIO LOS ILEGALES SABIAN Y SABEN QUE HAN VIOLADO MUCHAS LEYES. AUN ASI RECIBEN ESCUELA, ALIMENTO, VIVIENDA Y ATENCION MEDICA GRATUITA.
EL PROBLEMA DE LOS ILEGALES ES REAL, PERO JAMAS SERA MAS IMPORTANTE QUE UN VETERANO, O UN NINO POR NACER, O LOS CIUDADANOS DESEMPLEADOS .
ES UNA VERGUENZA PEDIR AL PRESIDENTE QUE VIOLE LA CONSTITUCION MEDIANTE ORDEN EJECUTIVA PARA BENEFICIAR A PERSONAS QUE SABIAN LAS CONSECUENCIAS DE VIOLAR LAS LEYES.
ES
UNA VERGUENZA ABANDONAR TOTALMENTE A TUS HIJOS PARA OCUPARTE DE RESOLVER LOS
PROBLEMAS DE LOS VECINOS.
SHAME ON YOU!
SHAME ON YOU, WENSKI, ANORGA AND 598 MORE!!!
Watch: Could DNA Prove Obama Is Ineligible For
Presidency?
Will an obscure intelligence advisor in England
show the way for Americans to finally get rid of the illegal presidency of
Barack Hussein Obama?
Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate
has been almost universally deemed a forgery, long before Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio’s
forensic examination found it to be created digitally and never having existed
in paper form. Without even a digital examination, it is obvious it is a
cut-and-paste job, with at least eight different typewriter fonts.
Despite this fact, and despite Obama
clearly not being a natural-born citizen—his father, Barack Obama, Sr. being a
subject of the British crown as admitted by Obama—the dozens of lawsuits filed
against Obama charging that he’s not a natural-born citizen, or that his birth
certificate is a fake—have been summarily dismissed for invalid reasons.
Americans have found themselves in a
quandary: we know Obama is ineligible to be President; we know his birth
certificate is fake—yet we appear to be powerless to do anything about it.
But there may be a novel way that Americans can prove Obama is not a
natural-born citizen: have a Special Prosecutor demand Obama submit—like
Clinton did in 1998—a DNA sample to prove that his mother and father are who he says they are.
This,
however, may have already been carried out—by the CIA!
According to British intelligence advisor
and author of the just-published book, Spyhunter,
Michael Shrimpton states that the CIA took a DNA sample of Obama prior to the
2008 election and found that the woman Obama now states is his mother, Stanley
Ann Dunham, is not related to Obama—and his mother may in
fact be a foreign citizen!
Shrimpton is no tinfoil hat-wearing kook:
He has dozens of contacts in both the British and American intelligence
agencies and has access to a huge cache of intelligence documents.
Will an obscure intelligence advisor in
England show the way for Americans to finally get rid of the illegal presidency
of Barack Hussein Obama?
Barack Obama has been methodically
dismantling the United States, shredding the Constitution, and enslaving us to
the Chinese with crushing debt; so let us hope Michael Shrimpton can show us
how how we can prove Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen
and may in fact be a foreign citizen.
Read more at http://www.westernjournalism.com/dna-may-prove-obama-foreign-citizen/#jj5BjDd19QFQhTjE.99
WWII
Veteran Who Participated in D-Day Gets Benefits Reduced from $300 to $6/Month. MARK
HORNE
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Why would the government do that?
You may remember from earlier in April that Bob Allen wrote about
incidents of missing tax refunds. People weren’t getting them. It turned
out that the government had determined they had overpaid Social Security
benefits and was now collecting what they claimed they were owed. In at least
one case, they were collecting from an adult child what had allegedly been
overpaid to the parent decades earlier. It seemed arbitrary and unjust and the
government backed down after the story hit the internet.
An
89-year-old Navy veteran who came under heavy enemy fire aboard a landing craft
on D-Day is accusing bureaucrats at the Department of Veterans Affairs of
slashing his veterans’ benefits to $6 a month from $300.
Joseph
Teson, of Watervliet, N.Y., told WNYT-TV he used to get $300 a month in
benefits, about a third of which he would donate to veterans groups. He said
the VA cut his benefits to recoup an overpayment of more than $3,000 that he
never even noticed.
"I
don't know how they did it, but they did it," Teson, 89, told the Albany
station Saturday. "I didn't say nothing. I just let it go. Everybody else
complained but me."
Teson
was notified of the overpayment last year. The VA sent him a letter saying his
"entitlement to compensation and pension benefits had changed,"
resulting in an overpayment to him of $3,090.
"Since
you are currently receiving VA benefits, we plan to withhold those benefits
until the amount you were overpaid is recouped," the VA said in a letter
dated June 9, 2013, according to WNYT.
The
letter had a toll-free number, which Teson’s daughter Tami called. No one at
the VA could tell her how and why the overpayment happened. She said her father never realized he was
getting more than he should have, WNYT reported.
How many people would consider it acceptable to cut off owed income by
98 percent? If the man was depending on that income, then reducing it by that
much would obviously be devastating. Since they obviously didn’t overpay him by
that much in one paycheck then why are they pulling so much out of each
paycheck? One would think they should limit the monthly deductions to the
amount they originally added each month.
Once again, you have to ask: Why would anyone think society is improved
when such incompetent and uncaring organizations are put in charge of
healthcare? Do people who would do this to an 89 year old veteran give us
reason to entrust more responsibilities to them for caring for others?
FROM SENATOR RAND PAUL:
Dear Lazaro R, Gonzalez Mino
“En mi opinion”
I've heard the whispers around the Capitol.
The political establishment is waiting until summer to ram immigration reform that refuses to secure our borders through Congress.
Their plan is to catch you off guard during the "political off-season."
Lazaro R, I need your immediate help to prove to the Obama administration and the rest of the big government politicians that conservatives are watching them like a hawk demanding the federal government perform its duty to secure our borders.
And your action can make the difference.
You see, when Obama and his allies tried to ram through a bad immigration deal last spring, you swamped Congress with phone calls and petitions and beat back their attempt to ram immigration reform that didn't secure our borders through the House.
So it’s absolutely critical you sign your Emergency "No Immigration Reform without Border Security" Fax Petition to your representatives IMMEDIATELY!
Lazaro R, as I've said from day one, any immigration reform MUST start with border security FIRST.
Virtually every American understands that ours is a country of immigrants who came here because America has long been known as the "land of opportunity."
And like most Americans, I want our traditions of hope and economic freedom for all to continue.
But in a day and age where terrorism is a constant threat, can you and I really afford to leave our borders wide open?
Of course not.
The American people simply want to be able to trust that our borders are finally protected – and ensure that Congress verifies the job gets done.
Sadly, that’s not the only concern I have.
You see, even with all the recent news about our federal government spying and snooping on American citizens, I’ve barely heard a peep about this in the national media.
But if you haven’t heard, a brand new National ID scheme is also being considered. Immigration Reform is the vehicle.
Under the National ID scheme, the Department of Homeland Security would create a massive new photo database to include names, ages, and social security numbers of every single American.
The database would be tied to a biometric National ID card to include photos – and perhaps even things like fingerprints and retinal scans.
Before hiring, employers would be required to check the names against the federal database.
And if you don't get one, you'd be barred from working legally.
But how long before you'd be required to show your National ID card to rent a house, open a bank account or even buy groceries?
How long before you'd be required to be checked against the Department of Homeland Security's National Database before you could buy a firearm?
You and I have already seen President Obama's IRS vastly abuse their power over American citizens.
The NSA scandal sends shivers down many Americans' spines.
And we're supposed to believe this power won't be abused?
With this new database, our federal government could not only create an easy national gun registry – but a registry of everything else about our lives.
That’s why your action today is so critical.
As I mentioned, immigration reform must FIRST secure our borders.
But Obama and his allies are hatching a plot to ram immigration reform through Congress that fails to secure our borders and creates a new National ID card.
And only your action can halt this bad deal.
So please sign your Emergency Fax Petition to your representatives IMMEDIATELY.
As you’ll see, your Emergency Fax Petition urges them to oppose ANY immigration reform that doesn't secure our borders FIRST.
I can tell you many members of Congress know they’re dealing with a political hot potato in this Immigration Reform Bill.
So flooding Congress with Emergency Fax Petitions will make an enormous difference.
And if you can, please agree to chip in a contribution of $10 or $20 will help me reach and mobilize even more freedom-loving Americans during this critical time.
Lazaro R, you and I both know just how important this issue is.
It’s absolutely critical that I’m able to mobilize American citizens IMMEDIATELY.
But without your help – and your generosity today – I’m afraid I just may not have the resources to make that happen.
So please sign your Emergency Fax Petition and agree to chip in a contribution of $10 or $20 – TODAY!
In liberty,
Senator Rand Paul
P.S. President Obama and his allies are scheming to ram immigration reform that fails to secure our borders and creates a new National ID card through Congress.
Many members of Congress know they’re dealing with a political hot potato in this Immigration Reform Bill, so your action can make a tremendous difference.
I've heard the whispers around the Capitol.
The political establishment is waiting until summer to ram immigration reform that refuses to secure our borders through Congress.
Their plan is to catch you off guard during the "political off-season."
Lazaro R, I need your immediate help to prove to the Obama administration and the rest of the big government politicians that conservatives are watching them like a hawk demanding the federal government perform its duty to secure our borders.
And your action can make the difference.
You see, when Obama and his allies tried to ram through a bad immigration deal last spring, you swamped Congress with phone calls and petitions and beat back their attempt to ram immigration reform that didn't secure our borders through the House.
So it’s absolutely critical you sign your Emergency "No Immigration Reform without Border Security" Fax Petition to your representatives IMMEDIATELY!
Lazaro R, as I've said from day one, any immigration reform MUST start with border security FIRST.
Virtually every American understands that ours is a country of immigrants who came here because America has long been known as the "land of opportunity."
And like most Americans, I want our traditions of hope and economic freedom for all to continue.
But in a day and age where terrorism is a constant threat, can you and I really afford to leave our borders wide open?
Of course not.
The American people simply want to be able to trust that our borders are finally protected – and ensure that Congress verifies the job gets done.
Sadly, that’s not the only concern I have.
You see, even with all the recent news about our federal government spying and snooping on American citizens, I’ve barely heard a peep about this in the national media.
But if you haven’t heard, a brand new National ID scheme is also being considered. Immigration Reform is the vehicle.
Under the National ID scheme, the Department of Homeland Security would create a massive new photo database to include names, ages, and social security numbers of every single American.
The database would be tied to a biometric National ID card to include photos – and perhaps even things like fingerprints and retinal scans.
Before hiring, employers would be required to check the names against the federal database.
And if you don't get one, you'd be barred from working legally.
But how long before you'd be required to show your National ID card to rent a house, open a bank account or even buy groceries?
How long before you'd be required to be checked against the Department of Homeland Security's National Database before you could buy a firearm?
You and I have already seen President Obama's IRS vastly abuse their power over American citizens.
The NSA scandal sends shivers down many Americans' spines.
And we're supposed to believe this power won't be abused?
With this new database, our federal government could not only create an easy national gun registry – but a registry of everything else about our lives.
That’s why your action today is so critical.
As I mentioned, immigration reform must FIRST secure our borders.
But Obama and his allies are hatching a plot to ram immigration reform through Congress that fails to secure our borders and creates a new National ID card.
And only your action can halt this bad deal.
So please sign your Emergency Fax Petition to your representatives IMMEDIATELY.
As you’ll see, your Emergency Fax Petition urges them to oppose ANY immigration reform that doesn't secure our borders FIRST.
I can tell you many members of Congress know they’re dealing with a political hot potato in this Immigration Reform Bill.
So flooding Congress with Emergency Fax Petitions will make an enormous difference.
And if you can, please agree to chip in a contribution of $10 or $20 will help me reach and mobilize even more freedom-loving Americans during this critical time.
Lazaro R, you and I both know just how important this issue is.
It’s absolutely critical that I’m able to mobilize American citizens IMMEDIATELY.
But without your help – and your generosity today – I’m afraid I just may not have the resources to make that happen.
So please sign your Emergency Fax Petition and agree to chip in a contribution of $10 or $20 – TODAY!
In liberty,
Senator Rand Paul
P.S. President Obama and his allies are scheming to ram immigration reform that fails to secure our borders and creates a new National ID card through Congress.
Many members of Congress know they’re dealing with a political hot potato in this Immigration Reform Bill, so your action can make a tremendous difference.
AMENPER:
"Disfuncionales del Mundo Uníos"
Creo que nuestro
presidente Obama es un ejemplo de Disfuncionalidad. Quizás piensen que es
una concepción política porque Obama es demócrata y me estoy basando en el
libro de Paul Fick sobre el otro presidente demócrata disfuncional que
tuvimos, Bill Clinton.
Pero no es así, me
baso en las conductas de los disfuncionales, tanto en su vida privada, como en
sus acciones en relación con los demás.
El 40% o más de
las personas son disfuncionales. La reacción ante los que ellos
consideran que es una falta de respeto es desproporcionada con los hechos,
y es su más visible conducta. Por eso la mayoría de los dictadores son
disfuncionales, el respeto que ellos creen que se merecen es como una
compensación a la falta de respeto que ellos sienten por ellos
mismos. No es por casualidad que uno de los programas más
vistos en la televisión durante la pasada década fuera "Los Simpsons"
que es la emulación de una familia disfuncional.
Si el dictador o
aspirante a dictador tiene ideas comunistas, están todavía más alimentada por
el odio que sienten por los demás, las persona que funcionan y producen, los
que ellos envidian.
No todos los
disfuncionales son comunistas, pero todos los comunistas son disfuncionales.
El
disfuncional busca el respeto de otros hacia él porque él no tiene
el respeto a su propia persona. La falta de auto-estima es la principal
característica del disfuncional y la busca atacando a los que expresan sus
ideas libremente con una crítica a su conducta, y los trata de
destruir para establecer el respeto.
En nuestra cultura
latina, especialmente entro los cubanos lo vemos a menudo. "A
mí me tienen que respetar". ¿Que es eso? cualquiera puede dejar
de respetarlo a uno, ¿y qué importa' ¿que podemos hacer?. El
que alguien exponga una opinión de uno que no sea la real es una falta de
respeto, pero el que se falta el respeto propio por su conducta es el que
la expresa no el que la recibe, y si es real, hay que aceptarla por ser
verdad.
La única falta de
respeto que debe provocar preocupación es cuando atacan a tus derechos, los
derechos no el respeto es lo que hay que defender porque esto es lo que afecta
nuestra vida.
Si no te pagan una
deuda, o te roban una propiedad, entonces tienes que establecer, no respeto,
pero derechos.
El único respeto
importante es el respeto que uno siente por uno mismo, si no hay auto-estima,
entonces surge la disfuncionalidad.
Observen la
conducta de Obama y sus antecedentes. Viene de una familia
disfuncional, una madre de padres comunistas
disfuncionales, promiscua, con obsesión hacia la raza negra para
justificar su filosofía comunista-disfuncional. Un padre
comunista-disfuncional que lo abandona, una madre que lo abandona y lo deja a
que lo cuiden sus abuelos disfuncionales comunistas.
Ahora Obama sólo
hace lo que aprendió del entorno de toda su vida. Está gobernando de
una manera disfuncional, simplemente porque eso es lo que es él, y se rodea de
personas disfuncionales porque es como mejor se siente. Si alguien lo critica,
lo tiene que destruir por todos los medios posibles. No puede
aceptar una equivocación y se mantiene firme en su idea original aunque todos
los indicadores demuestren que está equivocado porque si cambia de rumbo tiene
miedo que le pierdan el "respeto".. Es el sistema que vemos en todos
los sistemas comunistas y en todas las personas disfuncionales.
Su primer libro
fue "Sueños de mi padre" son sueños que él se imagina de un padre que
no conoció. En su libro realmente está hablando de sus
sueños comunistas propios que atribuye a su padre, poniendo sus sueños como si
fueran de su padre. Expone sus sueños comunistas los sueños de su
madre y sus abuelos, no los critica, ni los apoya, simplemente se lava las
manos como Poncios Pilato, y se los atribuye a su padre, haciendo una
propaganda sublime a la disfuncionalidad del comunismo.
El socialismo y el
comunismo son el triunfo de la disfuncionalidad. Creo que el
lema no debiera ser "trabajadores del mundo uníos" el lema
que es más apropiado y que ha sido la causa del triunfo del comunismo donde se
ha implantado es en la práctica "Disfuncionales del mundo uníos"
JESUS MARZO FERNANDEZ… SOLO LA VERDAD QUIERO
VER MAS DE LO QUE ME ENSENAN LUZ
LARGA BORRADOR…
UTOPIA A LO CUBANO
Vamos hablar “en cubano”, muy parecido al español.
En días pasados escribí unas breves notas, sobre la
necesidad que tenemos de cubanos de , PONERNOS DE ACUERDO" para combatir
la dictadura que dura más de 55 años y que ha destruido a nuestra Patria;
Creo que todos los lectores estuvieron de total acuerdo en que en la
UNION está la fuerza.
De esto no hay dudas. Sin embargo, casi todos
coincidían, en lo difícil y casi imposible, de lograr esta UNIDAD entre
las fuerzas que combaten al castrismo.
No es secreto, que lograr un acuerdo entre cubanos,
es casi una “misión imposible”, siempre hay una parte, que está convencida, de
que la otra lo quiere "joder".
Desgraciadamente, así somos
.
No es secreto, que el gobierno cubano ha hecho lo
humano y casi lo divino, para dividir las fuerzas del exilio, han utilizado los
métodos más bajos y miserables, desde la penetración en las organizaciones que
combaten al castrismo hasta la delación de combatientes.
Utilizan a los medios de comunicación de manera muy
efectiva, a través de una gran red de colaboradores, simpatizantes, incluso de
agentes, y hasta políticos locales que tienen la misión de "divides y
vencerás".
En eso son discípulos aventajados de Goebbels.
Desgraciadamente, la presencia castrista está
presente de forma muy activa y en todo el entorno socio-político de
Miami. Si son observadores, los venezolanos entrenados por especialistas
cubanos, practican y utilizan los mismos métodos de división que los comunistas
cubanos.
Los medios televisivos, son los ideales para
fomentar la división, los productores de la programación, son especialistas en
"casar" peleas entre cubanos.
Tratan de llevar al ring, un equilibrio entre los
combatientes, Saladrigas vs Zúñiga, Millares vs Orlandito, y cuando
es necesario, invitan a alguien desde La Habana, hay que internacionalizar las
divisiones.
Disfrutan y promueven, las divisiones, en
oportunidades hasta extienden los espacios. Aparentemente, “el rating” es el
objetivo final. Sin embargo, el resultado final, es la división de la
Opinión Publica.
En “cubano”, la división de los cubanos.
MI UTOPIA : LA UNION DE TODOS LOS
CUBANOS
Castro, en toda su etapa de gobernante, hay que
reconocerlo como un excelente político “del mal”, ha logrado permanecer en el
poder por más de 55 años, controlando el país, con mano de
hierro.
Una dictadura, apoyado en una "represión"
cruel, que no tiene límites de ningún tipo, incluso extra territorial. La
mano de la revolución es larga, la hace extensiva a donde viva un
cubano.
Nunca ha aceptado un cubano que tenga posibilidades
de sustituirlo en el Poder. Ni en Cuba, ni en Miami, ni en ninguna parte del
mundo.
Sencillamente, "los liquida" física
o moralmente (desacreditándolos).
Si es cierto que Fidel, ha sido un Genial artífice
de “su” política. Hay que considerarlo como el peor economista, que pueda
haber existido. Ha destruido al país más floreciente de
América.
Priorizo su proyecto político de permanencia en el
poder, a costa de destruir, social; moral; y fisicamente un
pueblo. La Patria esta destruida.
Aquí viene mi UTOPIA
Si mañana ponemos la TV y vemos en la misma
mesa, a Santiago Álvarez, Osvaldo Mitat, Carlos Saladrigas, Millares, Aldo
Rosado, Andrés Pascual, Luis Zúñiga, Carlos Alberto Montaner,NInoska, Frank
Calzon y otros anunciando, la unión para acabar con la
dictadura comunista. Se acabaron los insultos entre cubanos, todos
unidos.
A pelear en todos los frentes. Saladrigas y su
equipo, en lo económico. Aldo, en el frente de los medios de
comunicación, Carlos Alberto en el político, Santiaguito, y su
equipo en la línea de barricada, de confrontación, combatiendo la penetración
castrista.
Se les acaba el negocio a mucha, pero a mucha
gente.
TODOS UNIDOS CON UN OBJETIVO COMUN:
LUCHAR PARA ACABAR CON LA DICTADURA DE LOS CASTRO.
Cada uno en su frente, “Guerra Total”, si el
objetivo es el mismo, cada equipo que utilice el método que considere más
adecuado. No puede haber prioridades, lo político, lo económico, la lucha
contra la penetración, contra los medios castristas, todo tiene que ir parejo.
Tenemos que buscar factores que nos unan. No a las divisiones .
Respeto mucho respeto, hay moderar el lenguaje.
Entre nosotros nos entendemos. , No hace falta la
publicidad, que los enemigos priorizan cuando se
trata de confrontacion entre cubanos. Eso se acabo.
Hay que acabar con la penetración castrista en
nuestras propias filas. Y lo más importante, incorporar a todo el exilio a la
lucha. Que cada uno escoja, lo que quiera, todo vale hasta llevar
un video a Cuba.
Lo único que hay que hacer:
SENTARSE ALREDEDOR DE UNA MESA, CONVERSAR Y
RESPETAR LAS IDEAS DE LOS DEMAS.
Les aseguro, si esta UTOPIA se hace realidad:
Se cagan los comunistas, de que la peste a mierda,
llega a Miami no hay dudas. Recuerden siempre: los comunistas son
cobardes y además, todos están buscando donde esconderse.
El final esta ahí mismo.
Muy importante, nadie puede detener el brazo de
Maceo.
LA GRAN UTOPIA
DEBEMOS PARAR LA LUCHA FRATRICIDA, LOS TRAPOS
SUCIOS LOS LAVAMOS ENTRE NOSOTROS. NO PODEMOS SEGUIR DANDOLE ESE GUSTO A LOS
ABORIGENES DE OTROS PAISES DE AMERICA QUE SENCILLAMENTE NOS MASTICAN PERO NO
NOS TRAGAN.
Y estoy convencido, que si nos sentamos todos
alrededor de una mesa GANAMOS PORQUE SOMOS LO MEJORES. SOMOS CUBANOS.
FIJENSE SI SOMOS BUENOS, QUE TENEMOS AL “HP”
DICTADOR MÁS GRANDE DE LA HISTORIA. Y PARA COLMO, EL QUE MÁS HA DURADO EN
EL PODER.
QUE ME ACUSEN DE "CHOVINISTA" Y DE CUANTA
BASURA SE LES OCURRA. NO ME INTERESA, Y COMO DIRIA ESA GLORIA DE CUBA
AGUSTIN TAMARGO ""SI NO FUERA CUBANO, PAGARIA POR SERLO"
Y NO CONFUNDAN, LA LINEA DURA, NO ES LA DE
LOS COMBATIENTES QUE LLEVAN LUCHANDO TODA UNA VIDA CONTRA LOS CASTRO, ESA
ES LA PATRIOTICA.
LA LINEA DURA ES LA DE LOS COMUNISTAS QUE LLEVAN 55
ANOS DESTRUYENDO EL PAIS.
""NI PLATTISTA, NI AUTONOMISTA, NI
COLABORACIONISTA, SIEMPRE INDEPENDENTISTA Y MARTIANO HASTA LA MUERTE"
Asi pienso, ES MI UTOPIA
MARZO FERNANDEZ
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THE NEW FASCISM
From 'gay rights' to 'global warming,' totalitarianism is rapidly rising |
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Newt Gingrich called it an "open,
blatant example of the new fascism," Charles Krauthammer called it
"totalitarian," Pat Buchanan labeled it "the new
blacklist" and RedState headlined it as "a fascist purge."
And it wasn't just conservatives sounding the alarm. Leftist comedian Bill Maher called the perpetrators the "gay mafia," and even well-known "gay" media personalities condemned it, Andrew Sullivan saying it "disgusts me" and radio talker Tammy Bruce calling out the "gay gestapo." They were referring, of course, to the forced resignation of tech prodigy Brendan Eich as CEO of the company he co-founded, Mozilla, developer of the popular Firefox Web browser, all because he had donated $1,000 to California's Proposition 8 upholding traditional marriage. Everyone knows the Eich story - and almost everyone, it seems, condemns it, as though it were a singularly egregious injustice in today's America. But, as revealed in the May issue of WND's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, Brendan Eich, far from being a unique or especially shocking case, is just one of a growing multitude of Americans whose lives and livelihoods are being intentionally crushed by "THE NEW FASCISM." "What could be stranger," comments Whistleblower Editor David Kupelian, on the stunning hypocrisy of today's left, "than witnessing the ongoing 'fundamental transformation' of America at the hands of people claiming to stand for fairness, tolerance, diversity, free speech and the common man - yet who unfailingly end up taking us, kicking and screaming, in the exact opposite direction?" The most obvious example, of course, is Barack Obama. Having promised to be the most honest, transparent, post-racial and non-ideological president ever, Obama is almost universally regarded as the least honest, least transparent, most racial and most ideological president in history. Likewise, forces of the left - like the college professor who recently called for the imprisonment of global-warming deniers - grow increasingly fanatical in their intolerance of the basic freedoms of Americans who don't share their views. However, of all the various regions of the left, there is no quarter where free speech and diversity are less tolerated - and more viciously persecuted - than in the powerful, well-funded and pervasive "LGBT" movement. After reading Whistleblower's "THE NEW FASCISM," readers will understand why even "mainstream" pundits and personalities from both left and right are characterizing what is now happening in America as "totalitarian," "gestapo"-like and "fascist." Highlights of "THE NEW FASCISM" include:
• "Welcome to the new
fascism" by David Kupelian, on how totalitarian oppression is growing in
America - all in the name of "equality" and "tolerance"
• "Uninstall Firefox" by Dennis Prager, who says 'A totalitarian streak is part of the left's DNA' • "The new blacklist" by Patrick J. Buchanan, on how, "In the new dispensation, opposition to same-sex marriage" will cause "the ruin of your career" • "Nothing 'new' about the thought police" by Joseph Farah, who explains why unabashed tyranny is now sweeping the land • "Fabulous fascism" by Steve Deace, on how "tolerance" has been transformed into "totalitarianism" • "What the left did in one week" by Dennis Prager, recounting a stunning wave of assaults in the new civil war • "Liberal fascism: Putting global warming skeptics in jail" by Jim Lakely • "Concentration of power: Formula for great evil" by Walter E. Williams, who explains what enabled governments to kill millions in the last century - and makes a chilling parallel with Obama's America • "Criticize 'gays,' get sued for 'crime against humanity'" by Bob Unruh, on the precedent-setting case were the judge questions whether a pastor's biblical perspective is protected by the First Amendment • "Customs and cops pursue 'haters'" by Bob Unruh, on another pro-family leader who is detained, then arrested, for witnessing to truths everyone understood a generation ago • "When bullying kids is disguised as 'anti-bullying'" by Linda Harvey, who exposes how supposed "anti-bullying" programs end up bullying, intimidating and indoctrinating children throughout America's public schools • "Gay mafia" attacks Focus on the Family movie" by Drew Zahn, on the LGBT intimidation campaign that insists "Americans should not tolerate" a wholesome, positive, pro-family film. • "The strange, strange story of 'gay fascism' deniers" by Scott Lively, on the astonishing exposé by a well-known self-described "gay, left-wing" journalist who explains how and why "Gay men have been at the heart of every major fascist movement" • "Amazon now urged to blacklist 'haters'" by Bob Unruh, on how the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center is focused on putting conservative and Christian organizations out of business by officially classifying them as "hate groups" • "A lawless president and a sleeping Congress" by Andrew Napolitano, in which the former judge shows how Obama's breathtaking violations of the Constitution are met, mostly, with yawns • "Unmasking the 'Imperial Presidency'" by Phyllis Schlafly, who maps out specific ways Congress could rein in today's out-of-control Obama dictatorship • "Freedom: Fight for it or lose it" by Thomas Sowell, who says: "Officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped"
Experts: Obama's
Wavering on Keystone XL Keeping Gas Prices High
President
Barack Obama's reluctance to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, despite
widespread popular support for the project, is not only hindering America's
energy independence but driving up the price of gas for American consumers.
According to a column in Forbes Magazine by Kathleen Hartnett White and Vance Ginn, experts at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, recent geopolitical instability and disruptions and bottlenecks in the supply of Brent crude oil from the North Sea have driven up costs for American refiners, leading to higher retail prices at the pump. "If President Obama approved construction of the Keystone XL's northern leg, more of the relatively cheaper WTI (West Texas Intermediate crude) oil could reach refineries along the Gulf Coast. This would reduce the risk premium that geopolitical instability attaches to oil prices and thus lower the gasoline price," the authors wrote. White and Ginn say that only a sufficient infrastructure, such as the one provided by the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, could harness America's vast energy resources and processing capacity so as to stabilize prices and provide North American energy independence. "Keystone XL makes the emerging North American energy axis real and could check Vladimir Putin's petro-power. Eliminating the risk of geopolitically driven supply disruptions in oil imports means enhanced U.S. energy security," the authors wrote. "It also could mean a lower price at the pump, making the wallet of every American who uses gasoline smile." Related Stories:
V.A. Scandal Is Just The Tip Of The Military Abuse Iceberg
Liberals hate the military and it shows
in their treatment of veterans.
President Obama held a press conference last week to
express his outrage over reports that the Veterans Administration was
routinely delaying treatment to veterans, with some veterans even dying while
on alleged secret waiting lists. The president said that, “if these
allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and I
will not tolerate it, period.” He vowed that, together with Congress, he
would “make sure we’re doing right by our veterans across the board.”
The president is right to be upset over
the mistreatment of US military veterans, especially those who return home
with so many physical and mental injuries. Veterans should not be abused when
they seek the treatment promised them when they enlisted. But his outrage
over military abuse is selective. He ignores the most egregious abuse of the
US armed forces: sending them off to fight, become maimed, and die in endless
conflicts overseas that have no connection to US national security.
It is ironic that the same week the
president condemned the alleged mistreatment of veterans by the VA, he
announced that he was sending 80 armed troops to Chad to help look for a
group of girls kidnapped by the Nigerian Islamist organization Boko Haram. Is
there any mistreatment worse than sending the US military into a violent and
unstable part of the world to conduct a search operation that is in no way
connected to the defense of the United States?
As Judge Andrew Napolitano said last week, “Feeling
sorry for somebody is not a sufficient basis for sending American men and
women into harm’s way.”
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Illegal Marijuana Market
Goes to Pot.
Pot growers in Mexico are going bankrupt. Prices have
fallen 75%. Why? It has been legalized in two states: Colorado and Washington.
The price of pot has fallen 75%.
This is basic economics. Competition drives down
prices.
But how? How does all that legal pot in two states get
to other states? By car.
Someone takes greenbacks into Colorado, buys pot, and
drives back home. Then he sells his stash for cash.
Doesn’t all that cash coming into Colorado draw
attention to itself? No. The market is 100% cash in Colorado. Why? The Federal
Reserve will not allow banks to set up accounts for pot sales companies. It’s
illegal for banks to service such accounts. It’s a form of drug trafficking, says
federal law.
There are no border checks points, except in
California. It will be interesting to see how effective California’s border
checkpoints are. The price of pot should be higher in California if the
checkpoints are honored.
The market is responding in Mexico. Farmers who used
to grow pot are now growing heroin poppies.
It turns out that growing heroin poppies are more
profitable than growing corn.
It turns out that the legalization of pot is cutting
into the profits of the Mexican drug cartels.
The logic of this indicates that the legalization of
drugs in the USA reduces crime in Mexico and the USA. So, there is an alliance:
Mexican drug cartels and voters who want drugs legalized.
This is a variation of the famous alliance between
fundamentalists on one side of a county line in “dry” counties and liquor
stores just across the border. I used to live in a dry county: Smith County,
Texas. The liquor stores were on all side: north/south and east/west. The
liquor stores help fund the advertising against legalization whenever it would
come up in Smith County.
Baptists pretend that the ads against legalization
were funded by Baptists. They pretend that Baptists in Smith County pay for the
ads.
Silly Baptists.
Read more at http://teapartyeconomist.com/2014/05/27/illegal-marijuana-market-goes-pot/#7tYy9bSEapCobZpA.99
Read more at http://teapartyeconomist.com/2014/05/27/illegal-marijuana-market-goes-pot/#7tYy9bSEapCobZpA.99
RICARDO SAMITIER: El
Economista Que Quebró A Gracia… Ahora Puede Quebrar Toda Europa…
Casi
Nadie Le Ha Visto La Cara A Este AGENTE SECRETO…
De La
Globalización…Un Antiguo Empleado De Goldman Sachs, Mario Draghi
que comercializó la deuda de Grecia para poder meter el país en la
moneda única,
Es Ahora,
El Presidente De Banco Central Europeo.
Si!
El mismo hombre que quebró a Grécia, ahora puede quebrar a toda Europa!!
Este
delincuente, quiere "dar" mas "credito" a los bancos!!!
Como? Como puedes dar dinero, si
no lo tienes??
Con dinero ficticio. Creado de la nada, por las imprentas, igual que todos los gobiernos fracasados del pasado.
En su ultima declaración pública en Portugal, Draghi dijo querer "combatir"
la falta de Inflación.
Para crear Inflación, el bandido de cuello blanco Draghi, desea
comprar bonos de los bancos complices, que a su vez, prestarían parte de
ese dinero a la Pequeña y Medianas Empresas.
Suena bien no???
Este señor, desea provocar la inflación en Europa!... Demostrando su ignorancia o criminalidad. Como no es ignorante,
sabemos que su misión es el robo!
Como se roba creando inflación? Fácil!... El dinero en nuestro bolsillo y en nuestros ahorros desaparece, sin
gastarlo por la inflación de los precios!
Una inflación de solo el 2% anual causa la destrucción del 43% de
los valores en solo 20 años!!
Eso significa que si pones 10 mil € en el banco, al final de los
20 años, tienes solo 6,700 en poder
adquisitivo!!!
Esto, es lo que desea el Sr. Draghi para toda Europa y se atreve a
decirlo publicamente y nadie se rie de el.
Pero, también significa que si compras un solar por 100 mil € hoy, en 20 años tienes que tener 149,000 € para
comprar el mismo solar.
Ósea, olvídate de comprar una casa…Ser dueño de casas, es solo para los bancos y banqueros como
Draghi.
Este tipo
de robo es un acto criminal, por fraude monetario!
La Inflación, es fraude y robo a todos… Sin embargo, no es robo por igual a todos… .El que usa el dinero primero,
no sufre sus efectos… Quienes reciben el dinero primero que nadie? LOS BANQUEROS!
Pero el Sr. Draghi, no solo anda libre por Europa.. y tiene sus oficinas en Frankfurt, en un edificio viejo y
"necesita"
uno nuevo. Cuál es la solución? Hacer
fabricar otro nuevo! Vean el nuevo edificio:
Hoy en die,
en obras, que cuesta solo 1,3 mil millones de €uros.
Si! La Unión Europea, tiene una crisis económica, reconocida
por todos y Draghi, se fabrica un rascacielos… según el "NECESARIO"
y es celebrado en todas la capitales del mundo COMO UN GENIO,
DE LA ECONOMIA.
Demostrando, una vez más, que nadie se da cuenta, de lo que hacen
los banqueros, hasta que no destruyen la Economia!
La economia de Europa, no crece por una simple razón, Sr. Draghi.
Porque todo el continente está endeudado hasta las amígdalas!!
No hay que ser economista, para reconocer que un trabajador sin
ahorros no puede comprar!!!
Si el trabajador no consume, las Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas no venden, Sr. Draghi.
Si los PYMEs no venden, no pueden pagar los creditos a los bancos.
El problema, no es falta de crédito. Es demasiado deuda. Facilitada por los bancos, usando
"fondos"
creados de la nada. Osea, DINERO falso!
Como Estos
Fondos Fueron Falsos, La Deuda También Es Falsa.
Una deuda falsa, hecha con dinero falso, es un fraude economico!
Hacer a todo un continente pagar deudas falsas, es tu proyecto Sr.
Draghi.
Deja de mentir!
No se puede estimular una economia con dinero falso.
Tu nuevo edificio, no se puede caer por que es de acero y concreto… pero tu moneda, el Euro,
si va a desplomarse, como todas la monedas falsas del pasado y tu nombre y tu banco, va a
cargar con esa fama.
El trofeo a la estupidez mas grande de la historia:
Creer Que
El Papel Dinero, Significa Valor.
Cuando
Colapse El Euro, Corre Sr. Draghi.
Escóndete, si
puedes, en una cueva o la cima de una montaña de Suiza, porque Europa
entera,
va ir
por ti!! No vas a ESCAPAR como hizo NECKER… cuando imprimiendo francos quebró a
Francia… Decapitaron al REY Luis XVI y TRIUNFO LA REVOLUCION… y él se asilo
en Suiza a
escribir
sus memorias…
QUIZAS TODOS LOS DEMOCRATAS NO SEAN COMUNISTAS PERO SI TODOS LOS COMUNISTAS SON DEMOCRATAS.
Ningún comunista es miembro del Partido Republicano.
NINGUN COMUNISTA ES
CONSERVADOR.
Ningún comunista es una
persona decente.
En el congreso hay más de 100 demócratas que están o estuvieron afiliados al partido comunista americano…
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