From The Patriot Post: Barack Hussein Obama's ongoing war with acknowledging Almighty God.

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Alexander's Column Getting Gettysburg Right Lincoln v Obama -- Words Matter By Mark Alexander · November 21, 2013    "Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may be more dangerous than their arms. Let us then ... under God trust our cause to our swords." --Samuel Adams (1776) This week, we marked the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, a three-minute speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That battlefield was the site of the bloodiest conflict in the War Between the States, a three-day battle in July of 1863 that resulted in 23,000 Union casualties and 28,000 Confederate casualties. Lincoln was a self-taught man whose formal schooling added up to less than one year. But he penned this remarkable, concise and eloquent address, which not only captured a pivotal moment in a war-torn nation, but also paid tribute with words that honored all Americans. And he managed to say it without teleprompters. One notable catalyst, which sparked this horrific war, was the abolition of slavery. Lincoln's party was Republican, but in a tragically ironic twist of fate, the Democrat Party has now mastered the cowing of 95% of black Americans as its most loyal constituency. They accomplished this transition by instituting social policies that have enslaved generations of poor people on urban poverty plantations, and then ensuring their fealty with massive redistributive handouts and victimization indoctrination promoting dependency on the state. Barack Obama, who used Lincoln's Bible for his inaugurations and who envisions himself the finest legacy example of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation -- though he has no slave ancestry on this continent -- was narcissistically compelled to chime in on the anniversary recognition. Notably, Obama offered up his videotaped recitation of the Gettysburg Address for historian Ken Burns' 150th anniversary Web dedication to Lincoln's timeless words. In his recitation of the address, however, Obama predictably omitted two key words. Lincoln said, "that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." But Obama altered his recitation, leaving "under God" out. Comment   For the record, Ken Burns recited it correctly. George W. Bush was also among the handful of participants for Burns' project, and he recited it correctly. Even Democrat National Chairwoman, ultra-leftist Debbie Wasserman Schultz, recited it correctly. For a little historical perspective, Lincoln's use of "under God" is sometimes disputed -- mostly by those who object to those words today. The words do not appear in two historic drafts (Nicolay and Hay) but do appear in three drafts (Everett, Bancroft, and Bliss). However, the best evidence of what Lincoln said is the verbatim text of his speech, which was telegraphed by numerous journalists to their newspapers on the very day he delivered his address. Among the journalists in witness were Joseph Gilbert with the Associated Press, John Young with the Philadelphia Press (who would later become Librarian of Congress), Charles Hale with the Boston Advertiser, and other reporters from the New York Tribune and The New York Times. Each of their telegraphs included the words "under God," and as noted by historian William E. Barton: "Every stenographic report, good, bad and indifferent, says 'that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom.' There was no common source from which all the reporters could have obtained those words but from Lincoln's own lips at the time of delivery." Indeed, as reported by The New York Times the day after Lincoln's delivery, he included the words, "under God." (That original text is posted here). Historians may debate Lincoln's legacy as president, but there is no disputing his religious devotion and his very deliberate use of "under God" at Gettysburg. So why did Obama choose to omit these essential words? Barack Obama has a long history of omitting references to God, such as his repeated omission of "endowed by our Creator" when referencing the Declaration of Independence. So what is Obama's overarching objective? Under the pretense of "religious tolerance," Barack Obama's administration has been quietly advancing his mandate to remove all expressions or manifestations of faith from government forums -- excepting Islam. This eradication serves the Left's strategic objective of replacing God-given Rule of Law with the rule of men -- because the former is predicated on the principle of Liberty "endowed by our Creator," while the latter asserts that Liberty is the gift of potentates and presidents. Obama's administrators are constantly endeavoring to drive wedges between Liberty and its inherent foundational endowment. Most notably, he has done this in those spheres where he can exercise power and influence without legislative and judicial precedents -- such as our military. As commander in chief, Obama has certainly succeeded in suppressing religious expression by uniformed Patriots in our military service branches. However, his subversion of faith expression in the military is not going without objection. For example, last year The Patriot uncovered what appears to be a legal setup by Obama's DoD civilian administrators and their surrogates, which has the potential to force the removal of "so help me God" from all military oaths. That strategic ploy starts with the 2011 removal of those words from officer, enlisted and cadet oaths at the Air Force Academy. Three weeks ago, we published a detailed account of that strategy. This week, in response to that column, 28 members of Congress issued an official letter of inquiry to the Superintendent of the Air Force Academy asking for "a detailed explanation as to why [they omitted] 'so help me God' from these oaths, despite the fact that the phrase is used in the very statutory language of the United States Code, and was part of the military oath drafted by the Founders themselves." (A Fox News report notes the AFA's Public Affairs Office claimed yesterday, "It was an editorial oversight," however, a Freedom of Information Act request will be filed tomorrow in an effort to determine if anyone outside the AFA had a hand in the alteration of oaths.) Comment   Typical of the "expert opinion" syndicated across the nation about our nation's Godly heritage, is that of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Mark Thompson, who posted an op/ed in Time magazine on the "So help me God" issue. Thompson's Pulitzer was earned for a series he wrote that led to enhanced military helicopter safety. Clearly it was not earned for his limited knowledge of civilian and military oaths. Thompson asserted, "The formal American embrace of religion in civic government is a fairly recent phenomenon: 'Under God' was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. 'In God We Trust' became the nation's official motto in 1956. In 1957, 'In God We Trust' was added to U.S. paper currency." He got the recent dates right, but his assertion that references to "God" are a "recent phenomenon" is patently, stupefyingly, incorrect. Thompson should recall that the words "under God" were in the Gettysburg Address, as noted, but it is undeniable that the roots of that attribution date to our nation's inception and were inspired by the enlightened manifestos of natural law long before that. The most formative words in our nation's seminal foundational document, the Declaration of Independence, assert that Liberty is "endowed by their Creator," not the gift of man, as Barack Obama and his Leftist cadres assert today. The Continental Congress established its first military oath in 1776 and revised it in 1778 -- both ending with "So help me God." The words "So help me God" were prescribed in oaths by the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789. But five months earlier, George Washington elected to use those same words in conclusion to the first oath of office as president. Invoking faith was a common theme for Washington and most other Founders, as in these words from his farewell address in 1796: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensible supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness -- these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. ... Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths..." The words "In God we trust" first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864, long before it was added to currency in 1957. And one of the earliest references to "In God We Trust" was in the last verse of our National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key penned the words, "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust,'" after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814. But Obama and his like-minded Pulitzer-wielding pontificators are busy redacting references to our Creator. Next week, we observe with reverence our timeless Thanksgiving holiday, which has been celebrated appropriately throughout our history. We do so as a nation, because a month before his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln officially designated a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens," on the fourth Thursday of November. In his proclamation, Lincoln referenced the "ever watchful providence of Almighty God." He noted of our innumerable blessings, "No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God," and recommended "offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him," that we all may "fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace." Of course, the first Thanksgiving proclamation was issued by George Washington in 1789. He declared, "Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God," that all Americans should "unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions..." That history notwithstanding, last year, as with all his previous Thanksgiving addresses, Barack Obama refused to credit our Creator in acknowledgment of Thanksgiving, just as he has omitted God from other historic references. At the conclusion of his Gettysburg Address, Lincoln affirmed, "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." That reference was to our constitutional republic, not Obama's vision for the People's Socialist Democratic Republic. Pro Deo et Constitutione — Libertas aut Mors Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis Mark Alexander Publisher, The Patriot Post

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Liberal educators give warnings about things that promote racism in our classrooms.

Previously, the discussion on racism in America, as described by our liberal educators, mentioned that classrooms using white paper were helping to promote a racist atmosphere, especially in kindergarten. They recommended using paper of different colors to write on. To be more inclusive. Yes, they did, see below.

11-11-2013: “According to Anne O'Connor, a consultant for Nursery World magazine, children who used white paper in kindergarten school have a higher tendency grow up to be racist. She also said that dressing witches in black adds to the problem. Institutions actually pay people for advice like this.”

Now we turn to the type of food we give our children to take to school for lunch. Liberal educators have a warning about this, too.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich is Racist, Says Portland School Official

Did you know that eating or even talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be considered racist?

That’s right.

Apparently, it’s because people in some cultures don’t eat sandwich bread. Verenice Gutierrez, principal of Harvey Scott K-8 School in Portland explained to the Portland Tribune:

“Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year,” the Tribune said.
“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” Gutierrez asked. “Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”

Now that we’ve been made aware of the evil of PB&J, there’s only one question left to answer: Is white bread more racist than whole wheat?

According to Anne O'Connor, a consultant for Nursery World magazine, children who used white paper in kindergarten school have a higher tendency grow up to be racist. She also said that dressing witches in black adds to the problem. Institutions actually pay people for advice like this.

Dress witches in pink and avoid white paper to prevent racism in nurseries, expert says

Teachers should censor the toy box to replace witches' black hats with a pink ones and dress fairies in darker shades, according to a consultant who has issued advice to local authorities.

The push to avoid racism at all costs has reached the panic stage at the cost of being well informed. This is what political correctness has done to our society. Some police departments around the country have begun to stop mentioning the race for wanted fugitives in their BOLO police broadcasts. Maybe because of the high number of incidents where black teens have been going around assaulting white people and committing other crimes they will just say, "Be on the lookout for a male, about 18 years old wearing blue shirt wanted for robbing liquor store.". This follows the latest publication of the Associated Press Style Book that list rules that so-called journalists must use in writing newspaper accounts. They have all begun to eliminate any mention of the race and religion of terrorists attackers because it has become embarrassing to the Muslim community. So in that regard, people with Arab-sounding names who are most likely Muslim, who are arrested for planning a bomb plot or sending money overseas to support al Qaeda are simply referred to as "New York man arrested in bomb plot". Yeah, we don't want the public to get the opinion that all Muslims are bad people.

Look what happens when the light of truth shines on a lie.

Interesting observation.

During the 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Hussein Obama proudly made a point of adopting the name ObamaCare to the Affordable Care Act. Now that the disaster has struck and millions have had their health insurance cancelled, Obama and the Democrats have stopped calling it ObamaCare. Maybe they think the ignorant voters who voted for them will think this was two different plans.

Reid J. Epstein: "President Obama and loyal Democrats once embraced 'Obamacare' ... [Now], the 'Affordable Care Act' has returned. The president didn't say 'Obamacare' once during his nearly hour-long news conference last week, while he referred to the 'Affordable Care Act' a dozen times. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi went so far as to correct David Gregory on 'Meet the Press' Sunday on the proper terminology. And White House talking points distributed to Democrats ... repeatedly refer to the Affordable Care Act in suggested sound bites, not Obamacare." http://goo.gl/QrTbPl

Furthermore, ABC News/Washington Post reported that a new poll says that if the 2012 Presidential election were held today, the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney would have won. Fox News wrote:

PRESIDENT ROMNEY - How significant was President Obama’s “if you like it” bait and switch? The latest WaPo/ABC News poll says that if the election were held today, Mitt Romney would beat Obama 49 percent to 45 percent. That’s an 8-point swing from the results of last year’s election. And that’s among registered voters, saying nothing of what voter intensity would do to those numbers given the growing opposition to the health law and the president’s management. The survey shows public opposition to ObamaCare at 57 percent, in the latest WaPo/ABC news poll. President Obama’s approval is also suffering with 44 percent of adults now saying they “strongly disapprove” of the job he is doing.

We can't have a do-over for the 2012 elections but we do have the 2014 mid-term elections coming up and one more chance to fire those treasonous Democrats and RINOs from Congress who lied to us about how we could keep our health insurance if we liked it. Lets hope the establishment Republicans don't screw things up by postponiong the draconian implementation of OBAMACARE. Yes, say in in bold letters and call it what it was and is. The Democrats own this law all by themselves. Let them stew in their own pot.

 

44 Democrats + 2 Independents in the U.S. Senate voted AGAINST a measure to uphold the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution and our Right to Bear Arms.

46 Senators Voted to Destroy the United States Constitution

44 Democrats + 2 Independents in the U.S. Senate voted against a measure to uphold the 2nd Amendment and our Right to Bear Arms.

We came four votes away from the U.S. Senate giving our Constitutional rights over to the United Nations.

In a 53-46 vote, the Senate narrowly passed a measure that will stop the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. The U.N. Small Arms Treaty, signed by Secretary of State John "Swiftboat" Kerry, would have superseded our 2nd Amendment Constitutional rights to bear arms. It would have permitted the leftist Obama administration to institute gun registration and confiscation of all privately owned firearms. 

 The Statement of Purpose from the Bill reads:  

"To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty." 

The U.N. Small Arms Treaty, which has been championed by the Obama Administration, would have effectively placed a global ban on the import and export of small firearms. The ban would have affected all private gun owners in the U.S. And had language that would have implemented an international gun registry on all private guns and ammo. 

Astonishingly, 46 out of our 100 United States Senators were willing to give away our Constitutional rights to a foreign power. And it must be noted that 44 of the 46 were Democrats aided by 2 Independents. NO Republicans voted against this resolution. 

Has the Democratic Party today become the party of Treason? 

The Constitution (Article VI, clause 3) specifies:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

If these U.S. Senators took an oath and swore to support this Constitution and then voted not to, that would be either perjury or treason. I suspect both.

Here are the 46 senators who voted to give your rights to the U.N.  

Baldwin (D-WI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cowan (D-MA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hirono (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

This needs to go viral. These Senators voted to let the UN take OUR guns. They need to lose their next election.  We have been betrayed.  

46 Senators Voted to Give your 2nd Amendment Constitutional Rights to the U.N.  

Please send this to SOMEONE!  

Do everything you can to see these traitors are defeated in their next election! 

Details on the resolution from the U.S. Senate web site 

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113^th Congress - 1^st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Amendment (Inhofe Amdt. No. 139 )
Vote Number:	91	Vote Date:	March 23, 2013, 04:30 AM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 139 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose:	To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	53
	NAYs	46
	Not Voting	1

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Alexander (R-TN), Yea Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Baldwin (D-WI), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Nay Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay Blunt (R-MO), Yea Boozman (R-AR), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brown (D-OH), Nay Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Casey (D-PA), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coats (R-IN), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Nay Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Cowan (D-MA), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Yea Cruz (R-TX), Yea Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fischer (R-NE), Yea Flake (R-AZ), Yea

Franken (D-MN), Nay Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Heller (R-NV), Yea Hirono (D-HI), Nay Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Nay Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kaine (D-VA), Nay King (I-ME), Nay Kirk (R-IL), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Not Voting Leahy (D-VT), Nay Lee (R-UT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Nay Manchin (D-WV), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Merkley (D-OR), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Moran (R-KS), Yea

Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murphy (D-CT), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Paul (R-KY), Yea Portman (R-OH), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Risch (R-ID), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Rubio (R-FL), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schatz (D-HI), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Scott (R-SC), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-CO), Nay Udall (D-NM), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Yea Warner (D-VA), Nay Warren (D-MA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---53
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Begich (D-AK) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Donnelly (D-IN) Enzi (R-WY)	Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagan (D-NC) Hatch (R-UT) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (R-WI) Kirk (R-IL) Lee (R-UT) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ)	McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Pryor (D-AR) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---46
Baldwin (D-WI) Baucus (D-MT) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Coons (D-DE) Cowan (D-MA) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY)	Harkin (D-IA) Hirono (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL)	Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 1
Lautenberg (D-NJ)

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped by Home State

Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Yea	Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Alaska:	Begich (D-AK), Yea	Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Arizona:	Flake (R-AZ), Yea	McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:	Boozman (R-AR), Yea	Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Nay	Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Nay	Udall (D-CO), Nay
Connecticut:	Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay	Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Nay	Coons (D-DE), Nay
Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Nay	Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Yea	Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii:	Hirono (D-HI), Nay	Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Yea	Risch (R-ID), Yea
Illinois:	Durbin (D-IL), Nay	Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Indiana:	Coats (R-IN), Yea	Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Yea	Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Kansas:	Moran (R-KS), Yea	Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:	McConnell (R-KY), Yea	Paul (R-KY), Yea
Louisiana:	Landrieu (D-LA), Nay	Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Yea	King (I-ME), Nay
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Nay	Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
Massachusetts:	Cowan (D-MA), Nay	Warren (D-MA), Nay
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Nay	Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Minnesota:	Franken (D-MN), Nay	Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Yea	Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri:	Blunt (R-MO), Yea	McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
Montana:	Baucus (D-MT), Nay	Tester (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	Fischer (R-NE), Yea	Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Heller (R-NV), Yea	Reid (D-NV), Nay
New Hampshire:	Ayotte (R-NH), Yea	Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
New Jersey:	Lautenberg (D-NJ), Not Voting	Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
New Mexico:	Heinrich (D-NM), Yea	Udall (D-NM), Nay
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay	Schumer (D-NY), Nay
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Yea	Hagan (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota:	Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea	Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Nay	Portman (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Coburn (R-OK), Yea	Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Nay	Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Nay	Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Nay	Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina:	Graham (R-SC), Yea	Scott (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota:	Johnson (D-SD), Nay	Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Yea	Corker (R-TN), Yea
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Yea	Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Utah:	Hatch (R-UT), Yea	Lee (R-UT), Yea
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Nay	Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Kaine (D-VA), Nay	Warner (D-VA), Nay
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Nay	Murray (D-WA), Nay
West Virginia:	Manchin (D-WV), Yea	Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Wisconsin:	Baldwin (D-WI), Nay	Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Yea	Enzi (R-WY), Yea

The story behind Kate Smith and "God Bless America".

A healthy dose of patriotism goes a long way to uplifting our spirits in trying times such as these. There is nothing more patriotic or uplifting than watching and listening to the incomparable Kate Smith singing Irving Berlin's God Bless America. A little background history to introduce this is in order. The story begins just before World War II.

The time was 1938. America was still in a terrible economic depression. Adolf Hitler was taking over Europe and Americans were afraid we'd have to go to war. It was a time of hardship and worry for most Americans.

This was the era just before TV, when radio shows were HUGE, and American families sat around their radios in the evenings, listening to their favorite entertainers, and no entertainer of that era was bigger than Kate Smith.

Kate was also large; plus size, as we now say, and the popular phrase still used today is in deference to her, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings". Kate Smith might not have made it big in the age of TV, but with her voice coming over the radio, she was the biggest star of her time.

Kate was also patriotic. It hurt her to see Americans so depressed and afraid of what the next day would bring . She had hope for America, and faith in her fellow Americans. She wanted to do something to cheer them up, so she went to the famous American song-writer, Irving Berlin (who also wrote "White Christmas") and asked him to write a song that would make Americans feel good again about their country. When she described what she was looking for, he said he had just the song for her. He went to his files and found a song that he had written, but never published, 20 years before - way back in 1918.

Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, so he set it aside. He gave it to Kate Smith and she worked on it with her studio orchestra. She and Irving Berlin were not sure how the song would be received by the public, but both agreed they would not take any profits from God Bless America. Any profits would go to the Boy Scouts of America. Over the years, the Boy Scouts have received millions of dollars in royalties from this song.

This video starts out with Kate Smith coming into the radio studio with the orchestra and an audience. She introduces the new song for the very first time, and starts singing. After the first couple verses, with her voice in the background still singing, scenes are shown from the 1940 movie, "You're In The Army Now." At the 4:20 mark of the video you see a young actor in the movie, sitting in an office, reading a paper; it's Ronald Reagan. (and a few other old old movie stars).

To this day, God Bless America stirs our patriotic feelings and pride in our country. Back in 1940, when Kate Smith went looking for a song to raise the spirits of her fellow Americans, I doubt whether she realized just how successful the results would be for her fellow Americans during those years of hardship and worry..... and for many generations of Americans to follow. Now that you know the story of the song, I hope you'll enjoy it and treasure it even more.

Many people don't know there's a lead in to the song since it usually starts with "God Bless America....." So here's the entire song as originally sung. "God Bless America" went on to become Kate Smith's signature song.

This text has been compiled from various sources including the following from Wikipedia: In 1943, Smith's rendition was featured in the patriotic musical This is the Army along with other Berlin songs. The manuscripts in the Library of Congress reveal the evolution of the song from victory to peace. Berlin gave the royalties of the song to the God Bless America Fund for redistribution to the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA. Smith performed the song on her two NBC television series in the 1950s and in her short-lived The Kate Smith Show on CBS, which aired on CBS from January 25 to July 18, 1960. 

During the 1960s, the song was increasingly used by Christian conservatives in the US to signal their opposition to secular liberalism and to silence dissenters who were speaking in favor of communism or in opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Later, from December 11, 1969, through the early 1970s, the playing of Smith singing the song before many home games of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers brought it renewed popularity as well as a reputation for being a "good luck charm" to the Flyers long before it became a staple of nationwide sporting events. The Flyers even brought Smith in to perform live before Game 6 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals on May 19, 1974, and the Flyers won the Cup that day. Kate Smith passed away on June 17, 1986 at the age of 79, but her memory lasts forever.

  

Best quotes in the news today about ObamaCare.

Jonah Goldberg on The Goldberg File:
National Review via email
So yesterday Barack Obama in effect borrowed a line from Darth Vader. He told the insurance companies, "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."

Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post:
Why Liberals Are Panicked
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-why-liberals-are-panicked-about-obamacare/2013/11/14/bd2e9834-4d6f-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_print.html
Obamacare, the most sweeping social reform in the past half-century, affecting one-sixth of the economy and directly touching the most vital area of life of every citizen.

As the only socially transformational legislation in modern American history to be enacted on a straight party-line vote, Obamacare is wholly owned by the Democrats. Its unraveling would catastrophically undermine their underlying ideology of ever-expansive central government providing cradle-to-grave care for an ever-grateful citizenry.

For four years, this debate has been theoretical. Now it’s real. And for Democrats, it’s a disaster.

Ben Shapiro on Breitbart.com
FLASHBACK: Obama: 'I Actually Respect The Constitution'
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/15/Obama-Constitution-flashback
In 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) attended a fundraiser where he blasted President Bush, telling the crowd, “I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.” President Obama, however, has been far less respectful of the Constitution that Senator Obama purportedly was. In fact, Obama has steadily violated a bevy of Constitutional provisions ranging from separation of powers to specific elements of the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments.

NOTE: It has since been proven that Barack Hussein Obama was never a constitutional law professor. He never held any such title. At the University of Chicago Law School he was just a "senior lecturer" and the university refused to hire him until someone told them to put him on the payroll.

Rush Limbaugh
The Biggest Presidential Lie in My Lifetime
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/11/05/the_biggest_presidential_lie_in_my_lifetime

It's just not true, folks. He never, ever said it. Now, this tells me something, by the way. He knows what the law says on this now. The law does say that your plan is grandfathered, but if it changes an iota, if it changes by a nickel, if it changes in the slightest way, it's gone, and you lose your grandfathered status. What he's not telling anybody here is that Obamacare mandates the insurance companies to change these policies by mandating that they cover more, that they charge more. It was never going to be possible for you to keep your plan, is the bottom line, and that's what he doesn't know that he's admitting here.

And a few quotes that were not reported anywhere:

Will somebody in Congress please tell Mr. Obama that he does not have the authority to change a law after he has signed it.

Hey, Charlie, put it back in your pants, we ain't impressed.

Hey, professor, if you know the Constitution so good show me where it gives you the right to do this.

The Emperor has no clothes.

As Charles Krauthammer said, "Obamacare is wholly owned by the Democrats." Its their problem, they created it, let them pay for it. So a note to all the Republicans, don't leave any fingerprints at the scene of the crime.

From Israel: ALERT: TYRANNY COMES TO AMERICA. CHINESE TROOPS ON U.S. SOIL. Dissent Against Obama Inc “Purged” Via Gestapo-Like DHS Tactics. Commentary By Adina Kutnicki

ALERT: TYRANNY COMES TO AMERICA. CHINESE TROOPS ON U.S. Soil. Dissent Against Obama Inc “Purged” Via Gestapo-Like DHS Tactics. Commentary By Adina Kutnicki

Posted on November 15, 2013

ALERT: video included - The Communist People’s Republic of China was invited to take part in a massive drill dubbed GridExII that took place on November 12-14, 2013. The drill simulated the detonation of a massive nuclear warhead high above the skies of the United States, creating a giant EMP—Electro Magnetic Pulse—that took out the U.S. electrical grid, communications, banking services, and all computers, simulating a helpless America completely dependent on its all-wise government.

Why would the Radical-in-Chief agree to such a drill, other than the fact that he is a crypto Marxist? The fact that he is an Islamist does not obviate his leftist revolutionary designs. The red/green alliance.  Moreover, why did DHS OVERSEE this “exercise”? Hint: the outgrowth of Obama’s promised “civilian force”, of which DHS is its overseer. A promise kept.

Undeniably, freedoms, once taken away, can only be regained after the spilling of much blood and the looting of national treasures. It usually takes many bloody years of concerted struggle, if even then, to grab them back. This is a historical fact. So even though most prefer to do their own thing and keep their head down (hoping for the best), such is not the wisest tack to take, if one is in a fight to remain free from tyranny’s grip.

Chillingly, top U.S. Generals are issuing alarm bells, as to the regime’s plans to squash dissent, starting with the purging of loyal military officers! As most intuit, these folks are hardly sissy pants and prone to hysterical fainting spells. NO smelling salts required on their end.

Regardless, it is possible to “exist” in a repressed society, and many millions do just that. But those who are used to speaking their mind – often taking their liberties for granted – will surely have a rude awakening, if they do not wake up and stand up. Forthwith.

Moreover, regimes like Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Russia and China (and too many other human rights basket cases to enumerate, never mind that 3 of these “leading lights” just got elected to the UN Human Rights Council…my heavens), where opposing political opinions and gov’t dissent become hazardous to a citizen’s health, should be viewed as eventual realities for Americans. In fact, the beginnings of said (American) repressions exist in full and plain view – at least for those whose eyes remain wide open!

Consider the following as previews and foretastes:

Obama’s America is akin to a parallel universe, as one enters into their radical politics – the ultimate American nightmare! As such, America is no longer a tyranny in the making, that ship has sailed. Most significantly, the west is on the precipice, ready to lose its footing. And while America spirals downwards, thus, various “crises” are used to deflect from Obama Inc.’s crimes. Will they get away with it? Time will (very soon) tell.

But if one player stands out above the rest among Obama’s crew, look no further than Valerie Jarrett. The night stalker. Yet, her fingerprints are nothing new on this end, as evidenced within DHS:Valerie Jarrett’s fiefdom and so many others.

Silencing dissent by SWATing messengers of truth

Image courtesy of Canada Free Press

By Douglas J. Hagmann

26 October 2013:  “Fasten your seatbacks and tray tables in their full upright and locked position. We’ll be on the ground shortly.” That is the final warning aboard the aircraft known as America, which will be using runway 39A to taxi to the terminal of tyranny. Most of the passengers aboard the luxury aircraft have no clue to what awaits them, as the captain and crew have lulled the majority into a false trance of tranquility. The few aboard the aircraft who were aware of their final destination tried to warn the other unsuspecting passengers, who have been immersed in their personal electronic devices, sleeping or watching the airline version of the corporate media, the mouthpieces for their fascist facilitators.

So it is in the United States today. Except those aboard this hijacked luxury aircraft who have been warning others of the danger ahead have been the targets of an increasingly aggressive campaign to silence them – to silence us – by any means necessary. This is the historical hallmark of the last warning of the final approach to the terminal of tyranny.

They are coming for us

Most people are familiar with the accounts of Glenn Greenwald’s partner (ironically named David Miranda, at least to those of us in America), being recently harassed at Heathrow airport in the UK after Greenwald began exposing the scope of the NSA spying campaign. Despite the warnings that this action portended, most people simply decided to turn their personal devices of diversion louder, effectively drowning out the warning bells tolling for the death of the most important freedoms in America – the freedom to tell the truth.

The warning bells have been ringing before and after, yet the masses entranced by the bells and whistles of their own devices have firmly kept them subjugated to their own normalcy biases. Even some internet bloggers, citizen journalists, and those daring to awaken a slumbering or deliberately distracted and deceived citizenry have felt somewhat insulated against the encroaching tyranny.

As we get closer to the terminal, however, that feeling of insulation is turning into a sense of dread, as the last threads of the fabric of one’s normalcy bias are being rendered to expose the awaiting tyranny. It is here that you will see that they are coming for you, for all of us, who refuse to advance their agenda of lies and distortions. It will very likely be a visit in the darkest hours of the night that you will be paid a visit by mercenaries of malevolence hired by the despots piloting this hijacked aircraft.

I cannot tell you whether you are next on the list, but I can tell you there is a list and the truth-tellers are on it. The modern day Paul Revere’s are in their crosshairs, for they are the last obstacles to full-blown tyranny and fascism that awaits us. Once silenced, there will be no one left to warn the slumbering or the deceived. The bells will go silent.

They are coming for our sources

Lest you tend to discount this as mere hyperbole, I call your attention to a 15-year veteran reporter in Washington, D.C. named Audrey Hudson. Audrey Hudson was nominated twice byThe Washington Times for the Pulitzer Prize, and is now an independent journalist, shedding any corporate restraints to bring the truth to the American people. I’ve had the honor and privilege to speak with Ms. Hudson and multiple occasions, who once cited me in aWashington Times article she wrote a few years ago about the curious nature of a “terrorist dry-run” aboard a U.S. flight.

Her work ethic, integrity, and persistent search for the truth is above reproach, and certainly well deserving of a Pulitzer Prize.  She is very detailed and extremely loyal to the truth, wherever it might lead. She is a leader in the charge for the truth about the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Air Marshall program, and the TSA.

It should be clear to all who understand what is taking place that the veteran investigative journalist was the victim of a campaign of intimidation by the fascists and their facilitators. It was a 4:30 am surprise visit by several officers acting under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security, under the thinly veiled pretext of a possible violation by her husband related to 27 year-old closed case, that shattered the tranquility of her home last August 6th.

These armor clad, gun wielding agents of the state shed all pretense of civility as they burst into her home to ostensibly search for guns illegally owned by her husband. It was some obscure reference on the fully compromised and cooperative social network known as Facebook that this egregious act of tyranny was justified. It is Big Brother at his finest, the merging of a corporate entity acting as the well-paid whore of a burgeoning police state. Such an unwelcome and unexpected visit at 4:30 am to the home of a respected journalist shows that there are no boundaries they will not cross, no civility they will not trample, and no doors they will not break down to silence the truth.

The real reason behind this venomous visit exists in the details. Ms. Hudson is now speaking out because of what the agents of this Gestapo-like tactic took from her home. While the search warrant was limited to any alleged guns on the premises – again – stemming from a quarter-century old incident reportedly involving her husband, their reach well exceeded their authority.

What was taken from the home of Audrey Hudson was more valuable than any gun. What was taken from Audrey Hudson, in addition to her freedoms as an American citizen and a Pulitzer Prize nominee for her journalistic prowess, were her pages of notes and names of sources inside and outside of government who had confidentially provided her information over the years. Information that we, as Americans, could rely upon to keep our government in check. The identities of brave men and women who risked their careers and even their lives to expose what was – and is – taking place in the terminal of tyranny.

The SWAT team that descended upon her home in the dark of the night robbed Ms. Hudson of more than her weapons. They robbed her of her ability to tell her sources that their identities are safe with her.

Her sources, now exposed to the Gestapo-like fascist government we have allowed to hijack America, now knows who the whistleblowers are. What quiet fate might await them once inside the terminal of tyranny? What damage has been caused to all of America by this overreach? How many will turn up destitute, or worse, dead, from the blowback?

The mission seems clear, especially since one of the armor clad night ninjas standing inside her home identified himself as a former air marshal official, a member of the agency that Ms. Hudson had exposed in her reporting of potential misdeeds. Payback, apparently, or at the very least, a conflict of interest. But then, they’ve already passed the point of even trying to conceal their concern for the rule of law.

We are at the terminal

As most aboard the luxury aircraft known as America are about to learn the hard way, we are about to reach the terminal. Behind the gates of unconstitutional forces allowed to exist under the illusion of security lies the tyranny of Hitler’s Germany. The passengers who have attempted to rouse the slumbering and self-absorbed passengers during the flight will no longer have a voice if we don’t act soon.

We must stand behind those who have already been molested for telling the truth about what is taking place. We must back Audrey Hudson and every one like her, and make sure her story is shouted from every rooftop in America.

Failure is not an option, for failure will result in our ultimate enslavement and death. Put down the iPads, iPods, and break from the trance induced by the corporate media and pay attention, for we’ll be on the ground shortly. For others, they will be in the ground, for tyranny does not appreciate dissent.

Oh dear…Bob Woodward joins the fray, warning of a secret government – a state within a state – encircling Americans! Doesn’t get any starker than that. And get this….Homeland Security Starts Citywide Cellphone Tracking Project In Seattle, Your Town Will Be Next, even as the Seattle PD supposedly put the program on “hold” due to outrage from citizens. My oh my….as if.

But if sticking ones head in the sand seems like a good strategy, go right ahead, continue as is. Yet, before you continue doing so, this site implores its vast readership to first listen up to: Michael Savage: Why is Obama purging the military? Or put another way, Obama is gutting the military by PURGING Generals!  Why? 

Well, to “transform” America into a socialist/Marxist nation, and to eviscerate all manner of traditional Judeo-Christian moorings, the most expedient way for the radical-in-Chief to ”forward march” is through deconstructing the most feared fighting force in the world – the U.S. military.

First it’s DOMA and then it’s the gaying of the military, as a reflection of his “down low” lifestyle. A protected class. Never mind that heterosexual soldiers are being sexually assaulted by gay counterparts, but the military is reportedly covering up these sexual-based crimes!

As reported, “Echoing what other high-ranking officers have told WND, he said the Pentagon policy of repealing “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” resulted in the first openly “gay” “major military force in the world.” The development has brought about “massive” sexual assaults on “thousands of straight military male personnel that have been covered up,” he said.

In any case, who does this bastard think he is? and what country is Obama the leader of?

Certainly not  (the heretofore) America.

There’s “none so blind as those who will not see.” Precisely.

On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month... We Thank Our Veterans.

Shouldn't we be thanking them on every day in every month? 

THE FOUNDATION 

“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” –John Adams

NATIONAL SECURITY 

Veterans Day

On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month…

This Day is set aside now, in honor of American Patriot Veterans, who have carried the banner of Liberty forward since the first shots at Lexington and Concord! And it is now time for us to deliver this banner to the next generation.

Millions of Patriots – American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coastguardsmen – have for generations honored their oath to “support and defend” Liberty, as “endowed by our Creator” and enshrined in our Constitution.

Today, and every day, we formally honor them. We remain the proud and the free because they have stood bravely in harm’s way, and millions remain on post today. For this, we, the American People, offer our heartfelt thanks.

“Mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions.” (1 Chronicles 12:8)

“Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.” –Gen. Douglas MacArthur

“War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” – John Stuart Mill
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:12-14)

(See Mark Alexander’s essay, The Most Noble of American Patriots.)

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GOCE came and went over the weekend. Everyone in the news was talking about the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer. Launched in March 2009 by the European Space Agency, GOCE performed flawlessly during its lifetime. Placed in orbit two months after the American inauguration of our first and hopefully last Muslim raised, Communist mentored, Marxist/Socialist leader Barack Hussein Obama, GOCE, the European Space Agency gravity measuring satellite, disintegrated and burned up in the atmosphere yesterday after running out of fuel. Meanwhile, the seemingly flameproof reputation of Dear Leader has been protected from burnout by an indestructible heat shield made up of leftist reporters and news media, in spite of the disastrous disintegration of ObamaCare. Once again, everyone was talking about it, but no one made the connection.

It was also reported over the weekend that our Dear Leader Barry Soetoro a.k.a. Barack Hussein Obama, messianic deity of the Democratic Socialists of America, managed to play his 150th round of golf since assuming residence in The White House. One wonders how he manages to find the time to muck up the country in between his frequent and elaborate globe traveling vacations. He must have a very capable staff running ruining the government when he is away from his desk.

The European Space Agency reported that the GOCE satellite disintegrated in the high atmosphere and no damage to property has been reported and no one on the ground was hurt. Back at home, the fallout from the imploded ObamaCare fiasco has already caused over 50-million casualties with more to come and uncountable financial losses in the healthcare industry and overall job market as businesses across the country seek sanctuary in the loop holes in the law. But Dear Leader brushed off the disastrous statistics by reminding everyone it was their own fault that their health insurance was cancelled for not reading the disclaimers printed in small type at the bottom of the commercials he made. Like a magician performing his magic act we were all distracted by trying to read his lips instead of watching his hands. Hopefully, we should do better next time.