Il Duce Barack Obama Knows What's Best for the American People

Il Duce Barack Obama once again has shown his contempt for the Constitution and our representative republic. Our future president-for-life openly flaunted the advise and consent clause in Article II Section II of our Constitution by making “recess” appointments, when the Senate is still in pro forma session.

The Anointed One presumes he is working for the American people by circumventing our elected officials and that tiny little document that isn’t worth the ink it is written on. Why our Dear Leader can’t be hampered with such trivialities like mere politicians and a constitution. The omniscient … the magnificent Barack Hussein Obama knows what’s good for us. He doesn’t need a stinking legislature telling him what to do. Advise and Consent? Phooey!

And Obama will make damn sure we know what is good for us. One of his recess appointments is Richard Cordray. That statist will crack the commerce clause whip to make sure we all fall in line. Why there is no business transaction that doesn’t fall under the scope of the federal government. And let’s not forget the three appointments to the National Labor Board. We all remember them. They were the ones who sued Boeing for opening a plant in South Carolina. How dare any business open operations without the approval of the NLRB.

Any president who has shown such contempt and violations of our laws would be impeached. But this is no ordinary president. This is Barack Hussein Obama our lord and master. Who would think of ever questioning the motives of our Dear Leader? Why he knows what’s best for us all.

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/4/obama-unprecedented-recess-appointment/

American Taxpayers Fund Half of U.N. Rogue Agency: The IPCC

Many Americans are going to be surprised that we are funding nearly half of the United Nations IPCC’s budget. These scoundrels have been dependent on the American taxpayers for years, and worse, they used our own money to try and subjugate us through their global governance machinations via the global warming scam.

How is it that we’re just now finding out about the funding of this disreputable organization?

How it is that Congress (who is constitutionally mandated to control the purse strings) had no idea how much money was going to this organization? CNS reported the following:

After facing “key challenges” in determining the amount of funding to the IPCC, the GAO now recommends that U.S. funding be reported annually to Congress with “accurate and consistent information.”

The report said documents on U.S. financing for the IPCC were “not available in budget documents or on the websites of the relevant federal agencies, and the agencies are generally not required to report this information to Congress.”

Conflicting State Department numbers also made it more difficult for the GAO to assemble the data. The GAO “reviewed documents and interviewed officials from federal agencies and IPCC” to reach its findings.

A 2005 GAO report entitled “Federal Reports on Climate Change Funding Should Be Clearer and More Complete” found that federal funding for climate change was not adequately accountable. “Congress and the public cannot consistently track federal climate change funding or spending over time,” the report concluded.

This is absolutely shameful. No one knows exactly how much money is going to this grand hoax; not even the GAO. This should be an indicator that the federal government is too damn big.

And to add circumspection about the IPCC, here is a brief description of its chairman:

No one in the world exercised more influence on the events leading up to the Copenhagen conference on global warming than Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and mastermind of its latest report in 2007.

Although Dr Pachauri is often presented as a scientist (he was even once described by the BBC as “the world’s top climate scientist”), as a former railway engineer with a PhD in economics he has no qualifications in climate science at all.

What has also almost entirely escaped attention, however, is how Dr Pachauri has established an astonishing worldwide portfolio of business interests with bodies which have been investing billions of dollars in organisations dependent on the IPCC’s policy recommendations.

These outfits include banks, oil and energy companies and investment funds heavily involved in ‘carbon trading’ and ‘sustainable technologies’, which together make up the fastest-growing commodity market in the world, estimated soon to be worth trillions of dollars a year.

Today, in addition to his role as chairman of the IPCC, Dr Pachauri occupies more than a score of such posts, acting as director or adviser to many of the bodies which play a leading role in what has become known as the international ‘climate industry’.

The chairman of the IPCC should be an indicator of what kind of organization this is. And rest assured it has nothing to do do with the climate.

Source: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-funds-nearly-50-31-million-un-s-global-warming-panel

http://informationliberation.com/index.php?id=28333

New Year's Greens and Black Eyed Peas Won't Help at the Pump

Happy New Year, North Carolinians! Did you eat your fill of greens and black eyed peas in the hope of a prosperous 2012? Well, I hope you added another helping to your plate, because we’re getting smacked across the face with higher gas taxes; both federal and state.

Starting January 1st, the state gas tax increased 3.9 cents, making the total excise a record high 38.9 cents a gallon. We are the fifth highest in the nation! Take a bow people. Let’s give a round of applause to our elected officials. And let’s not forget all the “little people” with their insatiable appetite for taxpayer funded programs. This couldn’t have been done without them too.

But that’s not all. The federal government has to get their 4 cents in as well. They are repealing an ethanol subsidy.

The federal government hasn't changed its 18.4-cent gas tax since 1993, but a decision in Washington this year has the effect of a tax hike.

Congress ended a 30-year-old subsidy that reduced taxes by 45 cents on each gallon of ethanol that refiners and wholesalers blend with gasoline. Most gas sold today is 10-percent ethanol, so that works out to 4.5 cents on a gallon of so-called "E10" gasoline.

"Yes, we'll see costs for station operators (and presumably, the public) go up 4.5 cents (at) midnight Dec. 31, and I suspect much of it will be passed along immediately," Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for the New Jersey-based Oil Price Information Service, said by email. "That would also be true for (North Carolina) and other states that see higher tax levies on fuel."

Now ending a subsidy is considered a good thing, except for one caveat:

In the name of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil, the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) mandates that we need to consume 36 billion gallons of ethanol by 2022. EISA also contains a mandate within the mandate for advanced biofuels, with the applicable volume of cellulosic ethanol set at 250 million gallons this year, 500 million gallons in 2012, and ultimately hitting 16 billion gallons in 2022

So, we are stuck with a ridiculous law. But no need to fear, Congress in their infinite wisdom lowered the tariffs on Brazilian ethanol, making their imports cheaper than American made ethanol products. All I have to say is thank god for Brazil. Where we would be without their oil and sugar cane fuel byproducts?

The Brazilians must eat a lot of greens and black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. How else could they explain the source of their good fortune?

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/30/2884741/twin-gas-tax-increases-to-hit.html#storylink=cpy

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/17/the-ethanol-mandate-needs-to-go/

Charlotte Occupiers Arrested for Burning Flag Without Fire Pit

A group of Charlotte Occupy punks were arrested yesterday for burning an American flag without using a fire pit.

Police also charged Jason Bargert, 28, of Charlotte; Michael Behrle, 23, of Matthews; and Stephen Morris, 20, of Matthews. Bargert has been identified as a spokesman for Occupy Charlotte.

Tyler told Occupy Charlotte members Friday that he'd met the three other men about 12:30 a.m. Friday.

"I've seen this group lose its activism and become lazy," said Tyler, adding that the other men told him, "We're going to give Occupy Charlotte a wake-up call."

According to a police report, officers spotted a fire being set about 12:30 a.m. on East Trade Street near the movement's site.

Do these people have a permit for this perpetual protest? And if so, who’s paying for it? The tea party people had to obtain one, and that was good for only a couple of hours.

I’ll give a little credit to these misguided idiots; at least they’re not defecating on police cars, or raping and killing people within their encampment. As for drug use, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised about that.

Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/31/2886318/4-men-charged-with-arson-after.html#storylink=cpy

Emperor Obama Declares Congress and Constitution Irrevelant

Barack Obama has declared the U.S. Constitution and our elected representatives irrelevant. His imperial majesty openly declared he will use the bureaucratic machine to circumvent the legislative process by the use of presidential directives and executive orders.

"Now that he's sort of free from having to put out these fires, the president will have a larger playing field. If that includes Congress, all the better," said Josh Earnest, White House deputy press secretary. But, he added, "that's no longer a requirement."

Aides say the president will not turn his back on Congress completely in the new year. He is expected to once again push lawmakers to pass elements of his jobs bill that were blocked by Republicans last fall.

If those efforts fail, the White House says, Obama's re-election year will focus almost exclusively on executive action.

Earnest said Obama will come out with at least two or three directives per week, continuing the "We Can't Wait" campaign the administration began this fall, and try to define Republicans in Congress as gridlocked and dysfunctional.

Its official, we no longer have a constitutional republican. We are now mere subjects, to be pushed around by a wannabe despot and his bureaucratic apparatchiks. The Democrats are committing a bloodless coup, and the Republicans are too stupid to see it.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9RVHE981&show_article=1

N.C. Health Choice Ensnares More Dependents Through Federal Grants

The state of North Carolina has found another federal government “gift” to add to its coffers. This time the graft is designed to ensnare as many citizens as possible into a specious health insurance scheme. And how did the Tar Heel state come into this taxpayer largess?

The state has earned a $21 million bonus from the federal government for enrolling more children in a public-private health insurance program and making it easier for them to stay in it.

North Carolina was one of 23 states sharing $296 million in bonuses awarded for cutting application paperwork and exceeding enrollment targets.

N.C. Health Choice, the state version of the national Children's Health Insurance Program, enrolls about 150,000 children, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. That's up from about 134,000 in 2010.

The program offers free or reduced-price insurance to children whose parents cannot afford private insurance. It was approved in 1997 and was reauthorized in 2009.

This shouldn’t be something to brag about. Especially, since our national debt will soon exceed $16 trillion. And what are the qualifications for this subsidy?

The state does not require in-person interviews, which federal officials said are difficult for working parents to schedule.

North Carolina, like most other states, does not consider a family's assets, other than income, when determining children's eligibility.

"We know the only way children can succeed in education is if they show up to school healthy and ready to learn," said Mark Johnson, a spokesman for Gov. Bev Perdue.

"The Governor has made expanding health care coverage for eligible children a high priority in her administration, and today's announcement shows that work has paid off."

This is a system ripe for fraud and corruption. Instead of trying to provide an environment of opportunity and self-reliance, we have a bunch of politicians who’re thumping their chest over adding more dependents on the government dole. That’s nothing to be proud of.

Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/12/29/1739723/insuring-kids-brings-reward.html#storylink=cpy

Charlotte Observer Deceives Readers on Voter ID

The editors at the Charlotte Observer have sunk to a new low. In today’s op-ed, they accused the Republican Party of trying to suppress the minority vote by requiring an ID at the polls. In order to make their case, they disingenuously used a story about two elderly black women. Here is an excerpt:

Dorothy Cooper is 96 years old, and she's voted in every election but one since she was eligible to cast a ballot. When her home state of Tennessee passed a voter identification bill this year, she wanted to make sure she could vote again in 2012, so she went to a voter service center with a rent receipt, birth certificate and voter registration card. But because Cooper's maiden name was on her birth certificate, she was told she needed a marriage certificate, too, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. She didn't have one. She was denied a voter ID.

Thelma Mitchell, 93 years old, cleaned the Tennessee state capitol for 30 years. She also wanted to ensure she'd be able to vote next year, but she was incorrectly told that her old state ID was inadequate, according to a Chattanooga TV report. When Mitchell went to get an ID at a state drivers license center, she was told she needed her birth certificate. She has never had one. She was turned away.

A reasonable person would say this is horrible and we shouldn’t allow this to happen. But anyone who knows the dishonesty of the editors at the Disturber would have done some fact checking on their own, and would have found the following omissions:

Thelma Mitchell told WSMV-TV that she went to a state drivers' license center last week after being told that her old state ID from her cleaning job would not meet new regulations for voter identification.

But a spokesman for the House Republican Caucus said Mitchell was given bad information. Brent Leatherwood said even an expired state ID will allow her to vote.

Asked about why Mitchell might have been confused or received incorrect information about the new voter ID law, Leatherwood said only that the provision that allows for the use of state employee IDs is "pretty straight-forward."

He said staff would be contacting Mitchell to get to the bottom of the miscommunication.

And as for Cooper:

After Cooper was denied a photo ID Monday, Kilpatrick contacted Hamilton County's Administrator of Elections Charlotte Mullis-Morgan, who recommended that Cooper vote with an absentee ballot rather than having to stand in line with her walker again at the state center.

Absentee ballots don't require photo ID, and the new state law was crafted to allow that exception. A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a similar Indiana statute cited the absentee ballot exception as one of the reasons the Indiana law didn't infringe on constitutional voting rights.

There is no doubt in my mind the Charlotte Observer used the Democratic Party’s propaganda machine, Think Progress as a source. I find that disturbing. The Disturber has long been running on fumes when it comes to integrity; now, they have none.

And to put the final nail in the coffin, the Disturber made this assertion:

This is what happens when you try to solve a problem that doesn't really exist. That problem would be voter fraud, which is the reason Republicans frequently cite when they introduce and champion restrictive voting laws. Problem is, no one has shown that such an epidemic is real, and the sprinkling of fraud cases that do exist make up a tiny fraction of the voters who will be disenfranchised by laws such as South Carolina's.

This is laughable! Anyone with access to the internet can easily refute this nonsense. As a matter of fact here are some examples:

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/153079-gop-says-5000-non-citizens-voting-in-colorado-a-wake-up-call-for-states

http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/24/12-charged-with-voter-fraud-in-georgia-election/

Here’s a story about an NAACP leader sentenced for voter fraud:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/29/mississippi-naacp-leader-sent-to-prison-for-10-counts-of-voter-fraud/

Here’s a story from North Carolina. You would think the editors at the Observer would know about this one.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8301269

And let’s not forget all of the ACORN scum who have been convicted of voter fraud. Hell, the state of Ohio officially banned them from doing business.

Its mind boggling that the editors at the Charlotte Observer believe they can make asinine statements like this, and get away with it.


Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/29/2882340/thwarting-those-who-try-to-block.html#storylink=cpy

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/12/26/395287/93-year-old-tennessee-woman-who-cleaned-state-capitol-for-30-years-denied-voter-id/

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/4617f01f0a94472bb8e613bbc23102d2/TN--Voter-ID/

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/05/marriage-certificate-required-bureaucrat-tells/