I couldn’t stop laughing at this parody billboard that was inspired by the Los Angeles Chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) who was about to award racist asshole NBA Clippers owner Donald Sterling its major “lifetime achievement” award at a ceremony to be held just weeks after he was heard banning his girlfriend from bringing blacks to Clippers’ games.
Just like polluters can continue polluting by purchasing government-sanctioned indulgences (aka carbon offset credits), perhaps racial transgressions can be monetized by non-profits seeking money to pay their overpaid executives …
Stunning hypocrisy …
Stunning, the apparent hypocrisy of non-profit organizations who take big bucks in return for bestowing credibility, awards, and support for miscreants who work the process. It appears only when they get caught up in a public brouhaha do they repent and decline to support the bad guy. Here the NAACP is honoring two blatant racists, one black and one white!
What is even more stunning is that a poll finds black people, when it comes to whites and other minorities, are often among the most racist people in the land …
More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics
Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
There is a huge ideological difference on this topic. Among conservative Americans, 49% consider most blacks racist, and only 12% see most whites that way. Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans.
From a partisan perspective, 49% of Republicans see most black Americans as racist, along with 36% of unaffiliated adults and 29% of Democrats.
Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way.
Among white adults, 10% think most white Americans are racist; 38% believe most blacks are racist, and 17% say most Hispanics are racist.
It would be poetic justice if militant blacks like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Spike Lee and others who have profited from the promotion of racism would have their private conversations taped and released to the public – and be denied the opportunity to pursue their commercial interests without being convicted of a crime. Such blatant hypocrisy from the progressive socialist democrats. Unbelievable.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
I was astounded that the oh so politically correct UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) would reject a $3 million medical research gift from the disgraced NBA Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, based on nothing more than political correctness …
UCLA rejects Donald Sterling gift
Mr. Sterling’s divisive and hurtful comments demonstrate that he does not share UCLA’s core values as a public university that fosters diversity, inclusion and respect.
For those reasons, UCLA has decided to return Mr. Sterling’s initial payment of $425,000 and reject the remainder of a $3 million pledge he recently made to support basic kidney research by the UCLA Division of Nephrology.
UCLA has received numerous inquiries about an advertisement in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times falsely suggesting that it was UCLA publicly thanking him for the gift. The ad was placed by Mr. Sterling, not the university.
This is not the first time wealthy miscreants have purchased favorable publicity to sway public opinion. In Sterling's case, just look at the black-eye given to the Los Angeles Chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) who was about to bestow a lifetime acheivement award on a person whose racist rant against black people -- as well as his previous court-adjudicated racist actions -- caused the present public outrage. Of course, the award was canceled ... but they refused to strip him of their previous awards. Money talks, bullshit walks.
I strongly suggest that it wasn’t the tainted money that bothered the hypocrites at UCLA, but the public advertisement placed by Sterling’s people. It is not uncommon among big donors to dictate how the recipient must respond to a donation, specifying contractual obligations concerning naming rights to buildings, programs, scholarships, etc. and to specify the type and amount of publicity – including the granting of honorary degrees, titles, and awards.
While UCLA has a problem taking research money from a man who has committed no crime, they do not seem to have problems taking money from real criminals and murderers …
After livers, cash to UCLA
A powerful Japanese gang boss who received a liver transplant at UCLA Medical Center donated $100,000 to the Westwood hospital shortly after the surgery, The Times has learned.
A plaque dated November 2001 at the entryway to a seventh-floor surgery office reads, "In grateful recognition of the Goto Research Fund established through the generosity of Mr. Tadamasa Goto."
UCLA confirmed the amount of the donation Friday. Law enforcement sources say Goto, 65, is the leader of the ruthless Goto-gumi gang. He received a transplant at UCLA in July 2001, The Times reported Thursday. He made his donation less than three months later.
UCLA also acknowledged that it received a separate $100,000 donation from another man who figured in Thursday's story. He donated in 2002, the year of his transplant.
The man was identified by a law enforcement official as one of four Japanese men now barred from entering the United States because of their suspected gang affiliations, criminal records, or both. All four received new livers at UCLA between 2000 and 2004,
Of course, this raised serious ethical questions of how foreign-born criminals may have managed to bypass the UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) guidelines to disadvantage American citizens waiting desperately for a liver. Not to mention how criminals managed to enter the United States through a VISA program that should have flagged members of organized crime. I could not find any mention where UCLA returned the “tainted” donations or removed the plaque.
Bottom line …
If your organization is more worried about appearances and socialist political correctness, I guess it is unacceptable to take money from a self-aggrandizing racist asshole who has committed no crime, when contributions from real criminals are no problem. But, then again, I believe that entire University of California system has been tainted by appointing Janet Napolitano, who with no academic background and a history of managerial failure at the Department of Homeland Defense, as their President. In the final analysis, with progressive socialist democrats, it is more about the perception than the reality – even when the money could save innumerable lives should a cure be found for kidney disease.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
He may be a racist and an asshole, but where is it written that the politically correct thought police can suspend decency and fair play to punish a man who has not committed a crime?
At the worst, Sterling breached his contract with the NBA and should suffer the consequences of his act. All based on a private discussion that was leaked to the media by a person or persons unknown to pursue their own hidden agenda. I hope the authorities investigate the release of this recording as a crime – possibly illegal recording, theft of confidential information, releasing a communication they did not own, extortion, blackmail,etc.
While I understand that the National Basketball Association may have the contractual right to discipline anyone who brings unfavorable publicity to the enterprise and/or damages his teams effectiveness, suspending Donald Sterling for life and imposing a $2.5 million dollar fine seems commensurate with the public’s outrage and the player’s revulsion. And, while I can understand severing his relationship with the NBA and the Clippers, preventing him from attending NBA games as a private citizen is a little much.
Commissioner Silver has fined Mr. Sterling $2.5 million, the maximum amount allowed under the NBA Constitution. The fine money will be donated to organizations dedicated to anti-discrimination and tolerance efforts that will be jointly selected by the NBA and the Players Association.
As part of the lifetime ban, Mr. Sterling may not attend any NBA games or practices, be present at any Clippers office or facility, or participate in any business or player personnel decisions involving the team. He will also be barred from attending NBA Board of Governors meetings and participating in any other league activity.
Commissioner Silver will urge the Board of Governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team.
The discipline issued today is based on the Commissioner's conclusion that Mr. Sterling violated league rules through his expressions of offensive and hurtful views, the impact of which has been widely felt throughout the league.
If the commissioner attempts to force the sale of the Clippers, that is way beyond the pale. I am sure that the team’s sponsorships and other economic conditions will resolve the issue without the Commissioner’s need to “force” the sale of the team; although his approval is needed for any sale to take place. This is where market forces resolve issues in the private sector rather than the requirement for some government entity to intervene. I can see the billionaires lining up to grab a piece of the action. Providing Sterling with hundreds of millions in profits.
I am pleased that the Commissioner, at the very least, took the step to verify the authenticity of the recording using a forensic audio expert before taking action.
Bottom line …
A man’s reputation, career, and business has been destroyed by remarks made in private – and released to the public by someone with their own agenda. Possibly his alleged girlfriend who was facing a lawsuit for $1.8 million and seeking to recover property, vehicles, and other gifts bestowed by Sterling.
But, since most of us say hurtful or harmful things sometimes in our lives, whether said in the heat of the moment or not, I pray that we do not encounter a vindictive miscreant who will create havoc with our life. As for $2.5 million payday for the grievance industry and race hustlers, I hope the money goes to groups that repair race relations and not the parasites exploiting race and hurt for their own profit.
And, for all of the Blacks dancing around with glee at the downfall of Donald Sterling, what would happen if someone recorded your private conversation about racial issues and whites and released it to your employer? Just saying that this is a very, very slippery slope.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
President Barack Hussein Obama, a progressive socialist democrat, has told so many lies that it is almost impossible to catalog them all …
Two of his greatest lies are well-documented on videotape.
“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, PERIOD!”
“I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more than any other candidate in this race to take on lobbyists—and won. They have not funded my campaign, they will not run my White House, and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president.”
So why should anyone be surprised when they find that Thomas Wheeler, a major communications industry insider, is appointed to become the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission?
Thomas Wheeler
Tom Wheeler was sworn in as the 31st Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on November 4, 2013. Chairman Wheeler was appointed by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate.
For over three decades, Chairman Wheeler has been involved with new telecommunications networks and services, experiencing the revolution in telecommunications as a policy expert, an advocate, and a businessman. As an entrepreneur, he started or helped start multiple companies offering innovative cable, wireless, and video communications services. He is the only person to be selected to both the Cable Television Hall of Fame and The Wireless Hall of Fame, a fact President Obama joked made him “The Bo Jackson of Telecom.”
Prior to joining the FCC, Chairman Wheeler was Managing Director at Core Capital Partners, a venture capital firm investing in early stage Internet Protocol (IP)-based companies. He served as President and CEO of Shiloh Group, LLC, a strategy development and private investment company specializing in telecommunications services and co-founded SmartBrief, the internet’s largest electronic information service for vertical markets. From 1976 to 1984, Chairman Wheeler was associated with the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), where he was President and CEO from 1979 to 1984. Following NCTA, Chairman Wheeler was CEO of several high tech companies, including the first company to offer high speed delivery of data to home computers and the first digital video satellite service. From 1992 to 2004, Chairman Wheeler served as President and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA). <Source:FCC>
Not only is Wheeler a wealthy insider/lobbyist/entrepreneur, he also apparently has no problem lying like his boss, Barack Obama …
FEBRUARY 19, 2014 --STATEMENT BY FCC CHAIRMAN TOM WHEELER ON THE FCC’S OPEN INTERNET RULES
In its Verizon v. FCC decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invited the Commission to act to preserve a free and open Internet. I intend to accept that invitation by proposing rules that will meet the court’s test for preventing improper blocking of and discrimination among Internet traffic, ensuring genuine transparency in how Internet Service Providers manage traffic, and enhancing competition. Preserving the Internet as an open platform for innovation and expression while providing certainty and predictability in the marketplace is an important responsibility of this agency.
The D.C. Circuit ruled that the FCC has the legal authority to issue enforceable rules of the road to preserve Internet freedom and openness. It affirmed that Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 gives the FCC authority to encourage broadband deployment by, among other things, removing barriers to infrastructure deployment, encouraging innovation, and promoting competition. The court recognized the importance of ensuring that so-called “edge providers,” those that use the network to deliver goods and services, can reach people who use the Internet. And it upheld the Commission's judgment that Internet freedom encourages broadband investment and that its absence could ultimately inhibit broadband deployment. <Source: FCC>
The progressive socialist democrats: lying liars that lie --- disadvantaging consumers who purchase internet services …
Network neutrality is the concept that all files consist of the same type of digital bits, no matter if the file is text, audio, video, data, or anything else to be transmitted digitally. And, that since all of these files are comprised of the same digital bits, they should not be surcharged by content type, nor see any delay in transmission. So while the internet service providers can charge you for additional bandwidth and/or upload./download speeds, they cannot charge you for faster delivery of your digital content at the expense of delaying other digital content.
But, that is not the type of network neutrality envisioned by the industry trying to turn a commodity, the transmission of bits over their network, into a profit-making scheme as complex and convoluted as that used by the telephone and cellular carriers who have different tiers, packages, and schemes – even though they transmit the very same type of information.
So Wheeler’s proposed rules look something like …
The proposed rules would allow pay-for-priority access fees
By contrast, according to the Wall Street Journal, the FCC's new "proposal would […] allow providers to give preferential treatment to traffic from some content providers, as long as such arrangements are available on 'commercially reasonable' terms for all interested content companies. Whether the terms are commercially reasonable would be decided by the FCC on a case-by-case basis."
This is a clear reversal of the Open Internet Order's policies towards access fees, as Public Knowledge has pointedout, p. 21.
"[T]he issue is not that broadband ISPs are charging commercially unreasonable rates to edge providers when they should be charging them commercially reasonable ones; the issue is that any charges or differential treatment between a broadband ISP and a pure edge provider (as opposed to an interconnecting network) are unreasonable. A 'commercial reasonableness' rule would change this norm by giving formal FCC blessing to the very kinds of arrangements the open internet rules sought to prohibit."
2. Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act requires the FCC to allow access fees
Many were surprised by yesterday's announcement. After all, in a statement in February, the Chairman had said that he is committed to protecting the Open Internet and that he intends to do so under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act, and many observers had taken comfort in that statement.
First, to be upheld under Section 706, any new network neutrality rules need to provide sufficient room for individualized discrimination and negotiation. After all, Verizon v. FCC struck down the Open Internet Order's no-blocking and non-discrimination rule because they violated the Communications Act's ban on imposing common carrier obligations on entities like Internet service providers that the FCC has not classified as telecommunications service providers or common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act.
Consider item one … all of the rates, fees, and schemes of the complex telephone tariff and taxation rules are open source documents that can be read by anyone with the time, patience, and knowledge of what they are looking at. So transparent disclosure has the same weight an advantage that Obama claimed when he said, ““This is the most transparent administration in history.”
Consider item two … No “legal” content may be blocked. The United Nations and other international bodies are now considering the criminalization of so-called “hate speech” that disparages Muslims and other such groups. Should an international tribunal rule that speech which is protected under the Constitution’s First Amendment is illegal, there is a possibility that Obama – the internationalist – would follow suit and claim it is a treaty obligation; possibly ratified by a corrupt Senate under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. This is SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which makes the government the agent to criminalize, investigate and prosecute previous civil copyright infringement again! Something that demands deep packet mining and demanding that packets not be encrypted beyond what the government could crack.
Detecting and then Criminalizing “Hate Speech”
If two Democratic lawmakers have their way, Barack Obama’s Justice Department will submit a report for action against any Internet sites, broadcast, cable television or radio shows determined to be advocating or encouraging “violent acts.”
The Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014 “would create an updated comprehensive report examining the role of the Internet and other telecommunications in encouraging hate crimes based on gender, race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation and create recommendations to address such crimes<Source: www.wnd.com/2014/04/big-chill-feds-want-to-scour-net-media-for-hate-speech/>
Consider item three … Pretty much this excludes self-dealing, but says absolutely nothing about an ISP surcharging a video based upon its rental cost or on any other so-called “reasonable” basis. In the world of FCC-speak, reasonableness is often determined by having the same terms and conditions apply to all parties – the consumers be damned. Allowing the “reasonableness” to be determined by the FCC on a case-by-case basis, would open the process up to corrupt lobbying – with no party speaking for the citizen/taxpayer/consumer.
The end game …
Chairman Wheeler is claiming that he has no choice but to allow these access fees if the internet service providers are not regulated common carriers.
Of course, if internet service providers became common carriers, the the Executive Branch of the federal government could exert even more control over both the transmission and possibly the content. Allowing for the surcharging of content that may be deemed detrimental to society, such as pornography. And, possibly even butting heads with the First Amendment with respect to political advertising and support statements carried within a period of time preceding an election. I you say it cannot happen, one must consider exactly how lawless President Obama and his cadre of progressive socialist democrats are and how they have circumvented Congress to impose unconstitutional rules and regulation by executive fiat.
Bottom line …
There is no doubt that Tom Wheeler is representing the interests of industry rather than the consumer; and that he will return to the industry as soon as he passes through the revolving door.
By the way, the man heading up Wheeler's old outfit, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, is Michael Powell, the ex-FCC Chairman -- what a coincidence.
Personally, I am tired of the game being played by providers, especially paying for internet speeds that are not achievable on a sustained and consistent basis.
So, in essence, the FCC is offering you a false and misleading choice – both of which are damaging to the citizen/taxpayer/consumer. Choose one: network neutrality and increased government tyranny or no network neutrality and increased internet costs. I am sure that the Obamacons are hoping that you will select network neutrality and empower the government to, once again, screw citizens, taxpayers, and consumers.
We must vote the progressive socialist democrats out of office – especially in the House and the Senate. We need to make the Senate bulletproof to Obama’s progressive socialist agenda and to restore the balance of power between the Legislative and Executive Branch of government. And, at some point, rein-in the activist judges who are setting policy with their decisions rather than simply determining if a law is constitutional or the courts have overstepped their authority.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
We do not need no stinkin’ historians or history books, we will create our own revisionist narrative …
The Kalifornia Koranation of Barack Obama
California’s legislature, comprised mostly of progressive socialist democrats pandering to California’s liberal granola community (fruits, flakes, and flakes) and illegal aliens, is taking Obama-worship to an even higher level. Demanding that history books develop and promote a false Barack Obama narrative based on nonsense and non-verifiable facts … [My comments in blue italic]
BILL NUMBER: AB 1912 INTRODUCED
An act to add Section 33543 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1912, as introduced, Holden. Pupil instruction: history-social science framework: election of President Barack Obama.
Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law defines "curriculum framework" as an outline of the components of a given course of study designed to provide state direction to school districts in the provision of instructional programs.
This bill would require the commission and the state board to consider including, in the history-social science curriculum framework adopted in the course of the next submission cycle following January 1, 2015, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President, as appropriate.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The election of Barack Hussein Obama to the office of President of the United States was a historic step in the effort towards equality in the United States.
[America’s racial divide seems greater now than at any other post-Civil War time. Obama and the progressive socialists race-baiters, poverty pimps, race hustlers, and the grievance industry continues to stir up racial discord to promote their progressive agenda. Promising a redress of grievances and reparations in return for unlimited and perpetual political power.]
(b) Before the Civil Rights Movement, intimidation and physical violence prevented millions of African Americans from voting and alienated them from the electoral process.
[And, yet we find President Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, refusing to prosecute the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation even with a video record of their actions.]
(c) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a civil rights victory that inspired more ethnic minorities to register to vote and pursue elected office.
[The actual inspiration for electoral victories lies in the concentrations of ethnic minorities within concentrated areas. Some say inner cities, others say ghettos. With the progressive socialist democrats and their RINO cohorts carving out gerrymandered districts to promote “safe political seats” and to insure allocations for minorities.]
(d) Barack Obama attended Harvard Law School where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.
[Funny, his transcript has never been released, nor do we find any legal scholarship and written papers as customary among those who head the Harvard Law Review. As with all things Obama, there are no typical actions to mark his tenure at school – and most people cannot even remember him being in class.]
(e) After law school, Barack Obama worked to fulfill the spirit of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by encouraging people to register to vote.
[As a progressive socialist democrat pursuing a career as a socialist community organizer.Obama does not appear to have ever held a conventional job or provided a leadership role in any endeavor. He has been mostly mentored by socialists, communists, and in one case, domestic terrorists.]
(f) Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 and to the United States Senate in 2004.
[This is the man who did not want to extend himself on any controversial subject and mostly voted “present.” A precursor to his uninformed and gutless domestic and foreign policies.]
(g) Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States and first African American President on November 4, 2008, and was sworn in on January 20, 2009.
[This is an undisputable fact, although people continue to challenge his eligibility for office to this day in the courts.]
(h) In honor of this milestone in civil rights, President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
[Obama’s Nobel Prize was awarded for non-existent and unprovable diplomatic accomplishments.]
(i) President Obama was reelected on November 6, 2012, and was sworn in for his second term on January 20, 2013.
[This is an undisputable fact, although people continue to challenge his eligibility for office to this day in the courts.]
SEC. 2. Section 33543 is added to the Education Code, to read: 33543. The commission and the state board shall consider including, in the history-social science curriculum framework adopted in the course of the next submission cycle following January 1, 2015, instruction on the election of President Barack Obama and the significance of the United States electing its first African American President, as appropriate.
California caught lying about Obama and the Nobel Prize …
Item (h) significantly mischaracterizes the reason President Obama, a man with zero achievements in peace prior to his election, was granted the Nobel Prize, stating “In honor of this milestone in civil rights, President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts.The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."
Oslo, October 9, 2009
Source: Nobel Prize Committee Press Release Announcing the 2009 Prize
Obama’s Peace Prize my ass!
This is the disgraced Peace Prize that was given to Yasser Arafat, a corrupt pedophile who attacked innocent men, women, and children, oppressed his own people, and kept the region in a state of perpetual conflict in order to receive billions in international aid, much of which he, his family, and the special interests pocketed and secreted abroad.
Will the progressive socialist democrats and their unions mention that Barack Obama was and is willing to sacrifice American soldiers for political gain. Aiding and abetting our enemies on the battlefield by pre-announcing withdrawal dates, making every one of our soldiers a target as they are withdrawn via predictable routes and at a predictable time. Leaving freedom fighters who aided the American forces to suffer a horrible death at the hands of the enemy when we pull out of areas that are ill-equipped to protect themselves?
Will the progressive socialist democrats and their unions mention that Barack Obama is a gutless empty suit who allowed hundreds of thousands of people die or suffer a horrible death in Syria and elsewhere because he confuses rhetoric with action and that, in his mind, a speech is the equivalent of a cruise missile? Red line against the use of chemical weapons? Old News? Has anyone noticed that chemical weapons are still in place in Syria and possibly continue to be used on a limited basis?
Will the progressive socialist democrats and their unions mention that Barack Obama is willing to reduce America’s nuclear weapon stockpile as the Russians openly invade a sovereign country and China declares strategic portions of the Pacific as being under their economic enterprise zone and falling under their military control? How many people will die in the Ukraine and elsewhere because President Obama is more about politics than peace?
As for civil rights …
President Obama has little to offer when it comes to the civil rights movement. He self-identifies with being black and rejects his white heritage. He is of Arab decent, with more in common with the Arab slave traders who profited from selling slaves than African-American slaves themselves.
Obama: Descendant Of Slave Owners
He has no real identity. He is half-white, which he rejects. The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he hides but is disclosed by his non-African Arabic surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way to triply proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya . Only a small part of him is African Black from his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is exclusively.
What he isn’t, not a genetic drop of, is ‘African-American,’ the descendant of enslaved Africans brought to America chained in slave ships. He hasn’t a single ancestor who was a slave. Instead, his Arab ancestors were slave owners. Slave-trading was the main Arab business in East Africa for centuries until the British ended it.
Let that sink in: Obama is not the descendant of slaves, he is the descendant of slave owners.
Regardless of whether future historians find President Obama to be the first illegitimate president, the first communist, or a political accident, he will always remain the first non-white president. An achievement not of his own making, but of a confluence of favorable circumstances and progressive mainstream media propaganda and cheerleading.
Obama’s presidential achievements should be mentioned in history books, but not mandated by legislation proposed by progressive socialist democrats and their corrupt revisionist history.
I wonder if there is a similar bill feting former President Ronald Reagan, a Californian whose record of accomplishments in making the world safer, exists? Or, one might ask, where is his Nobel Peace Prize for bringing an end to the "cold war?'
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
There is little doubt in my mind that 60 Minutes reflects the political position of the Obama Administration and their cadre of progressive socialist democrats …
Am I the only person who is pissed off that 60 Minutes did a great disservice to America and our Air Force by embarking upon what I believe to be a sponsored publicity tour of a Nuclear Launch Control Center?
Tour a nuclear launch control center
When Lesley Stahl and the 60 Minutes team went 70 feet underground inside a nuclear control center, they found a system dating back to the 1960s
When Lesley Stahl and the 60 Minutes team ventured 70 feet underground into a nuclear control center, Stahl says what she found was "peculiar": a malfunctioning phone, floppy disks and an antique computer system without a monitor.
Highlighting an aging system that used 8” floppy disks and appears to be held together with legacy systems. In my opinion, this is information is not need to know by the greater population! While 60 Minutes did not reveal CNWDI-level secrets (Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information), they did cast a long shadow of doubt on the men and women who stand at the ready to protect the United States against nuclear attack.
Yes, there have been morale issues, and people were caught cheating on exams – not to cover up information deficiencies, but to insure a perfect 100% score. Yes, we have had near nuclear accidents, but revealing this information to progressive socialist democrats only encourages the socialist/communist peaceniks to continue their protests against nuclear weapons. I can anticipate a renewed outcry to dismantle our nuclear weapons and/or reduce our missile counts … with the 60 Minutes piece ginning up additional anti-Missile opposition.
The fact that 60 Minutes concentrated on past nuclear weapon-related incidents and stressing that our command and control system is complex and aging is deeply troubling. And the suggestion that we do not need land-based missiles is unfounded.
Bottom line …
To see that 60 Minutes characterized the Missile Command as a second-rate assignment rather than an elite posting was deeply troubling.
The real issue facing the United States military is that the command structure is becoming hyper-politicized and, in the present instance, faces opposition from civilian overloads steeped in soviet-style socialist propaganda and who apparently holds the military in low regard. Generals, Admirals, and other hard-charging squared away officers are routinely eliminated and demoted by the political bullshit coming from the White House – in reality, probably Valerie Jarrett and he socialist-trained cohorts.
What I would like to see is simple. A return to the ethics and efficiency of the Strategic Air Command, where motto “Peace is our profession,” was unofficially supplemented by “To err is human, to forgive is divine – neither one of which is SAC operational policy.” I would also like for these media morons to be denied access to critical facilities and information.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
This is a self-answering question as both Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson appear to be commenting on the alleged racist rant of an NBA owner …
Al Sharpton -- NBA Should Take Clippers from Sterling
Reverend Al Sharpton is calling for the NBA to investigate Donald Sterling ASAP -- telling TMZ Sports, "No one should be allowed to own a team if they have in fact engaged in this kind of racial language."
Sharpton is calling for the league to make an investigation into Sterling its #1 priority -- adding, "We are prepared at National Action Network to rally in front of the NBA headquarters if this matter is not immediately dealt with."
TMZ Sports broke the story ... Sterling -- who owns the L.A. Clippers -- went off on his girlfriend for hanging out with black people in public and told her NOT to bring black people to his games.
Reverend Jesse Jackson also weighed in on Sterling's alleged comments.
"The first burden is upon the commissioner, Adam Silver, to act decisively because we don't want this to drag on throughout the playoffs," the noted civil rights activist said. "Donald Sterling should be banned immediately. The question is for how long. To do otherwise would subject his players to the indignity of working for a racist.
"And since Donald Sterling doesn't want blacks to go to his games, blacks should not go to his games. And whites who view blacks as equals should not go to his games. Why should the players even play for him when he has stated that their relatives -- their children, their parents, some of their wives -- are not welcome at their games?" <Source>
Look to Harvey Levin and TMZ to expose more of the story. It has been suggested that this is not an organic story, but an attempt by an estranged lover embroiled in a million-dollar lawsuit to exact revenge.
Race and money …
NAACP: Sterling Will Not Be Awarded Lifetime Achievement Honor
In response to the controversy, Miller said plans to bestow the award to Sterling had been cancelled.
“Let me make it clear, the NAACP will not be honoring Mr. Sterling at the upcoming Los Angeles branch event and we have strongly urged our Los Angeles unit to take the necessary steps to rescind the previous award they bestowed on him,” she said.
“The remarks attributed to Mr. Sterling are outrageous and remind us that racism is alive and well at every socioeconomic level. With the election of President Obama, many were sold the idea that the United States would be instantly transformed into a post racial society and racism would be eviscerated. People who bought that idea were sold wolf tickets,” Miller continued in part, urging others to speak out against discrimination.
Sort of highlights the value of the awards given to those politically powerful donors who contribute big money and who sponsor and underwrite events
Bottom line …
A billionaire with a major public relations problem appears to be a vulnerable target for those who will sell radical sensitivity training, monitoring, and damage mitigation services to avoid forced divestment or boycott. I wonder if we will see the Jewish NBA owner praying with Sharpton or Jackson; or at least doing a public mea culpa in their presence.
By the way, did anyone notice that the alleged racist is a democrat donor, lauded by progressive socialist organizations and the progressive media?
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
As my readers know, I am not a fan of unions, be they trade unions or public employee unions. I am dead set against any organization that is based on corrupting politicians to advance their own agenda. I am also dead set against any organization that rewards seniority over merit, limits innovation to maintain the status quo, imposes work rules that split one-person jobs into multiple segments requiring multiple people, and demands increased benefits with little or no increase in productivity to pay for the increase benefits. In fact, it appears to me that most unions care little or nothing about their members other than to provide a continuing revenue stream that can be invested by their union bosses; and in some cases investment decisions riddled with corruption and cronyism.
As a demonstration of the clear and present danger public employee unions present to America and all Americans, let us consider the Internal Revenue Service …
If non-governmental workers do not report their income, under-report their income, or fail to pay their taxes, we are in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service. In many cases, evading your taxes may be a criminal matter. And, for those who underpay or do not pay their taxes, there is the spectre of criminal prosecution and civil forfeiture. The IRS garnishes your wages or puts a lien on your property – or in extreme cases confiscates your property to sell at auction.
In many cases IRS will serve as the enforcement arm of federal and state agencies and withhold, apparently without question, any tax refund that you may be due. Not to mention that the IRS is the enforcement arm of the Department of Health and Human Services when it comes to penalizing non-participation in the Obamacare insurance scam that is decimating the insurance industry and destroying individual healthcare.
Social Security, Treasury target taxpayers for their parents’ decades-old debts
The Treasury Department has intercepted $1.9 billion in tax refunds already this year — $75 million of that on debts delinquent for more than 10 years, said Jeffrey Schramek, assistant commissioner of the department’s debt management service. The aggressive effort to collect old debts started three years ago — the result of a single sentence tucked into the farm bill lifting the 10-year statute of limitations on old debts to Uncle Sam.
The Federal Trade Commission, on its Web site, advises Americans that “family members typically are not obligated to pay the debts of a deceased relative from their own assets.” But Social Security officials say that if children indirectly received assistance from public dollars paid to a parent, the children’s money can be taken, no matter how long ago any overpayment occurred. <Source>
Scandal and cover-up …
Even worse, the Internal Revenue Service is apparently engaged in a cover-up of an unconstitutional and illegal use of the IRS, to pursue, harass, and deny tax exempt status to conservative causes seeking a tax exemption. This constitutes felonious conduct that can send people to jail.
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for closer scrutiny based on their names or political themes. This led to wide condemnation of the agency and triggered several investigations, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal probe ordered by United States Attorney General Eric Holder. Initial reports described the selections as nearly exclusively of conservative groups with terms such as "Tea Party" in their names. <Source>
The Chief of the IRS Section involved in these matters has consistently lied to Congress, before exerting Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination. The Attorney General, Department of Justice, and the FBI appear to be complicit in extending the cover-up for political reasons – perhaps beyond the 2014 congressional election cycle that threatens the progressive socialist democrat majority in the Senate where high-ranking officials and judges have been confirmed on party lines without additional scrutiny. Of course, the Senate, under the leadership of the corrupt Harry Reid, refuses to bring key legislation to the floor for a vote and is complicit in using rules ‘tricks’ to pass legislation, such as Obamacare, that cannot withstand scrutiny and passed in an ordinary bi-partisan manner.
The IRS gave bonuses to IRS employees who owed taxes and were subject to disciplinary hearings …
IRS gave bonuses to employees who owed back taxes. And that’s not all.
A report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration shows that between Oct. 1, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2012, the IRS paid $2.8 million in bonuses to employees cited in the past year for such things as drug use, making violent threats, fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits, misusing government credit cards and — get this — failing to pay their taxes.
The report said more than 1,100 employees who failed to pay their taxes received discretionary awards of more than $1 million in cash bonuses and more than 10,000 hours in extra paid vacation. At least five employees received performance awards after being disciplined for intentionally under-reporting their tax liabilities for multiples years, paying taxes late and under-reporting income. <Source>
Blame the public employee union that covers IRS workers …
Like many companies and government agencies, the IRS sweetens the deal for its employees by giving bonuses based on performance. But at the IRS, breaking the federal tax laws you were hired to enforce and running afoul of other agency rules aren’t considered relevant to performance-based awards.
You have to do something really bad before the IRS will take conduct into account, bad enough to be suspended for 14 days or more. Even then, conduct is only deemed relevant to awards of permanent pay increases, not for bonuses or extra vacation time.
The IRS’s contract with the National Treasury Employees Union bars the agency from considering bad conduct when making performance-based awards. As for non-union employees, federal guidelines are silent on the subject.More than 2,800 employees out of 98,000 got performance-based awards within a year of disciplinary action.
“While not specifically prohibited by IRS policies, providing awards to employees with conduct issues, especially the failure to pay taxes owed to the Federal Government, appears to be in conflict with the IRS’s charge of ensuring the integrity of the system of tax administration,” the report said. “In addition, awards provided to these employees could be put to better use by providing employees who are compliant additional opportunities for awards.” Source: IRS gave bonuses to employees who owed back taxes. And that’s not all.
Now we are about to see the progressive socialist democrats slime their own Inspector General …
Inspector Generals have a thankless task. They are reviled by the agency and individuals they investigate, not to mention the regime in power at the time of wrongdoing. Apparently in an effort to defuse the Inspector General’s politically damaging reports, the progressive socialists are now attempting to attack the Treasury Attorney General and show that he is not above reproach.
Two House Democrats on Thursday called for an investigation of a federal auditor who accused the Internal Revenue Service of gross mismanagement and targeting advocacy groups for extra scrutiny based on their names and policy positions.
Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.) on Wednesday filed a complaint with a special watchdog council questioning the independence of Treasury Department inspector general J. Russell George.
The congressmen, both of whom serve as top Democrats on House oversight committees, said George produced a “fundamentally flawed performance audit” that was “incomplete” and “outright misleading.” They also alleged that he held briefings with Republican members of the House Oversight Committee without the knowledge of Democrats on the panel. <Source>
Look for the progressive socialist democrats to begin personally attacking the man in the near future. I would not be surprised to see that the IG has socialized with political types in furtherance of his career, or possibly citing the appearance of wrongdoing by his subordinates. The politics of personal destruction as defined by the corrupt Hillary Clinton and used to great effect to protect her lying, cheating presidential husband.
Bottom line …
Under the past two Administrations, we have seen the government lose significant credibility with the very people for whom they work,”We the People.” Not since the corrupt and contemptible former President Richard Nixon tried to illegally use the IRS against his political enemies – for which he was threatened with impeachment – have we seen such corruption and hyper-politicization in public agencies. The IRS was always tough, but were considered apolitical and without taint. Now, they are at the center of a scandal that demands reform and the investigation and prosecution of IRS employees.
The progressive socialist democrats have benefited from the IRS scandal, some suggesting that the additional tax-exempt funding could have resulted in the defeat of Barack Obama. Interference in presidential elections is a felony. And, now the progressive socialist democrats are engaged in a cover-up to delay or de-track any investigation that could damage the party prior to the 2014 election.
It is time to throw the progressive socialist democrats and their RINO cohorts out of office – especially the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Enough with political and crony corruption. Time to start rebuilding America.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
The race-baiters, race-hustlers, and poverty pimps would have you believe that any college admissions process that does not take into account the race of the applicant is de facto racist and the issue must be addressed by the Congress and the federal courts.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
The issue is that the progressive socialist democrats and their progressive socialist teachers unions have done an abysmal job in education our children, especially those located in the inner cities. Perhaps the real scandal is that all of the money paid by the taxpayers to be spent on students and in the classrooms have been diverted to massive infrastructure projects that favor politically-connected special interests or diverted to unwarranted salaries, perks, and privileges that benefit incompetent teachers as well as skilled teachers. With multiple millions flowing into union pension and welfare programs that are administered by the unions, possibly with corruption and cronyism.
The politicians want your tax dollars without damaging that politically-protected class of tenured teachers who must be called to account for their teaching skills and subject-matter knowledge. The progressive democrats do not want testing of teachers or students. And, when testing students, there is often cheating by the teachers and administrators – even though the tests are artificially dumbed-down so they can be passed by the lowest common denominator of student.
And, heaven forbid you mention a charter school – likely to be better than public schools, and even more egregious from the position of the progressive socialist democrats, non-union. The progressive socialist democrats believe that your children are their property and that they, and they alone, are responsible for their welfare outside of the home. The unions believe that public money belongs to them and that vouchers for public schools and/or charter schools would highlight inefficient and failing schools, incentivizing the switch to private, non-union schooling.
Even worse …
We are dooming ill-prepared children to failure when they are admitted to top-flight schools based on affirmative action. When confronted with this no-excuses, competitive environment, these students are prone to drop out and never return. The shame and failure should be on the corrupt and uncaring progressive socialist unions and their political cronies, the corrupt progressive socialist democrats.
Bottom line …
It is not that the progressive socialist democrats want affirmative action or even care about your children – they want political power and access to public funds. Any public good is merely a side benefit.
Time to remove the progressive socialist democrats from the House, Senate, and the Bureaucracy. Time to eliminate public employee unions that have not served us well and whose continued political corruption threatens to bankrupt us all in the finest “shared misery” socialism manner. It’s your choice and nobody is holding a gun to your head in the privacy of the voting booth.
-- steve
“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it! "Acta non verba" -- actions not words
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw
“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”
“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar
“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS
Imagine the embarrassment of the NAACP when, just weeks prior to their 100th Anniversary event, they find out that their lifetime achievement award is going to a white racist whose racist rant with his girlfriend was somehow captured on tape and made available to the public courtesy of TMZ …
And, to give race-hustler Al Sharpton the 1st Annual Person of the Year award is to honor a history of radical race-baiting.
Bottom line …
It appears that the NAACP is run the way most non-profits are run, sucking up to the politicians to provide the commendations and political access, the famous to sell tickets, and the wealthy to underwrite events and grab donations. Unfortunately, in this instance, the vetting of the candidates was somewhat incomplete. A major black eye for the organization.
