Rubio is toast, President is out of his reach.

Everyone sees the new immigration plan as the next ObamaCare and Rubio is all for it. Not to mention Rubio's disastrous response to the State of the Union. Everyone knows Obama has gutted border enforcement and that the Dems would do the same thing in the future. Plus the Dems will bait and switch just like the did with the gun bill. I don't know about you, but I wrote both of my Congressmen recently when I saw them wavering about protecting our rights. I'm tired of Obama's fake crocodile tears,or tear. Not even a tear, he just kinda of wipes away an eye booger or something.

Gosnell Staffer: Newborn Was Tossed in Shoe Box, Still Breathing

When the Bruins took to the ice, some 17,500 fans gave them a standing ovation inside the TD Garden. Everyone wore a "Boston Strong" symbol.

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0S00MhuPnBRJ3gAEi_7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBvMWN0ZTVwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDVjEzOQ--?p=boston+bruins+star+spangled+banner&vid=b1285272fe941bbb422699f183788ea1&l=6%3A24&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVB.347136264591%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-KXHN-ETDig&tit=Boston+Bruins+post-Marathon+Anthem+and+video+4%2F17%2F13&c=7&sigr=11ae5o3lo&age=0&&tt=b

"It was pretty emotional. In a way, it makes you feel proud of the city and of our fans and the solidarity that was shown throughout this whole thing," Bruins coach Claude Julien told ESPN. "I'm proud of this city for how it responded tonight."

The arena was silent as the "Boston Strong" video was played, accompanied by a montage of some of the images from the marathon.

It concluded with the message: "We are Boston. We are Strong. Boston Strong."

Listen to this!  This is how I feel, NOT how the LEFT feels.

John Kerry On Benghazi: "We Got A Lot More Important Things To Move On To"

REP. DANA ROHRABACHER (R-CA): Mr. Secretary, we think that there was a coverup of some kind of wrongdoing that led this administration to lie to the American people about the nature of the attack immediately after the attack and for a week after that attack. We need to have these questions answered. We need to talk to the people who are on the scene. Can you give us a commitment now that for this administration you will be coming up with the request, the honest request of this investigative committee as to who was evacuated and how to talk to them so we can get a straight answer and an understanding of what happened in Benghazi?

SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY: Well, before I became Secretary, Congressman, I believe I got the answers to who was evacuated and had a pretty good sense of what happened there. But now that I am the Secretary and I am responsible to you and the Congress, I can promise you that if you're not getting something that you have evidence of or you think you ought to be getting, we'll work with you. And I will appoint somebody to work directly with you starting tomorrow, with you, Mr. Chairman, to have a review of anything you don't think you've gotten that you're supposed to get. Let's get this done with, folks.

ROHRABACHER: Thanks.

KERRY: Let's figure out what it is that's missing, if it's legitimate or if it isn't. I don't think anybody lied to anybody. And let's find out exactly, together, what happened, because we need -- we got a lot more important things to move on to and get done. (House Foreign Affairs Committee, April 17, 2013)

Twinsdads comment... Lies always come undone, inept is always inept and covering up inept actions will never, ever work in this country!

The $50 Lesson

Rational discussions and the relationship the Internet has done to foster communication

"Rational discussion"?  Rational discussions would be a balanced budget amendment, rational would be bills with one subject, rational would be having a press core that isn't one sided, rational would be us having a beer together lamenting the demise of our country, the failure of well intended programs like food stamps, no longer a stop gap but a planned life style.  Rational would be having a leader that would act like the populace, not a rich asshole that throws parties and thinks he's better than the rest of us.  You can tell it by the tone of his voice, he's stuck up, unable to relate to the common man or woman and unable to lead by example.  

Somehow those in need need to have "accountable" access to help, the illegals need to become legal, the climate has to be set aside until we have a balanced budget, we can throw away money when we have an access in the kitty, not continue to choke off the coal industry while we flush millions down the drain studying fish.

I'm not so unreasonable, however I was brought up in the military, Air Force brat, met Generals that fought and flew in WWII, my ancestors fled England in 1634, I've been fighting for real freedoms all my life, as it's in my blood.  However, if you strike I strike back, if you cheat me I will call you out and if you harm my family (Americans) I claim the right to hurt you back.  I'm charitable, even as I suffer the worst financial moments of my life.  Clearly you are no commie, however I ponder how you can not question some of the paths the current administration is taking, no budget, ever, no accountability for 700 billion in stimulus that failed well beyond any judgement of you or me.  The attack on guns instead of a focus on mental illness, the abandonment of the inner city to gangs of youths killing for sport.  The lies about Detroit, a failed city, whose fault, the pensions of the employees.. Check into it sometime, Chicago, drugs 500 kids killed every year to keep the gang life going, where is the backbone to stand and be counted instead of cower.

There is no "party" that can solve the problem of the dying morality that the MSM won't speak of anymore, we need to rid ourselves of the private control of our politicians and have all elections funded by public funds only, take the fat cats out of the game.

Finally, there is "rational" discussion taking place here.  There is no moderation, we are free to say anything we want here, recently I've taken to not posting links, just blogging.  There is no sense in cut and paste, it robs me of my clearly stated message, it's clear that putting up fact after fact won't change even one vote, much less the millions of votes that are bought by the corrupt that wind up in power.

However, we only live about six hours apart and someday we will toast our lives in person, but until that day and until you have taken your last breath don't stop being Max, keep communicating, keep us in your thoughts and always remember that the freedom of speech is the main thing that counts, even when the speech is not what you or I want it to be.

OBAMA’S PLAN HATCHED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

By: Wayne Root
4/14/2013 07:00 AM

RESIZE:AAA

President Obama and I were college classmate at Columbia University, class of ’83.  I know all too well how mindlessly liberal the students and faculty of that institution can be, and Barack Obama is certainly no exception. My time at Columbia made it crystal clear: liberals always believe they are morally superior. While they publicly state that their mission is to save the world from prejudice, patriotism, racism, greed, and inequality, they are, in fact, hostile and resentful towards anyone who has achieved self-made success through American values.  It is in this cesspool of intolerance that Obama and his Marxist cronies hatched a secret plan to destroy our country. They openly hated America- calling it racist. They hated capitalism- and vowed to bring “the system down.”  (Fast-forward thirty years, and they may finally be close to succeeding – if we don’t act soon – but more on that in a minute.)

There are two things you need to know about Obama at Columbia University. First,  he was Pre Law and a Political Science major- just like me. I thought I knew everyone studying Political Science during my four years at Columbia. Not Obama. I never met him, never saw him, never even heard of him. Strange. Same major, same career path, and graduated on the same day– where was he? Was he busy attending communist party meetings? No need to guess. In his autobiography he proudly admits attending Socialist Party meetings at Cooper Union in downtown Manhattan.  He also admits publicly in his own book to not wanting to meet anyone at Columbia who wasn’t black, Hispanic, gay, or a Marxist professor. His words. So it’s possible he was so busy attending communist meetings and trying to avoid guys like me (white, straight, loved America) that our paths never crossed. Unlikely, but possible.

But, it’s the second thing you really need to know about Obama at Columbia. He says he graduated Class of ’83. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. Well then Obama had to attend the same Political Science classes as me and I can tell you, almost to a man, my classmates in the Class of ’83 proudly called themselves Marxist, communist or socialist. They bragged of being radical like a badge of honor.

In my class the typical Columbia political science student vowed to destroy capitalism, bankrupt business owners, and vaporize what they called “the white power structure.” For the most part these were spoiled brat white students of privilege and power. They were children of wealth, given everything on a silver platter and all they felt was anger and guilt. Their goal was to destroy their own fathers. They talked about it all day long.

So let me tell you a story.  Back in 1981 I was sitting in a political science class. The president at the time was Ronald Reagan, a man reviled by the left just as viciously as any Republican is today. Suddenly our lecture was interrupted by a door swinging open violently—whereupon a breathless fellow student raced into the room screaming, “The president has been shot! They’ve just assassinated President Reagan.”

Ronald Reagan was my hero. The news hit me like a ton of bricks. I instantly felt sick to my stomach, and tears flowed down my cheeks. But it was the response of the rest of the class that I will remember for the rest of my life. They cheered. They clapped, they yelled, they high-fived, and whooped in sheer unadulterated joy. My fellow classmates, the ones I was naively trying so hard to befriend despite their radical leftist views, were HAPPY that my hero President Ronald Reagan was dead (or so they thought). They were celebrating what they thought was the assassination of America’s president.

Incidentally, if Obama actually went to Columbia, he’d almost certainly have to have been in that class leading the cheers. Feel like you need a shower yet? Lest you think I’m exaggerating, British leftists just celebrated and cheered upon hearing of the death of Margaret Thatcher only days ago.

But wait, the most frightening and eye-opening is still to come. You see political science students at Columbia were taught a detailed plan designed by two former Columbia professors named Cloward & Piven to bring down “the system,” destroy capitalism, and turn America into a socialist state. We discussed it in class, wrote about it, and debated it outside class. It was our #1 topic for four years.

The plan was revolting, but brilliant. Cloward & Piven taught that America could only be destroyed from within. Only by overwhelming the system with debt, welfare, and entitlements could capitalism and the America economy be destroyed. So the plan was to make a majority of Americans dependent on welfare, food stamps, disability, unemployment, and entitlements of all kinds. Then, under the weight of the debt, the system would implode and the economy collapse, bankrupting business owners (i.e. conservative donors). Americans would be brought to their knees, begging for big government to save them. Voila – you’d have a new system- socialism!

Sound familiar?

Lo and behold, one of my classmates was elected as President and it’s clear as a bell that he is using that plan to destroy America, capitalism, and the U.S. economy right in front of our eyes. It’s the exact plan hatched at Columbia University in our college days. Exact in every way.

Under Obama, 660,000 Americans dropped off the job rolls…just last month. 90 million working-age, able-bodied Americans are no longer in the workforce. 90 million. The workforce participation rate is the lowest since 1979. For men it’s the lowest since 1948 (when record keeping began).

Almost 50 million Americans are on food stamps (20% of all eligible adults). 14 million are on disability. Millions more are on welfare, unemployment, housing allowances, aid to dependent children, or 100 other free government programs. Now, add in free healthcare plus 22 million government employees. Record-setting numbers of Americans are emptying their retirement accounts to survive. Student loan debt is a national disaster- with defaults up 36% from a year ago. 16.4 million Americans live in poverty…in the suburbs. Every day under Obama the private sector shrinks, while the government grows like a toxic malignant tumor.

Obama promised to cut the deficit in half; instead he gave us five consecutive trillion dollar deficits. He promised to spend responsibly; instead he became the biggest spender in world history. He called Bush’s $4 trillion in debt over 8 years reckless, then proceed to pile on $6 trillion in only 4 years. He swore to be on the side of small business, but he added 6,118 new rules, regulations and mandates in just the last 90 days. He claimed taxes are low, yet he just raised taxes to the same level as bankrupt EU countries like Greece, Spain, Italy and France. Our federal income taxes are now far higher than former Soviet Republics.

Folks, this is Cloward & Piven. This is Karl Marx, who despised the middle class and vowed to wipe it out. This is Saul Alinsky (Obama’s mentor) who dedicated his book (Obama’s favorite book) to Lucifer, the devil.

This is no accident, or the work of an economically inept liberal. This is a purposeful plan to drown the nation in debt and hook a majority to government handouts, happening in front of our eyes. It’s crystal clear Obama’s plan was hatched in our college days, at Columbia, Class of ’83.

While I never met Obama at Columbia, I can certainly put him at the scene of the crime. He either went to Columbia, or he didn’t. If he didn’t, he’s a fraud. If he did, he knew the Cloward & Piven plan like the back of his hand. He studied it and his goal- like almost all my classmates- was to use it to bring down the U.S. economy and destroy capitalism to create what they consider to be “equality, fairness and social justice.”

Why would anyone want to purposely collapse the economy you might ask? Saul Alinsky taught the ends justify the means. A bankrupt America wipes out the middle class and small business. That wipes out the majority of donors to conservatives causes- meaning Obama has no opposition. It creates “equality”- by putting everyone on equal footing (shared misery). It causes panic- and in panic, voters often make hasty decisions- like choosing big government to save them.

The destruction and devastation we see happening right now is classic Cloward & Piven. It’s the plan we learned, studied, and discussed day and night at Columbia. This is no coincidence. This is the Marxist attack from within. This is a purposeful attempt to take down the economy, collapse the middle class, wipe out small business, bankrupt the wealthy (conservative donors), and addict the country to big government Nanny State socialism.

And it’s working. Obama has been working on his plan for 30 years (our 30th Columbia class reunion is next month). Now it is time for us to get to work. As I explain in my brand new book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide,”  all success, all progress, all the miracles in this world are based on heart, on spirit, on will and on the power of being relentless. We are all going to need to muster the power of relentless to defeat Obama and his socialist game plan. We’re going to need to overcome the damage Obama has done to our economy…and our children’s future. It’s time for battle. Go create your own Booming Personal Economy. Go protect your family. Go take back this country. Your mission is to survive, thrive, and prosper despite Obama.

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/04/14/obamas-plan-to-destroy-america-hatched-at-columbia-university-says-classmate/

Buy!! A gun, you're going to need it.

Buy has been the shout from the left since Obama bought the last election.  But wait, sell seems to be creeping into the mix.  The healthcare law has proven to be such an albatross that even Pelosi and Biden are beginning to wish they had read the bill before they voted on it.  Oh and guns... What a mess the Dems are making of that!

The markets for metals are crashing, we've been attacked on our own soil again, hmmm, sounds familiar doesn't it?  It seems that rounds of golf and endless rock concerts doesn't seem to scare off the the assholes trying to kill us.

Why not execute some of them, like the Fort Hood shooter, why not gather up a bunch of them at Gitmo and instead of water boarding them just take them out and shoot them, he'll that's what they do to our troops.

Obama needs to understand that these are cold blooded murders, not just thugs with guns, they have the Koran to back them, doesn't Obama get that message?  God is stronger than hollow words from a TelePrompTer, right?  When will stop reducing our presence in the Middle East and start throwing some Tomahawks at them, remember Ben Gazzi?  I do...  And what did the President do, gave them F-15 fighter jets...

Was up wit dat?

It seems that our leadership has intentionally led us down this road, when will they lead us out...??

Boston Terrorism

This shit pisses me off. I guess Obama needs another apology tour. Maybe give Egypt some more fighter jets. Maybe build a swimming pool for the Gitmo detainees.

Cute

Thatcher "witch" song 2nd in UK charts in death protest

 

Sun, Apr 14 14:13 PM EDT

By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) - A campaign by opponents of late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to get the song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" to the top of the British pop charts to celebrate her death failed on Sunday although it did manage to reach second place.
Thatcher, who died aged 87 on Monday, deeply divided Britons and while some have paid warm tributes to the achievements of her right-wing Conservative governments, others said her privatization of swathes of industry had destroyed communities.
That opposition was manifested in a Facebook campaign to propel the witch song, from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", to number one in the charts, provoking anger from politicians of all parties, right-leaning media, and members of the public.
The Official Charts Company said 52,605 copies of the song had been sold, but that was about 6,000 shy of the chart-topping track "Need U" by British DJ Duke Dumont and singer A*M*E.
The top 40 best-selling singles are played weekly on BBC Radio but the broadcaster said on Friday it would only pay a five-second clip of the song as part of a news item, leading to accusations it had caved into political pressure.
"I understand the concerns about this campaign. I personally believe it is distasteful and inappropriate," BBC Director-General Tony Hall said in a statement.
"However, I do believe it would be wrong to ban the song outright as free speech is an important principle."
Meanwhile, a rival campaign by the former premier's supporters to promote the 1979 single "I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher" by punk band the Notsensibles fared less well, debuting in 35th place after sales of 8,768.
Since the death of the "Iron Lady", many of the divisions which characterized her time in office from 1979 to 1990 have resurfaced.
LONDON "PARTY"
In addition to the witch song campaign, several hundred people held a "party" to mark her death in central London, chanting, drinking champagne, and waving an effigy of the leader they despised.
More protests are expected on Wednesday when a ceremonial funeral with military honors is held at St Paul's Cathedral after her coffin is taken on a procession through central London - a tribute usually reserved for senior royal family members.
"This needs to be a fitting event for a very great lady," Francis Maude, a minister who served under Thatcher and is responsible for the ceremony's arrangements, told Sky News.
"It's a free country and people must obviously be free to express their views. I would simply ask that they respect the wishes of the mourners of which there will be very many for this event to take place in a dignified and seemly way."
But the cost to the public purse of the ceremony, estimated by commentators at 10 million pounds ($15.4 million), has been widely criticized at a time the Conservative-led coalition government is making deep spending cuts to cut a budget deficit.
According to a poll, 60 percent of those surveyed thought it should not be funded by taxpayers. Tim Ellis, the Anglican Bishop of Grantham, the eastern English town where Thatcher was brought up, said the grand ceremony was unwise.
"In a context where there is great ill-feeling ... about her legacy, to then actually have a situation where we seem to be expecting the nation to glorify that with a 10 million pound funeral, I think any sensible person would say that's asking for trouble," he told BBC TV.
Police have said they are prepared for any trouble which could come from anti-capitalists and anarchists with a long record of violent protest in the British capital.
David Ison, the Dean of St. Paul's who will officiate at the ceremony, said he could understand "the hurt and the anger that people want to express about the legacy" but said her funeral should be respected.
"Mrs Thatcher is not a witch or a monster," he told BBC TV. "She's a human being like the rest of us and part of what of we need to do in a funeral is put things aside."

 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSBRE93D09V20130414