I.R.S. PIPELINE FROM WHITE HOUSE

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Former I.R.S. Commissioner Douglas Shulman visited the White House 157 times during his tenure; his predecessor visited once in four years.  Frankly, I think normal protocol would have Shulman interacting through his boss, Tim Geithner, who visited only 50 times during the same period.  This seems to suggest to me that Shulman was providing the White House names of new organizations applying for tax-exempt status and the White House was telling Shulman which ones to stall or deny; it also suggests to me he was probably being given names of individuals, businesses and organizations that the White House wanted to target for audits.  I think the personal visits signal that they didn't want to do this by email, memo or telephone, for obvious reasons.  

Of course, the White House is flatly denying any involvement.  Both the White House and the I.R.S. are insisting their activity ended last year when Shulman was asked about the possibility in a Congressional hearing; nevertheless, new people and organizations are coming out almost every day with I.R.S. letters dated as recently as last week which indicate the targeting continues, unabated.  

The plot thickens, hour by hour.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE SCANDALS: HOLD THE HORSES, TONTO

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I suppose I'm just as guilty of it as anyone else, especially those who have known since before Obama was first elected that he would eventually lead the nation into a pile of dung; now, he appears to have arrived and we are frothing at the mouth wanting to firmly impale him on the spear of American Democracy.  Just the other day, I wrote about my fears that his past successes in stonewalling and delaying could allow him to finish his term before justice is served.  

There are now some voices cautioning that we need to back off our rhetoric a notch or two.  They say that all of this anti-Obama talk could backfire, and that the last thing we need is a rush to judgment.  

I think there are some wise voices wanting to make certain that we get all of the facts out on the table and straight before we push Obama into the frying pan, lest we fall in ourselves.  While I still am fearful that this character will shuck and duck his way through these messes, I do not want to make a mistake and end up coming up short, either. 

To that end, we need to get all of the questions answered, as quickly and thoroughly as we possible can.  I favor the creation of special prosecutors with appropriate subpoena power to investigate the facts as quickly as possible.  Some say we should allow Congress to do its work first, but I'm not too enthused about how that approach worked in the Fast & Furious scandal.  I don't think we can or should afford to allow these latest scandals to suffer the same fate. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

TRANSPARENCY: IS THERE ENOUGH TIME?

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Although they are quick to claim they are the "most transparent" administration in history, we must certainly all agree that the reverse is true; the fact is that the Obama minions are managing to contain several major scandals and there seems to be nothing we can do about it.  

Consider these facts: (1) Fast and Furious got off and running in January of 2010; we are now 41 months down the road, have no answers and the matter seems to be a dead issue; (2) Benghazi happened September 11, 2012; we are now over eight months down the road, know little more than we did on September 12 and are being successfully stonewalled by the White House at every turn; (3) the IRS scandal broke over two weeks ago and the number of stories emerging from the administration is already equal to the number of stories emerging from both Fast & Furious and the Benghazi Massacre put together; and (4) we have a press and media reluctant to investigate and report on these stories because they're afraid they might lose their press credentials and face some sort of ugly retribution. 

If we continue dealing with this issues in the manner we are dealing with them, Obama will be in a rest home long before we get the answers.  In just 24 months, we'll be in the middle of the next Presidential Election cycle.  

It occurs to me that we all need to put the heat on Congress to force some answers in one big hurry, or this Administration is going to get away with  all of these dirty deeds and probably more. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

CALLING ALL AMERICANS

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We're being inundated by the continuing unraveling of the Obama "image."  This guy has more scandals than Desperate Housewives and Dallas combined.  Every time we turn around, something new and even more salacious dribbles out and hits the fan.  

At this stage of the game, the disgust inevitably settles in.  We can't believe what we're seeing and hearing and we can't believe that our country has gone this far off course.  Just what in God's name are we going to do now? 

The single biggest problem facing this country today is information.  There's either none of it, it's misinformation, it's disinformation or it's a toxic combination of all three.  Without information, and good information, we're like the blind leading the blind.  How can we decide how to react to our current situation unless we have the good information upon which to base our decisions and seek a responsible course of action?  

How do we go about achieving this first all-important goal?  We must first accept that virtually every news outlet has become politicized to some extent, some more than others.  While only news belongs on news pages and opinions need to be offered elsewhere,  outlets have allowed opinionated-politicized news to slip into their content in the interest of driving advertising revenues.  So, we're stuck with it. 

Nevertheless, we all have heads on our shoulders and we do have an acceptable alternative: listen to all sides.  Watch CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX... get a good rounded mix of the news.  Digest what you hear and start to narrow your news sources to those that make the most sense.  And, with an open mind, discuss what you see and hear and what your conclusions are with other people who have open minds.  You're still in the exploration phase here, so don't try to argue, don't try to force your opinions on someone else and don't let them force theirs on you.  Don't waste any time with people who can't discuss, who get defensive or who start yelling.  No matter what side of the fence they are on, they are too set in their opinions to help you in rationalizing and forming your own. 

After this exercise, you are ready to go on to step two, which is letting your editors, news outlets and governmental representatives know how you feel. 

Recent polls and interviews reflect that our citizens are less informed about the issues of the day than they ever have been in history.  We cannot set about correcting the course our country is on until we know what we're facing and the substance of what we're talking about.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MEMORIAL DAY: THE OBAMA BLIGHT

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Here we are at the annual time we set aside to honor and pay tribute to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our country.  It is ironic that our White House is occupied by a President who has breached the trust of the republic, who spits upon our Constitution and disobeys our laws, who ignores time-honored and traditional mechanics of our government, and whose arrogant disregard for our citizens reeks of oppression.  

Retrenching, he seeks to sweep the results of his tarnished aristocracy under the rug by using "Executive Privilege" to halt an investigation into Fast & Furious, naming an Attorney General to investigate himself, "firing" an I.R.S. Commissioner who was leaving anyway, and stonewalling a Congressional investigation into the Benghazi Massacre.  "Move on," he implores, as if he expects prompt and complete obedience to his commands.  

I wonder what those who are buried in our National Cemeteries would think of his conduct.  I wonder which one of those departed souls would allow this President to be buried next to him.  

I worry about where this nation will be at this time next year.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

CALIFORNIA OBAMACARE RATES TO SOAR?

Several of the nation's largest insurers are refusing to sign on to California's new ObamaCare exchange, "COVERED CALIFORNIA."  This means there will be fewer insurer's in the pool and rates will skyrocket even more.  The goal of the exchange is to offer individuals and small businesses a choice of private health plans similar to those that workers at large companies already receive. 

United Health, the nation's largest private insurer, Aetna, and Cigna all are opting out.  Policymakers have long been concerned that the new system could drive up rates for healthy middle-income residents once the expanded system incorporates sicker and low-income people for the first time within the same plans.  In March, state officials issued a report estimating that premiums on individual policies could rise an average of 30 percent for middle-income residents who pay for their own insurance under the new system. 

This bad news comes on the heels of the I.R.S. scandal and calls for the I.R.S. to butt out of its role in ObamaCare enforcement.  I do not subscribe to the theory that a bad law is better than no law at all.  ObamaCare needs to be dismantled, immediately and plans to contain healthcare costs in a responsible manner must be implemented.  You absolutely know it's a pile of crap when unions who support Obama start to turn against it. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

GUANTANAMO: BE READY FOR A RANT

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As an American Veteran, I do not think I can adequately put into words the outage I feel over Obama's plan to release the Guantanamo terrorist murderers.  

Who in the hell does he think he is?  These are just as described: terrorist murderers who slaughtered 3,000 American people on 9/11 and were major players in the deaths of more than 3,000 of our sons and daughters in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.  By any military reasoning, they should already have been put to death because they still represent a threat to us.  It is inexcusable that they have not yet been subjected to a military war trial.  They are currently under our direct control and that is where they need to stay until justice is gun.  

These are not poor, mistreated, misunderstood Muslims; they have American blood on their hands and they are just as likely to kill again as those who took the lives of that unfortunate British policeman who was butchered on the streets of London Wednesday.  They are as radicalized as you can get; they are the very worst of the scum on this planet.  They deserve to have their hearts torn out by their roots and their heads lopped off by cleavers, because that is what they will surely do to anyone of us if they are given the opportunity.  

History has already proven that, once back in the Middle East they will manage to be set free to target us again.  That is not conjecture; it is a proven fact. 

This President has done everything possible to honor his Muslim heritage at the expense of our national security.  If we allow him to move these prisoners anywhere but where they are, we will have as much American blood on our own hands as he will.  There can be no justification... none... for us not to remove him from office if he attempts to do this because Congress has already ruled that he cannot.  

In this country,  we are not yet a dictatorship and the power of Congress trumps Executive Orders any day of the week. 

That's MY AMERICAN RANT, respectively submitted. 

SCANDALS: NOW, ITS CCW PERMITS

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Fast & Furious, Benghazi, I.R.S., E.P.A., the press... While those scandals are severely rocking the Obama boat, word now comes that at least one State, Missouri, has turned over a complete listing of confidential state records containing Concealed Weapons Permit holders to the Federal Government, without any warrant or written request.  Permit information from the state Division of Motor Vehicles and Driver Licensing, the repository for such information,  was provided to federal authorities in November 2011 and again in January of this year. 

The state Highway Patrol admits giving the list to the feds on two occasions on a "law enforcement agency to law enforcement agency" basis.  While officials insist the list was provided for the purpose of matching names of people on the Social Security disability list with a history of mental problems or a mental diagnosis, there was no explanation as to why names were not provided by the Feds to be checked against the Missouri list, as opposed to what appears to be a blanket fishing expedition.  The fact that there was no written request for the information is up to speculation. What else the information might be used for is also up for speculation. 

As of post time, I have not been able to determine whether or not other states are involved; I find it difficult to believe that such a request would be targeted only to one state.  It is therefore entirely possible, especially when one considers the misbehavior of the Obama Administration, that other states have complied and your name may have been included.  

This is another "police state" move by the Federal Government.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

LOIS LERNER WILL PLEAD THE FIFTH

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It was learned late yesterday afternoon that top I.R.S. official Lois Lerner will plead the 5th Amendment in her forthcoming appearance before the Congressional investigation into the I.R.S. targeting matter.  Lerner was in charge of the unit responsible for the targeting of conservative groups for audits and lengthy times for conservative organizations to gain tax exempt status; she was promoted and put in charge of the I.R.S. unit handling ObamaCare enforcement.  Lerner will refuse to answer any questions regarding what she knows about the targeting of conservative groups. She will also refuse to explain why she is refusing to answer questions.  and she has also hired a top attorney to represent her.   

We should have expected such a move.  In fact, I would expect another Obama claim of Executive Privilege before this mess is over with.  If you think you've seen stonewalling in Fast & Furious and Benghazi Massacre scandals, you're in for a big surprise with this story.  This early claim of immunity tells me that there are yet bigger fish to fry.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

DISASTER: WILL JANET BE OUT?

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Surely we all know that D.H.S. and Janet Napolitano in particular have been less-than-stellar when it comes to doing their jobs.  Just this year, the Super Storm Sandy issue is still far from resolved.  In Boston, agencies that should have been on the same page about the bombers under D.H.S. rules, were not.  Now comes a series of tornadoes striking the Midwest and wreaking total devastation and loss of lives.  My heart goes out to the people affected.  

I've yet to hear that D.H.S. has even  activated a F.E.M.A. response.  Maybe the help that should be coming is still in the barn due to "Sequestration?"  Can Janet orchestrate anything other than another failure?  Third strike in baseball and you're out.  I guess that if those affected people didn't vote for Obama in the last election, they're screwed. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

SHORT SHOTS FROM NORTH KOREA

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The sawed-off little runt, would-be world tyrant-dictator Kim Jong Un fired off four short-range missiles over the weekend.  The shots occur as an apparent provocation during what should be diplomatic discussions over how to end the constant snotty-nosed-kid rhetoric from the Korean Peninsula.  And, let's face it, that is really all he is: a midget who thinks he is powerful. 

Well, just as it appears that no one here is going to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions, I'm reasonably certain that no one in Washington is go to stop North Korea, either.  There's been a whole lot of "fretting" and yakking going on, but that's about all.  That having been said, why do we continue with the pretense of sanctions?  Why don't we just stop the sanctions and save ourselves the aggravation?  

Now then, the point is that "Shorty" seems to be getting his way, which should be adequate encouragement for every belligerent anti-American government in the world to do the same.  In fact, we are obviously backing down from Kim Jong Un; we're on the verge of reducing our stockpile of strategic weapons. 

There's nothing like putting ourselves in the position of having another tyrant holding a gun to our heads.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA PROVES YOU DON'T NEED A GUN

You don't need a gun to commit a crime; Obama has proven that beyond a reasonable doubt.  

His Administration has proven that you can break your own laws, sell guns to Mexican drug dealers, blame the crime on innocent gun shops, allow one of your own lawmen to get killed with one of those guns... and get away with it.  You don't need a gun to do that.  

His Administration has proven that you can engage in criminal international activity, lose an Ambassador and three great Americans in the process, blame it all on a movie, lie to the American people... and get away with it.  You don't need a gun to do that either.  

His Administration has proven that you can use the I.R.S. to target your political enemies, in terms of tax audits, ability to qualify for exemptions, and collection of ObamaCare fees... and get away with it.  People in this country are so afraid of the I.R.S. that you don't need a gun to do that, either. 

His Administration has proven that you can use the E.P.A. to target your political enemies in terms of meeting EPA standards for licensing of business projects, and fines and penalties assessed for purported violations... and get away with it.  Again, you don't need a gun to do that.  

His administration has proven that you can violate the Constitution by avoiding guarantees against improper search and seizure by wiretapping, collection of telephone records and gathering of emails from the press without proper notice... and get away with it.  Again, you don't need a gun. 

Well, maybe there's a qualifier here: You don't need a gun IF you're the President of the United States. 

Yes, you can get away with all of this when the citizens of the country aren't fed up enough to do something about it.  It's all about who has the power and the control... him or us. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

THE PRESIDENT AND MUHAMMAD ALI

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Watching the Omnipotent One work the press yesterday on the White House lawn was reminiscent of watching Muhammad Ali work the ring in a major prize fight.  The ducking, bobbing and weaving exhibited by Obama was beyond classic; he made Bill and Hillary Clinton both look like greenhorn amateurs. 

The question from a reporter was whether or not anyone in the White House had known of the IRS issues before they broke wide open.  The Omnipotent One proceeded to say that he really wanted to address the specifics of the question, and then proceeded to say that HE, (not "anyone in the White House"), did not know anything about the Inspector General's Report, (not answering the question as to the IRS issues).  He immediately went on to the next question, thereby ducking a follow-up punch from the reporter. 

And, true to form, the White House came to Obama's rescue later in the day by saying tat they had "heard" that there was "some kind of investigation" ongoing at the IRS, but that they didn't know anything about the specifics.  

I think they're looking for a way to blame this all on an anti-Muslim video. (Where's Susan Rice when you need her?)

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA: LIMBAUGH IS TO BLAME FOR PROBLEMS

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President Barrack Hussein Obama, the man who promised "hope and change,"  is now blaming Rush Limbaugh for his problems in Washington.  Speaking to Hollywood donors Tuesday night, Obama said: "I genuinely believe there are Republicans out there who would like to work with us but they’re fearful of their base and they’re concerned about what Rush Limbaugh might say about them and as a consequence we get the kind of gridlock that makes people cynical about government."

Well, he's blamed Sequestration for Benghazi, although Sequestration kicked in several months later.  He's blamed the Republicans for trying to make something out of Benghazi when it was Obama himself who got on his plane to Vegas and left his lackeys to start the cover-up.  He still says "if" about the I.R.S. even after the I.R.S. admits it did their dirty deeds.  And Carney insists that both he and Obama believe in Freedom of the Press when they continue to attack Limbaugh, Fox, Hannity and anyone else who goes after the truth.  

But, in the very final analysis, Limbaugh is now to blame?  I need some Alka-Seltzer. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA SHOWS HIS TRUE COLORS

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Benghazi, I.R.S., A.P.... These are the true colors of the Obama Administration.  

It's high time they showed themselves.  

Pure and simple, it's despotic tyranny... KGB and SSS Trooper style.  

He must be removed.  Failure to do so is to invite the inevitable collapse of American democracy. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA TAKES LIAR'S PODIUM

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At a joint press conference held yesterday with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama was questioned about both Benghazi and about the I.R.S. targeting of conservative organizations and citizens as well as pro-Jewish organizations for tax audits.  He was visibly upset and irritated.  

To his credit, Obama appeared "outraged" at the I.R.S. story and firm on nailing those responsible.  But, in listening to his words, they were almost the exact same words he used on the Benghazi Massacre and here we are, nine months down the road with no results.  Why should his words not fall on deaf ears?  He also again laid the blame at someone else's feet, saying he had no knowledge of the issue until he read about it in a newspaper; IRS works for Tim Geithner in the Treasury Department, so he should be fired for his negligence in not telling Obama about one big scandal brewing.  What a whopper!  Obama and his lackeys are claiming the I.R.S. targeting was an isolated occurrence out of only the Cincinnati office, but citizens an organizations received letters from offices throughout the United States.  Obama's spinning rhetoric and constant lying is damnable and contemptible.   

In dealing with the question on Benghazi, Obama seemed to "put on the muscle," hiding again behind the countless lies he has told since day one and been caught on.  For example, he said that he had been attending his briefings and was getting the exact same information we were; however, we all know now that he was not even attending his national security briefings and had not been for some time.  Why doesn't someone demand a copy of his other morning briefings?  He pointed the finger of blame at Congress for not letting the matter go and insisted that his objective right now was to ensure the safety of those in our embassies everywhere which is why, I suppose, he's leaving diplomats in Beirut and Tripoli when everyone else is pulling out in the middle of increasing warnings and car bombs.   

He made no explanation as to why the talking points were changed at all.  He made no explanation as to why his administration continues to refuse to release the names of those now living who were actually on the ground during the attack, or why he is refusing to allow those vital witnesses to testify. Through his belligerence, it males it patently clear that he has something really big to hide and that it will be a cold day in hell before he allows anyone in his administration to cooperate fully with responsible investigations into the facts. 

Our President is nothing more than a two-bit tyrant and would-be dictator, twisting slowly in the wind. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS LOOMS

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First, it was the infusion of troops into Libya without Congressional approval.  Then, it was the illegal selling of guns to the Mexican Drug Cartels in violation of U.S. law, the subsequent attempt to blame gun shops along the Texas border, the outright refusal to provide documents and testimony to Congress and the exertion of Executive Privilege in the Fast & Furious operation.  Then we have the Benghazi Massacre cover-up, the lies and the steadfast refusal to allow Congress the names or access to witnesses who were on the ground when the event occurred.  Now, we have the I.R.S., which has been admittedly targeting conservative groups, organizations and individuals for tax audits, evidently at the direction of the White House. 

How long are we going to allow this President to stick up his flagrant disregard for the Constitution up our collective rumps?  He's an outlaw!

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS USELESS

One would think the lessons of 9/11/2001 would not have been so easily or so soon forgotten.  In the aftermath, we discovered that individual agencies of the Federal Government had knowledge of individual pieces of a puzzle that, had there been communication between the agencies might have painted a fuller picture and prevented the airliner attacks.  It is that discovery that let to the formation of the Department of Homeland Security.  

Here we are in 2013, and in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombings we are discovering that individual agencies were in possession of individual facts about the Tsarnaev family that, had there been communication among the agencies may well have prevented that tragedy.  What this tells me is that DHS is not working. 

Indeed, there have been countless gaffes, errors and omissions under the Janet Napolitano rule of the DHS.  If, as she admits, DHS knew of Tamerlan's trip to Russia, why didn't the Boston Police Department, which is there on the ground 24 hours a day?  There was that scandalous assertion by male employees of sexual harassment at DHS headquarters.  There is the claim that DHS has been exporting more illegal aliens than ever, countered by testimony that the agency is counting those attempting to cross the border and being turned back as a deportation.  There's the bungled job after Super Storm Sandy.  

There's the allegation that her department engages in "selective prosecution" of border violations.  We know that the agency has contracted the purchase of close to 2 billion rounds of ammunition, thereby drying up the supply to citizens and law enforcement agencies.  Her agency justifiably caught flak for insinuating that members of the right and members of organizations such as the American Legion needed extra scrutiny in respect to terrorism and national security.  Her agency released thousands of illegal aliens from prison early; many of them had been convicted of felonies and no local law enforcement agencies were advised of the releases before they occurred.  She once alleged that crossing the border illegally is not a crime.  There is a long litany of controversial statements and decisions by Napolitano.  

DHS is an agency that was conceived to bring national security issues under one roof in order to streamline our defenses against terrorism and to bolster our domestic readiness to deal with security and disaster issues.  It does not appear to me that the objective has been achieved; it does appear to me that we are spending billions of dollars on an agency that has proven itself to be as useless as teats on a boar hog, (sorry for that comparison, Janet). 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BENGHAZI MASSACRE STORY MAY FINALLY BE HEATING UP

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Does Benghazi really matter?  Not according to Hillary Clinton.  You will recall her famous statement, "What difference at this point does it make?"  Of course, those of us who have been following this story know that it makes one helluva difference.  Now, finally, the mainstream media may be taking notice of the Benghazi debacle.  

There have been calls for General Dempsey to return to The Hill to testify again, and there are rumors that such a request will be made of Hillary Clinton.  Testimony presented Wednesday directly contradicts everything they said in prior Capitol Hill testimony.  Gregory Hicks' testimony makes it clear that officials were told to "clam up" about the massacre.  

There were no bombshells in Wednesday's testimony, but it was clear that there has been a coverup and that most of the statements released about the Administration over the massacre were outright lies.  Most of the liberal press and media which had previously ignored the story now seem to be entranced with the details oozing out. 

Perhaps, at last, justice can be had.  The press and media need to set aside political agendas and start reporting the facts. We're nowhere near the answers to this story and its coverup, but we're entitled to know the answers and we need the help of the press and media to make it happen. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BENHGHAZI: NO SMOKING GUN...YET

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Greg Hicks, a key witness at the Congressional hearings into the Benghazi Massacre, testified that the mischaracterization of the event as being protestors of the infamous anti-Muslim video angered the president of Libya and thereby slowed down FBI access to the site.  The Libyan president had already gone public to explain that it was a premeditated terrorist attack and the Administration's stance undercut his credibility. 

The three witnesses were critical of the lack of security prior to the attack and suggested that the military could very well have done more to try and help the Consulate during the siege.  A group of military personnel was boarding a plane to fly to Benghazi and were told to "stand down" and not deploy; testimony was made that the personnel could have reached Benghazi before the attack ended. 

Hicks, who had a reputation for excellence prior to the Benghazi Massacre, said he was vocally insistent about getting help, but was rebuffed and later demoted to a desk job.  

There were no breathtaking moments of testimony, no astounding revelations. Predictably, Democrats on the committee claimed the hearings were politically motivated and amounted to nothing.  

And the efforts to pry the facts and the truth out of the stonewall continue.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BENGHAZI GETS ANOTHER HEARING

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Today is the long-awaited day when Congress will delve further into the circumstances surrounding the Benghazi Massacre before, during and after that horrible event took place.  Yes, there were prior hearings, but they amounted to mere "window dressing."  Explosive charges from whistle blowers have elevated this particular hearing to the level of serious charges.  

Testimony from top officials involved at the time is expected to directly contradict every facet of Secretary of State Clinton's prior testimony on the subject and to disprove the fabricated story that no one knows who changed the "talking points" used by Ambassador Susan Rice as she toured national talk shows after the massacre.  One individual will testify that military assets were, in fact, capable of reaching Benghazi before that event was over and that some special forces were actually loading onto a plane to fly to Benghazi when they were inexplicably told to "stand down."  

The testimony is also set to include allegations that the whistle blowers were threatened by Obama officials to keep their mouths shut.  Several other witnesses have indicated they may come forward after they see the testimony of the initial whistle blowers and ascertain for themselves that no retaliation will be forthcoming. 

It  remains to be seen whether or not the Administration will take steps to stop the testimony or to further thwart the investigation, as they have done in "Fast and Furious." Let's hope they won't dare to try. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

AMERICA, THE GODLESS SOCIETY

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Snipping the spine of a living, breathing fetus on the abortion operating room table is acceptable; the baby is not wanted... snip, snip end of story... he'll stop squirming in a second or two.  

Covering up the facts about a terrorist massacre at an American Consulate and deliberately lying to Congress and the American people by the Secretary of State and the President of the United States is acceptable, a yawner not even carried by the mainstream media.  

Lies and corruption are not only tolerated in the halls of Congress, they are encouraged.  Any so-called "straight-arrow"  is undercut and diminished in every possible way.  We tolerate and accept those who want to take the word "God" off our coins, our public buildings, and out of our history books.  

We have become a nation of mindless, soulless zombies, shuffling through life without purpose and without one ounce of sanity.  Depravity rules.  

What God would want anything to do with this nation?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BENGHAZI: OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

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If it is true that the Benghazi Massacre witnesses were threatened to keep their mouths shut, why has there not been an investigation into that allegation, and why are we not looking at charges against somebody for obstruction of justice?  

And if it is true, as came out late Saturday, that initial drafts of the talking points were altered numerous times before being presented to the public by Susan Rice, someone needs to be hung out to dry.  Testimony to be presented to Congress this week by whistleblowers that everyone knew from the get go that the attack was terrorism and initial talking points did not mention any movie because the movie had nothing to do with it.  

This indicates beyond reasonable doubt that someone in the highest positions of our government, most certainly including the Secretary of State and the President, knew the truth and orchestrated a cover-up.  By Sunday morning, top Democrats who had strongly backed the Administration stories, including top members of intelligence committees, were backing away from the White House lies like speeding bullets.  

Given how Holder and Obama handled the Fast & Furious scandal, given the stonewalling by the Administration on the Benghazi Massacre, you can expect some action on their part in the immediate future to try and thwart any further exploration of the facts.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

SHORT SHOTS FOR SPRING

Every once in a while, I get in the mood to fire off some Short Shots.  This is your lucky day.

Of course we know that the California economy sucks.  One of the many, many reasons is the City of Long Beach, which just signed a deal with a Chinese company to manufacture some electric buses.  You’re right: the jobs will be in China and the financing is done with U.S. taxpayer dollars.  We shouldn’t allow our great thinkers to take their brains out and play with them. 

A Pennsylvania woman who went missing back in 2002 and was declared dead has surfaced in Florida.  The rumor is that she decided to drop out of society when she had a premonition of Obama’s coming election.  She had been in divorce proceedings at the time and was having problems with housing.  She should have looked up Barney Frank. 

Woo & Prince of New York City is getting ready to market a dress shirt that can be worn for 100 days without washing, dry cleaning or ironing and, they say, without odor.  It is made with wool.  Now, I’ve learned something…. Evidently, I guess sheep don’t stink, (probably because, as we all know, they’re Democrats). (Woo, woo, prince!)

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales Wednesday expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development for allegedly seeking to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, and he harangued Washington's top diplomat for calling the Western Hemisphere his country's "backyard."  In 2008, Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador and agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for allegedly inciting the opposition. On Wednesday, he said Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region.  When will we ever learn? 

There’s no truth to the story that the FBI is looking for the remains of a Union military jet aircraft allegedly shot down by the Confederates near the Appomattox battle field during the Civil War. 

You’ve got to hand it to Microsoft: Millions of users of their operating systems can’t get onto their computers because the new Windows 8 doesn’t have a start button.  Vrooom!  Vrooom! 

You can buy land for about $20 an acre from a real estate mogul located in Gardnerville, Nevada.  The only problem is, getting a house built on your lot; the land is on the moon, Venus, Mars, Mercury… you name it, you’ll have your choice of the solar system.  Let’s get together and buy 100 acres and we’ll build a retirement residence for Obama on the Moon. 

The stock market almost shot to 20,000 the other day when Obama said, “Maybe I should just pack up and go home.”  Of course, he was kidding; he really doesn’t want us to know where “home” is. 

What I cannot for the life of me understand is: if they can’t enforce the gun laws they already have on the books, how can they possibly enforce any more?  Take Chicago, for instance:  they have the toughest gun laws in the country and the highest rate of gun crimes.  What that translates to is: if you want your crime rate to go up, make more gun control laws. 

Why doesn’t Obama just get it over with and declare the Constitution null and void? 

Here we sit in a country full of radical Muslim cells and you want us to get rid of our guns?

Are you really ready for a Hillary-Michelle ticket in 2016? 

If I have your bowels in an uproar, don’t be surprised to see the Republicans counter that with a Bush-Christi ticket.  If you really think you have a choice in whom they put up, study the last election. 

Now that Americans have had a chance to find out what actually is in the ObamaCare law “away from the fog of the moment,” they all want Nancy Pelosi to visit a proctologist. 

Harry Reid is on the hot seat, just where he should be.  He’s got a President who is demanding gun control legislation and he represents a state where there are more legal gun owners per square foot than there are Czars in the White House. 

Obama insists that U.S. intelligence is right on top of things.  As in Benghazi?  As in Iran?  As in North Korea?  As in Boston?  As in… What’s next?  I guess I’d better not talk about it; Obama might fire me. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.      

FACING AMERICA'S GREATEST ENEMY

SPECIAL POST

This is not about North Korea, Iran, immigration, the economy or George Soros; it's about ObamaCare.  

ObamaCare was ill-conceived, not well-thought-out and shoved down American's throats in the multitude of lies, manipulations and economic miscalculations, smack-dab in the middle of the fog of 2,300 pages of  political doublespeak.  As time has ticked along, it has become increasingly evident that the myriad of costs is too extensive for even the greatest nation on Earth to absorb.  

Rather than saving taxpayer dollars as it was sold to us, it is going to cost us at least $1 trillion more right off the bat.  It is going to create an agency with 55,000 initial jobs just to handle the related patient paperwork and claim forms.  There are countless new fees and taxes in its pages.  Insurance premiums started to rise the very day Obama signed it into law and, by some accounts, 2011 rates will go up by as much as 200% by 2016.  

Doctors are already rebelling, refusing to accept Medicaid or Medicare patients or closing up shop altogether.  Enrollment in medical schools is precipitously down.  Elderly patients in need of cancer treatments are being denied or put off.  

The fact is, the greatest show on Earth that was supposed to be inexpensive healthcare for all and savings on the national debt has already run out of money.  Obama and his hucksters lied to us about every facet of the law in order to get it passed.  Now, they are trying to force the Republicans to cough up hundreds of billions of more dollars to try and make it work.  

To make a long story short, ObamaCare is not only the worst piece of legislation to be passed in the history of the nation, it threatens to doom our economy and our very way of life.  More and more members of both major parties are coming to agree that ObamaCare is going to create a national "train wreck" and have begun to speak out about it.  

We desperately need to stop this train wreck before it happens, not after.  We need to stop the implementation of ObamaCare now, before it's too late.  The only remaining problem is... No one seems to be willing to swallow their pride and do it.  It is up to us to put on enough pressure to force them to action. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.