RUSSIA THREATENS U.S.

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I always felt it was only a matter of time:Putin is now firmly in charge of the world situation.  

It all started when Obama played the pussy-foot game with North Korea and Iran over their nuclear weapon s programs; I think that's when Putin started to realize that our President was no Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy or Harry Truman or Dwight Eisenhower.  The confirmation came when Obama drew the infamous "red line" in Syria and then crapped his pants when Assad called his bluff.  Putin surely must have delighted in that moment, because it confirmed what he suspected: Obama is a left-wing, radical socialist weenie. 

"Well," Obama thundered when Russia invaded Crimea, "we're just going to have to put some sanctions against Russia."  And then, as Putin ignores Obama and starts refusing to take his telephone calls, as Putin prepares to take all of the Eastern Ukraine, now Obama has a snit fit and threatens that the "sanctions" are going to get really snotty. 

You certainly must have anticipated the Russian response: "Back off there tin-horn, or we're no longer allowing your astronauts into the International Space Station and we're no longer going to make rocket engines for your space ships." They've even threatened to shut down part of our GPS system.  

Well now, Mr. Smart Ass in the White House, what are you going to do next?  Do you have any more great punts left in your arsenal? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

A REAL EYE OPENER

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We should all be outraged at the way the Veteran's Administration is treating our vets... delaying treatment, hiding lists, cutting benefits.  These men and women served our country; whether not we agree with the battles they fought, they fought and they put their lives on the line for us.  For us to now turn our collective backs on them in their times of need is unconscionable. 

Having said that, what we are discovering portends where we are going with ObamaCare.  Just look at what people are discovering right now: what they thought they were covered for, they are not; they can't see their doctor because he's either retired or not "on the plan;" the available hospital is full; they're too old to be having this type of surgery.  If it is already that bad, how long will it take before the providers and hospitals have their own "hidden lists?"  

ObamaCare is to a large extent modeled after the V.A.  If you can live with this, if you can allow your parents to die on the vine because they can't get care or afford the deductibles, if you are willing to see your child suffer in pain because he or she can't get treatment right now when it's needed... then you come from a wholly different way of thinking than I do.  

We're allowing our veterans to be screwed and we're setting ourselves up to be screwed.  If we really want to do something about it, we have a whole bunch of politicians to turn out of office in November.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

WHY?

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If it is true that there is nothing more in the story about the Benghazi Massacre, why are the Democrats doing everything in the world to torpedo hearings into the matter?  Why, if there is nothing to hide, wouldn't they show up on the Select Committee so that they could gloat at the end results?  Why, if there is nothing to hide, have they prevented key witnesses who were in Libya at the time from testifying, to the point of refusing to divulge their current whereabouts so that they could be subpoenaed?  

Why the manufactured cover story about the video in the first place?  Why did they put Susan Rice out to dry over her insistence that the massacre was a result of that video?  Why did they say that all emails regarding the subject had been turned over, when at least several had not?  Why wasn't Obama in the Situation Room; did he not want to be associated with what was coming down?  Why not?  

Why have they acted in obvious collusion... the State Department, the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the Pentagon and the White House to obfuscate and prevent a complete investigation to be had?  Why haven't they arrested or captured any of those who attacked the Consulate?  Why did they "fire" involved personnel in the State Department and then hire them back? 

Why didn't they send military assets into Benghazi to attempt a rescue or defense of those being slaughtered? 

I want to know... WHY?  WHY?  WHY? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

NORTH KOREA ATTACKS OBAMA

The North Koreans issued a dispatch the other day; written in Korean, it went after both the South Korean President and Obama.  A recent translation: "It would be better for him to live with other monkeys at a wild animal park in Africa ... and licking bread crumbs thrown by onlookers."  The lengthy diatribe called Obama a “clown,” a “dirty fellow” and somebody who “does not even have the basic appearances of a human being.”  

Well, as difficult as it is, let's set aside for the moment the proposition that the North Koreans might be correct.  It's one thing to rattle your saber and jump up and down like a little tyrant and threaten to nuke America.  That repeated stance by Kim Jong Un has had little or no reaction in official Washington; Obama has even refused to discuss North Korea's acquisition of nuclear technology and past bomb tests.  

Why then is every State Department official and White House flunky now coming unglued over this latest barrage of remarks directed at Obama?  Are they trying to tell us that it's okay for North Korea to threaten to nuke the United States, but it's not okay for them to insult President Obama?  

So the saying actually goes: "Sticks and stones will never hurt me, but words will?"

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHITE HOUSE MIGHT REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH SELECT COMMITTEE

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Press Secretary Jay Carney has refused to answer multiple questions about whether or not the White House will comply with requests for information or subpoenas from the new House Select Committee created to investigate the Benghazi Massacre.  "We have a long history of cooperating with [legitimate] oversight by Congress...I'm not going to go further than that," Carney repeatedly said, defaulting to the statement after repeated questioning on the subject. 

Look for the two words, "Executive Privilege" to become the new theme song of the White House Brigade.  

I guess the word "transparency" must be in the eyes of the beholder, and certainly not the eyes of Holder or even Obama.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

IS THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH DEAD?

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Let me begin by referring you to two different articles about two different incidents in American schools:

   http://bobbraunsledger.com/newark-parent-leader-arrested-jailed-after-criticizing-state-plan-to-close-schools/

   http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/05/06/nh-parent-arrested-protesting-book-contains-graphic-sex-scene

Here are two people speaking out about what is going on in two different states with respect to educational issues.  In both cases, the person speaking out got arrested and charged for what really was non-violent protest.   

I'm outraged.  Since when in this country has it become illegal to say what you think in a public meeting or a public forum?  Since when in this country has it become an offense to question the authority or the propriety of the public servant?   These people "in charge" have no clue as to the fact that WE are in charge, and if THEY don't like it, THEY need to pack their damn bags and get out of the picture.  

Oh, and in case you hadn't figured it out, I will say whatever it is that is on my mind in any public meeting or forum and I don't give a damned who likes it or who doesn't.  This is America.  We have a Constitution.  It has a Fifth Amendment.  Get over it or get out of the way.  

I dare you to send in the B.L.M. stormtroopers. 

Illegitimi non carborundum.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE PAIN OF IT ALL

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I used to think there was nothing worse than a bad toothache or an attack of the gout.  In terms of level of pain, they are both about the same to me... intolerable.  Laying there in bed in the drugged aftermath of a tooth extraction, I tried to watch TV, but kept dozing off; yet, every time I jerked myself back into consciousness I heard some bad tale about what is going wrong with our country.  

I guess there IS something more painful than a toothache or gout attack.   

Obama simply will not give his agenda a rest.  Faced with growing angst about his dirty deeds of the past five years, this man has his own audacity and the hope of converting America into a totally, 100% socialist fascist state.  He has foisted his takeover of the health industry and 1/6 of the nations economy on what was an unwitting public and what is now an unwilling public.  He's told lies and made broken promises; he's flouted the law including the laws he was responsible for making; he's used government agencies to spy on us and to get even with those who dare to trespass against him.  

He's now on the march again.  A new and dire climate report from the Obama administration warns of a growing link between human activity and extreme weather across the country.  The National Climate Assessment, in a new and dire climate report from the Obama administration, warns of a growing link between human activity and extreme weather across the country.  

In other words, more government interference and regulation is coming. 

The White House already has its back up against criticism that any such regulations will be job or economy killers and amount to more government takeover of our individual freedoms and liberties.  White House Counselor John Podesta immediately warned that attempts by congressional lawmakers to block the administration's climate action plan will fail. Perhaps we should ammend his title to be "Chancellor" instead of counselor.  

How far are we willing to let Obama go this time?  We've seen what an outright debacle ObamaCare is.  Are we going to let our government require that we all wear masks to collect the carbon monoxide we breathe out, or will we have an uprising somewhere in between the current status quo and that eventuality?  

Do we even have to allow the S.O.B. to go in that direction at all?    

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MY MOUTH IS SHUT

No post today due to the dentist pulling a bad tooth.  Now I'm keepingmy mouth shut in case he comes after another one. 

THEY JUST DON'T GET IT

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Representative Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, is calling for all fellow Democrats to boycott the Select Committee being appointed by John Boehner to investigate the Benghazi Massacre. 

Obviously, he and his fellow Obamacrats don't want the rest of the country to know the truth. That position underscores the fact that there is something much, much bigger behind that stone wall and that they will do anything... anything... to keep us from finding out what it is.   

Illegitimi non carborundum. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

RAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

Here I sit in front of the keyboards, faced with an almost insurmountable pile of scandalous news oozing out from underneath the White House foundation; where do I start with this opinion?  How can I possibly contain what is on my mind within the boundless limitations of a blog post?

It's sad.  It's sad that the elected President of what was once the most powerful country in the world has committed or ordered these events against America to occur, and with the expectation that he could get away with it.  It's even sadder to contemplate that he almost did get away with it, simply because we the people failed in our duty to guard and protect our country.  

But, here we are.  The Benghazi story is on fire.  The I.R.S. targeting scandal is boiling.  Fast & Furious remains on the back burner.  The N.S.A. over-reaches, the D.O.J. snooping on the Associated Press and James Rosen... it's like watching a pool of lava bubble hot up steam and acrid smoke.  

I feel that the wheels are now finally turning; the momentum is building.  It's going to get downright ugly and no one knows how Obama is going to react to it.  But, he brought it on himself through his cavalier disregard of the fact that when Americans have had enough, when their backs are to the wall whether it be in war or politics, they get really angry and they demand justice.   

Let it begin. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION , respectfully submitted. 

EVEN COLUMBO CAN'T ANSWER THIS ONE

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The polls show that 61% of Americans believe Obama lies on important manners.  

How can we justify allowing a liar to occupy the White House?  

• He should be impeached over Benghazi.
• He should be impeached over Fast & Furious.
• He should be impeached over the I.R.S.
• He should be impeached for refusing to enforce our laws.

Again, how can we justify on any basis continuing to allow a liar to occupy the White House? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

FEDS WANT TO MONITOR "HATE SPEECH"

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Further to my opinion yesterday regarding Donald Sterling having a Constitutional right to say the despicable things he said, there is a move on now to authorize government agencies to monitor your emails, blogs, social media accounts and telephone or cellphone conversations for "hate speech."  

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,” stated a news release from Markey’s office.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/big-chill-feds-want-to-scour-net-media-for-hate-speech/#h3qTFzcJpPJHmSly.99

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,” stated a news release from Markey’s office.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/big-chill-feds-want-to-scour-net-media-for-hate-speech/#h3qTFzcJpPJHmSly.99

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," said a news released from Senator Ed Markey's office.  

So here I go: I hate Barack Obama and despise everything he stands for.  Where is that statement going to get me... Guantanamo?  Who decides what hate speech" consists of?  What penalties are there going to be for this "crime."  What about my Constitutional rights to free speech?  

Uh, oh... I'm in trouble.  There's about 30 B.L.M. SUV's and a few from the D.O.J. out front right now.  Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and the gang had better go hide under their beds immediately.  Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio... you're both toast.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

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,” stated a news release from Markey’s office.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/big-chill-feds-want-to-scour-net-media-for-hate-speech/#h3qTFzcJpPJHmSly.99

RACISM, BUNDY, STERLING AND FREE SPEECH

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We have recently been presented with two individuals who are accused of racism... Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling.  At the outset, let me say that I support Cliven Bundy because his remarks were taken out of context and I no not believe they were intended to be racist; far from it, I take from their full context that Bundy is supportive of all races. 

Now we get to Sterling.  Based on what I know at this moment, I have to say that HIS remarks were racist and disgusting.  I do not condone them in any way whatsoever, EXCEPT...

As offensive as the remarks were, he has the right to say them.  This is a country of free speech; the instant we cross the line to censor anybody over any remarks, no matter how vile they might be, we have abrogated the right to free speech.  Our nation went justifiably ballistic over Sterling's remarks; from what I hear, people are staying away from his games in droves and that is swell by me.  

It is unclear what the NBA based its $2.5 million fine and disbarment on.  If it was based on conduct unbecoming a member of the NBA, I could hang my hat on that.  But, if it was based on what Sterling said, I object strongly on the basis of his Constitutional right to free speech.  

Keep this in mind: if you allow this to pass, this infringement of Sterling's right to free speech, you open the door to gun confiscation and the trashing of the whole gamut of the Bill of Rights.  As tough as it may be sometimes for us to adhere to the principles of the Constitution, we simply have to;Ttat's why it's there and it has been proven to be 100% correct through thick and thin since 1789. 

Illegitimi non carborundum.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE CLIVEN BUNDY RACISM CHARGES

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Last week, some liberal news outlet put its hands on a video of remarks made by Cliven Bundy in Bunkerville, Nevada, and put them on the air in such a manner as to suggest to the world that Bundy is a racist and to take the sails out from under his support against the BLM.  PATRIOT UPDATE is now releasing the full context of those remarks which clearly shows that Bundy is actually an advocate for black and Hispanic rights.  

As I suspected and wrote about in the Saturday, April 26th post on BURNEY MOUNTAIN HERMT, Bundy was indeed suggesting that as horrible as conditions were during slavery, they might have been better off then than they are under today's "modern" government.  The remarks were edited and presented far out of context, then exploded across the Internet and broadcast newsrooms.  

Harry and Rory Reid are ruthless opponents.  

National attention has been drawn to their apparent underhanded moves as a result of the BLM invasion at the Bundy Ranch.  Bundy's credibility has suffered what I hope will not be irreparable damage, but this onslaught is just as dangerous to his well-being... probably more so... than the BLM outrage itself.  

As for me, I'm still standing behind Bundy.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.    

EDGING CLOSER TO WORLD WAR III

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When World War II ended, the United States emerged as the preeminent military power of the globe.  We recognized the horrible destruction that nuclear weapons cause and we did everything short of going into another war to prevent the Soviets from getting their own nukes but, they did it anyway.  Recognizing the dangers of nuclear proliferation, the world's nuclear powers ultimately agreed in 1970 to put a stop to the growing number of nations possessing nukes and to work toward the use of peaceful nuclear energy and the reduction of nuclear weapons.  At that time, only the U.S., Soviet Union, France, Russia and the United Kingdom were recognized as nuclear nations. 

Some 190 nations have signed on to that agreement.  Those not agreeing, or having withdrawn include: North Korea, Pakistan, India, Israel and South Sudan.  As of this moment, four additional nations appear to have nukes: North Korea, Israel, India and Pakistan.  Iran appears to be within weeks of joining "the club." 

Since World War II, we have been involved in several wars and essentially lost all of them: Korea; Vietnam; Desert Storm, (Gulf War); Desert Fox, (Iraq); Iraq and Afghanistan.  We certainly did not win any of them.  In the last five years we have decimated our military readiness and steered away from any possibility of conflict.  It can be argued that we have displayed weakness and are no longer perceived as being the world's preeminent military power. 

We are now staring at tinderboxes around the globe: North vs. South Korea; Iran & Syria vs. Israel; Russia vs. Ukraine; China vs. Japan & Philippines; Taliban, Al Qaeda and the Middle East in general.  It's tough enough to have a balancing act with any one of these situations, let alone all of them at the same time.  These are all instances of potential war that could easily escalate to World War III.  

These are also all instances that would probably not exist if the world didn't respect our political muscle and our commitment to world peace. As it is, every passing day seems to get us closer to an irreversible confrontation somewhere on the globe which could lead directly to World War III. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MORE VOTING FRAUD

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Just how widespread is voter fraud in this country?  Is it possible that Obama did not really win the 2012 election? 

Four counties in Alabama have more registered voters on the rolls than they have residents of voting age.  All of those registered voters are active, meaning they voted within the last four years; all four counties voted for Obama.  Election officials are claiming that the last census is wrong and that people of voting age were actually under-counted.  If you believe that, I've got a really great ObamaCare policy I'd like to sell you.  

It is the Obama regime that is so dead set against requiring voter identification at the polls.  Some nitwit has suggested we all just have Social Security cards with pictures on them.  Who says they can't make fake Social Security cards; they do make fake driver licenses, you know.  And identify theft experts tell you not to carry your Social Security number in your wallet, anyway.  

The only logical reason Obama has for being against voter identification is that he wants to be able to stuff the ballot box.  He insists that when you require voter identification, you are making it tougher for voters to register.  He needs to rephrase that statement: If you require voters to show identification, you are making it tougher for voters to register and vote more than once. 

This is our country, not his.  We have the right to decide who has the right to vote in this country and what they must do to prove their eligibility.  No one is asking for them to pay for voter I.D., so no one can claim it is a poll tax.  

Illegitimi non carborundum.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA: THE WHEELS START TO FALL OFF?

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After well over five years of ObamaLand, the fantasy appears ready to die.  Afghanistan and Iraq are falling apart; the rest of the Middle East is a tinder box awaiting a match; North Korea has the bomb; Russia is on the march to restore the Soviet Union; the economy continues to sputter dangerously along; ObamaCare is on the verge of implosion; government agencies are being called to task for their oppressive tactics against American citizens; and Obama has been caught telling lie, after lie, after lie.  Even longtime Democrat supporters are starting to jump ship.  

Could it really be that the wheels are starting to fall off?  

News yesterday was that the Phoenix V.A. Center has been manipulating the figures, placing the names of waiting patients into a secret queue before eventually putting them on an active waiting list, thereby making it appear that patients were being seen much sooner after originally applying for an appointment.  The hospital has the highest percentage of patient deaths of any V.A. hospital in the country. 

Cries of misfeasance once again abound about an agency of Obama's government.  Yet, he was the one to set the parameters of conduct when he started lying and manipulating; if the President does it, why shouldn't everyone else?  Bad conduct in government generally starts at the top and works its corrupt ways down.  

It would be a relief to many of us to think that Obama's chickens are coming home to roost.  It couldn't happen any too soon for me. 

Illegitimi non carborundum.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BLM'S HORRIBLE RECORD AGAINST AMERICA

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In the days since the BLM's belligerent attack on Cliven Bundy's ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada, I've pointed out several other instances of BLM overreach... an overreach that appears from every aspect to be fascist and un-American.  But, it's not just the old-time settlers who have faced the wrath of the BLM,  they've also gone after Native Americans...people whose rights to the land precede the very arrival of the white man on this continent, rights fought for and secured by treaty  with the Federal Government which has not hesitated to abrogate those treaties whenever big money entered the picture.

I remember back in the 1940's when uranium was discovered on the Navajo reservation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.  Up to that time, the government had stepped in and leased Navajo coal-mining rights, compensating the tribe virtually nothing and banking the meager profits which they negotiated "in trust" for the Navajos.  Of course, that money later disappeared and the accounting for it was "lost."  Navajos and other tribes settled missing trust funds for pennies on the dollar in what, after years of legal wrangling, became known as the Ramah Settlement.

The Navajos went to my father, who was Director of Education on the Navajo and Hopi reservations at the time, and told him that the government wanted to negotiate their uranium mining leases for them.   He asked them what their opinion was of their coal mining leases and, after he got an earful, he suggested they hire their own attorney and negotiate their own leases.  That move by the Navajos really pissed off the Department of Interior and the issue ended up before the Supreme Court which ruled that yes, the damned Indians could negotiate their own leases.   

Had they known what dangers uranium dust posed for their people, I think the Navajos would have rejected the mining on their lands.  The government would have gone ahead anyway and more profits would have disappeared leaving the Navajos still poor and sick with radiation poisoning.  At least, by negotiating their own leases the tribe secured better profits for themselves with which to lift its people out of the desperate poverty the government wanted to perpetuate on them. 

But, I digress.  Take a look at this brief story and the included video: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/04/19/video-dann-sisters-battle-save-their-cattle-stark-contrast-clive-bundy-154521

Check out these links:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/22/nevada-rancher-former-indian-chief-range-war-with-blm-predates-cliven-bundy/

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/04/21/The-Eyes-of-the-BLM-are-on-Texas

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/another-nevada-rancher-targeted-for-ruin-by-the-blm-storm-troopers/

http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/14/17588942-cruel-or-necessary-the-true-cost-of-wild-horse-roundups?lite

http://www.newswithviews.com/Emord/jonathan347.htm 

The BLM is the epitome of government-gone-wrong.  We need to do something about it. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

KILL ANTI-GAYS

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California is proposing a law banning anyone associated with the Boy Scouts of America from becoming a Judge.  The proposal is based on the fact that the Boy Scouts will not allow gays to be leaders.  

Of course, that proposal is in and of itself discriminatory in that it singles out anti-gays for government intervention.  However, the left-wing radicals who are pushing this legislation would never be able to understand that fact.  

The next step in their agenda is to establish a law that says anti-gay straight couples shall not be allowed to have children; if the wife gets pregnant, the fetus must be aborted.  Since anti-gays have no right to express their opinions, they should also be exterminated. 

That all makes sense to me.  How about you? 

The bad news is, that's what they believe.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MICHELLE, MICHELLE... GO AWAY MICHELLE

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School officials in Topeka, Kansas asked Michelle Obama to be the guest speaker at their high school graduation ceremony on May 17th.  She's just announced that she is accepting the invitation.  The reason for the invitation is the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared separate-but-equal public education unconstitutional.  

Well, I suppose that's all good and dandy, but students and families in Topeka don't think so.  There are five different high schools in the district which normally hold separate graduation ceremonies.  Having the First Lady speak necessitates a combined ceremony at the Kansas Expocentre, which seats 10,000; not all family members and guests will be able to attend and the ceremony is likely to drag on well into the night.  Graduates and parents are ticked off, especially since invitations have already been sent out and now they must call the recipients and uninvite them.  

Well, I guess that's life in the big city of Topeka. 

And, that's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BLM GESTAPO RUNNING RAMPANT

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The Bundy's have come forth with graphic photographic proof that livestock was slaughtered by the BLM on the ranch and buried in deep pits.  Bundy has also released aerial photos of damages to ranch property by the BLM.  In response, the Feds Friday declared the air above the Bundy Ranch to be a "no fly zone."   

At first glance, this might seem to be a response by the BLM to Bundy's photos.  However, I suggest the declaration is more sinister.  If the BLM intends to return to the ranch with a larger force,  possibly including tanks such as those which attacked the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas, they certainly would not want photos or videos of that to reach the general public.  

Saturday. I reported on BLM's similar treatment of Raymond Yowell.  Here's another blood-chilling story about the Hage family: http://www.infowars.com/federal-judge-blm-engaged-in-a-criminal-conspiracy-against-ranchers/

And yet another about Tommy Henderson from Texas:  http://offgridsurvival.com/blm-attempting-to-steal-another-ranchers-land-in-texas/

There are others.  The point is, the BLM is treating American ranchers like German peasants.  The takeover of our country by fascists and socialists has begun.  This situation is not going to go away without a fight. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

IF YOU THINK CLIVEN BUNDY MIGHT BE WRONG, READ THIS

Cliven Bundy stands accused by Harry Reid and the BLM of being the bad guy of the year.  I've said before in this column that the history of the BLM in the West is far from stellar.  They have run roughshod over this part of the country for decades, grinding their opponents into the desert dust as they go. 

Read this: Shoshone Farmer, Raymond Yowell, Set to Take on the Bureau of Land Management

I don't know about you, but I stand firmly behind Bundy, Yowell and the other ranchers.  This damned Obama government has gone too damned far.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, firmly submitted.   

THAT CONDESCENDING SMILE

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You certainly must have noticed it.  Barack Obama has it.  Granted, Michelle doesn't have it, but the others do... Bill, Hillary, Harry, Nancy.  It's the way they carry themselves... a certain, misguiding smile and a brief, but distinctive nod of the chin.  Michelle never smiles; she's angry at the world.  The rest of them consider the country to be their private oysters in a glass full of rare, vintage wine. 

They believe that they, and only they, possess the required attributes to run this country, to steer it toward what they consider to be the epitome of world government.  And well they should believe that; after all, they have degrees from Harvard, Columbia, Oxford, Yale, George Washington University, Trinity and Princeton.  Where did you go... trade school, vocational school, some obscure college out in the midwestern sticks?  Maybe you never even graduated from junior college or... gasp... high school!  And you have the unmitigated gall to think you could do a better job of running the country than they are? 

Sometimes, there's that patronizing wink that accompanies the condescending smile and nod.  It's a "Come play along with me for a while and I'll let you in on the details later," kind of wink.  The details never come or, if they do, they smell worse than dead fish. 

There's a deep divide in this country, and it's damned closed to becoming the Grand Canyon of all times.  Something's about to break wide open, and I don't think it's going to be pretty.  When it does; it'll be the battle of the snots vs. the real Americans.  

Smile, nod, wink wink.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE PICTURE

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Ben Carson is an impudent asshole.  Cliven Bundy is a parasite.  Ted Cruz is  right-wing extremist.  Paul Ryan is a tightwad.  The Tea Parties are racists.  Gun owners are baby killers. 

Karl Marx is to be emulated and Barack Obama is really "cool."  

Get the picture? 

Illegitimi non carborundum.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

SO, WE REMEMBERED BOSTON...

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DO WE REMEMBER BENGHAZI?

That's MY AMERICAN QUESTION, respectfully submitted. 

COLD WART

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A Russian fighter jet was obviously trying to provoke an international confrontation over the weekend; the jet continuously buzzed the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook at close range in the Black Sea over a 90-munute period.  A Russian Navy ship, a frigate, has also been shadowing the U.S. warship, remaining within visual distance but not close enough to be unsafe.  

This type of activity occurred every day during the Cold War; they never led to outright battle or World War III.  Of course, we had Presidents in those days who didn't put up with any nonsense.  These days, we have Barack Obama.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BLM EXISTS IN DISGRACE

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Saturday morning, faced with hundreds of protesters and the promise of hundreds of more by the end of the week, the BLM summarily announced that it was pulling out of its hostile takeover of the Bundy Ranch near Overton and Bunkerville in Nevada.  Several protesters had been arrested, including one of the sons of the ranch owner, Cliven Bundy. Both Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie both condemned the BLM actions. 

BLM has historically had rotten relations with ranchers and farmers, particularly in Western States.  The Las Vegas office has been particularly overbearing and arrogant in its relationships.  It has many times used ruses to drive farmers and ranchers from their lands.  In this case, the BLM claimed the desert tortoise was nearing extinction and that cattle grazing in the area had to stop.  It was around that time that one BLM agent allegedly told ranchers and farmers that the BLM would drive them off their lands.  In the meanwhile, the desert tortoise has thrived and the BLM is actually killing some of them off.  Yet, the land battle has continued. 

The Bundys moved to the area in 1870, long before the BLM was formed, and began ranching.  It was open range in those days; you could graze cattle wherever there was edible vegetation. The most recent confrontation was over Bundy's grazing of cattle on BLM lands, formerly open grazing lands.  At the heart of the issue is the lack of a fence to distinguish Bundy Ranch lands from lands supposedly owned by the BLM; the Bundy's were saying Friday that the lands in question were actually state-owned lands.  

During the standoff, the BLM refused to allow protesters near the site and confined them to two small "Free Speech" areas with a limit as to the number of protesters who could be at the areas and the condition that only one of the two areas could be occupied at any given time.  This is a glaring violation of the 5th Amendment. 

The BLM may be gone from the Bundy Ranch today, but they are not used to losing their battles.  You can bet they will be back; it's just a matter of time.

Illegitimi non carborundum.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

IN MEMORIAM: GAGE SEALANDER

Young and innocent, an eleven-year-old boy made a dumb move and turned the small town of Burney, California, upside down.  He was tooling along on his skateboard on the main street of town and ran into the side of an 18-wheeler.  Two physical objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.  I could say the 18-wheeler won and the lad lost, but the driver of the 18-wheeler is also a loser.  I cannot imagine his agony.  

Gage Sealander did have a chance.  He didn't need to be there on Main Street riding his skateboard in evening traffic.  He didn't have to plow into the side of an 18-wheeler, but he did.  Did he know better?  Knowing his parents, I'm sure he did. 

A couple of years ago, I came off of Main Street into the parking lot of the VFW Hall and almost ran over two young boys on skateboards.  One was Gage's friend and the other one could have been Gage, I do not know.  But, I stopped and told them if they were going to ride their skateboards, to stay off of driveways and entryways.  Traffic comes off the highway at 30 miles an hour, sometimes more.  They both continued to skateboard around town, but I never saw them in that driveway again.  

Kids at that age don't absorb lessons from adults unless they are repeated, repeated and repeated.  And that's my lesson here.  Kids at that age are still young, innocent and exploring their territorial bounds.  We have to be after them constantly, in a loving way of course, but we cannot let our guards down for even one split second... because that's all it takes for tragedy to strike. 

I don't blame the parents; I don't blame the truck driver; I don't blame the kid.  What a tragic ending to a beautiful spring day.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

FEDS VS. PROTESTERS.

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Dozens of fully armed law enforcement officials from various government agencies continued to wreak havoc at Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch as the week wore on.  They reportedly had armored trucks and other heavy-duty military gear as they surrounded Bundy's ranch house and deployed snipers; they were on a mission to seize Bundy's cattle. 

When hundreds of protesters showed up to support Bundy, the Feds immediately informed them they must confine their protests to certain "First Amendment" zones or risk arrest. This by and in itself is a  direct violation American rights to protest; they were threatened with being attacked by K-9 dogs unless they complied. Bundy's son was tasered and his wife was allegedly shoved to the ground. The government claimed that protesters had "crossed the line" into overt interference with federal authorities.

Nevada's Governor Brian Sandoval says he was “disturbed” by the First Amendment zone which he said “tramples upon Nevadans’ fundamental rights under the U.S. Constitution.”

“To that end, I have advised the BLM that such conduct is offensive to me and countless others and that the ‘First Amendment Area’ should be dismantled immediately,” Sandoval said. “No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation which currently exists nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans. The BLM needs to reconsider its approach to this matter and act accordingly.”

It should be noted that this latest action against Bundy began immediately after FOX NEWS aired the matter over the weekend, and that is prima facie evidence evidence as far as I am concerned, that the actions are a "payback" for the FOX story. Once again, the BLM has inserted bad blood into Western states' rights.  Once again, the Obama government is displaying all-out contempt for our Constitution and historical ways of life.  

And so the overthrow of our government begins and the time of the ending of the American way of life is at hand. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

HOLDER ON CONTEMPT: "YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THERE, BUDDY."

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Representative Louie Gohmert’s line of questioning during a House Judiciary Hearing Tuesday did little to assuage the reputation the AG has earned for himself of being "untouchable."  Gohmert was going after Holder over DOJ's refusual to provide documents pertaining to a DOJ case against the Holy Land Foundation, a Texas-based group whose members were convicted and sentenced for funneling money to Hamas.  

“Attorney General, I’ve read in the 5th Circuit opinion, about 9,600 summaries of transcripts of conversations that the Justice Department had that were made available to attorneys for the terrorists,” Gohmert said. “I still do not understand why your department can provide documents to terrorists’ lawyers, and many of them to four out of eight of the terrorists, and not provide them to members of Congress.

“Sir, I’ve read you what your department promised, and it is inadequate, and I realize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general, but it is important that we have proper oversight,” Gohmert said referring to the House’s 2012 vote to hold the AG in contempt for failing to turn over Fast and Furious documents. 

That’s when Holder got his back up.  The AG shot back, “You don’t want to go there, buddy. You don’t want to go there, OK?”  

Holder, most of us will agree, is an arrogant stooge for Obama misdeeds.  He has allowed the Obama hoodlums to trash our Constitution and to run rampant end-runs around our laws, and he has thumbed his nose at any and every attempt to stop him. 

"You don't want to go there?"  Well, screw you,"buddy," we are still free in this country and we have every damned right to go there and if you don't like it, you have the right and the obligation to America to get the hell out of the way.  

Illegitimi non carborundum.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

FBI STORMS HOUSE OF 91 YEAR-OLD MAN

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Here is a third story about oppressive, heavy-handed activities on the part of the government against its citizens.  

Don Miller in Indianapolis has a basement of artifacts he has collected from all over the world on his extensive travels.  It was made mention of on the local TV station, WISH-TV, and almost within hours FBI agents descended on Miller's house.  Since then, they have erected a command center, huge tents and extensive yellow crime scene tape. 

“Over the last several months, an FBI investigation has determined that Mr. Miller may have knowingly and unknowingly collected artifacts, relics and objects of cultural patrimony in violation of several treaties federal and state statutes,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Jones told WISH.  

It seems to me that this operation is another over-kill instance of Nazi-like oppression, the likes of which are ominous signs of things to come, unless we choose to do something about it. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

ATF IN SECRET, ILLEGAL INFORMATION SEARCHES

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Yesterday, I reported on storm troopers and their heavy-handed raids on a Nevada rancher.  Here's another story that should send shivers down your spine.  

Last year, Gun Owners of America warned that ATF agents were going from gun dealer to gun dealer scanning information from Forms 4473 which are completed at the time of a gun purchase and which contain information about the buyer that, under the law, is supposed to remain in the dealer's possession.  The ATF is unconstitutionally terrorizing small gun shop owners and threatening to put them out of business unless they comply.  

Phil Chabot, owner of Pac 'N Arms in Sanford, Maine, says that although gun shops are subjected to routine audits of paperwork and inventory, his most recent audit dragged on for months "and it appeared to be little more than a thinly-veiled attempt to create a registry of my clientele."  

What is happening is a secret, illegal attempt to begin the creation of a national gun registry.  In other words, the government doesn't give a damn what the law says, it will do as it pleases.  

Has the decline and fall of America already occurred? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

and it appeared to be little more than a thinly-veiled attempt to create a registry of my clientele."
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/atf-agent-attempts-illegally-scan-forms-pac-n-arms-multiple-times-threatens-owner-license-revocation/#E4F0HSgCrArvzY6A.99

We've seen, in recent weeks, how this unconstitutional agency is illegally terrorizing small business owners, such as Ares Armor, and raiding their establishments to gather information on their customers, in what many people believe is part of the plan to create a national gun registry database.
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/atf-agent-attempts-illegally-scan-forms-pac-n-arms-multiple-times-threatens-owner-license-revocation/#E4F0HSgCrArvzY6A.99

We've seen, in recent weeks, how this unconstitutional agency is illegally terrorizing small business owners, such as Ares Armor, and raiding their establishments to gather information on their customers, in what many people believe is part of the plan to create a national gun registry database.
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/atf-agent-attempts-illegally-scan-forms-pac-n-arms-multiple-times-threatens-owner-license-revocation/#E4F0HSgCrArvzY6A.99

We've seen, in recent weeks, how this unconstitutional agency is illegally terrorizing small business owners, such as Ares Armor, and raiding their establishments to gather information on their customers, in what many people believe is part of the plan to create a national gun registry database.
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/atf-agent-attempts-illegally-scan-forms-pac-n-arms-multiple-times-threatens-owner-license-revocation/#E4F0HSgCrArvzY6A.99

We’ve seen, in recent weeks, how this unconstitutional agency is illegally terrorizing small business owners, such as Ares Armor, and raiding their establishments to gather information on their customers, in what many people believe is part of the plan to create a national gun registry database.

Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/04/atf-agent-attempts-illegally-scan-gun-owner-forms-pac-n-arms-multiple-times-threatens-revoke-dealers-license/#0GxQXVSkYUOxFOcr.99

We’ve seen, in recent weeks, how this unconstitutional agency is illegally terrorizing small business owners, such as Ares Armor, and raiding their establishments to gather information on their customers, in what many people believe is part of the plan to create a national gun registry database.

Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/04/atf-agent-attempts-illegally-scan-gun-owner-forms-pac-n-arms-multiple-times-threatens-revoke-dealers-license/#0GxQXVSkYUOxFOcr.99

We’ve seen, in recent weeks, how this unconstitutional agency is illegally terrorizing small business owners, such as Ares Armor, and raiding their establishments to gather information on their customers, in what many people believe is part of the plan to create a national gun registry database.

Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/04/atf-agent-attempts-illegally-scan-gun-owner-forms-pac-n-arms-multiple-times-threatens-revoke-dealers-license/#0GxQXVSkYUOxFOcr.99