THE CORRUPT PRESS

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This will be a short post, but to the point. 

Our forefathers envisioned that freedom of the press would guarantee oversight of the government and proper reporting to the populace of any wrong doing.  

THIS press and media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Obama regime and is using its inherent power to subvert the Constitution and government of the United States of America. 

Period, no holds barred.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

IRAQ IN THE SHITTER

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The stories about Iraq all lead to the same conclusion; we need to stay out and remain neutral and let the Kurds, the Shiites and the Sunnis fight it out for themselves.  Otherwise, they say, whoever is Iraq's leader must be responsible for forming a neutral government that gives due influence to all three factions.  

On the face of it, that sounds like good advice.  

But, there's a big, big problem: ISIS.  Within the last few days, ISIS has consolidated its holdings and added immensely to its strength; former Hussein elite guards from the Baath Party have joined ISIS, as have large numbers of Al Qaeda.  Even if Al-Mulaki cobbles together some miraculous new political structure, ISIS is not one of the parties involved.  So, ISIS will continue its attacks on Iraqi cities including Baghdad; the probability grows that Iraq is going down and that ISIS will end up in charge.   

We can stay out of it, and that is the prevailing American inclination.  But, we're looking at the emergence of the first totally terrorist state in world history.  Their next immediate target is likely to be Jordan, since Jordan borders Iraq and is a U.S. ally.  Obama is widely perceived  to be weak enough to allow that to happen.  And for those who think ISIS will contain itself within Iraq, be advised that they have already been responsible for attacks in Lebanon.  

Unfortunately, we have a President who either does not understand the ramifications of what is going on in the Middle East or who simply does not care. My prediction is that without a drastic change of course, the next terrorist attack against the United States is just around the corner. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

BOEHNER: "BIG LAWSUIT" HEADING OBAMA'S WAY?

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Although Barack Hussein Obama has been ruling Washington with an iron fist, House Speaker John Boehner was impudent enough yesterday to suggest that he may file a gigantic lawsuit against the President for abusing his powers through his flagrant uses of Executive Orders, thereby circumventing the Constitution and the Congress. The lawsuit could set up a significant test of constitutional checks and balances, with the legislative branch suing the executive branch for ignoring its mandates, and the judiciary branch deciding the outcome.  

It's short of impeachment proceedings and not likely to reach the Supreme Court until long after Obama leaves office, but then again... isn't Washington just one big game of smoke and mirrors anyway? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHAT ABOUT TAHMOORESSI?

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I think we would gladly trade 12 million illegal Mexicans for one Marine held in a Mexican jail.  But it appears that Obama would rather trade five Taliban top terrorists for one deserter. 

Obama can't even deal with Mexico, let alone with the rest of the world.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE WORSE THAN V.A.

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I definitely do not want to take anything away from the horrible situation existing at V.A. clinics across the country.  I've said many times that what we see at the V.A. is what we are likely to see in this nation under ObamaCare, and most knowledgeable people agree with me. 

There is another national health care tragedy that has existed in the country for decades: it's on our Native American reservations.  IHS clinics and hospitals have historically been underfunded, making it difficult to attract and retain qualified physicians and providers and leaving many clinics with only basic services for emergency situations at the ends of their fiscal years.  Patients are getting little preventative medicine; in many cases, they can't get a physical exam unless they are already sick.  

The IHS budgets are not increased to keep pace with the rising costs of pharmaceuticals.  Dental care is abysmal.  Adequate vision care is sporadic.  Patients requiring major surgery must often travel hundreds of miles to an IHS Medical Center and it is not unusual for the patient to lack adequate transportation funds.  The ability to see specialists is doled out only as dwindling funds allow.  

The average Native American lives 20 to 30 years less than American non-Natives. 

The sad part of the story is that I've just glossed over the problems.  I can't do the situation justice in this space.  But, we Americans should be just as upset over this issue as we are about the V.A. situation.  I'd love to see FOX NEWS tackle a journalistic investigation into this travesty. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE

We've had lies, deceit and spins. This administration has turned the art of obfuscation into a science. 

It's graduated into destruction of evidence.  "It just so happens that the computers of six different top level I.R.S. employees, plus the computer of star non-witness Lois Lerner, crashed and all of those Emails you wanted between 2009 and 2011... vanished.  And, by the way, we have no backups.  So what?  What are you going to do about it?  So there.  Up yours."  

The fox is clearly in charge of the chicken coop. The chicken coop is in charge of your healthcare information.  The chicken coop is also in charge of the collection of your taxes. 

What are YOU going to do about it?  Nothing?  Are you going to let your Congressional delegation do nothing about it except deliver lip service? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS NOW NILL; WE'RE AT SEVERE RISK

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The fact is that we are more at risk from a national security standpoint right now than we have been at any time since September 10, 2001.  The terrorists in the Middle East are just as many and well-trained as they were on that date.  At the same time, our southern border is more porous than it has ever been; I assert that it is easier for an Al Qaeda or I.S.I.S. type to get into the U.S. today than it was on 9/10... by far.  

And here we sit with a President in the White House who is either unwilling to, or incapable of protecting us.  Americans, we could easily have a bombing today or tomorrow in New York City, in Los Angeles, in Washington, DC; we are no longer prepared to deal with that frightening, but realistic possibility.  We cannot afford the luxury of sitting on our duffs and pretending everything is okay when it is not.  

We have to remove this President and his cronies from power and we simply cannot wait until 2016 to do it.  The wheels of impeachment must start today; we cannot wait a single moment because, while the border agents are busy changing diapers on illegal immigrant babies, very dangerous terrorists have an undefended, wide-open border beckoning them.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully and urgently submitted. 

OBAMA IS PORNOGRAPHIC

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The word floating around the country these days is that Obama sucks big time.  

• He can't get veterans timely and decent health care.  
• He can't explain Benghazi.
• He won't explain Fast & Furious.
• He actively participated in the I.R.S targeting, (show me emails that prove otherwise)
• He couldn't live up to his word on Syria.  
• He lied about ObamaCare.
• He spies on Americans. 
• He can't control our borders. 
• He can't deal with Iran's or North Korea's nuclear program.  
• He can't deal with Iraq.  
• He can't talk to us without a teleprompter. 
• He suffers from a God complex. 
• He doesn't know shit from Shinola until he reads about it in the newspaper.  

Obama has no socially redeeming value.  Therefore, he must be pornographic. 


That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MISSING I.R.S. EMAIL SCANDAL BREAKS WIDE OPEN

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It turns out that emails from I.R.S. employees other than Lois Lerner have also mysteriously "gone missing." 

Oh my, the I.R.S. must have been the victim of one helluva lot of computer glitches.  You'd think they were hooked up with the ObamaCare computer, wouldn't you?  And isn't it amazing... flatly amazing... that the missing emails just happen to be emails that Congress wanted to see?  

Oh... I forgot to mention that they've also been recycling backup tapes as well, which is why they don't have backup copies.  Hmmm... I wonder what the real purpose of a backup tape is, then?  Doesn't this all kind of smell like Eau d' Toilette.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

SUPREME COURT GUN RULING SOUNDS GOOD, BUT IS NOT

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor yesterday by a 5-4 vote of Ohio's ban on being able to purchase a gun for someone else, even if they are legally entitled to own a gun.  

On the surface, it sounds good; my initial reaction was that it would further close the ability of those with mental issues to buy guns.  But, here's the problem:  I want to buy my dad a hunting rifle, one he's always cherished, as a Christmas gift.  Or, I bought this pistol last year and after using it, I've decided it's too heavy for me and I want to give it to my son.  

Now, I suppose I could take the gun to a gun dealer and have him fill out paperwork for the transfer from me to my dad or son, but that is not made clear.  In California, they are trying to prevent me from doing that.  In other words, they are trying to force me to take my guns to the grave with me.  

I'm inclined to think the law was not well-thought-out and that the decision, therefore, is flawed.  But, I agree with the principle.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

CLUCK, CLUCK... SHUCK AND DUCK

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Some day, Obama is going to have to learn how to face problems and deal with them. As it is, every time someone or some thing turns up the heat, Obama leaves Washington.  He seems to be in the habit of procrastinating until he's literally forced to decide and then he inevitably fumbles the ball.  

When it comes to terrorism, Al Qaeda, Taliban and I.S.I.S., he's eventually going to have to face the stark reality that those butchering marauders in Iraq right now have every intention of lining all of us up and doing the same thing right here, on the streets of San Francisco and the halls of Yale.  

Shucking and ducking and clucking like a chicken sends the wrong message.  It tells the enemy that we are weak people who chose weak leaders.  Obama has to learn that burying our collective heads in the sand will not make problems go away.  Perhaps, since he climbed out from underneath a rock,  that's the only game he knows.   

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

IRAQ: FURTHER ANALYSIS

I stand by what I said yesterday.  

What I've heard the President say is that he might send in some drones or bombing attacks and there will be no troops on the ground.  He wants Iraq to come to the plate and start defending themselves; the mass defections from the Iraqi military have to stop.  And, I've heard a whole bunch of double-talk and spin about the reasons for what is happening. 

Now then, I pointed out there are two options: (1) stay out, or (2) go in and give them every thing we have, win the war and secure the country.  I suggest that there be no in-between solution or attempt; if we have to go to war, go to win.  I stand by that opinion. 

If we go for a partial "solution," we're never going to see the end to this problem in Iraq or anywhere else in the Middle East. We must deal those factions from an absolute position of power, or not deal at all.  If we choose not to get involved, we must understand that our homeland security risks are going to go sky high.  

This problem is so convoluted that it would take forever to explain it; it involves Iran, Syria, Shiites, Shia and centuries of war.  If it were my decision to make right now, I'd go in, win convincingly, and occupy the country for 20 or 30 years.  If we put our minds to it, we could have it all over and done with within 30 days and we'd have control of their oil fields and government.  We'd also send a clear message to the rest of those who would attack this country that we're not putting up with any guff. 

If we're not willing to do that, we need to stay home entirely and seriously build up our armed forces and homeland security, firmly close our borders and isolate ourselves.  

As for what our illustrious President is doing, he's left Washington for a weekend golf and campaign get away to California... so Iraq is obviously not that important to him.  That makes his record perfect: every time there's been a serious crisis, he's managed to leave town.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD

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First off, let me suggest that leaving a paltry 10,000 troops in Afghanistan with the Taliban and Al Qaeda now on the march to gain total control of Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and probably Pakistan is a dumb move.  Yes, Mr. President, you've got the decimated, fractionalized impotent Al Qaeda and Taliban on the run all right... on the run to a complete victory.   And, yes they have been emboldened by your blind stupidity in the Taliban-Deserter swap.  That means that even as many as 10,000 of our troops left in Afghanistan are severely at risk.  You need to get them all out, and now is the time... unless you're willing to go back in there and finish the job that Bush started.  

That is a key question.  Obviously you think that trading one deserter for five Taliban terrorists is a fair trade.  Letting the lives of 4,500 dead American soldiers go down the drain may well be an acceptable price in your mind for us to pay in order for you to keep your precious Nobel Peace Prize.   

I've heard the argument: why don't we stay the hell out of there and let the Muslims and Shiites, Taliban and Al Qaeda fight each other to the death, then we won't have to worry about them anymore.  Frankly, if you will remember, that's kind of blaze' attitude we had leading into 9/11.  History teaches us that Hitler did not stop at Poland and Putin will not stop in the Ukraine.  Therefore, we must understand that Al Qaeda, I.S.I.S. and the Taliban will not stop with Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, Libya, Yemen, Qatar... Egypt or Israel, even if they decimate themselves in the process. 

Now, I'm not a war hawk.  I am of the opinion, however, that staying out of the Middle East will ultimately be more dangerous than going in and cleaning it up once and for all.  I don't understand how we can continually lose wars... Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan... and expect to remain safe in our own little cocoons here in the United States.  We're already allowing the illegal Mexicans to take over our country and we're not even firing a shot!  

What, Mr.President, do you intend to do if that missing 737 comes barreling in and nukes New York City?  Are you going to get a tee time at Pebble Beach? 

We're at serious risk.  Every single piece of national security put in place since 9/11 has been demolished.  The N.S.A. is so busy watching us, they'll never be able to catch a terrorist.  

It's the end of the road.  It's decision time.  It's do... or die, and putting a band-aid on it and pretending everything is going to be okay is tantamount to drawing another one of those ridiculous "red lines."   

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

ERIC CANTOR: WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

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While the pundits and the House Republicans scramble to understand the meaning in Eric Cantor's primary defeat, there are those of us understand the message fully well:  He asked for it. 

We're sick and tired of the ragged and time-worn "business as usual" attitude of Congress as a whole, the flippant attitude of the Republican hierarchy toward the will of its members and the refusal of the GOB-GOP network to make peace with and assimilate Tea Party and conservative ideals into the party agenda.  For example, in the face of firm Republican membership resistance to wholesale amnesty for illegals, Cantor came out and inexplicably endorsed it.  

And for those of you high and mighty know-it-all establishment Republicans left in the halls of Congress, you're no better than the left-wing Democrats who are sending this country down the sewer; you're not part of the solution, so you must be part of the problem and you, too, are in our cross-hairs.  If you're not willing to jump on the bandwagon of patriotism and Americanism... get out of the way or you're going to get run over.  If we can get Cantor, we can get you.  

We owe this time and moment to those who came before us.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

YET ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING; 74 & COUNTING

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The 74th school shooting since the Newtown, Connecticut massacre has taken place, this one at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon, a suburb of  Portland.  Both the shooter and one student are dead. 

This gun-owning Life Member of the NRA agrees: something has to be done about it.  Gun control is not the answer; in locales where there is strict gun control or guns are outlawed, violent crime rates are significantly higher.  I think putting cops in schools was a logical step, but let's face it: if someone is hell-bent on shooting or stabbing someone else, they'll find a way around the cops, the metal detectors and any other physical barrier we install.  

We simply must get at the root of the problem: Is it too much violence on TV and video games; is it single-parent homes; is it some internal need for love and recognition; is it drug-induced; is it a lack of religious, moral and ethical up-bringing; or is it some combination of these?  There's been a whole lot of lip-service paid to the issue by the Obama regime, virtually all of which has been directed at increased gun control.  But, there's no evidence whatsoever that any one of these measures would have or could have prevented these shootings. 

To my knowledge, there's no credible, comprehensive study of the issue, although two years have passed since Newtown.  Why not?  Could it be that Obama wants the shootings to escalate so he has an excuse for gun control?   When you look at the VA disaster and the lack of action there over years of passive oversight, it compares to the lack of studies and understanding of the real issues associated with these shootings... and there has to be a reason for that, too.  

One thing I do know, and I understand that the Internet is going to be burning up with hate mail to me when I say it but, it's a fact: This horrible surge in stabbings and shootings has all occurred during Obama's time in office.  Period.  

Let that soak in over the morning coffee. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHY

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Everyone is asking, "Why did Obama trade five top Taliban prisoners for one deserter," especially since there are surfacing allegations that a substantial cash ransom was paid as well? 

There is one credible theory making the circuit: Obama desperately needed to switch the national focus from Benghazi and the V.A. scandals and he thought, (incorrectly), that the nation would see it as a positive development.  But, is that the only possibility?

Remember back when the Benghazi Massacre first occurred and there was a credible theory that Obama had arranged with terrorists to conduct a "phony" attack on the Benghazi Consulate, kidnap the Ambassador and then exchange the Ambassador for Khalid Sheik Mohamed?  The working theory is that there would be no resistance... no Marines on the ground to defend the Consulate.  Indeed, the Administration had ignored pleas from Ambassador Stephens and others for increased security and denied requests for assistance as the attack was occurring.  In fact, there are statements to the effect that the three defenders who also lost their lives there had been told to "stand down."  But, they did resist and the attackers were not expecting that; they may have seen it as a trap, which led to the horrible way in which the Ambassador was killed.  

Suppose that this exchange of Bergdahl for the five Taliban was meant to serve as appeasement on the part of the White House, a sort of "peace offering?"  That possibility would certainly explain both the Benghazi cover up and the current frenzy to contain the furor over the switch, wouldn't it?  

One other thought in passing:  Why was the Bergdahl family allowed access to top military officials regarding the ongoing status of their son while the families of those killed in Benghazi were totally shut out?  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.     

THE BLOOD OF 9/11 IS ON HIS HANDS

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It is with great sadness that I look upon what we have allowed our nation to become.  Although the lives of countless thousands of people were taken by their heinous acts, our President has released five top Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo against the will of the Congress, of the military, of top national advisers and of the American people.  He has adamantly said he will apologize to no one. 

It is as if he had the blood of 9/11 upon his hands. 

Congress simply must act.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

"HONOR AND DISTINCTION"

National Security Adviser Susan Rice, in attempting to justify Obama's exchange of Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl for five top Taliban terrorists, again went to Sunday news talk shows and attempted to paint Bergdahl as being far more than what he is, even a military hero, by saying he had served his country "with honor and distinction."  This brought a firestorm of anger, particularly among veterans. 

Obama's White House can't come to grips with the uproar from America; they have no clue.  

She didn't use those words about any of those who died trying to locate the deserter after he left his post.  She didn't mention those words about any the the military members who lost their lives at the hands of the Taliban.  She didn't mention any of those words about the veterans who are being forced to wait for service at V.A. hospitals and clinics around the country.  She didn't mention any of those words about Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry who lost his life at the hands of a Fast & Furious gun.  She didn't mention those words about any of the four valiant defenders at Benghazi.  

She only mentioned them about a deserter.  

You'd think there was again a video to blame; another story, another fabrication, another insult to the American intellect; another oppressive boot trying to grind the real "honor and distinction" of real American heroes into the dirt. 

Is there no end to their disgraceful and shameful conduct?  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

"I'M NOT APOLOGIZING TO ANYONE"

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Thank you, Mr. President, you arrogant bastard. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA IS A TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER?

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That's one helluva headline, isn't it?  

The Muslim Brother hood has been making visits to the White House on a regular basis for several years.   The White House confirmed to THE BLAZE in February that a Muslim Brotherhood lobbyist met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House in late January, but deferred to the Iraqi government as to why the lobbyist was part of a meeting with an Iraqi delegation.  WND reported last month that an email released regarding the Benghazi Massacre included in distribution a figure with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Medhi Alhassani, who shares a similar background with Huma Abedin, the longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, reported former PLO-member and Arabic-speaking researcher Walid Shoebat; it suggests a Muslim request to list the infamous video as being responsible for the Benghazi attack. 

Obama has made several attempts to free supreme terrorist Khalid Sheik Mohammed from Guantanamo.  He also attempted to remove the Sheik from a trial by military tribunal and to bring him to New York for trial in a civilian court.   There was a suggestion that Benghazi was prearranged with the Administration, and the game plan was for the terrorists to seize and kidnap Ambassador Stephens and then to demand the release of the Shiek in a prisoner exchange; Obama guaranteed no resistance at the Consulate, but the plan went astray when others stationed at Benghazi put up a fierce fight.  The resistance caught the "attackers" by surprise, angered them and led to the deaths of the four Americans, which allegedly explains the reason for the cover up.  

In looking for a way to deflect the House Select Committee investigation into the Benghazi Massacre, other House hearings into the IRS targeting scandal and the delayed V.A. treatment of veterans, Obama may have seized the opportunity to trade Bowe Bergdahl for the five terrorists.  He did meet in secret with Hillary Clinton at the White House last week; Clinton also has a vested interest in sidetracking any investigation into the Benghazi Massacre as she wishes to clear the way for a Presidential campaign.  It is likely that the Bergdahl-Guantanamo deal had been percolating for several weeks, that Clinton concurred such a deal may accomplish the goals of deflection, and that Obama decided to grasp the opportunity to release five top terrorists in order to gain favor with the Muslim Brotherhood.  

One thing is certain: the release of the five terrorists directly aids and abets the Taliban and other terrorist organizations who have been declared enemies of the United States.  I do believe that to be treasonous and impeachable.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

Pardon my rant from yesterday; I'm obviously livid.  
 

STATE DEPARTMENT CALLS BERGDAHL WITNESSES "LIARS"

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Wouldn't you be interested in knowing how many American lives were lost due to actions of those five terrorists Obama just freed?  How many military lives were lost trying to locate, capture and transport these five pieces of scum to Guantanamo?

We already know of at least one death which can be attributed to the search for Bowe Bergdahl; he stepped on an I.E.D.  There may be six.  We now have a third-rate State Department bimbo flunky stepping forward to call soldiers who were at the front lines when Bergdahl disappeared "liars" for claiming Bergdahl deserted.  

From an American Veteran... Piss on this President and his fascist anti-American pigs who have seized control of our country.  Piss on them. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

VETERANS GET THE ROYAL SHAFT

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Here's the news of the day: 

• Regardless of the fact that the Inspector General provided sufficient information about the Phoenix V.A. to justify pushing Shinseki out the door, they're going to have more hearings before they decide what, if anything, to do about the V.A. Hospital problems.  

• We just arranged to trade five top Taliban terrorists for one American POW who is accused of deserting his post, leaving his base and falling into the hands of his captors:  A deserter.  

• UCLA is giving top speaking billing to Jane Fonda, the actress who in 1972 traveled to Viet Nam, met with the enemy and called American soldiers "war criminals." 

So, what's next?  Maybe they'll tear out Arlington National Cemetery and replace it with a Muslim Mosque.  

You're damned right I'm upset.  I'm an American veteran.  I'm flat PISSED OFF.  

 That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OUR NATIONAL PARADOX

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When I was a lad, back in 100 BC... "back in the day"... the family would get together around the radio every night at 5:00 PM to listen to the evening news.  It was Edward R. Murrow, or Lowell Thomas or Walter Cronkite, and they had the news.  It was thirty minutes of the straight skinny on what the haps were at the time, follow by discourse between my parents with their opinions and what the news portended.  We young ones were allowed to join in the conversation as it wore on.  Through this process, of course, we became good citizens; these were subjects likely to be discussed in a school Civics or American History class the next day.  We would then sit down as a family unit to dinner where the conversation might continue. 

Now, I know you might think I'm blowing smoke, but I'm not.  

Today, it's different.  It's become a paradox: We're too busy with life to pay attention to the news about our government and yet, the number one concern we all have in our lives is government. 

The half-hour national news followed by 30 minutes of local and state news, sports and weather is gone.  What this time period has morphed in to is an entertainment and opinion hour with talking heads and screaming matches.  We're no longer the family unit engrossed in watching or hearing the events of the day; it's a rare occasion when we all sit down to eat together and when we do, we're all too involved in texting to pay any attention whatsoever to what someone else might think.  It's a day and age where, with all of this communications technology we have, we don't really communicate... a time when we could literally go to war and half the country wouldn't know about it for a week.  

We need to reorder our lives, restructure our routines and get our real priorities straight.  If our government really is our main concern, we need to put down the damned cell phone and discover for ourselves what is really going on in our government.  While we're at it, we might just look in Wikipedia to find out what a Senator and a Representative is and, if it's not too much to ask, why our government is so dysfunctional.  

Oh... as a matter of information and edification, Harry Truman is no longer President of the United States.  Please pass the mustard. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION submitted. 

WHY THE V.A. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED

Yes, Obama did say when he was running for the Presidency that there was a big problem with V.A. medical care and that he pledged to fix it if elected President.  So, why didn't he? 

Shortly after his inauguration, Obama proposed that veterans pay for their own medical care and buy their own medical insurance, and that the V.A. should be the payer of last resort.  That caused outrage from the VFW, American Legion and other veterans organizations.  Obama had to back off.  

I've said before that Obama wants his own way and, if he doesn't get it, he gets even; someone always pays a price.  I also said that the fact that the V.A. was not repaired appeared to me to be deliberate, but I couldn't figure out why.  Now it becomes clear: that was his way of getting even.  

He removed any concern with the V.A. problem from his agenda.   There was no longer any sense of urgency, any commitment to get the job done. 

Doesn't that make sense?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION respectfully submitted. 

DO YOU SUFFER FROM IMPOTENCY?

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Here we sit, impotent.  Here we sit, jawboning about the fact that we have an American Marine sitting in a filthy Mexican jail, subjected to beatings and God knows what else... and that's it.  That's all we're going to do is... jawbone.  Wring our hands.  Please pass the buns.   

Sleep well, tonight.  Who really cares whether or not HE sleeps well?  I mean, what's the rush in getting him back, anyway; he can't get any medical treatment at the V.A. for a few months.  Maybe... perhaps Obama could intervene and see if Shinseki might be able to give the guy a line pass when... and if... he does come back.  Yawn. 

Okay, now I need the butter and... WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE CHANGE THIS FRICKIN' CHANNEL? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

AMERICANS ARE THE PROBLEM

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You've heard the old saying: "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."  Well, folks, we do have a problem and the problem is you.  The problem is you, because you have not been part of the solution. 

Think about it: You are the one who is responsible for those American vets who died waiting for medical treatment.  You are the one who is responsible for the fact that we do not have answers on Fast & Furious, for the fact that our Attorney General was held in Contempt of Congress and never called to task over it, for the I.R.S. targeting, for the N.S.A. domestic spying, for the failure of our press and media to tell us the news like it really is instead of how they want us to hear it... you are the ones responsible for those four deaths in Benghazi and the countless number of veterans who have died because they didn't get treatment. 

Why is that?  Why is it your responsibility? 

This government is yours.  It belongs to the people.  If you refuse... refuse... to exercise your duty and responsibility as an American citizen by holding Congress and the President accountable for their deeds or lack of them, then you are responsible for what goes wrong.  It's just that simple.  

You don't like the way the government is being run?  You're the government.  You have the tools to correct the problem.  You have a phone?  You have Email?  You have a FAX?  You have a piece of paper, an envelope and a postage stamp? 

Send your Senators and Representatives a message.  Tell them you're angry as hell about all of this.  Ask them when they're going to fix it.  Tell them to cut the bullshit speeches and political posturing and fix the damn problems.  If they hear from enough of us, they will get the problems fixed.  Don't put this simple task off until after dinner or after the video game... do it now.  

When you go to bed tonight, how will you be able to sleep if one more veteran dies because he or she did not get treatment... because you didn't act? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

I AGREE: THIS PRESIDENT IS THE WRONG COLOR

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Senator Jay Rockefeller came out last week and said the problem with Americans is that they think Obama is the wrong color.  

Well, Senator, I'm sure citizens of West Virginia are glad to see you are retiring, probably because there's no one left in West Virginia who would vote for you.  That having been said, I have to admit that you're absolutely correct. 

Where I come from, after my ancestors were all here in the 1600's and after they all worked their collective buns off to create this country and to establish our government and invent what was once the greatest country in the world until assholes like you came along, is that Presidents of this country have traditionally been red, white and blue true-blooded Americans who did everything possible in every moment, in every instance to build this nation and keep it strong.  

Yes, sir.  Obama is the wrong color.  He's fascist red. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MORE B..S. ~ HOLDER TO "INVESTIGATE" V.A.?

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The Democrats are at it again.  Eric Holder has been assigned to investigate Fast & Furious and that's now in the Court system because he refused to turn over documents or answer a House Subpoena.  He was held in Contempt of Congress for that and logically should be removed from office.  

The Department of Justice was secretly, and illegally, monitoring members of the Associated Press and FOX NEWS, trying to figure out where they were getting the  information for their stories so they could put a stop to it.  That scandal "investigation" is now at a dead end.

I.R.S. targeting scandal?  Assigned to Holder to "investigate," it went nowhere.  Benghazi Massacre?  N.S.A. monitoring?  All of them were given to Holder to "investigate" and we have delay, cover-up, failure to investigate... you name it. 

So now the Dems want Holder to "investigate" the V.A. Medical scandal.  

Ladies and gentlemen: IF THIS ISN'T TYRANNY, WHAT IS?  
Why should be be putting up with this B.S.?  Lives are being lost, right now!  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

A NOT-SO-HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

How many of these were on "wait lists?"

A NOT SO HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

IN AMERICAN HISTORY

V.A. SPEECH: OBAMA COMES UP SHORT...AGAIN

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It was a familiar speech, heard many times in the past as scandal after scandal after scandal has erupted from this wayward Administration: "We'll investigate it."  There were no apologies, no promises to fix it, no deadlines for action.  

In the meanwhile, lives continue to be lost as the delays continue to exist.

What about those whose names were on external lists not in the computer?  They don't know that; they don't know that their names have now been shredded; they don't know that they need to call the V.A. back for an appointment.  And WE don't know if there is really any sense of urgency or not.  

All we do know about Obama's intentions are what he said today: "I've done a great job in working with veterans and their families and blahhhh, blah, blah, blah."  He neglected to discuss his prior insistence, back in 2009, that veterans pay for their own medical care.  He failed to address the fact that he and his Administration have been aware of these problems since before they took office and have not responded.  

"If these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and I will not tolerate it, period."  Period as in ObamaCare "period?"  Period as in "If you want to keep your plan, you can keep it?  If you want to keep your doctor, you can keep him... period?"

If Shinseki is so great, as everyone claims he is, why hasn't he either resolved the issue or taken it to Congress?  It seems to me that, since they knew about the problem back in 2008 and have not done anything yet to fix it, that the failure to fix it is deliberate on the part of both Shinseki and the President.  

This is criminal negligence resulting in the deaths of American veterans.  And still no orders to stop it?  No overtime to reduce the backlog?  No reviews by efficiency experts to really get to the bottom of it?  Just another, "We're gonna investigate it?"  Just more lip service?


If I can contain myself and be polite about it, as an American veteran I will say:  "This is bullshit.  Pure, unadulterated bullshit.  Period."

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU

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Do you think you, as a parent, should have a right to see what information your school system has regarding your children? Think again.  

John Eppolito from Lake Tahoe got a  real surprise when he tried to find out what information the school district was keeping on his four children.  They at first told him they could not produce the information, but finally relented and told him it would cost him over $10,000 to find out.  Eppolito is concerned about the Common Core education program and is trying to find out what information is maintained by the school system.  

Eppolito wonders why the state is collecting data that parents can't even view.  “This data is for everyone except the parents," Eppolito said. "It’s wrong.”  

Well, John, I hate to tell you this, but N.S.A., the F.B.I. and the D.O.J. won't tell you what information they have on you, either.  You see, if you find out what they know about you, then how can they use that information against you if they want to control what you say and do? 

Is this what you voted for when you voted for Obama?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

V.A.: TOO BIG TO FIX?

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It oozed out like a bad case of E.P.A. prohibited cow flatulence yesterday that the problems at the V.A. Hospitals have been ongoing since at least 2001.  Some pundits, sympathetic to the Obama Administration, tried to say the problem was therefore not Obama's, but that it was Bush's.  Well, it may have originated during the Bush Administration, or even the Clinton Administration, but here's another fact that "oozed out" yesterday: Bush Administration officials warned Obama Administration officials that the problem existed during the transition back in 2008/2009 and the Obama Administration chose to ignore it.  That, my friends, is a deliberate dereliction of duty to American vets.  

You can measure the costs in tens of millions of dollars in V.A. settlements, but here are the real costs:

• 1,100 deaths due to delayed treatment since 2001

• 867 documented malpractice settlements

In the face of these facts, the new story coming out of the Administration is that yes, they did know about the problem, but that it was "too big to fix."  How do you reconcile that statement with the "too big to fail" excuse for bank bailouts in 2009?  How can the V.A. problem be "too big to fix?"  

WHAT ARROGANCE!!!  1,100 deaths of American vets?  This is beyond the pale.  It is criminal negligence resulting in death. 


I vote with California Representative Doug LaMalfa on this, even more so.  I say we should close V.A. hospitals... get rid of them completely.  Give every qualified vet a special health identification card and allow the vet to go to a doctor and hospital of his choice; let the V.A. then pay the bill.  Not only will that fix the problem, but it will save millions of dollars in administrative and operating costs as well as saving lives of our American vets. 

No, the problem is not too big to fix and I don't want to hear this frickin' excuse when ObamaCare resorts to the same delaying tactics, deaths and malpractice lawsuits. As much as I hate to say it, I do agree with Senator John McCain in this instance: Someone needs to go to jail... someone in the White House. 

I'm madder than hell.  It's now time to get even.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MEANWHILE, BACK TO FAST & FURIOUS

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Lost in the flurry of I.R.S. emails, Benghazi committees and the V.A. scandal was the news last week that the U.S. District Judge overseeing the federal lawsuit regarding the claim of Executive Privilege over Fast & Furious documents believes the claim is valid. But, she hasn't ruled yet.  

You may recall that Congress was after documents regarding the botched Fast & Furious gun-running scandal down in Texas and Attorney General Eric Holder was refusing to pony them up.  Congress was rightfully concerned that the program might have originated with Holder or even higher up the ladder; the belief was, and still is in many quarters, that the Administration came up with the idea of having border gun shops sell illegal weapons to Mexicans so that they could be "caught" and used as a reason to close down gun shops across the U.S. 

The House did not appreciate Holder's refusal to cooperate, so they held him in Contempt of Congress.  This means that Holder could have been impeached and removed from office and the documents would have to be released, but Obama interjected and exerted "Executive Privilege," meaning they didn't have to turn the documents over if they didn't want to.  Congress sued and that's where we're at.  

Judge Amy Berman Jackson has indicated she believes that the Executive Privilege claim is legitimate and can be used by Obama even though the entire BATF operation was within Holder's department.  Now comes the question: Will the Congressional subpoena for the documents over rule the claim of Executive Privilege?  

Stay tuned as the drama mounts and she is expected to make a decision soon.  

Illegitimi non carborundum.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

ANOTHER FEDERAL LAND DISPUTE

It seems that the Federal agencies are bound and detrmined to undermine anything and everything to do with ranching and farming in the country.  The E.P.A. wants to regulate cow flatulence and impose fines.  The B.L.M. and the U.S.D.A. Forest Service want all vacant land in the country to be theirs and all farmers and ranchers to dry up and blow away.  

The latest tiff is in Otero County, New Mexico where cattle are dying due to thirst, while the Forest Service has fenced off a spring claiming that the meadow jumping mouse is in danger.  The sheriff, to his credit, ordered deputies to open up the fence and allow cattle to get water. “We are reacting to the infringement of the U.S. Forest Service on the water rights of our land-allotment owners,” Otero County Commissioner Tommie Herrell says.  “People have been grazing there since 1956.”  

“The winds are blowing, we’re in a drought. Sacramento Mountains are dry. So whatever water sources these animals can find, they have to be able to get to it,” fellow commissioner Susan Flores echoes.  

At least they've been talking and the Forest Service says they don't see things escalating into another B.L.M. ~ Cliven Bundy confrontation.  Well, I'd bet 1,000 meadow jumping mice that there WOULD have been a confrontation if the B.L.M. ~ Bundy thing had not preceded the current standoff.  

Our government is running roughshod over the country, with agencies and departments that lie, coverup, obfuscate, over-regulate and oppress resistance.  Americans need to start doing right now what I have been diligently doing for over five years... speaking out to their friends and neighbors through blogs, social media, text messages and even, (gasp) face-to-face.  We need to stop this radicalization of our country and we need to do it in November through sending a clear message to Washington that we've had enough, by turning a whole bunkhouse full of culprits out of office.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MORE PROBLEMS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE

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Just when you think that U.S. foreign relations could not possibly be in worse shape, a new dump truck full of trouble comes around the corner.  With the U.S. suddenly no longer interested in being a major power, there is a power vacuum.  The laws of physics will tell you that when a vacuum exists, something always tries to fill it; in this case, there is a budding relationship in Chinese and Russian relations as they jointly seek to fill that power vacuum.  

Relations between the countries went sour back in 1954, but they are now warming up to each other.  It is entirely possible, at lest in the short term, that the relationship will bud into their joint dominance of the world stage.  Won't that just be a fine kettle of stew? 

In the meanwhile, Obama has America's head planted firmly in the sand. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

ANOTHER BLM FIASCO?

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Recreation enthusiasts in southeastern Utah are ticked off that the BLM has denied access for four-wheelers and others on federal land near Blanding.  The BLM says that the area and ancient, historic Native American sites have been degraded by too much land traffic in recent years.  

Protesters want the BLM to act more quickly on their demands to renew access for their four-wheelers; hiking and horseback riding are currently allowed.  There was an organized and peaceful protest in Blanding, but some of the crowd rode their four-wheelers onto the land anyway; one of those is alleged to be Ryan Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy at the now famous Bundy Ranch.  

According to Fox News, about 30 deputies and a handful of BLM law enforcement personnel observed the protest, organized by San Juan County commissioner Phil Lyman.  BLM has said they consider the general nature of the protest to be peaceful, but still intend to chase down and charge those involved with the illegal entry.  

Based on the facts as presented, I'm going to stand on the side of the BLM this time.  It does not appear to me that this is anything like a phony case of a non-existent desert tortoise decline or a land scheme designed to make some Chinese investors and their American representatives rich.  Instead, it appears to me that the BLM is legitimately trying to preserve historical archaeological sites of Native American origin.  

How would you like it if the Native Americans started wandering through Gettysburg or Arlington on their four-wheelers?  If the facts are indeed as stated, either the State of Utah or the Federal government should turn the land in question into a protected park... or, better yet, put it back in the hands of the Native Americans. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.