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Police: Pilot tried to hit officers with plane at small Georgia airport Read more: http://www.nydai

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:06:55 GMT

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GRIFFIN, Ga. - Police say a pilot tried to hit officers with his plane at a small Georgia airport.

Griffin police investigator Bryan Clanton tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the 48-year-old Gryder was driving his car across the runway at Griffin-Spalding Airport. Officers tried to issue him tickets, but he boarded the small plane without signing.

A Silver Lining to Storms of Sorrow

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:45:54 GMT

clipped by: dl211
clipper's remarks: About 15 years ago, I hitched a ride to a national security briefing in Thomasville, Georgia, with a fellow I had only recently met. He had just retired as an Army officer after Desert Storm, and we were serving in a reserve capacity with a civilian agency. It was a five-hour drive, which gave us time to become well acquainted, and I am grateful for every minute of that trip.

His name is Don Rodgers, and he is one of those people who has never met a stranger.

Good story - click on link to read

Clip Source: patriotpost.us

A Silver Lining to Storms of Sorrow

"I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in the Affairs of Men." --Benjamin Franklin

There are many reasons why I look forward to Veterans Day, one being that it affords me the opportunity to write about Patriots who have sacrificially served our nation, honoring their sacred oaths to support and defend our Constitution.

So, each year at this time, I have the privilege of profiling friends whose conduct and lives are personal inspirations to me.

Adequately portraying the extraordinary service of these individuals within the confines of a single essay -- men like Roger Helle and Roger Ingvalson, the subjects of previous essays -- is difficult.

Responding to modern Marxism

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:53:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Every single Democrat in the current majority, including Barack Obama, swore an oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution. Yet, they absolutely ignore the limitation of power set forth in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. None of the 17 powers enumerated there authorizes the current health-care bills or the cap-and-trade bill, or the bailout, or the stimulus package – all recently passed by the House of Representatives.

When asked by a reporter to identify the constitutional authority for the current health-care bills, Sen. Patrick Leahy said: "We have plenty of authority, why would you say we don't have authority?" Speaker Nancy Pelosi's reply to the same question was: "Are you serious? Are you serious?" Obviously, neither one is "preserving, protecting or defending" the Constitution when they ignore its limitation of congressional power.

Clip Source: www.wnd.com

Responding to modern Marxism

Denial is not that river in Egypt. It seems to be a river that begins in the White House and flows freely through the Democrat Party and the media. The rest of the nation seems to be encouraged by the prospects of reining in the runaway policies Obama's majority is trying to impose.

It is increasingly clear that the battle is no longer between Democrats and Republicans; it is between liberals and conservatives. Since these terms, too, are fuzzy, let's be perfectly clear: The battle is between the people who subscribe to the principles of freedom set forth in our founding documents, and the people who subscribe to the principles of collectivism set forth by Karl Marx.

Tags: marism, obamaism, democratism, too, damn, many, isms

VIOLATION of the 14th Amendment

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:20:54 GMT

clipped by: mountainpalm
clipper's remarks:
Judge Napolitano deems ObamaCare "unconstitutional at its core"

Clip Source: www.americanthinker.com

To Hell with the Constitution?

Much has been made recently of the unconstitutionality of federal health care reform, especially a government-run system (the "public option") that could devolve into a "single-payer" system. The main objection is that the federal government has no authority to operate a health care system. Indeed, the 9th and 10th Amendments forbid it, according to Larrey Anderson of American Thinker.

In The Wall Street Journal, Judge Andrew Napolitano writes that Congress has been getting around such constitutional bans by invoking its Commerce Clause, "the favorite hook on which Congress hangs its hat in order to justify the regulation of anything it wants to control." Perhaps the most outrageous abuse of this tiny clause is the case of Wickard v. Filburn (1942), where the Supreme Court cited the Commerce Clause in denying a man the right to cultivate his own land for the purpose of feeding his family.

Constitution As A Suicide Pact

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:55:41 GMT

clipped by: ColoradoRight
clipper's remarks: Political correctness kills 13 and wounds another 30.

Clip Source: minx.cc

Perhaps the Constitution is a suicide pact after all.

Investigators would have been "crucified" over First Amendment rights if they had launched a full-scale probe into e-mails Fort Hood massacre suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly sent to a radical imam, a government investigator told Fox News.

"Had we launched an investigation of Hasan we'd have been crucified," the investigator said, adding that the communications were shared with the "appropriate chains."

Of course they are right. "Better dead than to offend" after all is practically the motto of the terrorist apologizes on the left and within the government.

Rest assured however there are still some restrictions in place. I mean, imagine if Nadal were Smith and he were email buddies with the leader of the Aryan Nation or the KKK. How fast would our mythical Maj. (or Pvt.) Smith last in the Army?

Their first amendment rights wouldn't even be consider (and rightly so).

Tags: political correctness, rights, constitution, suicide

Jim DeMint Proposes Term Limits For Congress

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:56:49 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Rarely, he gets voted out--and Senator DeMint points out that 90% of all incumbents who seek re-election, win re-election.

Tom Coburn offers greater detail on why incumbents win re-election 90% of the time:

The power of incumbency has created an almost insurmountable advantage for Washington politicians. Incumbency allows politicians to raise millions of dollars in campaign funds in exchange for earmarks. Incumbency gives Congress the power to raise money for itself " Congress just approved itself an increase of nearly $250 million from the U.S. Treasury that members will spend to promote themselves.

Senator Coburn also points out that with redistricting (except for the unlucky Representative who gets drawn out of the House if his State loses one or more seats), a Representative, having good connections with his State legislature, can "choose his voters."

The effect of this amendment would be very simple. Senators would be limited to two terms or fifteen years ....

Clip Source: www.examiner.com

Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) today announced his latest legislative introduction: a Congressional Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution to limit the maximum terms of service of Senators and Representatives.

Senator DeMint has three other Senators co-sponsoring his proposed amendment: Tom Coburn (R-OK), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), and Sam Brownback (R-KS).

Senator DeMint is making this proposal in order to remove from Washington the class of "permanent politicians" that represent their constituents only in name, and have every incentive to self-identify as permanent residents of Washington, DC, and not as permanent residents of their respective States or districts. He has a point. A Representative might possibly be forced out of office because his State lost a district in the Census, and he winds up being the one told to sacrifice his seat. That, of course, cannot happen to a Senator. Either type of member of Congress might be removed from office for misconduct.

Tags: congress, constitution, constitutional amendments, term limits

Bal Thakre

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:15:54 GMT

clipped by: mkrajyana
clipper's remarks: Marathi pride over & above India's Constitution ?
Shivaji Marhata died for India; what his followers are saying ?

Clip Source: www.aol.in

Shiv Sena men would have made 'tandoori' of Azmi: Bal Thackeray

Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has held Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi 'responsible' for Monday's mayhem in the Maharashtra Assembly and said his party men would have made a 'tandoori' or roast of somebody like Azmi for having hurt Marathi pride.

In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray said that though elected from Maharashtra, Azmi took the oath as legislator in Hindi and not Marathi, and therefore he was beaten by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) lawmakers.

Stressing that the Sena was born on the issue of Marathi pride, Thackeray said in the past the Shiv Sena has carried out many such campaigns against the use of Hindi and English in the state legislature, especially by its senior member Diwakar Raote.

Barack "Houdini" Obama

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:38:31 GMT

clipped by: mountainpalm
clipper's remarks: Promises were broken with no apology, the same creative legalese that infested the Bush administration, in the form of John Yoo and Alberto Gonzalez, was again used to deny justice to the inmates of Guantanamo, It was used to justify more torture, more destruction of the Constitution and more illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens

Clip Source: globalresearch.ca

America's Nightmare: The Obama Dystopia

Manipulation, propaganda, imagery & PR wizardry

by Andrew Hughes

After 8 years of the Bush-Cheney nightmare during which we saw the wanton destruction of Afghanistan and Iraq, the cynical negation of centuries of Law designed to protect the most basic human rights and a foreign policy worthy of Genghis Khan, there came along the "Great Black Hope" in the persona of Barack Obama. The collective world consciousness turned uncritically to what was presented as a new era for peace, change and trust in Government.

Never before had one witnessed such an accomplished use of manipulation, propaganda, imagery and public relations wizardry to sell the public a man who was to take the baton from Bush and run with it in the race to destroy the economy, the rights of the people and help birth a nation totally controlled by those who have always lurked in the shadows of power.

Lieberman Refuses to Ignore the Obvious

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:05:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Why was this man *ever* on the ticket with Al Gore???

FTA: "why it is that eight years after 9/11, Hasan’s behavior did not set off alarm bells?"

Complacency and PC. As I've said in other clips, freedom of Religion is a foundational stone of our Constitution. Freedom of Speech is also. However, if it quacks like a duck...it might be a duck and it's those who are in authority who are responsible to discern.

Clip Source: www.commentarymagazine.com

Lieberman Refuses to Ignore the Obvious

Sen. Joe Lieberman distinguishes himself from the maddening mush emanating from elected leaders and the chattering class on the Foot Hood massacre. He states what should be, and I think is to ordinary Americans, obvious: this from all appearances is “the worst terrorist attack since 9/11.” Based on what we know, Lieberman says that Hasan seems to be a “self-radicalized, homegrown terrorist.” Shocking, I know, to tie the murderer’s own words, actions, and behavior to the heinous slaughter of our troops, but there’s precious little of that going on so far. Lieberman therefore proposes a full-blown investigation, citing plenty of evidence that Hasan “turned to Islamist extremism”:

“This is not the first attempt by Islamist extremists to go after U.S. military bases,”

The military, said Lieberman, needs to have “zero tolerance” for those expressing extremist views. “He should have been gone,” the senator said.

The End of America Happens In the Middle of the Night

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:42:35 GMT

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Clip Source: www.infowars.com

The End of America happens in the middle of the night

Adam Murdock, M.D.
The Freemen Institute
November 8, 2009

While normal everyday oblivious Americans were preparing their beds to sleep Saturday night their elected officials quietly passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Indeed, the passage of this act deals one of the final death blows to the Constitution and with it our liberties.

As I ponder upon this momentously horrid occurrence it is as if I have just woken up from a nightmare and been thrown directly into the plot of George Orwell’s 1984, with no hope of escape. As this thought grabs hold I am lead to ponder more and more about America and I ask myself a few questions.

Truly, these questions are meaningless now. The Constitution is hanging by the tiniest of threads. Who will save it? Who will come to its rescue?

Sedition Act of 1918

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:49:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: U.S. citizens, including members of the Industrial Workers of the World union, were also imprisoned during World War I for their anti-war dissent under the provisions of the Sedition Act. Anti-war protesters were arrested by the hundreds as speaking out against the draft and the war became illegal under this law.

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Sedition Act of 1918

President Woodrow Wilson, who was concerned that dissent, in time of war, was a significant threat to morale. The passing of this act forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during war. The act also allowed the Postmaster General to deny mail delivery to dissenters of government policy during wartime.

Freedom of speech in the United States is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states in part: "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or the press.

The Espionage Act made it a crime to help enemies of the United States, but the Sedition Act made it a crime to utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the United States' form of government.

Antonin Scalia (@ wikipedia)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:00:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A comment recently posted at amplify referenced the constitution and made me remember a very impressive "60 Minutes" segment about this member of the Supreme Court views.

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Antonin Scalia

Antonin Gregory Scalia (help·info) (born March 11, 1936) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan having previously served on the D.C. Circuit and in the Nixon and Ford administrations, and teaching law at the Universities of Virginia and Chicago. He is considered to be a core member of the conservative wing of the court, vigorously advancing textualism in statutory interpretation and originalism in constitutional interpretation.

More teabagging, GOP style

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:28:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Gotta love it! LOL

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

No one said freedom was pretty

They came as directed, about 5,000 tea-party regulars and antiabortion activists, to the West Lawn of the Capitol on Thursday for what Bachmann called a "Super Bowl of Freedom," sponsored by Republican members of Congress. And what a game it was.

(a Capitol Police spokeswoman explained that the lawmakers didn't have a permit for a demonstration)

More ominously, a man standing just beyond the TV cameras apparently suffered a heart attack 20 minutes after event began. Medical personnel from the Capitol physician's office -- an entity that could, quite accurately, be labeled government-run health care -- rushed over, attaching electrodes to his chest and giving him oxygen and an IV drip.

he would read from the Constitution, then read the "we hold these truths" bit from the Declaration of Independence

By the time it was over, medics had administered government-run health care to at least five people in the crowd

Bachmann overlooked this irony

Tags: teabagging, government-run healthcare, gop idiots

Enumerated Powers Act: Interview with Walter E. Williams

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:42:15 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: who has introduced it every Congress since 1995, it does not allow them to get away with the Commerce Clause and the General Welfare Clause. They have to specifically point in the Constitution where they get the authority. And as a matter of fact the reason the Enumerated Powers Act’s maximum number of co-sponsors in the House has been 31, or it could be a bit higher than that (and it has never had a co-sponsor in the Senate until this year) is that the Congressmen can read the writing on the wall. If Congress were forced to obey the United States Constitution, then I would say that two-thirds to three-quarters of all the spending Congress does would be found to be unconstitutional.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: You’re probably right about that. Article 1, Section 8 has a very short list of things government is able to do according to the word of the law.

WALTER E. WILLIAMS: That’s right, and if you read the Founders’ statements, they say that Congress can only do those things....

Clip Source: www.allrightmagazine.com

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: You are a professor of economics. If a student walked into your office at George Mason University, declared that she were quitting college, but wanted to know one thing about economics for the real world, what would it be?

WALTER E. WILLIAMS: There’s no free lunch. That is that there’s nothing free. Everything costs. That’s one of the problems that our economy’s facing right now or that Americans are facing. They think that they can get free health care.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: You have called attention to something called the Enumerated Powers Act that would require Congress to list the Constitutional authority for each law, which has not yet, of course, passed. Even so, wouldn’t the claim just be the General Welfare Clause, or the Necessary and Proper Clause?

WALTER E. WILLIAMS: Yeah. Congress will always find a way around the Constitution. However, I think if you read the Enumerated Powers Act that’s sponsored by Congressman John Shadegg,

Tags: walter e. williams, black economics, economics, economy, education, great depression, recovery, rush limbaugh

family guide book

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:52:15 GMT

clipped by: WhatiLike
clipper's remarks: Your Family Constitution: A Modern Approach to Family Values and Household Structure provides a step-by-step approach that any parent can use to enhance their family

Clip Source: www.yourfamilyconstitution.com

Tags: family guide book, family relationship books