by David P. McGinleySource: American Thinker website, by David P. McGinley

I do not know what is worse — that a federal judge unilaterally redefined the several millennia old definition of marriage or that constitutional “experts” from both sides of the marriage argument agree that this issue will inevitably be “settled” by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Thus, one judge (one man) may get to tell over 300 million people how they are to order (or re-order) the very basis of their society. How did it come to this?

Our Constitution is almost dead. It is being killed by judges who ignore the actual text of the document but find heretofore unknown devices in its “penumbras and emanations.” When these judges actually do consider the text it is usually to redefine it or replace it with other words that reconcile with their own personal beliefs and feelings. Thus, the actual text is usurped thereby leaving our national compact meaningless.

For instance, the “Commerce Clause,” which, inter alia, authorizes Congress to “regulate commerce . . . among the several States . . .” has been redefined to basically no longer even require commerce or require more than one state. This clause is now interpreted to mean anything “affecting” commerce can be regulated by Congress. Of course, an argument, tangentially or not, can be made that everything affects commerce in some way. Accordingly, this limited grant of power has become almost unlimited. Is it any wonder that members of Congress think they can do almost anything?

Another example can be clearly seen in “Establishment Clause” jurisprudence. In fact, it is rarely even called this anymore having been rebranded as the “separation of church and state.” The clause is the first one in the First Amendment and reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . . .” Today, neither Congress, nor a law, nor an establishment of religion needs to be involved to run astray of this provision. All that is needed is for someone to “take offense” at a putative government “endorsement” of religion (e.g., a Christmas tree on public land). The fact that such appears nowhere in the text is of no matter.

The debasement of the “Takings Clause” is another egregious example. That clause, which appears in the Fifth Amendment, states “nor shall private property be taken [by the government] for public use, without just compensation [to the private property owner].” The term “public use” is (or was) key to this clause. Historically it was understood that if the government wants your property, it must buy it from you, at market value, and the reason must be for a public use (e.g. building a public road). All of that changed five years ago when the Supreme Court decided that “public use” really meant “public purpose.” The “public purpose” in that case was so that Pfizer Corporation, a private pharmaceutical company, could build a new facility. Thus, another specific restriction on government was repealed by judicial fiat leaving then Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to write in her dissent “all private property is now vulnerable to being taken and transferred to another private owner . . . .” Isn’t that just great?

A brutal blow to the health of our Constitution was delivered when the court created the “right to privacy.” The court created this from the “Due Process Clause” in the Fourteenth Amendment. That clause states “nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law . . . .” From this judicial creation, the court has concocted, among other things, the right to abortion. Many are hopeful that the aforementioned Justice Kennedy will create the right to “gay marriage” from there. The Fourteenth Amendment of course was ratified in 1868 specifically to protect the newly freed slaves and the “Due Process Clause” was to ensure that the laws of the United States were applied equally to all. It goes without saying that neither abortion, nor homosexual marriage have anything to do with the Fourteenth Amendment or that clause.

Finally, there is the judicial phenomenon of reversing the meaning of the text. For an example of this one needs just go back to the Fourteenth Amendment and its “Equal Protection Clause.” That clause provides that a state shall not “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This “equal protection” has been interpreted to allow for “affirmative action,” which is just a euphemism for race-based, sex-based and ethnic-based government favoritism. Such favoritism assuredly precludes equal protection but Justice O’Connor, in one of her less lucid moments while on the bench, said such unequal treatment was okay so long as it only lasted for another 25 years or so. Does anyone think the “Wise Latina” will enforce that deadline when the time comes?

When judges disregard or redefine the plain words of our Constitution or make up things with absolutely no textual support, they render the document meaningless. In keeping with this practice, its proponents have invoked the Orwellian term “living constitution” when in actuality they have put it on its death bed.

David P. McGinley, an attorney from McLean, VA, is a visiting professor at Handong International Law School in South Korea.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

In practice and theory I agree with David McGinley. The United States Constitution has taken a beating from the very branch of government that was created to protect it. As far as being on its death bed, I disagree with him. Don’t count the grand old lady out. The socialists must shred the Constitution in order to proliferate. The conservatives will use it as a sword to tear the liberal-progressive movement apart. The Constitution has undergone more attacks than most of us care to remember but the stars and stripes still stand and it is the people that make the Constitution, not the other way around. People have had enough and the revolution is percolating and brewing. Many of these Judges will emanate pure terror in their eyes as the revolution builds steam. Judges are really in the middle. Remember Lenin and the communists? The judges, politicians and lawyers were the first to get hanged. We are more polite as conservatives and we are not barbarians like the communists. No, we will simply let their own actions bury themselves. How would you like to be a gay-fag judge carrying the baton of “Equal Protection?” We know the poor bastard is already doomed to hell — abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, government corruption, racism, illegal immigration are not likely to lead this Nation to a new America, if anything it will destroy those that profess it.

You can tear and burn the Constitution but you can’t rip it from the people’s hearts. Many have tried over and over with the Bible — it still stands and is the largest single selling book in the history of the world and will continue to be. The Constitution is cut from the same cloth of those who clung to the Bible. The Constitution will survive and fight as long as good men will continue to carry her sword.

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Best Wishes,

Bob Campbell
American Grand Jury

Almost a year ago to the day Lucas Smith filed an affidavitSource: American Grand Jury story, Lucas Smith files Obama Birth Certificate and Affidavit with the Court with the United States District Court in Southern California ~ represented by Orly Taitz, Judge Carter presiding. You could literally see the color go out of Obama’s legal defense team — if it wasn’t for Judge Carter doing a 180 degree turn and saving ZERO’s butt:

Folks, I often wondered what possessed Judge Carter in California to tell the world “he wanted to try this case on its merits” and then do a sudden 180 by dismissing the case with prejudice? Does the word “arrogance” come to mind? Did the justice system in California just reach the bottom of the barrel? The performance of Judge Carter was totally disgusting to watch..
source: American Grand Jury: Judge Carter, 3 sheets to the wind..Source: article posted on American Grand Jury on December 29th, 2009

Sharon Rhondeau has an EXCLUSIVE interview with Lucas Smith posted on their website. It is pure dynamite. I posted some excerpts below and provided the link so you can read the entire story:

by Sharon RhondeauSource: Post & Email website, interview with Lucas Smith

Lucas Daniel Smith has just completed a mailing to each member of Congress a copy of a document which he stated is a certified copy of the original birth certificate of Barack Hussein Obama II showing that Obama was born in Kenya, Africa. Each birth certificate copy was sent with a seven-page, individually-notarized letter by certified mail. The project was completed on August 31, 2010.

Smith said that he obtained the document from the Coast Province General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya in February 2009. The document became part of a lawsuit filed by Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq., in California which was denied a hearing in October 2009 by Judge David O. Carter.

In an interview with the Christian News Review on July 13, 2010, Mr. Smith described his background as a sociologist studying in Africa, how he obtained the document from Coast Province General Hospital, the cost, and the military and police presence there. A second interview with Steve Cooper of The Conservative Monster from August 18, 2010 can be found here.

The Post & Email asked Mr. Smith a number of questions regarding his travels to Africa, how he obtained the document, and his decision to send it to every member of Congress:

1. Would you be willing to send The Post & Email anything that proves your travel to Kenya (or whatever country was your first destination in Africa) before you accessed the personnel at the Mombasa hospital (the stub of an airline ticket, hotel receipt, etc.)? Do you have anything that shows when you re-entered the U.S. from Kenya after you obtained the document?

I have a plethora of documentation which puts me in the following countries in February of 2009: Democratic Republic of the Congo, The People’s Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. I will provide this documentation in person to both Congress and attorneys. I will not distribute electronic copies of this documentation until the documentation has been reviewed by members of Congress or disclosed during Congressional investigations/hearings or entered in as evidence in eligibility litigation here in the United States or the United Kingdom.

2. How long were you in Kenya before you approached hospital personnel about obtaining Obama’s record?

Less than 10 days.

3. What convinces you that the document you have in your possession is a copy of his original hospital record? Is there any chance someone gave you a fake document and passed it off as real?

I have been analyzing Barack Obama’s Kenyan CPGH hospital birth certificate for more than one year. This document has withstood the test of time. It has never been discredited. On February 19, 2009 I personally entered Coast Province General Hospital under the guise that I was looking for my sister that had fallen ill while she was working Kenya. It wasn’t until I was inside of the hospital and face to face with administrative staff that I mentioned anything regarding my desire to procure (or purloin) a certified copy of Barack Obama’s original birth record. The significance of the guise was to eliminate any possibility that the hospital’s staff (seeing dollar signs) would be “waiting” for me with a forged or fake document.

4. How long did it take for hospital personnel to procure the document once you approached them about it (e.g., did it occur over a matter of weeks, or did you simply approach them one day, offer them money, and they got the document out of the files)?

On February 19th I personally entered Coast Province General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya. While inside of the hospital I presented a member of the hospital’s administrative staff with $5000 US dollars, cash. I set the money down in front of them and told them that the money was theirs if they could bring me a certified copy of US President Barack Obama’s original hospital birth record. I stipulated that I was only allotting a small window of time for the staff member to fetch me the document. This member of the administrative staff returned, within the allotted time, with the certified copy of Obama’s original hospital birth record. I am not, at this time, disclosing to the public the specific time allotment. However, I can tell you that the time allotment was less than 45 minutes. The significance of the time allotment was to eliminate any possibility that the hospital’s staff (again seeing dollar signs) would have sufficient time to create a forged or fake document.

5. Since you have had the document since last summer, is there a reason why you chose to hold off on contacting Congress until now?

Going as far back as March of 2009 I have been contacting members of the United States Congress and other federal and state officials as well as attorneys. I actively contacted members of Congress and attorneys during March, April, May and June of 2009. I will use the euphemism of “unfavorable and unsuccessful” to effectively, and respectfully, articulate the responses that I received.

It was at that point, June 2009, that I ascertained that eBay was my only opportunity to garner publicity and bring Barack Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate to the attention of the whole world. I never had any intentions of selling the document. The world would have never known about Barack Obama’s original 1961 hospital birth record from the Protectorate of Kenya if it weren’t for the June – July 2009 eBay auctions.

The Lucas Daniel Smith 4th of July (2010) Letter to Congress is intended to serve as an official record of having informed all of Congress, each member, of Barack Obama’s Kenyan birth and the existence of the 2009 certified copy of Barack Obama’s 1961 Coast Province General Hospital Mombasa, British Protectorate of Kenya, birth record. The letter also directs their attention to a document that they themselves, i.e., US Congress, published in the 1990s which questioned the eligibility of individuals born abroad, of TWO US CITIZEN PARENTS, to hold the Office of President of the United States of America.

You can read the complete Interview on the Post & Email website.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

Lucas Smith has the strongest evidence and case against Barack Obama. It is the reason we include this document in every American Grand Jury PresentmentsSource: Lucus Smith evidence: Obama Birth Certificate showing him born in Kenya, included as Exhibit 2 in the American Grand Jury Presentments package.

The Interview done by the Post & Email is excellent. Lucas Smith is the “real deal” and the evidence clearly shows that Obama has lied to the American public.

The Democrats are in panic mode and the White House is crying the blues right along with them. Now we have a CBS (liberal MSM) sounding the alarm. Personally, I believe they are trying to use the truth to shake the voting base up, kind of like “true” propaganda, if there is such a thing.

CBS has a new campaign banner on their website for coverage of the upcoming Election.. the story that goes with it is hilarious or fear mongering, depending which side of the isle you sit on…

By Jimmy SoSource: CBS election coverage, website — article by Jimmy So

(CBS) With many polls indicating the Republicans may win back control of the House of Representatives (and possibly the Senate as well) in the upcoming mid-term elections, Jim VandeHei, the executive editor of Politico, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the Obama administration is in a horrible position.

“Does the White House understand this?” asked guest host Harry Smith. “Do you feel any sense of panic or concern” on the part of the administration?

“They get it. There’s panic. There’s concern,” VandeHei said. “The reality for this administration stinks, politically and practically, when it comes to the economy. You’re not going to be able to change that 9.6-percent unemployment figure. You can’t get anything from Congress in the next couple of months.”

CBS Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes said the Democrats are distancing themselves from President Obama:

“Not only are they running away from President Obama, they’re running away from being Democrats in some cases. In some races you actually see the Democratic candidates not really mentioning that they’re a Democrat in their campaign ads,” Cordes said.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

You would have never seen these kinds of stories a year ago.. my, my how times have changed.. personally, I wouldn’t trust CBS as far as I could throw them but every now and then a blind squirrel finds an acorn..

I like the fear-mongering going on at the MSM media sites.. I think when Democrats hear the sob-stories they will stay home come election day thinking all is lost already..

I thought maybe some of you would enjoy this. The spammers are mostly bent-out-of-shape Obots trying to swamp this website with garbage. FAT chance! They waste their time and computing power trying.

You know our message is getting out when a website gets hit with a lot of spam. Google tracks the hits on our website and the spammers believe they are finding easy prey!

I have a script installed that instantly erases spam and pending comments in a heartbeat. Push a button and poof, GONE!

These goof-balls spend hours spamming, I spend about 2 minutes doing my homework. I don’t even read the content on the spam. I barely glance at the pending. I can tell almost immediately when an Obot is trying to sneak in.

Then I CLICK THE BUTTON!

BEFORE: (what arrived in the last 24-hours)

AFTER: (it takes my database about 7/10ths of a second to erase 600 comments/spam)

This is my entertainment before I go to bed!

I remember in the late 80’s my contracting business was really in a pickle. I was trying to finish up a school-building project; the School Board wasn’t going to release my final draw because a compaction test was missed during a certain phase of the foundation pouring. Man, I was sweating bullets. Money draws are always a big deal. I needed to pay the sub-contractors; they needed to pay their suppliers, on and on. The real truth of the matter is that I had gotten sideways with this School Board; they didn’t like me because I took the low bid away from their pet Union contractor. I thought I was smarter than they were. I wasn’t. School Boards are notorious for taking paybacks, brother-in-law deals and even worse. I was an honest guy and I never would pay anything under the table. They had me and there wasn’t much I could do about it.

I needed money, and I needed it fast. I called my grandfather for a loan. My granddad, said, “sure I can help you, but why don’t you talk to the School Board first – make a deal.” My grandfather, rest his soul, was loved by everyone. He was the smartest man I ever knew.

Suffice to say, I ended up negotiating a reduced amount on the contract to get out of dodge. I never worked for the School Board again and the Union contractor to this day still owns most all of their projects.

I learned a valuable lesson. It is almost impossible to fight city hall if you are infringing on political turf. Most contractors that successfully work with government contracts are politicians. They know who to pander to in order to get the job.

The School Superintendent, who I won’t name, in which State I won’t name, got caught. Years of taking payoffs under the table didn’t work out so well. There wasn’t much of an investigation (government covering its own) but the Superintendent is no longer the Superintendent.

Now, what does this story have to do with Obama? I believe Obama’s negotiating power has peaked and he is on his way down!

Obama is a typical criminal. He was raised in an environment that lent itself to criminal activity in order to make ends meet. The grandfather, Dunham, was a known communist, his friend, Marshall Davis, an even bigger communist. Grandmother Dunham had ties to the CIA, Stanley Ann, the daughter and mother to Obama Jr. had the same ties. By the time Obama was old enough to think for himself he was headed down the wrong path for which there was no return.

I believe the years of parental neglect, possible sexual abuse and intentional brainwashing by his family had taken its toll on Obama Jr.

Along came the “hidden years” of secretly working in Pakistan and Afghanistan for the CIA and Barack Obama was truly running on the “dark side.”

The dark side soon introduced Obama to people like Bill Ayers, Reverent Wright, Percy Sutton, Khalid al-Mansour, Louis Farrakhan and others – from there Obama graduated into Politics in the sewer pit of all sewers, Chicago.

Most facts show that Obama was always a Muslim. His years in Indonesia started the process – in his later years of working with the CIA Obama’s knowledge of Islam, the language and customs served him well.

Although hard to prove, there are enough facts that point to Obama being owned by the Saudi Royal Family. They financed his education at Harvard and heavily invested in his campaign for president. In an unusual ceremony before the ink was dry on the new presidency, King Abdullah gave a “gold necklace”Source: Click the link to see larger photos and article on the gift to Obama. He was told: “Those are only given to the very few friends of the king, and you are certainly one of those..”

Almost everything Obama does today in the way of semantics symbolizes his devotion to the King of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has a huge vested interest in politics and business in the United States. The majority in Saudi Arabia are Sunni Muslims and basically opposed to the Shiite Muslims in Iran and Iraq. That doesn’t mean a heck of a lot in the spiritual world; a Muslim is a Muslim. When the Mahdi (our anti-Christ) returns, they will all unite against Israel and the nations that support Israel.

If you don’t really believe Obama is batting for Saudi Arabia, ask yourself this: Why does the Muslim Obama continue to push the war in Afghanistan (a war directed mostly against the radical Shiite) and why does he rarely defend Iran and at the same time having pushed so hard to get out of Iraq? The majority in Iran and Iraq are Shiites and still maintain close spiritual ties. Iran is supposed to be our next war. Such a war would play right into the politics of Saudi Arabia. The Saudis wouldn’t dare publicly support Israel but they could “secretly” support the United States taking Iran out. I have heard Obama a couple of times mention war against Iran. Yes?

Let’s digress and have a little history fun. Here is a brief lesson on prophecy and the “Islamic” Empire, prophesized by the Bible to be the final Eighth Empire, the Empire that will fight Israel for God’s throne:

Turkey was the main player in the fall of Eastern Rome. The Ottoman Turks took over the Byzantine Empire in one big swoop and became the most ruthless military force of the time. The victorious Turks marched all the way through Persia (Iraq and Iran). Their symbol was the Koran and the Crescent. It was President Thomas Jefferson and the American Marines who slowed the Ottomans down with the Barbary Coast wars, helped force the abandonment of the Caliph and shortly thereafter the Ottoman Empire and its rise in Islam collapsed.

Revelation 17:9-11
And now understand this: The seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills of the city where the woman rules. [1] They also represent seven kings. [2] Five kings have already fallen, the sixth now reigns, and the seventh is yet to come but its reign will be brief. [3] The scarlet beast that was alive and then died is the eighth king.

The Turkish/Ottoman Empire who defeated Rome was the Seventh Empire.

The Eighth Empire is the rebuilding of the Seventh Empire (“the scarlet beast that was alive and then died is the eighth king”). All the current Muslim nations that surround and oppose Israel can be considered part of the Eighth Empire (there will be ten nations that make up this Empire – the “ten horns”). Saudi Arabia is somewhat of a stabilizing factor for now but for how long? Turkey is rising in power again. It is also a fact that Turkey currently has one of the largest standing armies in the Middle East of 500,000 or more and the country is becoming more and more radicalized. Put ten Muslim nations together under an Empire and you have upwards of 2,000,000 forces.

Once the Eighth Empire is firmly together, the Mahdi returns, the temple and throne are rebuilt in Jerusalem you will have all the makings of Armageddon.

– end of history lesson –

The Sunnis and Shiite have been enemies for centuries. The Saudis are paranoid at the thought of Iran having a nuclear bomb. Israel would be the first target, but Saudi Arabia could very well be the next! Remember in the Bible, the anti-Christ will “reorganize” the “Islamic” Empire [Its ten horns are ten kings that will rule the empire. Then another king will arise, different from the other ten, who will subdue three of them -- Daniel 7:24]. Saudi Arabia could be one of the nations subdued. Again, if you don’t believe any of this, study the Bible. The Muslim world has to unite behind such countries as Turkey, Iran and Iraq (the old Ottoman Empire) for prophecy to really unfold. Turkey is the wild card but considered the most important. Again, I would like to state the obvious. All Muslims will unite as one if the Mahdi returns. If they don’t Allah will burn them in their own hell.

Back to Obama:

Obama is just part of God’s plan to open people’s eyes. Islam is a cancer, a disease that if left unchecked will turn the world against God. Is Obama a plant by the forces of Satan? Sure he is. Will Obama prevail in converting America to Islam? No way! Islam is always going to be a problem until end times but Obama doesn’t have the brain-power necessary to get out of his own way. I am not even sure he will make it to 2012.

Obama is wavering. You can see it in his persona. Vacations are longer and more frequent, a gesture of hiding from reality. His Press Releases are bumbling and at times incoherent. Most of the base has deserted him for greener pastures. One thing about the left, they will back you only if you deliver. Obama’s performance with the left has been less than stellar. ObamaCare is a joke, the latest Dodd-Frank Finance Reform bill has more loopholes than Carter has pills. Democratic endorsements by Obama are taboo and the Stimulus has all but stimu-LIED out. The only jobs being created are government jobs and the budget is fast approaching a meltdown. All in all, the United States of America as powered by the Obama Administration is in the toilet. The November elections of 2010 are going to be a sight for sore eyes to see. My prediction is all that will be left of Obama after the elections will be a forced-fed “IV” propping up a “lame-duck” presidency.

What will Obama do? Obama is going to “run home to Momma.” Who is Momma? Momma is the Saudis! You can already see it happening. From the Oval Office and Press Release “Muslim” décor to Freudian slips in the Press (approving the Ground Zero Mosque while hosting a Ramadan dinner at the White House) Obama is headed the way of “Oz” hoping his Momma will bail him out if things get dicey.

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
Barack Obama from ‘Audacity of Hope’

I realize some of you will think I am crazy but I believe history will simply portray Barack Obama’s presidency as one of manipulation:

Obama was presented to the country, with his own approval and collaboration, as a religious figure, a prophet for a secular age. A messiah to match the new millennium, a god-emperor possessing abilities beyond those of average men. His rhetoric, behavior, and iconography all reflected this — the halos, the church-like lighting, the worshipful descriptions of his followers.

All that is gone.

source: J.R. Dunn (AGJ repost)

My message is one of hope. Never give up, never let go of the dream. America is much stronger and bigger than any Obama could ever hope to crush. Sure, we will suffer from our years of splurging and living beyond our means but that is part of life. Obama and his communist handlers tried to take advantage of our weaknesses. All they did was awaken a sleeping giant. Those that sober up and get back to the business of raising their families to respect God, our heritage and way of life will survive. Those that side will with Obama — well, they too will be looking to run home to Momma!

Regarding prophecy and God, it is under control. God is not going to allow the Muslim world to win. They will never take down the State of Israel. God cast the Devil down before, he will do it again. But that doesn’t mean we should just settle in and accept a ring-side seat. We have to do our part too. We must spread the gospel, follow His words and keep the United States and its legacy alive. One day we will be called to stand beside Israel in her time of war. All Nations that stand with Israel will be blessed. All those that oppose will be damned.

I hope you enjoyed this Sunday Edition.

Blessings,

Bob Campbell
American Grand Jury

By John FrickeSource: Sunday editorial from American Thinker — it’s good, hope you enjoy — by John Fricke

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
- American children’s proverb

This famous saying might actually have its origins in Civil War slave quarters, where the punishment of a whip lashing was considered far worse than that of a tongue lashing. In modern America, the battlefield of ideas is generally fought with words and not guns, and with that came the concept of weaponizing words.

Words can hurt, deeply. The knife-throwing of political discourse in America ramped itself up over the years, to the point where the term “bomb-thrower” first meant someone who sought mass attacks using explosive words. Liberals have long sought to control the debate by establishing battle lines that would corner their opposition so that any real debate was held under rules designed to ensure liberals would, at worst, earn a draw even if the facts did not support them.

Name-calling with attack words became a common tactic of the left:

“The tongue is mightier than the blade.”
- Greek poet Euripides, circa 406 B.C. (more commonly today: “The pen is mightier than the sword.”)

The American media has always considered itself powerful enough to claim that the “fourth estate” is a de facto fourth branch of government, that its ability to shape public opinion gave it an ungranted Constitutional power. As technology began to grow — from print to radio to television to electronic — liberals beat conservatives to the punch. They were the ones who saw the potential of overwhelming power of mass media. Using an already friendly academia as a launching pad, liberals sought to flood journalism with like-minded and eager young Americans who were sold on the concept that entering journalism was first and foremost a desirable position for any young individual who sought to “make the world a better place.”

Twisting the concepts of what journalism really is into something that was an activist movement for “the public good” allowed liberals to begin to control the message. Once in control, they wielded the blade and cut off all debate, with an agreeable media firing bullet points.

“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
- Saul Alinsky: Rules for Radicals, number 13

This was not some simple radical theory that sat dusty in a coffee shop in Haight-Ashbury. This was war-gaming. It was, until recently, effective. Alinsky also noted, overstated but true, that “ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” The committed operatives chose the targets, the faithful believers barked out the points, and the agreeing media echoed the sentiments. It was a tremendously successful plan executed with precision that would not just shape public sentiment, but build the fortress of a framework of public policy. Lust for total control of that policy collided with the discovery of a political figure they truly believed was messianic, one so bright that he would blind them and open the eyes of the opposition at the same time:

“We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
- Barack Obama, October 31, 2008

As it turns out, Obama’s math was a little off. From the day he said this to the real transformation will be, more exactly, two years and two days. That will be the day Alinsky modeling dies.

The left, especially their media wing, are stunned at what is likely to happen on November 2, 2010 — not just in the election results or the repudiation of their ideals, but more in that, from nowhere, it seems to them, all the ammo they have is suddenly worthless. Backs against the coming electoral wall, they have attacked on every front, using their entire arsenal. Americans who oppose their agenda on any given issue have been, and still are, called the most vicious names the media can conjure up. Homophobic, Islamaphobic, xenophobic, greedy, and, of course, racist. Their media does its not-so-subtle best to paint conservatives with a blood brush, from direct attacks (Time magazine asking if “America [is] Islamaphobic” — meaning anyone who dares disagree with the liberal position on the mosque at Ground Zero is a racist) to the indirect assaults (CNN referring to the massive crowd at Glen Beck’s 8/28 Washington rally as “predominantly white” — insinuating that the crowd was a collection of racists). Those and all their other attacks have failed. For the first time in modern American political debate, the liberal label gun is jamming. Worse for liberals, the bullets will likely never be effective again.

Obama can take credit. His “transformation” turned into an American awakening. The Democratic Party made a gigantic miscalculation in 2008. If it had pushed Hillary Clinton over the top (and let’s recall the primary ended in a near dead heat), then it could have continued — steady as she goes — in its use of words and labels to bottle debate and win on its issues. Instead, it backed a young, untested, and unknown politician. Even its media was unsure of its footing (see, for example, Charlie Rose interviewing Tom Brokaw shortly after the election, with the two of them saying openly that they were not really sure who Obama was). The price the left will pay is beyond large. The short-term political blowback is a fairly minor cost compared to the laid-bare exposing to the public of their tactics. Obama was and remains a true believer in those community activist tactics. It is who he really is. Taking those tactics from grassroots liberal organizing (in the media and politically protected areas of south Chicago) and parading them onstage before the entire nation has come at a stunning cost to liberalism.

No longer can the left use broad terms to describe people who disagree with them and have those people sit idly by and accept it. For example, it used to be the left would play the “R” card to silence dissent against its positions and control any particular debate. Those tagged would likely turn and run from any fight for fear that any pushback would make a false accusation stick. Keeping out of the line of liberal fire was the only way to survive. That fear is now gone, and likely for good.

Obama desired to fundamentally transform the country, allowing his allies to use Alinsky tactics to clear the road. Pushing identity politics as a route to form group policy. Labeling and attacking anyone who disagreed with the liberal positions on illegal immigration, government-run health care, economic redistribution, federalizing central government power, seeking union-backed control of private enterprise, re-envisioned foreign policy, and many other “transformative” issues.

The once-invincible tactics became bogged down in political quicksand. Obama’s miscalculation of the desire of the American public to use central power to transform the nation quickly turned to a toxic soup that stood firmly against the American spirit of rugged individualism. Ramming home a wildly unpopular health care overall against the wishes of the American people was the endgame.

Not only will Americans seek to overturn virtually all of what Obama sought or gained, but now they will also discount being corralled by liberal labels. Revolting against government abuse through strong-arm tactics is what gave rise to the Tea Party movement. Whether that particular movement remains is beside the point, because now the spirit it embodies has emboldened the majority of this nation to stand firm on its core values. It is a battle liberals have now completely lost for multiple generations.

Worse again, it was the liberals’ own words that not just hurt, but, in fact, crippled them.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

I thought this was a good article for a Sunday — a fun read!

Hope you enjoy!

Bob

By Tom TancredoSource: The Washington Times, editorial by Tom Tancredo

Excerpts from the editorial:

I’ve always thought it significant that the Founders included domestic enemies in that oath of office. They thought liberty was as much at risk from threats within our borders as from outside, and French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville agreed with that warning.

In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the greatest threat to our nation was clear - and foreign. While Islamic terrorism still represents the greatest external threat to America and American lives, the avowed program of the Obama regime has changed the picture in a fundamental way.

For the first time in American history, we have a man in the White House who consciously and brazenly disregards his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. That’s why I say the greatest threat to our Constitution, our safety and our liberties, is internal. Our president is an enemy of our Constitution, and, as such, he is a danger to our safety, our security and our personal freedoms.

Barack Obama is one of the most powerful presidents this nation has seen in generations. He is powerful because he is supported by large majorities in Congress, but, more importantly, because he does not feel constrained by the rule of law.

Mr. Obama’s paramount goal, as he so memorably put it during his campaign in 2008, is to “fundamentally transform America.” He has not proposed improving America - he is intent on changing its most essential character.

Yes, Mr. Obama is a more serious threat to America than al Qaeda. We know that Osama bin Laden and followers want to kill us, but at least they are an outside force against whom we can offer our best defense. But when a dedicated enemy of the Constitution is working from the inside, we face a far more dangerous threat. Mr. Obama can accomplish with the stroke of his pen what bin Laden cannot accomplish with bombs and insurgents.

Mr. Obama’s most egregious and brazen betrayal of our Constitution was his statement to Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, that the administration will not enforce security on our southern border because that would remove Republicans’ desire to negotiate a “comprehensive” immigration bill. That is, to put it plainly, a decision that by any reasonable standard constitutes an impeachable offense against the Constitution. For partisan political advantage, he is willfully disregarding his obligation under Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution to protect states from foreign invasion.

Mr. Tancredo goes on to make the argument that Obama is impeachable because of his refusal to protect the United States from foreign invasion. You can read the whole story here..

Comment by American Grand Jury:

Impeachment is a classic view from those that still don’t grasp the crux of the issue. Obama is not a legitimate president. He is not a “natural born” citizen and was never qualified to even run on the ballot. Obama was legally challenged on this “long” before he was elected. The Courts have done nothing but stall, sweep it under the rug and generally rule against the Constitution.

Obama needs to be removed by rule of law, not impeached. However, if our uninformed American public can’t get their minds around any other concept than impeachment I guess it will have to suffice. Impeachment will bring up the eligibility issue in a Congressional trial setting. The biggest downside is the word “Congressional.” These criminals are not about to bury one of their own — however, the herd that will arrive after the election could make things very uncomfortable for ZERO. Time will tell.

The good news: The Washington Times is rated one of the top newspapers in the world. They are credible, even with many conservatives. This is still an editorial but such a story will resonate in all in Washington. Obama has to be pissed! That my friends, is worth is weight in gold.

PS.. the Times even had this illustration
posted with the article..

In Judge Lind’s decision excluding evidence for “embarrassing” reasons there is ample latitude for an appeal.
by Eldon E. Bell, M.D.Source: Eldon is a Doctor, retired U.S. Army Colonel and Master Flight Surgeon — Dr. Bell has served on a number of American Grand Juries

In Courts-Martial:

“The ‘sole test’ for admissibility is whether the evidence of the misconduct is offered for some purpose other than to demonstrate the accused’s predisposition to crime and therefore to suggest that the factfinder infer that he is guilty, as charged, because he is predisposed to commit similar offenses. It is unnecessary that relevant evidence fit snugly into a pigeon hole provided by Military Rules of Evidence.” 404(b). United States v. Castillo, 29 M.J. 145, 150 (C.M.A. 1989).

Thus, in my view, the Judge has purposely opened the trial up for an appeal. Colonel Lakin clearly has an exemplary Character and military record. The Judge’s exclusion of the ELIGIBILITY evidence fails to pass the “Sole Test” requirement in courts-martial and must be allowed. Indeed, the entire case hinges on whether or not the Commander in Chief is legitimate or a USURPER unqualified under our Constitution.

Discovery of the ELIGIBILITY evidence is the only reason the distinguished military physician invited his own court-martial; he was unable to ascertain ELIGIBILITY because of demonstrated legal obfuscation and interference instituted by the attorneys representing the putative POTUS. Clearly Colonel Lakin is not predisposed to commit similar offenses with an unblemished 18+ year record and selection for O-6 prior to his invitation to Court-Martial.

One must ask the questions:

• Who has the most to gain by avoiding discovery?
• Why has over $2,000,000 been spent on legal delay when a $12.00 Certified “Long Form” Birth Certificate would answer all eligibility questions?
• Who has the better character: An unblemished record Military Physician only seeking the truth, or an occupier of the Oval Office whose every action is illegitimate and that of a usurper until proven otherwise?
• Who are the puppeteers pulling the strings of a “puppet” president?
• Who is acting in the best interest of the U.S. citizens?

Eldon E. Bell, M.D. is a retired Colonel and Army Master Flight Surgeon in the United States Army. He is a Viet Nam and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. Currently Dr. Bell practices Medicine in a rural town in South Dakota. Eldon has served on a number of American Grand Juries.

I found this on Drudge this morning.. good laugh.. absolutely the truth about ZERO’s Administration.

By Thom RedmondSource: WND.com website by Thom Redmond

FORT MEADE, Md. – The military judge who curiously noted without explanation that uncovering evidence about President Obama’s birth records could prove “embarrassing” and denied an officer the right to obtain potentially exculpatory evidence in a court-martial simply has forgotten the Constitution, the supreme rule of the United States.

So says Judge Roy Moore, who battled the politically correct climate as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court a decade ago and ultimately was removed from office by a state panel that refused to review the constitutionality of a federal court order.

His comments came today in an interview with WND about Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who yesterday was denied permission by Army Col. Denise R. Lind to obtain evidence that could document Obama is not eligible to occupy the Oval Office.

Lakin refused to follow his latest deployment orders to go to Afghanistan, because he was unable through Army channels to document Obama’s eligibility, and the president himself has declined opportunities to do so.

Judge Moore, who now operates through the Foundation for Moral Law, has personal experience with challenging the powers that be to follow the Constitution. His dispute centered on a Ten Commandments display he put in a state building to recognize the God who inspired the Founders of America.

A federal judge opined that the monument shouldn’t be there and ordered its removal. Moore refused and ultimately was removed from office by a state commission that hey says “blindly” followed the order without evaluating its legitimacy.

With her decision, Lind mirrored a number of federal judges who have ruled on civil lawsuits over Obama’s eligibility. They have without exception denied the plaintiffs’ access to any requested documentation regarding the president’s eligibility.

Lind ruled that it was “not relevant” for the military to be considering such claims, that the laws allegedly violated by Lakin were legitimate on their face and that the chain of command led up to the Pentagon, and that should have been sufficient for Lakin.

Moore said the ruling is a symptom of a judiciary across the nation that now believes in following “blindly.”

“The highest law in this country is not the order of the Supreme Court of the U.S., not the order of the commander in chief, or any subordinate officer,” he said.

Instead, it is the Constitution, which in this particular case demands that the president be a “natural born citizen,” a requirement not imposed on other officers.

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Where in the world did they find this Judge? This woman is absolutely nuts? Is she a civilian, did anyone check her background? I know one thing for certain, this woman just opened her mouth and inserted her foot about as deep as it will go.

It only took one sentence to bring her credibility and the JAG to rock bottom:

the chain of command led up to the Pentagon, and that should have been sufficient for Lakin..

This is incredible. It must be new case law that nobody, and I mean nobody has ever heard before. Since when does the Chain-of-Command EVER stop at the Pentagon?

The Pentagon is the organizational head of the Military, but the people who run the Pentagon take their orders from our duly elected “civilian” President. The Pentagon has no authority to act without this civilian leadership. Any General or Admiral can be fired at a moment’s notice if the President so desires.

Now, that being said, this Judge made a grave error. She serves at the pleasure of the President also. By stating Lt. Col. Lakin is barred from defending himself because of a Chain-of-Command challenge, the Judge in effect barred herself from handing down a decision against Lakin based on the identical scenario that got Lakin arrested in the first place. If Lakin has no right to seek discovery then Lind has no right to prosecute him. Her authority, based of a broken Chain-of-Command, is moot.

This case should be over. The defendant should be released and the trial closed.

If it is not over, I have a suggestion. Lt. Col. Lakin should REFUSE to accept the decision.

He should openly state in front of the Court and the Judge:

“I Lt. Col. Lakin, United States Army, refused to abide by your decision and your order. My Chain-of-Command reaches all the way to the top as does yours. If you persist is saying the Pentagon is the ruling authority here I am demanding to be released and all charges dropped. On top of that I demand that you be removed from the bench. Your written ruling which has now been entered into the Court record alleging that the Chain-of-Command stops at the Pentagon is an attack on the Constitution, my Oath of Office and every man and woman that currently serve, either active or by reserve, in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.”

At stake here is the Constitution. The Three Separate Branches of Government were established for a reason. — to balance power and keep the Republic in check, and that extends to the Military. The Congress passes the laws and the Administration executes them. The Judiciary is there to protect our laws and make sure we adhere to the Constitution.

Herein lies the rub. The Administration can’t claim power if it was never eligible to administrate in the first place. The power of the Administration lies with the Presidency. The President is elected by the people. The person running for the Office of the Presidency MUST adhere to the laws of the Constitution to even qualify to be elected.

Section 1, Article Two of the United States Constitution sets forth the eligibility requirements for serving as President of the United States:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Being eligible under the “natural born” clause has NOTHING to do with race, color, creed or religion. Natural born citizenship requires that the President be born on “native” soil and that BOTH parents be of United States citizenship at time of birth. If a person is born on foreign soil, he is born that of a “foreigner.” The Founding Fathers established the “natural born” clause for a very important reason. They wanted to assure that the President of the United States, the most powerful position in the Nation, be a citizen who’s “sole” allegiance was to that of the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, government or birthright.

The Court Martial of Lt. Col Lakin is the result of Col. Lakin refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. His orders come from the President. The man is an 18-year decorated veteran, a Doctor and well respected among his peers.

The President is not a “natural born” citizen and Col. Lakin has reviewed enough hard evidence to realize that. Col. Lakin was arrested and is facing a General Court Martial for refusing to obey an order given by the President.

The bottom line is this. Barack Obama has never proven his “natural born” status to the electorate. He is a usurper and until such proof is documented his presidency is clouded in fraud.

In this situation where Obama refuses to prove his “natural born” citizenship Lt. Col Lakin has been charged, his reputation damaged and his rights violated. Under the jurisdiction of this Court Martial the defendant, Col. Lakin, has the right to demand discovery of such documents that would prove his arguments and win his case. Those documents would show that Barack Obama was born of a farther that was a foreigner. Barack Obama himself has openly stated in public his father was a British subject. Such discovery needs to be admitted into the trial. At this point Judge Lind is refusing to allow any documents that relate directly to Barack Obama, his citizenship or birth status. Without discovery, Lt. Col has no case, his Constitutional rights are violated and there is no justice.

We are right back to where we started. If Judge Lind continues to stonewall and push the Court into believing the Pentagon, not the President has the final Chain-of-Command authority to issue orders then Judge Lind herself should have no authority to prosecute.

This author maintains that Lt. Col. Lakin needs to call Judge Lind on the carpet over this. Lakin needs to refuse the Lind Order and demand the proper Chain-of-Command be verified and documented to the Court. Until that happens, there is no Court Martial here. It is nothing more that a mock trial, acting out from a moot decision.