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"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

- - Benjamin Franklin

Barack Obama supports bill that gives immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the Bush Administration spy on law-abiding Americans

The measure, H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, condones the actions of telecommunications companies that cooperated with illegal warrantless surveillance after 9/11 by virtually assuring the dismissal of the dozens of lawsuits pending against them. And it invites future abuses by failing to give the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court the authority to protect law-abiding Americans from being spied on by their government.

Congress has now made it far too easy for spy agencies to vacuum up data from private phone calls and e-mails without meaningful oversight by an independent court. The bill fails at the most fundamental level to restore the independent judicial check on executive power that the Bush administration has done so much to undermine.

• Barack Obama voted in favor of this bill that gives immunity to telecoms that have aided illegal government surveillance in the past.
• Barack Obama voted in favor of this new law that gives the government the power to conduct dragnet surveillance that has no connection to terrorism or criminal activity of any kind.
• Barack Obama voted in favor of this law that is fundamentally inconsistent with the Constitution and with the most basic values of the Republic we live in.

"The hand that destroys the Constitution rends our Union asunder forever."

- - Daniel Webster

Ron Paul CNN Commentary - November 12, 2008

By Ron Paul
Special To CNN
(excerpt) see full article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/11/paul.republican/index.html
(CNN) -- The questions now being asked are: Where to go from here and who's to blame for the downfall of the Republican Party?
Now, in light of the election, many are asking: What is the future of the Republican Party?
But that is the wrong question. The proper question should be: Where is our country heading? There's no doubt that a large majority of Americans believe we're on the wrong track. That's why the candidate demanding "change" won the election. It mattered not that the change offered was no change at all, only a change in the engineer of a runaway train.
In the rise and fall of the recent Republican reign of power these past decades, the goal of the party had grown to be only that of gaining and maintaining power -- with total sacrifice of the original Republican belief in shrinking the size of government. Limiting government power and size with less spending and a balanced budget as the goal used to be a "traditional" Republican value. This is what Goldwater and Reagan talked about. That is what the Contract with America stood for.
The opportunity finally came in 2000 to do something about the cancerous growth of government. This clear message led to the Republican success at the polls.
Once the Republicans were in power, though, the promises faded, and all policies were directed at maintaining or increasing power by trying to whittle away at Democratic strength by acting like big-spending Democrats.
The Republican Congress never once stood up against the Bush/Rove machine that demanded support for unconstitutional wars, attacks on civil liberties here at home, and an economic policy based on more spending, more debt, and more inflation -- while constantly preaching the flawed doctrine that deficits don't matter as long as taxes aren't raised.
After eight years of perpetual (and unnecessary and unconstitutional) war, persistent and expanded attacks on our privacy, runaway deficits, and now nationalization of the financial system, Republicans are going to have a tough time regaining the confidence of the American people.
Since the new alignment of political power offers no real change, we will remain on the same track without even a pretense of slowing the growth of government. With the new administration we can expect things to go from bad to worse.
During the debates in the Republican Presidential primary, even though I am a 10-term sitting Representative Member of Congress, I was challenged more than once on my Republican credentials. The fact that I was repeatedly asked how I could be a Republican when I was talking a different language than the other candidates answers the question of how the Republican Party can slip so far so fast.
My rhetorical answer at the time was simple: Why should one be excluded from the Republican Party for believing and always voting for:
• Limited government power
• A balanced budget
• Personal liberty
• Strict adherence to the Constitution
• Sound money
• A strong defense while avoiding all undeclared wars
• No nation-building and no policing the world
Abusing the rule of law and ignoring the Constitution can be reversed. To ignore the political struggle and only "hope for the best" is pure folly. The march toward a dictatorial powerful state is now in double time.
All those who care -- and especially those who understand the stakes involved -- have an ominous responsibility to energetically get involved in the battle of survival for a free and prosperous America.

"The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people."

- - Ron Paul

REPUBLICRATS

Under the Bush administration, the Patriot Act was established.
The Patriot Act grants unchecked powers to government, and strips U.S. citizens of their right to due process, unreasonable search and seizure and other basic freedoms. The unconstitutional “USA PATRIOT Act,” is an overnight revision of the nation's surveillance laws that vastly expanded the government's authority to spy on its own citizens. Barack Obama voted yes to reauthorize the Patriot Act (S. 2271), in March, 2006. This isn't exactly standing in opposition to the Bush Administration.

Under the Bush administration, spying is a national pastime.
The New York Times reported on December 16, 2005, that his administration had been secretly spying on Americans without warrants since late 2001.
Barack Obama voted yes on the FISA Amendment Act of 2008, (H.R. 6304). This bill gives immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the Bush administration spy on Americans.

The Bush administration wanted to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.
Barack Obama voted yes on the Dream Act (S. 2205).
Who but our corrupt and pandering senators would think of incorporating the DREAM Act into “stockpile” provisions buried at the end of the lengthy Defense Bill? The DREAM Act would give amnesty to 2.1 million illegal aliens. S. 2205 would just entice a larger wave of illegal immigration.

Obama supports the interests of the National Council of La Raza.
Obama addresses the National Council of La Raza, (excerpt):
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I fought with you in the Senate for comprehensive immigration reform. And I will make it a top priority in my first year as President... because we have to finally bring those 12 million people out of the shadows... we cannot and should not deport 12 million people... we're reaching out to Latino organizations to get input on my policy proposals.
As a pro United Nations globalist, it seems quite apparent that Barack Obama has an open borders, one world government philosophy, with no concern for our national sovereignty; just like George Bush.

The Bush administration pushed for a Wall Street bailout. Instead of launching investigations to determine who is to blame and who can be prosecuted for creating this financial crisis, Barack Obama fully supported the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, (H.R. 1424). How dare Obama even consider giving the failed and deceitful Bush administration more money and power. This is unconstitutional! $1 trillion more is somehow supposed to magically appear and solve all our problems! No – creating more money might delay the inevitable for some well-connected banks on Wall Street, but in a few weeks we will find ourselves right back in this same position, but much poorer.

(and guess what)...
Bernanke Calls for More Stimulus
Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:52 PM CDT
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke helped build momentum for Congress to come back after the November elections and pass a second economic stimulus package.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke endorsed additional fiscal stimulus. Wall Street and Democrats in Congress reacted favorably. And White House press secretary Dana Perino said that the Bush administration is “open” to a second stimulus.

The Bush administration perpetuates wars without purpose.
This excerpt is from a report from September 2007, about a Democratic debate that had just aired on television:

[Now that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards have admitted that they aren't serious about ending the war in Iraq, it is time for anti-war voters to look elsewhere. In a Democratic debate on MSNBC this past week, none of the three Democratic front-runners would pledge to have American troops out of Iraq by 2013 -- the end of their first term in office, if they were to win. Anti-war voters should size up their options now. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards have made it clear that they won't commit to truly ending the war, and the rest of the Democratic field has little chance to catch them.]

And that's coming from candidates who claim to be AGAINST the war.


As hideous as the Bush administration has been, the truth of the matter is that Congress bears far more responsibility for the overthrow of our constitutional Republic than George W. Bush, or even the worst of our former presidents. It is Congress that has passed the laws and created the meddlesome agencies that the friends of freedom so despise. Congress gave us the Federal Reserve, the 16th Amendment and the IRS, the Department of Education, the PATRIOT ACT, the REAL ID Act, the Military Commissions Act, and so forth. It is Congress that has steadily built our national debt into a financial Tower of Babel. It is Congress that has allowed George W. Bush to get away with waging undeclared wars, ignoring the laws, and trampling the Constitution.

What kind of change can we expect from President Barack Obama?
Obama is pushing a bill (S. 2433), that would mandate a Global Tax costing the United States $845 billion, as well as banning small arms and light weapons. Organizations like the Joyce Foundation, (that Obama sat on the board of directors), the Freedom States Alliance (FSA), the United Nations (UN) and others, seek to disarm law-abiding citizens. This is the idea of "change" that they share with Barack Obama. It is clear... as a pro United Nations globalist, Barack Obama has a hostile presidential agenda against gun ownership and our Second Amendment rights.

Does the way Barack Obama cast his vote on issues really represent your own beliefs and principles? It appears to me, he is supporting the same administration that he claims to be so adamantly opposed to. When they have the same goals, how different are they really?
Except by name... Republicrats

What is Socialism?
- -a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

- - Winston Churchill

"The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level."

- - Norman Mailer

A Wasted Vote

Excerpt from an article by

Chuck Baldwin
http://www.baldwin08.com/

A wasted vote is a vote for someone you know does not represent your own beliefs and principles.

Take a look at the recent $700 billion Wall Street bailout: both John McCain and Barack Obama endorsed and lobbied for it. Both McCain and Obama will continue to bail out these international banksters on the backs of the American taxpayers. Both McCain and Obama support giving illegal aliens amnesty and a path to citizenship. In the debate this past Tuesday night, both McCain and Obama expressed support for sending U.S. forces around the world for "peacekeeping" purposes. They also expressed support for sending combat forces against foreign countries even if those countries do not pose a threat to the United States. Neither Obama nor McCain will do anything to stem the tide of a burgeoning police state or a mushrooming New World Order. Both Obama and McCain support NAFTA and similar "free trade" deals. Neither candidate will do anything to rid America of the Federal Reserve, or work to eliminate the personal income tax, or disband the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Both Obama and McCain support the United Nations. So, pray tell, how is a vote for either McCain or Obama not a wasted vote?

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

- - George Orwell