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This is scary. I have the feeling that this, the IRS politicization,and the Benghazi whitewash have put us on the brink of insurrection. If the civilians rise up which way will the military go? The military holds the 'Blucher' I only have a couple of small caliber handguns.
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#5 the government assumes enforcement will placidly follow orders. Look what happened to those who followed orders under Hitler. When it comes to shooting your own people. Women and children and so on. Internment camps like under TR. Many will turn their backs on this government. They are armed to the teeth with hollow points as well. Like most things this government has done for six years. They do nothing correctly. Kudos to you Fox and New Yorker. The enforcement will have to have dead eyes. Like the Japanese soldier they must be trained to kill. No emotion.
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Top layers will not matter in an insurrection. Lower levels, company commanders and battalion commanders, unit NCOs and lower enlisted themselves, especially in combat arms, are far to the other side of the would-be tyrants on this. ThosePentagon Princes can give the orders, but they are deluded if they think whole units would not end up disobeying them or even going over to the citizen's side. Oath Keepers has been working for years on ensuring this goes our way, as well as the basic nature of those who serve in combat arms roles.
"I am about ready," General Abbott told Breitbart Texas, "to go to go to the Red River and raise a 'Come and Take It' flag to tell the feds to stay out of Texas."
Gen. Abbott sent a strongly-worded letter to BLM Director Neil Kornze, asking for answers to a series of questions related to the potential land grab.
"I am deeply concerned about the notion that the Bureau of Land Management believes the federal government has the authority to swoop in and take land that has been owned and cultivated by Texas landowners for generations," General Abbott wrote. "The BLM's newly asserted claims to land along the Red River threaten to upset long-settled private property rights and undermine fundamental principles--including the rule of law--that form the foundation of our democracy. Yet, the BLM has failed to disclose either its full intentions or the legal justification for its proposed actions. Decisions of this magnitude must not be made inside a bureaucratic black box."
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas, General Abbott said, "This is the latest line of attack by the Obama Administration where it seems like they have a complete disregard for the rule of law in this country ...And now they've crossed the line quite literally by coming into the State of Texas and trying to claim Texas land as federal land. And, as the Attorney General of Texas I am not going to allow this."
Abbott said this issue comes down to a fundamental principle and that is, "private property rights and the rule of law are the foundation of democracy. Repeatedly we see the Obama Administration erode that foundation of democracy. As Attorney General, I will be restoring that bedrock foundation by restoring and protecting private property rights and the rule of law in Texas."
Abbott summarized his position thusly, "If I have to, I will make this our 31st lawsuit against the Obama Administration."
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"This is the latest line of attack by the Obama Administration where it seems like they have a complete disregard for the rule of law in this country ...
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Don't even need the National Guard. Texas has a well staffed and developed Texas State Guard - no federal oversight or involvement, its all at the state level. It even has a Marine Regiment for Maritime, Littoral, and Riverine operations... And all this is about a river area, hmmm.
Also, they have a program to help all Texas State Guard members to become CHL qualified. http://www.txsg.state.tx.us/tmf-chl-program.aspx
Texas is the wrong state for the Feds to be "messing with"
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When Texas won independence the land encompassed most of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. The present Texas boundaries were a result of Texas becoming a state. NONE of Texas belongs to the US government.
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[BLOG.AL] Less than three months before the June primary, four Alabama counties had more voters on their rolls than what the Census Bureau says is their voting age population.
Officials give a number of reasons for that, including under-counting by the census.
Secretary of State Jim Bennett said the discrepancies create opportunity for voting fraud.
"Every duplicate name and every bad address is just an opportunity for crooks to attempt to manipulate our elections," Bennett said.
Each county has a three-person board of registrars that is responsible for maintaining the voting lists with help from the secretary of state's office.
The county boards receive notification when a person dies, registers in another county, gets a driver's license in another state or is convicted of a disqualifying felony. The county boards are responsible for removing names from the list.
As of March, Greene, Hale, Lowndes and Macon counties had more active, registered voters than what the census estimated as their 18-and-older population in 2012.
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But many people live in that house
LEGALLY? (as in illegal aliens)
Bet they're Democrats.
What, no bet?
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There is nothing remarkable about this anymore. Every state is in the same situation, and federal rules make it very difficult to clean up voter roles.
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The article provides yet another opportunity to play the on-line parlor game, "Name That Party!"
What are the political affiliations of the registrars of those counties? Which way do those counties vote in typical state and federal elections?
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It wasn't called the Solid (Democrat) South for nuthin'.
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Perhaps Alambama should not allow votes to be counted until every voter is ID'd?
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Census data, per US Gov:
Hale County: 59.0% Black or African American
Lowndes County: 73.5% Black or African American
Greene County: 80.34% Black or African American
Macon County: 84.64% Black or African American
Hmm. Is there anything that seems to form a pattern?
You know along the lines of.... "Well he's registered as a democrat so he must have made a mistake and pushed the wrong button again... we can fix that."
[ONLINE.WSJ] Long before George Bailey wrestled with Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life," the public decried the pay of top executives in large financial institutions. Overpaid bank executives are the villains in regulatory morality tales and feed distorted public perceptions about bankers' pay.
It is true that the very top bank executives make more in a year than most of us make in a lifetime, but compensation of this magnitude is rare. Most banks in this country are small businesses and pay employees modest salaries. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average annual salary of a bank employee was $49,540 in 2012, not much higher than the average annual across all occupations, $45,790.
Yet one group in banking stands out as highly paid--federal bank regulators. Before the Dodd-Frank Act, the average employee of a federal bank regulatory agency received 2.3 times the average compensation of a private banker. By 2013 this ratio increased to more than 2.7--and in some cases considerably more.
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I wonder how many of these guys are appointed as a political favor?
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There is a world of difference between the responsibilities of a bank teller & those of a regulator.
Who STEALS/HAS STOLEN more than bankers? Jon Corzine, maybe, but I think you all get the drift.
(CBS) -- A top Republican state lawmaker has accused Democrats of using an "under-handed and sneaky" maneuver to advance plans to set aside $100 million in state funds to bring President Barack Obama's presidential library and museum to Illinois. "Under-handed and sneaky"..... not again ?
House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) said Democrats pulled a fast one by using a procedural maneuver last week when the House Executive Committee approved the money at a hearing in Chicago. Caught everybody by total surprise, even those napping.
"The Democrats who run the House of Representatives decided to change the format of the hearing, and proceeded with a vote without having any Republicans present," he said.
On Thursday, the committee's chairman asked for a vote on the library funding plan, using the roll call of a committee meeting from the day before. Only five Democrats attended Thursday's hearing, but all nine members -- including four Republicans -- were at the earlier meeting, and all nine members were recorded as voting yes.
"What they did last week was under-handed and sneaky, and offers further proof that they no longer can be trusted with taxpayer money," Durkin said. "No longer be trusted".....say whaaaa ?
Durkin said now is not the time to be using public money on a presidential library. Let Champ and FLOTUS fund it. It's their library.
"The state of Illinois is beyond broke. We can't pay our bills. We're $7 billion behind paying state vendors. We have pension systems that are barely afloat. Who in the world thinks that the state of Illinois can afford that right now?" he said. "To say that we are going to put $100 million aside in the hope that Illinois -- and, specifically, Chicago -- will be the recipient, or will be the designation of the Obama library, I believe it's inappropriate for that type of discussion at this time." Simple! Charge admission to the library. Sell dope, hoes, stolen cars, votes, Lotto tickets, BBQ, whatever it takes.
House Speaker Michael Madigan has said the $100 million for an Obama presidential library would not come from the state's operating funds, but from borrowing used for construction funds. He's also said there is precedent for public funding for a presidential library, since the state earmarked nearly $100 million for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, which was completed in 2004. Mike Madigan, yea, watsaproblem? Everybody believes him.
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$100 mil? Heck, all they need is one little display case to hold his autobiographies and his personal copies of "Das Kapital", "The Communist Manifesto", and "Rules for Radicals." Oh, wait. I forgot the Obamacare Wing. Never mind...
You mean Outhouse, don't you?
It would have the same stink.
Or is that the idea?
Curiousity, who would go? People who reallly had to poop?
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$100M won't get you much for a gubmnt building in Illinois.
About 45-55% goes for the actual construction costs and the rest to the 'fees', 'studies' and payola for local/state/union (interchangeable and co-existent in Ill.) agencies.
To top it off, wage and procurement rates for 'public works' in the Chicago area are about double the rates for the surrounding areas and the work will have to be performed 'Union Only' with only the highest craft-rate utilized (see 'payola' above).
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I recommend contacting ValJar and Tony Rezko. That $100m [less local fees and payoffs] should at least buy a nice vacant lot or old warehouse. We've got to start somewhere.
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I've no problem with putting the Library in Chicago. It's got to go somewhere.
I want it in the Roseland neighborhood, currently one of the most dangerous in all of Chicago. I figure with all the security, etc, putting the library there would clean up a good 4 to 6 blocks in every direction. Now THAT'S urban renewal!
And notice no community activists would be required, though undoubtedly many would be paid.
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I say let it go to Hawaii, where Champ wants to retire. Fewer locals to visit and who - on a vacation to Hawaii - would bother to add that to their itinerary?
There must be some 'Roseland'-type neighborhoods in Honolulu.
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Wrong. Save your money Chicago
The Obama Presidential Library has been built and dedicated in Florence Montana.
But both the Montana Democrats and Republicans object !
How do I know, the internet told me so, but I has to go to Maine's WCSH TV website to find out.
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That's actually a pretty good, albeit expensive as hell, idea Doc W.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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"I am about ready," General Abbott told Breitbart Texas, "to go to go to the Red River and raise a 'Come and Take It' flag to tell the feds to stay out of Texas."
