Senior United States District Judge Roger Vinson has just handed down a ruling that gives President Barack Hussein Obama and his Administration 7 days to appeal Judge Vinson’s original decision which declared Obama’s signature legislation , affectionately known as Obamacare, unconstitutional.

Here is Judge Vinson’s conclusion:

As I wrote about two weeks after this litigation was filed: “the citizens of this country have an interest in having this case resolved as soon as practically possible”

That was nearly eleven months ago. In the time since, the battle lines have been drawn, the relevant case law marshaled, and the legal arguments refined. Almost everyone agrees that the Constitutionality of the Act is an issue that will ultimately have to be decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. It is very important to everyone in this country that this case move forward.

 I note that two of the pending appeals (in the Fourth and Sixth Circuits) are apparently proceeding on an expedited basis.

Therefore, the defendants’ motion to clarify (doc. 156) is GRANTED, as set forth above. To the extent that motion is construed as a motion to stay, it is also GRANTED, and the summary declaratory judgment entered in this case is STAYED pending appeal, conditioned upon the defendants filing their notice of appeal within seven (7) calendar days of this order and seeking an expedited appellate review.

So, now, Scooter and his minions have 1 week to file a request for review with the 11th Appellate Court, which is very Conservative in nature.

Guess which Supreme Court Justice is assigned to this court?  Justice Clarence Thomas, whom the Libs have all been screaming to recuse himself, from hearing Obamacare, because of lobbying activities by his wife.

Of course, they do not mention that new Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, helped in the preparation of Obamacare.

Nope.  Nothing to see here.  Move along.

Referring to his original ruling, and the Administration’s defense that the individual mandate is covered under the Commerce Clause, Judge Vinson wrote:

Such an unprecedented and potentially radical expansion of Congress’s commerce power could only be authorized in the first instance by the Supreme Court, or possibly by a Constitutional amendment. It is not for a lower court to expand upon Supreme Court jurisprudence, and in the process authorize the exercise of a “highly attractive power” that Congress has never before claimed in the history of the country which Congress’s veryown attorneys have warned “could be perceived as virtually unlimited in scope.”

After concluding that the individual mandate could not be supported by existing Commerce Clause precedent — nor under Necessary and Proper Clause case law, including the recent doctrinal analysis articulated in United States v. Comstock, I then considered the question of severability.

In deciding the severability issue, I began by recognizing and acknowledging that, if at all possible, courts will usually only strike down the unconstitutional part of a statute and leave the rest intact. However, I noted that this was not the usual case, and that its unique facts required a finding of non-severability.

In particular, I noted that:

(i) At the time the Act was passed, Congress knew for certain that legal challenges to the individual mandate were coming;

(ii) Congress’s own Research Service had essentially advised that the legal challenges would have merit (and therefore might result in the individual mandate being struck down) as it could not be said that the individual mandate had “solid constitutional foundation” [CRS Analysis, supra, at 3];

(iii) And yet, Congress specifically (and presumably intentionally) deleted the “severability clause” that had been included in the earlier version of the Act.

I concluded that, in light of the foregoing facts, the conspicuous absence of a severability clause — which is ordinarily included in complex legislation as a matter of routine — could be viewed as strong evidence that Congress recognized that the Act could not operate as intended if the individual mandate was eventually be struck down by the courts.

Just a reminder, if the Supreme Court rules Obamacare Constitutional, the individual mandate requirement to purchase health insurance for all citizens and legal residents takes effect in 2014.

According to a summary prepared by the National Association of Health Underwriters on March 29th, 2010:

There are specified exceptions under current law and violators will be subject to a phased‐in excise tax penalty for noncompliance of either a flat‐dollar amount per person or a percentage of the individual’s income, whichever is higher.

In 2014, the percentage of income determining the fine amount would be one percent,then two percent in 2015, with the maximum fine of 2.5% of taxable (gross) household income capped at the average family bronze‐level insurance premium in 2016.

The alternative is a fixed‐dollar amount that begins at $325 per person in 2015 and goes to $695 in 2016.

If the Department of Justice files within the next 7 days, the stay on Judge Vinson’s original ruling will remain in place until the Appellate Court’s Ruling.

However, this is still a victory for those opposing Obamacare, as it forces the Administration’s hand, when they would rather putz around with the Wisconsin Public Unions Problem or throw Motown Parties at the White House.

Justice may be blind, but she sure ain’t stupid.

Please, gentle reader, allow me to ask you a couple of  indelicate questions:

Are you having trouble trying to make ends meet in this Obamanation of an economy?

Are you as torqued off as the rest of us about out-of-control spending by the Federal Government?

Well, then, you may not want to read the rest of this post.

According to foxnews.com, the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan group, has released an eye-opening report which targets billions of dollars in potential savings if Congress has with the intestinal fortitude to suck it up and turn off the money flow to taxpayer-funded programs for politically popular causes.

Your “wealth” spread by your government, sustains 47 job-training programs, 44 of which are redundant. Your “wealth” also pays for 80 programs for the “transportation disadvantaged.”

There are also 82 programs, operated by 10 separate agencies, whose sole purpose is to improve teacher quality.

I thought hundreds of local school districts were already working on that?

Politicians have promised for a long time to cut out Government waste, fraud and abuse. So, yesterday, they jumped on this report with both feet.

House Republican Leader Eric Cantor said that he and his fellow Republicans would “get our fiscal house in order” in light of the report:

Now again, we have said enough is enough. Our Congress is about delivering results.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said in a statement Tuesday morning:

This report confirms what most Americans assume about their government. We are spending trillions of dollars every year and nobody knows what we are doing. The executive branch doesn’t know. The congressional branch doesn’t know. Nobody knows. This report also shows we could save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars every year without cutting services.

According to the report:

Reducing or eliminating duplication, overlap or fragmentation could potentially save billions of taxpayer dollars annually and help agencies provide more efficient and effective services.

The study found 33 areas with “overlap and fragmentation” in the federal government.

Here are some more examples of “your tax dollars at work”:

• Fifty-six programs across 20 agencies dealing with financial literacy.
• More than 2,100 data centers — up from 432 a little more than a decade ago — across 24 federal agencies. GAO estimated the government could save up to $200 billion over the next decade by consolidating them.
• Twenty programs across seven agencies dealing with homelessness. The report found $2.9 billion spent on the programs in 2009. “Congress is often to blame” for fragmentation, GAO wrote in this section, explaining that the duplicative programs in multiple agencies cause access problems for potential participants.
• Eighty-two “distinct” teacher-quality programs across 10 agencies. Many of them have “duplicate sub-goals,” GAO said. Nine of them address teacher quality in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
• Fifteen agencies administering 30 food-related laws.
• Eighty economic development programs.

The report goes on to state:

Some of the oversight doesn’t make any sense.

Gee, ya think, DiNozzo?

Some of these questionable programs had a hard time justifying their existence. For example, domestic food assistance initiatives.

Per the GAO report, 18 of these programs are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services. GAO estimates $62.5 billion of taxpayer money is being doled out to them.

What’s worse, “little is known about the effectiveness” of 11 of those programs, the report states.

And, regarding the 47 job-training programs run by Uncle Sugar, only five could come up with an “impact study” since 2004 looking at “outcomes.” About half of them produced no performance review at all since 2004.

Congress asked GAO to provide them with a study of

…federal programs, agencies, offices and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities, to estimate the cost of such duplication and to make recommendations to Congress for consolidation and elimination of such duplication.

I don’t think that Congress expected the size and scope of waste in government programs that the report informed them of.

Of course, it has become a political football, with the Republicans attempting to look like they’re in compliance with the mandate given on November 2nd, 2010, and the Democrats trying to appear like they actually want to bite the hand that feeds them and make cuts to these programs of government largesse that they initiated in the first place.

But don’t worry, President Barack Hussein Obama  is willing to make a deep sacrifice, according to his proposed Federal Budget.

And, if you believe that, you believe Charlie Sheen has embraced sobriety.

Allow me to end today’s blog with an e-mail that I received this morning that sums up Scooter’s Federal Budget Proposal very well :

Our “President” has ordered his cabinet to cut a whopping $100 Million from our $3.5 trillion federal budget!

I’m so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal budget.

I spend about $2000 a month on groceries, household expenses, medicine, utilities, etc, but it’s time to get out the budget cutting ax, go line by line through my expenses, and cut back!

I’m going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio:-1/35,000 of my total budget.

After doing the math, it looks like instead of spending $2000 a month; I’m going to have to cut that number by six (6) cents!

Yes, I’m going to have to get by with $1999.94, but that’s what sacrifice is all about. I’ll just have to do without some things, that are, frankly, “luxuries.” (Did OBAMA actually think no one would do the math? Oh, I forgot, liberals don’t rely on FACTS, they rely on “feel good” emotions).

John Q. Taxpayer

Remember this guy from the Sean Hannity show?

British Muslim Cleric Anjem Choudary, who proclaimed that ‘the flag of Islam will fly over the White House’, is scheduled to lead a demonstration this Thursday, in front of the White House, calling on Muslims to establish the Sharia law across America.

Fellow Americans, Choudary, 43, has stated that we are ‘the biggest criminals in the world today.’

According to Choudary:

we expect thousands to come out and support us.

The event is a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims to rise up and ­establish the Islamic state in America.

This is a unique event taking place in Washington, outside the White House which, Inshallah, (God willing) will garner huge support.

They have seen our activities in the UK and Europe and have decided they want to challenge the vacuum in ­freedom and democracy and the ­people in the front line of the struggle against Islam and Muslims – the ­American ­government and the ­establishment.

They have invited and ­myself and Sayful Islam from Luton to come over to address the crowd and rally support.

We are going to address ­corruption in the Senate, corrupt foreign ­policy, the mayhem around the ­Muslim world, the drug and ­alcohol culture, ­promiscuity and the pandemic of crime in America.

It is only right the call is made in the heart of Western ­civilisation in front of the biggest pharaoh that ­exists today, which is Barack Obama.

I think the American people’s hearts and minds are open to receive Islam as an alternative way of life. We expect thousands to come out and support us.

The rally has been organized by the Islamic Thinkers Society, an extremist group based in New York.

Their About US page on their website proclaims:

“Let there rise from amongst you group(s)

who invite others to the khair(Islam),

command the good, and forbid the evil, and

they are the ones who are successful.”

[TMQ 3:104]

It is based upon this verse in the Qur’an that we, the Islamic Thinkers Society have based ourselves upon. We are a handful of like-minded Muslims from Ahl us-Sunnah wal jama’ah, who invite others to Islam from the Ideological perspective which is to invite to the Aqeedah(belief, Tawheed, Imaan) as well as to the shahriah(system, rules, commandments) as this is what is being meant in the ayah when Allah s.w.t. uses the word “khair”. Alhamdulillah our numbers are growing day by day as more Muslims are realizing their obligations towards their Creator.

Our da’wah activities takes place mainly in the streets of Times Square and Jackson Heights, NYC where we give out leaflets and hold posters/banners covering all types of issues relating from spiritual, social, economical, to political issues. This methodology was adopted from the seerah(lifestyle) of the prophet Muhammad s.a.w. where he along with the sahabas(companions) would constantly night and day exhaust all their efforts to give da’wah to the Makkan society to invite them to the Tawheed(oneness in worship & reverence)of Allah s.w.t. where they would rationally challenge the belief as well as the dominant corrupt system that ruled over them that allowed them to think in this manner. They would command what Allah s.w.t. revealed to them was good which was missing in the present society whether in the belief or the system, and they would forbid the evil which was present in the society, whether it was in the belief or in the system. They would culture themselves from the wisdom of the Qur’an and then they would go to the streets to convey the message in a simultaneous manner. This is exactly what we do since Islam is complete. We culture ourselves about Islam, while giving da’wah on the street simultaneously.

Choudary’s anti-American stance is well-known. Last year, he and some of his followers burned the Stars and Stripes outside the U.S. embassy in London on September 11.

According to an article, posted 2/26/11 on  his website, shariah4america.com, he and his fellow adherents of Sharia Law, want to go even farther than that:

One of the founding principles of the Islamic constitution is to ensure that all sovereignty and supremacy belongs solely to God; the Shari’ah is a practical manifestation of this sovereignty and supremacy because it seeks to establish His command in society.

The status of a nation subsequently does not depend on its number, strength or technological advancement, but rather how much it submits to the commands of God. When a nation seeks to be free from such commands, then ultimately it will meet its destruction.

The Statue of Liberty, designed by Frederic Bartholdi, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor; representing Libertas, the Roman (false) goddess of Freedom, it is symbolic of the rebellious nature of the US constitution that elevates the command of man over the command of God.

In Islam, the public veneration of idols and statues is strictly prohibited. This has forced sincere Muslims to develop realistic plans that will aid in the removal of the Statue of Liberty.

Due to the scale of the task at hand, it is highly likely that rigorous safety checks will need to be employed before the demolition of the Statue of Liberty can commence; thus as a temporary measure, it is proposed that a large burkha is used to cover the statue, thereby shielding this horrendous eye sore from public view as well as sending a strong message to its French creators.

Post demolition, it is recommended that a minaret be built as a fitting replacement, allowing the glorification of God to be proclaimed daily as well as act as a powerful reminder of the superiority of Islam over all other ways of life.

Last October, he told an ABC chat show that ‘one day the flag of Islam will fly over the White House.’

Present occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue excluded, you’re going to find the America people a different breed than that of the European Union, Imam Choudary.

1.5 % of Americans are Muslim.  75 % proclaim Christ as their Savior.

Try it.  I’ll grab the popcorn.

In a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan fired up a packed house of true believers. “Calypso Louie”, as the great Rush Limbaugh has nicknamed him, was delivering a message in the Allstate Arena in Rosemont as part of the 81st annual celebration of Saviours’ Day, marking the birth of his faith’s founder, W. Fard Muhammad.

His sermon, titled “God will send saviours,” was the keynote address, ending a weekend of workshops whose topics included health, preparing for natural disasters and unidentified flying objects. Farrakhan and his followers in the Nation of Islam believe in a UFO called “the wheel” or “the Mother Plane.”

Obama’s admiring neighbor from Chicago, Farrakhan, testifies to a 1985 religious experience in which he ascended into a flying saucer and heard the voice of dead Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad predicting historical events that came to pass.

Who was this “Fard” guy and what do Farrakhan and his followers believe?

Per bible.ca:

In the summer of 1930, a peddler made his appearance in the black ghetto of Detroit. He gave the name of Wallace D. Fard. He is believed to have been of Arab descent, but this has not been documented. He went from door to door selling clothing and accessories, as well as artifacts. These, he claimed, were like those the ancestors of the blacks wore and used. As he peddled his goods, he told tales about the blacks of Africa that entranced his customers. This led to informal gatherings in homes in which he told the blacks about their land of origin.

At first, his talks focused on black history, culture and diet. He did not say much about politics or religion, but as time progressed, his focus became more and more politically and religiously oriented. Eventually, his disciples were introduced to the Qur’an. Later, his talks became bitter denunciations of the white race. His audiences became so large that they could no longer meet in homes. A hall was rented and named “The Temple of Islam.” This is how the movement which calls itself “The Nation of Islam” and is called by detractors, “Black Muslims,” came into being.

Fard soon built his following into a tightly knit cult that looked to him as “Ruler of the Universe.” He established a university that was in reality a secondary school which emphasized the teaching of math and astronomy. It also focused on his teaching about “the ending of the spook civilization”.

Fard began a Muslim Girls Training Class that continues to today and still teaches the principles of home economics and how to be proper wives and mothers. He instituted a para-military unit called “Fruit of Islam” (FOI) to teach military tactics and the handling of firearms against the predicted day that whites would not tolerate their growth and prosperity.

He also set up the office of The Minister of Islam which, with the aid of a well trained staff, ultimately ran the whole organization. In three short years Fard has acquired some 8,000 followers. Under the direction of The Minister of Islam and his staff, the Nation of Islam continued to prosper. Fard retired from an openly active role in the direction of The Nation of Islam.

One of Fard’s early disciples, Elijah Poole, was given the Muslim name Elijah Muhammad. He became one of Fard’s favorites, and was ultimately named as the chief Minister of Islam. In June of 1934, only four years after he made his first appearance in Detroit, and shortly after Elijah Muhammad was named Minister of Islam, W. D. Fard completely and mysteriously disappeared.

Back to the present…

In his sermon yesterday, Farrakhan rambled for about 4 hours, on divergent topics, using religious texts to back up his opinions.

Farrakhan extolled the virtues of Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard. He also praised its auditing process, which is considered spiritual counseling by its members.

According to Farrakhan:

L. Ron Hubbard is so exceedingly valuable to every Caucasian person on this earth.

… L. Ron Hubbard himself was and is trying to civilize white people and make them better human beings and take away from them their reactive minds … Mr. Hubbard recognized that his people have to be civilized.

…and the crowd cheered.

Calypso Louie went on to predict yesterday that America is on the verge of facing violent uprisings like those we are watching in the Middle East.

What you are looking at in Tunisia, in Egypt … Libya, in Bahrain … what you see happening there … you’d better prepare because it will be coming to your door.

…and the crowd cheered.

He also cautioned President Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm) to leave these future protesters alone and not to attack these innocent people.

…and the crowd cheered.

Has Calypso Louie been given a heads up by the Muslim Brotherhood?

A NOTE FROM KJ: For more insight into the Rev. Louis Farrakhan, here is a video interview he did in 2007 with CNN.

As Libya continues to wait for the Leader of the Free World, US President Barack Hussein Obama, to make a public statement about the crisis in their country, his Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, spoke for the Administration yesterday, in a tersely-worded e-mail:

The world is watching the situation in Libya with alarm. We join the international community in strongly condemning the violence in Libya.

Now is the time to stop this unacceptable bloodshed. Our thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives have been lost, and with their loved ones.

The government of Libya has a responsibility to respect the universal rights of the people, including the right to free expression and assembly.

Thanks, Madame Secretary.  That should make a difference.  Sheesh.

It appears that everybody is deserting Kadhafi. The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brother (You remember them, that secular organization), Yusuf al-Qaradawi, put out a fatwa calling for Libyan soldier who can, to shoot Kadhafi in order “to rid Libya of him.”

The Egyptian-born cleric, usually based in Qatar, told Al-Jazeera television:

Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Kadhafi should do so.

This leader of “the religion of peace” also told Libyan soldiers “not to obey orders to strike at your own people,”.   He then urged Libyan ambassadors around the world to dissociate themselves from Kadhafi’s regime.

This is not just any nutjob. He’s a celebrity in the Middle East for his controversial fatwas, or religious edicts. Qaradawi, in his 80s, hosts religious broadcasts on Al-Jazeera.

In the past, he has defended “violence carried out by certain Muslims.”

Because he has supported “terrorism” by sanctioning Palestinian suicide attacks in Israel, Britain and the United States will not grant him entry visas.

The Muslim religious leader, known as the spiritual leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and a longtime resident of Qatar, is the head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars.

And were was the fearless leader of Libya?

Yesterday, Kadhafi appeared on state-run television, sitting in a car, wearing a hat with ear flaps, holding an umbrella.  He claimed that he had not fled Libya after protesters overran several cities and his 40 year rule appeared to be collapsing.

He said:

I am going to meet with the youth in Green Square.

It’s just to prove that I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela and to deny television reports, those dogs.

Kadhafi  was trying to squelch rumors that he had fled to Venezuela.

After days of violence, the apparent revolution had come to Tripoli, where protesters attacked police stations and the offices of Kadhafi’s state-run television, setting government buildings ablaze.

There were reports of massacres in the streets by Kadhafi’s military and African mercenaries, hired by Kadhafi.

One resident of east Tripoli said by phone:

It’s definitely the end of the regime. This has never happened in Libya before. We are praying that it ends quickly.

While all of this was going on, two Libyan fighter pilots, both colonels, got the heck outta Dodge, flying their single-seater Mirage F1 jets to Malta. They sought asylum, claiming that they had been ordered to attack protesters in Benghazi.

Italy put all military air bases on maximum alert after the fighters landed.

Human rights groups are putting the death toll at between over 200 to some 400 people, so far.

The effect on America’s economy will be immediate.

Libya is the world’s 18th largest oil producer, pumping out around 1.8 million barrels a day, or a little under 2 percent of the world’s daily output. Kadhafi’s regime sits atop the biggest oil reserves in the whole of Africa.

In response to the Libyan situation, oil prices surged. Benchmark crude for March delivery was up $7.88 a barrel, or 9.1 percent, to $94.08 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

With the oil price rising so rapidly, will it be any surprise if stocks are inevitably under severe pressure?

Rising crude prices are the biggest problem for investors because they reinforce fears of inflation and raw materials costs. They also can cause a big drop in global demand levels, as experienced in previous oil price shocks in 1973-4, 1979 and 2008.

Wow, it’s a good thing we have all these oil fields ready for production in our own country.  Oh, wait…

So, as the seeds of revolution continue to be sown in the Middle East, America and their allies are looking to the Leader of the greatest country in the world to say something, to offer hope, and to take a principled stand.

So far, all we’ve heard are **crickets**.

As I turned on my computer this morning, the following headlines greeted me at FoxNews.com:

• Chaos as Libyan Gov’t Building Burns
• Qaddafi Son: We’ll ‘Fight to the Last Bullet’
• U.S. ‘Gravely Concerned’ Over Libya Violence
• EU Citizens May Evacuate
• Bahrain Protesters Seek to Overthrow Royal Family
• Yemen President Rejects Demand to Step Down

Meanwhile, the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday called on Muslims to “remove” the US from the Islamic world.

This proponent of “the religion of peace” was speaking to a meeting Shiite and Sunni scholars in Tehran at an international conference on Islam, when he said:

The main problem in the Muslim world is the presence of the United States. It is the biggest problem. We need to address that. It is necessary to remove the US from the Islamic world.

He added that America was currently weak.

Khamenei wants Muslims around the world to preserve the “people’s movement in Egypt”. According to him, it is the duty of both the people and dignitaries of Arab nations and the entire Islamic community.

He repeatedly stated that the Arab revolts were “Islamic” and must be consolidated.

Can you say “Caliphate”?

This “man of peace” went on to say:

The enemies try to say that the popular movements in Egypt, Tunisia and other nations are un-Islamic, but certainly these popular movements are Islamic and must be consolidated.

Khamenei also said that “the conspiracy of enemies to create differences between Sunnis and Shiites” needs to be confronted.

He’s got his own problems.

Iran’s opposition, for the second time in a week, has brought tens of thousands of supporters into the streets yesterday. The protesters were calling for the end to the Islamic Republic’s current government.

The government beat back the protesters with what witnesses said was a huge number of security forces. sent to silence the crowds.

According to witnesses, scores of anti-riot police and plainclothes Basij militia lined the streets and on several occasions fired indiscriminately into the crowd and beat protesters with steel batons.

Witnesses also reported that, in one neighborhood, the Basij dropped tear gas canisters from the roof of a commercial building onto the protesters.

Dozens have been injured and arrested, according to witnesses.

One witness reported:

This was the most violent protest we’ve had by far, and people were also really angry and fearless.

The witness said that the people seem determined to stay in the streets.

So, what are the purveyors of Smart Power! doing about the violence in the Middle East?

Not a whole heckuva lot, it seems.

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in the turbulent Gulf region on Sunday for a week-long visit, in order to cement U.S. strategic ties with whatever allies we have remaining there.

He is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. He is also supposed to stop in Djibouti, where demonstrators inspired by revolts that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia have clashed with riot police.

The Admiral’s spokesman, Captain John Kirby, said:

Though this trip was planned well before the recent unrest in the region, the chairman will be interested to gain the perspectives of leaders here about these protest movements.

He added that Mullen will also

…make clear his desire to see that peaceful protest be allowed to continue without threats or violence from any quarter and that restraint is shown by all sides in these disputes.

The Admiral, however, will not be stopping in Bahrain, an important strategic base of America’s military power in the Gulf.

The country had been the site of deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces last week. The United States regards Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, as one of our primary defenses against Shi’ite power Iran across the Gulf.

At the same time Admiral Mullen is on his Goodwill Tour, Iranian warships have crossed the Suez Canal for the first time since 1979.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went on ABC News’ This Week with Christine Amanpour, where she spoke about the turmoil in the Middle East and said:

We try to hold everyone to a similar standard, but we cannot dictate the outcomes. We cannot tell countries what they’re going to do. We had, you know, no control over what happened in Egypt. We expressed our opinion as we went along and were working with our Egyptian counterparts so that their transition is peaceful, meaningful, transparent, produces results.

By the way, where is Hillary’s boss, the Leader of the Free World, during all this Middle Eastern upheaval?

Saturday, he stepped in to help coach his 9-year-old daughter Sasha’s basketball team while she went on a skiing vacation to Vail, Colorado with her mother and sister.

No one is reporting what he did yesterday.  He probably watched the NBA All-Star Game.

How…comforting. 

The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791 as a part of the Bill of Rights, states that:

…the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The 44th President of these United States, Barack Hussein Obama, said this week:

The truth is, some of the main instigators behind the current protest in Wisconsin over Governor Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts have been the Democratic Party and their sponsored group named Organizing for America, whose publicity arm operates the  DNC-owned website barackobama.com.

Per David Horowitz’s discoverthenetworks.org:

Organizing for America (OFA) is a project of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The American public first heard about OFA on January 17, 2009, when President Barack Obama announced that the organization would soon open its doors for business. Two months later, in mid-March, OFA was officially launched.

Basing its operations on the third floor of the DNC’s Capitol Hill headquarters, OFA consists of a vast network of volunteers whose mission is to “let their friends and neighbors know about the President’s plan to invest in America’s future, improve health care and education, create green jobs, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and cut the deficit in half over the next four years.”

A New York Times report describes OFA as “an army of [Obama] supporters talking, sending e-mail and texting to friends and neighbors as they try to mold public opinion.”

From an article titled Fight for our State Workers, written by Mary Hough and posted 2/17/11 on barackobama.com:

UPDATE: For the past two days, thousands of workers have been gathering at the State Capitol in Madison, WI, to defend their rights in the workplace. From nurses to police officers, public sector workers and OFA volunteers have been protesting against proposed legislation to take away workers’ rights to bargain collectively. With a vote on the legislation expected as early as today, volunteers are already gathering at the Capitol this morning. It’s going to be a big day in Madison and you can follow updates throughout the day on the OFA Wisconsin Twitter feed.

Organizing for America is mobilizing on the ground in Wisconsin to defend the rights of public employees from an attempt by the governor to take away their right to organize.

Is Obama’s involvement in the Wisconsin protest a violation of the Tenth Amendment?

According to the Detroit Free Press:

President Barack Obama and his political machine are offering tactical support, eager to repair strained relations with some union leaders upset over his recent overtures to business.

The potent combination has helped fan the huge protests in Wisconsin against a measure that would strip collective bargaining rights from state workers. The alliance also is sending a warning to other states that are considering the same tactic.

…For Obama, stepping into a confrontation with a governor has its risks. The president is in a struggle of his own to tame spending, and siding with unions may cast him as a partisan even as he talks about setting a new tone in Washington.

Ya think, DiNozzo? 

Also, Obama has to keep campaign promises that he made to the Labor Unions.

Therefore, Obama will be standing beside Labor Unions, public and private, as they come together to carry out a $30 million plan to stop anti-labor measures in Wisconsin and 10 other states.

This new Labor “Allied Powers” includes AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka working with leaders such as Teamsters president James Hoffa.

Politics make strange bedfellows. The fact is, they haven’t been on speaking terms for years.

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, thinks that Obama is helping fuel “Greece-style” protests in the United States.

His political organization is colluding with special interest allies across the country to demagogue reform-minded governors who are making the tough choices that the president is avoiding.

Boehner’s right. For instance, Education Secretary Arne Duncan prmised teachers’ unions during an education summit in Denver that he would stand by them in states where governors have pledged to shut down teachers’ collective bargaining rights. He specifically mentioned Wisconsin.

So, is the President of the United States abusing his powers in violation of the Tenth Admendment of the United States Constitution?

Remember, the Tenth Admendment states that:

…the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. 

I don’t see the name Barack Hussein Obama, anywhere in the Tenth Amendment.  Do you?

Today, there may be a Perfect Storm in Madison, Wisconsin.

Minnesota State Employee Union members, joined by bussed-in Union thugs will be holding rallies in protest of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts, that would actually make them pay something toward their own retirement.

Oh, the humanity.

According to the state AFSCME website:

Rallies will be held Saturday at the Capitol at 10:30 am and 4:00 pm. On Saturday and Sunday, bus service will be limited to shuttles from the east and west edges of Madison (click here for info). The Friday bus schedule is here.

Union members from all work sectors and their supporters have turned out every day this week to send a loud signal that lawmakers must not strip bargaining rights from most public employees. AFSCME members have poured into the Capitol from around the state.

…But AFSCME members were hardly alone. Other public sector unions were well represented, including police and firefighters who have been exempted from the union busting proposal. Private sector unions also have come out in force, as did university and high school students.

We will not stop until the attack on our bargaining rights is over.

…Shuttle buses will be running from Madison’s east and west sides on Saturday and Sunday. A full statewide bus schedule now is being arranged for Monday.

They included detailed instructions as to what their members should do:

When you get off your bus in Madison on Friday, head for the Capitol and look for your legislators. There is an information desk in the Capitol Rotunda where you can find out the names and office numbers of your legislators if you don’t already know them.

This is about protecting your fundamental rights in the workplace and the future of your family. Make sure you are heard today!

And then there’s this, posted 2/17/2011 on barackobama.com, by Elizabeth Chan:

Thursday marked the third straight day of rallies in Madison, Wisconsin—where students, nurses, public safety officers, and others are gathering to stand up for the rights of Wisconsin state employees.

Republican Governor Walker Scott Walker has proposed a radical plan to take away the collective bargaining rights of public workers. Those who teach and those who plow the snow-filled Wisconsin streets would no longer be able to organize for better working conditions and rights in the workplace.

Since Tuesday, the streets of Madison and the halls of the Capitol building have been filled with thousands of ordinary folks who are sending the strongest message possible to their state legislators—their rights are not up for negotiation.

Organizing for America–Wisconsin, who has been among the most vocal advocates for state employees’ rights, is tweeting live from the rallies and pulling together the voices, videos, and photos of this movement.

That is one side of the showdown happening today.  The other side is comprised of  Tea Party members.

According to Drew Ryun, president of American Majority Action, one of the conservative groups planning the demonstration, organizers are “meeting fire with fire.”

We have buses coming in from all over the state. We see this as the opening salvo of the 2012 election season. The Tea Party movement facing off against the unions. And we like the odds.

The Tea Party Rally has been named the “I Stand With Scott Walker” Rally.

Another group that will be there are the Tea Party Patriots.  Here is what their Founders, Jenny Beth Martin and Mark Meckler,  had to say:

In the current situation in Wisconsin, we see Democratic politicians and their constituency standing against democracy. Instead of responding to the will of the people, Democratic legislators are in hiding, and refusing to show for a vote which they are certain to lose. Teachers have closed down the schools. Union thugs have overrun the capitol and are damaging property, and carrying signs with crude abuse and threats. Meanwhile, instead of acting “Presidential” and calling for a restoration of the democratic process, civility and decency, the President and his Organizing for America are actually standing against democracy in Wisconsin.

In summary, here is what we see in Wisconsin ; Democratic legislators in hiding and not legislating, teachers on sick-out and not teaching, and students out of school and not learning. Most importantly, we see our President, who is supposed to be a leader, not “leading.” Is it any wonder that public opinion has turned against the President, the Democrats, public employee unions and their thugs?

They are absolutely right.  I can not remember any other American President advocating anarchy.  It’s almost like he wants to radically change America…or something.