Jedediah Bila
By Jedediah Bila, Author and Political Commentator
Christmas 2009 will always be remembered as a day American heroism shone brightly, as passengers and crew members aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 foiled an attempted terrorist attack by the thankfully incompetent Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. President Obama and his team have a serious matter on their hands. Not only has Al Qaeda taken credit for the Christmas 2009 attempted attack, but the New York Daily News revealed that according to ABC News, Abdulmutallab “…told FBI agents that other operatives are being trained in Yemen and would soon attack.” In addition, FoxNews reported that Yemen’s foreign minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, disclosed that Al Qaeda operatives and leaders in Yemen “…may actually plan attacks like the one we have just had in Detroit. There are maybe hundreds of them — 200, 300.” Let’s hope that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s embarrassing statement to CNN’s Candy Crowley that the lack of success of the Christmas 2009 attempted attack proves that “the system worked,” is no indication of how the Obama camp will be handling the gravity of this matter. Of course Janet quickly changed her story within twenty-four hours, likely realizing the idiocy of what she had uttered and citing that her words had been taken out of context. See CQPolitics for the original interview transcript.
According to numerous reports, Abdulmutallab’s father released a statement claiming to have warned Nigerian security forces and U.S. Embassy officials over a month ago of his son’s radical religious leanings. Abdulmutallab was added to the United States government’s database of those with suspected links to terrorism, but not placed on the no-fly list. Slight oversight? I’d say so. Let’s see if Obama’s team is as eager to treat Abdulmutallab as a common American criminal as they are with respect to the 9/11 masterminds. Shall we grant Abdulmutallab a cozy New York City trial as well.
And now for the ultimate kicker: ABC News reported that “Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents.” Wake up, Mr. President. WAKE. UP.
Obama’s address to the nation that came three days too late was bland, monotone, and devoid of the empowering energy that should characterize a speech by any American President whose citizens just escaped—by virtue of their heroism and the terrorist’s ineptitude—a deadly attack. I found it lifeless and unconvincing, his inability to instinctively call forth a fierce and necessary patriotism perhaps my greatest concern.
We are at war, President Obama. Our nation and its every guiding principle are under attack. If you love your country, I can’t think of a better time to start showing it.
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Ask a WWII vet if he fought for this kind of government we have now. My father would be terrified of this present this is the kind of thing he fought against. WHO IS PROTECTING US FROM OUR GOVERNMENT? We need to respond to their “terroism” on the American people. I completly got off the fence last year when the ATF and FBI invaded our home in Feburary. They will have to answer for their crimes against “we the people”
Greetings:I have read all posts shown and must say I agree with many/most of them, EXCEPT, I detect a bit of misinformation entwined in many posts. Maybe not so much misinformation as lack of information. I know how busy everyone is just trying to survive, but we all must become informed about what has and is going on in our country. There are many good websites that will help open hearts and minds. If we wish to defeat the enemies of our country, including those in public office, we need to read and listen to others that have more knowledge about what’s going on,and when it started. Both parties have let us down, not just the democrats. I personally am an Independant, I vote for the person that I think will serve our country (us) best. Again, it involves time and effort,
but a lot less time and effort than we are going to have to spend now, trying to straighten our the mess the past administrations have gotten
us into. No single party is alone to blame. I too am a USA Veteran and a
former govt employee. I left short of my retirement because I did not agree with what was going on and I had no say about it. It is important to mention at this time that I love my country and each of you also. I want the best for all of us, and our future generations. Hopefully we can regain our Constitution and our country peacefully, if not, PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!
Blessings to all,
Diane
PS: I do take exception to the remark about the older generation not making reasonable and logical decisions on their own. I believe if you check the stats, you will find most of the votes in this past election were by the Younger generation and certain minorities.
Greetings:I have read all posts shown and must say I agree with many/most of them, EXCEPT, I detect a bit of misinformation entwined in many posts. Maybe not so much misinformation as lack of information. I know how busy everyone is just trying to survive, but we all must become informed about what has and is going on in our country. There are many good websites that will help open hearts and minds. If we wish to defeat the enemies of our country, including those in public office, we need to read and listen to others that have more knowledge about what’s going on,and when it started. Both parties have let us down, not just the democrats. I personally am an Independant, I vote for the person that I think will serve our country (us) best. Again, it involves time and effort,
but a lot less time and effort than we are going to have to spend now, trying to straighten our the mess the past administrations have gotten
us into. No single party is alone to blame. I too am a USA Veteran and a
former govt employee. I left short of my retirement because I did not agree with what was going on and I had no say about it. It is important to mention at this time that I love my country and each of you also. I want the best for all of us, and our future generations. Hopefully we can regain our Constitution and our country peacefully, if not, PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!
Blessings to all,
Diane
Judjment day on BO’s birth cert. will
be on Jan.26,2010 under Federal
Judje David Carter a ex.Marine.From
what I see BO & Att.are not happy.Great day for our Constitution.
God be with America on this day.Also
in one of his television bull#### he
called the White House quote MY
WHITEHOUSE.God help us.this J-ASS
thinks he owns it.Let me tell you some
thing OB it.s not yours,it belongs to
the Real American People not you.
You and the rest of the Dumbacrats
are trying to take our 2nd amendment
away from us because you don’t want
us to have our guns because your
afraid if push comes to shove we
might use them agianst you and your
rotten bunch.I didn’t forget in one of
your speeches you said you wanted
to have a private Army.You and your
ACORN army wouldn’t stand a chance
Why don’t you and your people get
the HELL out of our WHITE-HOUSE
and save us the trouble of throwing
you out.
Before I turned 50 aarp began sending me their propaganda mailings and I was furious. I have never acknowledged them and would not think of enrolling in their organization. Something told me they were not to be trusted. Jimmy Carter & Bill Clinton gave me the same willies (no pun intended) and I could never vote for either of them. Then comes Hussein Obama and nothing in this world could induce me to his corner. I instinctively knew what he represented and pleaded with everyone not to vote for him. Hillary Clinton is another one not to trust. And, of course Pelosi, Reid, Franks, & the rest of the libs. I went into a depression when he was elected and dropped “friends” that voted for him. There are still people who voted for BO that think he is good and not leading us to socialism. I just think, how stupid can you get! I’m sorry for those of us who realize the depth of trouble we are in. However, the idiots deserve what he is bringing to us. And, we must fight with all that we have. Our best weapon whether protestant or Catholic is the holy rosary. St. Padre Pio often said that it is the weapon against the devil. Many of the saints have echoed the sentiment. And along with prayer we must do whatever we can to get rid of these snakes. Hope it’s not too late in November 2010. Thank you to all of the wonderful veterans who have sacrificed so much for our nation and we the people. Only wish we could bring all of the troops home to take up the battle here in America. God bless and keep you in His loving arms.
Has obama shown his list of contributors to his campaign? EVERY OTHER CANADITE HAS HAD TOO.SO where is his? is he above the LAW?
I am a Master Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy with 26 1/2 years of service, and am proud to be a member of AMAC. Luckily, I get enough conservative mail that I found out about this alternative to the turncoat AARP. They are so liberal, self-aggrandizing, and willing to sacrifice liberty for entitlements that make them comfortable, I’m surprised that more people over the half-decade mark haven’t risen up in arms. Perhaps it’s because we don’t feel that we’ll get “what’s coming to us” after years of paying the New Deal bill. I’m willing to sacrifice a little bit (a whole lot, actually) to preserve the Founding Fathers’ vision of this country as that “city on the hill.”
I will be on a Carribean cruise (I know, sounds rough, but we’ll be working–kind of) with other Christian conservatives next week–Alan Keyes, Gary De Mar, and other “dangerous” radicals–to discuss the future of American conservatism and how we might salvage the country for our progeny.
Thank you for being a reasonable alternative for the many older “sheeple” in the flock who do not make reasonable and logical decisions on their own.
Thank you for your service, I gave up on AARP years ago as it was goingwroong in my opinion. Lets get in there and fight for taking our country back. God Bless America
I have to admit I was a life long democrat(moderate, I sided w/ republicans many times)until this bunch came down the pike. I have nothing in common w/ this bunch. They do not represent anything I believe in for this country. When obama was running and I saw what a free ride the press was giving him, I knew we were in trouble. All those fence riders that voted for him and are crying like babies now should hang their heads in shame and only hope we cane get enough votes in nov. to reverse the damage done to this country.
I agree with all your conservatives and Christian Citizens..As a college professor and on a mecidal team with People to People I’ve studied health care in 5 hemispheres, ours is the best and all rely on it for research and REAL problem solving. CALL Legislators and insist the Feds are breaking the constitution and the states should step up and say this is our business and not yours. Then estab. district billing which checks all payments for fraud and unnecessary procedures.
We will never restore jobs until individuals (through Health savings) are able to get their own insurance.
Industry cannot compete here or globaly with burden of health care and BIG unions. If employees feel a need, they should form their own org. within their buildings & etc. Save their money and their company. We can stop foreign inports by just insisting that any item shipped into this country must meet the same standards as used within the states. This protects our food and forces other governments to pay attention to their infrastructers (for sanitation) and workers physical and mental strain. DO NOT COMPLAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE A SOLUTION AND VOTE..
A Russian Newspaper sums it up neatly
American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas than the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their “right” to choke down a McDonalds burger or a Burger King burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our “democracy”. Pride blind the foolish.
Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different “branches and denominations” were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the “winning” side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the “winning” side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America .
The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America ‘s short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Weimar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, losses, and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?
These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties, and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more than a whimper to their masters.
Then came Barack Obama’s command that GM’s (General Motors) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of “pure” free markets, the American president now has the power, the self-given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a “bold” move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK ‘s Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our “wise” Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.
Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper…but a “free man” whimper.
So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set “fair” maximum salaries, evaluate performance, and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Frank, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.
The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this, and the option of closing their facilities down, and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.
The proud American will go down into his slavery without a fight, beating his chest, and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
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I have so many things to say, but it would be just restating everybody’s statements on this forum. The one thing I would say is, everybody needs to get behind FOX NEWS, for without their reporting on things the MAIN STEAM MEDIA would not dare print about the Messiah in the White House, we now know that he is destroying everything that true Americans hold dear. One other thing, Lt. Colonel Allen West is a very bright spot for all Americans, and we need to make sure that he is propelled upward in our government very quickly, he’s my kind of man.
B.O. will never produce his birth certificate because the moment he does, he will be impeached. However, God will fix it all.
“Our nation and its every guiding principle are under attack. If you love your country, I can’t think of a better time to start showing it.”
That’s it in a nutshell. He doesn’t love this country. He and his wife both hold our guiding principles in contempt. They both have no time at all for the Constitution and what it stands for. They’ve scrapped together one of the most corrupt and socialistic administrations in this country’s history and won’t be satisfied till they bring our way of life to it’s knees!
Don’t expect any other response from him then what we got.
This son of a muslim is a muslim. This traitor scammed his way to the presidency and is now destroying our nation economically, socially and politically.
To Charlene: You think they (terrorists) don’t like Club GTMO, wait until they hit the cold tundra in IL. These detainees in GTMO are treated much better than any Federal prisoner. Of couirse, they will still get the special treatment, but it will be cold versus tropical temps. You’ve been watching too much MSM.Our Socialist government needs to keep them out of the federal courts and in the military system. It works fine and much more cost effective.
I AGREE WITH RICH ORSIS. THE PRES.IS TRYING TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY,
I AGREE WITH RICJ ORSIS. THE PRES.IS TRYING TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY,
If I had been treated the way prisoners at Guantanamo were treated, my hatred for the US would likely cause me to attack also. Americans need to wake up to the fact that our own government allowed 9/11 to happen and indeed likely caused it. Americans need to stop dismissing everything they cannot understand as conspiracy theories and instead actually read that literature. How can you make an informed decision when you disregard half the argument without even knowing it? Al Quaeda was trained by the CIA. It takes very little research to find that. Our government doesn’t seem to like our republican system of government. They seem to want to take away all our hard-won freedoms. They want total control — to benefit big business of course. This is what we need to wake up to.
I am a former military person,at the age of 80 yrs.I do not want to seemycountry go down the tube.We have to let these clowns in Washington know that we HIRED THWM AND WE CAN FIRE THEM” The President only rents that WHITE HOUSE it belongs to everyone of us.It is crunch time get off your cans,and get involved. GOD BLESS AMERICA
I believe our great country started its downhill slide when we good people did nothing when prayer was taken out of our schools. Look at our schools and our country now. We have been quite so long that now it will take drastic means and the grace of God to bring us back to where we started.
20 odd years ago, when I turned 55, I joined AARP under the mistaken opinion they were looking out for seniors. Hah! When I started checking out who they were financing with our money, I realized that they had a hidden agenda and promptly cancelled my membership. After seeing how they sold out for 40 pieces of silver on the abomination they call the Health Care Initiative, I knew yet again that I had made the right decision years ago. The empty suit who currently occupies the White House and who can’t string five words together without a teleprompter, and all his Czars and Socialist buddies need to be loaded in tumbrils and taken away. I say “Off with their heads”. If you have incumbent after your name in the next election, vote against them. We need to clean house and start fresh. Keep up the good work.
I have been told that if voting mattered, the government wouldn’t allow us to vote. I hope that is wrong. My biggest fear is that prior to Nov. 2010 Obama will find an excuse to declare marshal law and suspend elections; or grant amnesty to all the illegals in the hope that they vote democratic.
I am fully aware of AARP and their sellout but this scheme fo our President, Senate and Congress is also also the biggest Bums. In the beginning of the election. Where are the Certificates of elgibility that was required to be sent for every State to review.????
Thank you for providing an alternative to AARP. They definitely sold us out. They are deceivers like Obama; they lie, lie, and lie.
my comment is simple. I wasn’t even aware of a-mack until a friend of mine told me about you. i for one do not trust tha aclu nor aarp or any other left wing liberterian. i believe in free speech, 2nd ammendments and the entire constitution. I am A viet nam vet and totally against Obama and his stooges in his cabinet. i want prayer back in school, i want the right to bear arms and less government in our affairs. and I also think we need to buy american …the chinese are getting rich off what was our greatest achievement…capitolism
Until we stop calling terrosism a man-made disaster, recognize we are at war with radical Islam extremists, and stop trying to apologize to the countries for our “arrogance” after sacrificing American lives to save the people of these countries with no memory of the true past, we are moving our country towards mediocrity and self destruction.
Where did all the financing come from to put him where he is now. It took a lot of money and planning to elevate him to that postiion. It certainly did not come from the electorate or common man. It came from highly determined people. Did one ever get the idea he is only a “Puppet” of all the czars and political backers including G. Soros?
He is between the rock and the hard place, trying to balance the left and right. Not doing a very good job, I miaght add. I can see that premise clearly as he maneuvers about and wiggles and waffles. Wake up “Liberals”! Your man is a puppet and is going to sell this country down the drain by implementing the Cloward-Piven theory. If you have not read it, check it out by Google. It will enlighten you and wake you up.
Mr. Obama showed his values prior to the election. He is a socialist from the word go. And what bothers me equally, his associations prior to the election. Now that the post climactic glow has subsided, and many folks that voted for him are slowly coming to their senses, we need to clean the House this November. This is the only way we can have leverage to stop this socialist move, that in my opinion, is hell-bent on the destruction of the Constitiution, the United States of America, and our way of life, a life of freedom. November will buy us time to throw this citizen(?) out of office.
THIS PRESIDENT WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE “BANKRUPTING PRESIDENT”…
I KNOW NOT WHY HE PERSIST IN BANKRUPTING OUR GREAT COUNTRY….IT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF HIS AGENDAS. OTHER AGENDAS OF HIS THAT WILL PERPETUATE THE BANKRUPTING OF AMERICA, IS HE WANT TO GIVE FREE ABORTIONS TO ALL, INCLUDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THOSE BAILOUTS WERE UNCALLED FOR. THOSE COMPANIES ALL COULD HAVE GONE BELLY UP JUST LIKE THE AIRLINES ALL HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. FOR THE MOST PART THEY REORGANIZED, WITH NEW UNION CONTRACTS AND IT WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL. WHY OBAMA INSIST ON BANKRUPTING AMERICA IS BEYAND ME. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE THE ANSWER ?
ABOUT 9 WEEKS AGO SECRET SERVICE SHOWED UP AT MY HOME AND TOLD ME NOT TO THREATEN THIS BUM WE CALL PRESIDENT I WONDER HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT HIM NOW BY THE WAY THEY DIDNT SHUT MY MOUTH I WENT BIGGER THEN EVER AGAINST THIS MUSLIM TERRORIST PRESIDENT WAKE UP AMERICA
It is my opinion that President Obama is not for the United States from his speeches, actions etc, I believe everything that is happening around the world and in America points to the end times, I am a Christian and i believe everything that is going on is related to the Bible and i encourage everyone to get into your Bible(king James version) and start reading and if you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior do so
We the people really need to get a grip.
The mobombo clan will not go down without a fight.
the patriots of this country needs to infiltrate his regime and put them out of their misery, I am not a Violante person BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
CALLING ALL PATRIOTS TO ARMS!
I’ll just say “mega dittos” to what first commenter Rich Oris said and leave it at that – if life should teach us anything, it’s to judge people by their actions and not their words.
I never would have believed that our America would come to this point. Is there no way to stop Obama and his crew.
Lord, help us!
Jedediah says about Obama’s address to the nation: “I found it lifeless and unconvincing, his inability to instinctively call forth a fierce and necessary patriotism perhaps my greatest concern.”
Perhaps Jedediah, he was distraught that the bomb didn’t work.
A third party movement would divide the conservative vote, not the liberal vote. With Perot running, Clinton won with only 43% of the popular vote. I’ve often wondered if Bill paid Perot to run. Let’s not do that again, we have a very god chance to take this country back from the Marxist Demokrat party in 2010. And I’ve already repealed national socialized health (NAZI Health) care at my house. To borrow a phrase from those who I was deeply honored to be hated by in the late sixties. Hell no, I won’t go!
If we are to survive this absolute nonsense going on right now in Washington, we must use every means necessary to make sure they (House and Senate), understand that we won’t take another second of it! Remind them every day at every turn. They are drunk with power right now and won’t realize what’s happening but when those up for re-election get fired this year… It will be a resounding explosion for all the rest of the worms in Washington DC. I say we all take roll, just like they did on Christmas Eve, and every single moron that voted for the monstrosity called “whatever they decide to call it” needs to be fired. Simply remove them from office. We need to bombard them all with phone calls, letters, emails, faxes, non-stop until it changes. If they won’t listen, we need to keep it up until they all “get it”. We control this nation, not them. We elect them to represent us. I cannot find a single person that will admit they support any of the BS going on right now. Nobody I know will buy a vehicle unless it’s a Ford or Japanese… The list goes on and on and on. Time to take our country back – Let’s Roll!!!!!
I”m a native American and if anybody loves this country it’s me and I said to my husband when Obama and Hillery was going at it that I could not stand the sound of Obamas voice and couldn’t understand why so after he got in office I told my husband that obama wants to be known as the one who brought America down to it’s knees, Now that he is on his way of doing that I also said that I will not bow down to him I will not give up my GOD and GUNS and like my ancestors before me I will die for my country. I will not beg for anything from that thing called obama he is ONE BIG ASS MISTAKE AMERICA obama got a gov grant as a foreign student so if he was born in America why did he need to say he was a foreign student? right there he is braking the law,I feel like everybody else He is the DEVIL
All Americans who have responded, are indeed correct. I spent 26 years fighting the very style of government we are about to evolve. If all true American voters would have read “Obamanation” prior to election, I really feel they may of had second thoughts. Apparently, the only way to slow this thing down is through the 2010 election process, which hopefully, will not be too late. I don’t believe that a third party theme is the way to go. We just need to replace all the democrats. Let’s pray that our uniformed folks can remain strong throughout all this madness at the helm.
Getting rid of Obama? Who replaces him? We must prove the election fraud by ACORN to get rid of Him and his wonder dog Biden. A special election must be held and we’ve not chosen a suitable replacement. We are fed up with his socialist/ muslim agenda but we are NOT ready to move yet. But in Nov 2010 we can emasculate him (has a nice ring, doesn’t it?) by electing a CONSERVATIVE House and shifting the power of the Senate back to the Republicans. He will wind up in the dustbbin of history after Jan 2013. An extra benefit of a conservative rout in the House is that NAZI Pelosi will no longer be the Speaker of the House, losing her giant airplane in the bargain.