Tag Archive: obama

on July 18, 2013 in World News

America has no functioning democracy

    One of Germany’s biggest newspapers – Spiegel – reports: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter … in the wake of the NSA spying scandal criticized the American political system. “America has no functioning democracy,” Carter said Tuesday at a meeting of the “Atlantic Bridge” in Atlanta. Many other high-level U.S. officials have also warned that the U.S. is no longer a democracy. Carter also said that the moral authority of of the U.S. has sharply declined due to excessive restriction of civil rights. And – like many other top American officials – Carter also said that Edward Snowden’s revelations do not harm our… View Article

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on July 18, 2013 in World News

AG Holder Attacks Natural Right of Self Defense

AG Holder Attacks Natural Right of Self Defense Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, went before the NAACP on Tuesday and called for examining the idea that individuals have a natural right to self defense. He said government must work to eliminate “Stand Your Ground” laws in states like Florida. “It’s time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept...

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on July 18, 2013 in World News

Lawmaker shreds Obama’s ‘imperial presidency’

Lawmaker shreds Obama’s ‘imperial presidency’ It was as if everyone finally noticed the emperor had no clothes. It began July 3, the day after the administration decided to delay enforcing  the Obamacare employer mandate for a year, when Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, pointed  out the move was strictly illegal. “He has no constitutional authority to simply waive the law...

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on July 18, 2013 in World News

Court tosses injunction on NDAA indefinite detention

    Court tosses injunction on NDAA indefinite detention The Obama administration regained the authority to indefinitely detain US citizens when a federal appeals court on Wednesday lifted a lower court order which had blocked the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The 3-0 decision by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York was a disappointment to journalists and activists who had filed the lawsuit arguing the NDAA unconstitutionally gives the president the authority to detain anyone suspected of supporting al-Qaeda or the Taliban. They argued that journalists who simply speak with terrorists… View Article

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on July 14, 2013 in World News

Obama: Honor Trayvon Martin by battling gun violence

                        President Obama called on the nation to honor Trayvon Martin a day after George Zimmerman was acquitted of his murder by asking “ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence.” His comments came as family members of Zimmerman and Martin, as well as pundits, celebrities, and court observers had strong reactions to Saturday’s not guilty verdict, with those reactions taking various forms — from joy and outrage to Shakespearean references and calls for peace. “I now ask every American to respect the… View Article

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on July 9, 2013 in World News

Obama Supporters Sign Petition to Repeal Bill of Rights

Obama Supporters Sign Petition to Repeal Bill of Rights Social commentator Mark Dice invited citizens to sign the petition to “support Obama repealing the bill of rights, taking things further than the Patriot Act” and replacing it with “new NDAA-type legislation.” Dice labeled the Constitution “old fashioned” and “ancient” in “today’s new world order” as Americans willingly put pen...

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on June 24, 2013 in World News

New Immigration Bill Has Taxpayer Subsidized ObamaCars for Youths

Breitbart News has learned there is a provision included in the immigration bill that could be used to give free cars, motorcycles, scooters or other vehicles to young people around the country over a period of 15 months after the bill passes.  The new provision is a result of the latest addition to the Corker-Hoeven amendment, which is essentially an entirely new version of the bill.   The Washington Examiner’s Byron York uncovered the new Obama stimulus program that Gang of Eight members and other Senate Republicans inserted into the bill as a sweetheart deal for liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders… View Article

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on June 23, 2013 in World News

Now it’s Muslim lawyers demanding Obama’s arrest

            President Obama has appointed Muslims to high U.S. government positions, once  declared America no longer Christian, is working on direct talks with the  Taliban and has plans to hand over weapons to Muslims in Syria. He has also advocated for the “Arab Spring” movement that has put hard-line  Islamic leaders in power in the Middle East. None of that, however, is good enough for a Muslim Lawyers Association based  in South Africa. Members there are taking that nation’s National Prosecuting Authority to  court for refusing to make plans to arrest Obama when he visits… View Article

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on June 22, 2013 in World News

Bill Ayers: Try Obama for ‘War Crimes’

Former domestic terrorist and liberal educator Bill Ayers may think Obama is a charming and likable but still wants him tried for war crimes. Ayers cited the president’s drone program and military campaigns in Afghanistan and other places. In a continuing video series called the RCP Morning Commute, where well-known Chicagoans and folks in the news take a “morning commute” drive with the Charlie Stone and Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics, Bill Ayers made his assessment of the Obama presidency. And he wasn’t wholly complimentary. When asked to grade the president’s term in office, the infamous educator proclaimed Obama’s… View Article

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on June 22, 2013 in World News

White House Petition to Ban Creationism Gathering Steam

A White House petition to ban the teaching of creationism and Intelligent Design in American classrooms has garnered 23,715 signatures in one week. “Both of these so-called ‘theories’ have no basis in scientific fact, and have absolutely zero evidence pointing towards these conjectures. These types of loopholes in our education are partially to blame for our dangerously low student performances in math and science,” reads the petition created by someone listed as A.J. of Vienna, Virginia. “Therefore, we petition the Obama Administration to ban the teachings of these conjectures that contradict Evolution.” The petition must receive 100,000 signatures by July… View Article

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