The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has become a political football in the presidential campaign, with all the grandstanding and misinformation that entails. But Fox News has raised some questions about the attack that deserve a clearer answer from the Obama administration.
Fox’s Jennifer Griffin reported Friday that CIA officers in Benghazi had been told to “stand down” when they wanted to deploy from their base at the annex to repel the attack on the consulate, about a mile away. Fox also reported that the CIA officers requested military support when the annex came under fire later that night but that their request had been denied.
The Benghazi tragedy was amplified by Charles Woods, the father of slain CIA contractor Tyrone Woods. He told Fox’s Sean Hannity that White House officials who didn’t authorize military strikes to save the embattled CIA annex were “cowards” and “are guilty of murdering my son.”
The Fox “stand down” story prompted a strong rebuttal from the CIA: “We can say with confidence that the agency reacted quickly to aid our colleagues during that terrible evening in Benghazi. Moreover, no one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate.”
If the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Navy Seals Ty Woods and Glen Doherty and another American aren’t on your radar, chances are you’re living in a cave.
And if you don’t understand that we’re at a critical point in this Nation’s history, a Second Time For Choosing, then please – whatever you do, watch this video.
Here we have Obama bowing to the Prime Minister of Japan:
Here we have Obama bowing again …
And here we have Obama bowing again …
So now the question is: What kind of 1980’s drugs are they taking at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC? While the lamestream media runs interference for Obama, we report the TRUTH.
But then again, the media is demonstrating WHY the public no longer trusts them.
Demossville, Kentucky (CNN) -- The U.S. special operations teams that led the American invasion in Afghanistan a decade ago did something that no American military had done since the last century: ride horses into combat.
"It was like out of the Old Testament," says Lt. Col. Max Bowers, retired Green Beret, who commanded the three horseback teams.
"You expected Cecil B. DeMille to be filming and Charlton Heston to walk out."
Bowers spoke while sitting in the rural Kentucky studio of sculptor Douwe Blumberg, along with three of his former "horse soldiers."
They, along with 30 fellow commandos on horseback, are the inspiration for a new monument that Blumberg is creating, dedicated to the entire U.S. special operations community.
The statue above was erected at the site of the World Trade Center on Veterans Day in 2011.
One last comment: Anyone who’s been in the US Army, or is a US Marine will also testify to the fact that yes, bayonets are used in today’s military. They’re an important part of hand-to-hand combat training. A REAL President would’ve known that.
So now, who’s the FOOL Mr. Obama, and who knows their military history?
Obama’s Foreign Policy In Two Words: Negligence Kills
During the third and final Presidential debate, Mitt Romney has a once in a lifetime opportunity blow this campaign wide open if he successfully casts the Libyan Embassy attacks in their correct light: Obama’s negligence.
If Romney chooses to play it safe, he will doom his campaign to failure. Rather, I say Mr. Romney should hold Mr. Obama accountable for his negligence before, during, and after the Libya Embassy attacks. In an age where accountability seems to be missing, holding the current President accountable for his Administrations continual mis-steps on all things economic – and foreign relations would send a positive signal to Romney’s base, and the critical “swing voters” who are dying to see someone held accountable for the mess this country is in.
Obama’s negligence has resulted in the death of 4 American’s in Libya. His subsequent dishonesty regarding what happened has the potential to impact the voting decisions of undecided low information voters. There will be millions of people watching on Monday night who have not been following this scandal closely and they want to know who is accountable.
This is a key moment in the Romney and Obama campaigns. Obama with Candy Crowley’s aid last week flat-out lied when he claimed he called the Libya Embassy Attacks “an act of terror.” The record shows Mr. Obama said no such thing. Now is the time for Mr. Romney to go for the kill, so to speak. Playing it ‘safe’ would mean he sit’s back and hopes Obama doesn’t get lucky during the debate.
Hillary Clinton made that mistake in 2008, Mr. Romney. Are you listening?
Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Iowa are on the verge of swinging to Romney. In these four states the race is within 1 point of swinging to Romney. Momentum is on his side, is now the time to play it safe?
The choice Mr. Romney must make is to go aggressively after Obama and hold him accountable for both the lack of security in Benghazi, and the Obama Administration’s repeated failed attempts to paint what happened as anything other than a terrorist attack against America.
Ultimately the question of Libya is going to come up, whether Bob Schieffer asks the question or not. Here’s how Mr. Romney should handle the situation:
First, Mr. Romney should state that what happened in Benghazi resulted in the deaths of four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens, an act that has not occurred since the Carter Administration in 1979.
Second, Mr. Romney should state clearly that the issue continues to receive a lot of attention more than two months later as a direct result of the Obama Administration’s continued efforts to paint the issue as something other than a terrorist attack. Name Al-Qaeda as the terrorist group responsible.
Third, state clearly that because the Obama Administration cannot seem to get the facts or its story straight, many American’s including many in the media believe that a cover-up has taken place. Here Mr. Romney has any number of media published reports to back this claim:
CNN reported “On 9/12 and even before then, the CIA and other sources within the State Department made the administration aware that the attack was not related to any demonstration (there was no demonstration) and that attack was a terrorist attack”
On 9/12, President Obama gave a speech where he decried a youtube video, made a comment about 9/11/01, and made a generic comment that “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation”. Note that, contrary to the President’s contention in the last debate, he did NOT, during this speech specifically label the Benghazi attack a “terror attack”
The American people were led to believe by the President’s spokesperson Jay Carney, Susan Rice (during appearances on six Sunday TV shows the weekend of September 30th), the President himself and other surrogates that the attack resulted from a spontaneous demonstration stemming from a youtube video. The President himself was asked several times, on television shows such as “The View” and the David Letterman show whether the attack was a terror attack. Obama flatly refused to say that it was. Obama also blamed the You Tube video multiple times during his address to the United Nations on September 21st, never once saying it was a terrorist attack.
Finally, Mr. Romney should state the number of security breaches that have occurred in the last 12 months in Libya. I’m not going to suggest he specify the dates, there are too many. The number is sufficient. In citing the number of security breaches, Mr. Romney should also remind the President (as he turns, looks, and stares at Obama) that each and every September 11th, Embassies around the world have increased security.
Then Mr. Romney should ask this question: Why didn’t Benghazi have additional protection on September 11th, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center?
The American people are demanding answers to these questions, rightfully so. Obama’s “lead from behind” foreign policy strategy has proven to be an unmitigated disaster for America.
Further, the “arab spring” that Mr. Obama has promoted has resulted in Islamic theocracies taking hold in Libya, Egypt and Syria is on the brink. The muslim brotherhood has firm holds in all three and they are no friends to America.
Mr. Obama also failed to encourage the peaceful turnover of Iran in the summer of 2009 when hundreds of thousands of students peacefully demonstrated for regime change, only to be shot dead in the streets while Mr. Obama looked the other way.
Will Mr. Romney go after Mr. Obama full-force on these issues?
If he does, it’ll be game, set and match for Romney.
The American people are demanding accountability for these failures and Mr. Obama needs to be put on the hook for it.
Any way the American people look at Mr. Obama’s answers, he’ll be viewed as being dishonest at best, ignorantly incompetent at worst. Obama simply cannot simply explain away the multitude of different answers he and members of his Administration have given on Libya.
Obama's been buying this election for the last four years. He's been increasing welfare, made unemployment a "benefit" for two years, then boosting the number of people on disability by moving people from unemployment to Social Security Disability, drove up the number of people on food stamps by 18 million, and finding every way for the Government to sue Banks in order to buy time for people to stay in homes they never could afford and shouldn't have bought in the first place.
Yes, I call that BUYING an election, and it's a SHAME that this country has gone from one of rugged independence as Ronald Reagan once called it, to a WELFARE NATION in these past four years. It's time to UNDO the "change" that Obama forced upon this country via executive fiat and Democrat party rule.
ENOUGH! It's time this country got back to living within its means, had a budget (like the rest of us do) and learned to priortize its spending (again, like the rest of us do!)
This nonsense of expanding the Welfare State and creating an Entitlement Society these past four years is NOT what this country was EVER supposed to be. Our founding fathers revolted over far less than this Administration has done to this country and I really wonder if Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Henry and the rest were alive today if they'd recognize this country. I don't believe they would and I'm sure they'd be damn' upset at what the American people let this country become. I know I sure am.
I don't believe in paying for people who REFUSE to get up off their lazy asses and find a job. These are the people who insist on using the power of the Federal Government to stick their hands in my paycheck and demand I support them. I've no use for these people and I want the wealth re-distribution that's happening in this country to stop feeding them. Let them go hungry, when they get hungry enough they'll get off their lazy asses and get a job. No, I don't feel sorry for these folks at all because I happen to personally know a few people just like this and because of their behavior I refuse to have anything to do with them any longer.
I know PLENTY of people who lost good paying jobs and didn't sit on their asses and stick their hands out waiting for the Government to help them. Rather, they took what they could find, often times taking two or three jobs to keep a roof over their heads and food on the family table. Some of them had to change careers and take lesser paying jobs, and now work 'side jobs' to fill their income gaps. Others went from really good paying jobs to several barely above minimum wage jobs and are really struggling just to meet their basic bills and have given up much. These are the people I pray for. These are the people I really don't mind giving a hand UP until the economy recovers. These people are doing everything in their power to take care of themselves and really don't want to depend on you and I in any way, so they can make ends meet. These are the folks who reluctantly and with much humility may accept some help. These people are GRATEFUL to God for the help they receive. These people will, when they're back on their feet and have the means to do so, REMEMBER what was done for them and do that for someone else. THESE folks I personally know, and I'm honored and privilidged to know folks of such character and integrity.
And then there are the small number of folks who really and truly cannot help themselves. No, they're not the lazy welfare queens who get their free Obamaphones and have baby after baby to increase their monthly welfare checks. These are the folks who've suffered some of life's greatest tragedies and have physical or mental disabilities that prevent them from holding any meaningful employment. They may be our Veterans who've come back from war and lost limbs or suffered tramatic brain injury, or worse have lost their lives and left families with small children behind. To these, this country owes a debt of obligation to make sure these families suffer no more.
Others may have been born with a disability or become disabled and can no longer take care of themselves. This is a very small number of folks and I believe a compassionate society should help take care of them as well. Unfortunately, the term "disabled" has been so grossly expanded by this administration it now includes those who haven't been able to find work for more than two years, and folks - you and I know that ain't right.
I'm not rich, and yet somehow between all state and federal taxes (including Federal Income Tax) I now pay almost 60% of my income in the form of taxes and I'm not making anywhere near $250,000 - in fact I make alot LESS!!! And yet, there are those in this country who believe they are somewhow ENTITLED to more of my paycheck. It makes me SICK when I see these welfare queens and kings driving a better car than I do, and with an Apple iPhone in their hands when my own vehicle is approaching 11 years old and my own personal phone is over 8 years old.
How is this "right" in this country when the MOOCHERS are living better than those of us who get up and go to work every day? Especially when some of us are working two and three jobs to make ends meet?No, it's not right, the entire country is upside down right now. It's time to put it back to the way it SHOULD be.
Now, some are going to read this and get upset and call me a racist or any number of things because I disagree with Obama and use terms like "welfare queen" and "welfare king" do describe those who abuse our social safety nets. That's too bad, more than likely you're part of the problem, or support the policies that are ruining this country. Frankly, I don't care about you.
What I do care about are those who read these words and are finding themselves nodding in agreement. To you I have one thing to say: Get out and vote and make damn' sure you vote for Romney-Ryan. That is step #1 in turning this country around.
Jennifer Rubin in this morning’s Washinton Post asks the same question we asked Wednesday morning, after the second Presidential Debate: Which lie are we to believe, Mr. President?
Is the media finally turning on Obama? Obama cannot spin his way out of the web of lies he’s tried to weave in the last week and now his own words, and the words of his own Press Spokesman Jay Carney are coming back to haunt him.
Clearly Obama misled at best, lied at worst to the American people with his claim Tuesday evening that he labeled the attacks on the Libyan Embassy an “act of terror” on the evening of Sept. 11th.
If in fact Obama called it “terrorism” that evening, then why was there not any subsequent releases from the White House press office calling it terrorism?
In fact, for twenty days after the attacks, Jay Carney the White House press spokesman refused to call it terrorism:
On September 20 — eight days after Obama claims to have called the Benghazi attack an “act of terror” Jay Carney told reporters during a daily press briefing that the White House had never called it “a terrorist attack.”
From report pool coverage on Air Force One, en route to Miami, 9/20/2012:
Q: Can you — have you called it a terrorist attack before? Have you said that?
MR. CARNEY: I haven’t, but — I mean, people attacked our embassy. It’s an act of terror by definition.
Q: Yes, I just hadn’t heard you —
MR. CARNEY: It doesn’t have to do with what date it occurred.
Q: No, I just hadn’t heard the White House say that this was an act of terrorism or a terrorist attack. And I just —
MR. CARNEY: I don’t think the fact that we hadn’t is not — as our NCTC Director testified yesterday, a number of different elements appear to have been involved in the attack, including individuals connected to militant groups that are prevalent in eastern Libya, particularly in the Benghazi area. We are looking at indications that individuals involved in the attack may have had connections to al Qaeda or al Qaeda’s affiliates, in particular al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Here we have Jay Carney confirming Mitt Romney’s position during the debate on Tuesday evening that the White House did not call the Benghazi attack an act of terrorism. In fact, Carney said the “You Tube video” was the cause of the “protests” in Libya the day before.
So now the question we asked the other day: Which lie are we to believe, Mr. Obama? The lie in which you claimed you labeled it an “act of terror” or the lie in which you told for the following two weeks that it was a “spontaneous reaction” by muslims protesting an anti-muslim video?
Or perhaps Mr. Obama, you never labeled it an “act of terror” the evening of September 12th and lied directly to voters Tuesday night during the debates.
None of these positions is a good place for Obama to be, and he’s boxed himself in just days before the final Presidential debate – on Foreign Affairs no less.
But wait, there’s yet another problem with Obama’s answer from Tuesday night: (From the debate transcript)
“So as soon as we found out that the Benghazi Consulate was being overrun, I was on the phone with my national security team, and I gave them three instructions. Number one, beef up our security and — and — and procedures not just in Libya but every embassy and consulate in the region. Number two, investigate exactly what happened, regardless of where the facts lead us, to make sure that folks are held accountable and it doesn’t happen again. And number three, we are going to find out who did this, and we are going to hunt them down, because one of the things that I’ve said throughout my presidency is when folks mess with Americans, we go after them”
On Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace (Oct. 14th) just two days prior to the debate David Axelrod was directly asked if there was an actual meeting of the National Security Council. Axelrod refused repeatedly to answer the question.
Given Barack Hussein Obama was on Air Force One early that morning flying to Las Vegas for a fundraiser it’s highly unlikely such a meeting ever occurred. Surely if there was, Axelrod would’ve answered “yes” to Chris Wallace’s repeated questions.
Further, if actually did as he said in his statement during the debate (quoted above) then why was the Embassy left un-secured for more than a week afterwards, during which CNN was able to enter the embassy and steal Ambassador Chris Steven’s diary?
Did Obama make himself “perfectly clear” when he gave his instructions – or did he in fact never give those instructions at all?
Folks, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS LYING TO YOU. Further, he’s the most inept, incompetent, WEAK President this country has ever had, period.
The more we learn about the Libyan Embassy tragedy in which United States Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American’s lost their lives, the more incompetent and downright dishonest we discover Obama really is.
And finally, this Reuters report suggests the administration was entirely unprepared for the 9-11 attacks.:
In the months before the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. and allied intelligence agencies warned the White House and State Department repeatedly that the region was becoming an increasingly dangerous vortex for jihadist groups loosely linked or sympathetic to al Qaeda, according to U.S. officials.
Despite those warnings, and bold public displays by Islamist militants around Benghazi, embassies in the region were advised to project a sense of calm and normalcy in the run-up to the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States.
So the Obama Administration was caught completely unprepared, and when the TERRORIST ATTACKS occurred it went into damage control mode. There was NO EFFORT to find the truth, rather all efforts have been to COVER UP the truth.
This folks, is the full exposure of the web of LIES the Obama Administration has woven on the Libyan Embassy tragedy, and if one cares to look hard enough, they’ll find a similar WEB OF LIES around everything Obama touches.
I cannot wait until I wake up the morning of November 7th with the knowledge that Obama’s days in office are dramatically reduced when I hear the words “President Elect Romney.”
As if the threats against Mitt Romney’s life didn’t flow from Twitter after the last Presidential debate, last night Twitter literally exploded with a fountain of hate towards the Republican Presidential Candidate – and now front-runner in the Presidential race.
Now, if these were Conservatives making threats against Obama, tweets such as those below would be front page news and Obama’s security would be increased ten-fold.
The media’s silence at these vicious attacks against Romney via Twitter I guess should be expected. After all, these were the same folks that panned the peaceful Tea Party rally’s calling them racist while backing the Occupy Wall Street movement which was fraught with crime (murder, rape, robberies – all reported.)
Here’s an example of what passes for “tweets” last night during and after the Presidential debate. Mind you, these were not ‘fake’ accounts or recently established accounts, each one listed below has thousands and tens of thousand of ‘tweets’ attributed to their Twitter nic’s.
after the debate, and more continued to flood in this morning, including the following;
Notice folks, that the pictures of these “tweeters” seem to represent both black and white American’s, so this issue appears to not have race attached, I’m willing to bet though that these are the 47% stead-fast Obama supporters.
It’s gonna be a bitch come November 7th when these idiots wake up and have to find jobs.
Admit's He Knew Terrorists Attacked Libyan Consulate Within Hours
Last night was a historic moment in terms of Presidential Debates. A sitting President admitted that he flat-out lied to the American Public in the wake of the Libyan Consulate attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other Americans.
Obama clearly stated in his response to the Libya question that he knew within hours of the attacks that terrorists were responsible. His statement literally brought the debate to a halt for a moment.
Now, based on Obama's own statement that he knew that evening it was a terrorist attack:
Why did he fly off to Las Vegas the very next day to attend a fund raiser?
Why did he spend three full weeks mis-leading the American people citing an anti-muslim You Tube video as being responsible for the attacks?
Why, rather than gather intelligence as quickly as possible did Obama jet off to appear on "The View" and "David Letterman" rather than getting to the work of finding those responsible for teh attacks?
Why did Obama stand in front of the United Nations, apologize to muslims and again, blame a You Tube video for the attacks?
Obama has zero credibility on this issue. Obama also sent representatives of his administration onto every Sunday Morning talking-heads show to repeat the claims that a You Tube video was responsible for the attacks, further denying that terrorists had killed four Americans.
It gets worse.
During the VP debates, Joe Biden stated repeatedly that he and Obama had no knowledge that this was a terrorist attack, nor any knowledge of the repeated requests for beefed up security at the Libyan Consulate.
Which lie are we supposed to believe here? They knew or they didn't? Obama knew it as a terrorist attack or he didn't?
The record now shows by Obama's own words that he knew it was a terrorist attack within hours of it happening. Yet, he jet setted off to every campaign event on his schedule, and deliberately misled the American people as to the cause of the attacks and the fact that the Obama Administration itself is responsible for not beefing up security ahead of September 11th, as is done every year.
Obama has as much credibility here as an alcoholic who says he'll stop drinking as soon as he finishes the next bottle of booze. As much as we know the alcoholic will break his promise and keep drinking, Obama's going to keep lying about Libya.
Neither the drunk, nor Obama have any credibility.
Today, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the fall for the lack of security at the Libyan Embassy, which resulted in the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens, and four other American’s, two of which were former US Navy Seals, who were not attached to Ambassador Steven’s Security Detail, but took up arms to protect him when Libyan Security cut and ran in the face of the attack.
Glen Doherty & Tyrone Woods – US Navy Seals
Clinton took the fall this evening during an interview with CNN’s Elise Labott soon after she arrived in Lima, Peru for a visit. The interview, one of several given to US television networks tonight were the first she has given since the attacks.
During the interviews, Clinton insisted that Obama and Biden had no knowledge of the security situation and were not involved in security decisions. Clinton came forth today citing the desire to “avoid some kind of political gotcha” adding “this close to the election.”
That’s disingenuous, and mighty convenient for Obama on the eve before the second debate. Coincidence? I think not.
One has to wonder: just what kind of dirty laundry does Obama have on the Clinton’s, for Hillary to take the political fall? Is it possible that Obama’s Chicago-machine has more juice than the Clinton’s famous dirty tricks campaign?
The Clinton’s are masters at playing the political dirty laundry game, to see them one-upped like this makes me stop and wonder.
After all, what would make Hillary throw away her own designs on the White House in 2016? Especially when Bill’s out playing Obama’s surrogate on the campaign trail.
Surely taking the fall for the deaths of Stevens and four other American’s in Libya puts an end to any future bid for the White House, and I can’t imagine Hillary Clinton, perhaps the world’s most power-hungry woman taking the fall for this tragedy unless someone had the goods on her.
Think about it: here we are more than a month after the terrorist attacks on the Libyan Embassy and only now Hillary Clinton comes forward with the admission she, and she alone screwed up?
Are we seriously supposed to buy this?
I don’t know about you, but I sure don’t. Something stinks to high heaven here, and I for one hope Mitt Romney presses the matter during tomorrow’s Presidential Debate. There’s just no way this President can be allowed to once again “pass the buck” and blame others for his negligence.
Not when 5 American’s died because of it.
If Hillary’s going to take responsibility for the lack of security around the Libyan Embassy, then who in the Obama Administration is going to step up and take responsibility for Obama claiming as recently as last week that a You Tube video was responsible for the attack?
Rumors are swirling around Washington DC this morning that a 'secret videotape' is about to be released ahead of the second Presidential Debates tomorrow night.
What will this secret videotape have?
Many think it'll be a bombshell against the Romney campaign - a "follow-up" to his "47%" comments from late September.
I have another theory: There has been a longstanding reward for any videotape showing Obama attending a fundraiser held by a muslim group that has ties to a terrorist organization.
If that video doesn't break today or tomorrow ahead of the debate, then the question becomes: will it break before or after the third schedule debate - if that videotape exists at all?
Folks, we just can’t make this stuff up. Here we have the video proof of an absolutely damn’ing incrimination against the Obama White House and State Department.
This video, a compilation of media reports in date sequence details the unraveling of the LIES the Obama Administration told in the wake of the Libya Embassy attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, and three other Americans – one a Navy Seal.
The facts as you are about to learn are clear: The Obama White House and State Department knew within mere hours after the attacks that Al Qaeda terrorists were behind them, yet they told the lie for weeks afterwards that an anti-islamic You Tube video was responsible.
Folks, who in their right minds would send the most incompetent, inept liar Obama back to the White House after the November elections?
Not me!
If you think the video above is taking events out of sequence, here’s a fully sourced timeline of the events that led up to the attacks, and the Obama Administration and State Department’s responses afterwards.
Again, FULLY SOURCED with media links. This timeline was compiled thanks in large part to the lamestream media who’s finally doing their jobs and stitching together the true story.
What Obama Knew & When He Knew It
To help our readers follow the path to tragedy on September 11 and its aftermath, below is a chronology of key events:
April 6: IED thrown over the fence of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
April 11: Gun battle erupts between armed groups two-and-a-half miles from the U.S. Consulate, including rocket-propelled grenades.
April 27: Two South African contractors are kidnapped by armed men, released unharmed.
May 1: Deputy Commander of U.S. Embassy Tripoli’s Local Guard Force is carjacked, beaten, and detained by armed youth.
May 1: British Embassy in Tripoli is attacked by a violent mob and set on fire. Other NATO embassies attacked as well.
May 3: The State Department declines a request from personnel concerned about security at the U.S. Embassy in Libya for a DC-3 plane to take them around the country.
May 22: Two rocket-propelled grenades are fired at the Benghazi office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, less than 1 mile from the U.S. Consulate.
June 6: A large IED destroys part of the security perimeter of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Creates hole “big enough for 40 men to go through.”
June 10: A car carrying the British ambassador is attacked in Tripoli. Two bodyguards injured.
Late June: The building of the International Red Cross attacked again and closed down, leaving the U.S. flag as the only international one still flying in Benghazi, an obvious target.
August 6: Armed assailants carjack a vehicle with diplomatic plates operated by U.S. personnel.
September 8: A local security officer in Benghazi warns American officials about deteriorating security.
September 11: Protesters attack the U.S. Cairo embassy. U.S. Embassy releases statement and tweets sympathizing with Muslim protesters/attackers.
September 11: U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libyais attacked, Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans are killed.
September 12: Secretary Clinton and President Obama issue statements condemning both the video and the attacks.
September 12: U.S. intelligence agencies have enough evidence to conclude a terrorist attack was involved.
September 14: Carney denies Administration had “actionable intelligence indicating that an attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi was planned or imminent.”
September 14: The bodies of slain Americans return to Andrews Air Force Base. President Obama again blames the YouTube video.
September 25: On ABC’s “The View,” Obama says, “we don’t have all of the information yet so we are still gathering.”
September 25: To the U.N. assembly, Obama blames “A crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world.”
September 26: Libya’s Magarief on the “Today” show says, “It was a preplanned act of terrorism directed against American citizens.”
September 26: Published reports show U.S. Intel agencies and the Obama Administration knew within 24 hours that al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist were involved.
September 27: Innocence of Muslims filmmaker Mark Basseley Youseff (aka Nakoula Basseley Nakoula) is arrested and denied bail on the charges of “probation violation.”
September 28: Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr., issues a statement backing the Obama Administration’s changing story about the Libyan attack. Says facts are evolving.
October 2: Carney declines to comment on reported requests from diplomats in Libya for additional security, citing the State Department’s internal investigation.
It should come as no surprise that President Obama will raise taxes if he is re-elected. But here’s the shocker: He will invite the United Nations to tax Americans directly. And the proceeds would go directly to the Third World. In this way, Barack Obama will, indeed, realize the dreams of his father.
Here is what we say in "Black Helicopters" that Obama, Hillary, and the UN are planning for us:
A “Robin Hood” tax on financial transactions. Every time you buy or sell a stock or a bond or exchange money while travelling, you’d be hit with a financial transactions tax (a percentage of your transaction) that would go to the UN.
A global tobacco tax with the funds to flow to the World Health Organization (WHO).
A UN-imposed tax on billionaires all over the world. And don’t delude yourself for a moment that it is only the 1600 current billionaires who will be hit. Once the precedent of a UN tax on US citizens is approved, it will gradually grow downwards to cover more and more Americans. Again the funds will go to the UN.
Under the Law of the Sea Treaty – up for Senate ratification in December of the lame duck session – offshore oil and gas wells would have to pay a proportion of their revenues to the International Seabed Authority, a UN-sponsored organization, which would distribute the loot to the third world.
A carbon tax on all U.S. or other foreign commercial or passenger aircraft flying to Europe. Nominally to fight climate change, these revenues would also go to the third world.
A mandatory assessment to be imposed on the U.S. to compensate third world nations for the costs of reducing their carbon output.
These taxes are, of course, only the first steps. Once the principle is established of UN taxation of American citizens, the sky is the limit.
Is there any organizations less worthy of our trust to spend our money wisely than the United Nations?
And where would the money go? To so-called less developed countries. The taxes are part of a global plan of redistribution of wealth from the Northern Hemisphere (US, Europe, Japan) to the Southern Hemisphere (Latin America, Africa, and South Asia)
Editor’s Note: The Author of this blog lives in Will County, IL. A “Collar County of Cook County, IL and Chicago. The author, Mike Flynn of Breitbart.com has his facts in order in the story below. There are NO Obama signs in my Congressional District. There are a plethora of Romney-Ryan signs with new ones popping up daily.
By MIKE FLYNN
Back in August, a poll showed Obama with just a 12-point lead over Romney in Cook County, Illinois. While he posted a huge lead in the city of Chicago, the poll found him actually losing to Romney in suburban Cook County. It was a shock that I set aside as an outlier.
A new poll of Illinois' 10th Congressional District, which includes parts of Cook County, however, suggests the August poll might not be such an aberration. The poll, from WeAskAmerica, finds Obama with just a 2 point lead over Romney, 47-45 in the suburban district. Obama won the district in 2008 by 23 points.
I know the district well. It is affluent, with high levels of education, and very socially liberal. Voters there take pride in being politically "moderate" and wear the label as a badge of honor. Since the 1980s, the district has been represented by a Republican in Congress, but not by anyone who could be mistaken for a conservative. Al Gore and John Kerry both carried the district comfortably in 2000 and 2004. And, in 2008, Obama won over 61% of the vote in the district.
Last year, during redistricting, the Democrats in Illinois made the district even more Democrat, looking to unseat freshman GOP Congressman Bob Dold. In this poll, Dold leads his opponent by 2 points, 47-45. It should be noted that this poll was conducted before last night's debate, so the surprising results don't reflect Obama's lackluster performance in Denver.
Obama's performance in this district in 2008 was emblematic of the appeal he had then to moderates and independents. No Democrat had ever come close to posting the kind of vote he got here. It was also an enormous source of campaign donations for his election. Being essentially tied with Romney, and under the 50% threshold, shows the greatly diminished appeal he has to independents.
"For Mr. Obama to be in a statistical tie in an area that he won by around 20 points in 2008 truly reveals the failure of his Presidency," said Illinois-based political consultant Paul Miller. "The economy is undoubtedly the key factor, but in suburbs with a large Jewish population, his treatment of Israel is also taking its toll."
There is a sizable Jewish vote in the district. It could account for the rising dissatisfaction with Obama here. Also a factor could be the lack of leadership from Illinois' Democrat legislative leaders, who dominate state government and are quickly bankrupting the state. The state's debt level has exploded and recent massive tax hikes have done nothing to plug the state's gaping budget deficits.
I should note that the sample in the poll is evenly split between GOP and Dem voters. That may be a bit generous to the GOP, but even this can't explain the collapse in Obama's numbers here. A drop of more than 20 points one month out from the election is damning for Obama. Of course, the poll also deliberately oversampled women. They make up around 65% of the poll's universe. Given the purported advantage Obama has with women voters, his margin in this poll should be considerably higher.
Miller continued: "Unfortunately for the GOP, they wrote off Illinois before the campaign season began. Considering that President Obama may under-perform by a large percentage, and that his numbers in Cook County are not nearly as strong as they were four years ago, Illinois could have been in play. It may not be too late to make Illinois purple."
Given the state of the GOP in Illinois, I'm not certain Romney could have made Illinois competitive this year. Certainly, Obama continues to have the edge in his adopted home state. But, among the base of some of his core supporters, the thrill is clearly gone.
Another Green Energy Disaster for Obama
Plant That Received $150 Million Closing
Here’s another disaster for the Obama Administration’s “Green Energy” plans. A Michigan hybrid batter plant that was built with $150 million taxpayer dollars is laying off workers before a single battery has even been produced at the plant.
In 2010 when Obama himself announced the loans, he touted them as being evidence that “manufacturing jobs are coming back to America.” Two years later, before a single battery has been produced, the plant is closing.
Workers at the Compact Power manufacturing facilities in Holland, Mich., run by LG Chem, have been placed on rotating furloughs, working only three weeks per month based on lack of demand for lithium-ion cells.
The facility, which was opened in July 2010 with a groundbreaking attended by Obama, has yet to produce a single battery for the Chevrolet Volt, the troubled electric car from General Motors.
Production of the taxpayer-subsidized Volt has been plagued by work stoppages, and the effect has trickled down to companies and plants that build parts for it -- including the batteries.
Gee, how about the fact that no one wants a Chevy Volt and that GM has literally shuttered the plant that makes the Volt?
The thing is here folks is that electric car batteries don’t perform much better than they did 100 years ago. Electric Cars were invented almost 105 years ago now, and in 105 years research has not managed to figure out how to efficiently store energy in compact batteries to make electronic cars viable.
It’s also a fact that until hundreds of millions of dollars of TAXPAYER money was poured into them, lithium ion batteries for cars were dead technology. Private investors had given up on electric cars decades ago having not been able to conquer the battery storage issues plagued by vehicles such as the Volt.
The result? Obama picked another Green Energy LOSER, at taxpayer expense.
In this video, Barack Hussein Obama says he’s for an “all the above” energy policy, but watch carefully as his EPA appointee’s describe the REAL policy, which is to eliminate all coal fired electricity plants and to CRUCIFY any energy company that doesn’t tow the EPA line.
Obama likes to say that the Romney that DESTROYED him in Colorado during the first Presidential debate wasn’t the “Real Romney.”
Well folks, here’s the REAL Obama Energy Agenda.
Watch and be horrified at what awaits you should Obama get re-elected.
The average weekly first time jobless claims in September averaged over 360,000 which means in September, 1,440,000 people lost their jobs and had to find a new one.
Does it stand to reason to anyone with a functioning brain that the unemployment rate could “drop” three-tenths of a percent with those numbers?
It’s mathematically impossible!
UNLESS YOU STOP COUNTING THOSE WHO’VE FALLEN OFF THE ROLLS, THOSE WHO’VE GIVEN UP LOOKING AND FOUND A WAY TO SHRINK THE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE!
A look at the Labor Force Participation Rate tells the TRUE STORY behind the 7.8% number. Our economy is at an ALL TIME LOW in the percentage of working age adults that have full-time employment.
Since January of 2009, the Labor Force Participation Rate which the Bureau of Labor Statistics maintains shows that the rate has steadily declined under Obama!
Under Obama, the Labor Force Participation Rate, which was at record high’s under Bush have fallen to historic lows under Obama!
Who’s to blame for that? Obama and his FAILED ECONOMIC POLICIES, THAT”S WHO!
I think most American’s with a reasonably functioning brain, capable of doing basic math can see how Obama’s been DESTROYING our economy and driving people out of the work force to artificially deflate the unemployment numbers!
Great spin, if one can pull it off – but the DATA shows Obama and his policies to be an abysmal failure.
Now here’s the truth about the stellar “job creation” the Associated Pravda (I meant “Press”) is telling about the economy:
It's now being reported that the economy created 114,000 jobs.
That's 114,000 across all 50 states.
That's 2,280 jobs per state. (114,000 / 50)
That's 570 jobs per week, per state. (2280 / 4 weeks)
What does that mean for the average job seeker? There are only 81 jobs per day, per state are being created under the Obama economy.
Yeah, I guess I don't blame Obama for not wanting to talk about the economy during the debate the other night!
The Daily Caller has the full forty minute video posted on their website, what’s posted below is a side-by-side comparison of Obama in 2007 speaking in glowing terms about his friend Jeremiah Wright, and then in 2008 where he says he condemn’s him.
Which Obama do we believe? (Either one ain’t good folks.)
If You’re Wondering Where “Free Checking” Went …
One year ago today, Senator Dick Durbin (D. IL) introduced and passed the “Durbin Amendment” to the Dodd-Frank “Wall Street Reform Consumer Protection Act” which was allegedly designed to protect banking consumers from high fees on debit card transactions.
As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and as per usual, Democrats have once again managed to screw consumers as a result.
As Dodd-Frank has kicked in over the last year, many banks have had to find other ways to make up for the fee’s they previously obtained from debit card customers.
The result: the end of “free checking” as banking consumers across America knew it.
Today, less than 40% of banks offer any form of “free checking”, the majority of them are non-interest bearing.
If free checking was an animal, it’d be on the endangered species list.
The problem for Democrats on this one is that they cannot claim they didn’t know this was going to happen. Banking CEO after Banking CEO testified before Congress ahead of the passing of Dodd-Frank that “free checking accounts” among other services would be casualties of the law.
The Bankers were right, and the Democrat Controlled Senate, House and White House passed it anyway.
I’m really sick and tired of reading sites like FreeRepublic who tout themselves as a “Conservative” and “small Government” website yet seem to be working directly for re-electing Obama.
You may think that a little harsh, I assure you it is not. The owner of FreeRepublic, Jim Robinson has openly stated on “his forum” that he believes Romney is no different than Obama, therefore he refuses to vote for Romney or the “GOP-e” candidate as Romney’s been termed.
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, so rather than try and argue with the voices of discontent that seem to infest a once great truly Conservative, small-Government website as FreeRepublic used to be I thought I’d simply write about what an Obama Second Term would look like.
In no particular order:
Death Panels. Some say they’re already in place with the $700 billion dollar cuts in Medicare. I say, wait until 2013 when they’re actually put in place and we start seeing grandma and grandpa denied even basic care as the “cost savings efforts” kick in.
$4 TRILLION in new taxes – on top of those already instituted by ObamaCare. 401K’s, pension benefits, and medical benefit’s that many employee’s enjoy will now be TAXED. The Bush Tax Cuts will be allowed to expire, and Obama will raise marginal rates across the board – on everyone. Think his “tax the rich” mantra wasn’t meant for you? Think again. Obama has to tax the middle-class to reach his “revenue targets” because that’s where the money is!
Traditional marriage – trashed – at the Federal Level. Executive Order legalizing homosexual marriage in all 50 states. Sure, the EO will be un-Constitutional … won’t it? Doubtful given the current make-up of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice Robert’s desire to “de-politicize” the court.
Religious Liberty. Gone. Another EO will order all Churches to perform gay marriage or lose their tax-exempt status.
“Hate Speech” and “Hate Crimes” will become “racist thought crimes.” I really don’t think I need to expand on this one do I? If you’ve ever been called a “racist!” for simply disagreeing with Obama – you know exactly what I mean.
Abortion. Celebrated. No longer will it be a national shame that more than 48 million unborn children have been aborted. All women will be given “free” contraceptives (thank you Sandra Fluk, you slut) and “free” day-after abortion inducing pills for when contraception fails.
The greatest expansion of the Welfare State since it’s inception. Not content with “free” ObamaPhones our favorite urbanite welfare queens and kings will get free computers and internet access to “bridge the digitial divide between rich and poor.” Yes, you and I will be paying for all welfare recipients to get porn on the internet.
$6+ gasoline is on the horizon as the Obama led EPA continues to shut down refineries across America while oil companies continue to move crude OUT of the United States to sell in other countries for higher profits.
Higher Energy Bills as the Obama EPA shuts down more coal-fired electric plants in the US without the necessary capacity to replace them. Brown-outs will become normal, as will rolling outages as “smart meters” are forced on every American home-owner so the Power Companies and the Government can monitor your electricity usage and then tell you that you’re using “too much.”
More bailouts for Chrysler and General Motors. GM’s already defaulting on their payments back to US Taxpayers. Chrysler is headed down the same road as the economy hits the skids again. Durable good’s orders such as cars, appliances and other long-term goods are already plummeting. If the Union’s didn’t rape the American taxpayer last time around – you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Small business owners will see ‘marginal’ tax rates of 43% – 48% in 2013 as the Bush Tax Cuts expire. That’s ok though, Obama says they’ve made enough money. Wait until Obama finds out small business owners can’t hire anyone without profits.
“Too Big to Fail” will get worse. Five major banks in this country already control nearly 60% of all consumer retail checking and savings accounts. Banking consolidation, driven by Dodd-Frank will force small community banks and smaller regional banks to merge or be acquired by larger banks, further taking control of consumer retail checking and savings. This will result in higher fee’s for all banking consumers and likely less credit as banks try to wring out all the expense they can to protect profit.
A military weaker than the Carter era. $400 billion in military spending cuts will dramatically curtail America’s ability to protect its interests and allies globally. This may make Ron Paul and his Paul-tard supporters happy but the reality is a weak America means chaos around the world. Just look at China and Japan getting ready to go to war; Iran threatening to vaporize Israel on a daily basis; China imposing trade agreements around the world while America has negotiated ZERO under Obama; a resurgent Russia led by Vladimir Putin, exercising his political muscle against the Euro-Zone. If it feels like World War III is getting ready to break out, that’s because it is.
And yet, our “conservative”, “small government” friends at Free Republic somehow think that Obama is a better alternative to Romney, and are actively working to trash the Romney campaign whilst feigning ignorance of the consequences.
Perhaps it’s time FreeRepublic changed its name to something more suitable like Freakin'Retards. We’ll have idiots like you to thank if the worst President ever elected gets a second term.
Barack Hussein Obama, the Democrat Controlled Congress, the Fed and the Treasury are spending your money like drunken sailors!
CLICK HERE to see the Debt, Deficit and how much you and your children owe! (Updated in real-time, the numbers will spin your head.)
Since the recession began in December of 2008, 9.5 million American's have lost their jobs.
Of those 8.5 million, nearly 8.5 million have occurred under Obama's watch.
During OBama's first two years in office alone, unemployment reached a twenty-six plus year high of 10.2%.
CNN Reports There Are 400,000 fewer people working today, then when Obama took office! Where's the "Recovery?!"
There are now 25 MILLION People in this country who are Unemployed / Under-Employed / Gave Up Looking for work. That's more than any other time in this country's history.
That's more than the entire population of the State of Pennsylvania, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Unemployment Rate remains above 8% for the FOURTH year in a row - longer than any other time in history of this country.
How about Foreign Policy?
North Korea has successfully tested a nuclear weapon for the third timeand has directly threatened the security of the United States of America by declaring the Korean War has resumed.
The response by the Obama Administration? Silence, followed by more 'sanctions' against North Korea. As if that's going to matter.
Iran has accellerated its nuclear program in defiance of the United States and the so-called "United Nations." The Obama Administration's response? Another useless sanction with the United Nations. Iran now has several THOUSAND centrifuges making fissible, nuclear material for BOMBS and is DIRECTLY threatening war against Israel now.
Obama's response: Threaten Israel.
On the Economic Front:
The "Misery Index" is once again being calculated - for the first time since the disastrous Jimmy Carter Presidency.
By printing and adding another $6 TRILLION dollars in DEBT, Obama has set the stage for 1970's style inflation. Welcome to the Obama Economy.
The Federal Budget Deficit, which was $400 billion dollars for 2009 as voted on and approved by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and yes, Barack Hussein Obama during the last year of the Bush Presidency
Obama Budget Deficits have exceeded $1.5 TRILLION Dollars each year he's been in office. That's a historic first! They can't blame this on Bush, they own this crap sammich!
How about Obama's record on Energy?
Obama is still pushing for Cap and Tax. Once Cap & Tax has been instituted, along with the $1/gallon fuel tax advocated by some Obama Appointees we can expect gas to be $6/gallon or higher, should Cap & Tax go into effect.
Obama's EPA has effectively SHUT DOWN all off-shore drilling, and all drilling on Federal land. The "boom" in drilling is happening on PRIVATE LAND where the EPA cannot stop it.
How about the War on Terror?
Afghanistan is LOST.Obama's failed policies have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The Taliban is resurgent, and the Obama Administration has entered into "negotiations" with the very regime that aided Osama Bin Laden in attacking us on 9-11-01. Why isn't Obama being impeached for TREASON?!
Obama - Change we can all believe in, to be sure (/sarcasm)
Why is Obama So Incompetent? 143 Days ....
That's the sum total of Barak Obama's experience in the United States Senate, prior to announcing his run for the United States Presidency.
Visits To NoBamaNation Since This Blog Was Started
In this video from 2004, Barak Obama says he's not qualified to run for President before ever having served a day in the U.S. Senate. I guess those 143 days have "qualified" him then?
Obama- Flops
Here are our favorite YouTube clips documenting Barak Hussein Obama's flip-flops on key positions.
*** NEW *** Obama Flip-Flops on Missile Defense During 1st Debate:
Obama flip-flopping on his position in Iraq:
Obama Flip-Flopping on Iran (and dangerously underestimating their resolve for Nuclear weapons)
Here, Obama flip-flops on the D.C. Gun Ban:
And here's another clip on the same topic:
Here's Obama flip-flopping on suspending the Federal Gas Tax. (Note: as a Junior Illinois State Legislator he supported suspending the Gas tax, but opposes suspending the Federal Gas Tax as a US Senator.)
Obama flip-flopping on Welfare Reform:
Obama Flip-Flopping on Public Financing for his Campaign:
In this video from 2004, Barak Obama says he's not qualified to run for President before ever having served a day in the U.S. Senate. (Must be those 143 days of experience that made the difference!)
And another clip of Obama admitting he's not ready to be President (this time as as sitting U.S. Senator!)
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As if the threats against Mitt Romney’s life didn’t flow from Twitter after the last Presidential debate, last night Twitter literally exploded with a fountain of hate towards the Republican Presidential Candidate – and now front-runner in the Presidential race.
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