WOW! Obamaphones Sold And Money Used To Buy Drugs In Philadelphia

James O'Keefe and Project Veritas have released a video looking at fraud involving the "Obamaphones."  That includes, people selling the phones for money, even saying they'll buy drugs with them.

The answers given by the "Obamaphone" workers are stunning.

Here is the raw video:

Moochelle Obama's Irish Trip: 30 Hotel Rooms at $3,300 Each

Ms. Big Spender is at it again (Washington Times).

First lady Michelle Obama is sparing no expense on her trip to Ireland, staying at a $3,300-per-night hotel suite in Dublin.

Irish press reports Monday said Mrs. Obama and her entourage have booked 30 rooms in the five-star Shelbourne hotel. The first lady is said to be staying in the Princess Grace Suite, named for the Hollywood film star and princess who had an attachment to the room.

The suite has two guest bedrooms, a living room and a dining area, according to the hotel’s website. There are four phones, three large televisions, bedding of 100 percent Egyptian cotton, a Nespresso machine and butler service.

The cost of the two-day trip in Ireland and Northern Ireland has been estimated at around $5 million. U.S. taxpayers pay the cost of the first family’s travel.

The Obama family also will travel to Germany, where President Obama is to give a speech on Wednesday.

At a time of sequestration budget cuts, the Obamas are coming under fire for their travel costs. The first family’s three-nation trip to Africa at the end of this month is expected to cost up to $100 million.

All while the White House tours are closed, and the town of West, Texas, had FEMA disaster funds denied to them.

(C)Rapper Lil Wayne Walks On American Flag During Video Shoot

Video below, and story from NY Daily News.

Political protest or accidental flag faux pas?

Filming for Lil Wayne’s “God Bless Amerika” music video in New Orleans is under scrutiny after a clip of his performance shows an oversized American flag drop to the street before Wayne tramples Old Glory as he raps.

It may have been overlooked, if not for the incendiary lyrics in the song:

“My country ‘tis of thee/ sweet land of kill ‘em all and let ‘em die/ God bless Amerika/ This so godless Amerika … the stars on the flag are never shining,” the song, off this year’s “I Am Not a Human Being II,” goes.

The one-minute clip shows Weezy, 30, singing in front of the huge red, white and blue flag before it’s let go onto the Hollygrove, New Orleans, street. The drop reveals a group of people standing behind Wayne as he continues to rap, stepping all over the flag as he dances and moves in his hometown.

“All Americans should treat (the flag) with respect,” said John Raughter, an American Legion spokesman speaking generally about the flag and who admitted he had yet to see the clip. “It is the American flag that is draped across the coffins of our fallen heroes when they come back from war. In fact, any veteran can have a flag on their coffin. As such, it’s entitled to the highest respect.”

Wonder if Richard Milhous Obama will reconsider being a fan of this crapper? Or maybe he'll have him over to the White House for dinner after this.

GOP Rep: Boehner Should Be Removed As Speaker If He Brings Senate Amnesty Bill To Floor

A shot across the bow of the crybaby lush who serves as the impotent Speaker of the House (The Hill, via FreeRepublic).

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) warned Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would face a conference revolt that could threaten his Speakership if he allows a House vote on the immigration bill presently being debated in the Senate.

Conservatives have been pressuring Boehner to adhere to the unwritten “Hastert Rule” — named after former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) — that says no bill should come to the House floor unless it has the backing of a majority of a chamber's majority party.
Rohrabacher said if Boehner moves forward with a vote on immigration reform without a Republican majority, it would be a “betrayal” of his party.

“I would consider that a betrayal of the Republican members of the House and a betrayal of the Republicans throughout the country,” Rohrabacher said on World Net Daily radio. “If Boehner moves forward ... and permits this to come to a vote even though the majority of Republicans in the House — and that’s if they do — oppose what’s coming to a vote, he should be removed as Speaker.”

Rohrabacher conceded that he didn’t know if a majority of Republicans in the House currently supported a vote on immigration, but said if they do, it’s only because they’ve been deceived by propaganda from the media and a push from conglomerates looking to import cheap labor.

....Rohrabacher blasted his GOP colleague Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the Gang of Eight, for his part in pushing immigration reform.

“Rubio is so confused and so mixed up I think that he has given up his rightful place to advise any of us in Washington what to do, and certainly given up any right to be trusted by the American people,” he said. “It was over and over, contradiction after contradiction, lie after lie.”

Rohrabacher accused Rubio of using “weasel words” to make the case for reform, and said the Florida senator claimed to support a stronger border as a pre-condition for the legalization of immigrants in the country illegally, but backed down in the face of criticism.

“He all along has been saying all along that we need to have border security first, and then when he gets on Spanish TV, he ends up saying, no, no, that will never get in the way, that legalization status isn’t contingent on border control,” Rohrabacher said. “Well, this is outrageous and no one should believe him."

Just about hits the nail on the head. Also, more of why you should oppose this amnesty bill? It would created a national database of every adult in the U.S.

Not like the NSA has already done that, of course.

Two Lousiana Black Democrats Defect & Join GOP

The worst fear of the Democrat leadership at the state and national levels, when blacks (as well as women and other groups) leave the liberal victim plantation of their party (Star Parker, Townhall.com).

Anyone who doubts that the Republican Party can attract black voters needs only look south to Louisiana.

At a conference held in Baton Rouge at the end of May, called @Large and aimed to attract black conservatives, black Democrat Elbert Guillary, a member of the state legislature, announced that he was switching party and becoming a Republican.

Less than two weeks later, just up the road in Central City, Louisiana, black Democrat city councilman Ralph Washington – who attended this same @Large conference, made the same announcement – he’s becoming a Republican.

It’s really not such a mystery. The mystery is why this is not happening more often.

I’m asked all the time why, when it is so clear that blacks are damaged by the left wing political agenda, black voters so uniformly and consistently support candidates – Democrats – who advance this agenda.

My answer is that Republicans need to start acting more like the businesspeople they claim to be.

Any businessman convinced that his product is the best doesn't blame customers for not buying it. He doubles down on his efforts to understand these potential customers better and how to sell to them.

There needs to be more appreciation of the differences in the black population.

A Gallup poll done in 2011 showed that whereas 39 percent of whites say they are “very religious,” 53 percent of blacks do. A large percentage of “very religious” blacks are conservative and very different from blacks on the left who identify with the NAACP.

The @Large conference, where I was a speaker, was hosted by pastor C.L. Bryant, who tells his own story about leaving the left-wing black establishment in his new film “Runaway Slave.”

Bryant was president of the NAACP chapter in Garland, Texas, but his relationship with the NAACP soured when he refused to speak at a Planned Parenthood pro-abortion event.

His eyes began to open and see that his traditional Christian values – protecting the unborn and promoting the traditional family, individual freedom, and dignity – were out of whack with the political agenda blacks were automatically signing onto.

Elbert Guillary is now the first black Republican in the Louisiana state legislature since reconstruction.

Listen to him to understand why a conservative black leaves the Democratic Party.

He called the Democrats “the party of disappointment” and expressed disillusionment with Democratic policies on abortion, gun control, education, and immigration.

Democrats “have moved away from the traditional values of most Americans,” he said. “Their policies have encouraged high teen birth rates, high high school drop-out rates, high incarceration rates, and very high unemployment rates.”

I don't entirely agree with Parker's assertion that the GOP needs to act like businesspeople. Certainly, yes, it needs to be a party of opportunity. But, there also needs to be a distinct difference between the GOP and Democrats, instead of being "Democrat lite," or coming across in a way that might be interpreted by some as pandering.

What about the immigration (aka amnesty) bill in the Senate?  There's a good opportunity for the national party. Black leaders are writing the Congressional Black Caucus and telling them that this amnesty bill will hurt workers. This comes at a time when 13 percent of blacks are unemployed--double the national average, under Obama.

Sarah Palin Blasts Amnesty, Jeb Bush In Faith and Freedom Coalition Speech

Sarah Palin has put added her voice against the secretive Gang of Eight amnesty bill in a speech in Washington DC today (Breitbart).

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said the Senate's "special interest" immigration bill rewards "rule breakers" and was not the way to rebuild a conservative majority in America of people who want to restore the country's founding principles.

"Let's not kid ourselves," Palin said while speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" conference on Saturday.

She said the Senate's immigration bill not only panders but also rewards "rule breakers." She also pointed out the border security provisions in the bill do not have teeth in criticizing the "special-interest-written amnesty bill."

She also poked fun at Jeb Bush's comments at the conference on Friday in which he said he supported immigration reform because immigrants were "more fertile."

She said it was "dangerous territory" to have immigration debates concerning "one race’s fertility rate over another."

"And I say this from someone who’s kinda fertile herself,” Palin zinged.

Here's Palin's entire speech.

 

Palin also blasted Obama's "Big Brother" spying program on all Americans (Mediaite).

“It seems so Orwellian around here,” Palin said. “Before 1984, terms like ‘leading from behind’ meant following. The other day the White House testified before Congress, bragging that they used the ‘least untruthful statement.’ Where I come from that’s called a lie.”

“Yes, officials lied, and government spied,” Palin rhymed. “In Benghazi, government lied, and Americans died. These scandals are coming at us so fast and furious.”

“It reminds me of a comedy bit from my really, really good friends at Saturday Night Live,” Palin said. “They should think of me as a friend, for a while I was supplying more job security for the Tina Feys of the world and doing more for those employment numbers than Obama’s ever done.”

Palin proceeded to do her best Amy Poehler impression.

“Our government spied on every single one of your phone calls,” she said, “but it couldn’t find two pot-smoking deadbeat Bostonians with a hotline to terrorist central in Chechnya. Really? And it’s built apparatus to sneak into all of the good guys’ communications, but oopsy-daisy! It missed the Fort Hood mass-murder of our own troops, despite this Islamic terrorist declaring his ideology in numerous army counseling sessions and on his own business cards. But no red flags there. Really?”

This is why Sarah Palin resonates with Americans, because she's not a part of nor speaks for the DC elite GOP crowd. That's why the GOP establishment hate her, and why conservatives can't stand the modern GOP a party whose leadership stands for nothing and will fall for anything.

CONFIRMED: CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson's Computer Hacked

One of the rare reporters doing actual journalism at the so-called "legacy" media (aka Lapdog Media) is Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News. She is one of the rare big media journalists who has investigated Fast and Furious, as well as BenghaziGate.

Today, CBS has confirmed claims by Attkisson made earlier that her computer had been hacked.

CBS News spokeswoman Sonya McNair said that a cybersecurity firm hired by CBS News "has determined through forensic analysis" that "Attkisson's computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions in late 2012."

"Evidence suggests this party performed all access remotely using Attkisson's accounts. While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data. This party also used sophisticated methods to remove all possible indications of unauthorized activity, and alter system times to cause further confusion. CBS News is taking steps to identify the responsible party and their method of access."

Several months ago, Attkisson had reported suspected intrusions of her computers, including her CBS News work computer, prompting CBS News to hire a firm to look into the hacking.

At this time, no one has determined who the hacker might be. CBS noted they are not accusing the Federal Government of hacking her computer.

But when AP's and James Rosen of Fox news' phone records have been seized by Eric Holder, you can't help but be suspicious and not trust the government.

Mosques Exempt From Obama's Spying Eyes

Answers the question many of us had. If the Obama Regime's NSA spying on all Americans is for security, then why weren't the Boston Bombers captured and their plot thwarted? (IBD, via American Power).

The White House assures that tracking our every phone call and keystroke is to stop terrorists, and yet it won't snoop in mosques, where the terrorists are.

That's right, the government's sweeping surveillance of our most private communications excludes the jihad factories where homegrown terrorists are radicalized.

Since October 2011, mosques have been off-limits to FBI agents. No more surveillance or undercover string operations without high-level approval from a special oversight body at the Justice Department dubbed the Sensitive Operations Review Committee.

Who makes up this body, and how do they decide requests? Nobody knows; the names of the chairman, members and staff are kept secret.

We do know the panel was set up under pressure from Islamist groups who complained about FBI stings at mosques. Just months before the panel's formation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations teamed up with the ACLU to sue the FBI for allegedly violating the civil rights of Muslims in Los Angeles by hiring an undercover agent to infiltrate and monitor mosques there.

Before mosques were excluded from the otherwise wide domestic spy net the administration has cast, the FBI launched dozens of successful sting operations against homegrown jihadists — inside mosques — and disrupted dozens of plots against the homeland.

If only they were allowed to continue, perhaps the many victims of the Boston Marathon bombings would not have lost their lives and limbs. The FBI never canvassed Boston mosques until four days after the April 15 attacks, and it did not check out the radical Boston mosque where the Muslim bombers worshipped.

Meanwhile, FBI Director Robert Mueller says Obama's NSA program could have stopped 9/11.

Really?

Twitter Critic, State Department Whistleblower Among Those Receiving Threats From Obama Regime

Perhaps before reading the rest of this post, you need to play this music in the background. Because when you see what the US Government is doing under Richard Milhous Obama, you'll think we live under a dictatorship.

A Twitter user just got a visit from the authorities for criticizing Dear Leader (Examiner via Gateway Pundit).

Tom Francois is an outspoken critic of Barack Hussein Obama- and has a robust Twitter presence. He also likes to dabble with his “paint” program to create funny cartoons. He has never threatened the President in any way, manner or form.

On April 11, 2013, he heard relentless pounding on his door shouts of “Police!” The officers introduced themselves as members of The Secret Service and asked if they could “take a look around.”

Since Tom had nothing to hide (and he didn’t want any return visits) – he complied fully with their request. He even signed a consent to search his premises AND an “Authorization To Review Medical and Mental Health Records!”

They asked Tom if he ever left his state or traveled to Washington, D.C.

One Agent asked Tom if he has any intentions of “whacking” the President.” To which Tom replied- “Of course not. I wish him no harm. I disagree with his policies and actions and I make no bones about it. It’s my First Amendment Right and I intend to exercise it.”

When I spoke to Tom he said, “Yes, I am EXTREMELY critical of Obama in my posts, but I never cross the line and threaten his being. EVER. It’s just the idea of Obama’s Secret Service intruding on my life when they knew I wasn’t really a threat.”

The Secret Service had a thick FBI file- filled with screenshots of hundreds of posts. Said Tom, “I flat out told them ‘I have NEVER threatened Obama’s life! Yes, I despise him as you can plainly see, but I have that right!’ They actually ADMITTED and agreed with me that I hadn’t threatened Obama.”

A State Department whistleblower is being threatened for revealing a cover up of some Department employees using prostitutes and drugs (USA Today).

The allegations were revealed after Aurelia Fedenisn, a former investigator at the State Department's Office of the Inspector General, complained to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that senior State Department officials interfered with investigations she was involved in, and then caused a report about the interference to be watered down.

Dallas lawyer Damon Mathias, who represents Fedenisn, said Fedenisn hired him after two diplomatic security agents spoke in a threatening manner to her teenage children at her home in a Virginia suburb of Washington. The agents arrived at the home to talk to Fedenisn about documents Fedenisn had given to Cruz and told the teens that they demanded to speak to their mom immediately, Mathias said.

Royce said he instructed his staff to investigate. At least one other committee is also investigating, according to a senior congressional staffer who was not authorized to speak on the record.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday that the allegations are based on a memo that was written "without the benefit of reviewing any case files, (and) included a number of unsubstantiated accusations."

"The notion that we would not vigorously pursue criminal misconduct is not only preposterous, it's inaccurate," Psaki said.

Fedenisn had turned to Cruz after she learned that an investigative report she helped write before she retired in December lacked many investigative details when it was published in February, Mathias said.

Mathias says Fedenisn's claim is that agents from State's Diplomatic Security and other divisions engaged in very questionable and possibly criminal conduct; the Inspector General has been hampered in performing its oversight role; "and the findings they wanted to put in the report end up being left out," Mathias said. "So you have a coverup of the coverup."

When Fedenisn and her lawyers met with lawyers for the Office of the Inspector General, the government lawyers demanded she hand over the documents or they would refer the matter to the Department of Justice and Fedenisn would face criminal prosecution, Mathias said.

"They made it clear that they would go after her criminally," he said.

To show you how the Obama Regime is putting their people in sensitive places, Jen Psaki was part of Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns.  Now she's off covering for his Regime at the State Department.

Is it any wonder why so many people are willing to give Ed Snowden hero status?  I don't think I've ever seen a time when so many people have lost trust in government, and are using "security" as a reason to intrude on the lives of everyday Americans.

And how many more are afraid to speak out because of the thuggish tactics being used by this Regime?

Obama's Plan African Family Trip... $60-$100 Million To Be Picked Up By You And I

While many Americans won't have much of a vacation again this summer (seen those fuel costs? airplane fares?), the Obamas are planning another exquisite adventure for which we're picking up the tab for (Weekly Standard).

 

President Obama and his family will be going to Africa later this month. But the trip won't be cheap; it's expected to cost American taxpayers $60 to $100 million, according to the Washington Post.

"When President Obama makes his first extended trip to sub-Saharan Africa later this month, the federal agencies charged with keeping him safe won’t be taking any chances. Hundreds of U.S. Secret Service agents will be dispatched to secure facilities in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. A Navy aircraft carrier or amphibious ship, with a fully staffed medical trauma center, will be stationed offshore in case of emergency," reports the Post.

"Military cargo planes will airlift in 56 support vehicles, including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bullet-proof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. Fighter jets will fly in shifts giving 24-hour coverage over the president’s airspace so they can intervene quickly if an errant plane gets too close.

"The extraordinary security provisions — which will cost the government tens of millions of dollars — are outlined in a confidential internal planning document obtained by The Washington Post. While the preparations appear to be in line with similar travels in the past, the document offers an unusual glimpse into the colossal efforts to protect the U.S. commander-in-chief on trips abroad."

After the paper questioned the costs of a planned family safari, the White House nixed the plan. "The president and first lady had also planned to take a Tanzanian safari as part of the trip, which would have required the president’s special counter-assault team to carry sniper rifles with high-caliber rounds that could neutralize cheetahs, lions or other animals if they became a threat, according to the planning document. But the White House canceled the safari on Wednesday following inquiries from The Washington Post about the trip’s purpose and expense, according to a person familiar with the decision."

The paper adds, "Obama’s trip could cost the federal government $60 million to $100 million based on the costs of similar African trips in recent years, according to one person familiar with the journey who was not authorized to speak for attribution. The Secret Service planning document, which was provided to The Post by a person who is concerned about the amount of resources necessary for the trip, does not specify costs."

Meanwhile, Obama's FEMA denied aid to West, TX, after the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant killed 14, destroyed a school, other buildings and damaged roads.   I guess the good people of West and the rest of America are supposed to "eat cake" while the Obamas live it up with vacations and golf outings.

Obama Donor Bill Maher Calls Trig Palin "Retarded." Doesn't Obama Owe Sarah Palin A Phone Call?

Liberal "comedian" Bill Maher donated a million dollars to a pro-Obama super PAC last year.  Never mind that Obama took Maher's money, even though the liberal celebrity has called Sarah Palin a "cunt" and a "twat" in his "comedy" routines.

Maher went even more over the line, attacking the Palin's young special needs son Trig, who suffers from Downs Syndrome (Breitbart.com).

(Ron) Futrell, a former Las Vegas sports broadcaster and Breitbart News contributor, says on his blog that Maher used the term "retarded" to describe young Trig Palin during the comedy performance. Later, Futrell started heckling the comic over a reference to Halliburton, a confrontation which eventually led to Futrell being asked to leave the venue.

He didn't regret speaking out during the stand-up event.

"I will also always be glad to stand up for those, who many times, have no voice," he wrote on his blog regarding the incident.

Good for you, Ron, for having some decency and standing up to this liberal coward who attacks a special needs child.

Palin issued a challenge to Maher on Twitter.

I'm in your neck of the woods this weekend, little Bill. Care to meet so I can tell you how I really feel? shar.es/wLpR6
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) June 13, 2013

Maher, being the coward he is, isn't man enough to the challenge. He'd probably wet his pants and run away if Palin entered the same room he was in.

Meanwhile, remember how Richard Milhous Obama condemned Rush Limbaugh, after the radio host called Sarah the Fluke a "slut" because she wants taxpayers to pay for her sex life?  Obama even called the Fluke and took one on the campaign trail with him.

Now, Obama's donor has attacked a special needs child.

Hey Obama, don't you think you owe Sarah Palin a phone call, as well as condemn Bill Maher and return that one million?  After all, where's all that "civility" you lecture us about?

Obama Threatens Veto Of Religious Speech Protection for Our Military

The First Amendment does not apply to those who defend it, according to their so-called "Commander-in-Chief." (Breitbart.com).

Breitbart News reported last week that Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) passed an amendment in the House Armed Services Committee protecting religious speech of service members in the military. President Barack Obama has now threatened to veto the bill if it passes the full House and Senate.

The White House released a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) on H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014. Among other items, the SAP includes as an objection to the bill:

Expansion and Implementation of Protection of Rights of Conscience of Members of the Armed Forces and Chaplains of Such Members: The Administration strongly objects to section 530, which would require the Armed Forces to accommodate, except in cases of military necessity, “actions and speech” reflecting the “conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of the member.” By limiting the discretion of commanders to address potentially problematic speech and actions within their units, this provision would have a significant adverse effect on good order, discipline, morale, and mission accomplishment.

The SAP includes a veto threat: “…if the bill is presented to the President for approval in its current form, the President’s senior advisers would recommend that the President veto the bill.”

In other words, Obama says he will veto any bill that forbids his appointees or officers from telling a soldier that he cannot mention Jesus during prayer or have a Bible on his desk, or that keeps those appointees from telling a chaplain (who is an ordained clergyman) what religious teachings he is allowed to give in worship services, or what spiritual counseling he can give to another soldier. 

 

 

UNBELIEVEABLE! Obama's FEMA Denies Disaster Aid For West, TX After Explosion

On April 25th, Richard Milhous Obama visited West, Texas, the site of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed 14 people, and told those gathered at a memorial service...

"We'll be there even after the cameras leave and after the attention turns elsewhere. ...Your country will remain ever ready to help you recover and rebuild and reclaim your community."

As what we've come to expect from Obama, those were "just words, just speeches." (WFAA)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild West, where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.

According to a letter obtained by The Associated Press, FEMA said it reviewed the state's appeal to help West but decided that the explosion "is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration." FEMA has, however, provided emergency funds to individual residents.

"I’m very disappointed," said Mayor Tommy Muska. "I guess we’re third page news now.  I’d like to know what their definition of a 'major disaster' really is."

Muska said the rural community of 2,800 people needed the money to repair roads, the damaged sewer system and a school. He said the estimated cost of those repairs is $57 million, including $40 million to rebuild a school that was destroyed when the West Fertilizer Co. blew up in April.

"We don't have the money to go out and borrow the money. We don't have the means to pay that note back," Muska said. "There's got to be some public assistance."

FEMA already has provided millions of dollars in aid to the town of West and its residents, but the decision prevents them from getting some of the widespread assistance typically available to victims of tornadoes, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

 

The decision likely means less money to pay for public repairs to roads, sewer lines, pipes and a school that was destroyed.

But Hanoi John Kerry waived restrictions and sent $1.3 billion in military aid to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.  Shouldn't that go to Texas, instead of a brutal regime overseas?

Move America Forward Troopathon 2013 - Support Our Troops! Donate At Sidebar

It is an honor to once again take part in Move America Forward's annual Troopathon, as part of the Blogger competition.

Background information here, for more about Troopathon.

Troopathon is a once-a-year event held by Move America Forward (MAF) which is a non-profit charity dedicated to serving those who protect us: our brave troops. Troopathon 6 is a month-long care package drive that culminates in a star-studded 8-hour web-a-thon broadcast. This year’s broadcast will go live on June 27th from the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA.

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Troopathon is a non-partisan non-political effort. We work with celebrities from Hollywood, television, the music industry, sports heroes and athletes, bloggers, journalists, radio personalities, academics, experts in the field, and elected officials to bring together a wide variety of guests to support our troops.

Past Troopathon events have raised over $3.5 million for our troops. Last year, Troopathon 5 raised over $420,000 but we’d like to break that total this year!

Last year’s Troopathon was hosted by Melanie Morgan who continues to be a voice for our troops through her career behind the microphone at KSFO radio in San Francisco. She was joined by former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, radio host and Fox News contributor Dana Loesch, and Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee. Until his sad passing, Andrew Breitbart was a close member of the Troopathon family and co-hosted every year.

Some of the names who will take part in this year's Troopathon  include two good friends of this blog, Melanie Morgan and Larry O'Connor, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Gary Sinise, S.E. Cupp, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and (just announced) Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS.

But you don't have to wait until June 27th to make a donation to send our troops a care package. At the top of the sidebar is a button for Troopathon, where you can click and make a donation for a care package as a way to say "Thank You" to our troops.

See Move America Forward for more information about Troopathon, and what they do for those who serve us.

Why I'm Witholding Judgement On Edward Snowden

If you've followed the news over the weekend, you'd have found out about Edward Snowden, the leaker of the NSA program that is, well, snooping on us all.

Since there, there have been a lot who have quick to declare him a hero, while the criminal Democrap Party and RINOs like Lindsey Grahamnesty, have branded Snowden a "traitor." All while the Obama/Holder InJustice Department are looking to file charges against him.

Meanwhile, in one of the rare times I agree with them, the ACLU has filed suit against the program.

Well, I'm not too hot about him going off to China for asylum, but I'm not ready to call the guy a traitor, nor a hero...at least yet. 

Hear what Mark Levin said...

Who has done more National Security damage to this nation? I mean who is it, that is not securing the southern border? Who is it, who’s slashing and burning aspects of the United States Military? Who is it that’s doing these things? It’s not some little jerk named Snowden, or somebody else. It’s our President, Barack Hussein Milhouse Obama.

Who is making us more vulnerable ladies and gentlemen? I’m very very serious about this. With his embrace of the Muslim Brotherhood. Let me suggest the Commander In Chief, that’s who. And I mean it.

Which is true, but there's more to Obama's NSA program, which bothers me.

Instead of just targeting suspected terrorists, as his predecessor George W. Bush did, these NSA sweeps are looking at everyone, even those who have not been suspected of a crime. Well, doesn't that violate something known as the Fourth Amendment? Apparently, Mr. Constitutional Lawyer Richard Milhous Obama isn't aware of that, or doesn't care. I think it's the latter. He says we have to choose between liberty and security. That's a phony argument, and rejects that there is a balance between the two. If you begin to act suspiciously, then you start inviting the authorities to watch you.

I supported Bush's NSA program, primarily because it was limited in scope. Obama's (as noted above) is not. Obama and Democraps like Stingy Hoyer, Dianne "ChiFi" Feinstein, support Obama's spying on all Americans but didn't support Bush's spying on suspected terrorists. Why is that? Are Islamofascist terrorists part of the Democrat constituency? Liberals act like they care more about the rights of al-Queda instead of American citizens. Likewise, liberals/Democrats see Tea Party, Christian, NRA and patriot groups as real terrorist threats, while acting as apologists for radical Islamists and Sharia law. It's probably also more of how Democraps suffer from too much of the "My party...right or wrong" attitude, and forget they swore an oath to protect the Constitution "from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Added to that is the nature of this current Regime. Political opponents, as we have seen with the IRS abuses, have come under punishment and scrutiny for daring to use their First Amendment right to oppose Obama.  The Obama Lapdog Media, as well as Fox News' James Rosen, had their phone records seized. Don't forget that Obama, himself, gained national office in the US Senate when his opponents divorce records were unsealed and leaked to the press.  Eric Holder couldn't answer whether or not Congress had their phones tapped.  Glenn Beck even has theorized that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts may have been blackmailed into changing his Obamacare decision midstream.

While the Obama Lapdog Media has twisted polls claiming the public supports the seizing of their liberty, it's not true.  Compare this from Rassmussen Reports...public opinion on Bush's NSA program, vs. Obama's.

Rasmussen, December 28, 2005:

Sixty-four percent (64%) of Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) should be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects in other countries and people living in the United States. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 23% disagree.

Rasmussen today:

Just 26% of Likely U.S. Voters favor the government's secret collecting of these phone records for national security purposes regardless of whether there is any suspicion of wrongdoing. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 59% are opposed to the practice. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.

Notice the one difference between the two programs, besides the different numbers?

To me, the big difference between Snowden and other leakers is the nature of the leak. Snowden claims he was being selective in his leaks, only exposing the fact all Americans are being spied upon. People whom I think should be considered traitors, like Bradley Manning and Daniel Ellsburg ("Pentagon Papers") leaked military secrets for the purpose of not only aiding our enemies but undermining the war effort against them.

And if Obama's NSA program is protecting Americans, why didn't the Boston Marathon bombers' deadly jihadist attack not get thwarted? Why haven't authorities found and arrested the person(s) behind the political SWATing of Patrick "Patterico" Frey, Erick Erickson, and my friend Aaron Walker?

And to those elected officials who have more of a problem with Snowden instead of the revelations of this unconstitutional spying on all Americans, I ask this question...

Did you forget that your oath of office was to preserve and protect the Constitution against all enemies: foreign and domestic? It is not a loyalty oath to any President or political party.