Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Obama Administration’s Secret Service Scandal AND Their Government Services Administration (GSA) Scandal
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Written : Apr. 24, 2012
”We’ve put in place the toughest ethics laws and toughest transparency rules of any administration in history – in history!” So said President Obama on Jan. 22, 2009. He promised an end to government waste, too. Meanwhile, he broke President George W. Bush’s record by going at least 215 days between nationally televised press conferences in 2010 (yes, 214 days is awful, too). Mr. Obama’s health care law required ignoring Republican ideas and huge doses of back-room arm-twisting to pass. So much for transparency.
On a trip to Columbia this month, President Obama’s agenda, entourage, secrets, and possibly his person could have been compromised by a group of foolish Secret Service agents. They solicited local prostitutes. What if these women of the evening gleaned some U.S. guarded information from the men sworn to protect the president? Each person in government service is informed that this sort of behavior can compromise national security, and yet these guys still broke the rules. President Obama said that if the agents are found guilty he “would be angry.” Shouldn’t he be a little perturbed, if not angry, now? So much for ethical.
The Obama Administration’s Government Services Administration (GSA) experienced a scandal recently. They spent over $820,000 of taxpayer money on a convention for 300 government workers (over $2,700 per public employee) in Las Vegas in 2010. The agency threw away $75,000 at this boondoggle event on training GSA members on how to build a bicycle. Another internal program, called Top Hats, gave away about $200,000 in gifts to members of the GSA, funded by - you and me. Employees also produced rap videos showing them goofing around, dancing, and making fun of the loose rules. You may recall that President Obama himself scolded Americans, in early 2010, for wastefully spending money in Las Vegas. Didn’t former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, promise to, “clean up the swamp?” I guess it never happened.
The head of the GSA, Martha Johnson, resigned on April 2, 2012. Read about her July, 2011 blog post on the GSA’s investments in green energy. Ms. Johnson made several posts on the GSA’s site, including two files under the sustainability tag, which relates to Agenda 21. It is alarming that the GSA (and therefore the Obama administration) supports this frightening movement.
President Obama criticized the GSA and called it a “mis-step.” Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, stated the administration’s confidence that no more such examples of government waste will surface. Yeah, right.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Agenda 21 – Items to Google – Agenda 21 Hides in Plain Sight – on the Internet!
Written : Apr. 17, 2012
Agenda 21 is the environmentalists’ 21st century plan to make the world more sustainable for the coming generations by manipulating various factors determined by an elite few. Factors include population control (sterilization), economic control (American incomes will be reduced to match those in developing countries), and forced human relocation. Formal development and documentation of these subjective concepts began about 20 years ago and implementation is already underway. The evidence that they don’t care if you disagree with the plan or its methods is obvious with the abundance of material available on the Internet. Over the last few weeks people of various political stripes indicated to me that they are either vaguely aware of Agenda 21 - or they never heard of it. To help, I compiled a short list of some terms, treaties, conventions, organizations, and documents which will help introduce you to the environmentalists’ plan for centralized control over our lives for the 21st century. I say this is a short list because it only scratches the surface!
Some Agenda 21 Terms to Google:
genetic diversity,
maximum biological diversity (biodiversity),
environmental deterioration,
effective governance,
sustainable development,
the legal requirements of environmentally sustainable development,
the sustainable model,
the transformation of methods of production and consumption patterns,
the polluter should pay,
current environmental problems,
common concern,
global climate change,
desertification,
common heritage,
spatial and temporal elements,
social and economic pillars,
environmental pillar,
intergenerational equity,
Communitarianism,
community rights,
social justice,
eminent domain,
smart growth,
urban growth boundary,
the new urbanism, and
vision 2040
Environmental Treaties/Meetings/Conventions to Google:
The 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED),
The Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment (1972),
The World Charter for Nature (1982),
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992),
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification,
The (2008) Fourth World Conservation Congress of the International Union of the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN),
The IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL),
International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL),
The Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),
The 1995 United Nations’ Congress on Public International Law,
The 1993 Vienna Declaration on Human Rights,
The Aarhus Convention (1998),
The 1966 United Nations Covenants on Human Rights,
The World Charter for Nature, and
The Whaling Convention (1946)
Organizations to Google:
International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives, (ICLEI), International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), Commission on Environmental Law,
Elizabeth Haub Foundations for Environmental Law and Policy (CANADA),
U.N. Office of Legal Affairs,
U.N.'s Environment Programme,
UNEP’s Environmental Law and Institutions Programme Activity Centre (ELI/PAC),
Experts Group on Environmental Law,
World Commission on Environment and Development (“Bruntland Commission”),
IUCN Ethics Working Group,
Working Group (1993),
IUCN Species Survival Commission,
UN Member delegations to UNCED and the UN’s Commission on Sustainable Development,
The Institut de Droit International,
UN Commission on Human Rights,
The Wildlands Project,
Complete Streets, Thunderhead Alliance,
and 23 and me
Documents to Google:
Agenda 21,
The Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Implementation,
The Earth Charter,
Law of the Sea Convention,
The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
and the Draft Covenant on Environmental Conservation and
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
Methods to Google:
Advocacy groups,
The Delphi Technique,
allow unregulated immigration, and
lower standards of living to level the playing field
Other:
IUCN's Environmental Law Programme,
The UN Decade of International law, and
The IUCN Environmental Law Centre
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The Upcoming 2012 Election and Governor Mitt Romney’s Best Speech
Written : Apr. 10, 2012
Upon winning the Maryland, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C. primaries last week, Governor Mitt Romney gave a wonderful speech about “restoring the promise of America.” He reminded the crowd to check out the gas price per gallon as they “drive home tonight… Just take a look at the prices and then ask yourself, ‘Four more years of that?’” Yes, independent thinkers, we conservatives and Mitt Romney all realize that the president does not control the price of gasoline. However, his policies can influence it.
Today, Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012, Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the race. Meanwhile, on FOX News Sunday a mere two days ago, Newt Gingrich said he would not end his bid for the presidency. He implied that Gov. Romney will win the nomination. So, what’s going on here? Gingrich said he wants to stay in to influence the party platform. His staying in also helps Romney because he will pull votes from Ron Paul, and I agree with every facet of this strategy.
Back to the Romney speech, the governor made the point that the current president spent the last four years trying to transform America into a centralized state. He also told the crowd, to cheering, that he “will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of an opportunity society, led by free people and free enterprises.” Governor Romney pointed out that President Obama, who despises profits, doesn’t grasp that a plant closes when a business loses money, when it is not profitable. Instead, the former community organizer turns to government to lift people up, and sees business as the bad guy. Mr. Obama’s vilification of success and his chastising of business in general hurts the communities he tries to help. This government-centered society then must increase unemployment insurance and spending because more people will lose jobs under his policies, and “there’s always someone who’s entitled to something more.” This leads to high unemployment, stagnant wages and crushing debt. “It’s beginning to sound familiar, isn’t it?”
”I don’t want to transform America,” he repeated. “I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that have made us the powerhouse of the world. It’s opportunity, not a check from government, it’s opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans. …Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty…and to make our lives better than all the programs of government – combined… Government has to become the ally of business, not the opposition of business…” Wonderful words for a weakened, dependent, and success-starved country, thank you, sir.
Gov. Romney said that the economy is the product of all the businesses in it, but this president does everything he can to demonize business. “It’s a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don’t like eggs.” No doubt, that night we heard Mitt Romney’s best speech yet. Let’s wish him success in the upcoming election!
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives and The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidl
Written : Apr. 03, 2012
I first heard of the study of The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives on the show hosted by Greg Gutfeld, Red Eye. For fun, every conservative and independent thinker with a DVR should record this program several times to understand it. Then decide if you enjoy one of the few hilarious right-wing shows on TV today. You might laugh until you cry, but don’t say I didn’t warn you!
The paper, available to anyone at The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives, addresses some differences between lefties and righties. For example, it states that liberals base their moral foundation upon three sets of values: Liberty, Caring, and Fairness. It also suggests that conservatives use all three for theirs, too, and add three more: Loyalty, Respect for Authority and Tradition, and Sanctity.
The authors of the study asked both groups to predict how the other side would answer questions. Left wing radicals taught me that liberals feel more empathy than conservatives, but scientific experiments reveal the opposite. Conservatives predicted liberal responses more accurately than the other way around! I don’t subscribe to stereotypes, but the ideas developed during the study deserve our attention.
Jesse Graham, Brian A. Nosek and Jonathan Haidt wrote the paper, but only Jonathan Haidt wrote a book, The Righteous Mind, about its conclusions. Read more about the book here. Jonathan Haidt’s home page on the Internet is here.
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