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2008-11-09 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by ryuge 2008-11-09 07:25|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The note pinned to Theo van Gogh's body was addressed to Ayaan Hirsi Ali. He was murdered exactly 911 days after 9/11. When Ali speaks about Islam or anything else, I listen carefully.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-09 07:52|| 2008-11-09 07:52|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm disappointed that he got elected...

Posted by Raj 2008-11-09 08:16|| 2008-11-09 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 But when Iran refuses to give up its bomb despite the eloquent entreaties of the new American president, Obama will be forced to act.

No he won't. He can simply accept that Iran will have the bomb.

Posted by DoDo 2008-11-09 11:18|| 2008-11-09 11:18|| Front Page Top

#4 To drive home Mr. Hirsi Ali's point, credible sources have told me that the national security briefing given to President-elect Obama the other day, "freaked the sh*t out of him."

Obama and his supporters fail to grasp the cold realities of the world. Evil exists and no amount of diplomacy, negotiation, or reasoning is going to stop it. Evil is not interested in any of those things unless it can manipulate them to its advantage.

I suspect Mr. Obama got a healthy dose of reality in that security briefing. I imagine it made clear the evil that this counry is up against. I also suspect it made Bush's national security and foreign policy appear far more sensible, pragmatic, and necessary than his detractors would have us believe.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-11-09 11:41|| 2008-11-09 11:41|| Front Page Top

#5 I beg your pardon as that should have read Ms. Hirsi Ali, nor Mr.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-11-09 11:42|| 2008-11-09 11:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama should have gotten a brief security briefing before he signed on as a candidate. That would have woken him up and he would have had the sense to stay in the Senate, all warm and fuzzy like.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-11-09 14:45|| 2008-11-09 14:45|| Front Page Top

#7 We're going to miss George W. Bush, and every day we have this Obama fool in office is going to make us miss him more.

I am truly sick at the thought that Americans elected this worthless affirmative action POS to the job. That said, there are a LOT of stupid people out there who were screaming "racism" for lots of years. Well, let's see what they say when their boy starts screwing up. I've been predicting for some time that Bama is going to be America's most hated President before two years is out. So far nothing I've seen makes me think I was anything less than dead on in that prediction.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-11-09 17:36|| 2008-11-09 17:36|| Front Page Top

#8 The changing of The Chosen One's hair color to a that which I call "Holy Crap Grey" will be, I suspect, rather fast.....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2008-11-09 18:37|| 2008-11-09 18:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Ayaan Hirsi Ali is perceptive.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-11-09 18:40|| 2008-11-09 18:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Obama will never become the most hated President.

The In-tank media have already ascribed that honour to GWB, while they will continue to overlook or spin everything BHO does. Deviations from either of those story lines would only reduce the already diminished credibility they now enjoy and will not be tolerated (hence the revival of The Fairness Doctrine).

Posted by Skunky Glins 5***">Skunky Glins 5*** 2008-11-09 20:41|| 2008-11-09 20:41|| Front Page Top

#11 WASHINGTON President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.

Some interesting EO's at his disposal:

Martial law is defined as: military rule or authority imposed on a civilian population when the civil authorities cannot maintain law and order, as in a time of war or during an emergency.
Hitler turned Germany into a Nazi dictatorship through executive orders.
Executive Order 10995: All communications media are to be seized by the Federal Government. Radio, TV, newspapers, CB, Ham, telephones, and the internet will be under federal control. Hence, the First Amendment will be suspended indefinitely.
Executive Order 10997: All electrical power, fuels, and all minerals well be seized by the federal government.
Executive Order 10998: All food resources, farms and farm equipment will be seized by the government. You will not be allowed to hoard food since this is regulated.
Executive Order 10999: All modes of transportation will go into government control. Any vehicle can be seized.
Executive Order 11000: All civilians can be used for work under federal supervision.
Executive Order 11490: Establishes presidential control over all US citizens, businesses, and churches in time of "emergency."
Executive Order 12919: Directs various Cabinet officials to be constantly ready to take over virtually all aspects of the US economy during a State of National Emergency at the direction of the president.
Executive Order 13010: Directs FEMA to take control over all government agencies in time of emergency. FEMA is under control of executive branch of the government.
Executive Order 12656: "ASSIGNMENT OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESPONSIBILITIES", "A national emergency is any occurrence, including natural disaster, military attack, technological emergency, or other emergency that seriously degrades or seriously threatens the national security of the United States. Policy for national security emergency preparedness shall be established by the President." This order includes federal takeover of all local law enforcement agencies, wage and price controls, prohibits you from moving assets in or out of the United States, creates a draft, controls all travel in and out of the United States, and much more.
Martial law can be declared due to natural disasters, Y2k Crisis, Stock Market crash, no electricity, riots, biological attack, .... anything leading to the breakdown of law and order.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-09 20:53|| 2008-11-09 20:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Brilliant work. Did nice things for Rantburg Kook score.

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