Gallo said:

 

2. JH, I most definitely don't think you're a racist. Never have. You remind me a bit of my grandfather whom if you judged him by his words you'd think he was a little racist, but his generous actions spoke the opposite. Men of a different generation are best judged by their actions than by their words.

3. I don't have a full understanding of the word racism despite its over use in American culture. Nor do I fully understand why it is that bad to make judgement calls based on race. I make my judgement calls based on other parameters (which can be just as bad) simply because where I grew up there were no blacks or other races. Yes, we all have prejudices. We wouldn't be human without them.

As someone that was not born here and had a lot of his formation outside the US, I can tell you the US is the most tolerant country in the world. I personally have never felt discriminated.

Thanks Gallo and I take the fact that I remind you of your grand father a great compliment

I also criticize whites as quickly as any other race when I think they deserve it….funny thing is I'm never accused of being a racist when I do.  

Post edited 8:33 am – January 31, 2012 by Jarhead

Obama once again snubs his nose at the American legal system and the Constitution.

 Last week Obama turned his back not just on Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer, but also on the laws of the State of Georgia.  I closed my column  with the observation: "And most of the media has followed along right behind him."

At the time, I had just witnessed an historic hearing that actually discussed the eligibility of the sitting president of the United States to run for a second term.  The president had been subpoenaed to appear, and instead of his attorney respectfully following protocol to have that subpoena recalled, both Obama and his attorney, Michael Jablonski, simply failed to show up at all or offer any defense whatsoever.

 

Obama's behavior yesterday is even more disturbing than Nixon's. Nixon at least respected the judicial branch enough to have his attorneys show up in court and follow procedure[.] … Nixon acknowledged the authority of the judicial branch even while he fought it. Obama, on the other hand, essentially said yesterday that the judicial branch has no power over him. He ordered his attorneys to stay away from the hearing. He didn't petition a higher court in a legitimate attempt to stay the hearing[.] … Rather than respecting the legal process, Obama went around the courts and tried to put political pressure directly on the Georgia Secretary of State. When that failed, he simply ignored the judicial branch completely.

It is disconcerting to see that the president, whose primary duty is to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, has turned his back on the rule of law of one of those states.  Especially, as Sunny uncomfortably reminded us, since this is the same president who routinely sidesteps the law or places himself above it. 

http://www.americanthinker.com…..qus_thread

What if Georgia finds him ineligible to be on their ballot, will other states follow suit?  and if they do what's next? Obama suspending elections? or refusing to leave at the end of his term.

Post edited 7:15 pm – February 6, 2012 by Jarhead

And so it begins, first the FBI identifies threats then they move to address them.

FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists

(Reuters) – Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday.

These extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," believe they can live outside any type of government authority, FBI agents said at a news conference.

The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.

Routine encounters with police can turn violent "at the drop of a hat," said Stuart McArthur, deputy assistant director in the FBI's counterterrorism division.

"We thought it was important to increase the visibility of the threat with state and local law enforcement," he said.

In May 2010, two West Memphis, Arkansas, police officers were shot and killed in an argument that developed after they pulled over a "sovereign citizen" in traffic.

Last year, an extremist in Texas opened fire on a police officer during a traffic stop. The officer was not hit.

Legal convictions of such extremists, mostly for white-collar crimes such as fraud, have increased from 10 in 2009 to 18 each in 2010 and 2011, FBI agents said.

"We are being inundated right now with requests for training from state and local law enforcement on sovereign-related matters," said Casey Carty, an FBI supervisory special agent.

FBI agents said they do not have a tally of people who consider themselves "sovereign citizens."

J.J. MacNab, a former tax and insurance expert who is an analyst covering the sovereign movement, has estimated that it has about 100,000 members.

Sovereign members often express particular outrage at tax collection, putting Internal Revenue Service employees at risk.

"defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard"

Yep….that would be me.

Post edited 8:13 pm – February 7, 2012 by Jarhead

jamie said:

18 convictions in a nations of 300 million people

 

18 convictions… there is a reason for them making so much of so little…… 100,000 members? members of what? is there a Sovereign man society? must be a pretty law abiding group.

"We thought it was important to increase the visibility of the threat"

Routine encounters with police can turn violent "at the drop of a hat

 Internal Revenue Service employees at risk.

Identify, vilify, isolate, what comes next? 

A bill already passed by the Senate and set to be rubber stamped by the House would make it mandatory for all new cars in the United States to be fitted with black box data recorders from 2015 onwards.

MAP-21), calls for “Mandatory Event Data Recorders” to be installed in all new automobiles and legislates for civil penalties to be imposed against individuals for failing to do so.

“Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise part 563 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to require, beginning with model year 2015, that new passenger motor vehicles sold in the United States be equipped with an event data recorder that meets the requirements under that part,” states the bill.

Although the text of legislation states that such data would remain the property of the owner of the vehicle, the government would have the power to access it in a number of circumstances, including by court order, if the owner consents to make it available, and pursuant to an investigation or inspection conducted by the Secretary of Transportation.

Given the innumerable examples of both government and industry illegally using supposedly privacy-protected information to spy on individuals, this represents the slippery slope to total Big Brother surveillance of every American’s transport habits and location data.

Mandatory ‘Big Brother’ Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015

Zoning the ocean

President Barack Obama has an ambitious plan for Washington bureaucrats to take command of the oceans—and with it control over much of the nation’s energy, fisheries, even recreation in a move described by lawmakers as the ultimate power grab to zone the seas.

The massive undertaking also includes control over key inland waterways and rivers that reach hundreds of miles upstream, and began with little fanfare when Obama signed an executive order in 2010 to protect the aquatic environment.

“This one to me could be the sleeping power grab that Americans will wake up to one day and wonder what the heck hit them,” said Rep. Bill Flores (R –Texas).

“This is pure administrative fiat,” said Sen. David Vitter (R –La.). “It’s very troubling.” 

“This is purely a unilateral administrative action with no real congressional input or oversight,” Vitter said. “I think it clearly threatens to have a big impact on a lot of industry, starting with energy, oil and gas, and fishing.”

But in his zeal to curb sea sprawl, lawmakers say the president’s executive order also gives Washington officialdom unprecedented reach to control land use as well.

“The order says they shall develop a scheme for oversight of oceans and all the sources thereof,” Flores said. “So you could have a snowflake land on Pikes Peak and ultimately it’s going to wind up in the water, so as a result they could regulate on every square inch of U.S. soil.”

http://www.humanevents.com/art…..p?id=50880

“This is pure administrative fiat,” 

But there is no difference between Romney and Obama…..so I guess I'll vote for Ron Paul in protest.