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General Motors Says Debt To U.S. and Canadian Taxpayers Paid Off Early + With Interest, But With Whose Money?

by Ed Tait

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When ‘The Obama’ Begins To Crow About What A Great Idea His Bail-Out Of GM Was; Don’t Be Fooled

Recently, in a television ad, General Motors (GM) announced that it paid back the U.S. Treasury and the Canadian and Ontario governments the balance of the money ‘loaned’ to GM last year...five years ahead of the agreed schedule and with interest.

A great deal, right?

Well, maybe.  Great unless you remember that the American and Canadian taxpayers actually loaned GM more than $50,000,000,000.00 (Yes, more than FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS!)

The only reason GM can say they paid-off their ‘loan’ is due to the fact most of the money it was given in its bail-out was turned into equity.

Despite the fact the ‘loan’ to GM was paid off, American taxpayers will still own sixty-one percent of GM, and Canadian taxpayers will own ten percent...does that not sound a bit ‘soviet’ to you?!

The American and Canadian tax-payers, through their respective governments, given neither government actually has any money, had to borrow every cent they gave to GM.  And to make the announcement even less attractive, the balance of the 'loan' money will be repaid with taxpayer money.

When GM emerged from bankruptcy protection last year, a fund was established to allow it operating capital and it is from this fund that GM intends to repay the 'loans'.  The repayment will be made with money from an escrow account that was created when GM emerged from bankruptcy protection last summer.  In April of 2010, GM said it had $12.5 billion in that account at the end of 2009.

So...the more complete picture would be that GM is re-paying the taxpayers--who loaned GM money to keep their doors open, without having to re-structure, like any other business who filed for bankruptcy would have had to do--with their own money.

The fact is, the repayment by GM in no way shows the company will ever be able to make a profit.  General Motors lost over $4,000,000,000.00 (Yes, BILLION) in the last half of 2009!

Subsequently, before American and Canadian taxpayers and/or these governments begin celebrating, the public will have to wait and see if General Motors ever turns itself around.  Until GM does turn a real profit, taxpayers won’t be able to get the real bulk of their money back.  By the way, the funds given to GM in the bail-out were borrowed from China. 

Due to the fact these two governments and their taxpayers own a controlling interest in GM stock, the American and Canadian governments are able to tell GM what to do.  The sad truth is GM is in mortal danger of never being solvent again.  Why do I say that?  Because there has never been much of anything either the American or the Canadian governments have been involved in, or managed, that ever made a profit.  Therefore, why should anything change now?  You tell me.

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Mexican Drug Smuggling: Not Viewed As A Crime, But As A Culture

by Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D.

Editor's Note:  Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org.  Rapacki is an independent intelligence analyst who receives and disseminates critical intelligence and policy information from and to law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security officials, and government and community leaders; he is the author of dozens of white papers, bulletins and briefings, and he is frequently called on to share his expertise with public and private security directors and organizations.

President Reagan had barely been out of office hours; the sun had not even yet to retire for the evening on his ranch in California, and the movement to develop a North American Union began in earnest.  From Bush to Clinton to Bush, and now Obama, there is growing haste to open the southern border along California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and welcome just about anyone who wants to mosey on up to America.  Heck, there is very serious talk and planning about a Super Highway from Mexico thru America and into Canada.  But with the increased “rush hour” traffic come a pesky not-so-little problem of drugs.  Lot’s of drugs.  Tons of drugs; sometimes, even more drugs than lettuce or other produce making its way northward.

 

What’s a politician to do?  I mean you can only call so many summit meetings to address the drug war; after a while, these summits appear as nothing more than nice vacations in Cabo or some other little Mexican beach town.  You can order many cameras worth millions of dollars to create a “virtual fence,” and then decide that’s not working so tear down the same cameras just installed.  You can dispatch a small army of Border Patrol Agents, and when the public thinks that will help, you quietly reduce the build-up.  You rotate U.S. National Guard troops to the border as a show of force, but while they are on scene, not carrying weapons or ammo, and just changing the oil in federal vehicles, they are not allowed to interdict any drug smugglers coming into America, just observe. The games go on and on.  All the while, and in between tons of drug seizures by dedicated, over-worked, out-numbered American law enforcement, drugs continue to pour into America.

 

It’s difficult to talk tough and all enforcement like, when, and at the same time, your agenda is to do away with the boundaries, the very borders of the United States of America that make America sovereign, and welcome a new North American Union – similar to the European Union.  But what to do with that pesky drug problem?  As much as Americans are having “change” rammed down their throats, not even the radical politicians in Washington believe citizens of the Late Great United States will sit idle and allow drugs to be forced down their throats the same way Health Care, and a host of other socialized ventures have.  Besides, the drug business in Mexico is truly a business venture, an export business, a way of life for many, and for many more, a culture.

 

Similar to the steady flow of drugs, there is a steady flow of worshippers who come and kneel in front of a statue; they dip flowers in water and wipe them over his face.  These worshippers leave offerings in a donation box, and little notes at the base of this statue.  Who are these worshippers?  Many are the drug runners about to depart on their delivery.  What is the statue that is worship?  His name is Jesus Malverde, a Robin Hood-style bandit who died in 1909 after being hung for years of crimes; mostly stealing from the rich.  Other worshippers at this statue are seeking safety in their “run for the border” and into the U.S.  This statue is not alone.  In Tijuana, the statue is Juan Soldado, an executed rapist, and they pray to him for protection before crossing the border.  In the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, the worshippers fall before the statue Santa de Cabora; a girl who was banished from Mexico for allegedly inciting an Indian up-rising.  There are other statues spread around Mexico, and still more worshippers. 

 

The country of Mexico is under a drug war siege.  More than 20,000 have died this past year in drug cartel violence; the violence is everywhere, even in what was once quiet, remote fishing and vacation villages. Complete cities have been abandoned, left to the cartels as some sort of weird trophy in a “Twilight-Zone” movie.  Police officers are chosen for assassination.  Mayors and city leaders are chosen for assassination.  Civilian collateral damage is everywhere; even women and young children are not exempt from the carnage.  Tourists are not exempt.  Two weeks ago, two American diplomats were not exempt.  There are no rules other than leave the drugs alone, leave the drug carriers alone, leave the drug tunnels and alleys and pathways into the United States alone.  Leave the business of drug exporting alone.  It is, and it has been, a part of the economy and culture of Mexico long before any of us came along. 

 

Schools have been built by the drug-lords.  Streets have been paved, houses built, electricity came to small villages and cities from these same drug-lords.  In the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, $3.8-billion comes into the coffers from drug trade.  Many, many people south of the United States border view the drug business as an “economic activity like any other,” says Tomas Guevara, a sociologist at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa. 

 

So…the “elites” in America should probably stop putting on a not-so-good public show of concern about border issues, and begin to find a new tax model.  After-all, isn’t that what they do best?  Then throwing open the border and promoting a North American Union, which they have been planning all these years in secret, can come out into the light of day for all to see, as well as to benefit from the new businesses and supporting economies that will spring up in concert with all the drug economic business activity. 

 

To change this long-term problem, you need to change the culture in which it thrives.  Changing a culture changes a nation and a people…look at what Obama and company have already done to America, as they move to change our heritage and our culture. 

 

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Is The U.S. Helping To Prepare For Attack Against Iran?

by Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D.

Editor's Note:  Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org.  Rapacki is an independent intelligence analyst who receives and disseminates critical intelligence and policy information from and to law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security officials, and government and community leaders; he is the author of dozens of white papers, bulletins and briefings, and he is frequently called on to share his expertise with public and private security directors and organizations.

1.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday (March 22, 2010) with Vice President Joe Biden for dinner.  The dinner followed an all afternoon meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  The Prime Minister met with Mr. Obama on Tuesday, and then there were a series of media interviews with Prime Minister Netanyahu.

2.  Israel launched air strikes against targeted area in the Gaza Strip last Friday.  Israel military sources confirmed six sites were targeted, including two tunnels dug near the Israeli border and a weapons manufacturing site near Gaza city.  This action was in response to Palestinian launched rocket attacks over the past couple of weeks.

3.  There is growing belief that the current United States administration is not forthcoming with Israel, nor is a strong partner with Israel against various known enemies.  In essence, Israel is measuring mounting evidence of the need to defend itself without assistance.

4.  The deputy leader of Hezbollah stated on March 18th, violence could spread across the Middle East with Israel paying a heavy toll if Israel uses military action against Iran.  This warning is extended to any country that allows either Israel or the U.S. to launch an attack from their soil.

5.  Mr. Obama, upon entering the presidency, promised Israel crippling sanctions against Iran and its nuclear program.  Then the Obama Administration placed forward for Israel that they be patient while Washington builds a coalition against Iran.  This has not occurred, the coalition has not developed, Israel has repeatedly warned that Iran is a clear and present danger to Israel, and Israel has been patient all the while Iran continues to develop into a nuclear power with full intentions of destroying Israel.

While most of America has been swept up in the national health-care debate, there are "soft findings" that a U.S.-led attack on Iran is quickly approaching and may even be a couple of weeks away.  If valid, this action would directly and immediately impact America's economy, especially at the gas pump.

There is vetted intelligence that a major arms shipment to Diego Garcia has occurred, including, but not limited to: "...195 smart, guided, Blu-110 bombs and 192 massive 2000 lb Blu-117 bombs...all used for an assault on Iran's nuclear facilities."  Additional bunker bombs of various caliber have already been shipped to this base.

Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory and it has been used by the U.S. as a military base for munitions storage, aircraft deployment since 1971.

The shipping company based in Florida, Superior Maritime Services, received a $699,500 contract to carry many thousands of military items from Concord, California to Diego Garcia.  Contract details for the shipment to Diego Garcia were posted on an international tenders' website by the U.S. Navy.  The United States has publicized many of its actions connected to this build-up as a calculated strategy of shaping, or reshaping, Iran's actions.

If the United States does launch an attack against Iran, there will be an immediate and huge spike in oil prices; inflation will take off drastically in all consumer areas, having been held in check by the Federal Reserve for sometime now; the dollar could devaluate significantly quickly, and gold and silver would become even more significant -- not only for individuals, but among nations as well.

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Obama Economics: A Path To U.S. Financial Ruin & New World Order

Editor's note:  Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to RFFM.org.  Rapacki is an independent intelligence analyst and consultant in behavioral analysis and threat assessment.  Rapacki's reports, briefings and personal commentaries are distributed nationally.  A Christian, Rapacki's motivation is to challenge people to think critically about the times we are experiencing and to prepare appropriately, especially in their relationship with God.  "People die for lack of knowledge" is a defining statement guiding his writings.

 

by Lyle J. Rapacki

 

Statement of Purpose:

The content of this paper is deliberately intended to stimulate thought and discussion.  Informational analysis comprising global security, national security of the United States of America, economic forces as a dimension to national security, culture, freedom in human rights, defense and the rule of law are considered within the framework of this treatise.

 

Overview:

A clock is ticking…prior to the clock striking the preverbal midnight, will the 2010 elections arrive and usher in a sweeping repudiation of Obama, the elites in Congress – both Houses, and undo the financial calamity that continues to morph and ooze across America; or will the economic miasma bring even further disastrous consequences and severely erode national sovereignty so a New World Order, a One-World Government with its’ own new currency be no longer speculative or a theory, but a reality.  A clock is ticking, and for many folks time is quickly running out as they wait desperately for a rescue.  Our Nation’s security, lead standing in the world and sovereignty are also hanging in the balance.    

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There is a political dimension to a nation’s economy.  There also is a philosophical and moral dimension, and you can not separate these from any economic discussion.  The economic policies of Obama and his crowd are clearly opposite of the economic policies of a Ronald Reagan, who, arguably, was the last President of the United States who understood free-enterprise and the development of capitalism. President Bush (given his background in business) should have demonstrated more respect and understanding of basic economics, and the belief in small business as a backbone to a healthy economy, but on his watch, toxic debt began to accumulate, balancing a budget ceased to be a priority, and the floodgates to unchecked spending began to open.  What occurred to alter his political compass; what, or who, influenced his philosophy? 

 

When a society faces a strong even overwhelming financial crisis like 1929, or when Jimmy Carter was President in the late 1970’s, or presently, there are two time tested strategies in responding:  Allow the free market to soar and reignite the economy – Reagan accomplished this quite successfully.  Or…throw a lot of federal money at the problem, and empower the state to become all invasive.  Socialism leading to Marxism follows the latter response.  There are some short-term benefits with the state’s all-reaching involvement; namely, quicker response to damage by those in or facing bankruptcy.  The state-run bailouts, however, create long-term dependence, inequities across the board, and actually feed the flames of poverty.

 

The “change” Obama and his supporters in Congress are creating are coming so rapidly they can barely be seen, and when you can’t see that which is coming at you, you can’t prepare yourself; you can not get out of the way.  We had drilled into us as children stay in school, get a high paying job, save your money for a house, and invest everything else in a diversified portfolio of stocks and mutual funds.  Most people can not tell you why they did this; except to say, this is the right way to save, the right way to develop financial security. 

 

The moral political compass has been changed; a new and repressive political philosophy has been introduced, and our Nation’s economy is forever changed – just what Obama promised when he was a candidate.  We just didn’t get it, and many today are still not getting it.  People are stuck in denial as to the political winds that are blowing…winds that are bringing a storm and tidal wave the likes not yet seen in our country.  Because the economics of politics ushering in a New World Order and One-World Government are banging at the doors of the United States. 

 

Systematically, calculatedly businesses, jobs, and industries became obsolete!  Overnight!  Did you see it coming?  Did those directly impacted by the close of their business or industry?  Those jobs are lost, and it appears forever.  What happened with, “stay in school…get a good job…save your money?”      

 

From the beginning of December, 2009, just over a month now, I had three professional financial investment consultants tell me how well the economy is beginning to percolate, and how the prospects in the coming months are even greater!  America has turned the corner!  We are back!!  I actually owe them a “thanks” for initiating in me the “stimulus” to author this White Paper.

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Prepare for Bad Times Ahead…DO NOT expect this government to help you without suffocating strings attached to their help…Prepare for Bad Times Ahead, and if I am wrong,  you will have positioned yourself well and will benefit greatly.  If I am correct, you will be positioned to weather the storm gathering strength just off the coast.

 

Reasons for Concern:

 

1.   Taxes will be rising – on just about everything, probably including your children’s lemonade stand this summer.  The elites have printed more money that is not backed by anything except a whim and a prayer, and prayer is about to be outlawed.  Our Nation has created so much “magical money” we will not be able to pay it off.  So…tax, tax, tax to give the appearance the government is attempting to close the massive deficits.  Taxes punish the producers, the businesses that stimulate an economy.  Reagan knew this, Obama could care less.  Watch for growing “mob mentality” to punish the rich; those folks who pay taxes, own a business and create jobs, they make charitable contributions of all sorts, big and small.  The Super Rich who party with the politicos and the elites, and who are elites themselves, will remain untouched.

2.   The United States of America is the largest debtor nation in the world.  We can not compete globally with the restrictions being placed on industry by Obama and his colleagues.  

3.   Entire industries have died.  Remember the savings and investment strategies the majority followed?  Well…many folks depended on the dividends paid by large companies historically considered “blue chip” investments.  GE cut its dividend by 68% and JP Morgan by 86%.  This means if you are a retiree living on $1,000 a month from GE’s dividend, today you’re receiving $320 instead.  JP Morgan, you’re living on $140 rather than $1,000.

4.   China, Russia, Saudia Arabia are all threatening to abandon the U.S. dollar as the world’s recognized reserve currency.  Interestingly, they all “own” a piece of America, and we may not be able to pay back the bills and loans we have incurred.  Besides, the interest payments per month we have to give up are astronomical.

5.   U.S. consumers are loaded down with debt and are strapped for cash.  About 70% of the U.S. economy is motivated by consumer spending.  Likewise, if U.S. consumers quit spending (and many have) other countries begin to suffer immensely.  Many Americans do not have sufficient savings to weather a long recession.  If, the so-called recession lasts longer, consumers run out of money, no purchasing is taking place locally or domestically which spurs international economic health, thus the world sinks into a depression.

6.   Unemployment continues to rise.  During the Great Depression of the 1930’s and early 40’s, the unemployment rate was 24%.  We are close…and the numbers do not reflect those who are underemployed or who have just given up.

7.   Technology is replacing employees.  This will add to unemployment.

8.   Most college grads are obsolete upon graduating.  Our educational system is still not preparing graduates for the changed marketplace.  Frugality has become “OK” and is even necessary.  For 30-years, purchases of the latest styles were “in”.  People went into debt to look cool with all the latest styles and toys.  No more.  Money is not there…this will only add to the economic crisis.

9.   Commercial real estate is about to experience a tsunami; offices and shopping centers are becoming vacant at alarming rates.  This will further pull down local and state economies, and create even more fear and lack of confidence – not to mention additional layoffs. This coming crash will represent a $1-trillion hit to our Nation’s economy.  Very serious situation developing here.

10.  We have generations of Americans who have never experienced a serious, long drawn-out decline.  If a person is only used to an expanding economy, that person is not prepared for a life in a deflating or hyperinflating economy.  Psychologically, emotionally, supply-wise, people are not prepared to weather an economic storm still gathering strength off-shore. 

11.  Television and newspaper advertising is way down.  The ripple effect from this will further create problems for local and state governments, charities.

12.  Baby boomers are beginning to retire and collect Social Security and other benefits.  They will learn that these benefits are not at all what has been promised…this will leave new retirees even more vulnerable.  78-million Baby boomers are coming onto the scene.

13.  Pension plans are in serious jeopardy of going broke. There also are plans to convert those pensions that do not disappear into a new form of social security from which ALL can benefit.

14.  Jobs have been “out sourced” to nations with cheaper labor pools.  The “spread the wealth around” philosophy has already created a divide between the haves and the have-nots; the rich and the poor, and the middle-class of America will continue to shrink.  

 

I pray I am wrong.  I pray you will be able to tell me so by the end of this year.  I WILL apologize, publicly.  But if I am correct how will you respond to what I have reported?  Are you prepared…even if only half of what I have stated is true, will you be affected?  How?  Could you withstand even a half-hit of my assessment?  DO NOT depend on the government to fix the crisis we are still experiencing.  They are creating it, even more so but quietly and away from public notice.

 

On Christmas Eve, the Congress of the United States passed, unnoticed, legislation to grant Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac a blank check for future bailouts (those they know are coming, all the while telling us, “the recession is over”).  Did you know about this blank check?  Also HR 4173 was passed by the same Congress granting $400-billion for bank bail-outs in 2010!  It was also decided that only 6-lending institutions will grant home loans and mortgages from here out.  I thought there was a growing housing market that would require more, not less, financial services.

 

The past year witnessed the Federal Government financially prop-up America.  The year coming will witness the Federal Government not being able to prop-up America.  “Kids, there is NO MORE money in the cookie jar!”  The government is printing fiat money, in some circles it could even be called “counter-fit” but that suggests crime and deception, and the current group in power promised America a “clean” and “transparent” and “open” government. 

 

We are witnessing the paying-off of campaign debts at the expense of all of us.  This is no longer an economic crisis.  It is a crisis in lack of moral leadership on both sides of the aisle; Republicans and Democrats who would rather pay-off interest groups or keep other vital groups happy and content for re-election purposes; all at the expense of small business, “Joe the Plummer,” you and me, our children, and our children’s children.  A travesty in Washington, D.C. is occurring right before our eyes.  The finer points of this travesty are hidden and not visible so you don’t know what is coming or how to get away from being hit.

 

Prepare for another economic storm, an even bigger one than what we have withstood.  Prepare to fend for yourself.  Prepare, with neighbors, to band together to provide for one another just like we saw during Katrina.  Prepare yourself emotionally for some rough days and experiences foreign to the American way of life, as we have known her.  What steps do you seriously need to take if I am correct?  Even if I am only half correct in this report, can you withstand the fallout?  Please…please don’t remain in a slumber state.  Please don’t remain in a state of denial.  If nothing else, talk to your family from a hypothetical standpoint about this information.  Ask them, and yourself, “What if?” 

 

LYLE J. RAPACKI, Ph.D.

Independent Intelligence Analysis

 

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Gitmo Detainees Come To Illinois: Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant 20 Miles Away, Oops!

by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director

 

Here is a bright idea.  Take a gaggle of the most dangerous terrorists in the world, move them from a very secure holding facility in Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) and transfer them to a prison in a sleepy little Illinois town.  This is the brilliant plan of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.  Currently, a board is meeting to put its stamp of approval regarding the transfer of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the admitted mastermind of 9/11, and a number of other Gitmo detainees to the Thomson Correctional Facility in Thomson, Illinois.  The Mayor of this sleepy little hamlet is all a flutter.  "It'll bring thousands of jobs to the area," said Mayor Jerry Hebeler.  What Hebeler failed to address is the fact KSM and his band of killers will attract like-minded individuals to his sleepy little town, nestled away in northwestern Illinois.

 

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn reportedly will have the final say on whether the transfer will take place.  But let's say the move is a fait accompli.  U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and every other Democrat in Illinois have fallen all over themselves touting how the new high security federal facility will make Illinois a better place to live. 

 

I don't know who originally came up with the bright idea concerning the Gitmo transfer to Illinois, but the proposal doesn't hold water.  Sorry about the reference to water because KSM was waterboarded at least 183 times before he gave up information which exposed other terrorist plots targeting the United States.  But I digress.

 

The alleged thousands of jobs that will be created when the Gitmo killers are housed in a small town near the Mississippi river is laughable.  Most of the personnel needed to man such a high security facility will have to be imported from out of state.  Yes, the administrators and guards will need a place to live, they will buy groceries and they will have to put gas in their government provided hybrids.  But here is something that is a hidden benefit from the plan.  There is a nuclear facility just about 20 miles south of Thomson, Illinois.  For those driving hybrids, it would be a good place to plug in.  For those who are worried about global warming, a charge from the power plant would certainly put the Thomson Correction facility within range for all those who care deeply about our environment. 

 

But wait a minute.  Just who will be visiting KSM and his cohorts when they eventually end up in America's heartland?  Will visitors include Girl Scouts selling cookies?  Or perhaps a group of Boy Scouts from a nearby town just down the road might want to drop in to have a chat with the man responsible for killing over 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.  Or perhaps KSM's visitors list will include some individuals who don't exactly look upon the U.S. as the land of the free and the home of the brave. 

 

However, let's get back to charging up those hybrids.  The Quad Cities Generating Station is a dual unit Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power station.  Oops!  Let's see if I have my ducks in a row or should it be turkeys since bringing some of the most notorious people in the world en masse to a facility located a mere stone's throw from a nuclear power plant took the brains of the bird who just went through some hard times over Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

 

Anyone who lives in a town or city where a prison is located understands that soon to follow will be those who have relationships with those who are incarcerated there.  Some of those who move in are innocent friends and relatives of the inmates, others are associates in crime or, in KSM's case, fellow terrorists.  These people don't end up leaving the area either.  They buy homes, they rent apartments or, in the case of the Gitmo detainees, I expect local hotels will suddenly have an influx of customers named Omar Smith, Khalid Kelly or Osama Johnson.  All kidding aside, has the Obama administration completely lost its mind?  Perhaps they could have transferred to the prisoners to the nuclear power plant itself.  After all, this might cut into the nation's soaring deficit because the facility already has well trained security and AG Holder could have killed two birds with one stone, so to speak. 

 

Bringing a bunch of American-hating, terrorist-loving individuals to an area just miles away from what would be a juicy target in any terrorist's manual would be as easy as drawing flies to a rotting carcass.  Now, if there are those who think I am giving away details which might impact national security, I have some nice ocean front property in Nevada for sale.  Just contact Senate Majority leader Harry Reid for more details.  Anyone who thinks the Cordova nuclear power plant hasn't crossed the minds of those who would like to advance their deadly religious agenda with a big bang surely are aware of what lies a half hour away from their fearless leader.  I know it sounds too ridiculous to be true, even for the Obama administration.  No one could be that idiotic or naive, could they?  Or perhaps the word naive isn't the proper description for those who formulated this plan to make Illinois the international home away from home for Islamic terrorists. 

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Bush Tells Georgian Leaders To Tolerate Russian Troops As Part Of Cease Fire Agreement: Obama's Call For U.N. Resolution Against Russia Absurd

Appeasement In Our Time?

 

RFFM.org Special Report by Daniel T. Zanoza

 

Earlier this week, Russian troops pushed into the sovereign nation of Georgia, virtually cutting the country in half.  Many believe Prime Minister Vladimir Putin used the diversion created by other world events to solidify control of one of its former satellite nations which broke away from the former Soviet Union nearly 20 years ago.

 

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, was headed for the Georgian capitol of Tbilisi to meet with that nation's President, Mikheil Saakashvili.  Saakashvili reportedly has been critical of the slow response by the U.S. to the Russian attack on his country and many believed Rice's trip was meant to demonstrate an air of solidarity between America and Georgia.

 

However, some say Rice's message to Saakashvili may have more to do with appeasement than solidarity.  According to sources within the U.S. State Department, Bush told Rice to try to convince Georgian leaders to agree with another cease fire agreement which would leave Russian military forces permanently ensconced within Georgian territory.

 

At the moment, Russian troops have captured Gori, a city located on the major East/West Georgian highway.  The highway, which links Black Sea ports with the rest of Georgia, is currently blockaded by Russian troops in Gori and many U.S. citizens are now trapped in a region of Georgia which has become isolated from that nation's capitol.

 

Experts had believed Rice was sent to Tbilisi to discourage Russian forces from launching an all out attack on the Georgian capitol while the U.S. Secretary of State was present in the city.  The move by Bush is expected to bring harsh criticism from Georgian leaders.  The equivalent would be if Canadian troops annexed part of the state of Maine and the President of Mexico suggested America tolerate Canadian military presence on U.S. soil as part of a cease fire agreement.  Also, Rice's words will send a chilling message to other former Soviet Union territories, like the Ukraine and Estonia.  Obviously, these sovereign nations will question whether the United States is willing to stand up to Russia in the future, if their nations suffer the same fate as their Georgian neighbors.

 

Many have gone so far to call Rice's mission a sad reminder of one conducted by Neville Chamberlain nearly 70 years ago when the British Prime Minister bargained away parts of Europe to Adolph Hitler and then declared the mission a success by exclaiming we have achieved "peace in our time."

 

Rice's mission seems to contrast the strong stand Bush took earlier in the week when he promised to continue economic, humanitarian and military aid to the Georgian government.  In addition, members of the U.S. State Department inferred strong sanctions would be taken against Russia, including possible removal from the Group of 8.

 

Barack Obama, in a speech given on Thursday, August 14, 2008, offered an even more futile proposal by suggesting the United Nations enact a U.N. resolution meant to impose sanctions on Russia.  The only problem with Obama's so-called solution is that Russia is a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council and would immediately veto such a motion.  Unless the Russians are willing to sanction themselves, the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, is either naive or ignorant of the workings of the United Nations and its Security Council.

 

In the mean time, Russian-occupying troops continue to solidify their position in Georgia and a free people may not be free for long.

 

** For more on this issue, read Dr. Laurie Roth's column, "Same song, second verse…Welcome to the Communist take over again!" at: http://newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie127.htm and "Russia Attack on Georgia: Bush Looked Into Putin's Eyes, What Did He Fail To See?" by Dan Zanoza at: http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/08/russia-attack-on-georgia-bush-looked-into-putins-eyes-what-did-he-fail-to-see.html

 

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Russia Attack on Georgia: Bush Looked Into Putin's Eyes, What Did He Fail To See?

RFFM.org Special Report by Daniel T. Zanoza

 

The former Soviet Union apparently is up to its old tricks.  Or perhaps Russia's attack on Georgia, part of its former territory, is out of a playbook which was never abandoned.

 

As of Wednesday, August 13, 2008, Russian troops were continuing their advance on cities and military bases in the sovereign country of Georgia.  In a statement issued by President George W. Bush, it was revealed U.S. intelligence has indicated the Russian military was still in the process of attacks on vital points of transportation, parts of civilian infrastructure and even ships at sea sailing under the Georgian flag.  In his strong statement, Bush promised economic, humanitarian and military aid would continue to be sent to Georgia from the United States.  Bush also noted the heavy presence of Russian naval forces in the Black Sea where crucial Georgian ports, like Poti, are located.  Bush said he expected American aid to have free access to these ports of entry.

 

An important point in Bush's comments on the Georgian situation includes the fact U.S. military ships will be needed to bring humanitarian aid to the sovereign country via Black Sea ports of entry.  This would obviously bring Russian and U.S. warships in close proximity.  Also, the U.S. has begun flights into Georgia's capitol of Tbilisi.  The first American C-117 reportedly landed in Tbilisi on Wednesday morning.  Some say a Berlin-type airlift may be used by American forces to bolster the former Soviet satellite nation.  However, there are reports Russia may attempt to hinder the flow of U.S. aid which would take the form of a blockade of Georgian Black Sea ports or control of Georgian air space by Russian forces.

 

Some critics believe Bush has been taken in by former Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Bush once said during a meeting between himself and the Russian leader, he looked into the eyes of Putin and Bush reportedly said he saw the "soul" of a man he could trust.

 

Most experts agree Putin, though not the official leader of Russia, in reality, is calling the shots in the former Soviet Union.  Putin, who was head of the FSB, one of the successor agencies to the KGB, the dreaded Soviet intelligence agency, had planned the attack on Georgia long ago.  Military and political experts say Putin's decision to move troops into Georgia was skillfully calculated to coincide with the Summer Olympics, currently being held in China.

 

Georgia had made a bid to become a participating member in NATO, but the organization had put consideration of Georgia's membership into the group on hold and no future consideration of Georgia's application for NATO inclusion was planned.

 

On Tuesday, August 12, 2008, Russia was said to have agreed to a cease fire between the two nations.  However, as Bush eluded to in his statement, Russian forces had obviously disregarded the pledge to cease hostilities and, in fact, are still in the process of increasing and solidifying Russia's military presence in Georgia.

 

Many believe Putin's actions in Georgia bode ominously for other former Soviet Union satellites, including Estonia and the Ukraine.  In contrast to Georgia, the Ukraine is much further down the road of solidifying social and military links with the West.  Many sovereign nations which were previously members of the former Soviet Union are on military high alert and many experts predict the crisis in Georgia may be the most significant development to impact world affairs since the Cuban Missile Crisis which took place in 1962.

 

Some assert Bush was caught flat-footed regarding his relationship with Putin.  However, the President's strong response to Russia's aggression in Georgia may indicate that cozy relationship between America and the former Soviet Union is now over.

 

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Obama's Call For Diplomacy With Iran "Appeasement" / Israeli Attack on Iran Justified

What Would America Do if Situation Were Reversed?  Kennedy Taught Us A Lesson by Daniel T. Zanoza

 

Barack Hussein Obama says we should use diplomacy with Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, regarding that nation's plans to develop a nuclear weapon.  This wouldn't be bad advice if that same Iranian leader had not promised to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth.  And, with a nuclear weapon, that threat one day would become a reality.

 

It is obvious Mr. Obama has never heard of the saying, "Those who forget history are bound to repeat it."  And Obama has also forgotten what Democratic President John F. Kennedy did when the former Soviet Union installed strategic nuclear weapons just 90 miles off the Florida coast in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

 

Kennedy didn't call for bilateral meetings, including the Soviet Union and Cuba, for those who may have forgotten something called the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Even though Kennedy essentially caved to some Soviet demands regarding U.S. missiles with nuclear warheads being removed from Turkey, Kennedy still made it clear America would not stand for these weapons of mass destruction affixed primarily in our back yard.

 

It has been said the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever been to an all out thermal nuclear war.  Indeed, if things had not fallen exactly into place, the world would still be recovering from the cataclysm such a conflict would have wrought.  I believe Kennedy received far too much credit for his actions during those trying times.  In fact, the new President, and the weakness he showed, may have given the Soviets and Castro the courage to challenge the United States which, at the time, held a vast superiority in nuclear weapons and the systems needed to deliver them.  But facts are facts and Kennedy stood up to Nikita Khrushchev when he had to and the rest is history, twinged with a touch of revisionism.

 

In the same sense, if the Israelis do not attempt to destroy Iran's nuclear weapons-making capabilities, it would be criminal on that nation's part.  After what the world has seen from Islamic extremists during the last 30 years, Ehud Olmert, Israel's Prime Minister, should be brought up on criminal charges by the Israeli Knesset if he didn't act against the Iranians and soon.

 

Olmert cannot wait for the United States because the political situation in this country will prohibit President George Bush from taking the military action necessary to prevent Iran from coming up with the ultimate weapon.  An attack by the United States on Iran would virtually guarantee the presidential election in November for Obama, no matter if a high-level Iranian defector walked out of that nation with the blueprints of a workable nuclear bomb in hand.  Obama and the Democrats are the party of appeasement and, like Neville Chamberlain in 1939, who told the world we had achieved "peace in our time," Obama and the Democrats would be willing to sacrifice one year of world peace for the future destruction of Israel and the subsequent blackmail of the entire Middle East by Iran that would be sure to follow.

 

Some believe the upcoming Israeli attack on Iran, which was first reported on June 23rd by RFFM.org,   http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/06/rffmorg-excusive-high-ranking-member-of-israeli-military-says-attack-on-iran-imminent.html was nothing more than a bluff.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The entire world has known for years the Iranians could not be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon.  Even the spineless Democrats agreed to this fact five years ago when the menace was so far away it didn't have to be taken seriously.

 

But the time for threats of sanctions by the Europeans on Iran and other hollow threats has passed.  Israel can either deny the danger which lies literally hundreds of miles from its border or act while it can to defend their citizens and country from eventual destruction.

 

Olmert should disregard American politics when it comes to the defense of his country.  If an attack on Iran by Israeli forces leads to the election of Barack Hussein Obama, so be it.  But the one bastion of democracy in the Middle East--and the millions of people who live there--cannot be sacrificed to political expedience.  The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) most certainly has the plans, the weapons, and the motivation to eliminate a problem which, if not dealt with, will one day result in Israel's annihilation.  The time for Israel to act is now.

 

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Israeli Prime Minister's Speech: Churchillian-like Message for Us All

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The following speech was given by Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert on Monday, July 31, 2006.  Olmert--in Winston Churchill-like fashion--defined the dangers facing free men today.  Olmert's oratory may go down as one of the most profound in world history.
 
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert 

 

In his own words:
 

 

Ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the world, I, the Prime Minister of Israel, am speaking to you from Jerusalem in the face of the terrible pictures from Kfar Kana.  Any human heart, wherever it is, must sicken and recoil at the sight of such pictures.  There are no words of comfort that can mitigate the enormity of this tragedy.  Still, I am looking you straight in the eye and telling you that the State of Israel will continue its military campaign in Lebanon.

 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will continue to attack targets from which missiles and Katyusha rockets are fired at hospitals, old age homes and kindergartens in Israel.  I have instructed the security forces and the IDF to continue to hunt for the Katyusha stockpiles and launch sites from which these savages are bombarding the State of Israel.  We will not hesitate, we will not apologize and we will not back off.  If they continue to launch missiles into Israel from Kfar Kana, we will continue to bomb Kfar Kana.  Today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.  Here, there and everywhere.

 

The children of Kfar Kana could now be sleeping peacefully in their homes, unmolested, had the agents of the devil not taken over their land and turned the lives of our children into hell.  Ladies and gentlemen, it's time you understood: the Jewish state will no longer be trampled upon.  We will no longer allow anyone to exploit population centers in order to bomb our citizens.  No one will be able to hide anymore behind women and children in order to kill our women and children.  This anarchy is over.  You can condemn us, you can boycott us, you can stop visiting us and, if necessary, we will stop visiting you.

 

Today I am serving as the voice of six million bombarded Israeli citizens who serve as the voice of six million murdered Jews who were melted down to dust and ashes by savages in Europe.  In both cases, those responsible for these evil acts were, and are, barbarians devoid of all humanity, who set themselves one simple goal: to wipe the Jewish people off the face of the earth, as Adolph Hitler said, or to wipe the State of Israel off the map, as Mahmoud Ahmedinjad proclaims. 

 

And you - just as you did not take those words seriously then, you are ignoring them again now. And that, ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the world, will not happen again.  Never again will we wait for bombs that never came to hit the gas chambers.  Never again will we wait for salvation that never arrives.  Now we have our own air force.  The Jewish people are now capable of standing up to those who seek their destruction - those people will no longer be able to hide behind women and children.  They will no longer be able to evade their responsibility.  Every place from which a Katyusha is fired into the State of Israel will be a legitimate target for us to attack.  This must be stated clearly and publicly, once and for all.  You are welcome to judge us, to ostracize us, to boycott us and to vilify us.  But to kill us?  Absolutely not.

 

Four months ago I was elected by hundreds of thousands of citizens to the office of Prime Minister of the government of Israel, on the basis of my plan for unilaterally withdrawing from 90 percent of the areas of Judea and Samaria, the birth place and cradle of the Jewish people; to end most of the occupation and to enable the Palestinian people to turn over a new leaf and to calm things down until conditions are ripe for attaining a permanent settlement between us.  The Prime Minister who preceded me, Ariel Sharon, made a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip back to the international border, and gave the Palestinians there a chance to build a new reality for themselves.  The Prime Minister who preceded him, Ehud Barak, ended the lengthy Israeli presence in Lebanon and pulled the IDF back to the international border, leaving the land of the cedars to flourish, develop and establish its democracy and its economy.

 

What did the State of Israel get in exchange for all of this?  Did we win even one minute of quiet? Was our hand, outstretched in peace, met with a handshake of encouragement?  Ehud Barak's peace initiative at Camp David let loose on us a wave of suicide bombers who smashed and blew to pieces over 1,000 citizens, men, women and children.  I don't remember you being so enraged then.  Maybe that happened because we did not allow TV close-ups of the dismembered body parts of the Israeli youngsters at the Dolphinarium?  Or of the shattered lives of the people butchered while celebrating the Passover Seder at the Park Hotel in Netanya?

 

What can you do - that's the way we are.  We don't wave body parts at the camera.  We grieve quietly.  We do not dance on the roofs at the sight of the bodies of our enemy's children - we express genuine sorrow and regret.  That is the monstrous behavior of our enemies.  Now they have risen up against us.  Tomorrow they will rise up against you.  You are already familiar with the murderous taste of this terror.  And you will taste more.

 

And Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from Gaza  -- what did it get us?  A barrage of Kassem missiles fired at peaceful settlements and the kidnapping of soldiers.  Then too, I don't recall you reacting with such alarm.  And for six years, the withdrawal from Lebanon has drawn the vituperation and crimes of a dangerous, extremist Iranian agent, who took over an entire country in the name of religious fanaticism, and is trying to take Israel hostage on his way to Jerusalem - and from there to Paris and London.  An enormous terrorist infrastructure has been established by Iran on our border, threatening our citizens, growing stronger before our very eyes, awaiting the moment when the land of the Ayatollahs becomes a nuclear power in order to bring us to our knees.  And make no mistake - we won't go down alone.  You, the leaders of the free and enlightened world, will go down along with us.

 

So today, here and now, I am putting an end to this parade of hypocrisy.  I don't recall such a wave of reaction in the face of the 100 citizens killed every single day in Iraq.  Sunnis kill Shiites who kill Sunnis, and all of them kill Americans - and the world remains silent.  And I am hard pressed to recall a similar reaction when the Russians destroyed entire villages and burned down large cities in order to repress the revolt in Chechnya.  And when NATO bombed Kosovo for almost three months and crushed the civilian population - then you also kept silent.

 

What is it about us, the Jews, the minority, the persecuted, that arouses this cosmic sense of justice in you? What do we have that all the others don't?  In a loud clear voice, looking you straight in the eye, I stand before you openly and I will not apologize.  I will not capitulate.  I will not whine.  This is a battle for our freedom.  For our humanity.  For the right to lead normal lives within our recognized, legitimate borders.  It is also your battle.

 

I pray and I believe that now you will understand that.  Because if you don't, you may regret it later, when it's too late.

 

The above speech was given by Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert on Monday, July 31, 2006. 

 

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