I think the New York Post said it right. Obama made his sugar coated generic 100th day speech yesterday but I’d like to think most people can see through the smoke screen.

NYP: 100 Days, 100 Mistakes

To add my own thoughts on Mr. Obama’s first 100 days, here’s the top 10 things I think are worth noting:

1. He’s using tax dollars to fund abortions (which I view as freedom of murder).

2. He’s pushing for the US acceptance of the UN Child’s Rights Treaty which will force parents to raise their kids how the government thinks kids should be raised.

3. He’s shown significant weakness and in his dealings with foreign leaders.

4. He’s calling people who are pro-life, pro 2nd amendment, war veterans, conservative, etc potential domestic terrorist threats.

5. He has some very scary gun control legislation ideas. The first step to a dictator type socialism if you ask me.

6. He’s doing his best to demonize President Bush and the tactics that kept America safe since 9/11.

7. He’s continuing to support absurd stimulus packages, completely wasting taxpayer money.

8. He’s not paying any attention to the primary tax payers, but is quick to pass them off as greedy and unpatriotic.

9. He’s continued to bail out companies that are failing miserably, completely wasting taxpayer money.

10. He goes around and apologizes for America to the internatinal community. Not only is it clear that he is not proud to be an American, but it’s obvious he is quite ashamed.

Ever since Obama released (leaked) the classified CIA documents outlining and chronicling “enhanced interrogation” techniques used on top terrorist suspects, the left has been reacting with shock and disapproval. They don’t mind the fact that America has been kept safe since the 9/11 attacks, but they don’t want to accept the fact that “enhanced interrogation” techniques are responsible for said safety. Ideally, the CIA would have just asked the terrorists nicely if they were planning any new attacks against the US. Ideally the terrorists would have been more than happy to have that conversation and explain their plans in full. Realistically, however, these terrorists are trained and radicalized to the point of accepting their own death before giving up such information.

Here’s one for the books. The CIA has recently confirmed that reports of a 9/11 style attack against a building in L.A. How did they come across this information? Through an “enhanced interrogation” technique commonly referred to as waterboarding. The room just went quiet, I know, but here’s what happened. 

A previously classified memo from May 20, 2005 confirms that an attacked dubbed “The Second Wave” was thwarted by the CIA after waterboarding top al Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammad. The report goes on to describe how Mohammad was not cooperative at first. CIA documentation on waterboarding taken from an August 2, 2004 memo states that “The ‘waterboard,’ which is the most intense of the CIA interrogation techniques, is subject to additional limits. It may be used on a High Value Detainee only if the CIA has ‘credible intelligence that a terrorist attack is imminent’; ‘substantial and credible indicators that the subject has actionable intelligence that can prevent, disrupt or deny this attack’; and ‘[o]ther interrogation methods have failed to elicit this information within the perceived time limit for preventing the attack.’” (more…)

Before I get too far into this post I’d like to preface it with a bit of history. The U.S. has seen its fair share of security breaches. Some of these are accidental, while many are the direct result of espionage or treasonous activities. The number of reported security breaches may or may not reflect the actual numbers, but it’s still something not to be brushed aside.

The American people and the American government generally have not taken lightly to security breaches or treason in the past. Guilty parties are often sentenced to significant prison time, life sentences or in some cases execution.

A particularly interesting example of espionage in U.S. history happened in April of 1998. Ex-CIA employee Douglas Frederick Groat was arrested for giving classified information to foreign governments. Most people can agree that this is a bad thing for an ex-CIA employee to do, right? It’s safe to say that it would have been difficult for him to find a jury of his peers. Leaking classified government information is something that simply should not be tolerated by ANY American from any political party, for obvious security reasons.

Where am I going with this? Well, recently there was a big debate on whether or not the U.S. government should open classified CIA documents to the world. How this was even considered is beyond me. Internal affairs should be kept internal if you ask me, especially when it comes to national security documents filed during a time of war. A war that is still going on, might I add. (more…)

President Obama sent a letter to homeland security on April 14th warning of a growing threat from “Right Wing Extremists”. I got ahold of the PDF of the 10 page letter today. Here’s my take on it. In a nutshell, the letter warns that people in the following groups may potentially be domestic terrorists and should be watched. And yes, the word “terrorist” is used. People who are:

• Antigovernment (no reasons specified)
• Rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority
• Rejecting government authority entirely
• People dedicated to Pro-Life causes
• People who are against illegal immigration
• People who believe the 2nd amendment guarantees their personal right to own guns
• People who take gun lessons or undergo paramilitary weapons training 
• Returning veterans from the U.S. military
• People who warn against the U.S. heading towards Communism
• People who warn against a “New World Order” one world government
• Religious people (implied Christian) who speak of “end times” prophecies

Sounds like our founding fathers to me, with a few fair exceptions. The founding fathers were not antigovernment or anarchists and neither are a large majority of the people Obama just grouped together in this category.

In the letter, these people are also unfairly grouped and labeled as:

• People who are spreading propaganda
• People who are recruiting for violent purposes
• People who are out to radicalize others
• People who are antigovernment
• People who are “white supremacists”
• People who are against the “first African American president”
• People who create Conspiracy theories
• People who would take in and support the likes of Timothy McVeigh

Is this really fair? This “report” was sent out the day before the April 15th tea parties took place across the nation. These were non-violent demonstrations, which last I checked was still legal in the United States of America under our first amendment: (more…)

A lot of people are furious with what seems to be President Obama bowing to the Saudia Arabian King.

If I had to say yes or no on the bow. I’d probably have to agree that it was in fact a bow. If it wasn’t a bow then what was it? I know “change” and “hope” have been redefined to mean “socialism” and “nope” so perhaps when the White House said it wasn’t a bow it was because they have a new word for bow that they haven’t yet released yet. Perhaps that new word describes what we currently understand to be “bowing”. Seriously.. either he bowed or he is the worst hand shaker in the history of mankind. The White House claims it was a double hand shake. I’ve double hand shaked before. Not like that.

Well, ladies and gentlement of the US and the world, we have a new president. Maybe you’ve heard by now but in case you are just joining us, Barack Obama is now the president of the US.

I’ve heard a few people already talking about how much better they feel to be an American now. Let’s not put the carriage before the horse please. So far the economy is still in shambles, we are still in Iraq, etc, but come on it’s only the first day. Give it a few months and then give him a fair assessment. There is no guarantee that he will fail as a president simply because you don’t agree with him. Sure he might not implement policies that you like, but in the end it’s the people and history that will judge him as a president.

One thing that was cool so far is that the WhiteHouse.gov website has received a face lift. Check it out if you are interested. It’s a lot more media and user friendly now.

WhiteHouse.gov

Touché President Obama, touché.