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Coup d'état Within the White House
Very interesting information coming out regarding the Osama bin Laden raid.
Very interesting information coming out regarding the Osama bin Laden raid.
Ok. So I don't exactly know, but I can offer an educated guess. Before we get into that, a little background is necessary.
Just a year later, Barack Obama comes on the national scene, at that year's DNC convention. Of course this charismatic man was being groomed to run for the presidency. Everyone knew it, just as we can easily predict the rising stars in the GOP today. But how did Obama get there, and more importantly, how did he get into the White House? We all looked at Bush's pedigree, and the left immediately leaped on any perceived deficiencies they could, leaving a huge market for Moore's books on the topic. But, that was just a couple years into Bush's first term. Only now are the Republicans starting to really delve into the past of the elusive Obama. Hopefully, it's not "too little, too late."
Instead of Moore, there's Richard Miniter, and his book, Leading from Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him. I humbly suggest that it was no coincidence that the phrase "leading from behind" was used more than once on the floor of the RNC convention, by no less than Condi Rice, for one. This book suggests that there isn't just one Rove in the background pulling strings in the current administration, but no less than three. That is, if you are only going to count the women.
In turns, Obama was (and still is) influenced highly by certain women in his life. That list includes Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Valerie Jarrett. While both Michelle and Pelosi obviously have some sway in Obama's world all the time, admittedly Pelosi's real time of influence was during the debates and passage of the Healthcare Reform Act. No one is likely to forget her infamous "we've got to pass it to know what's in it" plea, and Miniter actually contends that we should be referring to that legislation as "Pelosi-Care," not Obamacare, to give credit where it is actually due. As for the current debacle with the platform, it's highly unlikely that either Michelle or Pelosi would have suggested such a thing as removing reference to God and Jerusalem.
So, that leaves Hillary Clinton and Valerie Jarrett to consider. Sure, it's possible that both of these women had a hand in this, for different reasons. While all the Dems have been making hay about Bill Clinton's speech at the convention, I've been quietly considering Romney's response to it. It really wasn't a very good speech for Obama. If nothing else, Bill Clinton is good at smiling while delivering an obscure insult. It could be argued that is precisely what that speech was. Does anyone really think that Bill forgot about Reagan's inheritance from Carter, and what he did with it? If you do, you must be a Democrat. So yes, there is a strong argument for Hillary suggesting, or at least supporting, the removal of the reference to God and Jerusalem in the Democratic Platform. Or you could buy into Alan Dershowitz's contention that it's the result of "rogue elements". Not very convincing, however, it is interesting to consider Dershowitz's opinion on Hamas.
And that leaves Valerie Jarrett. She is arguably the one that conservatives should be calling "Obama's Brain." And just who is she, really? To hear it from the Obama's, she's a very old friend. Considering they met sometime in the 1990's, it does make one wonder what it takes to become an "old friend." Otherwise, Jarrett resides in Rove's old office, and some might even say that she has greater access to and influence on Obama than Rove ever did with Bush. And, by all accounts, Jarrett is a radical left-wing political player, and probably the biggest proponent of secularism in the current administration. Miniter's book does cover the history of Jarrett and the Obama's such as can be gleaned from the few that are willing to talk about her. Of course, it's not likely anyone will get many statements on her going forward, and certainly not from anyone like Robert Gibbs, who she probably caused to end up outside the White House.
So, my bet is on Valerie Jarrett being the culprit, and there is no way it was a typo. And, like many other mistakes in this administration, there never was any intention for there to be a real vote on the issue on the floor of the convention. The fact that the delegates actually spoke their minds had to be highly annoying to Obama. After all, the only deity he wants to see people worshiping is him, right?
We've all seen the brilliance of Obama's Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett, in action. She stated that unemployment stimulates the economy and the distribution of the related checks is good for the economy. How far gone would you have to be to believe this drivel? However, in the realm of foreign affairs, it's more unbelievable. According to the Daily Caller, Jarrett put the kibosh on plans to kill Bin Laden not once, but three times! The Executive Editor for The Daily Caller, David Martosko, wrote on July 29 that:
In "Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him," Richard Miniter writes that Obama canceled the "kill" mission in January 2011, again in February, and a third time in March. Obama's close adviser Valerie Jarrett persuaded him to hold off each time, according to the book.
Miniter, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, cites an unnamed source with Joint Special Operations Command who had direct knowledge of the operation and its planning.
Obama administration officials also said after the raid that the president had delayed giving the order to kill the arch-terrorist the day before the operation was carried out, in what turned out to be his fourth moment of indecision. At the time, the White House blamed the delay on unfavorable weather conditions near bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
But when Miniter obtained that day's weather reports from the U.S. Air Force Combat Meteorological Center, he said, they showed ideal conditions for the SEALs to carry out their orders.
What possible reason could one have for not killing Bin Laden? Reasons that don't include the typical characteristics of liberal academia, which usually revolve around the incessant reiteration of international law, moral authority, martyrdom dilemma, and outright weakness. We don't need notes from study sessions to be factored into the methodology for every executive decision. We killed bin Laden, his martyrdom hasn't really galvanized the Arab world, and international law was kinda rejected since we did, in the end, violate the territorial integrity of Pakistan. No major backlash. So what was the problem? Valerie, we're waiting on you.
One of the breaking headline news stories online from ABC News just today, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 reads: Green Firms Get Fed Cash, Give Exec Bonuses, Fail.
Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk, for ABC News, aggressively reporting news with an edge, convey how companies like Solyndra, Ener1and Beacon Power took money from the Department of Energy, paid bonuses to executives, then proceeded to file for bankruptcy. How unfortunate for Greene, Mosk and ABC News, that that edge of theirs is so desperately in need of major sharpening. Conservative journalists have been writing about this very topic, reporting this information about these companies for months.
More disturbing is, even when ABC finally does report this story, they still fail to report that many of the executives who received bonuses were contributors to "progressive" political campaigns. For example: Beacon Power's CEO F. William Capp contributed to the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign as well as the campaigns of two Massachusetts Democrats. George Kaiser a primary Solyndra investor, company executives and board members all contributed to the 2008 presidential election campaign.
Where has ABC News, that great bastion of investigative journalism been all these months? Where was this distinguished member of the Fourth Estate?
The truth is, ABC intentionally withholds this type of information because they're under orders to avoid shedding negative light upon the "progressive" left's Exalted Leader. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and especially MSNBC, along with a staggeringly high number of print publications were busy burying this story, along with other stories about Fast and Furious, the NDAA power grab, upwardly spiraling gasoline prices, high unemployment, rising inflation, ballooning deficits, exploding debt, or that it's been years since "progressive" Democrats in the United States Senate followed the law and simply passed a budget. Additionally, since January 2011, under the leadership of "progressive" Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, the Senate has tabled the two dozen or so Bills concerning budgets, job creation and energy independence passed by Conservative Republican in the House of Representatives. ABC News et al knowingly fail to report that Senate "progressives" are doing so in order to enable the "progressive" administration to pound a "do nothing Congress" while on the campaign trail. In short, instead of doing a responsible job and reporting the news, ABC and the rest have chosen a side. They're all card-carrying charter members of the institutionalized "progressive" left's government controlled press club. This "progressive" Party Pravda has collaborated with Senior White House Aid Valerie Jarrett and Media Matters for America to intentionally steer public opinion in favor of the White House.
Hail to the Chief.
Impeached, former president Bill Clinton specifically told Morning Joe that while he does not think he should be allowed to pollute our White House again in the future, run for POTUS again, so just whom would he have in mind when he says U.S. Presidents should be able to take a little break and then run for reelection again? He tells America that we should just repeal the 22nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the above interview. Would Bill be suggesting that he would like his good friend, G.W. Bush to be allowed another shot at being our president? Not likely there, despite the media-muckers pathetic attempts to convince us that those two are lifelong buddies today. How about digging up Progressive Poppa FDR for a fifth term? He has certainly has had a good long rest. [in a graveyard where it is quite peaceful] I,m sure the progressive stage prop managers of today could find one of their Hollywood make-up artist pals to make FDR look presentable for photo shoots for another presidential campaign if they tried hard enough. No, FDR probably wouldn't be elected to another term today, as the whole world now knows FDR died of a massive brain tumor that exploded in a stroke that killed him.( That sure explains a lot, as far as how mentally competent the author of the progressive New Deals 1 and 2, was during his time in office)
Stop the presses! What if the person to whom Bill is referring to isn't an ex-President of the United States ? What if Bill Clinton has now come to the reality of the distinct possibility that Barack Obama will become a one and done President by being thrown out of office in the 2012 elections? Barry is still relatively young, and with a few more years of mentoring from Billy Clinton and Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers, Barry just might be able to hide enough of his record to make another run for POTUS in the future. Would the American citizenry ever be so gullible and politically ignorant enough, to ignore just what Barack Hussein Obama has done to this country during his first term in office, and elect him at a future date? They certainly proved to be just that in 2008, when they elected him the first time, didn't they?
Pictured at the left is President Obama, Bill Clinton and Chicago slumlord extraordinaire Valerie Jarrett, whom with no actual credible experience in government is now serving as a senior adviser to the President, and whom many say is the driving force behind the far left Liberal Obama policies that have plagued this nation for over three years now. We can only surmise just what Clinton was lecturing Obama about on that occasion, yet when considering Clinton's recent calling for the repeal of the 22nd amendment on Presidential term limits, we could now draw the following caption:
"Now listen, Barry, these ignorant Americans have somehow caught on to our Socialistic agenda of transforming America into a third-world rat-hole by trampling on the U.S. Constitution and bypassing Congress by enforcing illegal laws by executive fiat, so here is what we are going to do. We will start a national propaganda campaign to repeal the 22nd amendment, so that when the American voters throw you out of office in the 2012 elections, we can reinsert you at a later date to continue our Socialistic agenda. Remember, I am the expert here on fooling the American public, just look at how I got away with saying I never had sex with Monica. Even though I was impeached, there are still enough gullible sheep who think we are the Democrats of yesteryear who actually cared about the working class and the poor. "
In getting back to the above interview with Joe Scarborough, once again Americans are being lectured by disgraced ex- President Bill Clinton, he of the "Head White House intern, Monica Lewinsky goes down under in the White House" fame. With 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain facing an avalanche of allegations of "attempted" vague sexual advances while being married, ( just as Clinton was when he actually cheated on Hillary) and the media flooding our lives with the related sensationalist headlines across America the past few weeks, we must ask ourselves why we constantly allow ourselves to be lectured by Slick Willy Clinton, the former pot-smoking-but-never-inhaling, philandering, dishonest, morally bankrupt adulterer, on anything concerning our lives today. Has America become that soullessly ignorant or so completely morally bankrupt today? Considering that the infamous "Little Blue Dress" Monica Lewinsky was wearing at the time she was showing Willy just how delicious she thought he was started a pop-culture-like worship once upon a time, yes, I,d say America is well on their way to becoming 100% morally bankrupt.
Willy refused to actually identify the actual piece of legislation that created term limits in America, while slickly also avoiding mentioning by name the Democratic President that the 22nd amendment was specifically drawn up for, to prevent future Presidents from remaining in the White House for more than two terms. That would be what many historians believe to be considered the father of the Progressive/Socialist movement in America, one Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (FDR) Not to be confused with the Grandfather of the progressive movement, Mr. Woodrow Wilson, with a dishonorable mention going to semi-Republican Teddy Roosevelt.
FDR was the President of the United States from 1933 – 1945. President Franklin Roosevelt died in the first year of his fourth presidential term. In the room with him at the time of his death was his daughter, Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, an artist doing a portrait of FDR and…. his longtime mistress, one Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd. Upon hearing of her husband's death, Mrs. Roosevelt faced not only the disturbing news of FRD's death, but also the fact that his mistress was with him on his deathbed in the White House. While U.S Presidential history is chock full of philandering, womanizing, morally bankrupt adulterers, (FDR, JFK, Willy Clinton) today's progressive media hypocrites are today consumed with Herman Cain's "suggested" or "wishful" unfaithfulness to his wife by unnamed and non-credible accusers. Golly gee whiz Batman, imagine what they would be doing if Herman Cain actually had Bialik under the White House desk like Slick Willy did, or carried on a decades long affair with a mistress who was at his bedside upon his death right in the White House? (As Poppa-Progressive FDR did)
The last thing the American people will ever allow to happen is the repealing of the 22nd amendment of Willy Clinton's dreams in order to allow the Marxist ideologue and lifelong Bill Ayers student, Barack Obama to slither back into the White House again. It is also immensely disgusting to see the progressive-liberal media operatives putting the perverted, unfaithful adulterer who disgraced the United States office of the Presidency for all the world to see, on national television to lecture the American people. Bill Clinton is a disgrace to this great nation, and nothing more.
2012 just can't get here fast enough!
Today we are being told that the Union protests will spread across the nation. I believe this could be the start of what Glenn Beck has exposed as self-professed Communist activist Van Jones' top down, bottom up, inside out theory of radically transforming America. Remember that these people follow the mantra of , "Never let a good crisis go to waste." Mr. Jones was injected into our government as the "Green Jobs Czar" by one Barack Hussein Obama as an appointee with the approval of longtime Chicago confidant Valerie Jarrett, who is now in our very own Whitehouse as a senior advisor to Barack Obama also. Her prior qualifications to be directly involved in our government today? She is a known Chicago slumlord who was once the Chief of Staff for the King of Chicago corruption, Ex-Mayor Richard Daley. His youngest son, Bill Daley is also Obama's new Chief of staff in our Whitehouse. Mr Jones can be seen in the photo to the left promoting riots in trying to free a convicted cop killer. This man certainly gives a new meaning to the term,"community Organizer." Mr. Jones is calling for nationwide protests against All state governments starting today, in conjunction with Obama's heavily State government embedded, UNIONS. This is seizing upon the manufactured crisis in Wisconsin and their mantra of not letting a good crisis go to waste.
Lisa Gras, a very dedicated and informative writer, has put together an excellent article on billionaire economic terrorist George Soros that should be read by all Americans who are not familiar with the puppet-master, government overthrowing economic terrorist Mr. George Soros. http://lisagraas.com/2011/02/05/five-revolutions-backed-by-george-soros/ Soros backed the Liberal Democrats back in the 2008 election, pouring millions into the campaigns of BOTH Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. One way or the other, Mr. Soros was guaranteeing that he would have a place at the Whitehouse dinner table and he succeeded. Without Whitehouse support, this word re-known economic terrorist would certainly find himself rotting in an American prison today. Soros was found guilty of insider trading after a 14 year investigation in France* and was fined 2.3 million dollars. This is a man who is also famous for breaking the Bank of England , and was caught by the SEC here in America in a stock trading scandal back in 1979, and agreed that he wouldn't do it anymore. No criminal charges were filed there. The laws about insider trading differ greatly from one country to another. Unlike American law, French law does not provide for civil enforcement actions in insider trading cases; they may be pursued here only as criminal matters. Mr Soros is also known as a man without a country today, yet he is now spending most of his time here in the United States.
In the above referenced article by Lisa Gras, that well-researched and very informative article shows us how George Soros has been undermining governments across the globe since 1984, leading right to the doorstep of the recent Middle East upheaval. What does this have to do with the current Wisconsin protests, Van Jones, Richard Trumka and Barack Hussein Obama and now the Communist Party USA ? Apparently more than most people currently know in this country today. Every one of the countries that George Soros was involved in written in Lisa's article have one thing in common: The overthrowing of governments through George Soros financed quasi-covert political operations. This also always involves the corruption of the Media, as Soros has poured millions of dollars into newspapers, Tv stations, media networks, etc. He recently gave huge amountss of s=csahs to leftist groups, such as MoveOn.org and The Huffington Post. Here you can see how they have signed up today to promote the protests across America. http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?action_id=238 This is a bid to protect the progressive movement's power base for the 2012 elections, folks, nothing more. These puppets could care less about the American people and their quality of life. Soros also seems to monitor political situations worldwide , and then has shown the uncanny ability to sow the seeds of discontent among the people of those countries at just the right time, resulting in "the fundamental transformation" of those countries and new governments being formed. With our States rights blocking the Federal Government's intrusions into their own governments, the George Soros funded Liberal agenda can not advance their plans and they know this. Thus they are desperately trying to turn the Wisconsin budget crisis into a national issue. For those of you blindly worshipping Mr. Barack Hussein Obama still today, I shall include a very relative direct quote from Mr. Obama right here and right now:
"We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America
While that now famous statement, uttered at the beginning of candidate Obama's speech at The University of Missouri, on Feb. 19th, 2008, seemed relatively harmless at the time, when we look at the Soros pattern of undermining governments across the globe, coupled with what we see happening in America today, that statement should be very disconcerting to even the most naive of Americans today. For the Liberal deniers of reality that want to say Obama didn't say that, here is the video link, provided just to prove it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffwY74XbS4 The problem that I have with the Obama/Soros transformation of America motto, is that it is as Anti-American at it's roots as another group, cpusa.org , that is being rallied to join the protest today by the Communist Van Jones. Right on their homepage they announce their participation in today's protests. His rallying cry across the leftist stratosphere here in America to join with their Union brothers today in the protests contained another covert codeword for ratcheting up these protests across America: Solidarity. These radical Anti-Americans are now trying to turn this country into another mish mash of Communists/Socialist power brokers just like in the dysfunctional Afrika we see today. The divide and conquer theory is being heavily applied here and it is being ratcheted up today across America in the attempted dismantling of State Sovereignty. Thus the importance of Governor Scott Walker and others, in standing their ground against the Unions, Liberals, Socialists and Communists marching to the beat of George Soros, Barack Obama, Van Jones, Richard Trumka and their very clear Anti-American agenda.
I pray there will be no violence in these radical, State government protests today that clearly represent a clear and present danger to America and her people. These paid George Soros puppets, Unions thugs, Liberal Socialists and Communists will be out in force today with the direct support of todays Democratic Party. Remember this in 2012. Since Barack Obama has not denounced this form of domestic terrorism upon the working taxpayers of America, we must only conclude one thing: He supports it 100%. This is how he plans on "Winning the Future" here in America, starting today.
* http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/21/business/soros-is-found-guilty-in-france-on-charges-of-insider-trading.html?pagewanted=1
The White House has mostly kept its internal turmoil under wraps in recent weeks but the lid is starting to come off the pressure cooker that is boiling at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
It is another sign that Obama has lost control not only of the public narrative but that of his inner circle as well. It is common for senior political appointees at the White House to stay for at least until the end of the president's first term in office. There is usually a natural turnover at the end of the first term. Old hands fade back into the woodwork and new blood is brought in to kick-start the administration's second term. However that is not the case in the Obama Administration. Indicative of a sinking ship, the rats are fleeing the ship as fast as the can – some voluntarily and others not so willingly. The mass exodus is well underway as evidenced by the following:
The Wayne Madsen Report, (WMR) a political operation in the spirit of the legendary Jack Anderson's Merry-Go-Round, reported two months ago that Obama is under extreme pressure from many heavy-hitting Democratic financial donors, to change his economic policies or else they will withhold future funding in the next presidential election – choosing instead to back a different candidate – presumably Hillary Clinton.
"Informed sources in Washington, DC have told WMR that President Obama has been personally told by a delegation of top Democratic Party financiers that unless he radically changes his economic policies they will bolt from him for another Democratic candidate in 2012. The Democratic money moguls conveyed the warning to Obama in Martha's Vineyard, where the president and his family are spending their vacation. There are various factions within the Democratic Party that see different scenarios to bail out what many Democrats see as an administration in deep trouble with the electorate. One would have Secretary of State Hillary Clinton move up to replace Vice President Joe Biden on the 2012 ticket with Senator John Kerry becoming Secretary of State. However, WMR has been told that Clinton personally loathes Obama and his chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and may not want to be part of the 2012 president ticket playing second fiddle to Obama. WMR has also learned that Obama's reported 'severe narcissism' has a number of his cabinet officials and top Democratic fundraisers perplexed. Obama's refusal to change course because of his ego was discussed at the recent annual Bohemian Grove conclave in northern California, which brings together influential businessmen and politicians from both parties. Top U.S. business leaders openly complained about Obama's economic policies, with some stating that Obama is, for the business community, the worst president in anyone's lifetime. They also complained about White House gatekeepers like Emanuel and policy advisers Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod who are preventing access to the Oval Office." – Wayne Madsen Report
This development has got to be exerting great pressure on Obama since he is a fanatical ideologue in terms of the economy – religiously adhering to Keynesian economic theory that decrees economic growth comes only through increased spending. It appears that these large Democratic financiers, though also ideologically to the left, are also pragmatic businessmen. It could be that they clearly see the effect that Obama's economic policies are having on (1) their own bottom line, and (2) the public's reaction to Obama's destructive policies, which is going to manifest itself on November 2 in the midterm elections. If predictions of the Tea Party's tsunami come true, the power of the behind-the-scenes Democratic financiers could be severely curtailed.
WMR is also reporting that Obama has chosen to ignore the demands of the aforementioned financiers who represent the leftist money machine. That is why we see Obama stubbornly pressing full ahead with his redistributive agenda, including both proposed legislation and anticipated Executive Orders which will further damage the economy. Obama has even let it be known to the Republicans that if they take one or even both chambers of Congress that they, the GOP, will be forced to deal with him. Obama blithely ignores the fact that the GOP will be perfectly happy to play a stalling game – preventing any more of Obama's Marxist agenda to be passed through Congress while simultaneously preparing Obama's downfall in the 2012 elections. The Republicans are perfectly aware that Obama would veto any legislation they attempt to pass that would curtail or repeal his signature achievements. Therefore, they are already planning a repeat of the midterms of 2010 in 2012. Due to the nature of the Senate, with only 1/3 of the senators up for election in any given election cycle, the Republicans are already calculating that it will take at least two election cycles to fully regain control. Furthermore, the Republications are calculating that the public also realizes this fact. Therefore, they are expected to trumpet their firewall against any further Obama legislation, willing to endure the darts and arrows from the mainstream media who will surely label them as obstructionists.
Speaking of the media, the Obama White House, according to WMR, is seeking revenge for media criticism.
WMR has also learned that rather than change course, the White House staff, who is keenly reading anything that is critical of the president, are more interested in exacting revenge for criticism than in changing course. 'The White House staff are voracious readers who are obsessed with favorable coverage,' one source said. – WMR
If that be the case, the White House public relations flacks, led by Axelrod, must be up in arms over the recent firing of Juan Williams from National Public Radio (NPR).
Convinced that they did the right thing to muzzle Williams, who is also a liberal, the executives of NPR and their bosses in the White House, have got to be beside themselves with the news that Williams has just signed a contract with Fox News. In effect, the White House flacks have done nothing but shoot themselves in the foot – having given Williams a much bigger platform from which to criticize the Obama Administration. This will have the effect of furthering the political infighting within the White House as the buck gets passed, people run for cover, and Obama is left, once again, with trying to find a scapegoat.
With the swift removal of Emanual, the Crisis Management team in the White House, i.e., Obama's inner circle, now consists of Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Axelrod (though his influence is on the wane), and Vice President Joe Biden's circle of Thomas E. Donilon (the incoming National Security Advisor) and Peter M. Rouse, the interim White House Chief of Staff. But given the news report from WMR that Obama now considers Biden to be a rival, this inner circle, with members already divided into two camps: (1) The Obama Camp – Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett and Axelrod, and (2) The Biden Camp – Biden, Rouse, and Donilon – is already set up for some viscous infighting.
And then there's the Joker in this political house of Cards. Hillary Clinton is patiently sitting on the sidelines, enjoying the destruction of the man who denied her the presidency.
She is dangling the possibility that she might oppose Obama in the 2012 Democratic primaries. And she is well-positioned to do just that. She would be the beneficiary of those redirected campaign funds that have been threatened to be removed from Obama's stash of cash. She has remained virtually silent on Obama's major agenda items – leaving her open to fashion popular campaign planks once the chips fall on November 2nd. It very well could be that once the midterms are history Hillary Clinton will consider all of the chips to have fallen and thus Obama's buffalo to be empty. If Hillary Clinton is going to make another run at the presidency, she is going to have to make her move early next year. So she has from November 3, 2010 (when the results of the midterms are known) until about the February to April of 2011 timeframe to make the announcement. Expect Hillary Clinton to continue to torment Obama with the uncertainty of her intentions. Obama, it has been reported, attempted to short-circuit any such primary challenge by Hillary Clinton by offering to dump Biden and ask her to join him on his 2012 ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate. Reportedly, Hillary Clinton has already declined that invitation. This move on the part of Clinton will have to be tormenting Obama because it is a pretty good sign that Hillary intends to oppose him in the Democratic primaries of 2012. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Joe Biden has got to be feeling rather bitter since Obama chose to throw him under the bus in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Newsflavor.com reported earlier this month that Obama did indeed offer Hillary the Vice Presidency.
In an attempt to deal with increasing concerns over a possible Hillary Clinton run for President in 2012, the Obama White House has quietly made overtures to Clinton to replace Joe Biden as Obama's Vice President:
There has been speculation of just such a deal for some time now. The speculation has proved to be accurate. The Obama White House is very concerned with the possibility of Hillary Clinton seeking the nomination in 2012. Very-very concerned, and for good reason. Democratic Party supporters – I'm talking some very deep pockets and very considerable influence, have been engaging in some speculative chatter of that nature for a while. When that happens, it's a warning shot at the White House that says to them you better get things back on track or we are going to try and replace you. And Hillary Clinton has done nothing to diminish that chatter. The opposite in fact. She is considering the possibility herself. – Newsflavor.com
In typical Clinton fashion, Hillary outmaneuvered Obama on this issue. The combination of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton is an extremely powerful combination in liberal political circles. It appears that the Clintons have determined not to tie themselves closer to what they perceive as damaged goods. Hillary has somewhat of an albatross around her neck since she is the Secretary of State in Obama's Administration. But she has done a very good job of distancing herself from Obama simply through her inaction and her silence.
The progressives are about to have their Come-To-Gaia moment on the morning of November 3, 2010. There isn't going to be any more guessing about Obama's coat-tails. Obama's weaknesses will be all too visible to both professional politicians and the public alike. And members of the public are waking up to that fact. One reader, commenting on a Mediaite story concerning Obama floating the possibility of Hillary Clinton joining his ticket, said:
"After the November election, the Left won't be able to remain in denial. They will start exploring alternatives to Obama in 2012. Obama's smartest move would be to try to create a real alliance with Hilary Clinton. But as even Woodward has admitted, Obama and Clinton are not on the same page, and she is not one of his trusted advisers. So this would be a move of pure political expediency. And probably not enough to save an administration that the vast majority of Americans now see as incompetent and extremist." – felixw
All of these factors are intertwined into the maelstrom that is the Obama White House. Alliances are being sought; supposed friends are being stabbed in the back (i.e., Biden vs. Obama); and lone wolves are circling Obama, looking for a weakness and an opportunity to strike. And there are plenty of lone wolves. One of them is Nancy Pelosi. Rumor has it that White House staffers asked Pelosi, to her face, to keep quiet until after the midterm elections were over. She was apparently told that she was a political liability. Pelosi apparently complied for a matter of weeks since she generally disappeared from view. But recently, with it becoming increasingly apparent that she would face a fight for the Speakership on the House floor in the event the Democrats retained control of the House, Pelosi has become vocal once again. Pelosi is in a battle for her own political survival and apparently she considers Obama to be a liability – just as he apparently considers her to be the same. It has been said that there is no honor among thieves – and Pelosi vs. Obama vs. Biden vs. Clinton, vs. Axelrod vs. Jarrett, vs. Michelle Obama is evidence that this contention could very well be true. The infighting is growing. It is spilling out into public view. Hangers-on are being pressured to take sides – which makes for a perilous choice for assorted low-ranking Democratic members of the House, political consultants, and members of the professional left.
Pelosi has indeed become a political liability for the Democrats, as evidenced by the liberal Guardian newspaper story out of Great Britain earlier this week:
"Republicans have put Pelosi front and centre of their campaign, trying to turn her into a rallying cry and a hate figure. Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, is on a "Fire Pelosi Bus" that is touring the country from coast to coast. Pelosi has been used in Republicans attack adverts in an incredible 47 different congressional seats, most of them many miles away from San Francisco. She has been portrayed as extreme, out-of-touch and elitist; a sort of uncaring liberal ogre forcing unwanted legislation down the throats of ordinary Americans. "She is the featured devil this year," said Republican pollster and political consultant Adam Probolsky "She is solid in her hometown, but outside of that it is a very different picture."
"That is Pelosi's problem in a nutshell. Her home district voted 85 per cent for Barack Obama in 2008. Pelosi herself romped home in her last election with 72 per cent of the vote. But that will not matter if the Democrats lose the House. She will be ousted as Speaker, after being hailed only four years ago as the most powerful woman in American politics. If that happens, it will be a spectacularly swift fall from political grace. "Her career will be over. At that point she will have no political future," said Jack Pitney, a politics professor at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles." – Paul Harris
So Pelosi has no choice but to return to the stump. It is do or die for Pelosi. But Pelosi is between a rock and a hard place.
Told by Obama to shut up, she has ignored his command and is pressing forward, regardless. So even if she wins her fight to retain the Speakership of the House of Representatives, she has strained, if not outright broken her relationship with Obama and his cohorts within the White House.
The infighting within the inner circle of the White House, the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives, and with various party hacks and financiers, threatens to completely unravel what is left of the Obama Administration. Less than two years ago Obama was cheered on as the new Messiah, come to save the planet. Oh, how the mighty have fallen – and they can't get up. Allowed to run amok with the Republican Party in no position to rein in the revolutionary element of the Democratic Party – the Democrats have totally imploded – in a manner kind of like inserting a straw into a pile of JELL-O© and sucking. The JELL-O© implodes upon itself, quivering from the internal pressure until it collapses and disappears into the straw – never to be seen from again. Such is the fate of the Democrats in general and the White House in particular. The American voters have shoved in the straw, guided by the massive Tea Party rebellion. Every poll showing the Democrats losing ground in the resurgent conservative tsunami is tantamount to another suck on the straw. White House staff is getting sucked up through firings and resignations. Wolves such as Clinton are circling the bowl, waiting to lick up whatever quivering bits remain behind. And there, at the bottom of the bowl, are the midterm elections.
The Democrats are also kind of like a football team. Less than two years ago the Democrats won the political Super Bowl. They reigned supreme over the universe. Winning does that to a team. But so does losing. Now the Democrats can't get a first down. Coaches are being fired. Players are on the chopping block. Everyone is looking for a scapegoat. The fans are depressed. Advertising revenue is way down. The momentum is with the other team. Dissension is destroying the team from within itself.
The game is almost over, White House Democrats. The rats are abandoning the ship.
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November 2nd, 2010 will forever be remembered as a new Independence Day. It will be the day honoring the masses of freedom-loving patriots who will rise up to reclaim their liberty, their constitutional rights, and their right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences. It will live on forever in our hearts as the day when latter-day heroes, awakened from their slumber by the machinations of the forces of evil, fought an epic battle and emerged victorious. Bruised, yes; battered, yes; bloodied, yes, and yet despite all odds, the great American people will see through the propaganda of the Obama regime, defy the intimidation tactics of the New Black Panther Party and the SEIU, ignore the elitist, statist JournoListers of the Main Stream Media, and storm the polls in a national swell that shall sweep away the absolute rule of their oppressors.
America was founded on the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It was founded by God-fearing men. The founders recognized the hand of the Almighty in the creation of the United States of America. And modern day patriots remain true to the principles upon which this country was founded. It will be these patriots who will save The United States from its enemies, both foreign and domestic.
Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day! – President Thomas Whitmore (from the movie Independence Day)
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! – Isaiah 5:20
The opposing forces in this war of ideology transcend the labels of Democrats and Republicans. This is no less than a war of good versus evil. It is a war for the souls of men. Akin to the plight of patriots during the War of Independence, there are enemy sympathizers among us. Those once known as loyalists – because of their loyalty to the British Crown – have been replaced by moderates, RINOs, political party elites, special interests, labor unions, and behind the scenes political operatives. The propaganda, manipulations, and machinations of the forces of darkness are attempting to redefine what is good – claiming it to be evil. They know that they will win this war if they can confuse us by turning morality on its head. They know they can win if they can convince us that a man in the White House is our Messiah. They know that if they can sell us on false prophets such as Cass Sunstein, Valerie Jarrett, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Harry Belafonte and Van Jones, that they will win. They know that if they can replace our true heroes such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln with the likes of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Steny Hoyer, and Barbara Boxer, that they will win. With craftiness, cunning, and hearts of stone, they demonize our heroes and patriotic leaders such as Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh. They even have the audacity to demonize God himself. They are without morals. They are without honor. They are ruthless. They are corrupt. They are the very definition of evil. That is the nature of our enemies. They are powerful. They are pervasive, and they are entrenched. Yet, they will fail.
Why, you ask? – Because we surround them. And for all the danger the Obama Administration represents to freedom, it has been a blessing in disguise. The arrogance, ineptitude, pride, stupid decisions, and outright corruption of the forces currently in power have awakened the sleeping giant that is the true America. Not since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has this sleeping giant stirred from his sleep, arisen, and defeated the enemy. But now the forces of good have awakened and joined the fight.Patriots, such as my friend Jessica Puente-Bradshaw, have arisen out of obscurity and taken on the entrenched elites. Jessica is one of my heroes. A mother of several young children and burdened with all of what goes into raising these children in righteousness, Jessica recognizes the perils facing America. She came out of obscurity to run as a Republican candidate for Congress representing the 27th District in Texas.
We need a clear plan for change to put our country back on track. We need real tax reform to help revitalize our economy, not federal government health care mandates. We need to help create jobs that put people back to work, not federal government energy mandates on businesses. We need to protect the rule of law when it comes to immigration, not federal government amnesty proposals. – Jessica Puente-Bradshaw
Unfortunately, Jessica did not win her primary election. But she sure did her part in raising the awareness level in Texas to the dangers facing America. And I have a sneaky suspicion that the story of Jessica isn't over. She'll be back. Jessica didn't crave personal power.
She didn't run for election in a quest for vain glory. No, Jessica did it to save America. She did the right thing for the right reason. And the beauty of it all is that America is now filled with a multitude of people just like Jessica. Though Jessica didn't win her race, others just like her are winning – and turning the Liberal/RINO elite upside-down. We are winning. The enemy is running scared. They are in full panic mode. The latest conservative victories came in Tuesday's primaries. Delaware and New York just witnessed conservative patriots win their primary elections – ousting entrenched members of the political elite. Countless more Jessica Puente-Bradshaws are preparing to flood the polls on November 2nd.
Take heart, fellow conservatives. We have joined the battle with the forces of evil. Although they appear to surround us – given all the attention their every word receives in the Main Street Media – the truth of the matter is that we surround them. This is still a center-right country. This is still a God-fearing country. This is still a freedom-loving country. And we will win.
The fight won't be easy. November 2nd is not the end of the war. It is merely an opening skirmish, now that the forces for good have been roused from their slumber. But we slumber no more. The Silent Majority is no more. We've become the Vocal Majority – thanks to Jessica Puente-Bradshaw and millions of others just like her. Jessica, I salute you! You are ahead of the curve and I am proud to call you my friend.


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Coffee-Almond Slices
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1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon oil
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a bread tin with 1 1/2 tsp of the almond oil and set aside. Place the eggs and sugar in a large bowl set over simmering water. Whisk vigorously until thickened, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and let the mixture cool slightly. Gently fold in the sifted flour and then mix in the remaining teaspoon of almond oil and the vanilla. Place the mixture into the greased tin and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the cake from the pan and place on a cooling rack.
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A crack in the dike? Could Indiana's new rate proposal inspire other states?
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Quick Take: The Indiana legislature is considering a measure to allow utilities to increase rates on their own without going through the typical regulatory process, according to a story in the Evansville Courier and Press. The Senate has approved a bill that would let utilities use "cost trackers" to calculate what they need to upgrade infrastructure. It's still a long ways from becoming law - it must still pass the Indiana House where it faces opposition from consumer groups. Even so, it is a glimmer that perhaps some states are realizing that the current system is causing utilities to fall behind. Far too often, they cannot get reimbursement until after they've made the expenditures and must run the risk that some or all of the improvements will be disallowed. - By Jesse Berst
As Jesse Berst notes above Senate Bill 560, despite its passage by the Indiana Senate, faces a rough go in the House with opposition from not only consumer groups but commercial and industrial electric customers who are afraid it will lead to higher costs, said House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis), who was quoted in the news article. The Indiana Energy Association, a utility lobbying group, is supporting the deregulatory measure for electric and gas companies.
Bosma also predicted changes would be made to the bill by House Utility Chairman Eric Koch (R-Bedford). Bosma said Koch is expected to "try to find a sweet spot between allowing a reasonable portion of expenditures to be reimbursed during the course of improvements, not just reimbursed after they're completed - but also keeping Indiana competitive on utility rates, which a key economic indicator, as well. He hopes to moderate the bill in a reasonable way."
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Seasonal Berry Cobbler
This stunning, summer treat is the perfect dessert for Fourth of July cookouts and picnics, and pairs perfectly with a dollop of Vanilla Bean Whipped Crème.
Serves 8
What you need:
- 1 1/3 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ¾ cup almond milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries
- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 tablespoons sugar to sprinkle on top
- Vanilla Bean Whipped Crème (see recipe)
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1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate small bowl, whisk oil and milk, then add to the flour mixture. Mix with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined, but do not over-mix.
2. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, and cinnamon, then add berries. Toss until berries are coated with sugar mixture.
3. Pour berries into a 9-inch baking pan or distribute evenly into 8 ramekins. Using a tablespoon, scoop lumps of dough on top of berries.
4. Brush the top of the dough with extra almond milk and sprinkle liberally with sugar.
5. Bake for 45 minutes or until dough is thoroughly cooked and lightly browned on top. Be sure to rotate after 20 minutes for even baking.
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LETTER: Take a look at Owensboro
Mike Kolb, Evansville
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I am writing this letter to express my opinion and concern regarding the recent development in Downtown Evansville. If Evansville officials were as efficient at planning for and building the new hotel as they have been in destroying Roberts Stadium, there would be more progress in this city. I suggest they take inspiration from a small community like Owensboro, Ky., at handling their downtown and riverfront projects. Owensboro officials act far more disciplined and aggressive in their development and planning. I have observed that over studying of the hotel project has never made progress.
Years of planning the hotel is not nearly as efficient as the recent matter of weeks it took to decide to demolish Roberts Stadium. I wish our officials knew how Owensboro accomplishes their projects with such positive results.
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Travels, Jason Shenai solo show finissage & music event
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Fitch Rates BTG Pactual Holding 'BBB-' and BTG Investments 'BB+' Business Wire SAO PAULO & RIO DE JANEIRO -- April 3, 2013 Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings: BTG Pactual Holding S.A. (BTGH): --Long-term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable; --Short-term Foreign and Local Currency IDRs 'F3'; --Support Rating '5'; --Long-term National Rating 'AA(bra)'; Outlook Stable; --Short-term National Rating 'F1+(bra)'. BTG Investments LP (BTGI) --Long-term Foreign and Local Currency IDRs 'BB+'; Outlook Stable; --Support Rating '2'; --Senior Guaranteed Notes 'BBB-(EXP)'. KEY RATINGS DRIVERS: BTGH BTGH's long- and short-term IDR's and National Scale Ratings are equalized to those of its sole operating subsidiary, Banco BTG Pactual S.A.'s (BTG Pactual, IDR 'BBB-'/Outlook Stable). BTGH is a pure holding company and directly controls 71.9% of BTG Pactual. The equalization of the ratings is based on the high correlation between the probability of default for BTGH and the bank. Both are incorporated in the same jurisdiction, being overseen by Brazilian authorities. Double leverage (equity investments in subsidiaries and BHC intangibles / equity) is low at 101% in December 2012, and liquidity risk management is centralized at the bank. BTGH's Support rating and Support rating floors are being assigned at '5' and 'NF', in view of BTGH's nature as a holding company, indicating that, although possible, external support cannot be relied upon. KEY RATING DRIVERS: BTGI BTGI's long-term IDR rating reflects its role as an integral BTG Pactual group and the implicit support BTGI receives from BTGH. According to Fitch's criteria BTGI is deemed as a core part of BTG Pactual Group. Despite its evident links with the group (franchise, common management, relevance of its revenue stream and completely aligned business model); BTGI is not a direct subsidiary of BTGH; hence, its rating its notched once from the rating of BTGH, the primary source of support to the entity. The current Support Rating of '2' is based on Fitch's assumption of support from BTGH it should be required, which is based on the previously stated considerations about its integration with the BTG Group and BTGH. In spite of being a separate entity from its sister company, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (Foreign currency IDR of 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable), BTGI shows the same ownership structure after the group's 2012 IPO where the floating portion of the shares of the bank and BTGI were sold as staples shares and are listed accordingly. The bank's asset management division is the investment manager for BTGI's proprietary trading and private equity investments, which result in the use of the same rigorous risk management measures and methodologies adopted by the bank. BTGI concentrates the bulk of the Principal Investment business and the group plans to concentrate all of this business under BTGI. The company's plan is to raise debt from several different sources in order to gradually transfer all of the group's proprietary trading activity to BTGI. Despite the planned debt issuances and third party funding, financial debt leverage should remain inferior to 1.0x; almost zero as of today. At end 2012, BTGI's equity base is relatively ample and unencumbered (14.5% of its total assets while total liabilities to equity stand at 5.9x). According to the forecast of the company total liabilities to equity may increase to 8.0x after the completion of the aforementioned issuances and fund raising. BTGI's financial profile benefits from the performance of its proprietary investments, which are largely composed of liquid financial instruments, low debt service charges and a very nimble operating structure outsourced to its sister bank. In the next two years the size of the balance sheet will increase due to the transfer of some of the proprietary trading portfolio in the bank to BTGI, which will be funded with medium-term debt. BTGI's policies call for the use of financial debt to finance proprietary trading activities and not long-term investments. The lack of recurrent and predictable fee income and the volatility of its proprietary trading and long-term (private equity like) investments, require a heavy utilization of the balance sheet while future earnings projections are deemed volatile in nature. BTGI's merchant banking investments are carried out through private equity funds and joint-ventures. In December 2012, total commitment undrawn was approximately R$1,759 million, which should be disbursed mostly over the next 24 months (up to eight years) through investments in private equity funds and the joint-ventures. The investment portfolio consists on a diversified group of portfolio companies primarily located in Brazil with a view to divestment within four to 10 years. During 2012, BTGI's performance benefited from its proprietary trading funds gains, which increased 133.1%, due to higher gains from fixed income products in Brazil, which benefited from the easing cycle of Brazilian interest rates and gains from investment in equities in 2012, primarily driven from the increase of BM&FBovespa index during this period. Also, the sale of an indirect interest in a company in the oil and gas industry resulted in a non-recurrent gain that benefited the company's net income. As expected, operating revenues may be volatile and concentrated in nature as is similar to other companies focused on this business niche. Fitch has also assigned BTGI upcoming issuance of senior guaranteed notes an expected rating of 'BBB-(EXP)'. The notes will be fully and irrevocable guaranteed by BTGH and hence, the rating of the notes is equalized to the rating of the guarantor. The assignment of the final rating is subject to final documentation conforming to that already received by Fitch. The issuance will have a maturity of five years, and the amount of the notes and the interest rate will be set at the time of the issuance. Interest payments will be made semi-annually until maturity. The principal and interest amounts will be settled in U.S. dollars (USD). RATING SENSITIVITIES: BTGH Changes on the rating of BTG Pactual may lead to changes on BTGH's ratings. Also, an increase of its double leverage ratio above 120% or a deterioration of its debt service metrics may result in a downgrade of BTGH's ratings. BTGH, incorporated in June 2009, is the holding which controls BTG Pactual with 71.9% of the total capital (82.51% of the voting capital). The balance is held by foreign investors (13.3%, such as JC Flowers and sovereign funds from China, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, among others), further to floating shares (14.8%). BTGH is controlled (28.84% of the total capital and 57.12% of the voting capital) by Andre Esteves, with the remainder divided among 165 BTG Pactual executives. RATING SENSITIVITIES: BTGI Changes on the rating of BTG Pactual or BTGH may lead to changes on BTGI's ratings. A material deterioration of BTGI's financial profile where sustained losses and/or a significant increase of its leverage may hinder the overall financial profile of BTG Group, may trigger a rating downgrade. BTGH and BTGI Profile BTGH, incorporated in June 2009, is the holding which controls BTG Pactual with 71.9% of the total capital (82.51% of the voting capital). The balance is held by foreign investors (13.3%, such as JC Flowers and sovereign funds from China, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, among others), further to floating shares (14.8%). BTGH is controlled (28.84% of the total capital and 57.12% of the voting capital) by Andre Esteves, with the remainder divided among 165 BTG Pactual executives. BTGI is an investment vehicle and a sister company to Banco BTG Pactual and an integral part of BTG Pactual group. BTGI carries part of the group's proprietary trading investments and its merchant banking investments, which include both private equity funds and co-investment through joint ventures. Since 2011, it has no operating activities or employees, its investments are managed by the bank's asset management unit, BTG Pactual Group is one of the largest merchant banking groups in Brazil and Latin America, focused on treasury activities (proprietary and for clients), third party asset management, corporate finance (mergers and acquisitions, finance consulting, etc), private banking and capital markets (fixed and variable income issuances). Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'. The ratings above were solicited by, or on behalf of, the issuer, and therefore, Fitch has been compensated for the provision of the ratings. Applicable Criteria and Related Research: --'Global Financial Institutions Rating Criteria' (Aug. 15, 2012); --'Rating FI Subsidiaries and Holding Companies' (Aug. 10, 2012); --'Investment Manager and Alternative Funds Criteria' (Dec. 23, 2011); --'National Ratings Criteria' (Jan. 19, 2011). Applicable Criteria and Related Research Global Financial Institutions Rating Criteria http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=686181 Rating FI Subsidiaries and Holding Companies http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=679209 Investment Manager and Alternative Funds Criteria http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=696673 National Ratings Criteria http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=595885 ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS. PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY'S PUBLIC WEBSITE 'WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM'. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. 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How does the Holy Spirit relate to my mind? What did the apostles teach about the Spirit? If we want the life and peace the Holy Spirit promises we must take responsibility for submitting our thoughts to him.
How does the Holy Spirit relate to my will? Understanding what it means to "walk" as referred to in Galatians 5:16-26 is crucial. We must recognize that this is not a one-time event. I must choose to submit my will to him over and over every day. The focus is on individual steps. He makes a step, I make one as well. These steps are often small and I don't necessarily see where they are going. Walking int he Spirit is not complicated and brings much freedom. Our responsibility is just to keep in step with him - his responsibility is to change us and take us in the right direction. The fruit of the Spirit is a natural outgrowth of this way of living. If we don't see the fruit it is an indication that we are not walking with the Spirit. We need to solve the problem by addressing the cause, not just trying to change the symptoms.
How is a person filled with the Holy Spirit? I am filled with the Spirit when His presence, influence and control penetrate every corner of my life (John 12:3). How can I be more filled with the Spirit? Ask him to show you any areas of your life not yet yielded to him. Then give these to him. Seek his filling in prayer and dependence. Accept his filling in faith (John 7:37-39, Acts 1:14).
Dave Patty answers questions from the audience on how to apply this teaching in daily life.
What did Jesus teach about the Spirit? He promised a Counselor. John 14:15-17, John 14:25-27, John 15:6-15, Acts 1:4-8


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ESSAY: Going on a Delegation to Get at the Truth
by Elvia R. Arriola, Executive Director, WOMEN ON THE BORDER, December 2014
This essay provides the history of our organization, Women on the Border and an overview of our typical, collaborative NAFTA or "solidarity" delegations. It is essential background information for another essay forthcoming in 2015 — a comprehensive report about the May 2014 "Journey of an Immigrant" Delegation in which delegates toured the South Texas Detention Center at Pearsall, Texas. Read more…
ONLINE JOURNAL: Social Justice Today is an online, quarterly, not-for-profit journal which seeks to unite academics and other citizens passionate about social issues. We are interested in social, political, pedagogical, and cultural essays which examine issues of civic significance within a social justice framework.
- Social Justice Today, Volume I, Number 1, Spring 2012
- Social Justice Today, Volume I, Number 2, Summer 2012
- Social Justice Today, Volume I, Number 3, Fall 2012 Includes writings inspired by the May 2012 Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera delegation to the Rio Grande Valley to witness the human impact of immigration and free trade law and policy at the Mexican border
LAW JOURNAL ARTICLE: Voices from the Barbed Wires of Despair: Women in the Maquiladoras, Latina Critical Theory, and Gender at the U.S.-Mexico Border
by Elvia R. Arriola, DePaul Law Review, Volume 49, Spring 2000, Number 3, Page 729.
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We never had a fixed production standard; we just had to make as many dolls as the supervisor wanted, the number demanded by the buyer. All of us girls stood in a kind of circle, and as the conveyor belt went by, some of us grabbed the dolls to dress them, and the rest did other things to the dolls. The pace was so swift that very quickly the dolls began to stack up. When that happened the supervisor would come to reprimand us, and we just got more agitated.
– Elena, a maquiladora worker.
One time I had just spoken with one of the girls about our treatment in the workplace, and right away the boss knew about it. All I tried to do was organize study groups for women who had never finished primary school, because their general awareness is quite limited. Some cannot even add or subtract, which indicates the kind of barriers there are to improving workers' lives.
– Alma, a maquiladora worker.
The Maquiladoras: Licensed to Exploit, Profit, and Oppress
It is not difficult to pick out the setting of a maquiladora in a Mexican border city. Their physical infrastructure broadcasts power: state-of-the-art manufacturing, assembly and packing plants, modern industrial parks, huge truck parking facilities, powerful electric lights, massive water tanks, and in some, beautifully landscaped exteriors. The maquiladora zone is served by large highways, railroad tracks, and trucking terminals. Small airports serve trafficking between sister cities' twin plants.Warehouses and assembly buildings are policed by guards and officials, who watch day, night, and weekends the entrances of grounds surrounded by tall chain link fences. The atmosphere communicates efficiency and the import and export movement runs as smoothly as possible. The loud sounds of machinery can be heard from a few buildings even late on a Saturday, giving the impression of a twenty-four hour operation. Across the street, in contrast, there are literally rows and rows of tiny shacks mixed in with the occasional string of company houses on unpaved streets. Some of the shacks in the colonias are made of tar paper, cast off pieces of industrial waste, cement blocks, and cardboard. The nicer company houses are brightly painted, but all are hovels in comparison to the wealth and power that emanates from the small industrial city of maquiladoras.
Continued…As of April 1999, there were 4,235 maquiladoras operating in Mexico. These industries were initiated as part of the Border Industrialization Program, a bi-lateral predecessor to NAFTA negotiated between Mexico and the United States in 1965.Their name is derived from maquila that once referred to the miller's practice of keeping a portion of the grain as a form of payment. Today, the term maquiladora refers to the factories on Mexican soil that assemble raw material components of foreign- owned enterprises, most of which have been manufactured in America.Generally, they share the following characteristics:
(1) being American subsidiaries or contract affiliates under Mexican or foreign ownership;
(2) principally engaged in the assembly of components (e.g., radio cassettes, television, small appliances), the processing of primary materials or the production of intermediate or final products;
(3) that import most or all primary materials and components from American plants and re-export them to the United States; and that
(4) are labor intensive.
The maquiladoras are also repressive technological and management systems that in just a few decades have transformed the economic, political, and ecological landscapes of the Southwestern region we know as the U.S.-Mexico border. They have been labeled "the terror of the machine," the historic legacy to the industrialization philosophy of Henry Ford, who introduced automation and the segmentation of workers into unthinking "factory idiots." [At their core, the maquiladoras do seem to reproduce that mastermind labor philosophy, which viewed it essential for the competitive manufacturer in a capitalist labor economy to strip the worker of any independent possession of skill, knowledge, and power over the end product in order to achieve mass output.
The less the worker knows about the specific connection of a task to another, the better for the manufacturer since thinking prevents high-speed and mass production:
I handle thousands and thousands of pieces of card stock daily. I do up to ninety-five or one hundred boxes of 260 cassettes. That is I pack some twenty-five thousand or twenty-six thousand little boxes a day. I get bored, I get annoyed, I curse. I take a trip to the bathroom.
– Angelita, maquiladora worker.
In line with this Fordist labor philosophy the maquiladoras have indeed replicated its trio of essential elements–the five dollar day, assembly line production, and the "social department," the presumed moral authority of the boss to dictate workplace rules of conduct on the line and outside the factory.
Yesterday . . . they put me on a task that I don't do. They assigned me to put cassettes in the cases. I don't know how to do that the way it's supposed to be done. I don't have any experience. The supervisor put me on it because I refused to switch from day to night shift for a few days. She assigned me the job as a form of punishment.
– Angelita, a maquiladora worker.
The price of mass production is not only a bored worker but one whose livelihood depends on being able to keep up with an incredibly fast pace of production. As one writer describes the attitude of the maquiladora boss, he is likely to ask himself at the day's beginning, "how can I get the most out of my workers today, rather than how can I increase productivity?"There is never any concern expressed for the impact of high production quotas on the workers:
I have to work rapidly despite perspiration and back pain. If I don't work rapidly, I don't meet the quota; then I get nervous and they get on me. There is no feeling more desperate than seeing the pieces accumulate while your companions go on working. On various occasions I've had the urge to cry, scream, to leave everything and run out, to start some other job and to stop doing the same old thing.
– Angela, a maquiladora worker.
Meanwhile, business merchants of the new "transnational capitalist class" created by the maquiladoras have only praise for this booming industry whose draw to foreign investors is primarily the lowered production costs, i.e., the ability to pay workers in a devalued Mexican currency.An Internet homepage entitled, "Advancing Women," under the Latino Business link, ironically describes the maquiladora industry as a "marriage of the best of both worlds."Management firms dedicated to helping American businesses tout the benefits as (1) saving money by performing labor intensive manufacturing and repair operations; (2) enjoying the benefits of NAFTA for exports back into the United States and Canada; and (3) offering an attractive environment for maquiladora manufacturing and repair operations.
According to the Mexican National Institute of Statistics ("INEGI") the maquiladora industry falls into seven broad categories: textile and garments, electrical and electronic, furniture and wood, services, chemical products, auto parts, and other industries.They employ over 1,000,000 workers in the borderlands alone, a trend which is only moving towards greater and faster development. Critics of the increased expansion argue that the impact of the maquiladora system on the workers is a very high price for modernization in Mexico.Indeed, to other critics the term maquis is a nickname for sweatshop,the "graveyard of American union labor," or a labor policy that ties women to the "bonds of patriarchy and capitalist exploitation."


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