Bears Hall of Famer Dan Hampton Refuses White House Invite

Seen on Yahoo! Sports "Shutdown Corner" - here is the link to Chris Chase's blog post (text of the original post is included below my comments)
Bears Hall of Famer Hampton refuses White House invite

My comments on Hampton's reasons :

1) Makes sense to me.   This White House seems to be pretty good at NOT inviting people who are central to an important event - witness the first responders NOT invited to the 10th Anniversary Memorial service at Ground Zero. 
(and this is the most i've said on this blog about Obama's snub of the first responders because it makes me *so* mad I can't even speak about it)

2) I COMPLETELY empathize with this reasoning - more than once I've had the hypothetical discussion with friends "What would you do if you were invited to the White House".   My answer now (and during one previous administration) was "I respect the office but not the current holder of the office - I'll frame the invitation but I'm not going." 
[Yes, Chase says this reason is "petty" but hey, I said I would frame the invitation. And having "a friend that's a Democrat - i have many - is quite a bit different than "let's go visit the ____ that is doing his dead level best to ruin everything that is great about America."  It is DISTINCTLY different Chris.]

3) Chase & I agree - Hampton is right, Obama should let it go already.  And Chase makes the valid point that inviting other (pre-1984 Championship) teams that never received an invitation in the first place is just as valid as Obama's thinly veiled excuse to have "Da Bears" in the White House.

And here is Chris Chase's original post (after a quick [shameless] copy/paste)

By Chris Chase                                 Wed Sep 28 04:59pm EDT
Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Dan Hampton won't be attending the team's visit to the White House next month. The Hall of Famer told WLS-890 in Chicago that his decision is based on a "personal choice."
President Obama invited the 1985 Super Bowl championship team to visit Washington, D.C., earlier this month. The Bears had been scheduled to meet with President Reagan in January of 1986, but the Challenger disaster forced the White House to cancel the planned meeting.
Hampton gave three reasons for not attending:

1. Wives and children of the players weren't invited.

That does seem like an oversight by whoever planned the meeting. Granted, children of the players are most likely adults by now so it's not like a 5-year-old is getting snubbed, but surely the White House could have pulled out some more folding chairs for the event.

2. He says he's "not a fan of the guy in the White House."

A frequent reason given by those who decline White House invites, whether it be for Obama or any president who came before him. This sounds lame and takes a tremendous lack of perspective. Declining an opportunity to go to the White House and shake hands with the President of the United States because you don't like the guy's opinion on health care seems petty. Does Hampton not have any friends who are Democrats?

3. "It was 25 years ago. Let it go."

I'm sort of on Hampton's side on this one (though not enough to make it a valid excuse for declining). It's not like every Super Bowl team was going to the White House back then; the Bears were only the second team to get the invite. The 25-year-old canceled visit is a thinly veiled excuse to invite the team from Obama's adopted hometown for a visit. What about other championship squads? Where's John Riggins' and The Hogs' invite? The 1974 Dolphins can't get any love?! (And Florida's a swing state, Barack!)

180 Movie - Trailer

From a "friend" on a social media site (not sure how he found me but we both lean hard to the right)

Some of you will recognize the voice of the interviewer - this trailer is for a half hour film that he released September 26 (through non-traditional channels).    And this is not his usual "issue".

You can see the entire 33 minute film here.

I included "politicians" in the tags because a *very famous* politician is mentioned as part of the argument made here.    I would be interested to know whether anybody feels that the references to the past politicain make this a fallacious argument.

(from the email bag) BIRTH CERTIFICATE FORGER COMES FORWARD

(from an email I received in August 2011)
[and] CLAIMS WHITE HOUSE & SNOPES.COM POSTED THE

SHORT FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE HE CREATED

Remember Barack Obama's widely-circulated short form "Certificate of Live Birth" called a COLB, posted by supposed fact checkers Snopes.com, the DNC and even the White House? Dr. Ron Polland, does; he claims he created it. Now he has released all his information, providing what looks like irrefutable Proof Positive evidence that HE, not the State of Hawaii, created Obama's Certificate of Live Birth – the short form certificate that for over two years was cited by the Obama election campaign, his media claque and even the White House to "prove" that Americans concerned with Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to hold office were crazy racists. Those of us who have been demanding an authenticated long form Birth Certificate from Hawaii were, it seems, among those NOT fooled by a fraudulent document. [emphasis mine]

In 2007 Dr. Polland, a computer graphics expert, created a short form Certificate of Live Birth with Barack Obama's name on it, just to show how easily a forgery could be made. He stored this example in an open, online photo sharing program called "photobucket" under the screen name "Polarik". In 2008, the White House claimed they had received an official copy of Barry's short form birth certificate, scanned it and posted the image online. Here's the catch; the link the White House provided to view the document was sourced through Snopes.com, a self-described "myth busting" website. Snopes.com proudly claimed THE certificate was ‘The real McCoy'. But incredibly – the image Snopes provided actually linked back to Pollard's concocted copy stored in his photobucket file. In fact, when you highlighted the image Snopes and the White House posted, the source came up as

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn227/Polarik/BO_Birth_Certificate.jpg

Ask yourself, if the White House had received the short form Certificate of Live Birth directly from the State of Hawaii, had scanned and posted it themselves as they claimed, why would their supposedly authentic image link to Polarik's "photobucket " image? Why was there no White House server or government data source as the original hosting site for this "document" image?

ACT NOW – DEMAND YOUR STATE REQUIRE PROOF POSITIVE EVIDENCE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE – AN ORIGINAL, LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

If Snopes.com really were the fact checkers and myth busters they claim to be, why would they have "validated" Pollard's "Polarik" forgery?

Here's a fun little fact about the Internet – it is almost impossible to completely "scrub", i.e. remove, something from the web. It is after all a computer program. And as such, it documents everything… including Snopes.com's apparent incompetence and Barack Hussein Obama's fraud.

There is much more to know about recent developments in the long form, short form document fraud as the Obama eligibility scandal unfolds. ACT NOW – AND SEE WHAT MORE DOCUMENT FRAUD IS INVOLVED!

It is VITALLY important that we ACT NOW to protect ourselves from the constitutional crisis, identity fraud, and massive scandal being perpetrated by the man acting as President of the United States. We cannot allow this act of usurpation to continue unchallenged into a second term, and subsequently risk destroying what is left of Liberty, the Constitution and America. The answer is simple, BUT WE MUST ACT NOW!

No more scanned digital copies. We demand that in each and every State of this great nation, every Presidential candidate must provide to the State authorities with full public transparency an original, certified and authenticated Long Form Birth Certificate. Eligibility for office MUST be irrefutably proven prior to being placed on the ballot!

For more information Select Here to go to Proof-Positive.com
In Liberty,

The REAL Myth Busters – The Editors at Proof Positive

Dies y Seis de Septiembre (Mexican Independence Day)

Yesterday, in honor of Mexican Independence Day, I was wearing my Mexican soccer jersey - the one styled after their 2006 World Cup uniforms.

Since we were headed out the door to a friend's house, I grabbed a green cap instead of my standard NRA cap to "go with" the jersey.  The cap I chose has "U. S. Border Patrol" emblazoned on the front.    When we got to my friend's house another friend said "Wow, you are really sending a mixed message with your Mexico shirt and your Border Patrol hat!"  Before I could say *anything* a third friend said "Oh No He's Not!"

Who cares, right?   The part that is funny to me is that the guy who made the crack about a "mixed message" is a legal immigrant to this country (from another continent).    Also the friend that jumped to my defense is Hispanic (born here in the USA).

I say all that to lead into this - apparently a Majority Of Latinos In Arizona Supported the much ballyhooed Arizona immigration law, commonly referred to as Arizona SB 1070.     I know, the fact that Latinos supported the law didn't get much (if any) airtime from the "Mainstream Media" but then again, the "MSM" also seemed to neglect to mention the fact that this law basically supports existing Federal regulations.

This is not to mention the fact that, considering everything my buddy from another continent had to go through to get here, I would think he would be vehemenantly opposed to illegal immigration and acutely aware of the fact that people who do not go through the proper channels are breaking the law.

True Colors

Ron Paul says some things that make sense BUT at the GOP debate on 9/12/11 he really let his true colors come out.   (I don't know whether his statistics about the rate that Al-Queda is attacking "American interests" are accurate or not)     He was apparently trying to slide thru with the same song he has for years that "we shouldn't be spending so much money on wars overseas" and Sen. Rick Santorum held Ron Paul's feet to the fire.   You can see in the clip below that he receives a smattering of applause on his point that "how would we feel if China occupied our cities?" but keep watching.  Santorum starts at about 1:55.    And if you listen closely to Paul in his rebuttal of Santorum, he misquotes what Santorum said.   Santorum said nothing about "the whole Muslim world" - strawman argument (busted).   I also get the feeling from this video that Ron Paul is NO friend of Israel.

Silent Too Long

Hello All,  
      As the title of this post states, I have been silent on this blog for too long.     Now that the "Obamanation" has announced his re-election campaign, I will use this blog to help publicize the inconsistencies between "candidate Obama" and "President Obama".      There are MANY more reasons not to re-elect this man, but we'll start there.
      One quick example - here is a new definition of irony : A car with three bumper stickers "End the War", "No New Wars" and the third bumper sticker says "Obama 08".
      Tell me again, besides his "Apology Tour" and setting new deficit records, what has this man accomplished?

First Lady may have violated Illinois election laws

By Jessica Puente - The Daily Caller
Published: 6:27 PM 10/14/2010
Updated: 11:15 PM 10/14/2010
 http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/14/first-lady-may-have-violated-illinois-election-laws/

First Lady Michelle Obama reportedly violated Illinois election laws by encouraging voters to support President Obama at a polling place in Chicago Thursday morning.

Election laws in Illinois prohibit anyone from engaging in “any political discussion within any polling place,” or “within 100 feet of any polling place.”

The first lady was reportedly speaking with other voters in a polling place and urged them to keep President Obama’s agenda going.
“Technical violation, perhaps. But what are mere technical violations of voting laws to the Obama administration!” said Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch, a conservative, non-partisan, public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption.

Illinois law has a broad-ban on any person engaging in political discussion within the polling place.

“Even if her conversations didn’t constitute electioneering, they almost certainly violated the broader Sec. 17-29 ban on engaging in ‘any political discussion within any polling place,’” said Charlie Spies, an election attorney with Clark Hill, PLC.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/14/first-lady-may-have-violated-illinois-election-laws/

I think its pretty safe to move this one from the "may have" column and put it in the "PROBABLY DID VIOLATE THE LAW" column.    I'm just saying.

Federal Light Bulb Ban Creating Jobs in China

A federal law banning ordinary incandescent light bulbs has already had a negative effect on the American economy — GE has closed its last major bulb producing factory in the United States, creating job opportunities in China.

Legislation enacted in 2007 orders the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs beginning with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 and ending with the 40-watt light in 2014. These bulbs cannot meet efficiency requirements dictated by law.

Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are the least expensive alternative. But the manufacture of CFLs is “labor intensive and too expensive to be done at U.S. wage rates,” according to a report from The Heartland Institute, which estimates that domestically produced CFLs would be 50 percent more expensive than bulbs manufactured in China.

So instead of retrofitting its plant in Winchester, Va., to produce CFLs, GE closed the plant in September and laid off 200 workers.

CFLs are already being manufactured in China, and increasing American demand will no doubt create new jobs there.

As the Insider Report disclosed earlier, while CFLs use about 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and last far longer, they cost significantly more, take longer to turn on, can flicker, and contain small amounts of highly toxic mercury, which creates problems for users when they break or need to be disposed of after they burn out.

“Environmental activists and their allies in Washington were either too ignorant of basic economics to see these job losses coming, or they were simply too callous to really care,” said Heartland Institute science director Jay Lehr.

“Either way, compact fluorescent light bulbs in the real world fail to live up to environmental promises, unnecessarily subject American households to toxic mercury, produce poor-quality light, and are sending American workers to the unemployment line.”

And Sam Kazman, general counsel for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said: “If the new energy-saving technologies being pushed by government are really that good, then we don’t need government to mandate them. And if they are being mandated, that’s a sure sign that they’re not very good.”

Three Republican members of Congress — Joe Barton, Marsha Blackburn and Michael Burgess — have introduced a bill that would repeal the ban on the incandescent bulb.

The three said in an article on The Daily Caller: “The unanticipated consequence of the ’07 act — layoffs in the middle of a desperate recession — is what sometimes happens when politicians think they know better than consumers and workers.”

SOURCE : newsmax.com

Where Are Obama's Jobs?

From an email I received yesterday about Obama's supposed "Summer of Recovery" : (the emphasis is mine)

Two months ago, President Obama proclaimed this summer the "Summer of Economic Recovery," insisting that his $862 billion stimulus bill has yet to make its biggest impact and that we've "turned the corner" on the economy.

But where is the proof behind the president's statement? Labor Day is almost here and there has not been one tangible sign of economic improvement over the last 60 days. If anything, we see data that points to a more severe economic situation than predicted. Last week, new unemployment claims rose to 479,000, with another 19,000 Americans losing their jobs in just one week.

So I ask President Obama to please show us where exactly the recovery has been.

The stimulus bill failed miserably, yet the White House continues to credit it with having a positive impact on the economy and saving thousands of jobs across the country. But it's clear to anyone with a good business sense that the White House's propaganda is just plain wrong. Small businesses are the backbone of America, and only when they have the financial security to begin hiring in extensive numbers will economic stability return. And that will only happen when President Obama and the Democratic Congress finally realize that it's the private sector that creates real jobs, not the government.

America's economic recovery and the restoration of jobs will not be a result of government spending or taxpayer-funded bailouts, but rather private industry being relieved of high taxes and backbreaking government regulations. Skyrocketing corporate taxes have crippled the private sector and slowed economic growth for the second straight quarter.

The Obama Administration has failed to fix the economy because their strategy is to grow the size of the government and raise our taxes to pay for it. Fiscal conservative policies of small government, low taxes and minimal regulations are the answer to America's economic troubles. Unless we want to spiral into a double dip recession - an economic crisis that could put future American prosperity in jeopardy - we must act now. Restoring our conservative values in Washington this fall is imperative.

The only unemployment claims that should be filed in the next several months are those of the Members of Congress who have yet to get our economy on track. They [Congress] should be the only unemployed Americans.

Okay, Obama / Biden / Reid / Pelosi - the ball is in your court (and has been for two years now) show us where you are creating jobs or shut up and get out of the way of the private sector.

11 Reasons to Vote for Democrats in November

I apologize for Charlie Rangel's bad language - but you really need to see this video.

UN Gun Ban to Register All Firearms

I received this yesterday Tuesday August 10, 2010 from Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA).    

The main point is:

 The UN wants to make all firearms subject to international law. The Small Arms Ban will:   

• Prohibit firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public.
• Prohibit any transfer of firearm ownership.  
• Require US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment.  
• Require micro-stamping on all guns.
• Destruction of "excess" firearms.

The full email follows:

ALERT: CCRKBA's Jullianne Versnel participated at the UN on the Arms Trade Treaty Prep Committee to fight for YOUR GUN RIGHTS. The social bureaucrats at the UN will stop at nothing to ERADICATE the Second Amendment. The globalist gun agenda supported by Obama is pushing for TOTAL GUN CONFISCATION.

In June, Jullianne's husband, Alan Gottlieb, Founder and Executive Director of CCRKBA successfully fought the socialist bureaucrats at the UN to veto language in the UN Small Arms and Light Weapons Programme of Action to defend the Second Amendment as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) delegate. But that success was short lived and the fight is far from over. Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives were told that the majority of the meetings would be closed to them.

TELL THE ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT LIBERALS WE ARE NOT GIVING UP OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WITHOUT A FIGHT

STOP the UN Small Arms Ban Fax All 100 Senators (contact ccrkba)

The critical discussions on the scope of the treaty will have no input from any non-governmental entity. Scope is critical in the Arms Trade Ban process. In North America, some Pan Asian Countries and in some other parts of the world, the arms that we expect to have covered in this treaty are nuclear weapons. In much of Europe and most all of Africa, the delegates anticipate that the Arms Trade Ban will cover rifles, shotguns, handguns and ammunition as well. 

There appears little doubt that some sort of treaty will be adopted as early as 2012. It is anticipated that the final treaty will attempt to register all firearms, require micro-stamping, destruction of surplus ammunition on a very set schedule, registration of all firearms and restriction on any transfer of arms including between private individuals and many other restrictions. If the United States is a signatory and this is ratified by the U.S. Senate, this UN treaty would be the law. On October 30, 2009, UN members and the United States voted in favor of an Arms Trade Ban.

The UN has an aggressive schedule of meetings planned to push for these restrictions and we will be there representing you in every way we can. We will be at the CTOP/COP meeting in Vienna the week of October 18 and a General Assembly meeting at the end of October. In January, the five permanent members of the Security Council will meet and this is on the agenda. There will be another Arms Trade Ban Preparatory meeting at the end of February in New York. The regional UNIDIR meeting sponsored by the EU will start in March. We will come full circle with the Programme of Action Experts Meeting in May 2011 and the July 17-21 ATT Preparatory meeting that is expected to offer the final draft to the treaty. 

STOP the UN Small Arms Ban Fax All 100 Senators (contact your representative)

The UN wants to make all firearms subject to international law. The Small Arms Ban will:

• Prohibit firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public.
• Prohibit any transfer of firearm ownership.
• Require US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment.
• Require micro-stamping on all guns.
• Destruction of "excess" firearms.

Guns protect citizens from governments who abuse their power. (emphasis mine) The only thing keeping the United States from Obama turning our country into a Marxist Socialist country is our right to bear arms. With a guy like Obama in power it is terrifying to think what would happen to our country if we didn't have our Second Amendment Rights. The UN's solution is to take away guns from all "insurgents." Our founding fathers were considered insurgents. Our Democracy could not have been made possible if it weren't for their courage and access to firearms. If there was a Small Arms Treaty in 1776 our country would not exist. The UN believes anyone fighting for freedom should be considered a threat and wants to leave the world defenseless against tyrannical governments.

Get Your Sticker - STOP the UN Small Arms Ban - Fax All 100 Senators and Tell Obama to Keep the "Change" (conservative bumper stickers)

DON'T LET THE UN BUREAUCRATS LEAVE OUR DEMOCRACY DEFENSELESS

Obama and Hilary want to bring our country to it's knees to pass more laws until our Constitution is totally annihilated. And they are pretty close to accomplishing that. The Small Arms Treaty could become law as soon as 2012 if the U.S. signs the treaty and the Senate ratifies it. In two years your guns could be confiscated and destroyed. And of course, you would be under suspicion from the gun czars for having the audacity to even exercising your Second Amendment Rights in the first place. If this treaty passes, America would be swept up in a frenzied witch hunt to locate the "bad gun owners" to destroy their weapons. Law abiding Americans would be left defenseless against not only the tyranny of our government, but against the increasing violence and danger erupting in our country.

IF THE UN GUN TREATY PASSES YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL BE SITTING DUCKS FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS

(i added this but i think it makes the same point)

  

THIS IS NOT A FIGHT WE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE

Keep calling your Senators today, toll free numbers include 1-877-851-6437 and 1-866-220-0044, or call toll 1-202-225-3121 AND REGISTER YOU'RE OUTRAGE at ongoing efforts to take guns away!

CALL PRESIDENT Obama, 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414 expressing your disdain and ABSOLUTE REJECTION of all GUN BANS.

DO NOT BE SILENCED - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

NOTE: We need TENS OF THOUSANDS of faxes and PHONE CALLS and EMAILS delivered to ALL Senators right away!

For our projects to be successful, we must count on the voluntary financial support from individuals like you who care.

Your contribution of $20 or $25 is urgently needed today. If you can afford to send $50 or $100 or more it would truly be a godsend.

SELECT HERE DONATE NOW - The rights you save may be your own!

Remember, protecting our freedom is not inexpensive.

But then, it's impossible to put a price tag on freedom.

Together, we can preserve the Constitutional rights our Founding Fathers intended our people to have forever.

For more information about CCRKBA go to http://www.ccrkba.org/

Thank you. I know I can count on you.

Sincerely,
Alan Gottlieb

Chairman

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

If you prefer to donate by check, please mail to:

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Reporters vs. Conservative Black Leaders at Press Conference 8 4 2010

The main stream media seems to be having a really hard time accepting the fact that there are black conservatives.     Here is a piece of video from a press conference held just a few days ago by conservative black leaders.

Permitting citizens to own firearms will go a long way to curbing crime

The entire article can be found here in engineering news.

The article's author mentions various pieces of legislation around the world and then makes the observation

Is there any evidence that the crooks now have fewer guns? I do not think so.

So, in effect, the gun laws keep the crooks armed and curtail the ability of law-abiding citizens to fight back.

To put it bluntly, yes.

Eternal Vigilance

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance" Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson

Educate yourself about this current administration. btw, listening to a sound bite from the main stream media does NOT count as "educating yourself". Check many sources. Look at the motivations behind the actions, don't believe the hype.

Minorities

I received this as an email.      Feel free to pass it along or comment.

We need to show more sympathy for these people.

* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day ~ every day.


I'm not talking about illegal immigrants ~ I'm talking about our troops!


Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegal’s, but don't support our troops, and are even threatening to defund them?


Please pass this on; this is worth the short time it takes to read it.