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Now that he is President of the United States of America what can we see coming from Pres. Barack Obama?
Post Date: 11th Mar, 2009 - 7:44pm / Post ID: #

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I think it is going to ba very interesting place in the world the next few months. It will be even more interesting when these foreign countries decide that America needs to pay their bill.

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11th Mar, 2009 - 8:31pm / Post ID: #

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We need to cut that foriegn spending and reestablish our own countries. If we do perhaps new feild can establish buisness here. Let gm go die and encourage new american and Canadaian companies to start with better cheaper products that can compete in the world.


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12th Mar, 2009 - 12:09am / Post ID: #

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Did anyone notice that Pres. Obama always publicly speaks out against pork in Bills in front of the media but at the same time signed the most recent porkiest Bill in total media silence? People are actually getting upset over this, including some Democrats.


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14th Mar, 2009 - 11:20pm / Post ID: #

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Politics as usual. So much for 'Change,' eh? Did anyone *really* expect him to do anything differently than any other career politician?

Rather off topic, but...
There is a new bumper sticker very popular in my neck of the woods: "I'll cling to my guns, my religion, and my money. You can keep your Change!"


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15th Mar, 2009 - 8:14am / Post ID: #

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I think this pretty much sums up my opinion on the next move and all following with our current strategy...

I am just waiting for the end of the movie where Obama finds out that Darth Clinton is really his father.

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Post Date: 16th Mar, 2009 - 2:22pm / Post ID: #

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Obama's No Socialist. I Should Know.
By Billy Wharton

Socialists know that Barack Obama is not one of us. Not only is he not a socialist, he may in fact not even be a liberal. Socialists understand him more as a hedge-fund Democrat -- one of a generation of neoliberal politicians firmly committed to free-market policies. Ref. Source 1

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16th Mar, 2009 - 2:55pm / Post ID: #

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Socialist or not Obama is one big spender of my money. As a tax payer in America I'm appauled at the way this new administration is spending money on bonuses and pet projects.


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18th Mar, 2009 - 3:11am / Post ID: #

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Well, quietly, one of Obama's next moves has just happened. If I were a airline pilot, I would be supremely ....

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Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Washington Times

After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings.

Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.

The Obama administration this past week diverted some $2 million from the pilot training program to hire more supervisory staff, who will engage in field inspections of pilots.

This looks like completely unnecessary harassment of the pilots. The 12,000 Federal Flight Deck Officers, the pilots who have been approved to carry guns, are reported to have the best behavior of any federal law enforcement agency. There are no cases where any of them has improperly brandished or used a gun. There are just a few cases where officers have improperly used their IDs.

Fewer than one percent of the officers have any administrative actions brought against them and, we are told, virtually all of those cases "are trumped up."

Take a case against one flight officer who had visited the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles within the last few weeks. While there, the pilot noticed that federal law enforcement officers can, with the approval of a superior, obtain a license plate that cannot be traced, a key safety feature for law enforcement personnel. So the pilot asked if, as a member of the federal program, he was eligible. The DMV staffer checked and said "no." The next day administrative actions were brought against the pilot for "misrepresenting himself." These are the kinds of cases that President Obama wants to investigate.

Since Mr. Obama's election, pilots have told us that the approval process for letting pilots carry guns on planes slowed significantly. Last week the problem went from bad to worse. Federal Flight Deck Officers - the pilots who have been approved to carry guns - indicate that the approval process has stalled out.

Pilots cannot openly speak about the changing policies for fear of retaliation from the Transportation Security Administration. Pilots who act in any way that causes a "loss of confidence" in the armed pilot program risk criminal prosecution as well as their removal from the program. Despite these threats, pilots in the Federal Flight Deck Officers program have raised real concerns in multiple interviews.

Arming pilots after Sept. 11 was nothing new. Until the early 1960s, American commercial passenger pilots on any flight carrying U.S. Mail were required to carry handguns. Indeed, U.S. Pilots were still allowed to carry guns until as recently as 1987. There are no records that any of these pilots (either military or commercial) ever causing any significant problems.

Screening of airplane passengers is hardly perfect. While armed marshals are helpful, the program covers less than 3 percent of the flights out of Washington D.C.'s three airports and even fewer across the country. Sky marshals are costly and quit more often than other law-enforcement officers.

Armed pilots are a cost-effective backup layer of security. Terrorists can only enter the cockpit through one narrow entrance, and armed pilots have some time to prepare themselves as hijackers penetrate the strengthened cockpit doors. With pilots, we have people who are willing to take on the burden of protecting the planes for free. About 70 percent of the pilots at major American carriers have military backgrounds.

Frankly, as a matter of pure politics, we cannot understand what the administration is thinking. Nearly 40 House Democrats are in districts were the NRA is more popular than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. We can't find any independent poll in which the public is demanding that pilots disarm. Why does this move make sense?

Only anti-gun extremists and terrorist recruits are worried about armed pilots. So why is the Obama administration catering to this tiny lobby at the expense of public safety?



All I can say is that if you dont trust the pilot of your aircraft to have a gun, why allow him behind the controls of a airplane with hundreds of people. We all know what can happen with planes and buildings...


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