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Written by Stephen Rhodes on February 13, 2010 - Comments No Comments

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Impeach Obama Campaign

Written by Stephen Rhodes on October 28, 2009 - Comments 1 Comment

Folks, not only is this appeal from just myself, but from Floyd Brown. In case you’re wondering who he is, here’s a bit of info about him:

Most people know him as the man behind the infamous Willie Horton Ad that sunk the presidential aspirations of Governor Michael Dukakis, or for the pivotal work in support of the confirmation of Justice Clarence Thomas. 

He was also among the first to sound the alarm on the Clinton Whitewater scandal as well as the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide of White House Counsel Vince Foster during the early Clinton years. 

And when it comes to the subject of impeachment, He’s been down this road and trod this ground before. 

He was among the first, to rally for the impeachment of Bill Clinton back in the summer of 1994 when it was not a popular subject with the political elites (on both sides of the aisle) in Washington. 

It was a massive, difficult and historical undertaking. 

But the House of Representatives did eventually advance Articles of Impeachment against Bill Clinton and 45 and 50 United States Senators respectively voted to convict Bill Clinton on the two counts that were advanced in the Senate. 

That’s nothing to sneeze at… nothing to be ashamed of… . 

And when it comes to the subject of the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama, he and I will say this much… Barack Hussein Obama is no Bill Clinton. 

There’s an old expression; you’re known by the company you keep. 

However, I also believe that there is no truer barometer of a person’s character and effectiveness in battle than those who stand in opposition to that person and things they say about that person. 

And, to be quite blunt, liberals, for years now, have foamed at the mouth at the mention of my name. 

During the presidential election, CNN called Gary: “An old right-wing attack dog has returned with a new target: Barack Obama.” 

George Stephanopoulos once called him “a slimy thug for hire.” 

Not a true statement by any stretch of the imagination, but coming from Stephanopoulos, he considers it a compliment.

Now, about the Impeach Obama campaign.

Right here and right now, you can add your voice to ours… and add your name to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama.

Why are we calling for the Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama? 

Radio-personality Tammy Bruce may have said it best:

“Ultimately, it comes down to… the fact that he seems to have, it seems to me, some malevolence toward this country, which is unabated.”

Oh… there are many reasons to call for the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama and there is more than just cause to call for his impeachment.

But as Bruce said, Obama’s “unabated malevolence toward this country, which is unabated” makes it all the more imperative that we take action now… without delay.

How long must we wait… how long should we sit back and permit Barack Hussein Obama to rip apart the fabric of this country before we take action?

  • Are you terrified at Barack Obama’s campaign to change our country into a third-world nation?
  • Are you willing to sit back and watch Obama bulldoze our great nation?
  • Are you willing to let him construct a totalitarian regime… fascism, socialism, Obamaism… take your pick?

If any of the above scenarios concern you… click here.

At the very least, fire a shot across the bow… a shot that will be heard around the world… and send Barack Hussein Obama a clear and unmistakable message that he does not have carte blanche to ruin the United States of America.

     As the late former President Ronald Reagan once said, “If not us, then who; if not now, then when.”

Can we actually impeach Barack Hussein Obama? Should we impeach Barack Hussein Obama? To borrow a phrase from the “anointed-one,” … “yes we can.”

But before going on, we really need to address the often misunderstood subject of what exactly constitutes an impeachable offense, in order to illustrate that Barack Obama’s actions are grave enough to warrant impeachment. 

Former President Gerald Ford, while serving in the House of Representatives, said an impeachable offense was, “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.” 

Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” 

The key phrase here is “high crimes and misdemeanors,” a concept in English Common Law that was well-known to our Founding Fathers but is grossly misunderstood in this day and age. 

“High crimes and misdemeanors” essentially means bad behavior. 

Here’s a passage from C-Span.org which succinctly and beautifully summarizes the historical significance surrounding the inclusion of the term “high crimes and misdemeanors” in the Constitution:

“‘High crimes and misdemeanors’ entered the text of the Constitution due to George Mason and James Madison. Mason had argued that the reasons given for impeachment – treason and bribery – were not enough. He worried that other “great and dangerous offenses” might not be covered… so Mason then proposed ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ a phrase well-known in English common law. In 18th century language, a ‘misdemeanor’ meant ‘mis-demeanor,’ or bad behavior.” 

In other words, “high crimes and misdemeanors” does not refer to a criminal act (as some would lead you to believe) and our Founding Fathers fully intended to allow for the removal of the President for actions which were… well… simply put… egregious… grossly incompetence… grossly negligence… outright distasteful… or, in the case of Barack Hussein Obama, actions which clearly show “malevolence toward this country, which is unabated.” 

And make no mistake, for those who mistakenly hold the illusion that impeaching Barack Hussein Obama would be a simple matter of “playing politics,” the Founders fully intended that the impeachment of a sitting President be a political act.

As C-Span.org notes:

“The Congress decides the definition [of impeachable offenses]: by majority vote in the House for impeachment, and by 2/3 vote in the Senate for conviction. The Framers of the Constitution deliberately put impeachment into the hands of the legislative branch rather than the judicial branch, thus transforming it from strictly a matter of legal definition to a matter of political judgment. Then Representative Gerald Ford put it into practical perspective in 1970, when he said an impeachable offense is ‘whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.’”

The Obama Administration exemplifies maladministration. It qualifies as the poster-child for bad behavior. 

Obama and those around him are ravaging this great country and adding a sorry chapter to a noble history. 

Impeachment, as written in the Constitution, was tailor-made for Barack Hussein Obama and our Founders placed it in our Constitution for such a time as this. 

It could be easily argued that we have a duty to impeach Barack Hussein Obama. 

Of course, our elected officials won’t have the back-bone to go it alone. That’s where you come in. 

Help us spread the word far-and-wide and our elected officials will come to know that Impeachment is the will of the American people and they ignore the will of the people at their own political peril. 

The question is not whether we should impeach Barack Hussein Obama. Rather, the question is, can we impeach Barack Hussein Obama before it is too late?

If this isn’t enough evidence, let’s examine the “high crimes and misdemeanors” that President Obama has committed:

  • He lied to the American people when he said we could keep our private insurance, knowing full well that his legislation would inevitably drive private insurers out of business. 
  • Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation For National and Community Service investigated Kevin Johnson, a big buddy of the president, for misuse of funds from an AmeriCorps grant. Whereupon Obama vindictively fired Walpin to cover for Johnson. A subsequent investigation vindicated Walpin’s judgment in the matter. 
  • Barack Hussein Obama has overseen the effective takeover by government of banks, the largest insurance company (AIG), and General Motors (GM) and Chrysler… the bulk of the U.S. auto industry, thus depriving bondholders, shareholders, and others of their property. 
  • Barack Hussein Obama is actively pursuing cap-and-trade legislation. Instead of taxing the very air we breathe, it would instead, in a manner of speaking, tax the air we exhale and give the government unprecedented control over the economy and American businesses. 
  • Barack Hussein Obama is running up our debt at an alarming rate. In just 9 months since Obama assumed office, our National Debt has gone up by over a trillion dollars. To put that figure in perspective, it took George W. Bush 8 years to add 4.8 trillion to the National Debt.

And, to add insult to injury, we’re printing money like it’s going out of style. The effect will be hyper-inflation, a crippling of our economy and, quite possibly, personal hardship on a scale that has not been experienced since the Great Depression. 

Barack Hussein Obama has appointed countless “Czars” to oversee everything from the closing of Guantanamo to the food we eat. These Czars don’t have to be approved by the Senate. The Czars have unprecedented power and report only to Obama. Members of both parties are disturbed by these extra-Constitutional excrescences. 

Senator Robert Byrd said: “The accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances.”

Congressman Jack Kingston called the Czars a “parallel government.” 

And finally, Obama has consistently refused to approve the release of his actual birth certificate, college transcripts and his medical records. 

And these matters only scratch the surface. 

It’s almost as if Obama is intentionally trying to destroy the country.

If that doesn’t move you to add your name to the many who are calling for Barack Obama’s impeachment, then perhaps you believe in the same stuff that our President believes in – socialism (Marxism?) and all the repressive things that it represents.

But if you love your country and want to see this tyranny by the Obama Administration end, then all you have to do is click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discuss amongst yourselves, folks.  Located in Los Angeles somewhere.

What’s In A Name?

Written by Stephen Rhodes on June 15, 2009 - Comments No Comments

Perhaps now we can learn the true meaning of these words. You be the judge.

Finally, it has happened.  General Motors, as we once knew it, can now be called Government Motors.  The storied automaker on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of the Obama administration’s “plan” to reduce  the automaker to a “sustainable” size and give a majority ownership to the U.S. government.  That folks, is one of those “Socialist” methods that I have spoken about both here at the website and the radio program.

So with this Chapter 11 filing, GM follows the path that Chrysler took in April - basically handing over its operations to the federal government.  At least Ford had the fortitude and balls to decline any assistance from the government.  Oh, by the way – with this plan – the federal government gets 60% ownership of GM, with the Canadian government owning 12.5%, the UAW (the union, folks) getting 17.5% and the unsecured bondholders getting the remaining 10%.  As expected, the existing GM shareholders get screwed.

Also, with the filing, GM will hold onto just the Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick brands while its Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Saab brands will either be shuttered or sold.  In the UAW part of the deal, wages are frozen, bonuses will end and some non-competitive work rules will be eliminated.  The deal also moves billions in retiree health care costs of GM’s books; in exchange for its ownership stake, $6.5 billion of interest-bearing preferred shares and a $2.5 billion note, the trust (union-owned, by the way) will take on all responsibility for all health care costs for all retirees starting next year.

GM will also offer buyouts and early retirement packages to all of its 61,000 hourly workers.  And let’s not forget the ultimate goal here with the federal government taking over GM – they want all of the brands that GM keeps to become “green” – meaning that the days of the SUV’s and other full-size vehicles will become a thing of the past.  Which is kind of ironic due to the fact that the Cadillac and GMC brands were GM’s moneymakers.

And there’s no guarantees that the American public will want to buy these “green” vehicles.  Folks, this is another instance of the government imposing their will on another corporation and the American public.  and I am going to go on record and say that perhaps the American consumer should perhaps boycott GM products for the time being and purchase models that do not have the “green” stigma attached to them.  I will be damned if I am going to let the government tell me what type of vehicle to purchase and drive – neither should you.  Don’t let the government dictate your driving habits.  Once again, this another step by the government to slowly introduce socialism to the masses.

I am not quite sure whether it is a case of the GOP or the general population in general being either scared and/or complacent, but if the most Rasmussen poll is any indication, people are gradually preferring socialism over capitalism.  But the numbers are misleading.

According to Rasmussen’s latest phone poll, only 53% believe that capitalism is better than socialism; but here’s where it gets tricky.  Only 20% say that socialism is better, which means that 27% are unsure which is better.  And the breakdowns are rather interesting, to say the least.

Adults under the age of 30 are nearly evenly divided as 37% prefer capitalism, 33% socialism while 30% are undecided.  Thirty-somethings tend to prefer capitalism by a 49%-26% margin while adults over the age of 40 overwhelmingly prefer capitalism and older Americans – presumably those over 50 – prefer capitalism by a whopping 87%-13% margin.

Investors, predictably, chose capitalism by a 5-to-1 margin while only 40% of non-investors with 25% choosing socialism.  The political parties tended to pick predictably as Republicans by an 11-to-1 margin chose capitalism.  Meanwhile, Democraps, by a 39%-30% prefer capitalism; those not affiliated with the GOP or Democrats chose capitalism 48%-21%.

Interestingly enough, the question that Rasmussen posed on participants did not define either capitalism or socialism.  I would have to say that at first glance, people by and large, still embrace capitalism as the system of choice.  But I detect gaps where people are possibly worried as to the overall direction that the economy is going – hence the preference for socialism.

But regardless of what this poll indicates, it is yet another reason to become proactive if the U.S.A. goes back to being the great country it once was.  And by that, I mean something similar to when George W. Bush was in office, or preferably, when Reagan was in the White House.  That’s exactly why being proactive is key here.  Your participation in the many tea parties, volunteering at a congressman/woman’s and/or senator’s campaign and most importantly, voting in both 2010 and 2012 will help shape our country to what it once was before Obama assumed the presidency.  If you choose not to become active, then more than likely you’ll get more of the same – much like we are getting right now.

Is that what you want?  Or do you, like myself, want to take back our country?  So much is at stake here people.  And without a doubt this will probably be the most important decision that you will have to make in your lifetime.  Believe me when I tell you – I will be damned if the U.S.A. is going to become a socialist state while I am living and breathing.  I am going to do my part, starting on April 15 when I participate in the local tea parties that I have here in the Sacramento area.  I hope for your and this country’s sake that you do the same.  I have the entire list of contacts here at the Temple.  So there’s no excuse now, is there?

More paving has been done on the road to socialism; to recap just a bit, it was almost two weeks ago when the House – after going into mock rage mode after the disclosure of the bonuses paid to some higher-ups at AIG – passed a bil that would have taxed those bonuses at a 90% rate.  Despite the overwhelming vote, support for the measure petered out almost immediately.  The Obama administration backed away from the idea as did the Democratic Senate leadership; however, the House Financial Services Committee is up to their old tricks.

The committee, led by that Socialist homo Barney Frank, has approved a move that would go even further than the original AIG bill; speciifcally, the new legislation, called “Pay for Performance Act of 2009“, would impose government controls over the pay of all employees – not just the top executives – of companies that received federal bailout money from the government.  The proposed bill would not only be retroactive, but would allow Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to obtain extraordinary powers which would determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies.

The bill also gives Turbotax Timmy the power to determine what pay is “unreasonable” or “excessive”; it also directs the Treasury Department to come up with a method to evaluate the “performance of the individual executive or employee to who the payment relates.”  Folks, this is exactly why big government never works.  Anyone who remembers anything that FDR did during his time in office knows what I am talking about here.  It is a certified fact that the government has never succeeded in running anything in the private sector.

Right now, they are trying to run General Motors and Chrysler, now they’re trying to run select Wall Street institutions, as well.  This is exactly what nationalization is all about here – or you can call it socialism or whatever.  But nonetheless, this is exactly why – and yes again I am being redundant here – we, the people of these United States, need to get off our asses and get proactive.  The government is slowly but certainly taking away capitalism from its roots.  And you know what?  We have to organize and make a concerted effort in order to get our voices heard.

The government isn’t paying us much attention – just yet.  But rest assured, they most certainly will as there are lots of jobs at stake here – in the House, Senate and a few State Houses (governorships) during the 2010 election cycle.  They’ve already taken our money, now they’re trying to take our liberties from us, as well.  Do you want that?  I sure as hell don’t.  That is why getting organized is so important here; because if we don’t then we will most certainly become Socialist.  And I’ll be damned if I am gonna be a Socialist in my lifetime.  I’ll go down swinging if need be.  I, like the rest of you, want my country back.  Bottom line.