Elena Kagan, the socialist, the wrong choice for America

PLEASE READ THIS.

Elena Kagan is a horror to the principles of this country. She is an open socialist, as are most of Obama's cabinet members. What exactly is the radical and "change" they are looking for? They are looking to consolidate all power and wealth into the executive branch and create an oligarchy like in Europe. This is not what America is about.

Whatever your viewpoint is about how this country is run, being socialists is NOT what we want done here. We want freedom. If any of this is confusing, read the constitution of the United States.

Elena Kagan's College Thesis


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Audit the Fed Amendment Modified – Allows Fed To Keep Secrets

It is quite clear that we are getting scammed, again. Its not a surprise, I expect to get my pants pulled down from Washington, but I thought I should at least mention it here.

This is a brief historical account over the last week, with the information in reverse order.

Ron Paul just posted the following message on Facebook:

Ron Paul: “Bernie Sanders has sold out and sided with Chris Dodd to gut Audit the Fed in the Senate. His “compromise” is what the Administration and banking interests want: they’ll allow the TARP and TALF to be audited, but no transparency of the FOMC, discount window operations or agreement with foreign central banks. We need to take action and stop this!”

John Tate (Campaign for Liberty) immediately sent out the following alert:

Dear C4L Member,

Any time you find out Senator Chris Dodd is in support of something – watch out.

According to our sources on the Hill, Senator Bernie Sanders caved to pressure from the White House and Chris Dodd and stripped out the Paul-Grayson language from his Fed transparency amendment.

What Sanders is now proposing is essentially the Watt amendment we all opposed last year in the House. In addition, it supports just a one-time audit.

Talking Points Memo reports that, “In order to allay some of the White House’s and the Fed’s concerns, Sanders has agreed to limit the scope of what the Government Accountability Office would be allowed to audit–but his plan will still require thorough review of all the Fed’s emergency lending, beginning December 1, 2007.”

Call Senator Sanders’ office at (202) 224-5141 and tell him how you feel about this last-minute sell out.

Click here for contact information for your senators and urge them to oppose the Sanders Sellout. Tell them to put back in the original Paul/Grayson language.

A vote could come even late tonight or early tomorrow. Let your senators know where you stand right away.

The American people deserve a real audit.

In Liberty,

John Tate
President

The Wall Street Journal provides more details on the Sanders Sellout:

Last-minute maneuvering in the Senate allowed the Federal Reserve to side step legislation that would have exposed its interest-rate decision-making to congressional auditors.

Pressure from the Obama administration led Senate lawmakers to alter a provision pushed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) that was gaining momentum despite opposition from the Treasury and the Fed. It would have largely repealed a 32-year-old law that shields Fed monetary policy from congressional auditors.

The compromise, endorsed by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) and the Treasury, would require the Fed to disclose more details about its lending during the financial crisis. It would also require a one-time audit of those loans as well as a one-time review of Fed governance. A formal vote was scheduled for later on Thursday.

Thursday’s Senate showdown came after senators on the left and right joined forces to support Mr. Sanders’ provision.

“At a time when our entire financial system almost collapsed, we cannot let the Fed operate in secrecy any longer,” Mr. Sanders said. “The American people have a right to know.”

But Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, while insisting on his commitment to “openness” at the Fed, said in a letter to Congress that the Sanders amendment would “seriously threaten monetary policy independence, increase inflation fears and market interest rates, and damage economic stability and job creation.”

More…

Here’s a copy of Bernie Sanders’ amended amendment: [pdf]

Earlier this week Ben Bernanke had sent the following letter to Chris Dodd:

Dear Chairman:

I am writing to express my deep concern about possible amendments to the Senate financial regulatory reform bill (S. 3217) that would, for the first time, permit the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to audit monetary policy deliberations and operations. Such amendments, if enacted, would seriously threaten monetary policy independence, increase inflation fears and market interest rates, and damage economic stability and job creation.

The Congress and the American people have a right to know how the Federal Reserve is carrying out its responsibilities and how we are using taxpayers’ resources. I strongly supported greater openness before I came to the Federal Reserve and now, as Chairman, I believe in it even more so.

In fact, during my tenure, the Federal Reserve has increased its commitment to transparency in a variety of ways, including the creation of a monthly report that provides Congress and the public detailed information on the range of programs and tools that the Federal Reserve has used to respond to the financial crisis as well as our open market activities and lending to depository institutions. Importantly, these monthly reports provide the number and distribution of borrowers under each lending facility established under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act; the value, type, and quality of the collateral that secures advances under each facility; and trends in borrowing under the facilities.

Moreover, the financial statements of the Federal Reserve, including both the Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks, are already fully audited by an independent accounting firm that ensures that the financial statements completely and accurately report the financial condition of the Federal Reserve System. These audited financial statements are made available to the public, both in print and on our website, and are submitted annually to the Congress.

There appears to be a widespread misconception about the role the GAO already plays in oversight of the Federal Reserve. The GAO has the authority to audit and review all of the supervisory and regulatory functions of the Federal Reserve. In addition, the GAO is authorized to conduct audits of the credit extended by the Federal Reserve to specific companies under the authority provided by section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, including the loans to American International Group, Bear Steams and the Maiden Lane entities. Indeed, I have personally welcomed and encouraged the GAO to conduct a full and complete audit of the Federal Reserve’s lending facilities for AIG and the Federal Reserve has been cooperating with the GAO in its review of the two Maiden Lane facilities related to AIG.

We believe that Congress and the American people should have the information to be assured that all of the liquidity programs that the Federal Reserve established under section 13(3) to respond to the financial crisis operate in a financially sound way with taxpayer interests in mind. That is why I have supported additional proposals, like that included in S. 3217, that would allow the GAO to conduct audits of the operational integrity, internal controls, and financial reporting of the broad-based liquidity facilities that were established under section 13(3) to support the functioning of key financial markets during the crisis. With adoption of this proposal, which we support, all of the Federal Reserve’s actions to use the authority under section 13(3) to respond to the current or any future financial crisis will be subject to audit by the GAO.

However, thirty years ago, Congress purposefully – and for good reason – excluded from the scope of potential GAO reviews some highly sensitive areas, notably monetary policy deliberations and operations. In doing so, the Congress carefully balanced the need for public accountability with the strong public policy benefits that flow from maintaining an appropriate degree of independence for the central bank in the making and execution of monetary policy.

Some in Congress have offered proposals that would remove these statutory protections and, thus, subject monetary policy decisions to regular review by the GAO.

Financial markets, in particular, likely would see a grant of review authority to the GAO in these areas as a serious weakening of monetary policy independence. GAO audits are very different from the type of financial audit typically conducted by an independent accounting firm. Through its investigations and audits, the GAO typically makes its own judgments about policy actions and the manner in which they are implemented and makes recommendations to the audited agency and to the Congress for policy changes or future policy actions. Thus, reviews or the threat of reviews by the GAO of monetary policy are likely to be seen as efforts to try to influence monetary policy decisions. A perceived loss of monetary policy independence likely would raise fears about future inflation, leading to higher long-term interest rates, a diminished status of the dollar in global financial markets, and reduced economic and financial stability.

The financial crisis has brought to Congress’s attention the need to address a number of regulatory deficiencies and weaknesses to prepare against any future crisis. We commend these efforts. In taking these actions, however, we should not change what has worked well and to the benefit of taxpayers and the American economy. Monetary policy independence from the political process has served our nation well, and I would ask that you keep that foremost in mind as these issues are discussed in the current Senate debate.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Ben Bernanke

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volker also chimed in with this letter to Chris Dodd and Richard Shelby:

Dear Chairman Dodd and Senator Shelby:

I am writing about an issue bearing upon the Federal Reserve’s independence in conducting monetary policy that has long concerned me. I understand legislation is now being considered by the Senate.

The desire of the Congress to review the auditing arrangements for the Federal Reserve in the light of the extraordinary actions taken during the financial crisis is understandable. The Congress and the public need to be assured that such emergency action be taken with regard for professional standards and protecting the taxpayer’s interest.

Decades ago, during my own tenure at the Federal Reserve, an agreed approach toward GAO audits of the Federal Reserve carefully protected, as the relevant Senate Committee report of the time indicated, the Fed’s ability to “independently conduct the Nation’s monetary policy”. The point is that a threat to expose the details of active debate within the Federal Reserve about monetary policy decisions would tend to constraint that debate, expose the policy-making process to greater political pressure, affect markets, and risk the release of sensitive information about particular institutions and relationships with foreign authorities.

Consequently, I encourage the Senate to consider measures as now proposed in S.3217 that would provide the Congress with the information it needs to assess the implementation of the Federal Reserve’s unusual lending activities. At the same time it would preserve the confidentiality of the Federal Reserve in its deliberative processes to the extent needed to conduct monetary policy independently.

I am sending copies of this letter to Senators Cardin, Feinstein, Landrieu, Levin, Merkeley and Murray.

Sincerely,

Paul Volcker

and here is more information how to pull magic tricks with smoke and mirrors at the Fed.


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I am basically sick to my stomach. The police state, panopticon New World Order system is already on top of us and nobody cares. See my last post, because it has the video in question.

Heh, but Everything is OK, right. Its just a ride, we can get off any time we want.

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Orwellian Big Brother Tax Collection Commercial Airs in Pennsylvania

Keith Farrell
Infowars.com
May 2, 2010

We’re not living in an Orwellian Police state; it’s all just a conspiracy theory. However, that’s not what Pennsylvania’s government is telling their citizens. In what can only be described as a mafia-style intimidation tactic, the Pennsylvanian government is telling citizens there that they “know who you are”. The video shows a satellite image zooming in on and individual’s home while a computerized voice informs him that they know who he is and that he owes $4,212 in back taxes. The voice then proceeds to tell him that they can make it easy for him if he pays quickly. The ad then closes with a threatening message: “FIND US BEFORE WE FIND YOU”.

What is more disturbing than the ad itself is that governments are now finding it suitable to announce to us that we are living in an Orwellian police state and that we are all being monitored. “Pay up, or we will find you. We know where you live. We are watching you.” This commercial is a chilling confirmation that we are living in an Orwellian nightmare.

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OBAMA'S STRATEGY TO STUFF THE BALLOT BOX WITH DEMOCRAT VOTES

Dear Friends,

As Obama’s popularity wanes and more and more Americans that voted for Obama are now realizing that this is not what they signed up for, Obama is planning a strategy to stay in power through corrupting both the popular vote and the electoral vote. Although he continues to be popular with the mainstream media (follow the money), he is not so with the average American. At no time in our history have such large scale protests occurred to redress the government with a list of grievances - not even at our founding as a nation. And now, riots of illegal aliens, openly threatening American citizens with violence are treated with media favoritism and the sanctioned blessing of federal politicians on both sides of the isle in Washington, but mostly democrats, whereas Tea Party protesters, who in America’s largest peaceful protest movement have not even intimated violent threats, but have been used by the Obama administration to escalate the conflict between the citizens of this country and the naked power-abusing and usurping government in Washington by profiling us and placing us on government watch-lists. Whether Obama succeeds or not with his strategy to corrupt the ballot depends on We the People and our willingness to become involved.

Strategy #1 Although acting like he would not like to take up the issue of illegal immigration at this time, in reality, behind the scenes Obama is working with the Democrat House and Senate to shove another bill down our throats that will grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in this country right now, and at the same time register them to vote. By legitimizing the violation of our national borders and circumvention of our legal system, those granted amnesty will also receive the fattest package of welfare benefits ever offered, and this will essentially marry them to the welfare state sponsored by Obama and the democrats and paid for by you and me. SPEAK OUT NOW SAYING “WE WANT ENFORCEMENT - NOT AMNESTY”!

Strategy #2 And this strategy is designed to steal electoral votes – Efforts are now afoot by Obama supporters in Puerto Rico and House and Senate democrats in Washington to try to get Puerto Rico admitted as a state. They may or may not succeed with this scheme, but success for them would mean 2 senators and probably 6 representatives, who would ALL most likely be democrats, mitigating Obama’s unpopularity at home. SPEAK OUT NOW SAYING “WE CAN’T AFFORD THE NET DRAIN ON OUR TREASURY BY ADMITTING PUERTO RICO AS A STATE AND WE WON’T TOLERATE THIS EXPANSION OF ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS IN A TIME OF UNPRECEDENTED NATIONAL ECONOMIC CRISIS JUST TO SECURE MORE VOTES FOR THE DEMOCRAT PARTY”!

Strategy #3 Look for ACORN to be reconstituted in some new form or forms to continue to be the political foot soldiers of the Obama machine, in accordance with the communist Saul Alinsky’s rabble rousing plan to create crisis, unrest, and to subvert the vote. Don’t be surprised if some of these new organizations show up as “undisclosed” recipients of TARP or other bailout funds, either. Fight back by actively supporting candidates who will OPPOSE THIS TYPE OF CORRUPTION. It’s time now to identify those candidates that will preserve your freedom and oppose tyranny.

It’s time to act now, educating people on the difference between liberty and tyranny, and taking the time and deliberate effort to enlist the support of those who will vote to SUPPORT AND DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION and the government that it constitutes, rather than fundamentally changing it into a Marxist globalist system of tyranny.

John L Wadsworth

District 5 Chairman

Contra Costa Republican Central Committee