Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Misdirects his Anger at reporter for an Unrelated Fox Story

So, is Gibbs accurately railing against FOX see his video anger, misinterpretation and inability to understand what being said verses what he filters, hears, and then regurgitates -->
http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=19407224001&bctid=82925994001

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593442,00.html

Political Parallel in Song

This sounds exactly like the man holding the land's highest office
The song http://blip.fm/~r6gwk goes like this:

"I'm nobody's friend I'm a walking Disaster, I'm a Demolition Man."

Memorial Day: God Bless your service, sacrifice and memory.

Gay Military Personnel ... in other countries, does it work?

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0526/Don-t-ask-don-t-tell-How-do-other-countries-treat-gay-soldiers

I'm not necessarily agreeing with the conclusion, but the information is interesting. I like the Australian approach that bans public displays of affection, harassment and inappropriate relationships – regardless of whether the couple was gay or straight.

Don't ask, don't tell: How do other countries treat gay soldiers?

Don't ask, don't tell doesn't fly with NATO members, except Turkey and the US. NATO nations now allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. But 53 nations, including North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, and Syria, ban homosexuals from military service.

Lt. Dan Choi, stands alone after handcuffing himself to the fence outside the White House during a protest for gay-rights in Washington in April. Turkey is the only other NATO country that allows anti-gay laws like 'don't ask, don't tell.'

By Stephen Kurczy, Correspondent / May 26, 2010
Boston

The US Congress appears poised to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. That would take the US off the same list as Iran and North Korea, countries that also bar homosexuals from fighting for their country. “Is that where we as a country want to be? I think not,” says Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Service members Legal Defense Network, which is lobbying for a repeal to the "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) ban.

More than 25 countries specifically allow gays and lesbians to serve in the military, including all original NATO signatories except the US and Turkey.

Some 16 countries – including Pakistan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen – bar open homosexuals from serving in the military. Across Africa, 37 countries declare homosexuality outright illegal – inside the military or out. Last week, two civilian men in Malawi were convicted and sentence to serve 14 years for homosexuality.

In the US, more than 13,000 American service members have been discharged under DADT, which was implemented in 1993.

The ban continues despite numerous studies over the past two decades that have shown no negative impact from allowing gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military.

According to a February report from the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, allowing homosexuals to serve contributes to improving the command climate in foreign military's, decreasing harassment, retaining critical personnel, and enhancing respect for privacy.

US military leaders say they're aware of precedent in other countries. Adm. Mike Mullen, during a Congressional hearing on Feb. 2, 2010, said he had spoken to his counterparts in countries that lifted the bans and they told him there had been “no impact on military effectiveness” as a result, and that he was aware of no studies showing that ending DADT would harm unit cohesion.

US allies allow homosexuals to serve

Already, US service members serve alongside gays and lesbians. The Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, has estimated that some 66,000 gay and lesbian troops serve in the US forces today. And Britain, a key ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, has allowed homosexuals to openly serve in its military for a decade.

Canada and Australia lifted their bans in 1992, followed by Israel in 1993, and South Africa in 1998. The lift on bans did not result in a mass “coming out,” the Palm Center found, nor were there instances of increased harassment of or by gay people.

When Britain looked to repeal its ban, its military initially considered DADT. But they found it was a “disaster,” which “hadn’t worked,” was “unworkable” and was “hypocritical,” according to the Palm Center’s report, "Gays in Foreign Militaries 2010: A Global Primer."

Instead, the British military based its regulations on the Australian model, which simply ban public displays of affection, harassment and inappropriate relationships – regardless of whether the couple was gay or straight. In 2002, the British Ministry of Defense reconfirmed that “there has been no discernible impact on operational effectiveness” as a result of ending the gay ban and that “no further review of the Armed Forces policy on homosexuality” was necessary.

US concerns unfounded: studies

Concern that the repeal of DADT will reduce the number of volunteers is unfounded, according to Dr. Nathaniel Frank, primary author of the Palm Center Report. In Britain and Canada, roughly two-thirds of the military said it would refuse to serve with open gays, but in reality no more than three people in each country actually resigned, according to the report.

The US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences studied the situation in Canada in 1994. It concluded that “negative consequences predicted in the areas of recruitment, employment, attrition, retention, and cohesion and morale have not occurred” since Canada's policy was changed.

If the US does repeal DADT, then precedent from other countries says that a change in policy should be implemented firmly and swiftly. A 1993 Rand report said “fast and pervasive change will signal commitment to the [new] policy,” while “incremental changes would likely be viewed as experimental” and weaken compliance.

Concerns remain in US

But upcoming mid-term elections have Democrats and Republicans worried about losing votes, even though a new CNN poll shows that 78 percent of Americans support repeal of the policy. A recent Gallop Poll shows that views have shifted generally on homosexual relations in the past decade. The percentage of Americans calling these relations "morally wrong" dropped to 43 percent, down from 55 percent n 2002.

Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, who once backed the ban, came out against it in February. "Attitudes and circumstances have changed," Powell told the Washington Post. "It's been a whole generation" since the legislation was adopted, and there is increased "acceptance of gays and lesbians in society," he said. "Society is always reflected in the military. It's where we get our soldiers from."

But Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona, the Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Republican, said he opposes efforts to change the policy now.

“This 'don’t ask, don’t tell' issue, they’re going to try to jam that through without even trying to figure out what the impact on battle effectiveness would be,” Senator McCain said this week on Arizona’s KBLU radio. In February, Mr. McCain said the DADT "has helped to balance a potentially disruptive tension between the desires of a minority and the broader Interests of our all volunteer force.”

Mr. Sarvis of the Service members Legal Defense Network, which has legally represented military personnel discharged under DADT, roundly rejects this.

“That suggestion is an insult to our service members. And in it is implied that they are not professionals,” he says, likening the current push to repeal DADT to President Harry Truman’s 1948 order to end discrimination in the military.

“The record is the record. Open service in the countries talked about does not have the dire consequences that Sen. McCain asserts.”

Obama has planned to steal 13 Million acres and confiscate PRIVATE LAND

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/18/obama-eyeing-millions-wild-acres-national-monuments/

Montana Rep Denny Rehberg Moves Against "Brazen Land Grab"
News 13 Montana
by Steve Fetveit (3/9/10)

Congressman Denny Rehberg says he’s uncovered a plan by the Obama administration to carve out 13 million acres of western land for federal conservation projects. Rehberg points to a leaked document identifying possible land acquisitions from New Mexico to Alaska’s North Slope. The document is seven pages of an internal draft marked "not for release" that was handed over to members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Western Caucus.To review the leaked Internal Draft pages for yourself, click here: http://ow.ly/d/3IK

Two areas noted are located in eastern Montana, including “small number of large ranch holdings” along the upper Wild and Scenic Missouri River and “unplowed areas of grasslands” near the Montana-Canadian border. Rehberg says it amounts to millions of acres in Montana.

The congressman criticized the Obama administration on the U.S. House floor, calling the plan outlined in the draft document “a land grab so brazen it’s difficult to believe."

Rehberg said, "Some of that land belongs to private citizens who have no idea that the federal government is planning to kick them off their ranches. If the government can do this to them, what can it do to you?”

Rehberg says requests for a copy of the full text of the internal draft have gone unanswered. The Newschannel made similar requests which have also been unanswered.

Tuesday, Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar was on capitol hill for a Senate committee hearing When he came face to face with Montana Senator Jon Tester. The senator Jon Salazar directly about the internal draft and if the Department of Interior had any intent to purchase land in Montana.

Salazar responded by saying he was “not aware of any plan.”

Rehberg says he's not buying Salazar's answer. He's introduced legislation that would block the use of the Antiquities Act to take lands in Montana without congressional oversight. It's a maneuver that's already in effect for the State of Wyoming.

Following Salazar’s Senate appearance, Rehberg renewed his call for congressional involvement in federal land dealings. “When it comes to executive action,” said Rehberg, “we’ve already seen this administration shoot first and ask questions later, and now that the sights are on millions of acres in Montana, the responsible action is to reassert congressional oversight, just like Wyoming has already done.”

Is this Irresponsible, or GROSS Incompetence? Followed by the HIGHEST INSULT to veterans E-V-E-R.

The largest ENVIRONMENTAL disaster in US history ... so Lisa Jackson, the EPA chief headlines a FUNDRAISER? http://ht.ly/1PPS5

While simultaneously the the President decides to VACATION with his family in Chicago http://ht.ly/1PPTE

Obama will use Memorial weekend for a trip home to Chicago

http://ht.ly/1PQSX
By Anne E. Kornblut

With the long Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, President Obama is finally addressing one of the great broken promises of his administration: his early pledge to return home to Chicago every six weeks or so.

In 16 months at the White House, the Obamas have been back home just once - in February of 2009. But they plan to make the trip over Memorial Day weekend, an official said. After arriving on Thursday night, they will visit with friends and participate in private events.

On Monday, Obama will make remarks at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, south of Chicago - missing the usual tradition of presidents speaking at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day.

Vice President Biden and his wife will appear in Obama's place, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as well as holding a breakfast for Gold Star families -- families whose loved ones died in military service -- at the White House earlier that day.

Unions and State Debt go Hand in Hand - See the 49 States That are 'Underwater'

Public sector unions and state debt go hand in hand
http://ht.ly/1LFj4
By: David Freddoso

There are hundreds of reasons why states accrue debt. In some cases, it has to do with special programs they pursue. (See RomneyCare.) In others, it has to do with their method of taxation.

But the states with the highest per-capita debt all have something in common: Robust public-sector unions that have, over the years, cut sweetheart deals with politicians -- usually, but not always, Democrats.

In the graph below, each blue square represents a state (some are labeled), plotted by its per-capita debt and the percentage of state and municipal workers in public sector unions.

The data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tax Foundation, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose labor numbers are charted in this paper from the CATO Institute. The numbers for unionization run from 2006 through 2009, and the numbers for debt are 2007, before the current crisis. If anything, this presents a rosier picture for most states than the current one.

A rigorous study would control for dozens of factors, but this chart demonstrates the correlation between state unionism and debt.

As you can see in the graph, the states coalesce into three main groups:

* Among states whose government workers are less than 40 percent unionized, median per capita state debt is $2,238.

* Among states with between 40 and 60 percent of their government workers in public sector unions, the average debt is $3,609.

* Among states with more than 60 percent of the government workforce unionized, the average (median) per capita debt is $6,380.

As you keep an eye on the fiscal collapse of California, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) efforts to rein in the unions' power next year, bear in mind that this is quickly becoming the biggest fiscal issue in America today.

Do public sector unions really protect workers from exploitation, or do they merely bankrupt the treasuries of states nationwide? And more immediately, will the states that made poor fiscal choices get a second bailout from the federal taxpayer after the 2009 stimulus package?

49 of 50 STATE ECONOMIES ARE 'UNDERWATER'
article http://ht.ly/1MR7c

Special Shout Out to Twitter's @bconsdr8 for sharing this with me!

Across the country, citizens are tiring of the failed policies bankrupting America

How many of these billboards were up when Bush held office?

Read the article!

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/14/new-billboards-in-mn-ask-had-enough-hope-and-change/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Another honorable mention in Utah

New Jersey's Chris Cristie couldn't be more clear with this reporter

Clear concise and to a Razor Sharp Point!

Attorney General Eric Holder and where HE stands on "Radical Islam"

I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone squirm and dance like this
when asked a straight question repeatedly.

Harry Mitchell, (AZ district 5) you're FIRED - See the BETTER choices for District 5

Two much better choices to represent district 5 in Arizona,
that district encompasses:
Fountain Hills,
Scottsdale,
Tempe,
parts of Mesa,
Chandler,
east Phoenix,
and Ahwatukee.

Pelosi: Treating Drug Use Here Cheaper Than Stopping Drugs at Border

Nancy pelosi pointed out that it is the responsibility of the federal government to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) said Thursday it is cheaper to treat teens for drug use than it is to interdict drugs being smuggled across the border.

Terrorist Attempt Fails in NY City's Time Square - While Janet Napalitano Isn't Quick to Call it a Terrorist Act

Our Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano wasn't so sure stating "The Failed NY bomb MAY BE a terrorist act". http://ht.ly/1Gz87

I think she should be referred to as Janet 'Incompitano' per Michael Savage's recommendation http://ht.ly/1GyNe

U.S. Debt, Dollar and Financial Catastrophe.

The IMMENSE DANGER of uncontrollable U.S. Debt