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Should we be worried? Yes, if an Islamic Caliphate is created in the Middle East, the West will be in their cross-hairs. But, what should really worry us is that there are people out there that still won't believe Glenn Beck about the danger of an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East and the threat to our national security should that happen. And our Dear Leader, President Obama, seems to be one of those people... Then again, perhaps Obama totally understands what the Caliphate is, and doing his best to help it along?
As you'll see in the video, Glenn Beck had talked about the caliphate back in 2011, and people were calling him "looney tunes." And then, there will be people who even now try to discredit Glenn's claims, even though it is happening before our eyes. Well, for the disbelievers, I'm going to be posting more videos here that will be on this topic of the coming Islamic caliphate. Glenn Beck is not the only one out there that understands what is going on in the Middle East right now. There are others, as you shall soon see. Hopefully, people will begin to understand the danger that faces us from the Middle East should there be an Islamic caliphate. Just sayin'...
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Beck said Mozilla should have released a statement that said: “We support the constitutional rights of all of our employees to express themselves politically without the fear of retribution. This is America and the first principle of this nation is the right of expression. While we disagree with Mr. Eich’s stand, we support his right to be true to the dictates of his conscience, and we support the rights of everyone in the homosexual community to vehemently disagree with Mr. Eich … We will not, however, cave in to the un-American attempt to squash free political thought, expression and political viewpoints, no matter who’s behind the effort.”
Beck said what happened was not loving, inclusive or diverse, but rather “an American nightmare.”
There was an excellent segment on The Kelly File several days ago where Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro have discussion about the intolerance of the gay activists that forced Brendan Eich to resign as the CEO of Mozilla. While Ben believes it was despicable what OKCupid did, then what is fair for them to do, is only fair for him to do.
It has also forced some long-time gay rights activists to question tactics that punish people over their beliefs rather than engage them in debate.
That’s particularly irksome to those who suggest that those who say they support diversity have failed to respect diversity of thoughts on a complex moral and legal question.
“If we are about intimidating the free speech of others, we are no better than the anti-gay bullies who came before us,” laments blogger Andrew Sullivan (who is gay), in a widely circulated blog post.
Oh, but wait. Mozilla offered this statement as their way of explaining how they are putting their focus back on protecting the web "in a way that will make you proud to support Mozilla." Here is a snippet from the statement:
Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech. Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard.
Yes, Mozilla, it CAN be hard when your statement doesn't make any sense! Just sayin'...
Glenn Beck said Friday that the United States of America is truly becoming a “thugocracy” where no differences of opinion are tolerated, and a “system of brutality” is being built.
“If you don’t think so, ask the CEO of Mozilla,” Beck said on his radio program.
Brendan Eich was pressured to resign as CEO of Mozilla Thursday after it was revealed that he donated $1,000 in support of California’s Proposition 8 — a measure to ban gay marriage — six years ago.
After being eviscerated on social media and even by private companies, Eich and Mozilla both issued apologies.
“Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn’t live up to it. We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: it’s because we haven’t stayed true to ourselves,” Mozilla said in a statement.
Beck said on the radio: “So wait a minute, let me understand this. Being true to yourselves involves firing people who took advantage of the Constitution? Being true to yourselves involves digging up a man’s private political activity six years ago and taking away his livelihood as a result?”
The uproar over Eich’s donation even reached the dating site OkCupid, which asked users not to use the web browser Firefox, created by Mozilla, and said those who “deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration” are their “enemies.”
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At least one right-leaning group called on lawmakers to intervene.
“Congress needs to prevent the Obama administration from giving away U.S. control over the Internet to any international body,” Americans for Limited Government said in a statement. “Perhaps this latest egregious action by the Obama administration in their quest to deconstruct the United States will finally wake Congress up to their power of the purse responsibility as a co-equal partner in government.”
And GOP FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly shared concern “that NTIA’s announcement could set the stage for foreign governments and quasi-governmental entities to try to gain control of the Internet.”
“If this goes forward, the real work will be to ensure that ICANN satisfies the conditions outlined and that these principles cannot and will not be undermined in the future,” he said. “The only acceptable Internet governance structure, other than the current one, is a multi-stakeholder model completely free from foreign government intrusion.”
It was good that I didn't allow the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 to occupy 100% of my time. This is a story that needed to get out. What is happening may be a lot on the insidious side. There may be a reason why this story wasn't at the top of the news, and came out on a Saturday. The old thing that we hear the government tell us: "Nothing to see here, folks, just move along, and watch some March Madness men's hoops..."
This is a much bigger story than the lamestream media will ever tell you about. It is all part of the pattern. Well, their plot will fail. There will be a lot of talk about this on Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh, and of course, here. There will be a MAJOR backlash!
And doesn't it annoy the heck out of you that the campaign that said "Yes We Can" is now saying NO! to ICANN? Just sayin'...
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The Obama administration’s decision to relinquish oversight over the group that manages the Internet’s architecture has raised an early red flag with Republicans, who blast the move as a threat to free speech.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has managed the Web’s domain-name system under contract with the U.S. government for more than a decade — but the Los Angeles-based nonprofit has worked to transform itself into a global organization free of U.S. ties. European Union officials backed the globalization effort, which intensified with Edward Snowden’s leaks about the NSA’s sprawling surveillance programs.
The United States has always played a leading role in overseeing the management of .com and other domain names, but the administration announced Friday night that it will give up its oversight when the current contract expires in fall 2015. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, last month proposed establishing “a clear timeline” for globalizing ICANN and the duties it performs under the U.S. contract.
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Beck also said he wants no part of a country that will “data mine” its children with programs like Common Core, or prop up the Muslim Brotherhood over Israel.
“I will proudly be a citizen in a respects and lives and protects the Constitution of the United States of America,” Beck said. “But [we] are no longer that country … I didn’t leave my country; my country left me … I’m right where I’ve always been. And where the country used to be. Ruled by the Constitution.”
But Beck said he is inspired because he isn’t alone in his beliefs, and “courage is contagious.”
I won't hesitate to speculate that Glenn Beck will take some flak for his outburst yesterday. But I also won't hesitate to say that I think Glenn is pretty much right on. Glenn Beck is NOT alone in his beliefs. I am one who shares his view that this is not the country we knew just five years ago.
I had been getting more and more disturbed over the last few years as I observed the things going on since Barack Obama took office in 2009. 'The country is going in the wrong direction' would be an enormous understatement. It was truly the main reason I have revived this blog from it's two-year dormancy. Though I've been writing on other venues, I knew that there was more that I needed to do. The major problem is the frightening amount of ignorance about what is happening to our freedom, and I felt the urgency to do what I could to help.
Since the horribly messed up roll-out of healthcare.com, the website for Obamacare, and the large number of people that lost their health care and their doctor, people have started to wake up. Okay, I know, there is still a long way to go to inform people. I get that. It is sad when I mention Benghazi to somebody that I would have thought had heard about it, and they ask, "Who is Ben Ghazi?" Oh, dear, it is alarming how little people know about the direction this country is going. Glenn may be right that "the ‘Fundamental Transformation’ of America has already happened." That is, if anything, way too close to the truth. Just sayin'... ‘Time to Forget the United States…’: Beck Says the ‘Fundamental Transformation’ of America Has Already Happened
A fiery Glenn Beck asserted Wednesday that the “fundamental transformation” of America has already occurred, and it is “time to forget the United States of America that you know.”
“If this is what is [I am] required to pledge allegiance to, I am no longer a citizen of this country,” Beck said. “If I am required to pledge allegiance to that, I proudly declare now for my grandchildren’s ears, I am not a part of [it].”
“If they say, you’re an American citizen, and that means we can spy on our own people without a court order … against the Constitution. We can kill babies, abort babies. We can arrest journalists who are trying to leak information to make sure the American people know what’s going on. We can kill our own citizens without trial because the government has decided that the president can just sign an execution order … We can leave our own people behind in Benghazi and then blame it on somebody else. Throw his butt in prison, then lie about it. Get caught and say, ‘what difference does it make,’ I am not a part of that,” Beck said.
“We can’t have a free exchange of ideas because you don’t believe we belong here?” Beck asked. “Where would the disenfranchised of the world in history be if we didn’t have that pushback?”
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) has not only hurt himself and New York, but he has really hurt the Liberals and Democrats by showing their lack of tolerance for people that don't believe the same way as they do. You should see what both Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity had to say about what Cuomo's very tragic rant:
The Governor of New York, a state with a national ad campaign trying to draw businesses to their state by giving a ten-year tax amnesty, surely did a disservice to the tax payers in New York, by neutralizing the positive effects that may have been gained. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has snubbed the very people that WOULD bring successful business ventures to New York. When a governor says that they have no room for people that they don't agree with in their state, then what would make him think that an entrepreneur would believe that New York will be open to innovation and bold ideas? That doesn't sound so open to business, Gov. Cuomo! Just sayin'... Glenn Beck compares Cuomo to George Wallace, others make comparison to Hitler
Cuomo's office backtracked from the governor's comments, claiming he really didn't say what he said, adding that conservative criticism of his comments is "false" and "unfair."
"The Governor has never demonized the opposition to his gun law nor stance on protecting choice nor marriage equality. The Governor is a gun owner and a Catholic. His faith is very important to him and he respects the Second Amendment," said Cuomo counsel Mylan Denerstein.
"The Governor was making the point that he makes often: New York is a politically moderate state and an extremist agenda is not politically viable statewide. New York has a long history of electing Democrats and Republicans statewide who are moderate rather than on the extreme ends of the political spectrum. That is an inarguable fact," he added.
“As you will see, the most honorable thing a friend can do for his brothers, Marcus Luttrell has done and told this story and made it appropriate for their death. And you will be amazed at the honor of these men. Truly amazed and humbled,” Glenn concluded. “If you don’t walk out of there going, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ ‘What is important to me?’ If you don’t walk out of that movie theater feeling that, I don’t know, you need to watch it again or check yourself into a hospital to see if you have a heart or a soul.” ~ Glenn Beck
This news mirrors exactly what I expected to happen. It isn't because I'm psychic, either, but because I was aware of Marcus Lutrell's story, thanks to Glenn Beck. I had heard Glenn's interview with Marcus quite some time ago while listening to the show in progress (not just a repeat or a clip). I've also come across a lot of people that have told me that they plan to go to the theater to see this movie. I plan on seeing "Lone Survivor" in the next few days.
Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission "Operation Red Wings." Four members of SEAL Team 10, were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader, Ahmad Shahd. Marcus Luttrell was the only member of his team to survive.
There is a good reason why I've voluntarily propagated this story even further. This is a message to Hollyweird. America isn't going for movies like "The Wolf of Wallstreet." It isn't what America wants to see. Patriots like movies that show courage and resilience and heroes that are fighting for America!
And guess what?!! Hey, Hollywood, there are many more patriots here in America than you ever dreamed of!
If you want Hollywood to know how many patriots there are in America, and if "Lone Survivor" is the kind of movie you want Hollywood to produce, please help this post keep propagating! You can share it with your friends on Twitter or Facebook or by word of mouth. Just sayin'...
Lone Survivor, the film adaption of former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s bestselling book of the same name, had a historical weekend at the box office.
“If you haven’t seen Lone Survivor, you need to,” Glenn said on radio this morning. “Second biggest opening in January of any movie. They were surprised by it… They thought it was going to be $14 million. It was $38 million. This thing is going to make well over $100 million and then some.”
Lone Survivor finished the weekend as the number one movie in America bringing in $38.5 million. It bested Disney’s Frozen, which came in at number two, earning $15 million in its eighth weekend, and Paramount’s The Wolf of Wall Street earning $9 million in its third weekend. The opening weekend marked the second biggest January opening ever after the $40.1 million debut of 2008′s Cloverfield.
First, a side note that must be mentioned: A long, long time ago, I shared a column by Robert Stacy McCain, called "How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog in Less Than a Year," and to this day, it haunts me that I haven't been able to break out of the box. I thought that I had it figured out, but I still found it difficult to succeed in blogging to the point where the numbers of viewers of my blogs are in the millions.
Well, shame on me, for not coming up with Rule #6 of blogging success a little sooner: Quantity and quality of posts on a blog count a whole bunch! I need to work on executing that strategy better.
But, excuse me, because there's another Rule of blogging success that needs to be mentioned. In studying Stacy McCain's Rule #5, I found that there is a critical modification that could be appended: Mention Chuck Norris or Glenn Beck, or both, in one blog post if possible, and it will bring on the viewers.
This is one of my blog posts, now known as the WIFLI Chronicles, that will test that "strategery." While I make sure that you know about the video made by Chuck and Gena Norris, a very recent event, I also needed to go back in history to support the Norris' announcement with a segment from Glenn Beck's Fox News days, way back in 2009. A coincidence? Absolutely not!
What you will see Glenn Beck discussing in a video below, from a long, long time ago -2009 - is what I've known about and tried to tell you in this blog for all these years. And because this blog - Time 2 Escape - didn't get those millions of views I was hoping for, at least now, there is some hope. I now know that I'm not alone. No longer do I have to worry about having enemies because of what I've told you, especially in last month's posts. I've learned that I have Chuck and Gena Norris on my side! There's no reason for me to be afraid! I'm just sayin'...
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Welcome to this edition of Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing!
What is WIFLI?
You may be wondering what the acronym "WIFLI" means. I started out by calling these issues the Time 2 Escape Daily, but that didn't work out very well. I quickly learned that putting these issues together on a daily basis was a task I was unable to accomplish. To replace "Daily" in the title, I borrowed the acronym WIFLI, which literally means "When I Feel Like It." Putting together a post on this blog WIFLI works much better for my schedule, and for the higher quality of each issue that is eventually published! FAIR USE NOTICE: This edition of the Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the U.S. Copyright Law.
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You definitely need to see the public service announcement video that Chuck and Gena Norris filmed. Unfortunately, I am not currently able to include the video here, as it is being unveiled exclusively by World Net Daily. However, you can see it by clicking on the link to the story below.
Chuck Norris Fact No. 39: “Chuck Norris stared evil in the eye and it went into hiding.”
America’s favorite action star is doing just that this election – calling on evangelical Christians across the nation to join him in crushing the creep of socialism under President Obama.
CHUCK AND GENA NORRIS
Norris and his wife, Gena, have filmed a public service announcement, unveiled exclusively at WND, wherein the two urge Christians to help save the country in November.
“We are here to talk about a growing concern we all share,” Chuck Norris explains. “If we look to history, our great country and freedom are under attack. We’re at a tipping point and, quite possibly, our country as we know it may be lost forever if we don’t change the course in which our country is headed.”
In America, to have any political power, it is important to find as many like-minded people that you can in order to bring about any change. However, if it was only Chuck Norris that is in agreement, well, I'd say that's good enough for me! It gives new meaning to, "Don't be afraid! YOU ARE NOT ALONE!"
From crumbling down American sovereignty by giving sway to U.N rule and European socialism to clamping down on Second Amendment gun rights and passing the Freedom of Choice Act – the sweeping bill that would abolish all pro-life regulations across the nation, from parental notification laws to bans on federal funding of abortion, our republic is in deep, deep trouble with Obama at the helm for four more years, because he will complete his fundamental transformation of the United States into a completely progressive European-socialist state.
Fellow citizens, America is out of time, out of money, indebted up to her ears and our economy and unemployment rates are in the tank. We can’t afford a single day more of President Obama – especially knowing every day his administration adds $4,179,115,306 extra (on top of the existing spending and debt) every day he is in office.
Okay, it is time to pay tribute to one of my heroes: Glenn Beck. He had the right idea nearly three years ago, back on November 1, 2009. There is no doubt in my mind that Beck backs up the recent dire warning presented by Chuck and Gena Norris.
** IN THEIR OWN WORDS ** Obama's Nest Of Marxists IN THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATURE, & JUDICIAL
WAKE UP AMERICA!! Marxist communists have infiltrated Washington DC! Listen yourself AS THEY SHAMELESSLY CONFESS THEIR HATRED OF AMERICA IN THEIR OWN WORDS!!
Only Fox News, now singled out by Obama's henchmen as "the enemy of the state", REPORT the news that all the co-conspirator propaganda media refuse to air! Glenn Beck boldly shows up these TRAITORS and their FOUL WORDS AND DEEDS against America and the U.S. Constitution... ~~~ READ MORE ~~~
Yes, Friday's big news in the mainstream media is Facebook's initial public offering (IPO). Yes, it's finally happening, Facebook has gone public. However, that isn't what I needed to direct your attention to today. I'm not going to promote gambling here! No, uh-uh!
In fact, I'm going to place a warning sign along the way like the ones that warn drivers of an upcoming construction site, traffic lanes will be reduced, and that caution and a much slower speed need to be adhered to. With this IPO, the last thing you want to do is get stuck in a bubble that could burst long before you have a chance to dump your stock in Facebook. Here's a video that makes my point:
That is why I'm doing something so weird today. This might just shock you to see me posting a blog so soon after the last post. That is almost as rare as seeing the Chicago Cubs win more than two games in a row!
There were at least two other stories that caught my attention Friday. They both had to do with "going public." I had to take advantage of the situation, just so I could sneak in these stories on a Sunday, when nobody is watching. They call that, "UNDER the RADAR," I think.
Well, there you go. What else do we do with stories that deal with President George W. Bush's rare public commentary and the issue of "Obama's eligibility" appearing on Breitbart.com?
That's a good question, and I think I can give you the correct answer: Read the stories carefully, and don't be afraid to ask some questions. I don't know about you, but it is getting where what you read on the internet needs thorough investigation before accepting it 100% - i.e., lock, stock and barrel.
It doesn't matter if what you read in the mainstream media, or anywhere else, is 75% true or a total lie. Any kind of omission of facts is no better than a total fabrication. When you are not provided with all of the pieces of a puzzle, you should be warned; you are probably being manipulated, just so that you don't see the big picture.
Being that the content in this WIFLI Briefing is relatively very limited, you should have plenty of time to soak in the information, seek verification, and formulate your opinions. But remember, it's probably not a good idea to be "Going Public" with your opinions or news stories until you have ALL of facts to back you up.
Don't even write off the "birther" issue; not just yet. You never know when a news source, even if it's Breitbart.com and not one of the "mainstream outlets," exposes a new twist in the story.
The moral of the story is that not everything that "goes public" should be accepted as the complete, truthful story. But, at the very least, try to fit in one more puzzle piece in order to get the big picture.
Welcome to this edition of Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing!
What is WIFLI?
You may be wondering what the acronym "WIFLI" means. I started out by calling these issues the Time 2 Escape Daily, but that didn't work out very well. I quickly learned that putting these issues together on a daily basis was a task I was unable to accomplish. To replace "Daily" in the title, I borrowed the acronym WIFLI, which literally means "When I Feel Like It." Putting together a post on this blog WIFLI works much better for my schedule, and for the higher quality of each issue that is eventually published! FAIR USE NOTICE: This edition of the Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the U.S. Copyright Law.
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I'm very impressed by the ideals that our former President endorsed in this column. But do I believe it is the reality that we face now? No, I don't. I am afraid that regardless of the tyrant, and the associated oppression of Arabs in those Middle East Muslim countries, the lack of freedom will still greet a large proportion of the population in those societies.
When the former President states that, "We only get to choose what side we are on," he was correct. However, are any of the alternative choices any better than what exists now? How are we going to determine which side to choose when neither side actually allows freedom?
These are extraordinary times in the history of freedom. In the Arab Spring, we have seen the broadest challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet communism. The idea that Arab peoples are somehow content with oppression has been discredited forever.
Yet we have also seen instability, uncertainty and the revenge of brutal rulers. The collapse of an old order can unleash resentments and power struggles that a new order is not yet prepared to handle.
Some in both parties in Washington look at the risks inherent in democratic change—particularly in the Middle East and North Africa—and find the dangers too great. America, they argue, should be content with supporting the flawed leaders they know in the name of stability.
But in the long run, this foreign policy approach is not realistic. It is not within the power of America to indefinitely preserve the old order, which is inherently unstable. Oppressive governments distrust the diffusion of choice and power, choking off the best source of national prosperity and success.
This is the inbuilt crisis of tyranny. It fears and fights the very human attributes that make a nation great: creativity, enterprise and responsibility. Dictators can maintain power for a time by feeding resentments toward enemies—internal or external, real or imagined. But eventually, in societies of scarcity and mediocrity, their failure becomes evident.
A valid complaint has been made in the last few years by the Conservative side of politics is that Barack Hussein Obama was not properly vetted by those in the mainstream media prior to the 2008 election. While there were a few out there like Joseph Farah and Jerome Corsi at WND.com that brought up the birth certificate and Constitutional eligibility, many of the most Conservative talk-radio show hosts, and Fox News Channel, wouldn't touch it.
Following a story put out on Breitbart.com which you can see below, additional commentary and thought became part of some of the most popular radio shows. Both Glenn Beck and Joe Pagliarulo (on The Weekend), dedicated a major portion of their shows to discuss the Breitbart.com story.
Here is the story about the story: What Breitbart.com went public with is enough to make a lot of people become a little more curious about this situation. I know for a fact that when I posted stories in the past that i found on WorldNetDaily, now known as WND.com, the story got a lot of heat from the critics in the mainstream media as well as from the Conservative pundits.
At some point, the historians will be forced to deal with these events that may someday be known as "Birthergate." And I hope the historians will still be able to view and share the video you will see below:
There are a lot of questions concerning President Barack Obama, and this is not the time to quit asking those questions. I'm just sayin'...
The Vetting - Exclusive - Obama's Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii' From Breitbart.com ~ By Joel B. Pollak ~ Published May 18, 2012
Note from Senior Management [at Breitbart.com]:
ANDREW BREITBART
Andrew Breitbart was never a "Birther," and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of "Birtherism." In fact, Andrew believed, as we do, that President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961.
Yet Andrew also believed that the complicit mainstream media had refused to examine President Obama's ideological past, or the carefully crafted persona he and his advisers had constructed for him.
It is for that reason that we launched "The Vetting," an ongoing series in which we explore the ideological background of President Obama (and other presidential candidates)--not to re-litigate 2008, but because ideas and actions have consequences.
It is also in that spirit that we discovered, and now present, the booklet described below--one that includes a marketing pitch for a forthcoming book by a then-young, otherwise unknown former president of the Harvard Law Review.
It is evidence--not of the President's foreign origin, but that Barack Obama's public persona has perhaps been presented differently at different times.
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Breitbart News has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."
Welcome to this edition of Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing!
What is WIFLI?
You may be wondering what the acronym "WIFLI" means. I started out by calling these issues the Time 2 Escape Daily, but that didn't work out very well. I quickly learned that putting these issues together on a daily basis was a task I was unable to accomplish. To replace "Daily" in the title, I borrowed the acronym WIFLI, which literally means "When I Feel Like It." Putting together a post on this blog WIFLI works much better for my schedule, and for the higher quality of each issue that is eventually published! FAIR USE NOTICE: This edition of the Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the U.S. Copyright Law.
I am hoping that if you have read a few of my blog posts in this venue,that you will understand that I lean considerably toward being Conservative. And I hope that you have determined that I excel at delivering a narrative that exhibits the confidant personal belief... that I'm right.
However, I have to admit it, I've had times of wondering why I should bother to spend the time working on my blogs. Am I going to change anyone's mind, or am I just preaching to the choir? How would I know if my efforts make a difference?
I really do not have a way to answer that question. There's no tangible statistics like homeruns or strikeouts that tells me if I have a measurable influence in the direction this country was heading. The Rasmussen Report hasn't offered that information to me yet; and if they did, I'd be running for President. If I was a history-maker, you would have heard about it by now.
But I have learned something new this weekend. Hopefully, you will totally understand what was revealed to me. The toughest part of the lesson is knowing that not everyone will agree with everything that we believe. There was the good news that on The Weekend last Saturday when Michael Berry explained very astutely how we must not be dejected when we can not convince a liberal to our way of thinking. It does happen, but not often. What really matters is how many people we touch that had not yet made a decision on which side they are on.
The announcement that you will hear today, the one that will resonate strongly within yourself, is "Game ON!" Hopefully, the resonance will be deep, The stark reality that you will learn about below is that we will win a few when we fight back. We can't win every battle even when we are on the right side. But here's the deal: The liberals need to understand that we're not going to just lay down and comply, even when they pick five to crucify. I'm just sayin'...
Update, April 26, 7:55 p.m.: Citing public outrage, the Department of Labor has withdrawn the controversial rulemaking proposal described in this article.
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A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members of Congress. But now it’s attracting barbs from farm kids themselves.
The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child labor laws to children working on family farms, prohibiting them from performing a list of jobs on their own families’ land.
Under the rules, most children under 18 could no longer work “in the storing, marketing and transporting of farm product raw materials.”
“Prohibited places of employment,” a Department press release read, “would include country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions.”
U.S. Labor Secy. Hilda Solis with her new boss, President Barack Obama
The new regulations, first proposed August 31 by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, would also revoke the government’s approval of safety training and certification taught by independent groups like 4-H and FFA, replacing them instead with a 90-hour federal government training course.
Rossie Blinson, a 21-year-old college student from Buis Creek, N.C., told The Daily Caller that the federal government’s plan will do far more harm than good.
“The main concern I have is that it would prevent kids from doing 4-H and FFA projects if they’re not at their parents’ house,” said Blinson.
“I started showing sheep when I was four years old. I started with cattle around 8. It’s been very important. I learned a lot of responsibility being a farm kid.”
Here is a superb video about why the Labor Deptartment's proposed rules needed to be withdrawn. This illustrates the reason why this was a great win for We the People!
Each year, an estimated 800,000 children work on farms across the United States.
Mending fences, feeding cattle, and driving tractors are all part of the daily chores for farm kids. But a new U.S. Department of Labor rule could make all of those tasks-- illegal.
Kristen Oaks shows us how those rules could threaten the future of one family farm.
Of course, such ridiculously stupid proposals for more government regulations ended up being withdrawn. And the great news is that this shows us that when the American citizens are awake and alert, We the People can actually overcome the desires of Big Government!
The U.S. Department of Labor announced April 26 that it is withdrawing its proposed rule dealing with children who work in the agriculture sector.
The department said in its statement:
"The Obama administration is firmly committed to promoting family farmers and respecting the rural way of life, especially the role that parents and other family members play in passing those traditions down through the generations. The Obama administration is also deeply committed to listening and responding to what Americans across the country have to say about proposed rules and regulations.
"As a result, the Department of Labor is announcing today the withdrawal of the proposed rule dealing with children under the age of 16 who work in agricultural vocations.
"The decision to withdraw this rule — including provisions to define the 'parental exemption' — was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effect of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms. To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration.
"Instead, the Departments of Labor and Agriculture will work with rural stakeholders — such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Farmers Union, the Future Farmers of America, and 4-H — to develop an educational program to reduce accidents to young workers and promote safer agricultural working practices."
Farmers and politicians alike have applauded the decision.
Oh, wait... Now that the problem of the attack on family farms is over, maybe we should start thinking about the fact that the Obama administration is just plain anti-capitalism. The most recent attack came from the EPA, in the form of a bureaucrat trying to set an example. Did you hear about this story? What if it is true? Would a video of the EPA official saying how he'd crucify business operators change your mind?
That's right, I detected some skepticism regarding the Obama attack on free enterprise. But here you go, this is the proof that the transformation of America is not about making sure everyone has a fair chance to succeed. It seems that the real agenda is making sure everyone has a fair chance to have equal results regardless of their efforts.
Al Armendariz, Obama's EPA Regional Administrator Wants To Crucify
Nothing like a little propaganda on late night television – that’s exactly what America got when Obama stopped by Jimmy Fallon’s program to participate in his ‘slow jam’ the news bit. Only, there was nothing really that funny, just Obama giving a speech and the host making it appear cool.
America doesn't need a cool president. We need a president that doesn't have to resort to brazenly using the late night show circuit in order to get things done, like improving our economy and cutting the size of the government.
So... I guess if the "preezy of the United steezy" wants to utilize his left-wing media minions for free propaganda, which seems a little sleazy, let's give him a little taste of some well deserved derision.
It isn't all that often that people try to take credit for such a pathetic performance in the last three-plus years of a one-term presidency. But this one-term president shows his arrogance in believing that his base is ignorant enough to want to vote for him again, just because Barack Obama is so cool.
I saved the best for last. A week ago, I mentioned the story about Ted Nugent's run-in with the Secret Service regarding remarks during the NRA 2012 Annual Convention on a radio show. In fact, I even linked to the story, "Nugent Ousted From Fort Knox Concert Line-Up." In the story below, Nugent responds to the cancellation.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama.
CONSERVATIVE ROCK-STAR TED NUGENT
Commanders at the Fort Knox, Kentucky, post nixed Nugent's segment of a June concert after the rocker and conservative activist said at a recent National Rifle Association meeting that he would be "dead or in jail by this time next year" if Obama is re-elected.
Nugent told The Associated Press this week that his words were not intended as a threat against the president.
"To think that there's a bureaucrat in the United States Army that would consider the use or abuse of First Amendment rights in determining who is going to perform at an Army base is an insult and defiles the sacrifices of those heroes who fought for the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights," Nugent said.
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