Satire by John W. Lillpop

Next to electing anti-American Marxists to positions of high power and authority, the greatest proof that America is in the midst of a massive cultural and social “dumb down” is the annual carnage known euphemistically as the Super Bowl.

Sold to a gullible public as an epic battle between two great sports titans, in truth this “event” is nothing more than another excuse for the unwashed masses to consume ungodly amounts of chips, burgers, and hot dogs, and to swallow enough beer and other forms of alcohol to solve California’s drought problems for a decade or two, provided that reasonable rationing is enforced.

By Sher Zieve

The Apex of Chutzpa has now been reached by Obama and his Marxist minions. Since they gained control of both houses of Congress in 2006, Democrat leaders have been on a hell-bent mission (both literally and figuratively) to plunder the wealth of the USA and suppress its people. And now, they want to raise taxes on all of us to pay for their theft and further place We-the-People into the bottomless pit of these leftists’ making! They have stolen from us, destroyed our lives and now expect us to pay them even more for the privilege of our having been destroyed. This is nothing less than being forced to dig our own graves.

By U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Columbus, N.M. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Columbus, N.M. port of entry seized 5.3 pounds of marijuana Thursday morning. The drugs were hidden in a backpack being carried by a 14-year-old girl.

The seizure was made just before 7 a.m. when the juvenile entered the port from Mexico as a pedestrian. CBP officers selected the girl for a secondary exam and while searching her backpack they spotted several rectangular packages.
    
Officers removed a total of five packages from the backpack. The contents of the packages tested positive for marijuana. The juvenile drug smuggler, a U.S. citizen originally from Surprise, Ariz., was remanded for prosecution.

Washington, D.C. - Judicial Watch, the public interest group that fights government corruption and judicial abuse, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Leslie Dutton and the American Association of Women against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Leroy D. Baca for denying Dutton’s “Full Disclosure Network” an opportunity to interview inmate Richard Fine. Mr. Fine is under incarceration indefinitely for contempt of court in Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail stemming from his legal efforts to counter alleged corruption in the Los Angeles County court system. Plaintiffs allege the Sheriff’s Department and Baca have violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

By U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Edinburg, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas sector along with state and local law enforcement agencies have experienced an increase in the use of homemade spikes by smugglers.

In 2009 law enforcement authorities in the Rio Grande Valley witnessed a significant increase in the use of homemade spikes by smugglers attempting to evade arrest. In most cases smugglers deploy the spikes in order to disable law enforcement vehicles while they are in pursuit.

By Alan Caruba

I have a cousin with whom I speak every day throughout the week, often two or three times a day as both of us work out of offices that leave us fairly isolated from people. He is a top financial advisor to the wealthy, working from his New York office, a short stroll to his university club for a lunch. My office is in my suburban apartment, separate from the living quarters.

Politically, no two people could be more unlike each other. He is a liberal and I am a longtime conservative. We rarely agree on politics and policies, and so we wisely never talk about either. What we do, having shared memories of a family of artists, authors, lawyers, doctors, plus a bevy of cousins, nieces and nephews, is entertain one another to pass the day.

The perceptions Democrats/liberals have of Republicans/conservatives are tribal. In some ways they are dehumanizing. And in too many ways they are dependent on demonizing the opposing party.

In between is a growing legion of “independents” who do not want to be identified or affiliated with either party. And, of course, they are demeaned as “tea-baggers” by the far Left, but regarded as true patriots by the far Right.

By: Christopher G. Adamo

The reverberations from Republican Senator Scott Brown’s Massachusetts election had barely subsided when an even greater shockwave was sent throughout the liberal world. On Thursday January 21, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned major pillars of the McCain/Feingold campaign finance “reform” act, thereby reestablishing the ability of the people to express themselves freely during election time, and thus to publicly hold Washington accountable for its actions.

Of course such an outrage against the Ruling Class can never be allowed to stand, if its dreams of imposing the liberal agenda on the American people are ever to be realized. The most crucial component of any liberal program is a monopoly on the dissemination of information, and the success of every tinhorn dictator throughout history has hinged on controlling the voice of the opposition. So it comes as absolutely no surprise that Barack Obama is leading an attack against the Court, abetted by such leftists as Senator Charles Schumer (D.-NY)

By Chuck Baldwin

Most of us Americans have a deep and abiding respect and admiration for our country's fighting men who have served--and are serving--within the US Armed Forces. We appreciate their willingness to put themselves in harm's way for the preservation of our nation's liberty and independence. We honor their sacrifice. Indeed, many of us share that sacrifice with the deaths, dismemberments, and paralysis of our most cherished loved ones who were killed or injured in the line of duty.

It is time, however, that we awaken to the reality of what our military is becoming and where it is heading. Suffice it to say, this is not your father's army.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The owner of a southwest Missouri roofing company was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to forfeit more than $180,000 and pay a $36,000 fine for knowingly hiring illegal aliens. The sentence resulted from a worksite enforcement investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Russell D. Taylor, 31, of Bolivar, Mo., was sentenced in the Western District of Missouri Feb. 3 to forfeit $185,363 to the government and pay a fine of $36,000. He pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to knowingly hiring, contracting and sub-contracting to hire illegal aliens from August 2006 through April 2008.

By U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Edinburg, Texas - U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector seized nearly 12,000 pounds of marijuana within a 48-hour period.

Agents seized almost six tons of marijuana throughout the Sector on Tuesday and Wednesday. The seizures occurred from Brownsville to Rio Grande City and north to the Falfurrias and Kingsville Border Patrol Checkpoints. The seizures were all unrelated.

The seizures total more than 11,800 pounds and have an estimated street value of nearly $9.5 million. The Drug Enforcement Administration assumed custody of all apprehended individuals and narcotics.

    Brainwashed in our childhood
    Brainwashed by the school...
    Brainwashing us in Washington...
    Brainwashed by the media...
    Brainwashed by computer
    Brainwashed by mobile phones
    Brainwashed by the satellite
    Brainwashed to the bone.
    —George Harrison, “Brainwashed”

Precisely because Americans are easily distracted--because, as study after study shows, they are clueless about their rights--and because the nation’s schools have ceased teaching the fundamentals of the Constitution or the Bill of Rights--the American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer toward authoritarianism. This is taking place with little more than a whimper from an increasingly compliant populace that, intentionally or not, has allowed itself to be brainwashed into trusting their politicians.

If the people have little or no knowledge of the basics of government and their rights, those who wield governmental power inevitably wield it excessively. After all, a citizenry can only hold its government accountable if it knows when the government oversteps its bounds.

By Frosty Wooldridge

Our U.S. Congress causes most Americans of both parties intellectual trauma, emotional fits and mental anguish. Every week, 545 individuals misdirect, obfuscate, cloud, suppress, deny or avoid dealing with serious issues facing our civilization. Fact: they don’t solve much, but they do perpetuate most of our problems.

You might read a compelling piece, “545 PEOPLE” by Charlie Reese that explains their profound disconnect with America, with her values, with her people and with the principles of the U.S. Constitution.