14% Of Americans On Food Stamps

Food Stamp Usage Across the Country

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"Some 42.9 million people collected food stamps last month, up 1.2% from the prior month and 16.2% higher than the same time a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

Coburn And Burr Demand Investigation Into Obama Education Department Attack On For-Profit Colleges

Now, however, there’s even more disturbing news. Senators Tom Coburn (R – Oklahoma) and Richard Burr (R – North Carolina) sent a letter to the Education Department last week citing public documents indicating that it “may have leaked the proposed regulations to parties supporting the Administration’s position and investors who stand to benefit from the failure of the proprietary school sector.” The Senators’ letter comes on the heels of a lawsuit whose evidence includes emails between Education Department advisers and short-sellers.

Democrats Give Charlie Rangel Standing Ovation

"This is the most breathtaking endorsement of utter tyranny to foul American discourse in recent memory. No past action conveys immunity from legal consequence."

The Fed Defends The Banksters

"........the Fed wants to change the law to force a borrower to pay off his mortgage even if the mortgage bank doesn't hold a legitimate interest in the house. This is sheer insanity. It should be clear from this that the Fed not only knows about the vast extent of the mortgage fraud, but is seeking to further victimize the victims of it. And it is no longer even pretending to be interested in the fate of the homeowning American public anymore."

Secret US Embassy Cables

Wikileaks began on Sunday November 28th publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain. The documents will give people around the world an unprecedented insight into US Government foreign activities.

The cables, which date from 1966 up until the end of February this year, contain confidential communications between 274 embassies in countries throughout the world and the State Department in Washington DC. 15,652 of the cables are classified Secret.

The embassy cables will be released in stages over the next few months. The subject matter of these cables is of such importance, and the geographical spread so broad, that to do otherwise would not do this material justice.

The cables show the extent of US spying on its allies and the UN; turning a blind eye to corruption and human rights abuse in "client states"; backroom deals with supposedly neutral countries; lobbying for US corporations; and the measures US diplomats take to advance those who have access to them.

This document release reveals the contradictions between the US’s public persona and what it says behind closed doors – and shows that if citizens in a democracy want their governments to reflect their wishes, they should ask to see what’s going on behind the scenes.

Every American schoolchild is taught that George Washington – the country’s first President – could not tell a lie. If the administrations of his successors lived up to the same principle, today’s document flood would be a mere embarrassment. Instead, the US Government has been warning governments -- even the most corrupt -- around the world about the coming leaks and is bracing itself for the exposures.

The full set consists of 251,287 documents, comprising 261,276,536 words (seven times the size of "The Iraq War Logs", the world's previously largest classified information release).

The cables cover from 28th December 1966 to 28th February 2010 and originate from 274 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions.

Obama White House Hands Out 111 Obamacare Waivers- Hides It On Website

Human Events

November 15, 1777
Articles of Confederation Adopted

The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. On March 1, 1781, the last of the 13 states, Maryland, ratified the agreement.
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Such a surprise........

Who Do You Save........A Prostitute Or A Politician?

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
"Okay, here's a little scruples quiz for you ...

Imagine you're a fireman in a small town where you know everybody. You rush into a burning hotel, and there, unconscious on the floor of one of the rooms lie a pair of people you know to be a politician and a prostitute. You're by yourself, and you can only rescue one of the two.

Question: which one do you save?"

Entire Police Force In Los Ramones, Mexico Quits After Gunmen Attack Headquarters

"All 14 police officers in Los Ramones, a rural town in northern Mexico, fled the force in terror
after gunmen fired more than 1,000 bullets and flung six grenades at their headquarters on Monday night."

Via Western Rifle Shooters Association

Woman Seeks 'Christian Roommate,' State Cites Her For Discrimination

"A single, 31-year-old woman in Michigan who posted a note on her church bulletin board seeking a 'Christian roommate'to share her residence has been cited by the state for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against those of other faiths."
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Communists Have Infiltrated Every Aspect Of Our Lives.

The Insurgency

"The Insurgency is a movement of citizens directed against unsustainable government taxation and regulation, and spending, both of which benefit insiders rather than ordinary people. The target of the Insurgency is a leviathan in Washington, D.C. that will ruin us all if it is not dismantled."

The times, they really are a-changin’.

DoJ Slumbers As Dead Voters Head To The Polls

"What is the quietest spot in Washington, D.C.? The Rose Garden? The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Actually, it’s the Justice Department’s Voting Section."
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DC is infested with crooks who need to be tarred, feathered, ridden out of town on a pole and deposited in the filthy Potomac where they will feel right at home.

The Battle Of Athens, Tennessee

"As Recently As 1946, American Citizens Were Forced To *Take Up Arms As A Last Resort Against Corrupt Government Officials."

* Coming to your street corner soon?

Retired General: Congress Should Give Obama Ultimatum

The comments come from Maj. Gen. Jerry Curry, who served in Vietnam and commanded the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground during his long military career.
Read more HERE.

Also, Retired U.S. Major General Paul E. Vallely, who served in Vietnam and retired in 1991 from the U.S. Army as deputy commanding general for the Pacific, said, "We now must call for the immediate resignation of Barry Soetoro (aka President Barack Hussein Obama) … based on incompetence, deceit, fraud, corruption, dishonesty and violation of the U.S. oath of office and the Constitution."