Allen West Weekly Wrap-Up

Weekly Wrap-Up

There are those who feel the issues facing America are not threatening, certainly not of immediate concern. As I did my regular Saturday morning run along Fort Lauderdale beach this weekend, I pondered a simple question: "Who is leading America?"

Four days earlier, on Tuesday, we faced a very telling vote in the House of Representatives to approve yet another short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the Federal Government for FY 2011. The previous 111th Congress failed in one of their only true mandates, to develop a budget. We have been operating on these short-term measures since 1 October 2010. I had previously given my support to the CR on 1 March 2010 after we had passed HR 1 in the House of Representatives.

This past Tuesday I voted "Nay" on H.J. Res 48, the second Continuing Resolution. I voted no because in the month of February we spent $223B, although the shortest month of the year, it was the largest ever deficit spending month in United States history. Just as a comparison, President George W. Bush's biggest annual deficit was $400B. We are basically spending $4-$5B a day. Therefore, the offer of $6B of spending cuts over a three week period was nonsense. Furthermore, the offered cuts were the cuts "preferred" by the Democrats---meaning we did not even put up a fight for what the American people desire.

The measure passed 271-158. 54 Republicans voted "Nay" and from this group we shall have the nucleus to make a principled stand.

The President appointed Vice President Biden as his "budget negotiator," who then in turn departed the Country… so I repeat the question I was pondering: "Who is leading America?"

This is one smart guy. "Who is leading America?"

Jack Cashill writes: "Another Look at Obama’s Social Security Number"

Jack Cashill writes: "Another Look at Obama’s Social Security Number"

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Update: NPR Defunding Bill Passes — 7 Repubs Break Ranks

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Update: NPR Defunding Bill Passes — 7 Repubs Break Ranks

Those Republicans voting against the measure:
Sean Duffy — WI
Chris Gibson — NY
Richard Hanna — NY
Steve LaTourette — OH
Patrick Tiberi — OH
Dave Reichert — WA
Rob Woodall — GA

Voting Present: Justin Amash — MI

Not Voting:
Jim Jordan — OH
Raul Labrador — ID
Mike Pence — IN
Don Young — AK

These Repubs you can't trust.

Allen West | military diversity report | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Allen West | military diversity report | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

In an interview with The Daily Caller, West, who is black, was not pleased with the report, saying that the military is not a social experiment for outside groups to impose their theories. Rather, he said, it is a merit based organization where anybody can succeed.

“Everyone that comes into the military has an equal opportunity to get promoted to the next level. It is not about outside entities trying to engineer and design results and outcomes or create a sense of equal achievement and when some military diversity group writes a report saying there are too many white men on top,” West said. “It is kind of a slap in the face to those who have risen through the ranks such as four star General [Lloyd] Austin, [General] Kip Ward, many others. We don’t need these outside entities trying to design or shape a military.”

West continued by noting that many confuse privileges with rights. To West, it is a privilege to serve in the military. He also said it is not an institution with which outsiders should tinker, especially while engaged in conflicts abroad.

“I think that when you look at these groups and other liberal special interest groups that keep trying to chip away at the military,” he said. “We are engaged with a very vicious enemy in two combat areas and who knows what is going to happen in North Africa and the Middle East and now is not the time for us to stop and start sensitivity training.”

West suspects that the military as an institution is targeted by liberals because of the things it represents.

“The military stands for things that liberals don’t care for: standards, discipline, honor, character. And those are things they don’t like because they believe everyone should be equal…that is not what the military is all about.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/11/rep-allen-west-slams-military-diversity-report/#ixzz1GJU4OmmN

Bachmann Exclusive: Obama, Reid and Pelosi 'Deceitfully' Hid $105 Billion in Obamacare

Bachmann Exclusive: Obama, Reid and Pelosi 'Deceitfully' Hid $105 Billion in Obamacare

Bachmann proposes this course of action to deal with the appropriation: “The government runs out of money on March 18 of 2011. Before we Republicans agree to fund the government one day further, we need to get an agreement from Barack Obama and Harry Reid that they will give back the $105 billion that they deceitfully put into that bill. They need to give that money back and then we need to defund Obamacare after the next election.

Read more on Newsmax.com: Bachmann Exclusive: Obama, Reid and Pelosi 'Deceitfully' Hid $105 Billion in Obamacare

Now is the time to remove this funding.

Vote no on the continuing resolution because it doesn't cut funding for Obamacare!

Mark Levin

Mark Levin

Vinson indirectly pointed out the Administration’s bad faith when he noted that DOJ lawyers said in their reply brief that the reason for the delay was because Vinson’s order needed “careful analysis.” Yet this was “contrary to media reports that the White House declared within hours after entry of [Vinson's] order that ‘implementation will proceed apace’ regardless of the ruling.” Judge Vinson also wrote that the government’s legal citation in its most recent motion “borders on misrepresentation.”

So today, Judge Vinson reaffirmed that he meant it when he said the law was unconstitutional and that he had expected the executive branch to abide by his decision. Judge Vinson said the language in his original order “seems to be plain and unambiguous. Even though I expressly declared that the entire Act was ‘void,’ and even though I emphasized that ‘separate injunctive relief is not necessary’ only because it must be presumed that ‘the Executive Branch will adhere to the law as declared by the court,’ which means that ‘declaratory judgment is the functional equivalent of an injunction,’ the defendants have indicated that they ‘do not interpret the Court’s order as requiring them to immediately cease [implementing and enforcing the act].’” The judge was obviously annoyed that the government has “reportedly continued with full implementation.” He went on to “clarify” his order that he expected his declaratory judgment to “be treated as the ‘practical’ and ‘functional equivalent of an injunction.’”

The plaintiffs had asked the judge to treat the DOJ’s motion to “clarify” as a motion for a stay and to deny the motion. Judge Vinson did treat the motion to clarify as a motion to stay his earlier judgment but then offered a clever compromise to the Obama Administration: He granted a stay for seven days but only on the condition that the Administration file an appeal within that period that requests expedited appellate review, either in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit or the Supreme Court. Judge Vinson also noted that the appeal could be expedited because the briefing on the underlying legal issues was already submitted in his court.

Be careful of the State Run Media Spin.

Like Obama, what you see isn't what you get.

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Wisconsin Hall of Shame: Names & Numbers

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Wisconsin Hall of Shame: Names & Numbers

Here are the names, phone numbers, and emails of the fourteen (14) Wisconsin state senators, aka the Wisconsin 14, bent on defying the citizens of the Wisconsin.