The Government Is Pretending

Barack Obama

The 2008 financial crisis that continues to devastate the U.S. economy, has shown the nation and the world that Washington is experiencing tremendous difficulty in tackling the economic problems besetting America.

In a problem that originated with and due to the policies of former President George W. Bush and has persisted through the presidency of incumbent, Barack Obama, many people are genuinely suffering under extraordinary financial hardships that never should have happened.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama

The people did what was asked of them by working and paying their taxes, but due to abusive financial conduct by the corporate sector, permitted by the White House and Congress, mortgage rates were unreasonably reset to backbreaking levels, gouging millions of people into foreclosure and financial ruin. The American dream of owning one's own home has been shattered for millions, with an unprecedented number of foreclosures.

The cost of living in America also spiked, due to greedy oil companies colluding to raise the price of gas and making a fortune each quarter in doing so, with the consent of the White House and Congress. Nothing was done to stop the banks or the oil companies from overcharging people for two important services integral to modern life, which spill over into other areas of commerce, such as creating added costs for food, clothing and electronics suppliers that transport their goods using gas enabled modes of transportation.

George W. Bush

Another issue that continues to lurk in the background are a number of massive ponzi schemes defrauding many out of their hard earned money. There have been a handful of high profile arrests, but there are quite a few fraudsters still in business, if you can call it that, as that is not commerce, but thievery, which is illegal.

Even with the painful realization of the aforementioned issues, the government has failed at every rung to remedy the serious economic problems that have dragged the U.S. economy to unprecedented lows, causing the nation and the world to lose confidence in Washington. Due to the fact that so many other global economies are intertwined with that of America, other nations and their citizens are suffering as well.

Federal Reserve Chief Bern Bernake

The government knows what they need to do to correct the economy, but there’s just one problem, they won’t do it. It is not politically expedient. All the government has to do is pass bipartisan legislation, making the correct budget cuts and implementing appropriate taxes on the rich, along with legislation that puts corporations in check, giving them clearly defined limits by law, regarding what they can and cannot do in the marketplace.

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The FBI And Ethics

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller has invaded the public's privacy far more than his notorious predecessor J. Edgar Hoover

A number of legal cases by unrelated litigants, filed all over the country and subsequently carried by many mainstream press outlets, reveals a pattern of abuse at the FBI, betraying a serious lack of ethics on the agency's part. It's to be expected that criminals will be investigated, but what happens when the FBI resorts to very underhanded and illegal tactics in doing so - and even worse - when these terrible practices are used against innocent people, falsely branded criminals.

What happens when innocent people's lives are irreparably destroyed, as seen in the Steven Hatfill case and many others. Hatfill is a scientist the FBI took the gloves off with, investigating him in an illegal and unethical manner, completely destroying his business and personal life and that of his family. He was later exonerated and sued the FBI for their abhorrent conduct, winning a multi-million dollar judgment.

If the FBI stuck to universally accepted investigative guidelines that do not violate human rights, such things would never happen. The accepted standard all over the world, when investigating suspected criminals, is to engage wiretaps and request personal and business files on the subject via a court order, utilize digital and paper forensics and conduct physical surveillance, in building a case. To do so, one must have proper probable cause to not only investigate, but bring charges.

However, the FBI has taken investigations to sick, unconscionable extremes. The FBI routinely gets very personal and very nasty when investigation people, via getting into their family life, among other things. The agency tries to turn people’s spouses, children and friends against them in very psychologically disturbing ways - issuing threats if they do not cooperate. There is something very insidious about law enforcement trying to mentally destroy people by sowing discord and division amongst spouses, their children and friends, in a sick game of divide and conquer.

It is unprofessional and sick and has nothing to do with good law enforcement procedures. This is compounded by the fact, many of the people being targeted have committed no crime, yet permanent damage is being inflicted on their lives, relationships and careers.

Many of these cases have to do with the FBI, White House or a member of Congress, attempting to settle a personal score with innocent citizens that LAWFULLY said or wrote something they did not like. Others have to do with the FBI trying to pin crimes on innocent people, seeking pansies to take the fall, in aiding the agency to fill arrest quotas, in order to look productive to Congress, in bids at extracting more of your tax dollars, which they often waste.

As legal documents have shown, the FBI also routinely ropes in other government agencies, such as the IRS and Social Security, among others, in abusing innocent people they investigate. It is an abuse of public office. Any individual that participates in such criminality against innocent people, which clearly violates the constitution, must be exposed to be public, fired, severely sued and imprisoned. Taxpayers do not pay your salaries for you to turn around and abuse innocent people. Public office should never be used to settle personal vendettas.

Recently, another case surfaced where the FBI and CIA, illegally investigated an American university professor, for writing a lawful article, questioning the legality of former president George W. Bush's policies. He simply exercised his constitutional right to free press and free speech, writing nothing unlawful or threatening and was abusively investigated by a power mad administration, for doing so.

A presidency is not meant for such abuses. It is petty, pathetic, unethical and financially costly (the nation cannot afford such wasteful expenditures). It was also a great waste of taxpayer money, but there are many cases like his and disgracefully so and the financial toll is devastating, via wasted resources and man-hours investigating innocent people. The professor is now suing.

The White House and U.S. Congress have allowed the 8-billion-dollar-a-year FBI to do the unthinkable, in conduct that not only affects American citizens, but people in other nations, when the invasive surveillance and abuses secretly reaches their shores, in violation of international law and is later exposed.

Nothing useful comes of this criminal misconduct on the FBI's part that is only adding an enormous amounts of unjustifiable debt to the national deficit. FBI Director, Robert S. Mueller, has turned the FBI into a private police force, single-handedly adding billions to the national deficit with illegal investigations and wasteful programs that didn't amount to a hill of beans, yet Capitol Hill allowed it, to the detriment of the nation.

The Republicans Say Obama Has No Economic Plan Only Speeches

In a jab at U.S. President, Barack Obama, leading Republican, John Boehner, outlined his party's economic and political plans for America, in the wake of a terrible financial crisis. Boehner also went on to state, President Obama has no financial plan for America, only issuing speeches in the face of serious issues.

Senator John Boehner (left) and President Barack Obama (right)

As the deadline for the debt ceiling nears, the President and his fellow Democrats, are locked in negotiations with rival Republicans and it appears they have made very little headway. Here's hoping both sides will accomplish something in the coming days.

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You Can Tell By The Looks On Their Faces That The Debt Talks Aren't Going Well

Barack Obama

U.S. President, Barack Obama, is reportedly very frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations, regarding America's debt ceiling. He lashed out in anger this week stating, "I have reached the point where I say enough. Would Ronald Reagan be sitting here? I’ve reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I will not yield on this." Currently, if there's anything that is going to bring Obama's presidency down, it is his unprecedented government spending, with no results to show for it, as the economy continues to worsen in every way.

John Boehner

On the other side of the aisles, top Republican, John Boehner, is sticking to his guns on not raising taxes on the rich (which the Judiciary Report does not agree with) and budget cuts (which the Judiciary Report does agree with). It is in times like these, it is beneficial to look to economic plans of the past that worked and within reason, apply those lessons to the challenges of today.

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The Numbers Keep Getting Worse

Barack Obama

Proving his political policies are not working, the latest U.S. jobs reports indicates, the economy added jobs at a very slow pace, which has alarmed government officials in Washington. As many polls have revealed, the economy ranks as the top concern of most Americans. The latest weak economic data coming out of the nation's capitol, is throwing a serious monkey wrench in President Obama's reelection plans, as the economy refuses to stabilize, due to the dangerous and unwieldy spending he continues to engage in.

Congress, on both sides of the aisles, has a responsibility to tell the President no, regarding his substantial spending initiatives. It can't continue like this. Someone needs to press the brakes on all this mad spending that makes no fiscal sense whatsoever. It's time to be sensible about this.

It's time to stop spending so much taxpayer money

When one watches news reports on the subject, the Democrats and Republicans, are fighting and telling everyone within earshot they are doing the right thing and the other party is not. However, what message does each side think it sends the nation, when they cannot even agree on a middle ground, to strike a simple compromise.

The Democrats in Congress are the biggest spenders, as they are liberals bordering on socialists, engaging in financial waste. The Republicans in Congress, are more prudent when it comes to money, but they need to stop holding out for no tax increases on the rich, also known as their friends, because the Treasury needs the money. There needs to be a temporary tax increase. Where else is the money going to come from, with businesses posting declines in revenue.

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Is It Fair For Obama To Solicit $1 Billion Dollars In Campaign Donations From The Public During A Terrible Financial Crisis

Barack Obama

In view of the horrible financial crisis America is currently mired in, is it fair for President Barack Obama, to ask the public to help him meet his goal of raising an unprecedented $1 billion dollars in campaign donations, for his 2012 reelection bid. This move lacks the sensitivity, consideration, austerity and economic prudence, a president should have under the circumstances.

Americans have lost their jobs, homes and life savings. Many are suffering during the current financial depression, in trying to make ends meet and put food on the table. In light of these facts, should President Obama really be soliciting such enormous campaign donations, during a financial crisis he helped to make much worse than it was in 2008, when he was elected.

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Obama Is More Preoccupied With Fundraising Than The Economy

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U.S. President, Barack Obama, seems to be more preoccupied with his massive fundraising drive, in a shaky bid for reelection, rather than the dire economy that needs his full attention. Obama is attempting to raise the exorbitant sum of $1 billion dollars, in deeds that seem like buying the Presidency of the United States.

While Obama's attention is turned to fundraising matters, the economy continues to decline, falling into terrible territory, signaling irreversible damage. If Obama fixed the economy, he would not have to worry about raising so much campaign funds, as that would be the best testament and tool for the 2012 election.

Furthermore, $1 billion dollars in donated campaign money, to reelect an unpopular president, is better off in the public's pocket during a terrible financial depression, the incumbent made worse with unruly spending.

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Obama Tells America To Up Its Game

Barack Obama

This article is a continuation of the Judiciary Report's theme of "oh no he didn't" concerning President Barack Obama. Yesterday, President Obama told Americans to, "Up your game." How ironic, because over a year ago, on March 17, 2010, the Judiciary Report wrote that, "What Mr. Obama needs to do is raise his game."

President Obama has absolved himself of all responsibility in the financial crisis that he has greatly worsened, opting to meddle in the Middle East as his top priority, rather than focusing on more pressing matters at home - the U.S. economy and the mass suffering transpiring in America as a result of its deteriorated state.

It's not the everyday American that's the problem, as Obama is suggesting, because citizens have worked and paid their taxes. It's the Obama Administration and Congress that have become the problem, greenlighting unruly spending that has eaten away at the taxpayers' money in the U.S. Treasury and simply will not pan out in the end, as painful evidence regarding the economy has been showing month after month. Therefore, regarding your derivative advice telling everyone to "up your game"...you first.

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Billionaire Tells Obama To Resign Over The Economy

Barack Obama

As his poll numbers worsen, U.S. President, Barack Obama, received a dressing down two days ago from billionaire, Jim Rogers, who called for his resignation, over the poor state of the economy. Rogers stated many sound principles the Judiciary Report has as well over the past few years, but the President has not been listening, sticking to an unsafe financial course that spells sailing into disaster.

For example, last week, Rogers warned of something the Judiciary Report wrote of on December 8, 2010 - the possibility of revolt, via violence and rioting erupting in America, if the nation's financial condition continues to deteriorate (Ben Bernake Didn't See The Financial Crisis Coming).

The site wrote this before all the uprisings and riots occurred around the world this year. While the Judiciary Report is not advocating violence, if the situation reaches boiling point in America, problems of a new violent breed will ensue. Rogers stated two days ago, "The administrations failure to cut spending, and halt skyrocketing inflation, will lead to violence and rioting in America, similar to what has been taking place in Greece, and other parts of Europe."

Another point Rogers mentioned on June 26, 2011, is cutting the national budget. The Judiciary Report has written about cutting the budget for years, but Washington apparently thinks it is novel and quaint, when it isn't obscure. It's not a revolutionary concept. Nations and companies have been doing so for decades when things go financial sour.

However, Obama reiterated his position last week and is refusing to cut the swollen budget, ram packed with luxuries and non-necessities. President Obama continues to spend like a gay man at a glitter store and it just is not going to work.

On June 24. 2011, the Judiciary Report stated, "You cannot spend your way out of debt and into prosperity" (A Majority Of Americans Feel They Were Better Off Before President Obama).

A day later on June 25, 2011, President Obama stated, "We can't simply cut our way to prosperity." Paraphrased, that's the exact opposite course of action to what I wrote a day earlier (oh no he didn't!).

Hypothetically speaking, if you have $1 trillion dollars coming in as accounts receivable and you spend $1.1 trillion dollars under the tag of accounts payable, mathematics tells you, that shall leave you in debt and in the red. If you cut the budget (accounts payable), you will have a surplus. Repeat process until the money sufficiently builds up in the black, pardon the pun (hey, I'm black too, so I can write that pun).

There are American companies generating revenues and paying taxes on those profits, but said money is being squandered by the government in Washington, eroding any attempts at rebooting prosperity. This is why many articles this week have proclaimed the U.S. economy is "stalling."

As stated before, the defense budget needs massive cutting. It's not really a "defense" budget, more like a "let's start some doo doo stuff" budget. The Pentagon, DOD, CIA and FBI, use a significant amount of taxpayer money, to engage in adversarial conflicts in the world that are not necessary and completely fruitless.

Their employees have huge salaries, first class accommodations and all the perks. Many of them live like Fortune 500 CEOs - and ironically for a government job that's not bringing in any revenues. The total expenditures for these misguided adventures, costs the U.S. taxpayer billions of dollars per year that could be better used elsewhere.

Many of President Obama's green and solar initiatives, which can wait, are sucking up billions of dollars in taxpayer money and at a very inopportune time. His high-speed rail initiatives can also wait, but he has signed away billions for those projects as well. Let's not forget Obamacare, which has usurped so much taxpayer money, it would give any accountant worth their salt, a very bad case of diarrhea.

A number of people have been offering the President sound advice, but he has tuned it all out, in favor of his agenda that America currently cannot afford. However, the President must remember, at the end of the day, he will be held accountable for his actions in the history books.

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In Support Of Christians In The Middle East

Gizah Pyramids In Egypt

Christians in the Middle East, have come under attack by some, not all, Muslims in the region, who are engaging in religious discrimination. The religious persecution in the Middle East is manifesting itself in the form of violence against Christians, which is completely unacceptable. People should have the right to practice their faith without fear of persecution or violence.

President Obama has pledged $3 billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer money to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, while attacks against Christians continue unabated. I for one do not want my tax money given to those that would harass, persecute and engage in violence against Christians. I am all for democracy in Egypt and celebrate with the nation in its victories, but the government must show fairness and tolerance for Egyptian Christians and Jews.

U.S. President Barack Obama

If U.S. tax dollars are to be given in such great number and during an unprecedented financial crisis in America, it should be to provide food, clothing and shelter to Egypt's poor. Not to an organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, who "supports terrorism" according to the FBI.

If the violence against Middle Eastern Christians does not desist, the West needs to reconsider the financial aide to offending governments and provide asylum to those being persecuted based on their religion with the possibility of death.

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Why Has Obama Given Billions Of Dollars To A Terrorist Organization

Barack Obama: it's just a few billion dollars

It was reported this week that U.S. President, Barack Obama, has given $3 billion dollars in American taxpayer money to the Muslim Brotherhood. However, what some do not know is, the FBI has designated them an organization that supports terrorism. Yes, you read that right - terrorism. President Obama has also given millions of dollars to the rebels in Libya, who are self-confessed Al Qaeda members.

Therefore, what's going on here. Why is the President of the United States of America, forking over huge sums of taxpayer money to people and groups officially designated terrorists. If a U.S. citizen or resident dared give a dollar to any group the FBI classified a terrorist organization or those with links to such entities, indictments, arrests and lengthy prison sentences would ensue. I for one, don't want my tax money spent that way (and once again, I have paid taxes and amazingly my copyrights did as well).

This is exactly how the terrorist that became Osama Bin Laden was born. The White House and CIA engaged violent men in the Middle East, gave them a fortune in U.S. taxpayer money, $3 billion (again), to fight a perceived enemy, Russia, only for the relationship to sour a few years later and innocent American civilians have been paying the price for it ever since, in appalling acts of murder in the name of terrorism and Allah. It’s time to break the cycle or history will repeat itself again.

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“Elements of the Muslim Brotherhood here and overseas have supported terrorism,” Muller said in response to a question at a hearing on “Worldwide Threats” by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Muller, who refrained to give any further information in an open session, said that the United States has no relationship with Muslim Brotherhood.

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On May 19th, President Obama laid out a plan to forgive Egypt of over $1 Billion in debt. This debt forgiveness is on top of the $2 Billion additional funds the Obama administration plans to provide in foreign aid to the Middle Eastern nation.

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Congress

Sometimes when I read articles with transcripts or watch televised footage of members of Congress bickering to no effect or positive resolution, I am reminded of the fact that many of them are sponging off the state, while hypocritically lecturing the populace about unemployment and waste.

Not only do the nation's taxpayers, myself included, especially with all the copyrights that were criminally stolen and the tax money it spawned, pay their salaries ($174,000 - $225,000 per year), they receive generous benefits as well (great top of the line health insurance, large pensions and all expense paid luxury travel accommodations with free food and alcohol). As such, I and others have the right to sound off when they fail or engage in wretched behavior.

A number of lawmakers in Congress have been busted taking bribes to supplement their six figure incomes, which they receive for arguing on the people's dime, about things like fried chicken (Who are they? Colonel Sanders) - while the serious issues in life, such as people dying from diseases like cancer and AIDS, as others fraudulently tamper with research funding through brazen criminal theft, goes on in the real world. Maybe Congress should join the rest of us in the real world. It would make a nice change of pace.

Former President George W. Bush In Congress, Who Cosigned All His Madness And Unruly Spending

This is the same Congress that refuses to cut their own bloated pay, while not making the grade, but are looking for ways to give the nation's rich massive tax breaks and cuts at the expense of the middle class and poor, who are being gouged by corporations. Clearly, Big Oil "greased your palms" campaign funds, so its okay for them to bleed the people dry (in your unethical estimation).

Programs to help poor people and the disabled have been cruelly cut, yet the government can afford an endless supply of million dollar bombs to use in illegal wars for oil (Obama Costing Americans Billions With War In Libya). When you do things like that as a legislature (and President) at least have the common decency not to publicly patronize the people, regarding why vital programs that help citizens in need are being discontinued.

This is the same Congress that allows the FBI to violate the privacy and constitutional rights of Americans EVERY SINGLE DAY, each time giving them a slap on the wrist for these criminal offenses, then it's back to the business of being overbearing eavesdroppers and snoopers.

This is the same Congress green lighting war after war they know is suspect and issuing billions in military based foreign aid, while giving domestic citizens nasty looks when threatening to cut unemployment, during a financial crisis they and the last president squarely started, bringing so much grief and suffering on not just America, but the world as well.

This is the same Congress contemplating destroying Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Imagine that, millions of Americans paid into Social Security for decades and now you want to spit in the populace's face, stating you are working to cut the programs. How is that fair, decent or moral? That is the equivalent of reneging on a contract.

President Barack Obama In Congress, Who Have Rubber Stamped His Unprecedented, Wild Spending

I live in the Social Security state, Florida, which is full of retirees, who have stories of how hard they worked to retire in peace. I can tell you off hand, there will be widespread homelessness if Congress ends Social Security and not just in this state, but the entire nation.

Retirees will not have enough money to pay their bills, in a society where the cost of food, gas, clothes and shelter have skyrocketed. This happened due to the horrible financial conditions Congress allowed to take root in the nation, under former President George W. Bush, which has continued under President Obama.

The congressional classes that served in Bush's time and now Obama's are bar none, the absolute worst in U.S. history. God blessed you with the most prosperous nation on earth and look what you did and permitted as the nation's legislature. The buck stops with you. Congress allowed this nightmare.

If Congress were a corporation it would be bankrupt, sued for woeful negligence, ineptitude and misconduct and put out of business. However, since Congress is funded by the taxpayers, with no real oversight, they are allowed to fail and spectacularly so. Nice work if you can get it. But then again, one would have to live with the shame of having failed a nation, leaving millions to suffer and which self-respecting person could look themselves in the mirror after doing something like that.

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2011 - Speaker of the House salary - $223,500. 2011 - House and Senate Salaries $174,000...Expense Allowances for members, kept separate from personal staff allowances, cover domestic travel, stationery, newsletters, overseas postage, telephone and telegraph service, and other expenses in Washington and in the members' state or congressional districts.

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What Kind of Benefits Does Congress Really Get?

December 15, 2010 - During the recession, as Americans saw their 401(k)s sink and their Social Security benefits questioned, many were quick to comment: "Why should members of Congress care? They get pensions for life."

And when the health care debate heated up, some felt the discussion might have been different if members of Congress didn't have such a cushy deal for their own medical coverage...

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Salaries and Benefits of US Congress Members

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