It
is not the first time the media helped in the deception of Americans and in
hiding the truth.
We
were so preoccupied with the looming health care insurance premium that is really
a tax for the privilege of living in the U.S., the upcoming health exchanges, Obama’s
domestic army of IRS health insurance enforcement agents, more unemployment growing
on the horizon, and a dim economic future, that we overlooked the national
emergency declared by President Obama.
President
Obama sent a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the
President of the Senate on June 25, 2012, announcing his declaration of
national emergency.
According to Kenneth Schortgren, “the United States is seizing assets and property owned or managed by the Russian Federation relating to nuclear items and programs tied to Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU).” (examiner.com, June 26, 2012)
“I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, in view of the policies underlying Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, and Executive Order 13085 of May 26, 1998, and the restrictions put in place pursuant to Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, find that the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation continues to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.”
The
ramifications of this national emergency are quite complex, given the fragile
state of the global economy, the unstable Middle East, the wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq, the weak dollar, our huge national debt as the number one threat to
national security, the 257 Foreign Trade Zones in the U.S., the insolvency of the
euro crisis born by the socialist welfare states in the euro zone, huge
unemployment across Europe, bank bailouts and insolvencies, military posturing by
Iran, China, Russia, and Korea, the touted Arab Spring/Winter, and the
subsequent takeover of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt’s recent election. We
can speculate but we will certainly be accused of wearing a tinfoil hat since
only progressives and Democrats are opinion makers and the arbiters of truth. Any
possible theory advanced by other Americans would be met with incredulity and
derision. At a minimum, it would be seen as hate speech or racism.
We
were also oblivious to today’s strike down of the Stolen Valor Act. Using
indefensible judgment, the Supremes said that it is now acceptable to lie about
military service. Apparently, the First Amendment protects the Americans’ right
to lie, even if that lie involves a person’s military service, medals, and
awards received. (Lee Ferran, abcNews, June 28, 2012)
The
decision vindicated Xavier Alvarez who was convicted under the Stolen Valor Act
of 2006. The bill made it illegal to claim ownership of or to wear military
medals and ribbons, which were not earned. Alvarez never received the medals
claimed nor served in the military. He was sentenced to three years probation,
a $5,000 fine, and community service. His lawyers convinced the Supreme Court
that the Stolen Valor Act was unconstitutional and it violated his right to
lie.
SCOTUS,
through Justice Kennedy, defended its 6-3 decision in Alvarez’s favor that the Stolen
Valor Act is “too broad and ignores whether the liar is trying to gain anything
through his or her false statement.” A lie by any other name is still a lie. People
lie to gain influence, access, money, and positions of power.
While
cowardly Americans exercise their SCOTUS-decreed right to lie about military
accomplishments, the true heroes who receive medals and ribbons do so by sacrificing
their lives, limbs, blood, treasure, and precious time with their families.
Driven
into oblivion, the state of Realityville is becoming stranger by the day – the loons
and the corrupt are running the asylum.
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