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Below is the text of an amendment attached to the House of Representatives intelligence authorization bill. Please read:

Congress--

(1) commends the men and women of the intelligence community for the tremendous commitment, perseverance, professionalism, and sacrifice they displayed in bringing Osama bin Laden to justice;

(2) commends the men and women of the intelligence community for committing themselves to defeating, disrupting, and dismantling al Qaeda; and

(3) reaffirms its commitment to using the capabilities and skills of the intelligence community to--

(A) disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and affiliated organizations around the world that threaten the national security of the United States;

(B) eliminate safe havens for terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan; and

(C) bring terrorists to justice.

Pretty straight forward and amazingly non-partisan for this House.

It's the type of amendment meant to show unity in purpose and unified commitment of the American people towards those enemies determined to destroy our way of life.

A simple slam dunk 'yes' vote, right? Wrong. Four DwainBwainDemocrats couldn't even muster the courage to vote yes on the above and instead voted 'present'.

They are so liberal, so far at the edge of the left wing fringe they put their own personal ideology above the interests of the nation they say they are there to serve.

The 'cluster fup four' are: Reps. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Pete Stark (Calif.) and Lynn Woolsey (Calif.)

Kucinich can be excused considering just how bad his alien anal probe has been malfunctioning lately.

Lee is the ONLY lawmaker in both the House AND the Senate to vote against the use of force following the 9/11 attacks.

Stark, an avowed atheist, is known for his arrogance over his constituents and has gone so far to state publicly: “The federal government, yes, can do most anything in this country.”

Woolsey is on record with such brave rhetoric as “Gen. Petraeus is giving us the Charlie Sheen counter-insurgency strategy,..” (Isn't she sooooo brave behind the podium on the House floor?)

Considering 3 of the 4 are from California and Kucinich may no longer even be of this planet, let alone America, the behavior is not necessarily unexpected, but that makes it no less bizarre.

Rather than waste time trying to apply common sense, logic and reason to such people the more prudent course is to just accept their statistical probability and conversely their statistical insignificance.

With over 300 million of us now occupying this geographical puzzle piece known as America it is a statistical fact that at any given time a few nuts will randomly find their way to the national stage.

Those are not the ones we should be worried about. What SHOULD worry us, is just what type of gray mush is sloshing between the ears of the thousands of idiots who return these imbeciles to power every two years?

Image: Nate beeler at the washingtonexaminer.com]

businessweek.com'sopening paragraph says it all:

May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Medicare, the U.S. health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and the Social Security trust for the disabled and retirees are running out of money sooner than the government had projected.
While Medicare won’t have sufficient funds to pay full benefits starting in 2024, five years earlier than last year’s estimate, Social Security’s cash to pay full benefits runs short in 2036, a year sooner than the 2010 projection, the U.S. government said today in an annual report.

The above statement is not from those scary, evil Republicans, it is from the Social Security and Medicare trustees themselves. Paul Ryan was eviscerated by Democrats for putting forth a budget to address the very problem stated above.

Now, you can believe the trustees and you can face reality and start looking at Ryan's plan with an open, honest mind – OR – you can put your faith and trust in Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama. For the record, a bit more from this most entertaining modern version of the Three Stooges:

Harry Reid back in 2005 when Republicans were making one of many attempts to address the looming Social Security and Medicare crisis:

“Today’s report confirms that the so-called Social Security crisis exists in only one place — the “we can get to issues that are certainly more in the form of a crisis than a program that has enough money to have it in the form it's in for the next 50 years.”minds of Republicans,”......“In reality, the program is on solid ground for decades to come.”................”

A quick read of the website issues2000.com shows Nancy Pelosi voted FOR each and every expansion of Medicare benefits and voted NO on each and every attempt to control costs at even the simplest of levels.

A little more insight into Pelosi's positions:

She also voted NO on allowing expansion of Medical Savings Accounts and allowing Small Business Associations to form for purchasing group healthcare for small business and.......drumroll please......she also made sure not to vote against banning physician assisted suicide.

You libs get that? Ms. Nancy's AGAINST allowing businesses and individuals more control and responsibility over their own healthcare costs while at the same time supporting physician assisted suicide? Quite a twisted logic path indeed but then again it IS Pelosi's path isn't it?

Just one month ago, on April 13th, in a speech at George Washington University, Dear Leader wasted no time in attacking the just recently released Paul Ryan's Republican budget. As is common Obama form he presented no real plan himself, rather a few broad vision statements and a couple of demonizations of Ryan and the Republican's for good measure. The facts he did present were skewed by a 12 year time frame to make them look better than they are. (Congress is required to only look out 10 years.)

Since that speech the President has taken Air Force One on one campaign fund raising trip after another and missed not one opportunity to deflect and demagogue. (Looking forward to that moat Mr. President.)

Yet in all that time he still not issued one correction to the distortions of fact and half-truths he told that April day.

The President however was correct on one thing:

”But the way this plan achieves those goals would lead to a fundamentally different America than the one we’ve known certainly in my lifetime.”

Considering the President came of age during the great War on Poverty and has lived his entire life under the shade of the government umbrella while leisurely sipping from its ever-flowing fountain of benefits the Republican plan DOES lead to a fundamentally different American than the one he knows.

A fiscally sound America where pandering politicians and self-serving special interests don't steal from generations of tomorrow to pay for indulgence today, a culturally anchored America where personal responsibility is expected and the lack of it not rewarded with government checks and assistance, and a founding principled America where it's federal government is once again a servant to its people not a tyrant dictating all.

America is at a crossroads not seen since the mid 1800's. We can choose the path to our assured destruction or we can demand a return to founding principles and common sense policy.

And before all you libs chime in about how TheCorner is for killing grandma, you need to remember one FACT that none of the Three Stooges and their minions will tell you:

Not ONE American age 55 or over is affected by ANY of Ryan's proposals.

And before you jump in with the usual 'put your money where your mouth is', read below and then please, please, shut the f...k up and let the adults get to work.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: For the record, I am 50 years old. That means I have already been personally affected by the previous Social Security reform under Reagan. My retirement age was raised to 67 from the current age of 65. Yet you didn't see Democrats in the streets demagoging that change now did you? I was in hospital administration thirty years ago developing the systems that provided the transition for the last Medicare payment reform and understand more than most the flaws in the current Medicare system. While Ryan's plan may not be perfect it deserves serious consideration and implementation at some level.

The Greatest Generation fought two of this country's greatest battles, The Depression and World War II, and they most certainly deserve the benefits they have received.

My Baby Boomers generation on the other hand has had the easiest path of any previous generation.

Just because we grew up with the entitlement mentality being ingrained into us every waking hour, does not mean that now when the country needs our sacrifice that we should refuse to give it.

The only way for Medicare and Social Security to survive in some form without exorbitant tax increases is for at least some form of means testing balanced with benefit trims.

We (the boomers) have already stolen trillions from younger generations, how dare we take more.

Border Patrol Agents Hector Clark, left, and Eduardo Rojas Jr. died Thursday just south of Gila Bend, Arizona. (image: cnn.com)

While this column ends with the sadness of the deaths of the two Border Patrol agents shown above, it starts 48 hours earlier with President Obama:

Just two days ago, before a partisan crowd in El Paso, Texas, Dear Leader held another one of his “look at me, see how great I am, listen as I tell you everything I’ve done good and how everything bad is all the fault of those big bad evil Republicans” rallies.

The scope of the speech was quintessential Obama. Take credit for anything good, wildly embellish that ‘good’ even if you have to lie, and blame any negative on someone else. While it drives sane Americans crazy, you can’t really blame the poor guy. It got him elected why should he think it won’t get him re-elected.

From flat lying about the border fence:

Then they wanted a fence. Well, the fence is --
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: The fence is now basically complete.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Tear it down!

to making sure he got at least one demagogic moment in

So, here’s the point. I want everybody to listen carefully to this. We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement. All the stuff they asked for, we’ve done. But even though we’ve answered these concerns, I’ve got to say I suspect there are still going to be some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: They’re racist!
THE PRESIDENT: You know, they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Or now they’re going to say we need to quadruple the Border Patrol. Or they’ll want a higher fence. Maybe they’ll need a moat. (Laughter.) Maybe they want alligators in the moat. (Laughter.) They’ll never be satisfied. And I understand that. That’s politics.

No, Mr. President, that’s not ‘politics’ as you say, that’s just a flat out lie, but then you probably can’t even tell the difference anymore can you?

Yet sadly today a truth not told in Obama’s speech appeared again.

The truth that the nation’s southern border is not secure and the truth that many, many thousands are still attempting to sneak into this country, and the truth that those illegals do not stop when ordered and put Border Patrol agents in mortal danger each and every day.

Today Border Patrol Agents Hector Clark, and Eduardo Rojas Jr. paid the ultimate price for Obama’s refusal to admit the truth. They were killed just south of Gila Bend, Arizona when their SUV collided with a freight train while they were assisting in the chase of illegals who did not stop when ordered.

But then again maybe we shouldn’t be too harsh on Dear Leader.

After all, it's not his fault those illegals who caused the deaths of two federal agents found the one little itsy, bitsy, piece of land that you say isn’t fenced yet.

How many more have to die before you admit the truth Mr. President?

The truth that our southern border is anything BUT secured.

The truth that (the disingenuous El Paso speech aside) your administration has NOT gone “above and beyond”.

Hell, forget the fence, give us the damn moat.

“Balance budgets from Washington - personal responsibility at home - individual liberty across the land”

Still scratching your head as to how almost half the adults in an American city the size of Detroit Michigan are functionally illiterate?

Look closely at the image above. As cbsdetroit reports those items are not pens or novelty miniature flower holders.

According to former Detroit police officer David Mahalab they’re crack pipes masquerading as novelties and were being sold in “dollar stores, gas stations, liquor stores” throughout the motor city.

Although every store he (Mahalab) wrote a ticket to was found guilty sales continue due to their lucrative nature.

So just what HAS been accomplished with the billions of tax dollars showered on Detroit over the past four decades? Obviously not much.

Question: Which comes first, the crack-head or the dumbass?

Answer: Why the dumbass of course. For without the dumbass’s entitlement programs the crack-head’s never even born.

But what makes Detroit’s current mess even worse is that they can’t blame it on Bush.

Remember, it was a young former Senator from Massachusetts sitting in the Oval Office when all those caring and loving liberal Democrats first took charge of Detroit and they haven’t let go since.

And as they scream, and yell and howl about their situation…..as they foment hate and anger against those that they demand give them more…..as they show just how deep their dumbass doth run…..they ignore the single most significant cause of their plight: themselves.

Reclaim America, reclaim her now:

“Balance budgets from Washington, personal responsibility at home, and individual liberty throughout the land”