The Middle East is once again becoming unavoidable for Obama. Obama has praised the "Arab Spring" from the beginning without actually knowing what was really going on there.

Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on Libya. March 28, 2011.

I believe that this movement of change cannot be turned back, and that we must stand alongside those who believe in the same core principles that have guided us through many storms: our opposition to violence directed at one’s own people; our support for a set of universal rights, including the freedom for people to express themselves and choose their leaders; our support for governments that are ultimately responsive to the aspirations of the people.

At the time Obama made these remarks; there was still debate over whether or not to arm the Libyan "rebels" because we didn't really know who they were. But somehow Obama knows that they share our core beliefs?

A U.S. Ambassador and three other Americans died in Libya on September 11, 2012 as the result of an attack on the consulate.

TRIPOLI, Libya — US officials are increasingly suspicious that the murder Tuesday of the US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other American officials was not the result of a protest against an anti-Islam film, but instead was a coordinated terror strike timed for the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Stevens, 52, died as he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as a crowd of hundreds attacked the consulate Tuesday evening, many of them firing machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

By the end of the assault, much of the building was burned out and trashed. Stevens was the first US ambassador to be killed in the line of duty since 1979.

Hillary Clinton doesn't seem to grasp what's going on either.

Until now, Libya’s struggles had largely faded from the national headlines. Americans were shocked by Wednesday’s news that heavily armed Libyans assaulted the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, setting fire to the buildings and killing four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Even Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton questioned: “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?

Even more attacks have broken out.

Since Tuesday's deadly assault in Libya -- and a protest the same day at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo -- demonstrations, both small and large, have been reported in Israel, Gaza, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, Iraq, Iran and among Muslims in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir. Security has been heightened at U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide.

While some protesters say they have not seen any of the online film, they were incensed by reports of its depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.

These things alone make a few things apparent. For starters; Obama's foreign policy skills are severely lacking/non-existent. The Obama administration's policy of "peace through weakness" has caused the world to become much more unstable. And somehow Hillary Clinton is amazed that fundamentalist Muslims aren't beholden to Infidels (the U.S. in this case) for helping to oust Qaddafi.

It gets even worse; Obama was praising the Arab Spring uprising and Libya on the same day that the U.S. ambassador to Libya was killed.

Obama won't meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he has a meeting planned next week with Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi.

Want more? Just keep watching this administration.

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The owner of Chick-fil-A says that he supports marriage between two people of the opposite sex.

...Dan Cathy, president of the popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A, has done just that, saying on a radio show that “we’re inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. And I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude that thinks we have the audacity to redefine what marriage is all about.”

Following backlash after those remarks, Cathy then told the Baptist Press in an article posted July 16 that he is “guilty as charged” and is very “supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit.”

What is the response of the gay community? Boycott Chick-fil-A. Boycotts are only effective if there is a large enough number of individuals who take part. Statistically gays represent a very small minority of the population. Forget the numbers you've heard on the news. Forget the number of people who show up for gay rallies and marches. Look at the map.

Whenever gay marriage is put up to a vote; it fails the vast majority of the time. Most people are solemn in their beliefs and don't broadcast them. But when it comes time to vote, they vote their beliefs.

What was the reaction to the boycott threat? Huge numbers of people went to Chick-fil-A yesterday to show support for traditional marriage and Mr. Cathy.

At Chick-fil-A locations across the country, people voted with their wallets today, coming out to express support for the fast-food chain after CEO Dan Cathy said in an interview that he is a firm backer of traditional marriage.

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day – as it is being called was the idea of former Arkansas governor and Fox News contributor Mike Huckabee. But as protests against Chick-fil-A swelled across the country, dozens of groups and prominent individuals joined in support of the company.

Among the groups is Project 21, a black conservative activist organization. One of its members, Demetrios Minor, said critics of Dan Cathy have taken his statements completely out of context. “I think liberals are missing a vital point in their blind hatred of Chick-fil-A,” Minor said in a statement sent to Fox News. “Being against gay marriage is not being anti-gay.”

What is the latest response from the gay community? Stage a kiss-in at Chick-fil-A restaurants.

On Friday, supporters of same-sex marriage will have their say. They plan a “kiss-in” at Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country – encouraging gays and lesbians to share a public display of affection at the home of the chicken sandwich.

The "kiss-in" is proof that a boycott by such a small minority is ineffective. This was on display yesterday when Chick-fil-A, while bombarded with supporters, had a record sales day.

People can do what they want, but I think this is going to hurt the gay community more than help it. The gay movement has been one of force since the beginning. I liken it to a wild-eyed stalker. Obsessing until eventually they try to force their will on someone else with utter disregard for that person's wishes. They do these things from a removed, self-absorbed viewpoint; you have to like it because I do!

The gay movement is trying to force people to except their views by showing disrespect and being intolerant of others' opinions. Somehow I don't think this will go over well. This might even prompt people who would have otherwise stayed out of the debate altogether to enter it on the side of Chick-fil-A.

Why not just leave the word marriage alone?

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I noticed something the other day. I found it interesting that the Supreme Court has ruled that the government can tax as a social control method (not just for the purpose of revenue). I was wondering where I've seen this before; then I remembered, It's China's One-Child Policy!

The policy is enforced at the provincial level through fines that are imposed based on the income of the family and other factors.

Population and Family Planning Commissions exist at every level of government to raise awareness about the issue and carry out registration and inspection work. Despite this policy, there are still many citizens that continue to have more than one child.

China's One-Child Policy is enforced through fines? Remember the individual mandate was a fine/penalty not a tax; said Obama. The supreme court determined that the individual mandate is a tax. Either way, it's designed to steer individuals toward an outcome that will prop up a particular piece of social policy PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).

What's the difference between the penalty found in the "One-Child Policy" and the "Individual Mandate?" If you can tax individuals for not purchasing something, you can tax individuals for anything else. If the US government can tax for purposes other than revenue, why not tax to ensure any particular social outcome? The Supreme Court's ruling on the PPACA is very disturbing, because it sets a very dangerous precedent. That's not to say that there will be a one child limit in the US, but the legal mechanism for such legislation is now in place. That should be enough to open people's eyes.

I thought The United States of America was supposed to be the land of the free; or are those days ever increasingly behind us? Limited economic freedom is limited freedom.

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Remember when Obama said, "Just words, just speeches..." Well that's an interesting way to look at things.

Obama is now saying more words, making more speeches. People are not paying close enough attention to exactly what he is saying.

Remember the health care debate? Obama, on many occasions, mentioned that Obamacare would help 46.3 million Americans who don't currently have health insurance. Then on September 9, 2009 Obama addressed Congress. That is where he said that Obamacare would help more than 30 million American citizens who don't have coverage. I don't think that many people caught onto the fact that he mentioned two separate numbers. but those numbers are from a US Census report. Check page 28 under Nativity, you will find the subheading "Not a citizen" and a value of 9.7 million.

Paying close attention there is another Language Lie in Obama's Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver: "The American Promise" During this address Obama said, "But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less – because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy." Again Obama has pulled a fast one. Most people are not aware of this fact, but the US Government has not passed a budget in what is now:

Because of this; Obama has not gone line by line through the federal budget --because there hasn't been one.

Then we come around to health care; there was mention of a "public option" government health insurance which would lead to socialized medicine (private insurance would not be able to compete, government monopoly...) Because socialized medicine polls negatively, they went with "single payer option". They aren't going to call their socialized medicine plan by any name that correctly identifies it. It speaks volumes when people have go this far to avoid the truth under the guise of helping people.

It is an art to lie to people and make them feel comfortable about it. You have to state things with such specificity as to never be pinned down by the truth. These are just two examples. Pay close attention to what Obama actually says and I bet you'll find quite a few more Language Lies hidden in the details.

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Obama and Facebook

I'm concerned about a few things with this upcoming election. First I want to start with Facebook and it's IPO. I'm no stock wizard but I had a few questions about the pricing of Facebook. 100 billion just seemed a little steep/insane to me. In my opinion the only people who invested in Facebook are those who misunderstand what Facebook is and why it has gained so many users.

Take a peek at this article form 2005. In 2005 it was all about Myspace and how it would be able to rule the Internet for the foreseeable future. But this article misses what is probably the most important aspect of any social networking site --it's FREE.

A few things have changed since Myspace was on top. The "newness" of Myspace has worn off. Myspace was good for computer users; remember smart phones were considerably less advanced in 2005, so the mobile aspect was not as much a driving force. Myspace was not yet sold, so it was more user oriented.

The popularity of Facebook began to increase greatly after Myspace was purchased by Newscorp. The reason for this, I believe, is that once Myspace became nothing but a never-ending bulletin board of Flash animations and advertisements; people quickly lost interest in it. It was too cluttered. Not to mention a bandwidth hog. The trend as I see it is to move to the next social network once the current one becomes too bloated and self interested. Myspace was catering too advertisers and not its users. Myspace users naturally moved over to Facebook. It offered similar features and wasn't so cluttered. Keep in mind that Facebook and Myspace are both free services. The ability of either site to earn money can only be based on advertising.

Facebook has more things working against it than it does working for it. Let me list the issues facing Facebook. History has shown, at least to me, that advertising can hurt social networking membership numbers. Facebook's users are increasingly mobile. How can you advertise to mobile users with real estate so precious on tiny little screens? Google's social networking site Google+ is waiting to snap up Facebook users as they flee either advertisements or usage fees. Not to mention Google's Android operating system will undoubtedly ship with Google+ pre-installed.

Now let's tie Obama into all this. Obama has been wrong on everything he's said about the economy. When Facebook was valued at around 100 billion, shortly after the IPO a sell-off began. Then an investigation was launched into the pricing methodology by Morgan Stanley. People were angry because they feel they were lied to about their investment.

The only people who will vote for Obama now are those who don't understand basic economics, or actually believe that it's so complicated that they can't understand it. Obama is hedging his bets on the hope that Americans as a whole are so misinformed about the economy that they will believe the media hype about the economy and elect him again. The problem for Obama is that the "sell-off" of the US economy has already begun and is happening now in the form of job losses. Unemployment keeps going up. Businesses are not investing in workers because they don't have enough demand for their products.

On the upside there was a poll that showed that many people were skeptical about the Facebook stock prices.

Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.

Just a third of those surveyed think the company's expected value is appropriate, 50 per cent say it is too high. Those who invest in the stock market are more likely to see Facebook as overvalued, 58 per cent said so. About 3 in 10 investors say the expected value of shares is fair.

Hopefully people will be equally skeptical about Obama's economic claims. After all there is nothing to historically back them up. I hope that tax payers are as angry with the economic situation as investors were with the Facebook deal.

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