More Crooks in the White House

I'm starting to lose my capacity to be shocked.  Ok, that was silly. I lost it a long time ago...

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So where does a far left political operative land after his organization is fined $775,000 for election violations that included hiring rapists and burglars to register voters?
Inside the Obama White House, of course. read the rest at Gateway Pundit

 Gateway Pundit: Breaking: Obama's White House ACORN Operative Fined $775,000 For Election Violations- Used Rapists & Burglars in Door-to-Door Registration Drives

Obama's Corruption

I'm about half way through Michelle Malkin's book, "Culture of Corruption." I had to wrestle it away from my hubby who somehow managed to snatch it when it arrived last week. Some of what is outlined in this book I knew about, but the detail Michelle provided managed to connect quite a few dots.

Glenn Beck has been talking about the depth of corruption in this administration and how it must be rooted out and thrown in the nearest trash pile. The way to do this is through educating ourselves with the facts.

Valerie Jarrett, Obama's right hand "person", is completely steeped in the Chicago way of doing politics. Is Jarrett the top of the food chain? I doubt it. But she is definitely a big part of the puzzle and her machinations must be brought to light.

Some "must reads"...

Today in Front Page Magazine is an excellent article by Ben Johnson, "Valerie Jarrett, the Next Van Jones." I consider it a must read. It's a long and detailed article, but the time for us to sit back and say, "I'll just wait and see what happens" is long gone. We all must take the time to educate ourselves to the depth of depravity we are witnessing.

And in view of the latest ACORN bust in New York, I highly recommend two articles on the Big Government site, ACORN's Lifeblood and ACORN's Lawless Ways.

There are many days when I am so exhausted and discouraged as I delve deeper and deeper into this swamp of what can only be called evil, that I have the urge to shut down this blog and hide in my gardens. But I remind myself I have readers with way less time on their hands to research and unearth pertinent information than I have. And so I pick myself up and get back to work.

Glenn Beck has asked us day after day to pray for him, his family, and his staff. But most importantly, he has told us to pray for ourselves and our country. In 1Thessalonians, Chapter 5, we are told to "pray without ceasing." I think that's very good advice.

Also to read:

Commentary: Vicious, Venal and Violent…
By Fr. Tom Euteneuer, President, Human Life International

September 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - These are really the only titles that adequately describe the murderous movement known as "pro-choice" or "pro-abortion." It is now frightening, though not at all surprising, how absolutely hardened and inhumane our culture has become because of this satanic force that has grown strong through 36 years of wholesale murder of God's precious innocents. read the rest

Mexico's War on the United States
by Wes Vernon

It's bad enough that terrorist-collaborating communists are taking over much of Latin America. Bad enough that their Venezuelan ringleader, Hugo Chavez, confers with Iran's nuclear bomb-making dictator. And bad enough that this alliance has led to the prospect that Iranian missiles may end up south of our border (pointed guess where?), while our own Marxist president apologizes metaphorically for hitting their fists with our chin.

All of that is horrific enough. But largely ignored is the fact that our next-door neighbor, Mexico, is carrying on an undeclared war on these United States. read the rest

JPMorgan Chase & ACORN

For the past 20 or so years we have banked at WAMU. They held the mortgage on our home and serviced our checking and savings accounts. I'm not a big fan of banks in general, but WAMU always did a good job in an atmosphere of friendliness. We were always called by name, the tellers were bright and cheerful, and the management bent over backwards to serve it's customers.

Now we bank at Chase, not because we chose to, but because it bought out WAMU. As I've reported before, the first thing our little branch in Post Falls, ID did after becoming Chase was to gut the interior and completely remodel. I suggested to the bank manager, who is one of the only faces I recognize since the takeover, perhaps that wasn't a good use of "our" money since the old decor was quite lovely. He explained, with what to me appeared to be some embarrassment, that Chase wanted all it's branches to "look alike", as if that would somehow make the bank function better.

The new decor is ugly and cold, the familiar faces are gone, replaced by young girls with attitudes who are clearly incompetent, and no one knows our name anymore. Now I find out that Chase is a big supporter of ACORN, an organization determined to destroy, or as Obama and his wife always say, "fundamentally transform" America.

This week we will be interviewing local banks and moving our accounts, and possibly refinancing our home. Does Chase care? I doubt it, since we're just small potato folks. But if enough small potato folks start making some of their decisions based on their belief systems, we could possibly see a difference in the way some businesses run. As Glenn Beck is always saying, "you must know who you are and what you believe in."

Sad to say, but in the past even the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops), a group that holds no real authority and IMHO should be disbanded, has donated to ACORN. When this was brought to light, many people refused to donate to their local diocesan annual drives (as did we), and ACORN was taken off their charity list.


NewsReal Blog: Bailed Out JPMorgan Chase Funds ACORN

And if you're not too sure about ACORN and how dangerous of an organization it really is, here a "must read" on Discover the Networks. org.