Loki joined me on KCAA 1050 AM on September 18, 2011, to discuss the Constitution in reference to Constitution Day.

JASmius joined me for the 5 Big Stories.

And the Nuts and Nuggets were there too!

Constitutional Speaker on KCAA Sun, Sep 18, 2011

5 big stories of the week and weekend, September 18, 2011

5. Plane Crashes Into Crowd at Nevada Air Race, Killing 3, Injuring More Than 50 - Fox News

4. Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Resigns Over Global Warming - Fox News

3. GOP Gains House Seat Vacated by Weiner - New York Times

2. Obama Pitches Jobs Bill: ‘No Games, No Politics, No Delays’ - ABC News

1. Solyndragate - Hard Starboard


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Nuts and Nuggets:

Nut: Nutcase Wasserman-Shultz: "Pensions are not dragging down State budgets." "To Say That The Stimulus didn't work would be false."

Nugget: White House Press Briefing where Obama Press Secretary Carney was laughed at by the White House Press Corps when he said Obama is “campaigning for growth and jobs” with his new $400+ Billion”Son of Stimulus” Plan – and NOT his own re-election.

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By Douglas V. Gibbs

The Alternative Minimum Tax was part of the general Tax Reform Act of 1969. The goal of the policy was to force individuals with high incomes, who may be able to benefit from tax breaks in the tax code, to pay a minimum tax no matter what. The idea was to ensure that those who may use the code to pay no taxes, wind up paying taxes.

Today, there seems to be a small few large corporations who paid either no tax at all or taxes which represented very low effective rates.

Somehow, the alternative minimum tax didn't kick in, and the liberal democrats want to make sure those companies "pay their fair share."

Claiming that Warren Buffet paid less in taxes than his secretary, Obama is working to re-create the Alternative Minimum Tax all over again without getting rid of the original AMT. In other words, the democrats are doubling down.

This attempt to ensure tax is paid by the wealthy is called the Buffett Rule.

Obama plans to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire, and he is working to increase taxes above and beyond those.

In the long run, these taxes won't just be on the rich, but will reach down into the lower levels as well in the form of taxes and consumer cost increases imposed by the producers to offset the "tax the rich" attacks against them.

Now, Obama is talking about tax increases as a part of his jobs bill.

Have you ever come across a business owner that said, "Whew, here comes those tax increases, now I can start hiring."

Yes, I realize the government can't create jobs. Besides, Obama knows nothing about how to create jobs, anyway. I don't even think he's run a lemonade stand, much less learned anything about how the private sector works.

Barry seems to think that the way to create jobs is to raise $1.5 trillion in taxes, and to spend $445 billion more. But is that money getting distributed to those poor ol' poor people? Of course not. It's going to government. We are $16 trillion in debt, and nobody knows where it is being spent. Some of it is going to people who don't work, other globs of it will be redistributed to union people so that most of it can come back to the Democrat Party in a money laundering scheme. No jobs, just more spending, and tax increases.

Obama has already wasted a trillion dollars on the stimulus. Now he wants another trillion and a half to toss out the window. But none of it has anything to do with jobs.

Then he says that he wants to change it all because it is unfair when the rich pays 15% and Buffet's secretary is paying 39% in taxes.

Excuse me?

Even the Associated Press doesn't believe that load of crap.

The AP did a fact check on Obama's claims, and concluded "On average, the wealthiest people in America pay a lot more taxes than the middle class or the poor, according to private and government data. They pay at a higher rate, and as a group, they contribute a much larger share of the overall taxes collected by the federal government."

So how in the hell did Obama come to the conclusion that they aren't paying their fair share?

It's a liberal thing. Even in the face of facts, they believe their own bull crap.

In Obama's case, he's bought so much into his own B.S. that he even believes the messiah complex crap. He doesn't understand why everyone isn't making a big thing over him anymore. He is angry. He is lashing out. You can see it in his speeches as he accuses the Tea Party of interference, and the GOP of not cooperating. He's blaming everyone for his failures because he doesn't believe what is going on.

In the end, he's either a liar, a Marxist, or an idiot.

I tend to think he's all three.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

FACT CHECK: Are rich taxed less than secretaries? - Associated Press

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By Douglas V. Gibbs

The Pledge of Allegiance that we hold so dear to our hearts was originally written by a socialist. He wrote it with the intent of turning America into a nationalistic nation with a loyalty oath. Originally, the Pledge was given with a salute that was exactly like the Nazi salute.

The greatness of America overcame that attempt to change who we are. We took the socialist oath, changed the salute to a hand over our heart, added the words "Under God," and changed the nationalistic loyalty oath into a patriotic pledge to our country.

And that is one of many attempts to change America into something the Founding Fathers never intended it to be.

The thing is, Americans have tasted liberty. We know what freedom is in ways that the rest of the world doesn't.

Obama, many believe, is destroying the country. Some even say this destructiveness is on purpose. Others believe he is simply a product of his ideology, and doesn't realize that liberalism is such a failure.

Perhaps he is so inexperienced, he just doesn't realize what he is doing. Or maybe Obama is a puppet, just following the orders of some evil group of globalists.

Regardless, he is the product of liberalism. He grew up during a period of history when the American left was in its hey day. Post-60s liberalism taught him that exceptionalism is a bad thing, and that America is evil because of its indulgence in militarism, racism, sexism, corporate greed, and environmental disregard. America is great, he was taught, because America stole it.

Money, he believes, belongs to government. Therefore, the wealthy has taken it from its rightful owner, and it is up to government to get that money back and redistribute it in a socially just manner.

Never mind if all indications point at such policies being unsustainable.

The liberals, however, are upset with Obama, too, because once in office he made a few changes. On some things he backed off completely. In fact, some of these people even see him as being more like George Bush, than the guy that campaigned in 2008. He has a devotion to big government, but it is not radical enough for these people. The progressives in America truly want Obama to apply his presidential powers into growing government, embark in a greater program of the redistribution of wealth, and up the ante on his scolding of Congress, Wall Street, and the big corporations of the private sector.

The liberals preach tolerance, but are intolerant. They say they support the freedom of speech, but ridicule you if you dare disagree with them. They preach the joys of collectivism, while damning individual initiative as the engine of development within our society. They trust government bureaucrats over individual choice, and doing so the liberals are among the greatest enemies of individual freedom.

This kind of statism is nothing new. Alexander Hamilton preached similar philosophies. John Marshall used his position in the courts to subvert the Constitution at every opportunity. Woodrow Wilson shredded America's exceptionalism, inserting his progressive ideas at every opportunity. Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted socialist program after socialist program with his New Deal. Yet, despite these attacks against American liberty, our great nation has overcome those attacks, and has continued to be a great nation despite the leftist onslaught of failed liberal policies.

Time has proven that Americans are exceptional. The entire world seems to be at odds with us, sometimes, yet America always rises to the challenge, and emerges with a continued greatness unrivaled by any nation in history.

This is how America became so prosperous. Americans failed to settle for second best. We fought for every inch, and then fought some more. Innovation is an American standard. Overcoming attacks against our system, and coming out stronger, is what we do.

Individual initiative and individual responsibility are the fuel for our engine of exceptionalism. Freedom is our drive. Liberty is the fruit of our labors.

No matter how the enemy works to take down America, we prevail. That is what Americans do. Obama, try as he might, cannot fundamentally change America forever. We have tasted liberty, and we will not stand for losing it.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

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By Douglas V. Gibbs

Mike Callicrate is a Kansas cattle feeder. At a recent R-CALF USA Convention held August 26-27 in Rapid City, S.D. he was asked by an attendee, "Has the Environmental Protection Agency declared hay a pollutant?"

Callicrate responded affirmatively and explained that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently initiated a formal enforcement action against his Kansas feedlot for, among other things, failure to store his hay in a pollution containment zone.

“Now that EPA has declared hay a pollutant, every farmer and rancher that stores hay, or that leaves a broken hay bale in the field is potentially violating EPA rules and subject to an EPA enforcement action,” Callicrate said. “How far are we going to let this agency go before we stand up and do something about it?”

On top of this being completely insane, and a thorn in the side of our farms that could drive up costs as a result, the EPA, however, has no constitutional authority to regulate regarding hay.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

EPA Declares Hay a Pollutant in Effort to Antagonize Small and Mid-Sized U.S. Cattle Feeders - R-Calf USA

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By Douglas V. Gibbs

Peace is not possible in the Middle East because of Islam. Between the Muslim refusal to recognize Israel, to the bickering between the various Islamic States, to the insane laws and local decisions by Islamic leaders, the reality of it all is that Muhammadism has doomed the followers of Islam to a life of war and death.

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan the rockets and heavy artillery are a way of life. Problem is, Pakistani ordinance is finding its way into Afghanistan, and Afghan defense officials have warned Pakistan on Sunday to stop firing rockets and heavy artillery into the northeast corner of Afghanistan, or a forceful military response may be necessary.

Pakistan denied responsibility.

The area in question is home to a number of insurgent groups fighting in both countries. The cross border fighting, and Afghanistan's sour reaction to it, reveals the less than cooperative attitudes the two countries have with each other.

Violence in Yemen

The United Nations Security Council has released a press statement on the situation in Yemen. The statement was issued by Nawaf Salam, Lebanon's ambassador to the UN and the current president of the Security Council.

In view of the heightened tensions and continuing violence in Yemen, the members of the Security Council urged all sides, in the period after President Saleh’s return to Yemen on 23 September 2011, to reject violence, including against peaceful and unarmed civilians, and show maximum restraint. They called on all parties to move forward urgently in an inclusive, orderly and Yemeni-led process of political transition, on the basis of the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative, that meets the needs and aspirations of the Yemeni people for change. They also called upon all the parties to respect their obligations under applicable international law.

Palestinian Bid For Statehood Meets With Challenges

Historically, Palestinian leaders have rejected statehood, because they are against a two-state solution. They are in favor of a one-state solution, meaning the annihilation of Israel, and then the take over of the Jewish lands by the Palestinians.

As the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls for a "Palestinian Spring," the very survival of the Palestinian Authority is at risk. Between the opposition of Israel, and the difficulties with Hamas, the PA is also finding that the U.N. is not as willing as they first believed.

And if the bid for a Palestinian State fails, the conflict with Israel may very well worsen.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called it like he sees it. "They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They are trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N."

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) added, "This is a very provocative, dangerous step by the Palestinians. It will not lead to peace, it will lead to instability. And it will push us back home in a bipartisan fashion to speak out."

"It will risk U.N. support by the American Congress. If (the Palestinians) go down the road of forming a government with Hamas, Fatah and Hamas government, Hamas is a terrorist organization, that will end U.S. help to the Palestinian people," Graham added.

Mass Grave Found in Tripoli

A mass grave has been uncovered in Tripoli which authorities there say contains the bodies of more than 1,270 people.

It is believed the bodies are from the 1996 massacre at the Abu Salim prison.

The uprising that toppled Gaddafi was ignited by protests linked to the Abu Salim massacre.

Saudi Women Gain Right To Vote. . . But They Still Can't Drive

In Saudi Arabia King Abdullah has decided to allow women to vote and run as candidates in local elections.

"We refuse to marginalize the role of women in Saudi society and in every aspect, within the rules of Sharia," Abdullah said, referring to the Islamic law that governs many aspects of life in the kingdom.

King Abdullah is considered a reformer, and the oil wealth combined with generous government handouts have protected Saudi Arabia from the unrest around the rest of the Muslim nations.

What few rumblings of discontent that have appeared have been largely centered on the eastern oil-producing region populated by the country's Shiite Muslim minority.

Knowing that King Abdullah wishes to not participate with the unrest that has been stirring in other Muslim nations, the women of Saudi Arabia have seized the opportunity, and have also staged public defiance of the kingdom's ban on female driving.

The sexes in Saudi Arabia also continue to be segregated in public.

The allowance of women voting is King Abdullah's way of quelling unrest before it rises. In the end, Saudi Arabia will be seen as the outsider, and the other Muslim nations may very well turn on Saudi Arabia.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

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