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An Oklahoma man captured on video what appears to be the formation of Monday's deadly tornado. The incredible footage, posted to YouTube, shows a swirling funnel cloud forming over a field near Newcastle, Okla. The man, identified as Charles Cook, shot the cell phone video from a parking lot while sitting in his car.

Is it me or is he sweating profusely?

I immediately though of this movie about the E. German Stasi when these scandals broke a week or so ago, The Lives of Others. Has anyone seen it? Do you agree? http://youtu.be/KOdn9Yelxwo

Watching my beloved America sink into the mire of tyranny under the most cynical and corrupt leaders, with all of our traditional founding principals forgotten or trampled on, as our politicians and academics continue their War on our Constitution and core American values, I find this commercial to be particularly insulting. Am I the only one? Am I over reacting? Or is it OK to watch all of our nation's values and icons mocked to sell hot dogs? I'm just asking. 50 years ago, in the America I grew up in, perhaps this commercial would have been OK. Maybe cute,...

Just wondering. It ought to be something. What did Rahm Emmanuel say?

Drudge editor and Washington Times staff writer has been tweeting since May 14th... "Drudge editor Joseph Curl: ‘CIA source says still one more shoe to drop’ for Obama admin" And again today via Red Flag News... "CIA: Fox News Scandal “Goes Much Deeper,” White House Sitting On Something that has Top Obama Aides “Terrified." And again via Fox News today... http://nation.foxnews.com/james-rosen/2013/05/20/you-must-read-tweet-joseph-curl

I think we need a serious movement to repeal the 16th amendment which is the source of the IRS's power and by extension the progressives.

As just heard live on WLS radio in Chicago in phone inverview. Illinois Dem. Congressman Danny Davis says he has no problem with a special prosecutor being named to investigate IRS-Gate.

<p>I just ran into a young man who is very active in politics and even ran for mayor of his hometown.</p> <p>I'll spare his name but, he and his family are very prominent in the 16th district and BIG TIME Republicans/Conservative.</p>

The days of the old horse cavalry of the U.S. Army are generally now only seen in movies. But on Fort Huachuca those days of the late 1800s are still alive through the all-volunteer B Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment (Memorial), honoring a unit which served on the post at various times from 1884 to 1912. Unlike the days of old when the unit protected settlers when America’s westward expansion was at its highest a few years after the end of the Civil War, today’s mission of the small unit is to honor and remember those B Troopers — and by...

. . . It's the LAW!!

I got to thinking about all this tax talk on another thread and I wondered ... what do we need taxes FOR in the first place ...

This is the garbage going out on a daily basis from OFA This is what we are dealing with Myles, a 7-year-old from Milwaukee, wrote Vice President Biden a letter to suggest that if guns shot chocolate bullets, no one would get hurt. The Vice President wrote back. Take a look at his response, then share it with your friends: Dear Myles -- I am sorry it took me so very long to respond to your letter. I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier....

Arizona scored a huge victory against President Obama’s tyranny! A federal court UPHELD my Executive Order and Arizona's law denying driver's licenses to illegal aliens who President Obama has allowed to remain in our country under his outrageous deferred action program. The court ruled that Obama’s program DOES NOT preempt Arizona’s ability to determine who can receive a driver’s license. This is a great victory for state’s rights and the rule of law! Let me be clear: this fight has never been about the “Dreamers.” As Governor, I have taken an oath to uphold the laws of Arizona and I...

Funny- code pink always finds a way to sneak in and disrupt these hearings (NRA about two months ago bieng the most recent)....yet today was a situation where innocent Americans were being targeted by the government solely for their beliefs, primarily political, and they were nowhere to be found...will the obama stenographers in the mainstream media, the same ones unknowingly caught on tape applauding code pink's disruption of the NRA's hearing, ask why they weren't around today standing up for Americans???

Recently retired, I have more free time to watch the news programs. My initial reactions to the recent Chicago-Way activities making the News was why was much of this information NOT brought up before the elections?. IMHO I believe that many in Congress (reps and dems) may want this administration gone soon. It will be much more difficult to impeach Obama than it was to impeach Nixon for various reasons. My wishful thinking is that "people" in the know have been saving their ammunition (proof of the various criminal activities) until it was a more suitable time for impeachment hearings....

The question keeps being asked, "Where did the claim come from that the Youtube video was responsible for the attack in Benghazi?" The total lack of references to the video in the raw intelligence reports and even the CYA email chain indicates that it was a late construction in the story. But why would it be put out and why so prominently? I truly believe the answer is self-evident. Benghazi is a three part scandal: 1. Incompetent handling of security warnings and concerns prior to the attack. Warnings were ignored and no response plan was in place. 2. Criminal negligence...

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An overwhelming 97 percent of climatologists endorse the idea of human-caused global warming. As if the backing of NASA, 18 independent American scientific societies, and an intergovernmental panel established under the United Nations weren't enough to quell the protests popping up in comment sections across the Internet, a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters confirms — once again — that climatologists almost unanimously believe that climate change is directly related to human-made carbon emissions. Researchers pored over nearly 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers from 1991 to 2011. These papers, according to Michael Todd at Pacific Standard, represented the...

Can the Commander-in-Chief be procecurted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)? If so, there is clearly appropriate charge that should be administered which is a common thread among Obama's "multi-gates". The charge is Dereliction of Duty. Starting with Benghazi 9-11, the Commander-in-Chief could not be bothered with convening his senior staff to manage the response to the first attack on an American embassy in decades. He needed rest so he could pursue fund-raising the next day. With the bodies of our Ambassador and three other brave Americans still warm, he headed to Las Vegas. One of the primary...

How Would Democrats Use These Scandals against Liberty If the Tables Were Turned? The first thing the left would do is recognize that these scandals are occurring 18 months before the next congressional elections and three years before the next presidential election. Therefore, the left would seek to taint the entire Republican Party with the scandal and, in particular, it would attempt to discredit potential presidential candidates such as Senators Cruz, Paul, and Rubio. The Democrats would declare that such abuses arise out of the very culture of the Republican Party. They would say that the Republican party will inevitably...

SC Sen. Lindsey Graham's blatant treachery against the conservative movement, along with that of John McCain and Marco Rubio- often aided and abetted by the corrupt Republican establishment, no less- had gone well beyond the Pale long before today. So conservatives throughout South Carolina have rightfully begun organizing to back a conservative opponent, most likely Lee Bright, to take Graham in the primaries for the 2014 Senate elections. But now Graham has exceeded even his own sickening standards for treason and betrayal. As has become clear over the last last week, Obama has been embroiled in perhaps the most disgusting...

There is a recent FR thread about the NRO article: Axelrod: Government ‘So Vast,‘ Obama Can't Know About Wrongdoing. We've heard this theme before, when Obama got into trouble -- government is just to big for one man to govern. Check out this November 2011 article from Newsweek: The presidency has grown, and grown and grown, into the most powerful, most impossible job in the world. So in order to defend their incompetent politicians, the left is forced to argue that government is TOO BIG!! Isn't that what we conservatives have been screaming for more than 50 years? And now,...

One recent recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board was to reduce states’ drunken-driving threshold from .08 to .05 blood alcohol content. What do you think? That’s way too strict. 42% Sounds good to me. 35% The standard should be zero. 21%

Now that the lines are being drawn as Washington settles into scandal mode, it is important that we take control of the language from the left. This is not about Republicans vs. Democrats. It's about LIBERTY vs. TYRANNY, and those are the terms that true conservatives should use when discussing these issues. Obama, Reid, Pelosi, MSNBC et al will constantly be pointing at what Bush did, what Republicans did in the past that's just as bad as what is being alleged about the Obama administration. We need to NOT defend Republicans against these charges. We must take the opportunity to...

HOW did Harry Reid know during the 2012 campaign that "Romney had not paid his taxes?"

It struck me as I listened to the auther of the "Morning Jolt" Mr. Gerraghty talking to Hugh Hewitt that one important link connects the Benghazi Scandal to the AP Scandal. When Mr. Gerraghty was saying that with over 20 news cell phones coming under investigation by our Justice Dept, it would effectively discourage "whistleblowers" from coming forward to the Press" Well, after last Wednesday Congressmen were calling for exactly that to happen "whistleblowers and eyewitnesses of the Benghazi Massacre were asked, no begged to come forth and tell what they know and saw and heard".

Although it appears Obama is immune from impeachment, the challenge is to think of ANYTHING that he could be impeached for! CAN you? This list is by no means complete, but have a look.. It's your turn. Go ahead! Would he have to fail to force Eric Holder to resign following his 'Fast & Furious' scandal and Congress' finding that Holder was in 'Contempt of Congress'? Would he have to deceive the American people by lying about Obamacare not being a tax solely for purposes of getting it passed in Congress then arguing it as a tax before the Supreme...

Ok Rush is on WMAL, and out of the blue I hear a "Conservative" group(didn't catch the name) advertizing for "comprehensive" immigration reform. It included quotes from Rubio. The implication is that "conservatives" are behind Rubio. It was pure BS propaganda.

VA-ALERT: **URGENT ACTION ITEM** VCDL-PAC swinging into action! Sent: Mon 5/13/2013 9:52 PM THE PROBLEM We have a serious problem at this weekend's Republican Convention in Richmond dealing with the Lieutenant Governor's race. Of the seven candidates, six answered the VCDL Candidate Survey very pro-gun. However, one candidate didn't bother to answer the survey at all. That is no surprise, considering Jeannemarie Davis's history on gun rights. VCDL-PAC STRONGLY OPPOSES the nomination of a PROVEN ANTI-GUN LEADER -- Jeannemarie Davis -- for Lt Governor and urges gun owners to help us defeat her. Jeannemarie Davis did not just vote badly...

Decided to graze all four local stations today.....with ALL the news that happened yesterday....here is (are?) the leads..... ABC: Miami Heat won. CBS: Angelina Jolie. FOX: High school students late to prom because of crash. NBC: Child abused by local man. Epic fail.

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Stop Bohner and OBama. Impeach Obama, 1-Aided Al Qeda after Embassy Attack 2-Uses IRS to suppress speech 3-Tapped News offices

Imagine you’re a red-state Democrat contemplating a run for Senate. Here’s what you’ve seen during the opening months of President Obama’s second term: A still-tepid economic recovery, a culturally polarizing agenda on immigration and guns, and fears of Obamacare’s possibly haphazard implementation. The White House’s uneven second-term start shows little sign of improving. Questions about what administration and State Department officials knew about the origins of last year’s deadly attack on a consulate in Benghazi have hounded them since last week’s congressional hearing. The explosive revelation Friday that the IRS targeted conservative non-profit outside groups seems certain to put Obama...

There is a way to stop the abuses of the IRS. It is actually very simple. Simply abolish the IRS and eliminate every personal and business tax - scrap the entire tax code and replace it with a fixed rate sales tax paid only by individuals. One proposal is the Fair Tax. I am not stuck on the Fair Tax or any particular plan. It would be interesting to read what other FReepers' thoughts.

From TownHall: "I'm not familiar with this notion that anybody has been blocked from testifying," Obama said in response to a question from FoxNews' Ed Henry. "I'm not familiar with it." President Obama said he would "find out" what was going on and that of course he is dedicated to making sure U.S. embassies around the world are secure and safe for diplomats.

...Who will run for Iowa's Open US Senate Seat on the GOP-e "side"?

The question which nobody is asking: Did Bork Obunga and his puppet-master George Soros generate an immense reservoir of hatred against Americans in Libya in 2011 by taking down what amounted to the best government in the Islammic world for motives amounting to little if anything other than pure greed, and THEN set the stage for a US ambassador to be tortured, raped, and then killed by sheer fecklessness with no meaningful response in the picture even eight months later? http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD14Ak02.html Ellen Brown noted (2011) that: Another anomaly involves the official justification for taking up arms against Libya. Supposedly it's...

Jay Carney: "My, there Republicans are obsessed with Benghazi. Benghazi was a bump in the road. I mean, what difference does it make? Obama was asleep while he watched it unfold. It's the Republican's fault because they pushed for the Sequestration that Obama invented. Rush Limbaugh is a bad man. This is a FoxNews-created scandal extensively reported on by CBS. George W. Bush is to blame. It's a vast right wing conspiracy. The terrorists that did this were not committing an act of terror. We never once altered the talking points' twelve different versions. These talking points originated in the...

A quick review this morning of the LOCAL news reports for this morning show.....NOTHING being done by the "journalists" in Miami regarding the two big me national stories over the weekend. Nothing on Benghazi, nothing on Obama targeting Tea Party and Jewish groups... Instead, we have seen breathless stories about OJ Simpson asking for a new trial and more talk about the women in Cleveland..... That Miami media....refusing to do any story that might reflect badly upon their hero BO.

Apparently this was sent by an active duty soldier in Afghanistan:

In the aftermath of a surreal election shock, those that ponder how to organize their way forward should heed this plea to familiarize themselves with every detail and nuance of the most innovative and inspirational legislation that has more support in Congress than all other competing proposals. Here is an easy intro link: http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FAQs Like the Sword of Damocles in Greek mythology, the FairTax can be held over the heads of those that have ascended the throne of the most powerful nation under God that has ever existed in human history.

What if the personnel responding to the assistance requested by those on the ground in Bengazi on September 11, 2012, were assembled and loaded on transports, just waiting for the green light from Washington and then no green light came from Washington? Not a “no go,” but no “go” or “no go.” How could that be? We have a President who cannot make a tough decision, hell it took him several tries before he could give the OK to launch the bin Laden raid, so it is entirely possible that he made no decision (voted present) on the request from...

This is a short talk about the history of Gay Activism in AA."

Thoughts on Benghazi from a long time Freeper. The Big Picture Obama is almost certainly deep in debt to the Saudis. The Saudis are battling Iran for control of the Middle East, North Africa. So we are backing the Saudis against Iran, Al Quida and other militant Shiite groups. Why we care about the Saudis, other than oil, is a mystery to me, but we have been backing the Saudis long before Obama took office. (It should be noted that were the Saudis to stop accepting US dollars for oil, the world would have little use for US dollars. )...

uh oh....

I have not seen it discussed in depth and just wonder what my fellow Freepers think about the 2016 presidential election if Hillary does not run due to Benghazi or any other reason. I'm not saying that she will not get the nomination, but if she does not who do you think might? It seems to me that the Dems do not have a very good field while the Repubs are looking much healthier due to the current crop of young, actually conservative gunslingers.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark. Daily measurements of CO2 at a US government agency lab on Hawaii have topped 400 parts per million for the first time. The station, which sits on the Mauna Loa volcano, feeds its numbers into a continuous record of the concentration of the gas stretching back to 1958. The last time CO2 was regularly above 400ppm was three to five million years ago - before modern humans existed. Scientists say the climate back then was also considerably warmer than it is today. Carbon dioxide is regarded as the...

Fox News' Megan Kelly interviewed the parents of SEAL Team 6 member Aaron Vaughn who perished in the tragic crash of a CH-47 helicopter on August 06 2011 in Afghanistan. During this interview the Vaughs stated that this crash was a direct result of traitorous rules of engagement ordered by the Obama administration that have consistently proven deadly to our troops (It should be noted here that "Over Twice as Many U.S. Soldiers Have Died in Afghanistan Under Obama In 3 1/2 Years Than Did Under Bush in 8 Years..") Although the exact number of SEALs killed has been misstated...