Stop Obama from abusing the Media, Airforce One and his position.

This tear jerker was on national TV so that the President could take away our 2nd amendment rights. You have more deaths everyday by hit and run by cars. This President wants to remove our rights. There is more gun related violence in the UK and in New York City where gun control is forced.

This women is lying on here . This bill was placed into Committee not passed.

This women was flown into DC on Air-force ONE when Obama could have saved money with the American people by flying her and her husband in on a commercial flight and had a limo pick them up, His agenda is DICTATORSHIP after he disarms the USA!

I feel sorry for her that she and her family lost their child but there are many children who died from DUI drivers, knives overdose of drugs, food poisoning , suicides from bullies  and tasers. There was more deaths from the Muslim Terrorist in 9/11 but we haven't banned airplanes.

If I was elected to Congress or Senate I would say No to Gun Control And yes to Stop Obama from abusing the Media, Air-force One and his position.

Weekly Address: Sandy Hook Victim’s Mother Calls for Commonsense Gun Responsibility Reforms

Colleen Curtis

April 13, 2013
06:00 AM EDT

This week’s address is delivered by Francine Wheeler, whose six year old son, Ben, was murdered alongside nineteen other children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, four months ago. Now, Francine – joined by her husband David – is asking the American people to help prevent this type of tragedy from happening to more families like hers. Since that terrible day in December, thousands more Americans have died, and thousands more families have suffered the pain of losing a loved one to violence.

Now that the Senate has agreed that commonsense gun safety reforms deserve a vote, they must finish the job and pass those reforms to protect our children and our communities. Now is the time for all Americans to help make this a moment of real change.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/newtown-address

Danger Danger Obama is THINKING

Danger Danger Obama is THINKING and on top of this he is even saying he that "I deserve a second term,." A second term? What happened to the first term when he was campaigning since he got into office and turned out to be the worst President in the history of the USA. In fact he pushed Carter up one notch on the belt of Uncle Sam making Carter the 2nd worst President in the history of the USA, Obama wants to be re-elected by causing fear among both houses and the USA. He has not protected the Constitution of the USA or it's people

But Obama keeps telling the Senators and Congress YOU WILL HAVE RIOTS IN AMERICAN  IF I AM NOT RE ELECTED! Riots isn't that what we have with the Occupy?

Obama, you cause this crisis in the Middle East by supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and don't say I didn't know because you gave the Muslim Brotherhood access to the White House any time they want to see you. You have 24 Muslim advisers .

Judge Malihi who should have sent Obama to jail just for the default  . But Malihi turned out to be a Muslim like Obama and when an Infidel brings charges on a Muslim to another Muslim that is when Sharia takes place. A Muslim can not accept the charges of a non Muslim and the Muslim is always right. If this was a Jew, you Christians would have hung the Jew but we are dealing with Muslims and you are scared to death of Obama the Muslim.

We now need to take action. We need to have an investigation of each Judge in these charges of ineligibly   are going before. If they are Muslim or Democrats or both we must insist they recuse themselves for the good of America.

Vote for a Non Muslim Vote for Leah Lax an American. Her religion is the Constitution. Visit www.leahlax.com and donate for freedom and the removal of Obama!

Obama: Israel Has Not Decided on Attacking Iran

Sunday, 05 Feb 2012 06:03 PM

President Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge.
The president sought to assure allies and foes alike that the United States was working in lockstep with Israel to solve the crisis, "hopefully diplomatically."
Obama's comments came as Israel's major allies in the West are working hard to talk it out of a unilateral military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, arguing forcefully that an attack ultimately would only strengthen the regime in Tehran. Israel fears that Iran is fast approaching a point at which a limited military strike would no longer be enough to head off an Iranian bomb.
"I don't think that Israel has made a decision on what they need to do," Obama said during a pre-Super Bowl interview with NBC. He reiterated that the United States has removed no option from consideration in dealing with Iran — an allusion to military intervention — but emphasized that the United States wants a diplomatic solution built around a world coalition.
Iran insists its nuclear pursuits are for peaceful civilian purposes, not a bomb.
After years of worries about Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are now showing real concern that Israel could attack the Islamic republic imminently — a move that might trigger a broader war and disrupt the international economy.
Iran's regime says it wants to extinguish the Jewish state, and the West accuses it of assembling the material and know-how to build a nuclear bomb. Just last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta would not dispute a report that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic's nuclear program.
Obama refused to say whether the United States would get notice from Israel before any potential strike on Iran.
"I will say that we have closer military and intelligence consultation between our two countries than we've ever had," Obama said, adding, "We are going to be sure that we work in lockstep as we proceed to try to solve this — hopefully diplomatically."
The United States is leading that persuasion initiative, even though Washington largely has concluded that outside argument will have little effect on Israeli decision-making.
"Any kind of additional military activity inside the Gulf is disruptive and has a big effect on us," Obama said. "It could have a big effect on oil prices. We've still got troops in Afghanistan, which borders Iran."
As for the danger of retaliation by Iran against the United States, Obama said, "We don't see any evidence that they have those intentions or capabilities right now."
Obama said Iran is feeling the pinch of sanctions but Israel is rightfully worried about its security.
On the economy, Obama was pressed about a prediction he made three years ago on Super Bowl Sunday: "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's gonna be a one-term proposition." Republican leaders, including Mitt Romney, the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, have seized on that remark as millions of people are still hurting economically.
Obama said Sunday, "I deserve a second term, but we're not done."
He said the direction of the economy has turned around significantly since three years ago, pointing to a new job report last week that showed a surge in hiring.
The president, meanwhile, refused repeatedly to take a position on which team would win the big game itself: New York Giants or New England Patriots?
"You're not going to get me," Obama told NBC's Matt Lauer. "I'm going to look for a great game."
The president was watching the game at the White House with his family.
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Obama Thugs

Congress and the Senate could issue an arrest warrant out on Holder but they are slacking with any action. Holder purposely along with Janet Napolitano put the USA in harms way, endangering the citizens and by selling the guns to drug dealers and terrorist aided and assisted in a crime against law enforcement officers and the border control officers. If you can recall 2 citizens a husband and a wife vacationing off the coastline of America, being murdered by Cartel Terrorist. These automatic weapons were supplied by  Homeland Security and approved by Eric Holder. If this was the Mafia doings this government would be having an all out raid on them. But what we have are the Thugs of the White House Obama and friends who are doing this. Just because Holder is Black, Napolitano is gay and Obama is 1/2 white and 1/2 black the Lane Stream Media refused to even bring this up for fear they would be called racist and homophobic. They are just words that need to be stopped in using. By continuous fear of a stigma of words we are living in an unsafe society being over run by criminal illegals. terrorist and political crime.

I am sure that the Gay Community and the legal Spanish Community does not nor want to look at the stigma of endorsing such crimes. Together we as a country and as a great nation could stop them by Electing Leah Lax whose main interest is the welfare of this great nation of decent people. Together with the outing of Obama in the Primary is the first and main job of this Nation, Visit www.leahlax.com. sign the petition to put Leah s name on the ballet of your state. And donate. She is already on the ballet in 4 states of the USA. We need to send Obama and his anti American friends a message and that Message is you are FIRED!

GOP: Impeach Holder If He Doesn't Come Clean on Arms-Trafficking 'Mess'

Thursday, 08 Dec 2011 05:45 PM

 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers told Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday to fire some Justice Department subordinates over the flawed arms-trafficking investigation called Operation Fast and Furious.

At a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin said impeachment is an option if Holder does not "clean up this mess" quickly.

Sensenbrenner and other Republicans hold the attorney general responsible for the operation, in which federal agents failed to track illicitly purchased weapons that were later recovered in Mexico and the U.S., many of them at crime scenes.

"If you don't get to the bottom of this," there is only one alternative, and "it's called impeachment," said Sensenbrenner, without specifying whom he had in mind.

"Why haven't you terminated the people involved?" asked Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that is investigating the arms-tracking operation. Issa pressed Holder to appear before the congressman's committee, and the attorney general said he would consider the request.

Issa told Holder that the Justice Department has turned over 5,000 emails to the committee about Operation Fast and Furious, but "not one of these emails is yours." The attorney general said that his department's response to the committee's document requests has been "fulsome" and that the Justice Department would not turn over additional emails sought by Issa. The California congressman said he wants emails from March of this year between a Holder aide and Justice Department criminal division head Lanny Breuer. Issa suggested Holder could be cited for contempt of Congress if the material is not turned over.

The attorney general, the sole witness at Thursday's hearing, said it was inexcusable for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to use a controversial tactic known as "gun-walking" in its effort to identify and prosecute major arms trafficking networks along the Southwest border. Justice Department policy has long prohibited the tactic.

The operation's goal was to follow the gun supply chain from small-time gun buyers at a number of Phoenix-area gun shops and make cases against major weapons traffickers. In the process, federal agents lost track of many of the more than 2,000 guns linked to the operation. Two of the guns purchased at a Phoenix gun store were recovered from the scene of a shooting that killed border agent Brian Terry on the U.S. side of the border.

The House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said the Justice Department had given inconsistent statements about what Smith called "a reckless and dangerous law enforcement program." Smith said many questions remain about who authorized the operation.

"We do not know who the particular person was" who decided that "this flawed operation should be conducted," Holder said.

Amid probes by Republicans in Congress and the Justice Department's inspector general, the department already has replaced U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke in Phoenix, acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson and the lead prosecutor in Operation Fast and Furious.

Holder said he is prepared to take other steps, and said additional personnel changes are a possibility. The inspector general's office at the Justice Department is investigating what went wrong in Operation Fast and Furious, but "that does not lessen the responsibility I have as head manager," he said.

Sensenbrenner told Holder that "I don't want to say you have committed a felony," but pointed to the Justice Department's decision last week withdrawing an inaccurate letter last February to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The February letter said the ATF makes every effort to intercept weapons that have been purchased illegally — an assertion that was wrong in the case of Operation Fast and Furious.

No one at the Justice Department was lying, Holder said. He said department officials based their conclusion in the letter on the best information they had at the time from the Phoenix offices of ATF and the U.S. attorney.

Operation Fast and Furious was "a regional operation" and not "top to bottom," said Holder. The controversial tactic at issue in the operation was not a decision made in Washington, Holder said.

In explaining why the letter contained inaccuracies, Holder said "we were rushed" in responding to Grassley's inquiries. He said it would have been better to take two weeks to respond rather than the four or five days department lawyers set as their deadline.

Grassley, whose inquiry brought the tactic used in Operation Fast and Furious to light, is calling for Breuer's resignation.

Breuer has said he made a mistake in not telling Holder and the deputy attorney general that the controversial gun-walking tactic had been used in an earlier ATF probe called Operation Wide Receiver, which Breuer had known about since April 2010.

Grassley said that in addition to not informing his superiors, Breuer gave misleading answers when the senator asked whether Breuer had reviewed a draft of the inaccurate Justice Department letter to Congress last February.

Breuer told Congress he cannot say for sure whether he saw a draft of the inaccurate letter and that he has no recollection of having done so. At the time the letter was drafted, Breuer told one of the letter's main drafters in an e-mail, "As usual, great work."

Michael Chertoff, who early in the George W. Bush administration had the job Breuer now holds, spoke out on behalf of Breuer, whom Chertoff has known for over a dozen years.

"He's a very able, dedicated prosecutor," said Chertoff. "He acknowledged he was mistaken in not bringing this issue up to the attorney general at an earlier point in time and that's an admirable thing to do. I understand Sen. Grassley's feelings in this and I respect his feelings, but it would be a loss if Lanny were to leave."
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Hey buddy can you spare $15 Trillion to give to Obama and his spending?

Hey buddy can you spare  $15 Trillion to give to Obama and his spending?After  all it's only for a few months and I'll be glad to pay you back in hamburgers. 

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GOP blasts president as debt reaches $15T

By Erik Wasson - 11/16/11 03:54 PM ET

The national debt surpassed $15 trillion for the first time on Wednesday, according to the Treasury Department, and Republicans are seizing on the occasion to pin the blame on President Obama.

“America has crossed an unthinkable threshold: our national debt now exceeds $15 trillion dollars. That’s more than $48,000 per citizen," Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said. “In 2009, President Obama promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. Instead, he further accelerated its growth, producing three years of record deficits."

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) pointed out that $4.4 trillion in debt had been added since Obama took office.

"Our skyrocketing debt burden is not just bad luck; it is the predictable outcome of President Obama’s policies," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said.

While Republicans point out that Obama added $800 billion to the debt through his 2009 stimulus package, Democrats say the best way to solve the budget problem is to let the Bush-era tax rates expire. They also note that Obama inherited a recession when he came into office and that the recession lowered incoming tax revenue.

Biblical Blunder At White House After Obama Said God Wants Jobs Bill

WASHINGTON -- It was a blunder of biblical proportions.
White House spokesman Jay Carney invoked scripture Wednesday to back up President Barack Obama's suggestion that God wants policymakers to get busy and create more jobs.
Carney said Obama was trying to make the point that "we have it within our capacity to do the things to help the American people."
"I believe the phrase from the Bible is, `The Lord helps those who help themselves,'" Carney said.
Well, no, not really.
A White House transcript of Carney's briefing issued later in the day included the disclaimer: "This common phrase does not appear in the Bible."
Obama started the debate earlier in the day when he took note of House action reaffirming "In God We Trust" as the country's motto.
"I trust in God, but God wants to see us help ourselves by putting people back to work," the president said.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio

CERTIFIGATE

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Posted: October 31, 2011
8:38 pm Eastern

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Sheriff Joe's posse delivers promised Obama surprise

Panel probing eligibility for 2012 ballot wants to see original birth certificate

Arizona's maverick Sheriff Joe Arpaio promised surprises in his jurisdiction's investigation of Barack Obama's eligibility for the presidential ballot and his Cold Case Posse is delivering – raising questions that touch on the authenticity of the long-form birth certificate issued last April and the possibility Obama is using a fraudulent Social Security Number.
Sources close to the investigation say the posse has decided it needs to see original birth records before it can conclude whether Obama should be eligible for the presidential ballot in 2012, not an electronic file or scanned copies.
The sources say the panel needs to examine the microfilm documenting Obama's birth, as well as the ink-and-paper original 1961 birth records the Hawaii Department of Health is holding in its vault.
The PDF file and various scanned copies of the birth certificate that the White House released April 27 are simply not good enough, the posse has determined.
Autographed copies of Jerome Corsi's best-seller "Where's the Birth Certificate?" are available only from the WND Superstore
Earlier this month, WND senior staff reporter Jerome R. Corsi spent 18 hours over a two-day period in Arizona briefing the Cold Case Posse on a wide range of evidence regarding Obama's eligibility.
"The posse wants to see the entire microfilm roll containing Obama's birth certificate, not just a microfilm copy of Obama's long-form birth certificate in isolation," Corsi explained. "An individual microfilm copy could be forged, but forging the entire microfilm reel on which Obama's birth certificate is in sequence would be almost impossible."
Also, Corsi said, the posse wants the ink-and-paper original 1961 Obama birth records still held in vault by the Hawaii Department of Health to be released publicly and subjected to independent court-authorized forensic examination.
Corsi affirmed that the posse's conclusion it needs to see the Obama birth certificate microfilm is part of the "shock" that Arpaio warned would be forthcoming, when he spoke last week to the Surprise Tea Party group meeting in Surprise, Ariz.

The focus on the microfilm records of Obama's birth arose after Arpaio's investigators realized the birth certificates of twins born the day after Obama, the Nordykes, had been released as white-on-black copies of microfilm to the family by the Hawaii Department of Health in 1966.
WND reported in July 2009 that Mrs. Eleanor Nordyke made public the copies in an article by the Honolulu Advertiser.

Eleanor Nordyke displays photostats of her twin daughters' birth certificates (Courtesy Honolulu Advertiser)

WND also has reported that the Obama birth certificate's number appears to be out of sequence with the birth certificates of the Nordyke twins.
The Nordyke twins were born Aug. 5, 1961, one day after Obama, and their birth certificates were registered Aug. 11, 1961, three days later than Obama. Yet their birth certificates have lower numbers.
Susan Nordyke, the twin born first, has certificate number 10637, and her sister Gretchen has certificate number 10638. Obama, born Aug. 4, 1961, and registered Aug. 8, 1961, has certificate number 10641.
"In 1961, Barack Obama was not a celebrity," Corsi commented. "If the Nordyke twins birth certificates were reduced to microfilm or microfiche by 1966, the date Mrs. Nordyke got the copies she made public, then Obama's birth certificate should have been reduced to microfilm or microfiche at the same time."
Corsi also indicated that the Arizona posse has interviewed court-certified forensic examiners who have advised that they can only issue an expert opinion on whether Obama's birth certificate is a forgery if they can examine the original ink-and-paper records.
Corsi told WND the Arpaio investigation is far-reaching in scope.
In addition to examining whether or not the long-form birth certificate is a forgery, the Cold Case Posse is examining evidence that Obama may have a fraudulent Social Security Number. The posse also is looking at records pertaining to Obama's birth narrative that suggest Barack Obama Sr. may not be the biological father.
"In total, the Cold Case Posse has assembled some 2,000 pages of evidence in the case," Corsi explained, "and is now preparing to conduct interviews to examine a wide range of questions, including that Obama may not be qualified to be president under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution because he was a dual citizen at birth, given that his father was listed as a citizen of Kenya when the future president was born."
Corsi said the Cold Case Posse is currently in the process of briefing various Arizona state officials about the progress of the investigation.
"Sheriff Arpaio said this would be a thorough and diligent investigation," Corsi said, "and that is exactly what the investigation has become. Sheriff Arpaio once again has proven to be a man of his word."

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Obama Signs Agenda 21-Related Executive Order

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Obama Signs Agenda 21-Related Executive Order

Written by Raven Clabough

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:04 President Obama signed his 86th executive order (13575) on June 9, which established the White House Rural Council (WHRC). According to The Blaze, the Executive Order seems to be in line with the United Nations radical Agenda 21, as it is designed “to begin taking control over almost all aspects of the lives of 16 percent of the American people.” Evidence of this can be found in Section One of the Executive Order, which reads: Section 1. Policy. Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands. As the Executive Order references “sustainable rural communities,” it raises a few eyebrows, since that is one of the key phrases found in the UN plan for sustainable development known as Agenda 21. The order admits that it intends to seize greater power over “food, fiber, and energy,” items that are key to human sustenance. The mission and function of the White House Rural Council, according to the Executive Order, is as follows: “The Council shall work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America, and shall coordinate my Administration’s engagement with rural communities.” The order doesn't at all camouflage the levels of authority it will achieve. In order to reach the mission set out, the Executive Order states that the council will “make recommendations to the President, through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council, on streamlining and leveraging Federal investments in rural areas, where appropriate, to increase the impact of Federal dollars and create economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America.” Analyzing the language of the document, The Blaze questions, “is there a hint that a ‘rural stimulus plan’ might be in the making? Will the Federal government start pumping money into farmlands under the guise of creating ‘economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America?’ ” The order also states that the WHRC will “coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Federal engagement with rural stakeholders, including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, healthcare providers, telecommunications services providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations regarding the needs of rural America.” In other words, the federal government will seemingly control every aspect of rural America. The order’s mention of “nongovernmental organizations” (NGOs) should be disconcerting, as NGOs are unelected, often government-funded organizations that are key to Agenda 21. Executive Order 13575 asserts that the WHRC will “coordinate Federal efforts directed toward the growth and development of geographic regions that encompass both urban and rural areas, and identify and facilitate rural economic opportunities associated with energy development, outdoor recreation, and other conservation-related activities.” As observed by The Blaze, “When did outdoor recreation become a conservation-related activity?” So who will be heading these opportunistic efforts? The following is a list of members who will be serving on the new council, which will be headed by Tom Vilsack, the current Secretary of Agriculture: (1) the Department of the Treasury; Timothy Geithner (2) the Department of Defense; Robert Gates (3) the Department of Justice; Eric Holder (4) the Department of the Interior; Ken Salazar (5) the Department of Commerce; Gary Locke (6) the Department of Labor; Hilda Solis (7) the Department of Health and Human Services; Kathleen Sebelius (8) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Shaun Donovan (9) the Department of Transportation; Ray LaHood (10) the Department of Energy; Dr. Steven Chu (11) the Department of Education; Arne Duncan (12) the Department of Veterans Affairs; Eric Shinseki (13) the Department of Homeland Security; Janet Napolitano (14) the Environmental Protection Agency; Lisa Jackson (15) the Federal Communications Commission; Michael Copps (16) the Office of Management and Budget; Peter Orszag (17) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; John Holdren (18) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; R. Gil Kerlikowske (19) the Council of Economic Advisers; Austan Goolsbee (20) the Domestic Policy Council; Melody Barnes (former VP at Center for American Progress) (21) the National Economic Council; Gene B. Sperling (22) the Small Business Administration; Karen Mills (23) the Council on Environmental Quality; Nancy Sutley (24) the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs; Valerie Jarrett (25) the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; and such other executive branch departments, agencies, and offices as the President or Secretary of Agriculture may, from time to time, designate. Chris Lu (or virtually anyone to be designated by the 24 people named above). The Blaze says of the list, “It appears that not a single department in the federal government has excluded from the new White House Rural Council, and the wild card option in number 25 gives the president and the agricultural secretary the option to designate anyone to serve on this powerful council.” Even more notable than the levels of power being achieved by the creation of this new council is the various connections to Agenda 21. For example, Valerie Jarrett served as a member on the board of the Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC), which uses the language of Agenda 21 and ICLEI [International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives] as their webpage descriptively explains the organization’s work to build “sustainable communities.” Likewise, Melody Barnes is the former Vice President of the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress. Soros is a prime advocate of Agenda 21 and in fact, his Open Society provided $2,147,415 to ICLEI. Additionally, Hilda Solis and Nancy Sutley, through their environmental endeavors, appear to be connected to Agenda 21. In 2000, Solis received an award for her work on “Environmental Justice.” Sutley served on the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District and supported the low-flow toilets, which are now being revealed as costing more money and creating an odor problem in the city of San Francisco. Finally, the timing of the Executive Order is a bit suspicious, since the administration is meeting with a number of Agenda 21 operatives at the end of the month. ICLEI reports: ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI USA) and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced the launch of the National Press Club Leadership Speaker Seriesto be held on June 28. The event’s inaugural keynote speaker will be the Honorable Sha Zukang, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), whose keynote address, The Road to Rio+20, will explain the role of key global and national stakeholders, and the impact and vision of this historic conference. Fortunately, Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the radical agenda being pushed by the U.N. and supported by this government, and have hosted a number of anti-ICLEI rallies this week, with more planned in the future.

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Administration of Barack Obama, 2011
Executive Order 13575—Establishment of the White House Rural Council
June 9, 2011
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and in order to enhance Federal engagement with rural communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands.
To enhance the Federal Government's efforts to address the needs of rural America, this order establishes a council to better coordinate Federal programs and maximize the impact of Federal investment to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in our rural communities.
Sec. 2. Establishment. There is established a White House Rural Council (Council).
Sec. 3. Membership. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall serve as the Chair of the Council, which shall also include the heads of the following executive branch departments, agencies, and offices:
(1) the Department of the Treasury;
(2) the Department of Defense;
(3) the Department of Justice;
(4) the Department of the Interior;
(5) the Department of Commerce;
(6) the Department of Labor;
(7) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(8) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(9) the Department of Transportation;
(10) the Department of Energy;
(11) the Department of Education;
(12) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(13) the Department of Homeland Security;
(14) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(15) the Federal Communications Commission;
(16) the Office of Management and Budget;
(17) the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(18) the Office of National Drug Control Policy;
(19) the Council of Economic Advisers;
(20) the Domestic Policy Council;
(21) the National Economic Council;
(22) the Small Business Administration;
(23) the Council on Environmental Quality;
(24) the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs;
(25) the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs; and such other executive branch departments, agencies, and offices as the President or the Secretary of Agriculture may, from time to time, designate.
(b) A member of the Council may designate, to perform the Council functions of the member, a senior-level official who is part of the member's department, agency, or office, and who is a full-time officer or employee of the Federal Government.
(c) The Department of Agriculture shall provide funding and administrative support for the Council to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.
(d) The Council shall coordinate its policy development through the Domestic Policy Council and the National Economic Council.
Sec. 4. Mission and Function of the Council. The Council shall work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America, and shall coordinate my Administration's engagement with rural communities. The Council shall:
(a) make recommendations to the President, through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council, on streamlining and leveraging Federal investments in rural areas, where appropriate, to increase the impact of Federal dollars and create economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America;
(b) coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Federal engagement with rural stakeholders, including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, health-care providers, telecommunications services providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations regarding the needs of rural America;
(c) coordinate Federal efforts directed toward the growth and development of geographic regions that encompass both urban and rural areas; and
(d) identify and facilitate rural economic opportunities associated with energy development, outdoor recreation, and other conservation related activities.
Sec. 5. General Provisions.
 (a) The heads of executive departments and agencies shall assist and provide information to the Council, consistent with applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council. Each executive department and agency shall bear its own expense for participating in the Council.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(d) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
BARACK OBAMA
The White House,
June 9, 2011.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., June 13, 2011]
NOTE: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on June 14.
Categories: Executive Orders : White House Rural Council, establishment.
Subjects: White House Office : Rural Council, White House.
DCPD Number: DCPD201100431.

Obama's own body guard doesn't trust him

A former Secret Service agent who vowed to take a bullet for Presidents Obama and Bush is now trying to take Benjamin Cardin’s Senate seat.

Daniel Bongino spent 12 years with the Secret Service before he resigned in May to launch a Senate campaign to challenge the Maryland Democrat.

Bongino, 36, who is running as a Republican, told Fox News this week that his Secret Service experience qualifies him to handle the rough-and-tumble of the upper chamber.

“That job is high stress, high octane all the time and they force leadership on you,” he explained. “They don’t tolerate fools…If you don’t make it, you’re broken pretty quickly.”

Bongino spent three years protecting Bush and two years for Obama. He says Obama was a “wonderful guy” and that his political ideological differences with him aren’t personal.

But Bongino’s mission to defeat Cardin won’t be easy.

The freshman senator had a 48 percent overall approval rating in May 2010, according to the Washington Post. But congressional approval hit a new low at 12 percent, according to an Associated Press-GFK poll last month – a figure that Bongino will likely try to seize on.

Cardin’s camp, however, isn’t showing any signs of worry.

“The senator looks forward to having a debate about the issues with whoever the Republican nominee will be in 2012,” Cardin campaign spokeswoman Shelly Hettleman told FoxNews.com.

One of the issues that most certainly will be debated is Maryland’s new law offering in-state tuition breaks to certain illegal immigrants. The law was suspended last summer after opponents collected tens of thousands of signatures to force the issue onto the 2012 ballot for a referendum.

Bongino, whose wife legally emigrated from Colombia to the United States, said it’s not an immigration issue.

“It’s an issue about the law,” he said, comparing the process of obtaining citizenship to joining a club.

“We have rules,” he said. “Is citizenship worth something or is it now? Well it is worth something. It’s worth fighting for.”

Bongino said his grandfather fought in World War II and his uncle, who died fighting in the Vietnam War, was awarded the Bronze Star for valor.

“People fought and died for this country. It’s worth something,” he said. “This is our club. All we’re asking, just follow the rules. My wife did. It’s not complicated. It was a touching moment to watch her pledge allegiance to our flag.”

Video: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/01/obamas-former-bodyguard-seeks-to-unseat-democratic-senator/?intcmp=obinsite#ixzz1ZZzIYq7g
 

Future Of American Schools.

Obama has brought into the USA over 400,000 Muslims . Given them green cards, jobs, $250,000 brand new homes plus welfare food stamps and free medical. Europe did this and this is how these Muslims thank them.

“We are the last 3 German children in our German school.” The rest are Muslims.

Posted: September 24, 2011 | Author: barenakedislam

In the playground Talina (11), Svenja (11) and Jason (9) can’t understand a word. Because, here, their classmates only speak Turkish and Arabic.

Islam vs Europe  The Jens-Nydahl-Grundschule on Kohlfurter Straße (Kreuzberg, Berlin). Here 99 per cent of the 313 pupils have an immigrant (Muslim) background. For 285 of those, the parents receive financial support from the state.

Talina is in the 6th year. “When she first went to school, she could read and write her first words. Her fellow pupils couldn’t say ‘Thank you’, ‘Please’ or ‘Good morning’” says her mother Mara M. (45). “The German children are teased about being ‘pork eaters’” Her classmate Svenja: “I wish there were more pupils who could speak my language” Jason’s mother says: “It’s not good that there are so few German children at the school.”

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently suggested Germany should encourage more Turkish-language schools in Germany

Even parents of foreign origin are concerned. Aslankara A. (35), who is Turkish, and mother of Burakcan in the sixth year: “It’s a shame there are so few Germans here. It makes it difficult for our children to learn the language.”

A teacher comments to BILD: “We have tried in vain to get Germans in the school. Now we’re concentrating on the clientele that we have.
In the canteen, there is no more pork.”
The district council is indifferent to the concerns of the parents and teachers. Schools official Monika Herrmann (47, Greens): “It doesn’t matter at all how many children of immigrant origin go there.”

Obama the most dangerous man on earth

(HEY JERZEY - I'm coming home...just for a couple of days, then back to Florida!) MAHWAH TEA PARTY (mahwahteaparty.com) Presents NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEFING President Barack Obama THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN FOR THE WORLD? ≈ ≈ ≈ TUESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2011.....7-9pm  RAMAPO REFORMED CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL 100 ISLAND ROAD, MAHWAH, NJ DO NOT MISS THIS PRESENTATION! BY TOM TRENTO Tom Trento is the Director of The United West, an organization specializing in international terrorism research and grassroots activism. Trento works to alert the public about the growing threat of Islamic terrorism its legal system known as shariah and its intent to destroy Western culture. A dynamic speaker with degrees in Law Enforcement, Theology and Philosophy, Tom communicates the menace of shariah, organizes grassroots action and produces advocacy videos challenging any Islamic effort to undermine the US Constitution. Trento is a co-author of WWW.SHARIAHTHETHREAT.COM ≈ ≈ ≈ NATIONAL SECURITY FACTS There are just over 400 days before 130 million Americans select a leader who will determine the road upon which Western Civilization will travel through some very dark days. Against this geopolitical backdrop, many national security analysts have concluded that President Barak Obama, the most powerful man in the world, is also the most dangerous man for America, Europe, Israel and the West. The next few years will likely be the most dangerous ever faced by humanity on this globe. If a couple of Ayatollahs get one or two thermonuclear "toys," the world will be changed in a flash. If the US borders are not sealed by our federal government, America will be changed, possibly in a flash. If President Obama is successful in decreasing the power of the US economy and military, as he desires, America will be on the path to become exactly like a European socialist nation. The next 400 days will determine how Americans respond to this national security crisis. Does Shariah Islam really threaten our Constitution and Bill of Rights? Do world leaders fear, respect or laugh at President Obama? Is President Obama's policy on Israel dangerous? Is our President really an anti-colonial Marxist?     Has the President of the United States given control of our border to Mexico?   Why is 2012 the most important election in our life?

Muslim Brotherhood Figure and Former Spokesman in the West: Establish a Global Islamic State

Sheikh Obama will allow this to happen on our home soil, The longer Sheikh Obama Resides the more of a chance these radicals have to attain their objective. This will NEVER become reality when I become President. NO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD or ANY Radical group will be allowed to fly a flag over the White House or on any American Soil, It's time for America to sweep clean the threats and terror which lurk in the shadows and the corners of our great land. 

On Primary Election day Vote Obama OUT. Bring America back to We the People and out of Islamic Socialist hands. Democrats and Republicans MUST come together to remove this dictator that is destroying the very soul of our idealism . For once look beyond the Primary's look at the bigger picture If Obama succeeds in the Primary's then America will never ever recover

Together Stand  Divided We Fall 

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The United States of Islam’: Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman Calls on Arab Youth to Launch a New Revolution in the West & Establish a Global Islamic State

• Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:00am by Naked Emperor News

MEMRI (The Middle East Media Research Institute) reports that in an “interview with the Egyptian daily Al-Shorouq, Dr. Kamal Al-Helbawy, former Muslim Brotherhood spokesman in the West, called upon the Arab youth to launch a new revolution that would eliminate the borders drawn by imperialist nations and bring about the establishment of a global Islamic state – called ‘The United States of Islam.’ According to Al-Helbawy, the Muslim Brotherhood is active in approximately 80 countries and strives to realize the dream of becoming a global organization.”

Interview excerpt:

“The Muslim Brotherhood is organized in 80 countries, and they and the Islamists have a right to establish a global movement, much like global socialism or Zionism…”
“Why Shouldn‘t We Have A Country Called ’The United States Of Islam’… I Propose That the Arab Peoples… Take To the Streets With the Slogan ‘The Arab People Wants To Remove the Borders [Between Its Countries]‘
“Q: Regarding the global organization – will a Muslim Brotherhood member associate himself with the [global] movement or with his homeland? And what will happen should there be a contradiction between them?”
“A: There will be no contradictions. Our thinking and our affiliation are to the exalted Allah. Our affiliation is to Islam. The global state of Islam is our ideal…
“How will countries like Bahrain or Qatar defend themselves? Why shouldn‘t we have a country called ’The United States of Islam,’ ruled by a white man or a black man…
“I propose that the Arab peoples who demonstrated for the sake of the revolution, so they could move from the stage of oppression and corruption to the stage of stability and security, organize themselves from now on and set a deadline – five or 10 years – [and] take to the streets with the slogan ‘The Arab People Wants to Remove the Borders [Between Its Countries]‘… These borders were drawn up by imperialist nations, making our rulers guardians of imperialist borders…

“I wish to say something important: Because the Muslim Brotherhood does not have an international organization with authority… the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria made a pact with [then-Syrian vice president] ‘Abd Al-Halim Khaddam, and the Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq objected to the movement’s general direction. The idea of an international organization now needs to be transformed from a dream into a reality. While it is not part of the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to come to power – they will be soldiers under any suitable regime that will be established.”
“If Ibn Taymiyya Were Among Us – What Would He Think Of Ahmadinejad’s Stance Against Israel While Arab Rulers Protect Israeli Embassies?
“Q: How would you explain the actions of some of the Salafis [that contradict this]?”
“A: The actions taken by some of the Salafis are unbefitting of Muslims. The Salafis in Egypt are not one group, but [divided] into different schools…
“I say to our Salafi brothers: Why do you focus only on [external] appearance, on the beard, the miswak [tooth-cleaning stick noted in Islamic jurisprudence], and the jilbab [religious garment]? There are many things far more important to Muslim society – chiefly a military industry, which is a means and a tool of jihad, as Ibn Taymiyya said…

“If Ibn Taymiyya were among us, what would he think of [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad’s stance against Israel, while Arab rulers protect Israeli embassies and applaud the symbols of the Zionist entity?”

Muslim Brotherhood Figure and Former Spokesman in the West: Establish a Global Islamic State

In a June 8, 2011 interview with the Egyptian daily Al-Shorouq, Dr. Kamal Al-Helbawy, former Muslim Brotherhood spokesman in the West, called upon the Arab youth to launch a new revolution that would eliminate the borders drawn by imperialist nations and bring about the establishment of a global Islamic state – "called 'The United States of Islam.'" According to Al-Helbawy, the Muslim Brotherhood is active in approximately 80 countries and strives to realize the dream of becoming a global organization.
Following are excerpts from the interview:[1]
"Is There a Party That Suffered More and Had More Of Its Members Arrested By the Mubarak Regime" Than the Muslim Brotherhood?  
"Q: Do you think that the Muslim Brotherhood's new Freedom and Justice Party will be able to operate independently of the movement?"
"A: Of course. If the party is not totally independent of the movement, it will never succeed. [Without such independence between them] the Muslim Brotherhood will fail politically, and be immersed in many problems. The people will distance themselves from [the Brotherhood] and its party..."
"Q: Following Mubarak's ouster, some movement officials declared their candidacy for the upcoming parliamentary elections, for approximately one-third of the seats. Others spoke of one-half of the seats. What do you think of this dispute?"
"A: Statements made by movement officials before the Shura Council convened are not considered official decisions... The movement announced this [high] percentage so that it could win 30-35 percent of the seats. There is a formal difference between an opinion and a decision.
"In truth, both positions are striving to achieve some 35%. Bidding for 50% [of the seats] does not mean you will win them all."
"Q: The movement called upon many political forces to join a unified [parties] list, but concurrently announced that it will run for 50% [of the seats] on its own. [This contradiction] constitutes a negative message by the Muslim Brotherhood."
"A: If the Muslim Brotherhood violated an agreement it made [to unite with other parties], it was a mistake, but if there was dialogue that did not result in a clear decision, it is their right to make their own decisions.
"Allow me to ask: Is there a party that suffered more and had more of its members arrested by the Mubarak regime? It is no shame that it is the most organized force on the streets. Everyone is talking about it, in [Egypt] and abroad, even though the Muslim Brotherhood was outlawed.
"Where are the other parties? Why are they not doing what the Muslim Brotherhood did? Haven't the communists and the Al-Wafd people been around for decades? Why are they not doing what the [Brotherhood has done], or even surpassing it, and why are they not organizing? It is inconceivable for the political forces to punish the Muslim Brotherhood simply because they are organized."
"Q: Are you still a member of the Muslim Brotherhood?"
"A: I grew distant from the movement's leadership in 1997, and turned to intellectual activity and research. To the best of my knowledge, the movement has not dismissed me thus far.
"I believe that anyone over the age of 65 should resign from their organizational position in the movement, and take to the streets to educate the people [as I did].
"I proposed a program, as part of which people will go out to the cafés. Each member over the age of 65 will choose a café in his area and hold a dialogue with people there. In this way we will turn the cafés into clubs and cultural [meeting] places, thus transforming the Muslim Brotherhood into a force that will power national dialog. The Muslim Brotherhood must go to the periphery... meet the people, and discuss their problems."
"Q: What was your organizational role before you resigned?"
"A: I was the Muslim Brotherhood's spokesman in the West, and a member of the office of the World General Guide [of the Brotherhood's executive office] and of [its] World Shura Council. In that context, [the Brotherhood has] no body called 'The International Organization.'
"Such an organization is a dream for the Muslim Brotherhood, a dream that was murdered in the name of [Mubarak's] corruption and tyranny, when he banned [Brotherhood members] from traveling and holding meetings.
"Here I must ask bluntly: Why did Israel say that Mubarak is a strategic treasure? Because his crimes act as a barrier against the resistance and the Muslim Brotherhood. In this atmosphere, it was hard to manage a global organization. Today, there is great hope that we can realize [this goal], since we witnessed the opening of the Muslim Brotherhood's new headquarters, attended by Brotherhood [activists] from all countries.
"The Muslim Brotherhood is organized in 80 countries, and they and the Islamists have a right to establish a global movement, much like global socialism or Zionism..."
"Why Shouldn't We Have A Country Called 'The United States Of Islam'... I Propose That the Arab Peoples... Take To the Streets With the Slogan 'The Arab People Wants To Remove the Borders [Between Its Countries]'
"Q: Regarding the global organization – will a Muslim Brotherhood member associate himself with the [global] movement or with his homeland? And what will happen should there be a contradiction between them?"
"A: There will be no contradictions. Our thinking and our affiliation are to the exalted Allah. Our affiliation is to Islam. The global state of Islam is our ideal...
"How will countries like Bahrain or Qatar defend themselves? Why shouldn't we have a country called 'The United States of Islam,' ruled by a white man or a black man...
"I propose that the Arab peoples who demonstrated for the sake of the revolution, so they could move from the stage of oppression and corruption to the stage of stability and security, organize themselves from now on and set a deadline – five or 10 years – [and] take to the streets with the slogan 'The Arab People Wants to Remove the Borders [Between Its Countries]'...  These borders were drawn up by imperialist nations, making our rulers guardians of imperialist borders...
"I wish to say something important: Because the Muslim Brotherhood does not have an international organization with authority... the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria made a pact with [then-Syrian vice president] 'Abd Al-Halim Khaddam, and the Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq objected to the movement's general direction. The idea of an international organization now needs to be transformed from a dream into a reality. While it is not part of the Muslim Brotherhood's plan to come to power – they will be soldiers under any suitable regime that will be established."
"If Ibn Taymiyya Were Among Us – What Would He Think Of Ahmadinejad's Stance Against Israel While Arab Rulers Protect Israeli Embassies?
"Q: How would you explain the actions of some of the Salafis [that contradict this]?"
"A: The actions taken by some of the Salafis are unbefitting of Muslims. The Salafis in Egypt are not one group, but [divided] into different schools...
"I say to our Salafi brothers: Why do you focus only on [external] appearance, on the beard, the miswak [tooth-cleaning stick noted in Islamic jurisprudence], and the jilbab [religious garment]? There are many things far more important to Muslim society – chiefly a military industry, which is a means and a tool of jihad, as Ibn Taymiyya said...
"If Ibn Taymiyya were among us, what would he think of [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad's stance against Israel, while Arab rulers protect Israeli embassies and applaud the symbols of the Zionist entity?"

Endnotes:

[1] Al-Shorouq (Egypt), June 8, 2011.

Why Produce, clothing , medications are now out of reach!

Driven Mad: Trucking Industry Collapsing Under Regulation

Foolish laws are hampering America's lifeblood industry, and making drivers more tired to boot.

September 23, 2011 - 12:00 am - by Patrick Richardson

As President Barack Obama is touring the country touting his so-called jobs bill, he’s not talking about one of the largest job killers facing American industry — regulation. PJMedia is working with AmericanJobCreators to bring you stories of how over-regulation is destroying jobs nationwide.
One of the most regulated industries in the United States is over-the-road trucking. Nearly anything you have in your house, from light bulbs, to toilet paper, to your flat-screen television, was delivered to where you bought it by truck – indeed, 70 percent of all goods travel by truck. And every year, more regulations are piled on top of one of the key industries for the American economy.
Wayne Meyer drives a refrigerated truck, delivering 640-pound blocks of cheese, and he has been driving for 42 years:

When I first started driving we had log books, but they weren’t enforced. Then they got into control of speed, but I was over in California and California has always been nasty about trucks and speed anyway.

I talked to Meyer in the service department of a Petro Truck Stop in Joplin, Missouri, while he was checking the price on some new tires. He told me that regulations are keeping new drivers off the roads — and if fewer big rigs on the road sounds like a good thing to you as a private driver, keep in mind there already are far fewer truck drivers than are currently needed to sustain the volume of goods being transported. Said Meyer:

We’re around 200,000 drivers short, and they’re making it to where you’ve got to be a jail house lawyer to get down the road. It’s turning a lot of guys off from being a driver.

In a “dispatch from the road” from AJC, Western HiWays Trucking Safety Director Doug Grove said he recently spent two weeks dealing with a paperwork foul-up between different regulatory agencies:

This is where it’s really messed up because it had to go to Washington to get straightened out. … That was a hectic two weeks.

The extra paperwork and nearly $10,500-per-employee compliance costs are far from the only regulatory hurdles Western HiWays and other companies have to overcome in order to compete. Regulations which are often written by people with no idea of the realities of the road — not one sitting congressman has ever been an OTR truck driver — are often impractical at best. At worst, they are impossible to follow. From the AJC dispatch:

The Department of Transportation’s Hours of Service regulation, written to prevent accidents caused by driver fatigue, is one example. The rule says CMV drivers may only work 14 hours a day — 11 actually driving — and the driver must keep a logbook of the total hours spent driving and resting. It sounds sensible, but the regulation doesn’t account for the reality of the road.
You got drivers going into these places to load, and sat eight to ten hours. That’s on the clock,” said Mr. Grove. “If they sit there eight hours, they can only drive three hours. If we didn’t get our mileage in, it don’t matter. Once your 14 hours are up, it’s up.”

Meyer also complained about the hours-of-service regulations, noting his truck is his only transportation. He’s based in Salt Lake City, Utah, but he lives in Northern Arizona — a bit over 12 hours away. But according to the regulations, even after he’s dropped his trailer and is heading for home he can’t legally drive all the way home without stopping to rest — something any private citizen in a car can do without question:

I can’t drive down there legally, to go by those rules. You can run out of time on your log book 10 minutes from town, and you’re not legal to drive on home.

In the dispatch, AJC noted something similar:

An unintended consequence of the well-intentioned Hours of Service rule is that drivers actually may be more fatigued on the road during the day.
“With the logging system, you can’t go in in the afternoon and take a nap without it counting against your time,” Grove said. “Before they changed this, you could stop and break your hours up. You could take a nap.”

Part of the change comes from special interest lawsuits, and not from listening to actual truck drivers. For example, as a result of a 2009 Big Labor-backed sue-and-settle agreement, the Obama Department of Transportation may make the Hours of Service rule even less reality-based.
Meanwhile, job creators like Western HiWays hang in the balance. Grove said the problem is that no one in Washington really understands the problems of the industry:

“I think — and it’s not just in trucking, it’s in anything,” said Mr. Grove. “Anybody can read a book. You can go to college and still be an idiot. … [Washington] needs to get out and, and get in the trucks and experience what actually all happens. I don’t think they’ve taken the time to come out here and see what it’s really like,” he added, slowly shaking his head.

Meyer agreed:

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. We have a better safety record than any public utility and fire departments and police departments. The politicians have never done anything that remotely resembles common sense, they always go off the deep end: “If a little bit of regulation of this is good then a whole lot oughta be better” — but that’s not necessarily so.

AJC noted the Obama administration has 4,225 new federal regulations in the pipeline, 219 of which carry an annual cost of $100 million or more. All of which will fall most heavily on the small businesses least equipped to handle them – and, just as damaging, on consumers. Businesses are forced to pass on compliance costs, and they generally add a small “fudge factor” to make sure they’ve covered all costs.
Which means the 70 percent of goods which travel by truck cost more every time Washington tacks on a regulation.