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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar defends FY 2011 Budget Request

Secretary Salazar’s Remarks at FY 2011 Budget Press Conference” (February 1, 2010)

FFS: Salazar’s plans ignore the Constitution.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan defends FY 2011 Budget Request

Press Conference Call:  U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan FY 2011  Budget Request” (Feb. 1, 2010)  (PDF attachment)

FFS: Duncan’s plans ignore the Constitution.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defends FY 2011 Budget Request

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Proposed FY2011 Budget”  (February 1, 2010)

FFS: Vilsack’s plans for USDA trash the Constitution.

Historical Summary of Federal Budgets (1901 to 2009 + Projections)

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy05/hist.html

FFS:  See (i.e., download) Table 1.1 – Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-): 1789–2009 Interesting historical record of growth in federal spending and deficits.

Countering the (Manmade) Global Warming Skeptics

Climate Fears Turn to Doubts Among Britons” (New York Times, May 24, 2010)

FFS:  The NY Times report reluctantly acknowledges rising skepticism about serious climate change, but tries valiantly to return the high ground to the fear mongers.

More Media “Failure”

Arizona immigration law sparks huge rallies” (CBC News (Canada), May 1, 2010)

FFS:  The above Canadian CBC News report goes even further than the CNN.com story in advancing the strategy of subversive revolutionaries. CBC News allows the demonstrations of “hundreds of thousands of people” “in more than 70 cities” to appear as a spontaneous reaction of diverse Americans to the Arizona law. The planning, hidden objectives, and agenda of the organizations orchestrating the protests are ignored.With this report, CBS News provides a perfect example of Revolutionary Parliamentarianism at work, in which grassroots protestors create the appearance of mass demand for revolutionary government action (in this case President Obama’s promise for comprehensive “reform” of the country’s immigration system.)

Even more shallow is the report’s characterization of the Communist/Socialist May 1st holiday as a “traditional Labour Day in many countries around the world, where rallies are held for a variety of social-justice causes.”

Media Abets Pressure from Below

Los Angeles approves Arizona business boycott” (CNN.com, May 13, 2010)

FFS: Typical of so many media reports, this CNN.com article serves subversive revolutionaries by carrying their propaganda to the public at face value. The organizations sponsoring the boycott, such as the National Council of La Raza, Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, and People for the American Way, are not characterized; and the behind-the-scenes revolutionary grip on the Los Angeles City Council is not exposed.

Federal Reserve Hypocrisy

International response to European debt problems” (5/20/2010)

FFS:  FRB testimony by Daniel K. Tarullo (CFR) before the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Daniel K. Tarullo insists “that every country with sustained budget deficits and rising debt —  including the United States — needs to act in a timely manner to put in place a credible program for sustainable fiscal policies.” How about merely adhering to the U.S. Constitution?  “Fiscal conservative” Tarullo formerly served on the staff of the late Senator Ted Kennedy.  Central banks regularly extend easy credit to governments, by inflating a nation’s currency, and then demand restraint after the countries get in trouble.

H.J. Res. 1 Title: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

FFS:  Proposals for Balanced Budget Amendments have been around for years.  They blame the Constitution for the unconstitutional spending regularly approved by both houses.  (A simple majority in either house could demand a balanced budget whenever it had the will to do so.)   But this public relations ploy is not just hypocritical.  When Congress fails to muster the two-thirds vote in both houses to send the amendment to the states for ratification,  phony “conservatives” call for the worst possible scenario — a state-mandated constitutional convention that would be controlled by the Insiders.

See thomas.loc.gov for more information (e.g., text of legislation and list of current cosponsors).

CNN Examines Possible “Right Wing” Threat

“‘Patriots’ dangerous to government?” (CNN.com, April 20, 2010)

In this video clip, CNN’s Drew Griffin interviews “three members of the ‘patriot movement’ regarding their anger toward government.”

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