“EN MI OPINION” IN GOD WE TRUST. .No 348 Lunes , Abril 1, 2013 Editor Lázaro R González Miño. # 348, 4/1/2013 “EN MI OPINION”

Corea del Sur advierte “una respuesta firme” si hay provocaciones de Pyongyang

(CNN) – La presidenta de Corea del Sur, Park Geun-hye advirtió este lunes a Corea del Norte que cualquier movimiento de provocación se encontrara con "una respuesta contundente", mientras Estados Unidos desplegó aviones furtivos de combate en la tensa región, como parte de ejercicios militares conjuntos.

“Si hay alguna provocación en contra de Corea del Sur y su gente, debe haber una respuesta firme en el combate inicial sin ningún tipo de consideraciones políticas”, dijo en una reunión con defensa superior y funcionarios de seguridad, de acuerdo con la oficina de la presidencia. http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2013/04/01/corea-del-sur-advierte-una-respuesta-firme-si-hay-provocaciones-de-pyongyang/

Here Are the 10 Freest States in the U.S. (And the Least)

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WASHINGTON -- The White House said on Saturday that it takes North Korea's latest saber-rattling threats seriously while cautioning that Pyongyang has a long history of bellicose rhetoric.
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North Korea's latest bout of angry rhetoric included a vow that it is entering a "state of war" with South Korea a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on an order putting its missile units on standby to attack U.S. military bases in the South.
"We've seen reports of a new and unconstructive statement from North Korea. We take these threats seriously and remain in close contact with our South Korean allies," said Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.
"But, we would also note that North Korea has a long history of bellicose rhetoric and threats and today's announcement follows that familiar pattern," she said.

Rhetoric or not, North Korea has taken a series of steps that have escalated tensions with its southern neighor and the United States.

In February, North Korea conducted an underground nuclear bomb test. It also has launched several missile tests, including one last year that went awry. Subsequent tests have been successful and North Korea also has claimed to have developed a missile that can hit the U.S. mainland.

On Friday, North Korean released a photograph of leader Kim Jong Un reviewing plans to attack U.S. targets, including Washington D.C., Los Angeles -- and, oddly, Austin, Texas.

North Korea also has cut off its "hotline" with South Korea and on Saturday threatened to shut down a border factory complex that's the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.

The escalating tensions have captured attentions worldwide.

Mongolia called for six-party talks to be resumed after North Korea's “state of war” declaration.

“Mongolia would like to extend its relationship with North Korea,” Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag said at a press conference in Ulaanbaatar with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. “Mongolia can contribute if they initiate any meetings.”

Six-party talks have continued, on and off, for years between South Korea, North Korea, China, the U.S., Russia and Japan. Mongolia has maintained good relations with North Korea for decades.

Moscow on Saturday urged restraint in the Korean peninsular. Russia warned that the heightened military activity was slipping into a "vicious cycle" that could get out of control.

"We hope that all parties will exercise maximum responsibility and restraint and no one will cross the point of no return," senior Russian Foreign Ministry official Grigory Logvinov told Interfax news agency.

The United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula as part of a military exercise this week in a show of force to reassure U.S. allies in the region.
The Pentagon has also been beefing up U.S. missile defense capabilities on the West Coast. The United States has been stressing that it has the capability and willingness to protect itself and U.S. allies in the region.
"We remain fully prepared and capable of defending and protecting the United States and our allies," said Hayden. "We continue to take additional measures against the North Korean threat, including our plan to increase the U.S. ground-based interceptors and early warning and tracking radar," and the recent signing of a South Korean-U.S. counter-provocation plan.

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Urgent: Should Obamacare Be Repealed? Vote Here Now!

La venganza contra ladrones de celulares. Margarita Sánchez.
La experiencia es muy desagradable, pero las compañías operadoras reemplazan inmediatamente el chip y les vale un pepino a quienes le roban y a quienes no.
Sin embargo, existe algo muy interesante que deben conocer y es una especie de venganza- en el caso que alguna vez les roben el celular.
Todos los celulares GSM (o sea, los que tienen chip)tienen un registro de serie único, que en ningún teléfono a nivel mundial se repite, que se llama CÓDIGO IMEI.
Las compañías no lo tienen registrado. Sólo ustedes los dueños del aparato pueden acceder al código.
Para obtenerlo marquen *#06#
(asterisco-numeral-cero-seis-numeral). Nada más, NO PRESIONEN 'SEND' NI LLAMAR. En la pantalla aparece el código IMEI.
Apúntenlo y guárdenlo en un lugar seguro (agenda electrónica, PC, etc.). *
Si les roban el celular llaman al operador y le dan este código. El celular será bloqueado completamente y aunque el ladrón cambie la tarjeta SIM o chip, no podrá encenderlo.
Probablemente no recuperen su celular; pero por lo menos tendrán la seguridad de que quien lo haya robado no podrá utilizarlo nunca.

Si toda la gente supiera esto,el robo de celulares disminuiría porque no tendría sentido.
Envíen este dato a todos sus amigos y conocidos.Comencemos a circularlo y anoten su Código IMEI en un
lugar seguro.

MSN: Fox News Obama Birth Certificate Boycott Report

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Nice to know some tea party organizations are threatening to boycott Fox News over its failure to cover Forgerygate…

FORMS ARE GOING FAST- SIGN UP TODAY!
Becoming Illegal (Actual letter from an Iowa resident sent to his senator,)
The Honorable Tom Harkin
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone (202) 224 3254
Washington DC , 20510

Dear Senator Harkin,


As a native Iowan and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.


My primary reason for wishing to change my status from U.S. Citizen to illegal alien stems from the bill which was recently passed by the Senate and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for only three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out.

Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I'm excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively? This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2008 and 2009.


Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local emergency room as my primary health care provider. Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year.


Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law school applications, as well as 'in-state' tuition rates for many colleges throughout the United States for my son.


Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the burden of renewing my driver's license and making those burdensome car insurance premiums. This is very important to me, given that I still have college age children driving my car.

If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance


Your Loyal Constituent, (hoping to reach 'illegal alien' status rather than just a bonafide citizen of the USA )
Donald Ruppert
Burlington , IA
Get your Forms (NOW)!!
Call your Internal Revenue Service at 1-800-289-1040

Jason Biggs y el Papa. amenper.

Jason Biggs se burla del Papa Francis I y de la iglesia, haciendo chistes obscenos sobre el ritual del Jueves Santos del lavado de pies. También se burla de la resurrección de Jesucristo.
Él no tiene ningún problema para destilar su odio durante la semana Santa.
¿Cuándo empezó la costumbre de que esto no tiene mucha importancia?
Hubo un tiempo que tal comportamiento habría sido un suicidio para su carrera.

Ya no es así.
Hay una nueva costumbre tolerar la intolerancia si viene de la izquierda.
Jason Biggs es un actor, conocido por las películas de American Pie, lo que quiere decir que no es muy conocido.
Debido a la exposición que recibió para sus últimos tweets viles, probablemente ahora será conocido por muchas más personas.  Ahora es conocido como un ser sin clase, un odiador, un cobarde.

Estos son los tweets de Biggs:

El Papa Francis besó los pies de una docena de menores hoy, en un esfuerzo por demostrar que la iglesia está realmente tratando de actuar con moderación.

“Niño lindo dame tu puto pie."- Dijo el Papa Francis, después que se le dijo que ya no podría besarle otra parte preferida de su cuerpo

Burlándose de la resurrección dice:

¡En dos días un Chupacabras aparece desde el final de un arco iris y alimenta con la sangre de un Unicornio a un montón de duendes!

Si esto no es una ofensa mayor a una persona y una institución, ¿Qué hay que decir para que sea una ofensa?

Arriba digo que es un odiador y un cobarde, lo de odiador está implícito en sus palabras, lo de cobarde es porque no se atreve a decir un chiste parecido sobre Mahoma o los Judíos..

Si alguien dice esta clase de chistes sobre el Judaísmo, es acusado de antisemítico, y termina su carrera pública, ya sea política o artística. 

Si alguien se burla públicamente de Mahoma, no podrá decir un chiste más nunca en su vida.

Pero que podemos esperar de Jason, aquel que de burlas vive, sólo refleja su inseguridad e impotencia-

Una persona que se burla de otra es porque no está contenta consigo mismo y al hacerlo se siente mejor.

Aunque en el caso de Jason hay también una motivación mercenaria, la busca de la publicidad, y esto lo hace aún más despreciable.

El Poder Absoluto. amenper.

Dicen que el poder absoluto corrompe absolutamente.

Pero creo que es algo más, es como una satisfacción del ego que atrofia la mente del que lo tiene.

Por eso es que aunque me preocupa Obama, me preocupa su socialismo, me preocupa su gestión de gobierno impulsando la lucha de clases, sus regulaciones, sus impuestos, pero pudiera vivir con ellos si no quedara más remedio. 

Lo que realmente me preocupa más es que pudiera obtener el poder absoluto.

Por eso son importantes las elecciones del 2014.  Si Obama con el poder ejecutivo en sus manos, también obtiene la victoria en las elecciones y controla las dos cámaras legislativas, y nombra a los nuevos magistrados liberales controlando el tribunal supremo, un poder judicial cada día se atribuye un poder más legislativo, tendría en sus manos el poder absoluto.

Ya oímos rumores de establecer una enmienda constitucional para que Obama pudiera reelegirse por otro período, y rumores de que Michelle Obama pudiera ser la candidata en las próximas elecciones.

El gobernante con poder absoluto, rodeado de un grupo de aduladores, vive en una burbuja aislado de la realidad. En su mente no puede existir la posibilidad de que pudiera perder el poder.

Por eso es que vemos al dictador de Corea del Norte, amenazando con atacar a Corea del Sur, aunque por lógica sería su fin.  Por eso vimos en Cuba cómo Batista tuvo oportunidades para dejar el poder, con militares como Barquín y Borbonet, o elecciones con Grau y Márquez Sterling, que le hubieran dado una transición al país sin caer en el caos total, que fue el caldo de cultivo que aprovecharon los comunistas, pero no lo hizo.

Si no hubiera sido por los soviéticos, Fidel Castro hubiera atacado nuclearmente a los Estados Unidos, aunque eso hubiera sido su destrucción.

Lo vimos con Sadam Hussein, los Estados Unidos querían a Hussein en la región.  Era un elemento estabilizador contra Irán para mantener el balance geopolítico.  Pero su ego lo hizo presentarse de una manera omnipotente atacando a las potencias occidentales. Lo mismo le pasó a Noriega en Panamá, lo hemos visto una y otra vez desde los primeros dictadores del Imperio Romano.

En cubano tenemos un dicho que describe bien esto “se les pasó la rosca”.

Pero lo que sucede es que aprietan hasta que se les va la rosca, porque el poder absoluto no les permite concebir la derrota.

Lo peor que le puede pasar a un pueblo es vivir en un gobierno de una persona con poder absoluto., Por eso tenemos que cuidar el sistema de Democracia Representativa.

Reflexiones del fin de semana. Jesús Marzo Fernández.

Primero que todo, debo informarle a mis amigos, y a todos aquellos
que tienen la paciencia de leer mis notas, que el próximo día 10
estoy saliendo para el país hermano de Venezuela.  Quiero ser testigo
del proceso histórico, que sin dudas serán las elecciones.  No quiero
que me lo cuenten, quiero verlo en "vivo y en directo".

“En mi opinión”, en este proceso electoral hay mucho en juego, sus resul-
tados ---de inmediato van a influir en toda la américa y en buena parte
del mundo- hay una expectativa muy grande.  Nada escapa de la
influencia política de Venezuela.   Desde Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nica-
ragua, Bolivia, los paises miembros del Alba, los beneficiarios de
Petrocaribe, hasta China, Rusia, Iran, el Mercosur, y un sinnumero de
paises que reciben beneficios de Venezuela, sin escapar USA donde zonas
reciben beneficios en el precio del petroleo, con destino a la calefaccion.

Soy del criterio, que tanto Chavez como Maduro, tendran que ser recor-
dados por ''secula seculorum''.  Chavez, por sus delirios de grandezas
y haber derrochado el patrimonio nacional en proyectos politicos fraca-
sados en el mundo entero.  Y lo mas increible, haber nombrado como su
sucesor a Maduro, recuerda a Atila -rey de los humos- cuando nombro
a su caballo Pro Consul.  Estoy convencido, y desgraciadamente puedo
estar equivocado, que Maduro pasara la historia,  COMO REINA POR UN
DIA' el gobernante que duro menos tiempo en la silla presidencial..

No vamos a morir de desengano, las Vegas da favorito a Maduro

5 a 1.  Preparados para lo peor.

El pueblo venezolano, no puede dejarse vencer, por una propaganda
enganosa, y menos por un ""bombardeo" de bolivares proveniente
de las arcas del estado. Esto hay que pararlo.  Para mi, es sencillamente
impensable, las consecuencias nacionales e internacionales, que se
pueden derivar de una posible eleccion de Maduro, APAGA Y VAMONOS.

Me voy a referir al tema YOANI, sin lugar a dudas su gira ha sido un
exito total, los intentos del gobierno cubano, por empanar sus actividades,
en la practica se revirtieron en beneficio de la bloguera.  Los tradicionales
actos de repudios, tanto en Brasil, como en las Naciones Unidas,  se
transformaron en las muestras vivas, de la razon de existir de la
propia YOANI.  Al parecer el gobierno se equivoco al permitir la salida
al exterior de YOANI, fallaron sus calculos y previsiones.  Ellos tambien se
equivocan.
El gobierno cubano, ha recurrido a todos los medios a su alcance, con el
fin de minimizar el impacto internacional que ha causado esta gira.
En mi opinion han recurrido a lo insolito, enviar a Miami, a esa gran
vedette que es Rosita Fornes, a fin de llamar la atencion, y creo que
lo unico que han logrado, es  mostrar un  antique, que solo lo recuerdan
los de la 3ra y 4ta edad.  Hasta ahi.

Para mi, que mi pasion son los pronosticos, y el analisis de las proximas
jugadas;  lo mejor esta por venir.  Recordar, las historietas, se las dejo

a los que viven del cuento. Que se defiendan, vale todo.

Confieso que me cogio movido, la jugada del castrista, Silvio invitar a
cantar a duo a Isaac Delgado, los conozco a los dos. Y en la vida politica
son totalmente incompatibles.  Ellos tambien, estan en el juego, su
objetivo, sin dudas garantizar su continuidad en el poder.  Al menos
hasta dentro 5 anos que termina el periodo que se establecio para si
mismo Raul Castro, y comienza la era de su sucesor Miguel Diaz-Canet.

Que estaran preparando para el regreso de Yoani, cuando ellos saben,
que medio mundo esta de expectador.   Su mejor jugada, seria que en
el aeropuerto la estuviera esperando, Abel Prieto asesor de Raul, y
le diera la bienvenida a casa.  Incluso, le ofertara alguna posicion en
el gobierno, ministra de cultura, o algo parecido , en la Union de
Escritores, cualquier cosa.  Que pasaria, sin dudas ganarian 1 dia mas
en el Poder.

Si le estan preparando los tradicionales actos de repudio, su ganancia
seria sin dudas, 1 dia menos en el Poder.  Estamos frente gente inteligente
que como siempre digo son tramposos.  No entretienen con una mano.
y con la otra nos hacen los trucos.

El tema que para mi es el fundamental, es el escenario anunciado por
Raul, de Miguel Diaz -Canet, como sucesor.  Ellos ya tienen su candidato.
Donde esta nuestro Capriles., El mio es ese gran patriota cubano que
se llama OSCAR ELIAS BISCET,  si hay otros, que seria muy bueno ,
que funcione la democracia, someterlo a votacion y  que saga el mejor.

Si en el siglo XXI, las reglas del juego son los procesos electorales.  Pues
no hay opcion, a luchar a a la arena politica.  Lo unico que exigimos los
cubanos es  ELECCIONES DEMOCRATICAS Y TOTALMENTE LIBRES.

HOW TRUE THIS IS ! Betty Hijazy

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl confined to a wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots. .

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth- and drug-infested “homes” — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide incentives for not working through 99 weeks of unemployment checks without any requirement to prove they sought but couldn’t find work — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor buys iPhones, wall-sized plasma do-it-all TV’s and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

WND Exclusive

Iran: 2013 will be 'fall of American empire'

Commander gives Michelle Obama 'Wet Gunpowder' Award

Published: 16 hours ago

by Reza Kahlili Email | Archive

Reza Kahlili, author of the award-winning book "A Time to Betray," served in CIA Directorate of Operations, as a spy in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, counterterrorism expert; currently serves on the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, an advisory board to Congress and the advisory board of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran (FDI). He regularly appears in national and international media as an expert on Iran and counterterrorism in the Middle East.More ↓

The “American empire” will fall this year, the head of Iran’s Basij forces claimed Sunday, a message that was approved by the Islamic regime’s supreme leader.
“America should not think that with some diplomatic dialogue it can solve its dossier (problem) with the nation of Iran,” Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naghdi said. “The path of this land is directed by the martyrs. America with its hollow slogans … thinks the Iranian nation will believe it.”
The Basij commander was speaking to an audience of the 10th conference of “Journey of Enlightened Land” commemorating the “martyrs” of the eight-year war with Iraq, according to the Journalist Club, an outlet run by the Revolutionary Guards intelligence division.
Naghdi called President Obama’s actions deceitful, saying, “Obama in letters sent to the Islamic Republic promised to put an end to the Iranian nuclear dossier but … reacted in a different way.”
As reported in January 2012, Iranian officials revealed the contents of an Obama letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that indicated a deep desire by the U.S. president for a dialogue with the radical leaders of Iran. Iranian officials also claimed that a subsequent oral message by Obama delivered through the Swiss ambassador in Tehran was even more revealing than the letter delivered to the Iranian supreme leader.
Hossein Ebrahimi, the vice chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said last year that in a meeting between Swiss Ambassador Livia Leu Agosti and Iranian Foreign Ministry officials, Agosti informed the Iranian officials that Obama recognizes Iran’s right of access to and use of nuclear technology.
Ebarhimi also disclosed another important point that the Swiss diplomat delivered: Obama said that “I didn’t want to impose sanctions on your central bank, but I had no options but to approve it since a Congress majority had approved the decision.”
The Basij commander called Obama the most seditious president in the history of America: “Within this period, nothing but betrayal has been witnessed by Obama as the president of America. … America with its enmity toward Iran … has surrounded the country with sanctions.” Under the supreme leader’s request, Naghdi warned that “The epic political movement this year will be the fall of the American empire and the revealing of its true face of cruelty by its politicians.”
Naghdi was born in Iraq and moved to Iran after the Iranian Revolution, joining the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. He later joined the Quds Forces, which is involved in international terrorism.
In October 2009, Khamanei appointed Naghdi to command the Basij paramilitary forces. Naghdi has been sanctioned by the U.S. as a violator of human rights for having participated in the suppression of the Iranian people.
Naghdi previously had threatened to kill American generals in response to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.
He said at the time, “We will mark the hanging sites of the American and Zionist generals and we will identify which hanging was in retaliation for the blood of our great martyr.”
At Sunday’s ceremony, Naghdi, as promised, presented “The Wet Gunpowder” award to first lady Michelle Obama. The award is given to those who “unknowingly and unwillingly” have contributed greatly to the Islamic Revolution. The prize was sent to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran to be handed over to American officials for delivery to Mrs. Obama.
As WND reported March 14, Naghdi had announced that Iran would give the first lady a special award for allegedly exposing a direct link between Hollywood and the White House. He cited her announcement of the “anti-Iran” movie “Argo” Oscar for Best Picture in a live feed from the White House Feb. 24.
“Mrs. Obama’s action was awesome,” Naghdi said with what he described as irony, “and if we had spent billions of dollars, we could not show a link and allegiance between Hollywood and the U.S. government and the White House, especially since they have always denied the allegations.”
During the past months, U.S. officials, including Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of the State John Kerry, have repeatedly announced the Obama administration’s willingness to hold bilateral talks with Iran. Although the supreme leader in his latest remarks on the occasion of the Iranian New Year said he would not object to such talks, he said that America was the “center of all conspiracies and the No. 1 enemy” of the Islamic regime.

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IN REF TO NORTH KOREA - CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT UNDER JOHN KEERY AND CHUCK HAGELS WATCH - IS REALLY SCARY FOR THE WELL INFORMED‏ JORGE AGUIAR (jaguiar13@aol.com) 3/29/13

To: Lázaro R González, Lázaro González R “En mi opinión”

The most scary situation is NOT North Korea and/or Iran. Can the most inept, questionable  and controversial liberal persons that we have now in key government positions act and defend the country . That should be the real concern. Think of the team assembled by president Obama to keep our nation save and ready. Any person well inform that knows the history of the present secretary of defense and the secretary of state who are John Kerry and Chuck Hagel should take any ones concern to the highest alarming level. Think the people that were replaced by the present defense team. Men like Robert Gates, General David Petraeus, Leon Penetta and even Hillary Clinton are no longer part of the present administration instead we have in my opinion the most inept and questionable group of people ever assembled by any administration. Their history and personalities speak loud and clear as to who they are and how they think.

> 

> Senators and the present news media know very well the history and background of the present defense team that we have. How can they sleep knowing full well who they are while the nation faces dangers like North Korea, Iran and or terrorist attacks that could very well come from our open borders is beyond me. MY CONSOLATION AT LEAST IS THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 



Jorge Aguiar

Doral, Florida

Jeb Bush: Entitlement System Will Collapse If We Don’t Act Now

Sunday, 31 Mar 2013 11:21 AM

By Jim Meyers and John Bachman

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has written the cover story for the April edition of Newsmax magazine, offering an optimistic view of America’s future — and straight talk about its problems — with the resounding message: “Growth is the answer” to our nagging economic woes.

And the leading Republican sat down with Newsmax for a wide-ranging interview elaborating on a number of topics he discusses in his magazine feature, arguing that America can be great again if we open up the doors to economic opportunity.

Bush, who served two terms as Florida’s governor, has earned a nationwide reputation for reform proposals in the fields of education and immigration. He is founder and chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, author of the new book “The Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution” — co-written with constitutional law expert Clint Bolick — and is considered a strong contender for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

Bush’s Newsmax magazine piece stresses the need for economic growth to deal with the nation’s debt and deficit problems.

In his exclusive interview with Newsmax TV, he was asked if growth alone will solve those problems.

Story continues below.

“If we grew at 2 percent more per year than what’s projected, which is anywhere from 1 to 1.5 percent per year in real terms, we would create a Germany in terms of incremental economic output in the 10th year,” he says. “And that Germany would be taxed at the current rate at least to the tune of about $1 trillion.

“There is no tax plan that could come close to [that].

“The president, almost every time he has a chance to speak, talks about the need for high growth, but his policies do the exact opposite. His policies have created the most tepid recovery in modern American history.

“The dual effect of high growth creating higher income that’s taxed by government at all levels, combined with lessening demands placed on government that occurs during economic prosperity, is a worthy objective.

“Right now we have this discussion of austerity versus government spending, when in fact what we ought to be doing is [determining] how we can invest in the private sector, creating investment opportunities and job creating opportunities that create the kind of growth that lessens government’s involvement in all this. That’s what’s missing and the president has a duty to outline specific proposals that will create economic growth. Up until now I don’t think he’s done it.”

Bush suggests that Republicans could be talking too much about the debt and deficit instead of growth.

“It’s a principled position to say that we have to live within our means, and over time you can do that and we should do that. But the fastest way to get to that is in combination with high growth. It’s also a winning political message to embrace the dynamic nature of our economy. It’s much better than just saying, ‘world coming to end. Memo to follow.’

“We should be much more hopeful and optimistic about the future of our country. If you just see the trends in the life science area and telecommunications and information technology, we’re living in the most wondrous time ever in human history, and globally the United States is a leader. We should be excited about the future and creating strategies to ensure that we create long-term, sustained economic growth.”

Reform should start with energy, immigration policy, regulations, the tax code, and education, Bush states.

“They’re the set of policy objectives that we should embrace, not all of which are ideological either. The sad thing is the dysfunction in Washington right now limits the ability even when there’s enough consensus to move forward.”

During the presidential campaign, Mitt Romney was criticized for not putting specifics on the table, particularly regarding entitlement cuts and taxes. But Bush believes lawmakers and candidates can get specific without getting bogged down in minutiae.

“First of all you have to inform. You can’t just assume that everybody has the facts,” he maintains.

“Most of the cuts we’re talking about are cuts in the growth of spending, not actual cuts, and there are people in Washington that have [offered] specific proposals, Paul Ryan being perhaps the most obvious one. He was Mitt Romney’s running mate and a courageous and inspired choice, and they did defend those so-called cuts for a while, then they kind of reverted back to trying to make the election about the president, exclusively a referendum on his job performance.

“. . . The lesson of 2012 is be bold, be specific, persuade, don’t follow polls, don’t be driven by what people’s feelings are here and now because those opinions can shift if you make a compelling case.”

But Bush does agree that the entitlement system is “unsustainable” and “no one argues that we can keep doing what we’re doing. So either we have it collapse or we change it to protect it.”

Among the changes he suggests are “raising the retirement age to reflect the life expectancy increase that’s been dramatic, means testing some of the entitlement programs over time. We have to reform healthcare underneath the entitlement system as well so that the cost curve is dealt with, which means we should move toward catastrophic coverage as the form of insurance and reward healthy lifestyle decisions and focus on prevention to lessen cost by improving healthcare outcomes.”

Bush favors eliminating tax loopholes and reducing taxes to the lowest possible rates

“If you eliminate as many of the deductions as possible, you would create a boom of economic activity. You would lessen compliance costs. Right now, whether it’s a small business guy or a private person, people pay an arm and a leg for just the simple compliance costs. Now, you have to pay a lot of money because our code’s way too complex. My personal belief is the simpler the code, the better it is.”

Asked if he would be willing to give up the mortgage interest deduction if tax rates are lowered, Bush responds: “I would. To me, the better way of doing this would be to say, all of the tax code expires” and must be rebuilt from the ground up.

“That would be a better approach because people could see the benefits of a simpler code and the empowering nature of that. People could keep more of their own money, make decisions for themselves, and not effectively get in line to get their version of some tax expenditure or tax credit. [We would] lower the rates significantly and create a burst of economic activity for our country.”

In his Newsmax magazine article, Bush never once mentions President Obama or the Democrats.

He tells Newsmax TV that other Republicans could be too focused on talking about what the opposition is doing instead of what they have to offer.

“We’ve gotten a little far removed from where we once were not that long ago, which is the party of reform, the party of new thinking, the party of ideas, the party that embraces the future.

“There’s a reason why in my recent speeches and the Newsmax article that I didn’t mention the president. The president’s record on economic policy is a failed one, but we’re not going to win the day unless we have a compelling alternative and that’s where the focus needs to be.

“In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can’t stop there. You have to oppose in a principled, civil way but you also have to offer alternatives.

“There are a lot of reasons why the election turned out the way it did. All I know for sure is that I wish Mitt Romney was president right now because he’d be a practical person trying to forge common-sense solutions to these big, dysfunctional challenges we face.”

On education, Bush writes in his magazine cover story about the need to increase the choices that are available to parents and students.

To do that, he tells Newsmax we need to “change laws. We have 50 states that are the governance model or the catalyst for how governance operates. We have 13,000 government-run monopolies, heavily unionized. And in that kind of setting, it should not be a surprise that the economic interests of the adults is really a dominant part of education life in America today.

“We have a third of our kids that don’t make it through the system, even though we spend more per student than any country in the world. And a lot of students could be doing college-level work by the time they’ve graduated from high school but in effect they’re held back because we’ve got this adult-centered homogenized learning model.

“What the Foundation for Excellence in Education is trying to do is to help policymakers in our 50 states open up their laws to allow more innovation to take place.

“We’re putting too much emphasis on the college experience. The country’s moving towards fewer standards that require critical thinking skills both for going to college as well as for being able to get a job in some technical skill or career-oriented avocation. So the skills necessary for both paths need to be higher.”

Bush in his magazine article cites the need to strengthen family values as a way to boost our economy.

“It’s really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically,” he tells Newsmax TV.

“For the first time in American history there are fewer married women than unmarried women in the age cohort that’s measured. We’ve had dramatic increases in out-of-wedlock birth rates. Every study that I’ve seen suggests that if a young woman doesn’t have a child before she’s married and she can defer marriage [until] she’s 25 and can graduate from high school, the chance of her living in poverty is dramatically reduced, and similarly with men.

“If we get that right then we can have a chance of creating economy prosperity over the long haul. If we don’t get it right, it really does change who we are as a nation and it creates enormous strains.“
Bush also says there is an “inverse relationship” between liberty and the size and scope of government, and agrees with Sen. Rand Paul that the Republican Party needs to embrace more libertarian ideas.

He also talks at length about the immigration policies espoused in his controversial new book.

And he ends his Newsmax interview on an optimistic note, stating that “I just have total confidence that a dynamic world will yield benefits that we can’t even imagine.

“If you believe like I do that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams — not the dreams of someone from government, but their own dreams.”

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Boulder nudists questioned over threat to the president. Someone want to kill obama?

4:28 AM 03/30/2013 Greg Campbell

A pair of Colorado nudists who have made national headlines in the past for being outspoken in their right to bare it all while gardening outside their Boulder, Colo., home were questioned by the Secret Service last weekend for allegedly threatening President Barack Obama.
Robert and Catherine Piece, known in Boulder for stridently defending their right to walk around in public nearly naked, were detained for questioning in Ohio after a waitress overheard Robert Pierce say he was going to “kill Obama and take him down,” according to the Daily Camera.
Police found a disassembled .22-caliber rifle in the trunk of the pair’s rental car, along with .22- and .38-caliber ammunition.
Neither were arrested or charged, according to Cleveland’s Fox8 TV station.
The Pierces aren’t strangers to the national spotlight. Robert, 62, gardens in his unfenced yard wearing nothing but a thong, and Catherine, 55, can be found regularly attending her flower bed wearing nothing but bikini bottoms.
The couple lives within a short distance of K-12 school and has been the subject of numerous complaints by parents whose kids walk past their home to and from school.
Rather than cover up, the Pierces turned their lifestyle into a crusade. Since the 1980s, Boulder has had an ordinance that allows women to bare their breasts in public, but enough people complained about the Pierces that, in 2010, the city council considered changing the law.
Under pressure, including some from the American Civil Liberties Union, the resulting nudity ordinance only banned bare genitalia, not breasts.
The Pierces’ efforts were mocked in some quarters; Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly once called Catherine Pierce a “pinhead” in his “Patriots and Pinheads” segment.
They were last in the news about a year ago, when the couple filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages, claiming harassment by neighbors and police.
Even filing the suit caused a stir — Catherine was initially prevented from entering the Boulder County Courthouse for wearing a see-through mesh sundress that sheriff’s deputies decided didn’t adequately cover her otherwise naked breasts.
Their current dust-up happened after staff at a Marblehead, Ohio, café overheard Robert Pierce threaten the president. According to a police report quoted by the Camera, Robert Pierce said the two were headed to Washington, D.C. to make some things straight.
Staff at the café described the pair to police as appearing “very unstable.”
Robert Pierce kept telling the police that he was the illegitimate son of former President Dwight Eisenhower. On a Facebook page that’s been inactive since August, Catherine Piece lists herself as a “news personality” and claims to be the illegitimate child of late actor Robert Mitchum.
After questioning by the Secret Service, they were allowed to leave. Marblehead police told Fox8 that no charges would be filed.
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Una nota de  Phillip Riggio…

Philip Riggio	7:16 PM (13 hours ago)

Pero Turquía sí que es un aliado OTAN de EE.UU.   Hasta el momento no he conseguido comprenderle totalmente la actitud a Erdogan, pero sí que he podido comprender desde el principio el papel alqaedista de Obama y la Hillary, dominada ésta desde el 95 por Huma Abedin.  Lo de Erdogan podría ser el deseo de restablecer el califato y su dominio sobre muchas tierras que le fueron sacadas por Gran Bretaña y Francia tras la Primera Guerra y otras bien antes.  Sea cómo sea la conspiración, ha conseguido que nuestros muchos inatentos de derecha (incl. Romney, el peor inatento de todos) se hayan unido a ella creyendo algunos (p.e. Ileana y los descabellados de Tallahassee) que algo tiene que ver con oponerse al castrochavismo, contraproducente y suicida error.

Report Challenges SEAL's Story on bin Laden's Death

Esquire magazine in February published the article "The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden," featuring a Navy SEAL identified only as "the Shooter" who claimed he had shot and killed the al-Qaida leader during the raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

But this week CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen revealed in an exclusive report that another member of the SEAL team that conducted the May 2011 raid asserts that the Shooter's story is "complete b.s."

The Shooter told Esquire that he encountered bin Laden on the top floor of the compound where he had been hiding. The al-Qaida chief was standing up and had a gun "within reach," so the Shooter fired two shots into bin Laden's forehead and killed him.

That account differed from the one offered by fellow SEAL Matt Bissonette in his book "No Easy Day," which he wrote under the pseudonym Mark Owen.

The first three SEALs to reach the top floor were Bissonette, the Shooter, and a SEAL identified as "the point man," according to Bergen, author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden — from 9/11 to Abbottabad."

The SEAL member who spoke to Bergen said the "point man" shot bin Laden in the head when he poked his head out of his bedroom door, gravely wounding him. The other two SEALs then entered the bedroom, saw the terrorist leader on the floor, and finished him off with shots to the chest.

That scenario is basically in agreement with Bissonette's account in "No Easy Day."

Bissonette told CBS News that he was tasked with photographing bin Laden's body, and washed blood from his face to get the best photos he could — pictures he said were "pretty gruesome."

Bergen's SEAL contact also said bin Laden could not have had a gun "within reach," since the only weapons found were on a high shelf above the bedroom door.

Stephanie Tuck, a spokeswoman for Esquire, said in an email that the magazine's story was "based on information from numerous sources," and "we stand by our story."

Bergen concludes: "What seems incontrovertible is that the point man, the Shooter and Bissonette were the first three SEALs to assault bin Laden's bedroom. But to determine exactly which of them killed bin Laden may never be possible."

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 “THE FREEDON NEVER IS FREE”   Editor Lázaro R González Miño.