http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=78d_1302951192 Items in channel 'dfaugust2k' Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:03 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=78d_1302951192 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:06:15 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b00_1348783238 dfaugust2k ~ democraps, "liberals", NAACP seek to cede US sovereignty to anti-American "United Nations" (CNSNews.com) - Charging that millions of citizens, two-fifths of them black, have been denied the right to vote because of felony convictions, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called on the United Nations this week to investigate America's "racially discriminatory election laws." An NAACP delegation visiting Geneva hosted a panel on the "disenfranchisement" of U.S. citizens and addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council, which is in session in the Swiss city. A delegate told the HRC that the right to vote was a cornerstone of democracy and that in the U.S. a patchwork of divergent laws and procedures have posed barriers to voting. The NAACP urged the U.N.'s "special rapporteur" on racism to investigate "racially discriminatory election laws," and said the HRC should then make recommendations that would restore the political and voting rights of all citizens. On Tuesday, the delegation hosted a panel on the subject at the U.N.'s Geneva headquarters. "Today, nearly 5.3 million U.S. citizens have been stripped of their voting rights on a temporary or permanent basis, including more than 4.4 million citizens who are no longer incarcerated," said Lorraine Miller, who chairs the NAACP national board's advocacy and policy committee. "More than two million are African American, yet African Americans make up less than 13 percent of the U.S. population," she said. Miller said the NAACP commended Attorney-General Eric Holder for his efforts to "prevent the implementation of recent challenges to voting rights." "However, we remain deeply concerned with the continued practice and discriminatory impact of felony disenfranchisement." Among the delegation is a woman named Kemba Smith Pradia who, according to the organization, was convicted of a drug-related offense in 1992, granted clemency by President Clinton, but is barred from voting in Virginia under legislation prohibiting those formerly incarcerated to vote in the state. "Nationally, I represent more than five million citizens that are disenfranchised from being a part of the political process simply because of past felony convictions," she said. NAACP Senior Vice President for Advocacy Hilary Shelton told the panel that the restrictions on voting "prevent those most in need of an advocate from the ability to elect someone who will represent their concerns: the need for a decent public education, for a health care system that addresses their specific demographic needs, as well as the creation of decent jobs, a functional criminal justice system and other basic human needs." This is the second NAACP visit to the HRC in six months. Last March NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous addressed the council on voter ID and other laws, which he said would "disproportionately block members of minority groups from voting." "These voter-suppression laws include so-called strict voter-ID laws, cutting of Sunday voting, early voting and same-day voter registration, and the reimposing of notoriously racist bans on formerly-incarcerated people voting," he said. As CNSNews.com reported at the time, among those listening to Jealous' appeal for HRC support were representatives of countries whose citizens have no right to vote freely, including one-party states Cuba and China; and Saudi Arabia, where men can only vote in municipal elections and women have been barred from even that limited right. In a Rasmussen poll last December, 70 percent of likely voters agreed that voters should be required to show photo ID before casting ballots. Only 22 percent of respondents opposed such a requirement. Although support for voter ID was significantly higher among Republicans (92 percent), 54 percent of Democrats also favored the requirement, according to the poll. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said the laws were not discriminatory, while 22 percent said they were. The 2012 Democratic Party platform is critical of voter-ID laws, stating that they "can disproportionately burden young voters, people of color, low-income families, people with disabilities, and the elderly, and we refuse to allow the use of political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens. "http://cnsnews.com/news/article/naacp-urges-un-investigate-us-racially-discriminatory-election-laws http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b00_1348783238 dfaugust2k NAACP Urges U.N. to Investigate U.S. for 'Racially Discriminatory Election Laws' 2012, obama, Romney, democRATs, elections, voters Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:14:30 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=270_1347649783 dfaugust2k When the polls closed on the November 2008 U.S. Senate election, I was ahead of Al Franken for the Minnesota seat by 215 votes out of nearly 3 million votes that had been cast. Eight months later, Al Franken was declared the winner of the recount with a margin of 312 votes. A few months after that, Obamacare passed the U.S. Senate on a straight party-line, filibuster-proof 60 votes. I have no desire to re-litigate the 2008 election, but elections matter. Because the consequences of elections are so significant, all sides should agree that ensuring the confidence of the governed is critical to the effective functioning of democracy.In 2008, we learned that in Minnesota, there were a number of precincts in which there were more votes than voters - and throughout the state, more than 1,000 felons voted. The extreme left-leaning political organization ACORN registered more than 40,000 voters in 2008. This is the same organization that had its funding repealed by a bipartisan vote in Congress after it was revealed that it consistently has engaged in fraudulent practices to register voters in other states. According to the organization Minnesota Majority, 113 people are known to have been convicted of voter fraud committed in Minnesota in 2008.Elected officials govern with the consent of the governed. If there is a question of whether that consent was truly given, the credibility of our democratic system of government is called into question.In 2005, the bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform, led by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III , concluded that our "electoral system cannot inspire public confidence if no safeguards exist to deter and detect fraud or to confirm the identity of voters." As a result, the Carter-Baker Commission recommended that states adopt a photo-identification system.As Mr. Carter said at that time, "Some critics of voter IDs think the government cannot do this job, but Mexico and most poor countries in the world have been able to register and give IDs to almost all their citizens. Surely the United States can do it, too."The commission could have been talking about Minnesota in 2008 when the report noted, "The right to vote is a vital component of U.S. citizenship, and all states should use their best efforts to obtain proof of citizenship before registering voters." The report continued, "In close or disputed elections, and there are many, a small amount of fraud could make the margin of difference."In fact, 31 states have a photo-ID requirement, including liberal Rhode Island, which passed a voter-ID statute in 2011 with significant support from black and Latino legislators.In states that have photo-ID requirements, participation in elections has increased. Still,much gnashing of teeth takes place on the left each time the issue of voter fraud is raised in America. Instead of embracing the notion that we should do everything possible to ensure the cleanest and most integrated elections in the world, the left pillories those who call for ballot reform.Common sense should prevail in this debate, not the supercharged rhetoric of those who claim there is no evidence of voter fraud or, conversely, of those who claim voter fraud is rampant in America. Isn't it strange that in states like Minnesota that do not have photo-ID laws, you have to prove where you live, but not who you are, in order to vote?This issue has been put before Minnesotans in the form of an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, with the question: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013?"Opponents of the amendment have attempted to befuddle Minnesotans with cries of racism and Jim Crow laws, suggesting that there is a parallel between requiring a photo ID to vote and levying a poll tax. The scare tactics are easy to refute but difficult to convey in a public debate that is becoming increasingly hostile and deliberately confusing. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/13/voter-id-laws-preserve-democracy/ Democrat withdraws from 1st District congressional race after allegations she voted in two states Rosen says she registered in Fla. to support friend there Wendy Rosen, the Democratic challenger to Republican Rep. Andy Harris in the 1st Congressional District, withdrew from the race Monday amid allegations that she voted in elections in both Maryland and Florida in 2006 and 2008. It was unclear, however, whether she could remove her name from the ballot with the election less than two months away. Under state law, a candidate has until 70 days before an election to remove his or her name from the ballot. The deadline for the Nov. 6 election passed on Aug. 28. Democratic leaders - who raised the allegations, urged Rosen to step aside and notified prosecutors - said they would gather Central Committee members this month to identify a write-in candidate for the district, which includes the Eastern Shore and parts of Harford, Carroll, Cecil and Baltimore counties. Republicans, meanwhile, said the allegations prove that voter fraud is real and called on Democrats to join the GOP in calling for reforms. Rosen, 57, a Cockeysville businesswoman and Maryland voter, told The Baltimore Sun that she registered to vote in Florida several years ago in order to support a "very close friend" running for the St. Petersburg City Council and to vote on local issues there. Rosen said she was able to register in Florida because she owned property there. Under Maryland law, a voter here may not maintain registration in a second state if it allows the voter to participate in state or federal elections there, according to Jared DeMarinis, director of candidacy and campaign finance at the State Board of Elections. State Democratic Chairwoman Yvette Lewis said an examination of voting records in Maryland and Florida showed that Rosen participated in the 2006 general election and the 2008 primaries in both states. Maryland and Florida both held gubernatorial and congressional contests in 2006 and presidential primaries in 2008, when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton competed for the Democratic nomination. Asked by The Sun on Monday if she had voted in both states in the same elections, Rosen said she did not remember how she voted. Asked if she had voted twice in the 2008 presidential primaries, she declined to comment "due to possible litigation." Lewis referred the allegations Monday to Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler and State Prosecutor Emmitt C. Davitt. "We believe that this is a clear violation of Maryland law and urge the appropriate office to conduct a full investigation," she wrote. "The Maryland Democratic Party strongly believes in upholding and expanding the right to vote but, at the same time, believes there should be zero tolerance for voter fraud of any kind." DeMarinis, the state elections official, said there are narrow circumstances under which a Maryland voter may register legally in two places. Some municipalities maintain separate voting rolls for local elections. These allow property owners - even those that live and vote elsewhere - to register and participate in elections for local offices and ballot questions. Thus, DeMarinis said, a resident of Baltimore who owned a vacation home in Ocean City could legally vote in local elections there, too. DeMarinis said he knows of no law against a Maryland voter participating in local elections in another state. But an out-of-state registration that permitted participation in state and federal elections would be illegal,he said. A spokesman for Maryland Democrats said party leaders were told of Rosen's dual registration by someone within the party on Friday. After verifying the details over the weekend, spokesman Matthew Verghese said, the leaders confronted Rosen on Monday. Rosen was seen as the underdog to Harris, a 55-year-old physician from Baltimore County who is serving his first term in Congress. The district that has grown more solidly Republican since Harris ousted Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil in 2010. Still,she mounted a highly visible effort to promote her candidacy in July at the annual J. Millard Tawes crab feast in Crisfield. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-wendy-rosen-withdraws-20120910,0,3764352.story http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=270_1347649783 dfaugust2k Voter ID laws Preserve Democracy Voter ID laws, Democracy, obama, biden, franken, reid, frank Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:27:51 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b22_1347146612 dfaugust2k A judge has ruled that ten rare gold coins worth roughly $80 million belong to the U.S. government, not the family that possessed them, according to ABC News. In 2003 Joan Langbord and two other family members opened a safety deposit box that belonged to Langbord's father, Philadelphia coin dealer Israel Switt, and found the valuable collection. When they asked the Philadelphia Mint to authenticate the find, the coins were apparently seized without compensation and taken to Fort Knox. The 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle is "one of the most sought-after rarities in history," according to Courthouse News. Originally valued at $20 each, one owned by King Farouk of Egypt reportedly sold for as much as $7.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in 2002. The Langbords unsuccessfully sued the government in 2011, alleging that the coins are rightfully theirs, and now they have the appeal. Jacqueline Romero, assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia, explained that the coins legally belonged to the government after Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered citizens to exchange their gold for cash in an effort to keep the banks afloat during the Great Depression. "Those coins were all in a vault and were supposed to be melted," she asserted. Newsy contributes , including an explanation of FDR's policy: The family maintains that in another seizure of the valuable coin, the government split the proceeds with the original owner after it sold for $7.59 million in 2002, and that the coins escaped the Mint legitimately through a "window of opportunity" between March 15 and April 5, 1933, the Huffington Post relates . However, U.S. District Judge Legrome Davis Jr. wrote in his decision: "The Mint meticulously tracked the '33 Double Eagles, and the records show that no such transaction occurred...What's more, this absence of a paper trail speaks to criminal intent. If whoever took or exchanged the coins thought he was doing no wrong, we would expect to see some sort of documentation reflecting the transaction, especially considering how carefully and methodically the Mint accounted for the '33 Double Eagles." "Nobody witnessed the disappearance of the 10 coins, but the jury could - and did - properly infer criminal intent," Davis added. Barry Berke, the family's attorney, concluded for ABCNews.com: "This is a case that raises many novel legal questions, including the limits on the government's power to confiscate property." http://www.theblaze.com/stories/judge-familys-80-million-gold-coin-collection-belongs-to-uncle-sam/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b22_1347146612 dfaugust2k Judge: Family's $80 Million Gold Coin Collection Belongs to Uncle Sam obama, democRATs, federal government, redistribution Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:09:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fec_1347055216 dfaugust2k Record 88,921,000 Americans 'Not in Labor Force'-119,000 Fewer Employed in August Than JulyThe Labor Department counts a person as not in the civilian labor force if they are at least 16 years old, are not in the military or an institution such as a prison, mental hospital or nursing home, and have not actively looked for a job in the last four weeks. The department counts a person as in "the civilian labor force" if they are at least 16, are not in the military or an institution such as a prison, mental hospital or nursing home, and either do have a job or have actively looked for one in the last four weeks.In July, there were 155,013,000 in the U.S. civilian labor force. In August that dropped to 154,645,000 -meaning that on net 368,000 people simply dropped out of the labor force last month and did not even look for a job. There were also 119,000 fewer Americans employed in August than there were in July. In July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 142,220,000 Americans working. But, in August, there were only 142,101,000 Americans working.Despite the fact that fewer Americans were employed in August than July, the unemployment rate ticked down from 8.3 in July to 8.1. That is because so many people dropped out of the labor force and stopped looking for work. The unemployment rate is the percentage of people in the labor force (meaning they had a job or were actively looking for one) who did not have a job. The Bureau of Labor Statistic also reported that in August the labor force participation rate (the percentage of the people in the civilian non-institutionalized population who either had a job or were actively looking for one) dropped to a 30-year low of 63.5 percent , down from 63.7 percent in July. The last time the labor force participation rate was as low as 63.5 percent was in September 1981. CNSNews.com is not funded by the government like NPR. CNSNews.com is not funded by the government like PBS. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/record-88921000-americans-not-labor-force-119000-fewer-employed-august-july http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fec_1347055216 dfaugust2k Record 88,921,000 Americans 'Not in Labor Force'-119,000 Fewer Employed in August Than July obama, biden, frank, dodd, Dodd-Frank Act, democrats, 2012, obama's america 2016 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:25:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2c5_1346203296 dfaugust2k GOP House Candidate Mia Love Impresses RNC Crowd With Fiery Speech"Let em tell you about the America I know," Love began. "My parents immigrated to this country with $10 in their pockets and the hope that the America they heard about really did exist." She said her parents imbued her with a sense of self-reliance and the rewards she could achieve because of the American dream if she applied herself. "The America I now is grounded in the determination found in patriots and pioneers," Love continued. "It's found in the Olympic athletes and every child who looks at the impossible and says, 'I can do that.' That's the America I know." She hit President Obama for dividing America and failing the nation over the course of his first term. "His policies have failed us. We're not better off than we were four years ago. And no rhetoric, bumper sticker or Hollywood campaign ad can change that," Love fired out to the applause of the crowd. "Mr. President, I'm here to tell you the American people are awake and we're not buying what you're selling in 2012," http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-house-candidate-mia-love-impresses-rnc-crowd-with-fiery-speech/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2c5_1346203296 dfaugust2k GOP House Candidate Mia Love Impresses RNC Crowd With Fiery Speech GOP, America, Americans, Freedom, 2012, Mitt Romney, Republican Convention Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:38:03 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a18_1346099662 dfaugust2k ~president teleprompter barak hussian marshall davis visits Centreville,VA. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a18_1346099662 dfaugust2k Believe in America 2012, Americans, Romney, Freedom, smaller government, lower taxation Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:25:51 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=557_1345987353 dfaugust2k "The Seals removed one threat to America, remove the other in November..." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=557_1345987353 dfaugust2k Anti-Obama Navy SEAL Billboard in Texas 2012, elections, Threats to Americans, dermocRATs, liberals, leftists, marxists, obama, frank Marshall Davis Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:47:44 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0d7_1345984749 dfaugust2k Allen West: 'Obama Serving Americans a 'Sh*t Sandwich' With a Smile' http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0d7_1345984749 dfaugust2k Allen West: Obama Serving Americans a 'Crap Sandwich' With a Smile obama, democRATs, 2012, unemployment, welfare, liberals, leftists, marxists, frank marshall davis Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:48:42 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=638_1345750760 dfaugust2k A Reuters photographer captured a shot of president teleprompter during a campaign event at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday. Presidential seal returns to Obama campaign events after change of heart Obama Flip-Flops Again, Uses Presidential Seal at Official Campaign Event Though he was previously against using the official presidential seal during campaign events, President Obama busted out the symbol for the second time during his reelection campaign on Wednesday. In 2010, former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told CBS "that at strictly political events we would not use" the seal.Oh, how the times have changed. The president spoke from behind a podium that displayed the presidential seal prominently during a campaign stop in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning. The White House's official daily schedule for Obama classifies the event, held at Canyon Springs High School, as a "campaign event." The Washington Free Beacon also notices that a backdrop seen behind Obama declares the event was "paid for by Obama for America," which is his reelection campaign. Just as TheBlaze previously reported, it is not against the law to use the presidential seal to campaign. The real issue here is the hypocrisy of an administration that, until it was time to get reelected, considered its use at official campaign events to be inappropriate. President Obama utilized the seal for the first time of his reelection bid on July 6 at a campaign event in Pittsburgh: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-then-its-inappropriate-to-use-presidential-seal-while-campaigning-obama-now-i-take-it-back/obama_at_podium_120706_610x458/ Hey America, at least vote for an American this time. Please. IMPEACH hUSSIAN dAVIS oBAMA TERM LIMITS FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOLISH THE FED http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=638_1345750760 dfaugust2k A Reuters photographer captured a shot of president teleprompter during a campaign event at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday. president, teleprompter, DNC, communism, marxists, obama, frank marshall davis Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:39:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=173_1345426263 dfaugust2k Feds move to strike lewd details from Homeland Security sexual-discrimination lawsuit WASHINGTON - The feds have asked a judge to strike from the public record the most "scandalous" details of a bombshell sexual-discrimination lawsuit against Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security that refer to oral sex and an odd bathroom prank.The lewd details are included in senior law-enforcement official James Hayes' suit claiming retaliation anti-guy bias. The filing claims top immigration aide Suzanne Barr "humiliated" a male employee by calling him in his hotel room and screaming that she wanted his "c--k in the back of throat." It also states that Barr, a close adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, who went on leave this week after the suit appeared,, "rewarded those male employees who would play along with her sexually charged games."The pranks allegedly included moving three male employees' office equipment, including computers and name plates, into a men's bathroom.Those details, says a government motion to dismiss the suit, "serve only as an attempt to embarrass or harass senior government officials" and therefore "should be stricken from the public record." http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/strike_on_janet_suit_dZWVdtFDB8O4KQA2yq6xuN http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=173_1345426263 dfaugust2k Feds move to strike lewd details from Homeland Security sexual-discrimination lawsuit obama, janet napolitano, lesbians, Homeland Security, DHS, liberals, leftists, perverts, liars, thieves Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:05:56 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c01_1344387425 dfaugust2k Las Vegas Review now reporting Harry Reid helping Chinese solar firm...represented by his son. - Doc Jerry K (@Jerry_Komar) August 05, 2012 It is now being reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is aiding a Chinese solar firm that is represented by none other than his own son. The story was published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal: There's another factor, however, one more personal to Reid: His son, Rory Reid, is one of the attorneys for the ENN Mojave Energy project. A Reid spokeswoman said the senator did not suggest Reid's firm - Lionel, Sawyer & Collins - to ENN, nor has the elder Reid spoken to this son about the deal. (Reid imposed a strict ban on family members lobbying his office in 2003 after the Los Angeles Times asked him about lobbying by three of his four sons.) http://twitchy.com/2012/08/05/report-harry-reid-helps-a-chinese-solar-firm-represented-by-his-son/ Reid not releasing his own tax returns http://conservativebyte.com/2012/08/harry-reid-not-releasing-his-own-tax-returns/ .."Instead, Reid pointed to the financial disclosure forms he files as a member of Congress, which provide different information. "I'm a member of Congress now, I don't make too much money," said Reid, whose net worth was estimated at $10 million in 2010.".. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c01_1344387425 dfaugust2k Report: Harry Reid helps a Chinese solar firm represented by his son reid, harry reid, thieves, liars, democrats, obama Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:32:32 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a23_1344021995 dfaugust2k (CNSNews.com) - There were 195,000 fewer people employed in the United States in July than in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the national unemployment rate ticked up from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent. Meanwhile, 150,000 people simply dropped out of the labor force during the month and did not seek to find a job. In June, according to BLS, there had been 142,415,000 people employed in the United States. In July, that dropped to 142,220,000--a decline of 195,000. Similarly, in June, there were 155,163,000 people in the civilian labor force in the United States. To be counted in the civilian labor force, person must be 16 years old or older, not be in the military, prison or a mental institution, and either have a job or have actively looked for a job in the past four weeks. In July, the number of people in the civilian labor force was 155,013,000 --a decline of 150,000 from June. The number of people who were unemployed--meaning they were 16 or older, not in the military, a prison or a mental institution, and had actively looked for a job in the last four weeks-jumped by 45,000 during the month, climbing from 12,749,000 in June to 12,794,000 in July. During July, the number of people who simply left the labor force (150,000) exceeded the number of newly unemployed (45,000) by more than two to one (105,000). http://cnsnews.com/news/article/195000-fewer-americans-had-jobs-july-150000-dropped-out-labor-force Many unemployed also uncounted http://www.sfgate.com/business/bottomline/article/Many-unemployed-also-uncounted-3725038.php http://www.unionofunemployed.com/blog/recent-news/summary-of-u-s-real-unemployment-february-2012/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a23_1344021995 dfaugust2k 195,000 Fewer Americans Had Jobs in July; 150,000 Dropped Out of Labor Force unemployment, food stamp president, pelosi, reid, democrats, leftsits, liberals