http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=government Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:37:22 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=government Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:05:16 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=274_1371592942 aranger45 Louisiana State Sen. Elbert Guillory, formerly a Democrat, recently - and enthusiastically - joined the Republican party. Weeks after announcing his bold move, Guillory has released a video explaining why he is now with the GOP. The powerful video is titled, " Why I Am a Republican ." La. State Sen. Elbert Guillory (YouTube) In the video, Guillory says it is the Republican Party that actually has the best interests of the black community in mind. He argues Democrats relentlessly push an agenda intended to exert control over blacks, not lift them out of poverty. "You see, in recent history, the Democrat party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what's best for black people," Guillory said. "Somehow it has been forgotten that the Republican party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist movement, with one simple creed: that slavery is a violation of the rights of man." The former Democrat explained that Frederick Douglass called Republicans the "party of freedom and progress." He also pointed out that former Republican President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and Republicans in Congress wrote the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. "The Democrats, on the other hand, were the party of Jim Crow," Guillory added. "It was the Democrats who defended the rights of slave owners." He went on: "You see, at the heart of liberalism, is the idea that only a great and powerful big Government can be the benefactor of social justice for all Americans. But the left is only concerned with one thing: control. And they disguise this control as charity ." Watch the video below: Guillory claimed entitlement programs like welfare and food stamps were never designed to "lift black Americans out of poverty," but rather to control them. &lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/prnd/prn-theblaze;prntype=web;prngenre=conservative_talk;prnpage=interior;pos=bottom;sz=300x250;u=prntype*web!prngenre*conservative_talk!prnpage*interior!pos*bottom!sz*300x250;ord=123456789?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/prnd/prn-theblaze;prntype=web;prngenre=conservative_talk;prnpage=interior;pos=bottom;sz=300x250;u=prntype*web!prngenre*conservative_talk!prnpage*interior!pos*bottom!sz*300x250;ord=123456789?" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Further, the welfare programs haven't even helped blacks at all as they are still "as poor as they've ever been," he argued. " But most importantly, it is the idea that the individual must be free to pursue his or her own happiness, free from Government dependence, and free from Government control. Because to be truly free, is to be reliant on no one, other than the author of our destiny ," Guillory continued, pointing to God. "These are the ideas are at the core of Republican party... My brothers and sisters of the American community, please join me in abandoning the Government plantation and the party of disappointment." "So that we may all echo of one Republican leader who famously said, 'Free at last, free at last. Thank God almighty, we are free at last," he concluded. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=274_1371592942 aranger45 La. State Senator Explains Why He Recently Left the '<span class="highlight">Government</span> Plantation' &amp; Joined GOP in Powerful Video La., State, Senator, Explains, Why, He, Recently, Left, the, 'Government Plantation', &amp;, Joined, GOP, in, Powerful, Video Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:06:34 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d06_1371603712 Detroit Iron By Alexander Abad-Santos The Atlantic Wire North Korea, land of gulags , government-enforced information blackouts , and humans so hungry they eat other humans , has finally weighed in on the NSA-spying controversy and has become ... an advocate for American civil liberties. Wait, what? Why is a country that doesn't believe in civil liberties for its own people and is the subject of U.N. investigations on human rights abuses suddenly the American people's privacy knight in shining armor? RELATED: UN: North Korea's Human Rights Abuses Have 'No Parallel' "This clearly proves once again the U.S. is a kingpin of human rights abuses as it puts the world under its watch network and has conducted espionage against mankind," reads a commentary from the state-run Minju Joson newspaper, picked up by Reuters on Tuesday. The commentary goes on to say: "Each individual is entitled to live and develop with dignity as a social being. But in American society, where the jungle law prevails, only the strong men's rights over the weak men are recognized." RELATED: Satellites Show North Korea's Prison Camps Expanding Under Kim Jong-Un Those are fighting words. And North Korea could very well be talking about itself considering the numerous reports where "weak men," like the thousands in labor camps never get a chance at life or the country's extensive surveillance plans aimed at making sure North Koreans never escape . But you also have to remember who North Korean propaganda is targeted at -hint: it's not for Americans. RELATED: World Cup: Should You Root for North Korea? The impetus behind this amusing defense of American civil liberties to make the U.S., which North Korean propaganda has consistently portrayed as the enemy, instigator and stifling presence on the country, look pretty terrible. And at the same time, the worse the U.S. is portrayed, the more Kim Jong-Un look more heroic and reasonable for constantly being at odds with it. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d06_1371603712 Detroit Iron North Korea Says NSA Spying Makes the U.S. a 'Kingpin of Human Rights Abuses' gulags, government-enforced information blackouts, NSA Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:55:49 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ed_1371602717 livingonplanetZ Explores the fake deaths of the Boston Marathon "bombing", by presenting clear and direct evidence. (See "How to Fake Death at the Boston Marathon" for proof of the fake death of the "leading lady" of this charade.) In a bizarre twist, the fake deaths at the Boston Marathon lead us directly to events at Sandy Hook, CT. This issue is taking on a new and even greater significance, with the revelation of the NSA massive spying operation against innocent US citizens. Many of the companies involved in 'security' at the Boston Marathon (in other words, setting up the terrorism) have considerable ties to those also doing the spying. No doubt, staging the false-flag bombing was meant to help "justify" the spying - as well as the huge amount of tax payer money they receive for doing it. After watching this, you will never think about the Boston Marathon bombing, FEMA, the FBI, or terrorism the same way again. More Resources; https://archive.org/details/EpicEvidenceBostonBombing https://archive.org/details/BostonBombingsHoodieSunglassGuy http://archive.org/details/TerrorStorm-FullMovie-SpecialEditionRe-masteredWithExtraFeatures- https://archive.org/details/theNewlyweds-AnotherProvenFakeInjuryFromTheBostonMarathonBombing http://archive.org/details/CloseUpVideoOfBostonBombing http://archive.org/details/CrisisActorsPreparingDoubleAmputee http://archive.org/details/BostonMarathonBombingFakeDeceptionTruthRevealedVsGovtMalarkey EXTRA TAGS: boston marathon bombing, army intelligence, discovery, attack, bombing, false flag, EMC, Halo corporation, John Kerry, government, Christian Williams, police, government sponsored, world trade center, wtc 93 bombing, lihop, mihop, operation gladio, sandy hook, batman massacre, Sarah MacKay, staged, Roseann Sdoia, investigation, controlled explosion, Brittany Loring, controlled explosion exercise, bomb sniffing dogs, terror, Lee Ann Yanni, reality check, , fear, staged terror attacks, terrorstorm, constitution, privacy, bill of rights, Alvaro Martha Galvis, oligarchs, media, media coverage, Eric, Karen Rand, Ann Whalley, programming, Edward Snowden, Ron Karen Krystara Brassard, psyop, Aaron Hern, patcon, history, Heather Abbott, okc bombing, saudi, saudi national, David Yepez, stooge, patsy, Sarah Girouard, shadow government, nwo, oligarchy, elitists, Beth Roche, Mery Daniel, Strategic Solutions, domestic spying, feudalism, bombing, FBI, Adrianne Haslet, Adam Davis, boston marathon, injuries, fake injuries, killed, Remy Lawler, false flag, false flag attack, Sydney Corcoran, staged attack, moulage, makeup, deception, boston, Jessica Kensky Downes, Patrick Downes, martial law, boston marathon, marathon, boston police, Marilyn Kight, EMT, shrapnel, J.P. and Paul Norden, no shrapnel, Marc Fucarile, zero shrapnel, Michelle Connolly, exposed, Roig, Federal, Jeff, Nick Vogt http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ed_1371602717 livingonplanetZ The Fake Death Industry and the Boston Marathon boston marathon bombing, army intelligence, discovery, attack, bombing, false flag, EMC, Halo corporation, John Kerry, government, Christian Williams, police, government sponsored, world trade center, wtc 93 bombing, lihop, mihop, operation gladio, sandy Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:11:58 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=083_1371593004 star53 Let the Racist Liberal comments begin in 3..2..1 Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory (R-Opelousas) explains why he recently switched from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party. He discusses the history of the Republican Party, founded as an Abolitionist Movement in 1854. Guillory talks about how the welfare state is only a mechanism for politicians to control the black community. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=083_1371593004 star53 'Free at Last': La. State Senator Explains Why He Recently Left the '<span class="highlight">Government</span> Plantation' &amp; Joined GOP in Powerful Video Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory, (R-Opelousas),switched from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:08:42 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bec_1371646857 XjamesX Dear NSA (and all you other alphabet soup agencies), If you're listening, listen carefully, cause we have something to say to you. ------- Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/StormCloudsGathering Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/collapseupdates Donate: http://StormCloudsGathering.com/donate Visit our website: http://StormCloudsGathering.com http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bec_1371646857 XjamesX An Open Message to The NSA NSA, USA, Snowden, Assange, Cia, Freedom, Terror, War, Peace, DHA, Government, 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:10:02 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=323_1371614612 pontiaku A Canadian couple digging a fence earlier this month dredged up more than just dirt and roots. They found the skeleton of a 400-year-old aboriginal woman. But that wasn't their only surprise: she ended up coming with a $5,000 price tag as well. According to the Toronto Star, Ken Campbell dug up a few bones at first and at his wife's prodding, they looked for more. "I said, 'They're not animal bones, Ken. Let's dig some more and see what we can find,'" Nicole Sauve, told the Star. The couple from Ontario are appealing a law that requires them to pay for excavation of their yard after a historic skeleton was discovered. (Photo: Nicole Sauve, via The Star) Upon discovering a full human skeleton, the coupled called in forensic anthropologist Michael Spence. Here's more from the Star on what he concluded: Spence told the Star that the skeleton was that of a woman who was about 24 years old when she died, probably in the late 1500s or early 1600s. The condition of her teeth led him to suspect she was part of hunting, gathering and fishing society. The couple lives by the Blue Water Bridge, an area that once was the centre of an Ojibwa trade network. Spence said the woman is probably a descendant of those merchants. It was after this assessment though, which discovered no foul play, that the couple learned they would be responsible for a full archaeological investigation of their yard, per Ontario's Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act. When all was said and done, it cost them $5,000 . The couple is appealing the mayor to foot the bill, according to the Star. They could appeal to the Registrar of Cemeteries, which could decide if the excavation was an "undue financial burden." A member of the province's parliament told the paper he spoke with the minister of consumer services who said they will ensure the family doesn't have to pay for the survey of their property. As for the skeleton, it was reburied at a Aamjiwnaang First Nation cemetery. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/18/homeowners-digging-fence-make-startling-discovery-and-get-stuck-with-5000-bill/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=323_1371614612 pontiaku Homeowners Digging Fence Make Startling Discovery - and Get Stuck With $5,000 Bill Ontario, Canada, skeleton, Ojibwa, archaeology, government, idiocracy Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:22:33 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=288_1371608139 Kilo Federal agent freak out over prank. The guy uses a physical wire to tap the federal agent on the shoulder, hence "wire-tapping". The following is what ensues... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=288_1371608139 Kilo Federal agents freak out wire tap, government, u.s, american, feds, federal agents, police Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fa2_1371587480 Dull_boy Your Tax Dollars At Work. Last year alone, 2.2 Billion dollars went to this "program". http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fa2_1371587480 Dull_boy Obama Phone Fraud - Sold for Drugs Etc. Obamaphone, obama, phone, welfare, gubment, government, cheese, low, life, leach, fraud, democrat, slaves, free, tax, irs, dirty, regime, scumbags, cheat, system, ballsack, purchase, votes, with, your, money Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:46:00 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=962_1371663821 reviewing the situation David Cameron on Syria: We reserve right to act without vote David Cameron said Russia had accepted that Assad must leave power Continue reading the main story Related Stories Speaker: MPs will vote on Syria arms G8 backs urgent Syria peace talks Osborne vows tax crackdown David Cameron has told MPs that the government will reserve the right to arm rebels in Syria without holding a vote in the House of Commons. He said it was essential to keep the "ability to take action very swiftly". The prime minister also said Russia now agreed it was "necessary" and "right" that President Assad must be ousted before peace could be achieved. Speaker John Bercow has said MPs will get a vote before any decision on arming rebels is implemented. An estimated 83,000 people have died since fighting began in Syria in early 2011. More than 80 Conservative MPs have signed a letter calling for a full Commons vote before any decision to take action against the Assad government. 'Democratic' Asked about this demand, Mr Cameron said: "You are absolutely right to make the point that we make a big commitment to come to this House and explain, vote and all the rest of it, but obviously governments have to reserve the ability to take action very swiftly on this or on other issues." This appeared to contradict comments made on Tuesday by Mr Bercow after Foreign Secretary William Hague faced similar questions, Mr Bercow told MPs: "I must say that I have the sense that the government is hinting that it wouldn't dream of executing a policy decision of the kind that is being considered without first seeking a debate in the House and a vote on a substantive motion. "That would obviously be the democratic course. I think it is the democratic course on a substantive motion that the government has in mind. "I am not sure that there was any other idea ever in their minds but I feel sure that if it was in their minds it was speedily expunged from them as undemocratic and indeed inappropriate." Mr Hague was seen to be nodding, indicating that he agreed with the comments. 'Clear view' The situation in Syria was discussed at the G8 meeting of industrialised nations on Monday and Tuesday in Northern Ireland. The UK and other members disagree with Russia, which regards Assad as the country's legitimate ruler. But Mr Cameron, briefing MPs on the G8, suggested President Vladimir Putin had changed his mind on Assad's future. He said: "What we're insisting is that a proper conference is going to have to include representatives of the regime and representatives of the opposition, and it should lead to a transitional government. "Now we have - this government has - a very clear view that neither of those stages can involve President Assad for the reasons that we have given, but that shouldn't stand in the way of the transition that is necessary, and that frankly the G8 - the Russians included - believe is right." Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell said that, if this were to be confirmed by Russia, it would be "a very substantial step forward, if not a breakthrough, and it merely emphasises the importance of continuing with dialogue and discussion with Russia, which has such an important part to play in the solution that we all see". Conservative Sir Peter Tapsell, who is the Father of the House, and former Labour cabinet minister Peter Hain cast doubt on the need to remove Assad before progress can be achieved. 'Caution' Sir Peter urged Mr Cameron "not to propagate the myth that progress can only be made either by the killing or the removal, in some way of President Assad", adding that the Syrian presidency was "something of a family business". Mr Hain said: "In a search for a political solution, can I just caution him in his apparent insistence on a precondition. Northern Ireland shows preconditions do not work." The G8 summit at Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, ended with a communique stating that the conflict in Syria should end "as soon as possible", with peace talks in Geneva. Resistance from President Putin meant there was no explicit reference to ending the rule of Assad. Instead, the document said a transitional government should be formed "by mutual consent" among the warring sides. It also included a commitment to keeping the troubled country's military and security forces in tact to avoid a power vacuum should Assad go. Labour has accused the government of adopting an overly aggressive stance towards Russia over Syria, which it argues has been counter-productive. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=962_1371663821 reviewing the situation david cameron says putin agrees assad must go assad/syria/fsa/middle east/lebanon/hezbollah Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:42:15 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e05_1371659875 socialism-rocks Who was the first president of the United States? Ask any school child and they will readily tell you "George Washington." And of course, they would be wrong-at least technically. Washington was not inaugurated until April 30, 1789. And yet, the United States continually had functioning governments from as early as September 5, 1774 and operated as a confederated nation from as early as July 4, 1776. During that nearly fifteen year interval, Congress-first the Continental Congress and then later the Confederation Congress-was always moderated by a duly elected president. As the chief executive officer of the government of the United States, the president was recognized as the head of state. Washington was thus the fifteenth in a long line of distinguished presidents-and he led the seventeenth administration-he just happened to be the first under the current constitution. So who were the luminaries who preceded him? The following brief biographies profile these "forgotten presidents." Peyton Randolph of Virginia (1723-1775) When delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress, they promptly elected the former King's Attorney of Virginia as the moderator and president of their convocation. He was a propitious choice. He was a legal prodigy-having studied at the Inner Temple in London, served as his native colony's Attorney General, and tutored many of the most able men of the South at William and Mary College-including the young Patrick Henry. His home in Williamsburg was the gathering place for Virginia's legal and political gentry-and it remains a popular attraction in the restored colonial capital. He had served as a delegate in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and had been a commander under William Byrd in the colonial militia. He was a scholar of some renown-having begun a self-guided reading of the classics when he was thirteen. Despite suffering poor health served the Continental Congress as president twice, in 1774 from September 5 to October 21, and then again for a few days in 1775 from May 10 to May 23. He never lived to see independence, yet was numbered among the nation's most revered founders. Henry Middleton (1717-1784) America's second elected president was one of the wealthiest planters in the South, the patriarch of the most powerful families anywhere in the nation. His public spirit was evident from an early age. He was a member of his state's Common House from 1744-1747. During the last two years he served as the Speaker. During 1755 he was the King's Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He was a member of the South Carolina Council from 1755-1770. His valor in the War with the Cherokees during 1760-1761 earned him wide recognition throughout the colonies-and demonstrated his cool leadership abilities while under pressure. He was elected as a delegate to the first session of the Continental Congress and when Peyton Randolph was forced to resign the presidency, his peers immediately turned to Middleton to complete the term. He served as the fledgling coalition's president from October 22, 1774 until Randolph was able to resume his duties briefly beginning on May 10, 1775. Afterward, he was a member of the Congressional Council of Safety and helped to establish the young nation's policy toward the encouragement and support of education. In February 1776 he resigned his political involvements in order to prepare his family and lands for what he believed was inevitable war-but he was replaced by his son Arthur who eventually became a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, served time as an English prisoner of war, and was twice elected Governor of his state. John Hancock (1737-1793) The third president was a patriot, rebel leader, merchant who signed his name into immortality in giant strokes on the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The boldness of his signature has made it live in American minds as a perfect expression of the strength and freedom-and defiance-of the individual in the face of British tyranny. As President of the Continental Congress during two widely spaced terms-the first from May 24 1775 to October 30 1777 and the second from November 23 1885 to June 5, 1786-Hancock was the presiding officer when the members approved the Declaration of Independence. Because of his position, it was his official duty to sign the document first-but not necessarily as dramatically as he did. Hancock figured prominently in another historic event-the battle at Lexington: British troops who fought there April 10, 1775, had known Hancock and Samuel Adams were in Lexington and had come there to capture these rebel leaders. And the two would have been captured, if they had not been warned by Paul Revere. As early as 1768, Hancock defied the British by refusing to pay customs charges on the cargo of one of his ships. One of Boston's wealthiest merchants, he was recognized by the citizens, as well as by the British, as a rebel leader-and was elected President of the first Massachusetts Provincial Congress. After he was chosen President of the Continental Congress in 1775, Hancock became known beyond the borders of Massachusetts, and, having served as colonel of the Massachusetts Governor's Guards he hoped to be named commander of the American forces-until John Adams nominated George Washington. In 1778 Hancock was commissioned Major General and took part in an unsuccessful campaign in Rhode Island. But it was as a political leader that his real distinction was earned-as the first Governor of Massachusetts, as President of Congress, and as President of the Massachusetts constitutional ratification convention. He helped win ratification in Massachusetts, gaining enough popular recognition to make him a contender for the newly created Presidency of the United States, but again he saw Washington gain the prize. Like his rival, George Washington, Hancock was a wealthy man who risked much for the cause of independence. He was the wealthiest New Englander supporting the patriotic cause, and, although he lacked the brilliance of John Adams or the capacity to inspire of Samuel Adams, he became one of the foremost leaders of the new nation-perhaps, in part, because he was willing to commit so much at such risk to the cause of freedom. Henry Laurens (1724-1792) The only American president ever to be held as a prisoner of war by a foreign power, Laurens was heralded after he was released as "the father of our country," by no less a personage than George Washington. He was of Huguenot extraction, his ancestors having come to America from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes made the Reformed faith illegal. Raised and educated for a life of mercantilism at his home in Charleston, he also had the opportunity to spend more than a year in continental travel. It was while in Europe that he began to write revolutionary pamphlets-gaining him renown as a patriot. He served as vice-president of South Carolina in1776. He was then elected to the Continental Congress. He succeeded John Hancock as President of the newly independent but war beleaguered United States on November 1, 1777. He served until December 9, 1778 at which time he was appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands. Unfortunately for the cause of the young nation, he was captured by an English warship during his cross-Atlantic voyage and was confined to the Tower of London until the end of the war. After the Battle of Yorktown, the American government regained his freedom in a dramatic prisoner exchange-President Laurens for Lord Cornwallis. Ever the patriot, Laurens continued to serve his nation as one of the three representatives selected to negotiate terms at the Paris Peace Conference in 1782. John Jay (1745-1829) America's first Secretary of State, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one of its first ambassadors, and author of some of the celebrated Federalist Papers, Jay was a Founding Father who, by a quirk of fate, missed signing the Declaration of Independence-at the time of the vote for independence and the signing, he had temporarily left the Continental Congress to serve in New York's revolutionary legislature. Nevertheless, he was chosen by his peers to succeed Henry Laurens as President of the United States-serving a term from December 10, 1778 to September 27, 1779. A conservative New York lawyer who was at first against the idea of independence for the colonies, the aristocratic Jay in 1776 turned into a patriot who was willing to give the next twenty-five years of his life to help establish the new nation. During those years, he won the regard of his peers as a dedicated and accomplished statesman and a man of unwavering principle. In the Continental Congress Jay prepared addresses to the people of Canada and Great Britain. In New York he drafted the State constitution and served as Chief Justice during the war. He was President of the Continental Congress before he undertook the difficult assignment, as ambassador, of trying to gain support and funds from Spain. After helping Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, and Laurens complete peace negotiations in Paris in 1783, Jay returned to become the first Secretary of State, called "Secretary of Foreign Affairs" under the Articles of Confederation. He negotiated valuable commercial treaties with Russia and Morocco, and dealt with the continuing controversy with Britain and Spain over the southern and western boundaries of the United States. He proposed that America and Britain establish a joint commission to arbitrate disputes that remained after the war-a proposal which, though not adopted, influenced the government's use of arbitration and diplomacy in settling later international problems. In this post Jay felt keenly the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and was one of the first to advocate a new governmental compact. He wrote five Federalist Papers supporting the Constitution, and he was a leader in the New York ratification convention. As first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Jay made the historic decision that a State could be sued by a citizen from another State, which led to the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution. On a special mission to London he concluded the "Jay Treaty," which helped avert a renewal of hostilities with Britain but won little popular favor at home-and it is probably for this treaty that this Founding Father is best remembered. Samuel Huntington (1732-1796) An industrious youth who mastered his studies of the law without the advantage of a school, a tutor, or a master-borrowing books and snatching opportunities to read and research between odd jobs-he was one of the greatest self-made men among the Founders. He was also one of the greatest legal minds of the age-all the more remarkable for his lack of advantage as a youth. In 1764, in recognition of his obvious abilities and initiative, he was elected to the General Assembly of Connecticut. The next year he was chosen to serve on the Executive Council. In 1774 he was appointed Associate Judge of the Superior Court and, as a delegate to the Continental Congress, was acknowledged to be a legal scholar of some respect. He served in Congress for five consecutive terms, during the last of which he was elected President. He served in that off ice from September 28, 1779 until ill health forced him to resign on July 9, 1781. He returned to his home in Connecticut-and as he recuperated, he accepted more Counciliar and Bench duties. He again took his seat in Congress in 1783, but left it to become Chief Justice of his state's Superior Court. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1785 and Governor in 1786. According to John Jay, he was "the most precisely trained Christian jurists ever to serve his country." Thomas McKean (1734-1817) During his astonishingly varied fifty-year career in public life he held almost every possible position-from deputy county attorney to President of the United States under the Confederation. Besides signing the Declaration of Independence, he contributed significantly to the development and establishment of constitutional government in both his home state of Delaware and the nation. At the Stamp Act Congress he proposed the voting procedure that Congress adopted: that each colony, regardless of size or population, have one vote-the practice adopted by the Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation, and the principle of state equality manifest in the composition of the Senate. And as county judge in 1765, he defied the British by ordering his court to work only with documents that did not bear the hated stamps. In June 1776, at the Continental Congress, McKean joined with Caesar Rodney to register Delaware's approval of the Declaration of Independence, over the negative vote of the third Delaware delegate, George Read-permitting it to be "The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States." And at a special Delaware convention, he drafted the constitution for that State. McKean also helped draft-and signed-the Articles of Confederation. It was during his tenure of service as President-from July 10, 1781 to November 4, 1782-when news arrived from General Washington in October 1781 that the British had surrendered following the Battle of Yorktown. As Chief Justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, he contributed to the establishment of the legal system in that State, and, in 1787, he strongly supported the Constitution at the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention, declaring it "the best the world has yet seen." At sixty-five, after over forty years of public service, McKean resigned from his post as Chief Justice. A candidate on the Democratic-Republican ticket in 1799, McKean was elected Governor of Pennsylvania. As Governor, he followed such a strict policy of appointing only fellow Republicans to office that he became the father of the spoils system in America. He served three tempestuous terms as Governor, completing one of the longest continuous careers of public service of any of the Founding Fathers. John Hanson (1715-1783) He was the heir of one of the greatest family traditions in the colonies and became the patriarch of a long line of American patriots-his great grandfather died at Lutzen beside the great King Gustavus Aldophus of Sweden; his grandfather was one of the founders of New Sweden along the Delaware River in Maryland; one of his nephews was the military secretary to George Washington; another was a signer of the Declaration; still another was a signer of the Constitution; yet another was Governor of Maryland during the Revolution; and still another was a member of the first Congress; two sons were killed in action with the Continental Army; a grandson served as a member of Congress under the new Constitution; and another grandson was a Maryland Senator. Thus, even if Hanson had not served as President himself, he would have greatly contributed to the life of the nation through his ancestry and progeny. As a youngster he began a self-guided reading of classics and rather quickly became an acknowledged expert in the juridicalism of Anselm and the practical philosophy of Seneca-both of which were influential in the development of the political philosophy of the great leaders of the Reformation. It was based upon these legal and theological studies that the young planter-his farm, Mulberry Grove was just across the Potomac from Mount Vernon-began to espouse the cause of the patriots. In 1775 he was elected to the Provincial Legislature of Maryland. Then in 1777, he became a member of Congress where he distinguished himself as a brilliant administrator. Thus, he was elected President in 1781. He served in that office from November 5, 1781 until November 3, 1782. He was the first President to serve a full term after the full ratification of the Articles of Confederation-and like so many of the Southern and New England Founders, he was strongly opposed to the Constitution when it was first discussed. He remained a confirmed anti-federalist until his untimely death. Elias Boudinot (1741-1802) He did not sign the Declaration, the Articles, or the Constitution. He did not serve in the Continental Army with distinction. He was not renowned for his legal mind or his political skills. He was instead a man who spent his entire career in foreign diplomacy. He earned the respect of his fellow patriots during the dangerous days following the traitorous action of Benedict Arnold. His deft handling of relations with Canada also earned him great praise. After being elected to the Congress from his home state of New Jersey, he served as the new nation's Secretary for Foreign Affairs-managing the influx of aid from France, Spain, and Holland. The in 1783 he was elected to the Presidency. He served in that office from November 4, 1782 until November 2, 1783. Like so many of the other early presidents, he was a classically trained scholar, of the Reformed faith, and an anti-federalist in political matters. He was the father and grandfather of frontiersmen-and one of his grandchildren and namesakes eventually became a leader of the Cherokee nation in its bid for independence from the sprawling expansion of the United States. Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800) By an ironic sort of providence, Thomas Mifflin served as George Washington's first aide-de-camp at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and, when the war was over, he was the man, as President of the United States, who accepted Washington's resignation of his commission. In the years between, Mifflin greatly served the cause of freedom-and, apparently, his own cause-while serving as the first Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. He obtained desperately needed supplies for the new army-and was suspected of making excessive profit himself. Although experienced in business and successful in obtaining supplies for the war, Mifflin preferred the front lines, and he distinguished himself in military actions on Long Island and near Philadelphia. Born and reared a Quaker, he was excluded from their meetings for his military activities. A controversial figure, Mifflin lost favor with Washington and was part of the Conway Cabal-a rather notorious plan to replace Washington with General Horatio Gates. And Mifflin narrowly missed court-martial action over his handling of funds by resigning his commission in 1778. In spite of these problems-and of repeated charges that he was a drunkard-Mifflin continued to be elected to positions of responsibility-as President and Governor of Pennsylvania, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, as well as the highest office in the land-where he served from November 3, 1783 to November 29, 1784. Most of Mifflin's significant contributions occurred in his earlier years-in the First and Second Continental Congresses he was firm in his stand for independence and for fighting for it, and he helped obtain both men and supplies for Washington's army in the early critical period. In 1784, as President, he signed the treaty with Great Britain which ended the war. Although a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, he did not make a significant contribution-beyond signing the document. As Governor of Pennsylvania, although he was accused of negligence, he supported improvements of roads, and reformed the State penal and judicial systems. He had gradually become sympathetic to Jefferson's principles regarding State's rights, even so, he directed the Pennsylvania militia to support the Federal tax collectors in the Whiskey Rebellion. In spite of charges of corruption, the affable Mifflin remained a popular figure. A magnetic personality and an effective speaker, he managed to hold a variety of elective offices for almost thirty years of the critical Revolutionary period. Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) His resolution "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States," approved by the Continental Congress July 2, 1776, was the first official act of the United Colonies that set them irrevocably on the road to independence. It was not surprising that it came from Lee's pen-as early as 1768 he proposed the idea of committees of correspondence among the colonies, and in 1774 he proposed that the colonies meet in what became the Continental Congress. From the first, his eye was on independence. A wealthy Virginia planter whose ancestors had been granted extensive lands by King Charles II, Lee disdained the traditional aristocratic role and the aristocratic view. In the House of Burgesses he flatly denounced the practice of slavery. He saw independent America as "an asylum where the unhappy may find solace, and the persecuted repose." In 1764, when news of the proposed Stamp Act reached Virginia, Lee was a member of the committee of the House of Burgesses that drew up an address to the King, an official protest against such a tax. After the tax was established, Lee organized the citizens of his county into the Westmoreland Association, a group pledged to buy no British goods until the Stamp Act was repealed. At the First Continental Congress, Lee persuaded representatives from all the colonies to adopt this non-importation idea, leading to the formation of the Continental Association, which was one of the first steps toward union of the colonies. Lee also proposed to the First Continental Congress that a militia be organized and armed-the year before the first shots were fired at Lexington; but this and other proposals of his were considered too radical-at the time. Three days after Lee introduced his resolution, in June of 1776, he was appointed by Congress to the committee responsible for drafting a declaration of independence, but he was called home when his wife fell ill, and his place was taken by his young prot'eg'e, Thomas Jefferson. Thus Lee missed the chance to draft the document-though his influence greatly shaped it and he was able to return in time to sign it. He was elected President-serving from November 30, 1784 to November 22, 1785 when he was succeeded by the second administration of John Hancock. Elected to the Constitutional Convention, Lee refused to attend, but as a member of the Congress of the Confederation, he contributed to another great document, the Northwest Ordinance, which provided for the formation of new States from the Northwest Territory. When the completed Constitution was sent to the States for ratification, Lee opposed it as anti-democratic and anti-Christian. However, as one of Virginia's first Senators, he helped assure passage of the amendments that, he felt, corrected many of the document's gravest faults-the Bill of Rights. He was the great uncle of Robert E. Lee and the scion of a great family tradition. Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796) Another self-made man, Gorham was one of the many successful Boston merchants who risked all he had for the cause of freedom. He was first elected to the Massachusetts General Court in 1771. His honesty and integrity won his acclaim and was thus among the first delegates chose to serve in the Continental Congress. He remained in public service throughout the war and into the Constitutional period, though his greatest contribution was his call for a stronger central government. But even though he was an avid federalist, he did not believe that the union could-or even should-be maintained peaceably for more than a hundred years. He was convinced that eventually, in order to avoid civil or cultural war, smaller regional interests should pursue an independent course. His support of a new constitution was rooted more in pragmatism than ideology. When John Hancock was unable to complete his second term as President, Gorham was elected to succeed him-serving from June 6, 1786 to February 1, 1787. It was during this time that the Congress actually entertained the idea of asking Prince Henry-the brother of Frederick II of Prussia-and Bonnie Prince Charlie-the leader of the ill-fated Scottish Jacobite Rising and heir of the Stuart royal line-to consider the possibility of establishing a constitutional monarch in America. It was a plan that had much to recommend it but eventually the advocates of republicanism held the day. During the final years of his life, Gorham was concerned with several speculative land deals which nearly cost him his entire fortune. Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) Born and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland during the tumultuous days of the final Jacobite Rising and the Tartan Suppression, St. Clair was the only president of the United States born and bred on foreign soil. Though most of his family and friends abandoned their devastated homeland in the years following the Battle of Culloden-after which nearly a third of the land was depopulated through emigration to America-he stayed behind to learn the ways of the hated Hanoverian English in the Royal Navy. His plan was to learn of the enemy's military might in order to fight another day. During the global conflict of the Seven Years War-generally known as the French and Indian War-he was stationed in the American theater. Afterward, he decided to settle in Pennsylvania where many of his kin had established themselves. His civic-mindedness quickly became apparent: he helped to organize both the New Jersey and the Pennsylvania militias, led the Continental Army's Canadian expedition, and was elected Congress. His long years of training in the enemy camp was finally paying off. He was elected President in 1787-and he served from February 2 of that year until January 21 of the next. Following his term of duty in the highest office in the land, he became the first Governor of the Northwest Territory and the founder of Cincinnati. Though he briefly supported the idea of creating a constitutional monarchy under the Stuart's Bonnie Prince Charlie, he was a strident Anti-Federalist-believing that the proposed federal constitution would eventually allow for the intrusion of government into virtually every sphere and aspect of life. He even predicted that under the vastly expanded centralized power of the state the taxing powers of bureaucrats and other unelected officials would eventually confiscate as much as a quarter of the income of the citizens-a notion that seemed laughable at the time but that has proven to be ominously modest in light of our current governmental leviathan. St. Clair lived to see the hated English tyrants who destroyed his homeland defeated. But he despaired that his adopted home might actually create similar tyrannies and impose them upon themselves. Cyrus Griffin (1736-1796) Like Peyton Randolph, he was trained in London's Inner Temple to be a lawyer-and thus was counted among his nation's legal elite. Like so many other Virginians, he was an anti-federalist, though he eventually accepted the new Constitution with the promise of the Bill of Rights as a hedge against the establishment of an American monarchy-which still had a good deal of currency. The Articles of Confederation afforded such freedoms that he had become convinced that even with the incumbent loss of liberty, some new form of government would be required. A prot'eg'e of George Washington-having worked with him on several speculative land deals in the West-he was a reluctant supporter of the Constitutional ratifying process. It was during his term in the office of the Presidency-the last before the new national compact went into effect-that ratification was formalized and finalized. He served as the nation's chief executive from January 22, 1788 until George Washington's inauguration on April 30, 1789. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e05_1371659875 socialism-rocks The Forgotten Presidents (The presidents before George Washington) history Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:33:18 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=08b_1371651945 PanchoSaurusRex Osama dead Taliban Pedophiles hiding in caves in Pakistan begging for mercy :) http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/408527/United-States-confirm-peace-talks-with-the-Taliban United States confirm peace talks with the Taliban TALIBAN representatives will sit down with United States officials to try and broker a historic peace deal for Afghanistan. By: Owen Bennett Published: Wed, June 19, 2013 Muhammad Naeem (R), speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha We are standing in a place where people who were once committed to violence decided to give up that violence and join the political process, and that is what is required in Afghanistan David Cameron The two sides have confirmed they will meet for talks in Doha, but a US official has warned it will be a long time before peace can be secured. After 12 years fighting the Taliban, this is the first time the Allied forces, which include the United Kingdom, will have met with the insurgents with the aim of negotiating a truce. Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the move, and speaking from Northern Ireland said the UK had been "engaged and involved in this process right from the start", adding that it was "the right thing to do". He said: "I have long argued that we need to match the security response in Afghanistan... with a political process to try and make sure that as many people as possible give up violence and give up armed struggle and join the political process. "That is exactly what I hope can happen with elements of the Taliban. That is the point of the Taliban office in Qatar. That is the point of the discussions that the Americans will have. "We have been fully engaged and involved in this process right from the start, indeed from the moment I became Prime Minister. "I think this is the right thing to do." Mr Cameron acknowledged that it would be difficult to speak with the Taliban, but drew parallels with the peace process in Northern Ireland itself. He said: "Of course it involves all sorts of difficulties."But in the end, we are standing in a place where people who were once committed to violence decided to give up that violence and join the political process, and that is what is required in Afghanistan." He added: "That shouldn't signal any weakening of our security response - it absolutely doesn't. But if we can persuade people that there is a legitimate political path they can follow, we should do so."The conflict in Afghanistan has been raging for 12 years The first formal meeting involving US and Taliban representatives is scheduled to be "in a couple of days" in Doha, American officials said. Talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are expected to take place a few days after that, but with the level of trust between the two at a low level, there is no expectation a peaceful resolution would be found quickly. "Peace is not at hand," the official said. US officials said the goal was to ensure that Afghanistan does not remain a haven for terrorism and to defeat al Qaeda. They expect the Taliban to soon issue a statement opposing the use of Afghan soil for attacks on other countries and supporting an Afghan peace process. The United States will insist the Taliban break ties with al Qaeda, end violence, and accept the Afghan constitution, including protection for women and minorities, the officials told reporters in a conference call. The talks will be conducted on the Taliban side by its political commission, with the authorisation of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. The commission would also represent the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, which is considered the US' deadliest foe in Afghanistan. Officials said they expect detainee exchanges to be on the agenda and the US will ask for the safe return of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who has been a prisoner since June 2009. He is thought to be being held by Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan. The first U.S.-Taliban meeting is expected to be an exchange of agenda, followed by another meeting a week or two later to discuss next steps. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=08b_1371651945 PanchoSaurusRex Desperate Taliban Pedophiles Beg For Mercy As US Forces Conclude a Successful War in Afghanistan. US, victory, victorius, afghanistan, taliban, al qeada, jihad, pedophiles, fail, miserable, slaughtered, lost, to, usa, wins, winner, winning, lol, suck, it, sore, losers Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:17:29 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4c8_1371644030 whyyouwanna KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the U.S. on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. The deadly attack underscores the challenges ahead in trying to end the violence roiling Afghanistan via peace negotiations in Qatar with militants still fighting on the ground. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgents fired two rockets into the Bagram Air Base outside the Afghan capital, Kabul, late on Tuesday. American officials confirmed the base had come under attack by indirect fire -- likely a mortar or rocket -- and that four U.S. troops were killed. The attack came as the Taliban opened a political office in the Qatari capital of Doha, and announced they were ready for peace talks. The decision was a reversal of months of failed efforts to start negotiations while Taliban militants intensified a campaign targeting urban centers and government installations across Afghanistan. The Taliban announcement followed a milestone handover in Afghanistan earlier Tuesday, as Afghan forces formally took the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide. It marked a turning point for American and NATO military forces, which will now move entirely into a supporting role. It also opened the way for the withdrawal of most foreign troops in 18 months. President Obama cautioned that the peace talks with the Taliban would be neither quick nor easy, but called their opening a political office in Doha was an "important first step toward reconciliation" between the Islamic militants and the government of Afghanistan. In setting up the office, the Taliban said they were willing to use all legal means to end what they called the occupation of Afghanistan -- but did not say they would immediately stop fighting. American officials said the U.S. and Taliban representatives will hold bilateral meetings in coming days. Afghan President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council is expected to follow up with its own talks with the Taliban a few days later. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57589954/taliban-we-killed-4-u.s-troops-at-afghan-air-base/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4c8_1371644030 whyyouwanna Taliban: We killed 4 U.S. troops at Afghan air base afghanista, taliban, peace,