Is President Obama as immature, lacking educational abilities, and/or short on professional issues as he seems to be?
Where, when, and what is left for President Obama to blame someone or anyone on? How long does he continue to play the ‘blame game’? When will Obama grow up to accept his own Executive responsibility?
For more than approaching 1.5 years as President, and for all of Obama’s failures, Obama is still trying to blame President Bush for any of his own malfunctions.
Now, he is trying to blame Congress on the BP catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico which is destroying our Ocean and the environment associated. According to reports, Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel lived free of charge in a BP adviser’s apartment in Washington, DC as a congressman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2530039/posts.
Now comes another report that BP Helped Write Cap-n-Trade Bill. Where does the corruption end? Examine the report for yourself http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/67454.
Just how corrupt is the Obama administration? President Obama may be elected to his office, but he lacks the necessary education, knowledge, and experience to competently serve as President of the US. He record should also show he lacks the ability to appoint quality, knowledge, professionals members of his Cabinet.
While everyday seems to be getting worse with the ‘blame game’, Obama needs to retool his Executive responsibility.
Oscar Y. Harward
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Is There A White House-Hamas Link?
The Obama’s administration is established as he supports a left-wing Islamic Muslin system of no organized government expanding terror around the world.
The other side to be viewed is America should continue to support and protect our very best ally in Israel’s “free” land as described in our Holy Bible and as they continue their government practicing Judeo-Christian values. Oscar Y. Harward
Russ Jones - OneNewsNow
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=1043268
Israel has eased its Gaza blockade, allowing some food items through for the first time in almost four years. But a recent deadly confrontation in that part of the world has given rise to new information that organizers of the convoy have ties to the Obama administration.
It is believed that John Brennan, a top adviser to President Obama, is the contact person within the White House for communications with the group Free Gaza Movement -- a coalition of leftist organizations with ties to terrorists and to a Turkish Islamist group. This group seeks to challenge Israel's blockade on the terrorist Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, according to a source close to Israel's Netanyahu administration. Acquaintances of Obama -- people like Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn -- are also key players in this relationship.
Jordan Sekulow, human rights attorney and director of international operations for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), argues that Israel was simply protecting its borders. He does not think Israel should expect support from the Obama administration.
He says when a boat is approaching without stopping, "and [Hamas] get[s] within a certain perimeter, they shoot to kill. They don't try to board the boat and play nice, which is what Israel actually tried to do."
When more than ten people were killed after Israeli naval soldiers boarded a Turkish ship that was one of six in a flotilla headed towards the Gaza Strip, it caused a new wave of anti-Israel sentiment around the world -- especially from the mainstream media.
"Israel would've stepped further than any other country would in defending its sovereign territory because they know about the scrutiny they're under internationally," Sekulow adds. "These were paid terrorists."
Since the attack, Turkey has demanded an international investigation.
The other side to be viewed is America should continue to support and protect our very best ally in Israel’s “free” land as described in our Holy Bible and as they continue their government practicing Judeo-Christian values. Oscar Y. Harward
Russ Jones - OneNewsNow
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=1043268
Israel has eased its Gaza blockade, allowing some food items through for the first time in almost four years. But a recent deadly confrontation in that part of the world has given rise to new information that organizers of the convoy have ties to the Obama administration.
It is believed that John Brennan, a top adviser to President Obama, is the contact person within the White House for communications with the group Free Gaza Movement -- a coalition of leftist organizations with ties to terrorists and to a Turkish Islamist group. This group seeks to challenge Israel's blockade on the terrorist Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, according to a source close to Israel's Netanyahu administration. Acquaintances of Obama -- people like Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn -- are also key players in this relationship.
Jordan Sekulow, human rights attorney and director of international operations for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), argues that Israel was simply protecting its borders. He does not think Israel should expect support from the Obama administration.
He says when a boat is approaching without stopping, "and [Hamas] get[s] within a certain perimeter, they shoot to kill. They don't try to board the boat and play nice, which is what Israel actually tried to do."
When more than ten people were killed after Israeli naval soldiers boarded a Turkish ship that was one of six in a flotilla headed towards the Gaza Strip, it caused a new wave of anti-Israel sentiment around the world -- especially from the mainstream media.
"Israel would've stepped further than any other country would in defending its sovereign territory because they know about the scrutiny they're under internationally," Sekulow adds. "These were paid terrorists."
Since the attack, Turkey has demanded an international investigation.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Hezbollah, Hamas Raise Money for ‘Terrorist Activities’ From Drug Trade in South America, Congressional Research Service Says
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
By Edwin Mora
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=67377
(CNSNews.com) - Amid growing concern about the illicit drug trade across the U.S.-Mexico border, the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas have been linked to South American drug trafficking organizations–and the money Hezbollah and Hamas make from narco-trafficking is used to finance their organizations, according to the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS).
“International terrorist groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, have also reportedly raised funding for their terrorist activities through linkages formed with DTOs in South America, particularly those operating in the tri-border area (TBA) of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina,” stated CRS in an April 30 report.
As evidence that Hezbollah and Hamas are doing business with South American drug traffickers, CRS referred to comments by Anthony Placido, the assistant administrator for intelligence at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
In testimony before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on March 3, Placido stated, “Some DTOs based in the tri-border area have ties to radical Islamic terrorist groups such as Hezbollah. It is important to note that this is not an emerging threat per se, but one that has existed since the late 1980s or early 1990s,” he added.
“Investigations into these groups as part of DEA’s Drug Flow Prevention Strategy reveal DTOs are exporting cocaine from South America to Europe and the Middle East,” Placido testified. “There are numerous reports of cocaine proceeds entering the coffers of Islamic Radical Groups (IRG) such as Hezbollah and Hamas in Europe and the Middle East.”
Placido warned of the “danger” resulting from drug trafficking organizations and Islamic radical groups engaging in the lucrative cocaine trade: It “can lead to an unlimited source of cheap and easy revenue to carry out potential terrorist acts,” he said.
Hezbollah is a Lebanese-based terrorist organization with ties to Iran. It was formed in 1982 by Lebanese Shiite Muslim clerics who supported Iran’s Islamic revolution.
Hamas is the Arabic acronym for "Islamic Resistance Movement.” The terrorist group, dedicated to the eradication of Israel, is now based in the Gaza Strip.
Both Hamas and Hezbollah are designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. government.
'Strategic relationships' a concern
The DEA has not yet responded to a request for comment on the CRS report. However, Michael Braun, the DEA’s former administrator and chief of operations, told CNSNews.com, “What concerns me the most is the fact that the cocaine trade brings Hezbollah and Hamas into very close contact with Colombian and Mexican drug trafficking cartels.”
Braun pointed to the potential for terrorist groups to develop “close strategic relationships and partnerships” with drug traffickers. “I believe that there is plenty of open source reporting that clearly reveals Hezbollah has connected with some Mexican drug trafficking cartels,” he added.
Dr. Matthew Levitt, senior fellow and director of terrorism studies at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy who has testified on Hezbollah’s presence in South America before congressional panels, told CNSNews.com that Hezbollah’s ties to Latin American drug smugglers poses a “significant” threat for U.S. national security.
“In the event that the nuclear confrontation with Iran gets worse rather than better, having a militant organization like Hezbollah on, and even within our border -- it certainly does pose a threat,” said Levitt.
“Hezbollah isn’t targeting the United States right now, but if it chooses to do so it would be very capable of doing so, both in terms of its presence and large financial and logistical presence in South America, particularly in the tri-border area, but [also] in terms of networks they have here in the United States,” he added.
“One of the things that’s of concern is that you see Hezbollah now engaging in trans-Atlantic drug shipments to Africa and failed states there and then north into Europe,” Levitt said.
According to a 2006 report by the House Committee on Homeland Security, "Members of Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terrorist organization, have already [illegally] entered to the United States across our Southwest border."
The report noted, for example, that in December 2002, “Salim Boughader Mucharrafille, a cafe owner in Tijuana, Mexico, was arrested for illegally smuggling more than 200 Lebanese illegally into the United States, including several believed to have terrorist ties to Hezbollah.”
Furthermore, Robert L. Boatwright, assistant chief patrol agent of the El Paso, Texas sector, has said, “We have apprehended people from countries that support terrorism … they were thoroughly debriefed and there was a tremendous amount of information collected from them.
"These examples highlight the dangerous intersection between traditional transnational criminal activities, such as human and drug smuggling, and more ominous threats to national security.”
Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez was also quoted in the report: “If smugglers can bring in tons of marijuana and cocaine at one time and can smuggle 20 to 30 persons at one time, one can just imagine how easy it would be to bring in 2 to 3 terrorists or their weapons of mass destruction across the river and not be detected. Chances of apprehension are very slim.”
'Financial-narcotics nexus'
In his March 3 testimony, Placido pointed out that the DEA is working to “identify and track” Islamic radical groups’ networks in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, “which are reaping the financial benefits from the lucrative European and Middle East cocaine markets.” The key to disrupting those networks will be an attack on the “financial-narcotics nexus,” he said.
In its report, CRS noted that South America is the sole producer of cocaine for the global market. Pointing to Justice Department statistics, CRS said the Mexican and Colombian DTOs combined “generate, remove and launder” between $18 billion and $39 billion in wholesale drug proceeds annually.
A 2004 study by the Naval War College revealed that Hezbollah raises close to $10,000,000 a year in the Tri-border region, although not all of it comes from the drug trade. “U.S. Southern Command estimates that Islamist terrorist groups raise between three hundred million and five hundred million dollars per year in the Triple Frontier and the duty-free zones of Iquique, Colon, Maicao, and Margarita Island [in South America],” the study said.
Dr. Ray Walser, the Heritage Foundation’s senior policy analyst who specializes in Latin America, and Vanda Felbab-Brown, a Brookings Institution expert on national security, agreed that the money Hezbollah and Hamas generate from their links to South American drug trafficking organizations is supplemental – a secondary financial source.
Hezbollah also has been linked to other financial schemes, including taxing the residents in areas where they operate.
Felbab-Brown told CNSNews.com that Hezbollah is more prominent in South America than Hamas is.
Iranian-funded and supported Hezbollah also has a presence outside South America’s tri-border area, in countries such as Venezuela, where socialist President Hugo Chavez, an ally of Iran, spreads anti-American sentiment.
In June 2008, a U.S. Treasury official stated, “It is extremely troubling to see the Government of Venezuela employing and providing safe harbor to Hizballah facilitators and fundraisers.”
Brazil, which is part of the tri-border area, recently has worked to stave off U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran.
The Brookings Institution’s Felbab-Brown told CNSNews.com that Hezbollah’s and Hamas’ “primary connection” is with the Brazilians and the Colombians.
By Edwin Mora
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=67377
(CNSNews.com) - Amid growing concern about the illicit drug trade across the U.S.-Mexico border, the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas have been linked to South American drug trafficking organizations–and the money Hezbollah and Hamas make from narco-trafficking is used to finance their organizations, according to the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS).
“International terrorist groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, have also reportedly raised funding for their terrorist activities through linkages formed with DTOs in South America, particularly those operating in the tri-border area (TBA) of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina,” stated CRS in an April 30 report.
As evidence that Hezbollah and Hamas are doing business with South American drug traffickers, CRS referred to comments by Anthony Placido, the assistant administrator for intelligence at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
In testimony before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on March 3, Placido stated, “Some DTOs based in the tri-border area have ties to radical Islamic terrorist groups such as Hezbollah. It is important to note that this is not an emerging threat per se, but one that has existed since the late 1980s or early 1990s,” he added.
“Investigations into these groups as part of DEA’s Drug Flow Prevention Strategy reveal DTOs are exporting cocaine from South America to Europe and the Middle East,” Placido testified. “There are numerous reports of cocaine proceeds entering the coffers of Islamic Radical Groups (IRG) such as Hezbollah and Hamas in Europe and the Middle East.”
Placido warned of the “danger” resulting from drug trafficking organizations and Islamic radical groups engaging in the lucrative cocaine trade: It “can lead to an unlimited source of cheap and easy revenue to carry out potential terrorist acts,” he said.
Hezbollah is a Lebanese-based terrorist organization with ties to Iran. It was formed in 1982 by Lebanese Shiite Muslim clerics who supported Iran’s Islamic revolution.
Hamas is the Arabic acronym for "Islamic Resistance Movement.” The terrorist group, dedicated to the eradication of Israel, is now based in the Gaza Strip.
Both Hamas and Hezbollah are designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. government.
'Strategic relationships' a concern
The DEA has not yet responded to a request for comment on the CRS report. However, Michael Braun, the DEA’s former administrator and chief of operations, told CNSNews.com, “What concerns me the most is the fact that the cocaine trade brings Hezbollah and Hamas into very close contact with Colombian and Mexican drug trafficking cartels.”
Braun pointed to the potential for terrorist groups to develop “close strategic relationships and partnerships” with drug traffickers. “I believe that there is plenty of open source reporting that clearly reveals Hezbollah has connected with some Mexican drug trafficking cartels,” he added.
Dr. Matthew Levitt, senior fellow and director of terrorism studies at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy who has testified on Hezbollah’s presence in South America before congressional panels, told CNSNews.com that Hezbollah’s ties to Latin American drug smugglers poses a “significant” threat for U.S. national security.
“In the event that the nuclear confrontation with Iran gets worse rather than better, having a militant organization like Hezbollah on, and even within our border -- it certainly does pose a threat,” said Levitt.
“Hezbollah isn’t targeting the United States right now, but if it chooses to do so it would be very capable of doing so, both in terms of its presence and large financial and logistical presence in South America, particularly in the tri-border area, but [also] in terms of networks they have here in the United States,” he added.
“One of the things that’s of concern is that you see Hezbollah now engaging in trans-Atlantic drug shipments to Africa and failed states there and then north into Europe,” Levitt said.
According to a 2006 report by the House Committee on Homeland Security, "Members of Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terrorist organization, have already [illegally] entered to the United States across our Southwest border."
The report noted, for example, that in December 2002, “Salim Boughader Mucharrafille, a cafe owner in Tijuana, Mexico, was arrested for illegally smuggling more than 200 Lebanese illegally into the United States, including several believed to have terrorist ties to Hezbollah.”
Furthermore, Robert L. Boatwright, assistant chief patrol agent of the El Paso, Texas sector, has said, “We have apprehended people from countries that support terrorism … they were thoroughly debriefed and there was a tremendous amount of information collected from them.
"These examples highlight the dangerous intersection between traditional transnational criminal activities, such as human and drug smuggling, and more ominous threats to national security.”
Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez was also quoted in the report: “If smugglers can bring in tons of marijuana and cocaine at one time and can smuggle 20 to 30 persons at one time, one can just imagine how easy it would be to bring in 2 to 3 terrorists or their weapons of mass destruction across the river and not be detected. Chances of apprehension are very slim.”
'Financial-narcotics nexus'
In his March 3 testimony, Placido pointed out that the DEA is working to “identify and track” Islamic radical groups’ networks in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, “which are reaping the financial benefits from the lucrative European and Middle East cocaine markets.” The key to disrupting those networks will be an attack on the “financial-narcotics nexus,” he said.
In its report, CRS noted that South America is the sole producer of cocaine for the global market. Pointing to Justice Department statistics, CRS said the Mexican and Colombian DTOs combined “generate, remove and launder” between $18 billion and $39 billion in wholesale drug proceeds annually.
A 2004 study by the Naval War College revealed that Hezbollah raises close to $10,000,000 a year in the Tri-border region, although not all of it comes from the drug trade. “U.S. Southern Command estimates that Islamist terrorist groups raise between three hundred million and five hundred million dollars per year in the Triple Frontier and the duty-free zones of Iquique, Colon, Maicao, and Margarita Island [in South America],” the study said.
Dr. Ray Walser, the Heritage Foundation’s senior policy analyst who specializes in Latin America, and Vanda Felbab-Brown, a Brookings Institution expert on national security, agreed that the money Hezbollah and Hamas generate from their links to South American drug trafficking organizations is supplemental – a secondary financial source.
Hezbollah also has been linked to other financial schemes, including taxing the residents in areas where they operate.
Felbab-Brown told CNSNews.com that Hezbollah is more prominent in South America than Hamas is.
Iranian-funded and supported Hezbollah also has a presence outside South America’s tri-border area, in countries such as Venezuela, where socialist President Hugo Chavez, an ally of Iran, spreads anti-American sentiment.
In June 2008, a U.S. Treasury official stated, “It is extremely troubling to see the Government of Venezuela employing and providing safe harbor to Hizballah facilitators and fundraisers.”
Brazil, which is part of the tri-border area, recently has worked to stave off U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran.
The Brookings Institution’s Felbab-Brown told CNSNews.com that Hezbollah’s and Hamas’ “primary connection” is with the Brazilians and the Colombians.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Cap the Oil Spill and Save Our Ocean
Many years ago, I purchased a home in a rural area knowing the necessity of a new well for good quality water, as the existing well water was very brackish. With that knowledge, I negotiated with a well drilling contractor who was to be paid ‘by-the-foot’ drilled and the well casing to be paid for ‘by-the-foot’ installed. The contractor agreed to drill a 6 inch well as long as I chose, and install well casing as deep as I chose.
After drilling for some 45 feet, the well drilling contractor wanted to install a well casing and to end the well casing at that point. The contractor assured me that it was rock and he would guarantee that there would be no surface water. With that guarantee, I agreed to allow him to case the well at 45 feet. We continued to drill and by hitting a large quantity of good water at approximately 84 feet down. I instructed the contractor to continue to drill until 124 feet deep before stopping.
During the first rain, I started getting very muddy water. The well drilling contractor refused to correct the problem. I called the NC Dept. of Natural Resources, Well Water Division, who offered to come to my home location and evaluate the problem.
Using an X-Ray type instrument to be lowered down the well itself and a television type appliance attached to the instrument by a cable, the specialist was able to allow the appliance sketch an image as to where the surface ground (muddy) water was coming into my well and as to where the slate rock level was. With that information, the NC Dept. of Natural Resources called the well drilling contractor and instructed him as to how and what was required to fix the problem and furthermore to complete the remedy immediately.
The solution was to purchase a 4-inch well liner with an external collar attached to the liner on one end, insert the collar end in down first, into the existing 6-inch well casing down to the total depth of some 60 feet, and fill the space between the existing 6-inch casing and the 4-inch liner with concrete. With that, the well with a large quantity of very good well water was corrected.
Example for a possible solution to capping the oil spill: News reports state the oil line pipe is 21-inch in diameter. Place an approximately 29-inch in diameter pipe with one end having a screwed coupling welded on one end, and an internal collar on the other end reducing down and onto the 21-inch diameter pipe. With the 29-inch in place over the 21-inch pipe, attach the 29-inch pipe with the 21-inch collar to the existing 21-inch oil pipe (welded, bolted, strapped, etc.) and filled with concrete between the two differences between. Then, you can screw additional pipe to the newly installed 29-inch pipe, reduce it back to 21-inch again, and flow the oil so as to recover all of the oil and distribute it to refineries for market.
Oscar Y. Harward
After drilling for some 45 feet, the well drilling contractor wanted to install a well casing and to end the well casing at that point. The contractor assured me that it was rock and he would guarantee that there would be no surface water. With that guarantee, I agreed to allow him to case the well at 45 feet. We continued to drill and by hitting a large quantity of good water at approximately 84 feet down. I instructed the contractor to continue to drill until 124 feet deep before stopping.
During the first rain, I started getting very muddy water. The well drilling contractor refused to correct the problem. I called the NC Dept. of Natural Resources, Well Water Division, who offered to come to my home location and evaluate the problem.
Using an X-Ray type instrument to be lowered down the well itself and a television type appliance attached to the instrument by a cable, the specialist was able to allow the appliance sketch an image as to where the surface ground (muddy) water was coming into my well and as to where the slate rock level was. With that information, the NC Dept. of Natural Resources called the well drilling contractor and instructed him as to how and what was required to fix the problem and furthermore to complete the remedy immediately.
The solution was to purchase a 4-inch well liner with an external collar attached to the liner on one end, insert the collar end in down first, into the existing 6-inch well casing down to the total depth of some 60 feet, and fill the space between the existing 6-inch casing and the 4-inch liner with concrete. With that, the well with a large quantity of very good well water was corrected.
Example for a possible solution to capping the oil spill: News reports state the oil line pipe is 21-inch in diameter. Place an approximately 29-inch in diameter pipe with one end having a screwed coupling welded on one end, and an internal collar on the other end reducing down and onto the 21-inch diameter pipe. With the 29-inch in place over the 21-inch pipe, attach the 29-inch pipe with the 21-inch collar to the existing 21-inch oil pipe (welded, bolted, strapped, etc.) and filled with concrete between the two differences between. Then, you can screw additional pipe to the newly installed 29-inch pipe, reduce it back to 21-inch again, and flow the oil so as to recover all of the oil and distribute it to refineries for market.
Oscar Y. Harward
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