Name-Dropping

William Ayers and his wife Bernadine Dohrn stood trial for murder and for blowing up federal buildings back in the 1970s. Dohrn was convicted but before Ayers could receive a sentence, the feds dropped the case.

Both Ayers and Dohrn have stated publicly that they wish they had done more as part of the subversive, domestic terrorist group 'Weather Underground,' although people died and government buildings were bombed.

Barack Obama has denied knowing about Ayers, yet his closest friend and political operative, Valerie Jarrett, is close friends with Ayers and Dohrn. Obama has described his relationship with Jarrett as being 'like a sister.'

Jim Jones helps run Apollo. Jones was also part of the Weather Underground. Jones helped write the stimulus package for Obama and Congressional Democrats.

Vann Jones, the disgrace self-avowed Communist who recently resigned as Obama's 'green jobs czar' is also part of the Apollo group.

My point? Does Barack Obama have any friends, close associates, or political allies who are not shady characters who have been involved in dangerous, illegal activities? And how can anyone say with a straight face that after all of these years of close associations with these thugs Obama has remained clean as snow falling from heaven?

Tradin' In Their Shoes for Jack-Boots

We must never forget that Obama has repeatedly called for a 'civilian security force' that is every bit as powerful as the U.S. military.

Why would a man running for public office say such a thing? And why would he repeat it once elected?

Obama-apologists minimize the proposal by saying it is nothing to be feared, that he only wants the citizens to serve their country in some capacity even if they can't serve in the military.

Excuse me, but that's NOT what the man said.

He said civilian security force. And he also said that its function would be to observe and protect the homeland against any danger from any source.

It is not coincidental that the U.S. military has plans to re-deploy troops to the mainland to assist the police and FBI in 'maintaining order and security.'

Obviously, the powers that be do not believe even the military will be enough. After all, we do have a war on terror we are fighting across the globe against those who want to kill us. Thus, the call for ordinary citizens to trade in their shoes for the jack-boots.

These jackbooted government thugs (a term first used by a former President of the NRA back when the organization actually had balls) will spy on fellow citizens, and report 'subversives' and 'insurrectionists' to the authorities.

In short, anyone who does not cow-tow to the new order will be deemed suspect at the very least, and if they actively oppose that new order they automatically become a subversive or insurrectionist.

And some people actually marvel that since Obama's selection as President, gun sales have surged by 50% or more.

These good folk who are flocking to gun stores are not only afraid that their gun rights are going to be taken away. They are afraid they are going to have to fight jackbooted thugs who come in as paratroopers with hoods to oppress the citizenry and confiscate weapons.

As another former President of the NRA stated, '...not unless you pry it from my cold dead hands.'

We need leaders like that again...leaders with balls.