Ask Me To Sing at Your Church?

Well, yeah!

Why not?

I mean, you won't find a better deal that THIS!

And besides, I am pretty good. I mean, REAL good.

Gunwalker Cover-Up--What did Barack Obama Know and When Did He Know It?

It can now be proved that the Obama White House and the Department of Justice, including the ATF, have engaged in an extensive cover-up of the Project Gunwalker scandal, also known as 'Operation Fast and Furious.' A series of internal emails and a memo disclosed by numerous sources yesterday, including CBS News and the Los Angeles Times, show beyond doubt that the Obama Administration is involved in an attempt to hide facts concerning the illegal scheme.

Thus, once again, it is time to zero-in on the issue that lies squarely at the center of what is perhaps the most serious scandal in the history of U.S. politics--what did Barack Obama know and when did he know it? 

As with Watergate in 1974, it was not the break-in itself that brought down the Nixon White House. It was the cover-up. Nixon lied to the American people. Administration officials lied before Congress. The Attorney-General at the time perjured himself in sworn testimony before a Senate committee chaired by former Senator Sam Ervin, D-North Carolina.

Eric Holder, in sworn testimony before Congress, stated that he knew nothing about the illegal gunwalker operation, although former ATF Phoenix field division head Bill Newell testified that he informed the White House of the scheme in September of 2010. Further information indicates that Holder's claim, at the very least, is highly suspicious.

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

Good Deeds and Angels

My new devotional meditation is up at the ministry site.

This is a follow-up to my last post concerning an encounter I had in NYC with a very helpful gentleman who would not give me his name.

Today's post delves into this issue more fully. You can access it at Martin Christian Ministries.


Thank you for reading, and God bless.

Pelosi: Republicans Want to 'Destroy Government"

In an address at a Democratic fundraiser in San Francisco last month on August 21, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi stated that Republicans "want to destroy government." Further, she asked, "Do their children breathe air?"

The latter quip presumably was aimed at conservatives who have ratcheted up the heat on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its heavy-handed regulations that are crippling the ability of American businesses to make a profit and to create jobs.

According to a report at CNS News Service, Pelosi stated.....

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

A Thought for the Day

The 'thought for the day' is up over at the ministry site.

Please read it. It's important.

Access it here: Martin Christian Ministries.


Several updates of interest are provided, and I could use the support. Thanks for reading, and God bless!

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Blasts Obama and the NLRB over Boeing Flap

Governor Nikki Haley, R-South Carolina, came out swinging today over the Obama Administration's handling of Boeing's relocation of one of its facilities from Washington State to South Carolina. Obama and the National Labor Relations Board took Boeing to court to try to prevent the transfer, which would bring 1000 new jobs to South Carolina--a state which has suffered from a unemployment rate higher than the national average.

The dispute is about labor unions. South Carolina is a right-to-work state. Washington State's union-friendly laws have increased Boeing's cost of doing business. Boeing wishes to address the problem by moving to a state where unions haven been prevented from wielding such unbridled power.

But in this Administration that is rife with union thugs who think they control America, such a move is tantamount to heresy. And they wish to prevent a company from moving wherever it wants within the U.S.--yet another blow to business from the Marxist minions of the Obama Administration.

Haley called Obama a 'coward' over this mess. She also stated that the NLRB is 'un-American.' She is 100% correct on both counts.

BRAVO! This is exactly the type of thing more, many more, of our elected representatives are going to have to do in response to the continued tyranny of an Administration raging out of control.

The 2A Roundup--Top Ten for Thursday, September 1, 2011

All guns and politics from the best gun rights and liberty bloggers on the Internet.

From WRSA: 'Towers? What Towers?'--a look at how Obama wishes to commemorate the 9/11 attacks on the 10th anniversary of that horrifying day back in 2001.

Denninger wants to know if you are prepared. Mayhem in the streets of America is coming due to the pending economic collapse. Can you run? Can you defend yourself? Are you in shape? Most of us, I dare say, are woefully lacking in this area.

David Codrea reports that funeral services for Linda Fincher, wife of incarcerated gun-rights activist Hollis Wayne Fincher, is being held today. This is yet another very sad chapter in the life of a couple that has needlessly suffered beyond all recognition. Keep the family in your prayers.

Kurt Hofmann wonders if the gun ban nutcases will condemn Al Sharpton's 'violent rhetoric.'

John Jacob H says that the Governor of North Carolina--Bev Perdue--may have committed an impeachable offense. I think she has! And now she faces a Republican legislature.

Way Up North provides the quote of the day from Ayn Rand.

Tam passes along info on a big gun sporting event in North Carolina. A class in tactical shooting will also be offered at the event.

From Alphecca: 'Obama the job killer.'

Nicki says that Andre Carson 'show his ass' yet again on the 'Tea Party is racist' lie.

Mike McCarville reports disturbing news about conservative J.C. Watts. He is doing fundraising for one of the most ultra-liberal shills in Congress--South Carolina's James Clyburn. UGH!!

The error of comparing Gunwalker scandal to Watergate

As the gargantuan 'Gunwalker' scandal engulfing the Department of Justice and the ATF continues to grow deeper by the day, many comparisons have been made to the Watergate scandal of 1974, which brought down the Nixon Administration. While it is true that Gunwalker, or 'Operation Fast and Furious,' is also serious enough to bring down the Obama Administration, it is there that an accurate comparison ends. Gunwalker is much more sinister than Watergate, and thus, it is an error to make further comparisons.

The reason for this is clear. Watergate was about a botched break-in at the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate Hotel during the campaign of 1972--and the subsequent cover-up initiated by the Nixon White House. Gunwalker, by contrast, is about treason. In Operation Fast and Furious we are not dealing with an inconsequential group of second-rate burglars who broke into Republican headquarters to gather information that could be used in a campaign. We are dealing with a law enforcement agency of the Department of Justice that deliberately placed firearms in the hands of dangerous criminals in Mexico, who then used those guns to kill countless Americans and Mexicans.

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

Report: Holder plays shell game with ATF personnel

In response to ATF Director Kenneth Melson's transfer out of the agency to a demoted position in the Department of Justice, Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) issued a statement saying that Attorney-General Eric Holder is playing a shell game with personnel and called on Holder to resign.

Gottlieb stated that by shifting Melson to a different position rather than firing him, Holder is playing a game of political charades. In an article that appeared in the Ammoland website, Gottlieb laid out in clear terms who is responsible for the Project Gunwalker fiasco (Operation Fast and Furious) and the ensuing coverup:

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

The 2A Roundup--Top Ten for Tuesday, August 30, 2011

All guns and politics from the best gun rights and liberty bloggers on the Internet.

Brigid presents another of her masterpieces. I know this is not on topic, but she is a gun rights and liberty blogger who writes extremely well, and her stories and poetry are simply too good not to mention.

WRSA alerts us to the fact that Victor Davis Hanson has debunked the common theory that the present debt crisis is comparable to WWII and thus is no cause for alarm.

Newbius reports that Melson's replacement at the ATF is just another partisan hack.

The Suffolk County Liberty Report has a MUST-read on the systematic removal of all references to God in public discourse.

Gulag Bound presents commentary and video on the Congressional Black Caucus' declaration of war on the Tea Party.

From the Anti-Liberal Zone: 'Does Gunny Smell an Impeachment Coming?'

Patriots Duty provides essential reading as she wonders when it will be important for Americans to decide  to do something about corruption and fraud in the current Administration.

Randy's Right reveals explosive information indicating Rick Perry is a progressive. Read the letter he sent to Hillary Clinton!

The Landmark Report prints Gabriella Hoffman's excellent article on Glenn Beck's trip to Israel and his world-wide movement to 'restore courage.'

Oleg Volk presents his latest pictorial commentary on gun rights. Take a look!

Melson ousted as ATF director

Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea reported this morning that ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson has been ousted. A confidential source told Codrea that Melson had been called to Attorney-General Eric Holder's office last Friday and that Melson's office had been cleared out over the weekend.

Following the tip given to Codrea, blogger/citizen journalist Mike Vanderboegh contacted two major network reporters who immediately began to investigate the claims of the confidential source. This prompted CBS News to issue a news report stating that sources say Melson is out at ATF, later updated.

Very shortly afterwards, Fox News issued a major news story on Melson's ouster. The reason given for Melson's 'reassignment' is the growing fury over the Project Gunwalker Scandal (Operation Fast and Furious). Melson will remain on the payroll of the Justice Department in a demoted position.

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

Here we go again--federal judge blocks implementation of Alabama's new anti-illegal alien law

The state of Alabama passed one of the toughest anti-illegal alien laws in the country when voters decided it was time to crack down on the manner in which illegals use a multiplicity of holes in federal enforcement to skirt around the nation's immigration laws.

But now a federal judge has blocked the implementation of the law, which was scheduled to take effect on Thursday of this week.

Here we go again. What is it about the term 'illegal' do these judges not get?

On the positive side, the judge did not suggest in her ruling that the law is unconstitutional. She said she needed more time to make a determination and will issue a full ruling on September 28.

That means that she could still decide to allow the state to proceed with its implementation of the new law.

But, given the manner in which the courts and the Obama Administration have ignored the word 'illegal' in the term 'illegal aliens,' I would not hold my breath hoping for a sane ruling on a matter that is completely out of control in this country.

The 2A Roundup--Top Ten for Monday, August 29, 2011

All guns and politics from the best gun rights and liberty bloggers on the Internet.

Kurt Hofmann examines an issue of vital importance to gun rights advocates--should gun and ammo manufacturers stay in states that continually pass laws that are against their interests and that of American gun owners? I say no. These companies should move out of the those states and set up operations in gun-friendly states. Punish them for their unconstitutional behavior by removing their jobs and taking the billions of dollars in tax revenues elsewhere. The gun industry is one of the few that is booming in this Obama Depression. Let the anti-gun states suffer for their attacks on freedom and the Constitution.

Mike Vanderboegh has an eye-opening exclusive report on the Gunwalker scandal, including info not previously reported. A MUST-read.

Way Up North posts some interesting info on jobs and the Texas-Alaska equation. Take out the two states, and the U.S. has lost multi-millions of jobs that boggle the mind. A most interesting read!

Tam comments on a rather asinine editorial in the Orlando Sentinel on Florida's new gun laws. Take a look.

Standing By says that the country is going nowhere fast, and no greater example of it exists than the Lefties who seem to be in a state of perpetual arousal over 'high speed rail.'

Around O-Town provides an updated version of the old story about the ant and the grasshopper, except this time it relates to Obama. Essential reading.

Days of our Trailers notes that Puerto Rico's VERY strict gun control laws have failed.

Alphecca points to an article claiming that 'global warming' is making people go nuts. I kid you not.

Pamela Geller says that the continual 'white-washing' of 9/11 has caused the mantra 'Never Forget' to morph into 'Forget It!' I'll tell you one thing, if the Muslim nutcases and their enablers on the American political Left expect us to 'forget it,' I can tell you what we will shove down their everlovin' throats. We will continue to beat the drum against the Islamist murders and the Marxist clowns who would just as soon everyone forget that horrible day in 2001.

Mike McCarville reports some rather strange goings on in Oklahoma with regard to 2 hush-hush fundraisers being held today for Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is running for the GOP nomination for President. Odd, to say the least.

Federal raid on Gibson Guitars--retaliatory harassment?

The Tennessee-based manufacturing company, Gibson Guitar, is one of the most well-known and reputable makers of musical instruments in the world. Gibson is known throughout the music industry as the maker of perhaps the best guitar on the planet. Singers and musicians in every imaginable musical genre rely on Gibson for quality, reliability, and a professional look and sound that very few are able to match.

However, there is another fact about Gibson that has placed the company in a state of disfavor with the current power elites in Washington. 

As with many other major southern companies, Gibson is non-union. And in the current climate created by Obama, Holder, and others within the Executive Branch of government, non-union companies are viewed as the enemy. States that are 'right-to-work' are targeted.

On August 25, federal agents swooped into the Gibson Guitar factories in Memphis and Nashville like Nazi storm-troopers on a mission. The nature of the raid would lead an onlooker to think that the company had murdered hundreds and hid the bodies.

But the agents who poured into the factories, combing through every piece of 'evidence,' leaving no stone unturned, were not looking for dead bodies or illegal drug stashes. They were looking for 'proof' that Gibson had used wood from 'protected forests'--not in the U.S. but in other countries around the world.

Guitars were seized as evidence. Pallets of wood were confiscated. Computers containing electronic files were taken, all under the assumption that something in those files would indicate that Gibson had used 'protected wood from overseas' in the making of its guitars. 

And which agency among Obama's storm-trooper operation descended on Gibson in such a fashion? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

I kid you not.

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

ATF source: a blatant partisan act that circumvents the law and Congress

A long time street agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (the ATF), who serves as anonymous source in the ongoing investigation into the Project Gunwalker scandal, reported to blogger/citizen journalist Mike Vanderboegh yesterday that the agency's response by doubling down on the illegal activity is a blatant partisan act that circumvents the law and the will of Congress.

In the aftermath of numerous news reports both in the mainstream and alternative media concerning the illegal scheme to place guns in the hands of Mexican drug cartels--all in an attempt to produce phony statistics that would prove American guns arm the cartels and justify draconian new gun firearms legislation in the U.S.--the ATF and its oversight agency, the Department of Justice, stonewalled Congressional investigations, refusing to provide subpoenaed documents.

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

Right under our noses--imprisonment of innocent citizens

It has been common knowledge among the astute for several decades that the criminal justice system in the United States is corrupt. True, it is much worse almost everywhere else. But the situation in America has deteriorated to the point that true fairness and justice within the system as it now stands are rare.

In order to get a 'fair shake,' you must have a ton of money to spend on expensive lawyers. If you are not so fortunate, you are forced to rely on the dreaded 'public defender' system where incompetence is widespread and your chances of being adequately represented in court are nebulous at best.

It has also come to the attention of many justice system observers that the disturbing trend of framing innocent persons for crimes they did not commit has spiked upward in recent years. Dirty cops on the take, state's attorneys who need a reputation for 'putting away the bad guys' at any cost--whether the person is actually a 'bad guy' or not--in order to get reelected, and corrupted judges who have an agenda, are all too common.

But this is not even half of it.

Since the Presidential election of 2008, something has been happening right under the noses of Americans, with no attention, no fanfare, no publicity, and outside the realm of consciousness for most citizens. And that is the imprisonment of innocent citizens using an obscure term in the legal community known as 'Honest Services Fraud.'

The law concerning 'Honest Services Fraud' is so vague that the Department of Justice and Eric Holder's cabal of Chicago prosecutorial henchmen have used it to charge citizens with the most outlandish and unheard-of 'crimes.'

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

Every Day, Every Hour

Today's inspirational thought is up today at the ministry site.

Access it here: Martin Christian Ministries.


And boy do I have a goody for you in today's song. Don't miss it!

'A Voice for Freedom' interviews Florida Governor Rick Scott

The weekly radio show 'A Voice for Freedom' will feature an important interview with Governor Rick Scott, R-Florida, tomorrow morning at 11 A.M. on WHFT-AM 1390 in Orlando-Avon Park, Florida--which can also be heard on the Internetvia Livestream.

'A Voice For Freedom' features regular hosts Lori Hendry, Ginger Carlisle, and Lin DiCesare and is already attracting attention throughout Florida, particularly in its anchor market, the Avon Park area of central Florida which includes Orlando.

The show has also begun to garner attention outside the local broadcast area through its 'Livestream' option that enables listeners to tune in to the program via the Internet. Plans are in the works for the show to expand into other markets.

Beginning next Saturday, September 3, this writer will be joining Lori, Ginger, and Lin as a regular contributor, providing an overview of the top political stories of the previous week.

Continue reading at Anthony G. Martin's Conservative Examiner.

So what kind of deal did Obama-bot Warren Buffett strike with the Prez leading to a multi-billion dollar bailout of Bank of America?

The big news today is that one of the most troubled big banks in the U.S.--the failing Bank of America--was suddenly placed in the catbird seat as Obama-bot and billionaire Warren Buffett pumped billions into the organization in a gargantuan stock purchase.

Immediately the value of Bank of America's stocks soared.

So, what's behind this rather unexpected turn of events?

Well, connect the dots. Buffett is holding a major fundraiser for Obama in New York on September 30. You can be as sure as death and taxes that a multi-billionaire like Buffett does not pump multi-billions into a failing enterprise unless there is some advantage. And the double-favor he provided Obama in essentially bailing out Bank of America and holding a major fundraiser for Obama's reelection indicates that he was given assurances of something in return.

And what would that be? THIS inquiring mind wants to know.

The 2A Roundup--Top Ten for Thursday, August 25, 2011

All guns and politics from the best gun rights and liberty bloggers on the Internet.

David Codrea wonders how may elected representatives in D.C. will co-sponsor the proposed Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act.

WRSA has an important read on 'Political Messiahs in Tailored Suits.'

Nicki points to more stupidity on the part of the British when it comes to guns. You do know the UK has disarmed the citizens, right? And you do know the sordid, deadly history indicating what's coming when governments do that, right?

GunRights4US posts 'The Stand--A Hunting Tale.' Take a look!

Standing By shares an open letter to a friend that is highly informative for all. Go read.

Way Up North points to an excellent read on the Tea Party.

Brigid provides a most interesting piece on guns, cereals, and children's toys. A good catalogue of the gradual loss of freedom.

The Wandering Minstrel informs us about the new website of the Crossroads of the New West Gun Show.

The Gun Values Board posts an interview with NSSF Media Education founder Michael Bane.

Pamela Geller comments (as only she can) on the decision of 'the Bastard'--NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg--to ban all clergy and religious references in the upcoming 10th anniversary program of the 9/11 attacks at Ground Zero. Have I told you lately the man is a bastard?