No, George Bush did not criticize Donald Trump. He agreed with Trump. | Flopping Aces

No, George Bush did not criticize Donald Trump. He agreed with Trump. | Flopping Aces
"W gave an interview recently and it was depicted widely as being a criticism of Donald Trump.
Former President George W. Bush seemed to criticize President Donald Trump in an interview with the Today Show Monday morning, saying the news media and freedom of religion are crucial to American democracy. 
...And Fox News jumped in:
Former President George W. Bush offered what appeared to be a thinly veiled critique of his Republican successor on Monday, as he defended the importance of the media and immigration policies that are “welcoming.”
I don’t agree.
I think that wily Bush really agreed with Trump, but couched his words carefully to make it sound like he was being critical.
For instance, Yahoo quoted Bush as saying
“We need the media to hold people like me to account,”
But what he actually said was:
“We need an independent media to hold people like me to account.”
...Matt Lauer did his best to try to goad W into attacking Bush, but Bush stayed above the fray.
What else did W say?
About immigration:
“I am for an immigration policy that’s welcoming and upholds the law.”
That, in a nutshell, is Trump’s plan."

America's Troubled Youth Foreshadow a Troubled Future

James Shott: America's Troubled Youth Foreshadow a Troubled Future — The Patriot Post
"...America has produced a substantial number of young people who don’t know the fundamental elements of their country or the important aspects of its operation, and who are, therefore, unprepared to discharge the duties and obligations of citizenship.
Ours is a country whose success and ability to continue being successful depend upon its citizens understanding its foundational principles.
We must know how government is supposed to work, being able to discern when it has strayed from its proper course, and then work to restore things so that the republic can and will survive and thrive.
John Adams put it quite succinctly: “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”
And his cousin Sam Adams likewise warned, “No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.”
...He quoted a News Forum for Lawyers article about a study by American Institutes for Research revealing that more than “75 percent of two-year college students and 50 percent of four-year college students were incapable of completing everyday tasks.”
Read on!

U.S. Gives Soros Groups Millions to Destabilize Macedonia’s Conservative Govt. - Judicial Watch

U.S. Gives Soros Groups Millions to Destabilize Macedonia’s Conservative Govt. - Judicial Watch:

"The U.S. government has quietly spent millions of taxpayer dollars to destabilize the democratically elected, center-right government in Macedonia by colluding with leftwing billionaire philanthropist George Soros, records obtained by Judicial Watch show. Barack Obama’s U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia, Jess L. Baily, has worked behind the scenes with Soros’ Open Society Foundation to funnel large sums of American dollars for the cause, constituting an interference of the U.S. Ambassador in domestic political affairs in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The cash flows through the State Department and the famously corrupt U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID), which is charged with providing global economic, development and humanitarian assistance. USAID has allocated about $5 million to leftwing Soros groups in Macedonia since 2012, documents show, and at least $9.5 million has been earmarked by the agency to intervene in the Balkan nation’s governmental affairs for 2016-2011. "

It worked for the real NAZIs-----Soros-Financed Groups Provided Script for Anti-Trump Town Halls

Soros-Financed Groups Provided Script for Anti-Trump Town Halls
"An organization partnered with far-left groups that calls itself the Revolutionary Love Project distributed an actual script with anti-Trump talking points for citizens to use when meeting with constituents in town halls, including during last week’s Congressional recess.
The script provides word-for-word language suggestions that accuse the Trump administration of “xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia.”
It asks activists to use the descriptors to petition their representatives to “forcefully condemn” and support legislation opposing President Trump’s immigration and border security agendas.
...It ends with contact information for activists from two groups heavily financed by billionaire George Soros – Avideh Moussavian at the National Immigration Law Center and Deepa Iyer at the Center for Social Inclusion.
...The project called on activists to show up at “elected officials’ events, town halls, and other public appearances to make it clear to those who represent us in Congress, as well as to the media, that tolerance of the Trump Administration’s hurtful policies is intolerable, that indifference or idleness is not acceptable, that complacency is politically toxic.”...
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AM Fruitcake

History for March 2

History for March 2 - On-This-Day.com
Sam Houston 1793 - First President of the Republic of Texas, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904 - Writer, poet, and cartoonist, Desi Arnaz 1917


Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author, Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - Former Soviet President, Karen Carpenter 1950 - Singer (The Carpenters)
 


1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."


1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim government was formed.


1877 - In the U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election by the U.S. Congress. Samuel J. Tilden, however, had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.


1899 - U.S. President McKinley signed a measure that created the rank of Admiral for the U.S. Navy. The first admiral was George Dewey.


1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.

1925 - State and federal highway officials developed a nationwide route-numbering system and adopted the familiar U.S. shield-shaped, numbered marker.


1933 - The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York.


1969 - In Toulouse, France, the supersonic transport Concorde made its first test flight.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/03/march1-2017-grandassumptions-bytammy_68.html

Grand Assumptions

By Tammy Derouin

Watching the news was once a time honored event. It was also a time when several things were taken for granted and assumed. Before I go any further, there are two life lessons in the last sentence. Lesson number one: When you take something for granted, you do not fully understand or appreciate its value. You assume, that which always was, will always be. Lesson number two: Never assume anything. I wish I could remember where I first heard the comical break down of the word. I believe it was on a television show, many years ago. Never assume anything, a fictional character proclaimed. The word was then divided into three parts with the explanation; if you assume something it will only make an (insert first three letters of assume) out of (forth letter) and (last two letters).


Not only was the dissection of the word comical, it spoke volumes. Let's look back at some of our grand assumptions. As Americans, we took many things for granted. For starters, we assumed our government would preserve our rights, not attack or called them into question. We didn't think our government would intentionally weaken our national security or ignore calls for help when our fellow Americans were under attack. We assumed our government would target our enemies, not the American people, and that the President of the United States would not weaken our country.

We did not feel vulnerable within our protected borders. The thought of our enemies being able to carry out an attack within our communities was, at one time, a mere plot for a fictional thriller. We assumed that what happened “over there” would never happen here. Our homeland was protected by the best military in the world and our borders were guarded and patrolled. A political divide did not exist when it came to the security of the United States.


We also assumed.......

Great read!-----949,382 Criminal Illegal Aliens With ‘Removal Orders'...

Steve Russo - 949,382 Criminal Illegal Aliens With ‘Removal...
"949,382 Criminal Illegal Aliens With ‘Removal Orders’ Are Still Roaming The Streets Of America 
While Governors, Mayors, Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Refuse To Help ICE and 
One Is Setting Hundreds Of Illegal's Free and 
The Left Labels Anyone Who Wants Them Removed As.... "Anti-Immigrant"

The so called media continually whines about “families being broken up” but says virtually nothing about the 3 million illegals with criminal records who are roaming our streets, committing more crimes while lapping up taxpayer-funded freebies.

Before you go any further, whenever you hear some leftist, democrat or even Republican say that people who have come here illegally, just want a better life and it really isn't a crime... show them this!

Victims of Illegal Aliens....

http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp

How many of these people would be alive today if we had been enforcing our current immigration laws that we already have on the books and how many of their families' lives wouldn't have been turned upside down and ripped apart, because we've essentially had an open border policy for decades now..."

Much more here.

Read on!

Hype-driven disasters

Hype-driven disasters - Washington Times:
"It can be dangerous to believe one’s own or others’ hype.
A couple of weeks ago, 180,000 people living downstream from the nation’s highest dam, the Oroville Dam in California, had to be evacuated because the dam’s main and emergency spillways were damaged due to heavy rainfall and runoff.
For many years, it had been known to both state and federal officials that the dam spillways were in need of repair.
But the politicians decided not to spend the necessary money, in part, because of the erroneous belief that due to global warming, the California drought would continue and limited rainfall would not be sufficient to refill the dam.
...Overhyped and exaggerated beliefs about climate change are now imposing major economic and human costs on Californians.
Misguided and downright stupid policies attributed of climate change hype have not just infected Californians but other peoples around the world subject to mass hysteria, such as the Germans. ...German industries that relied on cheap energy fled to places like Louisiana, where energy is plentiful, inexpensive and reliable.
So now the Germans are in a crash program to build many new coal-fired electrical power stations to avoid brownouts.
So much for going green..."

Soros-Financed Groups Provided Script for Anti-Trump Town Halls

Soros-Financed Groups Provided Script for Anti-Trump Town Halls:

"An organization partnered with far-left groups that calls itself the Revolutionary Love Project distributed an actual script with anti-Trump talking points for citizens to use when meeting with constituents in town halls, including during last week’s Congressional recess.
The script provides word-for-word language suggestions that accuse the Trump administration of “xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia.”  It asks activists to use the descriptors to petition their representatives to “forcefully condemn” and support legislation opposing President Trump’s immigration and border security agendas."

Transgender MSU student’s sex assault claim leads accused to fight back in lawsuit

Transgender MSU student’s sex assault claim leads accused to fight back in lawsuit | Fox News
"It was a saga that started on Memorial Day weekend in 2014 when two already romantic Michigan State University students, referred to in legal documents as Nathan and Melanie, began a consensual sexual tryst in the backseat of a car.

A passerby interrupted them, and Melanie revealed that the incident brought up unpleasant memories of a previous abusive relationship.
The incident and its aftermath triggered a long-running and sometimes confusing case that underscores the challenges colleges and universities face in dealing with ambiguous sexual assault allegations outside the legal system.
Later that night, Nathan tried to resume the encounter -- reaching underneath Melanie’s shirt -- but he said he stopped after she rejected him. 
Sixteen months later, Melanie -- who reportedly is awaiting gender reassignment surgery and now identifies as a man -- made a formal complaint to MSU officials for the “one-time, non-consensual touching.”
Melanie cited being transgender as a key reason for coming forward, and claimed to fear encountering her ex-lover in the male bathrooms..."
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Michigan students performing at the bottom of the pack nationally

Michigan students performing at the bottom of the pack nationally | MLive.com:
"Line up Michigan's standardized test scores to other states, and the results don't look great.
The Great Lakes State ranks at or near the bottom of the pack in several important categories, including whether more students are meeting academic targets.
And Michigan ranks dead last nationally in proficiency growth since 2003.
...Michigan's K-12 schools 'terribly low-performing' compared to rest of U.S., report says
Michigan's low-performance transcends race and income, affecting students who are white, black, brown, higher-income and lower-income, according to the report..."
Read on!

Lunch video-----The Bigger the Government

Noon-toon

Spicer Collects White House Staffers' Phones in Effort to Find Leakers | Fox News Insider

Spicer Collects White House Staffers' Phones in Effort to Find Leakers | Fox News Insider:

"The judge said there are two types of leaks that could potentially be occurring: members of the intelligence community revealing what they know in order to manipulate the president or someone in the White House telling a friend in the press information that the president does not want disclosed.

"I don't blame Donald Trump. He is rightfully angry about this stuff going on," said Napolitano, adding that the president's own staff leaking information "fundamentally undermines the way he wants to run the government.""

Your tax dollars at "work"-----NPR Failed to Disclose Trump-Bashing CIA Officer As Clinton Donor in Radio Interview

NPR Failed to Disclose Trump-Bashing CIA Officer As Clinton Donor in Radio Interview - Washington Free Beacon:
"Public radio station NPR failed to note that the former CIA officer who wrote in the Washington Post that his decision to leave the agency had nothing to do with politics gave $5,000 to Hillary Clinton, even after a "clarification" was added to his original column to disclose the political contribution.
...The NPR interview also does not divulge the extent of Price's political work as a spokesman for the Obama White House.
Price was a top assistant to deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, and played a key role in the creation of the "echo chamber" that was used wielded by the administration to create positive press during nuclear negotiations with Iran, according to the New York Times."

Fabricating Chelsea Clinton

Fabricating Chelsea Clinton | commentary: "83
Democrats are confused as to how they were bested by a political figure they see as an empty suit with a pedigree famous for little more than tweeting.
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
It’s been hard to avoid the contrived, media-driven campaign to fabricate Chelsea Clinton into a figure of political and cultural relevance.
...The Times interview, published on February 23, appears to have set off a flurry of Chelsea Clinton profiles you never knew you wanted.
The youngest Clinton “has been fired up online since Trump took office,” according to the media criticism outlet Newser, “resulting in a more ‘provocative’ and ‘punchier’ former first daughter who isn’t afraid to take on anti-Semitism, ‘fake news,‘ and even the commander in chief himself.”
You might be surprised to learn that Clinton “takes down Trump” on Twitter on a regular basis, as Mashable helpfully informed its readership.
In fact, Clinton is occupying a role that cannot be performed by either Hillary Clinton or even Michelle Obama: “a woman who doesn’t hold office but possesses both political power and the ability to speak forcefully about threats to American democracy.” 
The “political power” Clinton enjoys seems to have been conferred upon her exclusively by the reporters glowingly praising her snarky tweets.
Those tweets, by the way, are written entirely in her own voice.
At least, that is the revelation provided to CNN by Clinton’s spokesperson.
And it’s a “distinctive, sometimes sassy, voice America hasn’t heard before...”
Read on!

Truth Doesn't Matter to The New York Times

NRATV | Truth Doesn't Matter to The New York Times:
"The New York Times placed an ad during the Oscars to tell us that the truth is more important now. But why now?
The truth is that the truth didn't matter to The New York Times then as much as now—because as long as liberals were "progressing," the truth was depressing.
America has stopped looking to The New York Times for the truth, now more than ever.
The times are burning and the media elites have been caught holding the match."

U.N. Human Rights Council -- Trump Administration Should Withdraw | National Review

U.N. Human Rights Council -- Trump Administration Should Withdraw | National Review:

"“Human Rights” Council starts its main annual session on Monday in Geneva with elected members and human-rights aficionados such as Saudi Arabia, China, and Qatar settling into their seats. The question hanging over the head of President Trump is whether his administration will take its place beside these other states and legitimize the most anti-Israel, twisted bastion of moral relativism in the U.N. system."

NY Teamsters Pension Becomes First To Run Out Of Money As Expert Warns "Pension Tsunami" Is Coming

NY Teamsters Pension Becomes First To Run Out Of Money As Expert Warns "Pension Tsunami" Is Coming | Zero Hedge:
"The New York Teamsters Road Carriers Local 707 Pension Fund has won the unfortunate award for "First Pension to Officially Run Out of Money."  According to the New York Daily News, and a host of angry former truck drivers who've had their pension benefits slashed, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) has officially been forced to step in and take over payments to retirees of the Local 707, albeit at a much lower rate.

Teamsters Local 707’s pension fund is the first to officially bottom out financially — which happened this month.
“I had a union job for 30 years,” Chmil said. “We had collectively bargained contracts that promised us a pension. I paid into it with every paycheck. Everyone told us, ‘Don’t worry, you have a union job, your pension is guaranteed.’ Well, so much for that.”
“It’s a nightmare, it has just devastated all of our lives. I’ve gone from having $48,000 a year to less than half that,” said Chmil, one of five Local 707 retirees who agreed to share their stories with the Daily News last week.
“I don’t want other people to have to go through this. We need everyone to wake up and do something; that’s why we’re talking,” said Ray Narvaez.

Of course, the Teamsters 707 and other Teamster pension boards attempted to submit plans that would have cut benefits in order to prolong payments to retirees but those plans were universally rejected by the Obama administration...better that the pensions just run out of cash completely.  
Per Pensions & Investments: Read on!

...Meanwhile, under the maximum benefits provided by the PBGC, many former Teamsters, like Ray Narvaez, said their monthly retirement checks have been slashed by two-thirds...

Of course, as the Central States Pension General Counsel notes, the real "pension tsunami" will come when the massive "municipal and state plans go down next."...
More!

AM Fruitcake

History for March 1

History for March 1 - On-This-Day.com
William Dean Howells 1837 - Author, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1848, Glenn Miller 1904 - Bandleader


David Niven 1910 - Actor ("The Guns of Navarone"), Ralph Waldo Ellison 1914 - Author, essayist, Yitzhak Rabin 1922 - Israeli politician


1692 - In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged.


1781 - In America, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.


1872 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National Park. It was the world's first national park.


1873 - E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY, began the manufacturing the first practical typewriter.


1912 - Captain Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.


1941 - FM Radio began in Nashville, TN, when station W47NV began operations.


2003 - In the U.S., approximately 180,000 personnel from 22 different organizations around the government became part of the Department of Homeland Security. This completed the largest government reorganization since the beginning of the Cold War.


2003 - Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad. He was the suspected mastermind behind the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Concluded That The Existence of Women is Un-Islamic | JewFacts

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Concluded That The Existence of Women is Un-Islamic | JewFacts:

"The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) concluded their 192nd meeting with the ruling that women are un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will of Allah.

As the meeting concluded CII Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani noted that women by existing defied the laws of nature, and to protect Islam and the Sharia women should be forced to stop existing as soon as possible. The announcement comes a couple of days after CII’s 191st meeting where they dubbed laws related to minimum marriage age to be un-Islamic."

Anti-Gun Democrat State Senator Arrested In Ferguson Carrying A 9mm – American Lookout

Anti-Gun Democrat State Senator Arrested In Ferguson Carrying A 9mm – American Lookout:

"Here’s an interesting story that somehow escaped the notice of the liberal media. A Democrat state senator from Missouri who’s anti-gun was recently arrested carrying one.

Ending the Fed News reported:

Anti-Gun Senator Jamilah Nasheed Arrested In Ferguson Carrying A 9mm

FERGUSON, Mo. – Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed had a gun in her possession at the time she was arrested late on Monday outside the Ferguson Police Department, according to Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson."