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Catholic Group Calls Voters to Oppose Obama this November (Video)

Posted by FactReal on May 24, 2012

CATHOLICS REJECT OBAMA’S WAR ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Video by CC2W.org as seen yesterday on the Hannity show.
From the video:

Forcing the Church to buy insurance that goes against her teachings is a violation of religious freedom.

“When the government tampers with a freedom so fundamental, one shrudders to think what lies ahead,” said Cardinal Dolan.

Your vote will affect the future and be recorded in eternity. Will you vote the values that will stand the test of fire? Marriage. Life. Freedom.

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Eric Holder’s Voting Ballot Given to a Stranger (Video)

Posted by FactReal on April 10, 2012

VOTER FRAUD IS EASY IN THE U.S.
Via Breitbart and here:

In a shocking new video exclusive to Breitbart.com, James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas demonstrates to the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, just why he should be concerned about lack of voter ID laws – by walking into Holder’s voting precinct and showing the world that anyone can obtain Eric Holder’s ballot. Literally.

The video shows a young man entering a Washington, DC polling place at 3401 Nebraska Avenue, NW, on primary day of this year–April 3, 2012–and giving Holder’s name and address. The poll worker promptly offers the young man Holder’s ballot to vote.

The young man then suggests that he should show his ID; the poll worker, in compliance with DC law, states: “You don’t need it. It’s all right. As long as you’re in here, you’re on our list, and that’s who you say you are, you’re okay.”

The second pièce de résistance is when the young man said, “I’ll be back Faster than you can say Furious,” referring to Eric Holder’s and Obama’s gunwalking scandal known as Fast and Furious where thousands of weapons were reportedly allowed to cross the border and fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels..

Video note:

Poll Workers on Primary Day in Washington, DC offer US Attorney General Eric H Holder’s ballot to vote… to a complete Stranger…Eric Holder has said multiple times there exists no evidence of Voter Fraud.

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Obama to Russia: ‘Wait after my Election, I’ll Have more Flexibility’ (Video)

Posted by FactReal on March 26, 2012

HOT MIC BETRAYS OBAMA
Today in South Korea, Obama was caught on microphone telling outgoing Russian “President” Dmitry Medvedev that he would have more flexibility after November’s election.

Obama to Medvedev: “This is my last election. After my election, I’ll have more flexibility.”

Medvedev replied: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.” (Obviously referring to incoming “President” Vladmir Putin.)

Watch how Obama comforts Medvedev by warmly stroking his forearm.

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Congress, White House Favor English for Puerto Rico Statehood; but Santorum is Demonized

Posted by FactReal on March 18, 2012

OFFICIAL ENGLISH REQUIREMENT FOR PUERTO RICO
Just like Rick Santorum, Congress and the White House have brainstormed about the English language requirement for Puerto Rico if the island becomes the 51st State.

A 2011 Congressional report (CRS) shows how Congress and Administrations have favored official English language requirement for Puerto Rico if voters there chose statehood. Interestingly, the report uses these expressions: “federal official language requirements would apply to Puerto Rico,” “there is precedent for a language requirement,” “official English language requirements would have applied in Puerto Rico,” etc.

Here are some highlights of the CRS report pertaining to the language requirement for statehood:

OBAMA & BUSH ADMINISTRATION
President 2011 Task Force Report on Puerto Rico’s Status
(Released by President Obama in March 2011)
(CRS, page 23)

In March 2011, the Obama Administration task force issued its first report…On status specifically, the task force recommended the following.

If Puerto Rico were admitted as a state, the task force found that English would need to play “a central role in the daily life of the Island.”

Source: PDF from Obama’s White House

President 20007 Task Force Report on Puerto Rico’s Status
(Released by President Bush in December 2007)

The provisions of the Federal law on the use of the English language in the agencies and courts of the Federal Government in the fifty states of the Union shall apply equally in the State of Puerto Rico, as at present states.”
Source: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/documents/2007-report-by-the-president-task-forceon-puerto-rico-status.pdf
or at: http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/2007-report-by-the-president-task-force-on-puerto-rico-status.pdf

BILLS IN CONGRESS
Bill H.R. 2499 in 111th Congress (2009-2010)
(CRS, page 5)

On April 29, 2010, the House approved an amended version of H.R. 2499, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010, by a final vote of 223-169…. The Puerto Rico State Elections Commission would have also, according to an amendment adopted on the floor of the House, notified voters that under continuation of the current status or statehood, federal “official language requirements” would apply to Puerto Rico and throughout the United States. The Commission also would be required to notify voters that it is the sense of Congress that the teaching of English be promoted in public schools in Puerto Rico.
[Source: Rep. Dan Burton, “Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010,” House Debate, Congressional Record, vol. 156 (April 29, 2010), p. H3045.] [HR 2499]

Bill H.R. 856 in 105th Congress (1997-1998)
(CRS, pages 32, 42, 55)

During the 1998 House debate on H.R. 856, an amendment was adopted that would have established an English language education requirement if Puerto Rico were admitted as a state.
[Source: Remarks in the House, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 144, March 4, 1998, pp. H802-H812. An amendment designating Spanish as the official language of Puerto Rico was rejected during the same debate.] [HR 856]

There is precedent for a language requirement to be attached to a statehood proposal. The admission of three states—Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona—was contingent upon such a requirement.
[Source: Joseph E. Fallon, “Federal Policy and U.S. Territories: The Political Restructuring of the United States of America,” Pacific Affairs, vol. 64, spring 1991, p. 34.]

Similar provision to H.R. 3024, with official English language requirement specified. [...] Stated as policy that students in schools should achieve English proficiency by age 10. Under statehood, official English language requirements would have applied in Puerto Rico as in all states. Transition plan to statehood would have had to include promotion of English.

H.R. 856, as approved by the House, included an English language provision, along with the expectation (“it is anticipated”) that English would be the “official language of the federal government in Puerto Rico” to the extent required by law throughout the United States.

Bill H.R. 3024 in 104th Congress (1995-1996)
(CRS, page 42)

Provision for: guaranteed constitutional rights, permanent union, reserved powers, responsibility for payment of taxes, national representation and voting rights, and application of language requirement similar to that applied in other states. [...] Under statehood, would have followed the language requirements “as in the several states.” [HR 3024]

Bill S. 712 in 101st Congress (1989-1990)
(CRS, page 47)

The statehood provision of S. 712 (Title II) included a self-executing provision; recognized the constitution adopted in 1952 as the constitution (future) of the state; retained existing federal land holdings (with future conveyances allowed); recognized both Spanish and English as official languages (with government proceedings conducted in English); and provided for the election of presidential electors and congressional representatives, as well as the establishment of a commission to identify U.S. laws not applicable to Puerto Rico, among other provisions. [...]

Issues of Debate on S. 712. The debate on S. 712 resulted in the discussion of many facets of the status debate. Hearings were held by three committees to obtain public comments, the viewpoints of Administration officials, and statements from political leaders in Puerto Rico.

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the primary committee of jurisdiction, held eight days of hearings on S. 712.129 During these hearings, Senators and witnesses discussed a range of issues raised by the status debate, including the following: the referendum process (including campaign financing, voting rights of mainland Puerto Ricans, and ballot components); continuation of citizenship rights; language requirements; constitutional provisions; international relations; trade; transition requirements (including modifying standing tax benefits and continued federal aid); transfer of historic and other property; financial and economic development matters; judiciary concerns (including official language for court proceedings, appointment of judges, and jurisdiction); fisheries and mineral rights; national defense and security; and other matters.

CONGRESSIONAL REPORT
Transition Period

(CRS, page 33)

If the political status of Puerto Rico changes, Congress might elect to establish a transition period during which certain elements are phased into place. Policy matters previously included in such transition periods include, for statehood: gradual modification of tax liability, language requirements, impact of representation on Congress, and others. If Puerto Rico gains independence, Congress might elect to consider a period of time in which federal financial assistance is provided, and strategic defense agreements are reached, among other matters.

U.S. CONSTITUTION
Congress has wide jurisdiction over U.S. territory (e.g. Puerto Rico)
(CRS, page 12)

Puerto Rico, although styled a “commonwealth,” is a territory of the United States and is subject to Congress under the Territorial Clause of the U. S. Constitution.

“The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.”
[Source: U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, cl. 2.]

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- Video: Rick Santorum’s Puerto Rico Interview – Did He Say English is a Requirement?
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Romney Supported English as Official Language (2012 Video)

Posted by FactReal on March 17, 2012

Video: “In the January 23, 2012 NBC News GOP Presidential Debate, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich all vocalized their support for Official English.”
Video of full debate here. (Go to mark 54:06)
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Video: Rick Santorum’s Puerto Rico Interview – Did He Say English is a Requirement?

Posted by FactReal on March 17, 2012

Did Santorum say that Puerto Rico must make English its official language before it could become the 51st state? We know Congress and several Administrations have favored English for Puerto Rico’s statehood. In January 2012, Romney said he supported English as official language for the United States. But Santorum is being demonized and mocked.

Watch the videos where Santorum explains his position:

Rick Santorum Interview with the Newspaper El Vocero in Puerto Rico
(March 14 2012)

Other video source: here.
Santorum’s Interview with Newspaper El Nuevo Dia in Puerto Rico
PRECEDENT: ENGLISH REQUIREMENT FOR STATEHOOD
The Blaze made this interesting point: (Caveat: Wikipedia links)

“Although (there is) no federal law requiring English the official language, when Louisiana was brought into the country, the government said you need to adopt English as your official language.”

…[T]he Louisiana Enabling Act, which says that “the laws which such state may pass shall be promulgated and its records of every description shall be preserved, and its judicial and legislative written proceedings conducted in the language in which the laws and the judicial and legislative written proceedings of the United States are now published and conducted.”

[A] similar act passed prior to Oklahoma’s achievement of statehood, which required public schools with classes taught in English…

SOME U.S. STATES HAVE LAWS DECLARING ENGLISH THEIR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
E.g.: English is the official language of Florida
Source: The Florida Constitution (ARTICLE II, SECTION 9):

(a) English is the official language of the State of Florida.
(b) The legislature shall have the power to enforce this section by appropriate legislation.
History.—Proposed by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State August 8, 1988; adopted 1988.”

ENGLISH & SPANISH ARE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF PUERTO RICO
The NY Times reported in 1993:

Puerto Rico Elevates English

Published: January 29, 1993

Gov. Pedro Rossello today signed into law a bill that gives English equal status with Spanish as an official language of this American territory. “Now we have two hymns, two flags, two languages,” Mr. Rossello, a statehood advocate, declared to hundreds of cheering supporters at a signing ceremony in this western San Juan suburb. He dismissed as “a rhetorical storm” the arguments of critics who had sought to safeguard Spanish’s 21-month-old status as the island’s sole official language.

RELATED
- Congress, White House Favor English for Puerto Rico Statehood; but Santorum is Demonized
- Romney Supported English as Official Language (2012 Video)

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Obama’s 2012 Campaign is Collecting Your Online Activities

Posted by FactReal on March 16, 2012

OBAMA ERA: NO PRIVACY
Publicly, the Obama and his administration say they want online privacy protections for consumers. But privately, the Obama’s re-election campaign is collecting personal information off the internet to find new voters. They are “tapping the rich data Internet companies hold on millions of potential voters,” reported the liberal news site Politico.com.

All that data mining should be very easy for Obama since two of his great pals are the CEOs of Facebook and Google.

Left: Obama shaking hands with then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt. (Nov. 14, 2007)
Right: Obama with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (April 20, 2011)

Via Breitbart.com:

As Politico reports today, the Obama re-election campaign is gathering data on potential voters. Worse, as we’ve found, BarackObama.com, the campaign website, states that it shares personal information with some parties other than the consumer, including “vendors, consultants and other service providers or volunteers” as well as “candidates, organizations, groups or causes that we believe have similar political viewpoints, principles or objectives.”

[...]

This should be troubling to liberals who supposedly care about the right to privacy. Where’s their ire now?

From Politico via Weasel Zippers:

Obama for America has already invested millions of dollars in sophisticated Internet messaging, marketing and fundraising efforts that rely on personal data sometimes offered up voluntarily — like posts on a Facebook page— but sometimes not.

And according to a campaign official and former Obama staffer, the campaign’s Chicago-based headquarters has built a centralized digital database of information about millions of potential Obama voters.

It all means Obama is finding it easier than ever to merge offline data, such as voter files and information purchased from data brokers, with online information to target people with messages that may appeal to their personal tastes. Privacy advocates say it’s just the sort of digital snooping that his new privacy project is supposed to discourage.

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Obama’s snitch brigades and websites

- Obama’s “Fight the Smears” website (June 2008)
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- Obamacare Internet Snitch Brigade, more (August 2009)
- Obama’s flag@whitehouse.gov for “fishy” conversations or emails (August 2009)
- Obama Launches New Snitch Website: “Attack Watch”, more (September 2011)
- Obama Launches Propaganda Brigade “Truth Team” (February 2012)

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2012 Primary Election Results: Florida & Miami-Dade County (January 31, 2012)

Posted by FactReal on January 31, 2012

Click these links for the election results of the Republican Presidential Preference Primary:
FLORIDA ELECTION RESULTS (Via Florida Division of Elections)
MIAMI-DADE ELECTION RESULTS (Via Miami-Dade County Elections Dept.)

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