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According to a recent article in the UK’s Daily Mail, “Tony Blair could be crowned first President of Europe at a special summit of EU leaders next month.”

Under the Treaty of Lisbon, the nations comprising the European Union would replace the current rotating presidency with a “permanent president” having a term of two and one-half years.

One of the front-runners was former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who reportedly enjoyed the support of French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel. However, even if Blair were nominated, his nomination would not take effect until ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by all 27 member nations.

The possible consideration of Blair for president of the EU caused quite a lot of whining and complaining among British leftists, who hate Blair almost as much as American liberals hate George W. Bush — and for the same reason. They're invested in the lie that Saddam Hussein did not have "weapons of mass destruction", i.e. chemical and/or biological weapons.

It never fails to amaze me that these folks have such selective memories that they can totally dismiss the FACT that Saddam used chemical weapons on his own Kurdish population several times. This has been well documented by international groups such as Doctors Without Borders.

Libs also overlook the FACT that one of the conditions of the cease-fire in the first Gulf war was for Saddam to destroy those chemical weapons stockpiles and to present to the United Nations proof that he had done so. He never complied.

In fact, he violated a number of UN resolutions in the years leading up to the war. I refer you to http://www.c-span.org/iraq/timeline.asp and http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/infocus/iraq/decade/sect2.html for a list of Saddam’s violations.

Those who insist that Bush and Blair led their nations into an “unjustifiable” war "based on a lie" are living a fantasy of their own creation and have deliberately and consistently ignored the facts, preferring liberal lies to the truth. (I have never understood the propensity of some people to deliberately choose to believe outrageous lies instead of acknowledging simple truths.)

Equally difficult to understand are those who feel compelled to destroy those brave men who courageously stand by their convictions. During the past decade, I've seen these attempted character assassinations over and over again. Rather than debate FACTS, which seem to be in dangerously short supply on the left, they launch personal attacks and spread outright lies. This is a very disturbing trend and, I think, is an indication of the moral bankruptcy of those who employ such tactics.

At any rate, it's really no concern of mine whom the Europeans choose to head the EU -- no more than it should be any concern of the rest of the world whom we elect as president. However, the rest of the world, in their lust to bring the U.S. down a few pegs, vociferously supported Barack Hussein Obama (Ummm! Ummm! Ummm!) and celebrated his election. Now, Obama, who was and is completely unqualified for the office of the presidency, is systematically taking over private industry, usurping civil liberties, and destroying our economy.

Has it occurred to the rest of the world that when our economy tanks, theirs may follow? Or is their anticipation and joy at watching Obama preside over our downfall so great that they don't care how it affects their own economies?

President Obama is presiding over a trashed economy with a multiple-trillion-dollar national debt. His policies have caused over a hundred banks to fail this year alone. He has allowed the Fed to monetize the debt, which can only result in hyperinflation and the collapse of the dollar. He is vilifying everyone who disagrees with his failed policies. He has explicitly stated his intention to "redistribute the wealth" and, to implement that plan, he has surrounded himself with avowed communists who openly revere mass-murderer Chairman Mao and madman Hugo Chavez.

Yet the world considers Obama a "man of reason". I cannot help but wonder what criteria the world used to arrive at that conclusion. Perhaps that conclusion is based on Obama's outstanding teleprompter-reading skills?

In this nation, there is unrest, anger and slowly rising panic among the populace. We aren't as stupid as Barack Hussein Obama (Ummm! Ummm! Ummm!) seems to think we are. We can see quite clearly what is happening.

To prepare for the coming economic collapse over which Obama is determined to preside, economists are advising people to buy gold. Those who cannot afford to invest in gold are buying seeds, dried food, guns and ammo. People are developing a bunker mentality. It's getting strange.

As one prominent commentator recently said, "There's a time coming that's going to really suck. It's going to suck really bad." Not the most eloquent statement, but true, nonetheless.

© 2009 by Libbi Adams. All rights reserved.

RACISM AT WALMART?

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Wasn’t the election of Barack Obama supposed to usher in a new post-racial in America? Aren’t we all supposed to be judging each man by the content of his character, not the color of his skin, as Dr. King once dreamed?

Why, then, are we bombarded by charges of racism at every turn? Could it be that racism has simply become a convenient excuse for bad behavior in the black community?

Consider this news item: A twenty-something black woman named Heather Ellis cut in line at a Walmart in Kennett, Missouri, her hometown. She pushed in front of another customer who had already placed her items on the conveyor, shoved the customer’s merchandise back, and placed her own purchases in front of it. When other customers complained about Ms. Ellis pushing in front of them, a shoving match ensued. When Ms. Ellis’s objectionable behavior continued, a security officer and the store manager asked her to leave the store. When she refused, the manager called the police.

Walmart spokesman Lorenzo Lopez is quoted as saying, "In this matter, there was a disturbance and law enforcement was contacted, in accordance with our normal procedures.”

According to the police report, Ms. Ellis resisted arrest, cursed at a police officer and threatened to beat him if he laid his hands on her.

Did Ms. Ellis apologize for her behavior? Of course not! Instead, she played the race card. Rather than admit that her behavior was rude and inappropriate, Ms. Ellis filed a written complaint with the NAACP contending that she had been “hassled” by the store’s employees and “mistreated” by the police. She concluded by complaining, "What a shame the system can destroy a young person's future like this because of bad cops."

I beg your pardon? You shove in front of other customers, push their merchandise that’s already on the conveyor back and place your own stuff ahead of it, and when people complain, you conclude it must be because of the color of your skin?? They can’t possibly be complaining because you’re a spoiled brat who doesn’t know how to behave appropriately in polite society, could they?

Sadly, Ellis’s father, Rev. Nathaniel Ellis, is supporting her in this outrage. I can’t help but wonder what gospel the Rev. Ellis preaches. His daughter’s behavior certainly isn’t appropriate by any standards MY Bible contains. Perhaps Rev. Ellis, like the infamous Jeremiah Wright, preaches “black liberation theology”, rather than the gospel of Jesus Christ?

And what idiot lawyer would file a lawsuit based on such ridiculous charges? Any reasonably successful attorney should have better things to do with his time than to encourage such immature behavior!

Another recent example of behavior in the post-racism era of Obama was the black professor in Massachusetts who was questioned by police because a neighbor, who noticed not the color of his skin but only the fact that someone was behaving suspiciously outside the professor’s home and, like any good neighbor, reported the suspicious activity to the police. Had this been a break-in, the professor would have appreciated his neighbor’s diligence. However, when police requested identification, the professor behaved rudely, hurled racial slurs at the officers and, in general, behaved like a jackass.

Allow me to point out that it is not whites, but blacks, who continually harp on race. The black community, especially men like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who have made careers out of trumped-up charges of racism, don’t WANT a post-racial era in America. They don’t WANT to be treated like everyone else. As soon as the rest of us treat them without regard to race, require the same qualifications or demand the same appropriate behavior as is expected of everyone else, charges of racism are made.

I, for one, am sick to death of blacks using race as an excuse for bad behavior and failure to achieve. It is irrational to demand equality in one breath and then, in the next, object because you’re being held to the same standards as everyone else.

Try this, instead: Forget about skin color — your own and others’, behave like a responsible adult, and stop looking for excuses for inappropriate behavior and lack of achievement. Only when the black community embraces this attitude will we live in a post-racial society.

© 2009 by Libbi Adams. All rights reserved.