Imagine There's No Countries

CNSNews.com (via Patriot Post email), 9/28/2009 by Rich Galen, Political Analyst - "Interesting that many of us thought the election of Barack Obama might signal the end of American Independence as we surrendered sovereignty to the United Nations. Imagine my surprise, then, to find that Obama has decided to give up American power to a group that doesn't even officially exist: The Group of 20, which is shorthanded to the G-20. In an example of governmental inflation at its most dangerous, the G-20 was originally the G-6, then Canada was allowed to sit at the grownups table and it became the G-7. When the Soviet Union returned to being good old Russia, they were invited in and it became the G-8. The G-20 is supposed to be a meeting of the finance ministers and central bankers of the 20 largest economies. But these G-X meetings have now become summits. The meeting in Pittsburgh last week, included a significant number of the heads of states who had been in New York a few days earlier for the opening of the UN and who decided to make the trek along the Pennsylvania Turnpike to spend a day or two in the Steel City. ... Obama knows he can never cede sovereignty to the UN, but he may be able to get away with the G-20 as the international Board of Directors dealing with everything from banking regs to global warming to human rights to labor law to ... whatever. Obama knows America -- even Air America -- would never sit still for letting the United Nations make decisions for us. ... However, sharing sovereignty with the 20 largest economies on the planet is a potentially saleable deal as long as Obama doesn't say 'We are sharing sovereignty with the 20 largest economies on the planet.' You say things like, 'We are establishing new rules for international banking which will avoid the problems of last September.' One of those new rules will be an international reserve currency which does not have 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA' printed anywhere on it. ... And we've been wasting our time worrying about Obama's relationship with ACORN." Read More......

Catching Up

Iran to test-fire more missiles - After claiming to successfully test-fire two short-range missiles during drills Sunday by the elite Revolutionary Guard, Iran will test-fire a missile on Monday that could have the capability to hit Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf region, Reuters reported. Read more at FOX News...

Iran Fires Missile Tests After Secret Nuclear Facility Disclosed - U.S. Officials Say Secret Iranian Nuclear Facility Details Must Be Disclosed. Read more at ABC News...

Obama Issues Ultimatum to Iran - President Barack Obama is offering Iran "a serious, meaningful dialogue" over its disputed nuclear program, while warning Tehran of grave consequences from a united global front. Read more at AOL...

Spate of terrorism arrests not connected, analysts say - In the past week, U.S. officials have announced charges in five terrorism probes in five states (New York, North Carolina, Texas, Illinois and Virginia). It is a confluence of cases unlike anything the country has seen since the September 11, 2001, attacks. Read more at CNN...

Support for Free Market Economy Up Seven Points Since December - Seventy-seven percent (77%) of U.S. voters say that they prefer a free market economy over a government-managed economy. That’s up seven points since December. Read more at Rasmussen...

Social Security's January Surprise - Come January, seniors may do a double take after seeing their Social Security checks. The 2% to 3% increase in benefits they usually get each year won't be there. Read more at the Wall Street Journal...

Can't we just kick the U.N. out? Please, please, please? --bc

Skepticism Over G20 Pledge Of New Era - World leaders promised a new era of economic co-operation at the close of the G20 summit on Friday, endorsing new guidelines for bankers’ pay, a tight timetable for regulatory reform and a new framework for balanced growth. Read more at Financial Times...

MOJO4M POLL: "The people have questions! We are asking our fellow citizens to help us develop a list of The Top Ten Health Care Questions President Obama Has Not Yet Answered. You can vote on up to ten of the questions we've proposed below, or you can also submit your own question for inclusion in the list.

9/24/2009, FOX News - Brave New Schools: Kids taught to sing Obama's praises: School children in New Jersey have been taught to both chant and sing praises to President Obama, with a YouTube video revealing them singing, "Mr. President, We Honor You Today" to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." See video at Fox News... Read More......