Finally!

There was a voice of reason in the Theatre of The Absurd, a.k.a. the UN, when Benjamin Netanyahu spoke yesterday. He asked the audience, "Have you no shame?" regarding their placid nonchalance in accepting denial of the Holocaust of six million Jews.

It's reassuring when someone finally speaks the obvious truth in a world that appears to have gone crazy but no one dares to admit it. G_d bless the Prime Minister of Israel. He gave the speech that an American leader should have given.

Government of, by, and for The Czars

Obama has named at least 21 czars that greatly increase the power of the Executive Branch of our government. None of these people face hearings or confirmations; their sole allegience is to the president. It is such a massive power grab that even Robert Byrd left his sick-bed long enough to pronounce the moves, which are outside of congressional oversight, violate the Constitution.

A president may have as many advisors as he wishes, however the Constitution does not provide for executive “czars” who directly dictate policy, such as Feinberg who will approve of executive pay for any business that receives government money.

After a two-hour search of the Internet I found the names and positions of 21, but I am not certain my list is complete. They are:

Af-Pak: Richard Holbrooke
Border: Alan Bersin
Cars: was Steve Rattner
Climate: Todd Stern
Cybersecurity: Rod A. Beckstrom
Drug: Gil Kerlikowske
Energy: Carol Browner
Executive Pay Rate: Kenneth Feinberg
Faith Based: Joshua DuBois
Guantamano Closure: Daniel Fried
Health Reform: Nancy Ann DeParle
Info Tech: Vivek Kundra
Mideast Peace: George Mitchell
Non proliferation: Gary Samore
Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia: Dennis Ross
Regulatory: Cass Sunstein
Science: John Holdren
Stimulus Accountability: Earl Devaney
Sudan: J. Scott Gration
TARP: Herb Allison
Terrorism: John Brennan
Urban: Adolfo Carrion, Jr.

Little is known about their backgrounds, about their direction from the President, or about the exact scope of their power. For example, few people know that John Holdren has co-authored a book praising forced abortions and mass sterilization, that his Cyber Security Czar claims to know nothing about IT, or that his energy czar is a member of the Socialist International who believes in one world government.

Next time, let's test the candidates for President on their understanding of basic civics and the Constitution. And maybe we need to re-read the Tenth Amendment ourselves.

Israel Thrown Under The Bus

Before the November election, Obama reassured American Jewish leaders that he would not participate in Durban II, a dishonestly named Human Rights Conference to be held in Geneva next April. The Durban I conference, 2001, became a notorious forum for anti-Semitic, anti-Western, anti-Israeli speeches and proclamations. The second edition, led by Iran, the country that officially denies the holocaust and calls for the complete destruction of both the Great Satan (US), and the Little Satan (Israel) promises to be no better, and possibly worse than Durban I.

Obama reportedly said that he understood the dangers of participating, implying that he would abstain. After inauguration, however, he has agreed to help plan the conference, as well as participate in it.

The implications of this are vast, although the American media has ignored it.
1. He has withdrawn support from Israel the country that stands alone in the Middle East as a democracy and a country that actually respects human rights.
2. While our troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has insulted our major ally in the area.
3. America’s closest allies and trading partners, Canada, Israel, and The Netherlands had expected the US to bolster their decisions to abstain. Instead US participation will make proceedings appear legitimate.

He promised Change and has delivered more change in four weeks than either friend or foe expected. I wonder what the tally will be after four years.