The Two-Faced Brutality of Hope & Change

As the leaders of the G20 assembled in London to discuss the economic woes of the world, so too came the dregs of the Earth. Under the ruse of assembling as tolerant, engaged and caring members of society – activists concerned with war, the environment and the economic crisis – anti-war activists, eco-zealots, anti-Capitalists and anarchists descended on the city by the Thames causing havoc, damaging property and, in one specific instance, interfering with life-saving emergency treatment of one of their own. Interestingly, these are the same throngs of adoring “citizens of the world” that greeted Mr. Obama when he went on his campaign swing through Europe; the same assemblage of inhumanity that then candidate Barack Obama embraced as the “future.”

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Across the pond, leaders of ACORN were defending themselves against charges of corruption leveled against them in House Judiciary Committee testimony from a whistleblower, Anita Moncrief – a registered Democrat and former employee of ACORN. Ms. Moncrief accused ACORN and Project Vote of colluding with the Obama campaign to coordinate fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts. While ACORN has attempted to paint the whistleblower as a disgruntled ex-employee, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) was so taken with Ms. Moncrief's testimony that he called for a full congressional investigation into the charges. Additionally, it is now being reported that the New York Times spiked a pre-election story on this very issue because its editorial board called the revelation “a game changer,” with regard to Mr. Obama's chances of attaining the presidency. It can be successfully argued that both ACORN and The New York Times were staunchly in Mr. Obama's corner during the 2008 election. Meanwhile, in the halls of Congress – or more accurately stated, in the antechambers of the US House of Representatives – Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team continue to craft legislation based solely on a factionalized agenda, legislation that courts no input from the minority party. Further, instead of employing the age old process of promoting debate on legislation – a process designed to protect the rights of the minority and advance balanced legislation in the best interest of the country – Ms. Pelosi has repeatedly usurped the committee process under the guise of “emergency.” Instead, Ms. Pelosi moves proposed and, in most cases, opposed legislation directly to the House floor where her whips and lieutenants twist arms among their quasi-supermajority to assure passage. More...