Up the River - Without a Pantsuit...

Is Hillary going to be indicted? Well that depends on a couple of things. The Obama gymnasium has a Hobbesian choice in front of it:

1. Do they toss the leading Dumocrat presidential candidate under the bus and press charges...

or

2. Do they "banana republic" the FBI and tell it to stand down from the investigation.


Fox News has confirmed that at least one email contained intelligence from human spying, known as "HCS-0," which is code for highly sensitive human intelligence operations. The FBI investigation is centered around Clinton and members of her staff to determine if they deliberately trafficked and shared information from highly classified sources onto an unsecure private email system.

Read that again - DELIBERATELY TRAFFICKED AND SHARED INFORMATION FROM HIGLY CLASSIFIED SOURCE......

Generally speaking, when SAP or HCS-0 data is compromised people will die. Maybe not in the middle of the night in a foreign embassy way (that doesn't seem to scare Hillary), but more of a tortured and cut up into little pieces kind of way.

Is the FBI serious about this? Well - here's what they have said about standing down:

"The bureau does not waive its primacy in espionage cases," the intelligence source said, referring to USC 18 793 and 794. "The security investigation is now part and parcel with the criminal public corruption investigation." The source said both tracks are being pursued "vigorously" and there is a sense of "incredulity" as to what is being discovered."

Violations of US 18 Section 793 fall under "gross mishandling" of national defense information. Potential violations under Section 794, "gathering or delivering defense information to aid" a foreign government, are more serious but also more challenging to prove.

When the agents are incredulous at what they are finding that isn't like finding a $20 bill in the old jacket you haven't worn in years - in this case incredulous means that the sheer scope, audacity and idiocy of the criminal enterprise floors some of the most experienced law enforcement officials in the world. 150 agents are working this case.

She should start paddling....

If the Government Giveth, then they can also Taketh

Despite the efforts of libs to try and back pedal on what Obama said, there is, as many have pointed out a deeper meaning, backed up by an insidious plan.

Obama wishes us to believe that, because successful producers learned something from government teachers, used government roads and bridges, employed government research, and the like, this means they don’t really own their success or wealth, and that since government "gave" it to them, government can take it away.

Americans know full well that the government funds such things by forcibly confiscating the wealth of producers. Americans know full well that in many cases the "consumers" of the public services are in large part no the funders of such activities, and may in fact be consuming more than their "fair share" of these services - hence 37% food stamp usage and only 53% of Americans paying any income tax. Rational Americans also know that a bum is as free to use a government bridge as is a successful business owner, but the business owner chose to apply his intelligence and work hard to build something great. So that is how we got to where we are.

Why, then, does He spout such nonsense?

The purpose of Obama’s speech was NOT to present serious arguments about the causes of success in business, or even to congratule or motivate people to achieve success. Nay, Obama’s purpose was to give envious Americans the pretext they need to openly loathe those who have been successful—and to vote accordingly in order to get more from those that have produced.

If the successful didn’t really earn their success—and thus the wealth that comes with it—then there’s nothing wrong with “spreading their wealth around” to those who have not been so successful. If no one is responsible for his success, then no one has a right to the fruits of his success, and thus those who haven’t been successful have the same right to those fruits.

Further more - an here is the insidious and odious part of Obama's beliefs - if the successful resist the “noble” effort to redistribute what is “really” the community’s wealth, then they are at best racist, or at worst evil.

Make the connection friends - do you have a 401k? Well others don't and you should be compelled to share your financial acumen with them. It's only fair. Have a house? How about a special 3.8% tax on any sale profits. I know, those government wasn't there during any of the maintenance or home improvement weekends, but don't be greedy. Built a business to hand over to your children? It's not fair that you created that nest egg when others haven't been able to, so we're going to be taking about 50% of the value of that business. Fair and balanced, half for you - half for the have nots.

Friends - these are not inane ramblings - this is what is going to happen to you and I - all of us, should we waiver in our conviction to un-anoint Obama in November. Unlike previous selections, his agenda is laid bare before all of us.

E Plurisbus Misery.

New American Voting Sub Group Targets for 2012 Elections

In order to ensure that we stay informed as voters KC has created a tip sheet if you will that outlines the various target markets and their potential courtiers in the November general election. We may not see these names in the media, but the political spinsters over at both party HQs are DEFINITLEY putting plans in place for these demographics:

1. The Necro-Americans. Long a focus of the Democrat party, these voters reside largely in Chicago and rust belt cities like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Democrats like this group because other than a little up front Acorn style voter registration, these guys don't cost a lot of money to get in the bag. Or the box.

2. Dupli-Americans. Again, this sub group has long been a focus for the Democratic party, but they take a lot of work. Continued pressure must be made at the state and legislative levels to ensure that voter ID laws are removed and that races are not too close that any inspection of the results - and the 1,100 Ed Jones who voted brings any undue attention to this matter.

3. 53% - Americans - A new demographic, but an old target for the Replublicans. Targetting hard working people who pay ALLLLLLLLL of the taxes in this country in order to support the rest who don't, can't or won't work makes sense, but the trick is that this is a shrinking group. With the encouragement of the government, when 45 MILLION Americans are on foodstamps, your base of hard working targets seems to be shrinking fast.

4. ACLU - Americans - a small but powerful target demographic, these folks lack a lot of the voting power you would normally associate with a sub-group, but what they lack in numbers they make up for in pure "sand in the motor" value. The ACLU Americans ensure that OTHER Americans votes are suppressed by opposing laws that prevent voter fraud, voter intimidation and well, just plain old cheating. If I vote and my vote is negated by an opposing vote from a fraudelent voter, the ACLU-Americans have done their job. A favorite of the Democratic party for nearly 50 years, these folks work hand in hand with gov't to ensure that cases against Black Panthers for voter intimidation are rejected.

5. Uni-Americans - the Democrats have an all out focus on this group. These are the working people from 18-65 that are represented by unions that have been promised all kinds of favorable treatment by the government such as wage guarantees, excessive health benefits and job perqs, lifetime, cradle to grave financial care with rich pensions and shortened work weeks and mandated job creation taken from the private sector. In the old days, it was called "vote buying". Now days, it is just plain old "union support". This sector has some rough edges though - with less and less resources to give because the unions have bled manufacturers and the gov't and the states dry for years, more creative ways of ensuring the Uni-Americans vote democratic are required. Can anyone say "Public Sector Unions"?

6. Recall-Americans - a new group specifically targetted by Democrats is these folks who specialize in trying to get any forward progress made by responsible Republican leaders derailed. Essentailly if they don't like a result, they blame the system for "it be oppressin them". Recall governors, recount of ballots, repeal of laws, introduction of competing, nullifying legistlation, etc. etc. etc. A powerful group that only comes out a night to do their work.

7. 99 Percent Americans - specifically targetted by and supported by the Democrats these folks have led occupations, vandalism, sexual assaults, assaults and looting all across America. As the President said in reponse to the violence "hey, I understand where they are coming from", and when they stabbed a cop in Chicago, he never said a word except calling it an "expression of free speech". This is a tricky group to target because they are usually too stoned to vote or are in jail, but since - if we believe the media - they are just like 99% of Americans - it is a great group to target.

There you have it - KC does his best to educate the American Voter with the knowledge you need to vote for the candidate of your choice, even if you have to vote several times....

Is your Smart Meter Spying on You?

Most of us by now have one these devices on our house - the new-fangled meter that allows the power company to take a reading of our power consumption remotely without having to send a service representative around the neighborhood the write it all down. Innocent as can be right?

Potentially not.

The meter can tell when you use power, what applicances are drawing loads, and by extention, when you are home, what rooms you use the most, what temperature you keep your house at, how many people live there, and on and on. Your TIVO already tracks every show you watch, every commercial you skip or watch - and even every slice of tv you rewind (thank you Janet Jackson). Doesn't feel so innocent any more does it?

Who else would want your data than just ther power company?

Neighborhood “busy bodies” will want to know what their neighbors are doing for the sheer pleasure of knowing, or the greater pleasure of gossiping.

Vengeful ex-spouses, jealous paramours, determined stalkers, and civil litigants may want to know an individual’s whereabouts and activities.

Burglars could use intercepted data to determine when a location is unoccupied, what an occupant is doing,and whether valuable electronics are inside.

A thief gaining access to bi-directional communications or controls could activate or deactivate intrusion alarms to divert police from, or to facilitate unlawful access to, a target.

Vandals could manipulate environmental controls, fire suppression systems, etc., to damage property as an end in itself.

Lastly, market manipulators, extortionists, terrorists, and others with political agendas could use unauthorized access to AMI command and control systems to disrupt the delivery of services to targeted facilities, create widespread blackouts, disrupt load balancing commands, or create fear and panic among the general population.

Insurance companies could petition for the data to reject a claim based on activities within the house. Most policies require you to have someone attend the home at least once in 24 hours. If you are on vacation and Aunt Edna forgets to come by, and the house burns down - the insurance company could deny your claim.

Follow the money

Corporations, utilities, vendors, and third party data brokers will want to position themselves to sell meter data or analytics, just as credit reporting agencies have done. If utilities want to capture this revenue, and/or to prevent others from capturing it, they will need carefully crafted contractual provisions that clearly define who owns the AMI data and what rights the consumer, utility, service provider, or other third parties have to use or transfer it.

Surely the constitution protects me?

Law enforcement will also want on-demand access to your data. In the U.S., law enforcement presently has limited access to meter data to establish ownership of a place involved in criminal activities or to obtain search warrants for facilities suspected of drug production.Otherwise, the prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures in the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits access to this data without first obtaining a warrant from a judge.

However, because these protections generally do not apply to information revealed to third parties, a California Court of Appeals held that data collected from a specially installed surveillance electricity meter could be obtained by law enforcement without a warrant. Because the metering equipment was outside and did not reveal information about activities within the home, the Court found no constitutional protection.

Sophisticated analysis of metering data might reveal enough about in-home behavior to reverse this outcome. On the other hand, as the use of such technologies becomes more common, consumer expectations may change, thereby placing law enforcement use of meter data outside of Fourth Amendment protections. As a result, data revealed to a utility, billing agency, or other vendor may now be available to law enforcement without a warrant. Utilities and others handling meter data will need to understand what they may, or must, do when law enforcement agencies demand access.

So what am I going to do about it?

Each utility has to be responsible for the data. Each one will provide you with a privacy policy (which you probably round file). Read it - and speak up. If you don't like their privacy rules, they generally have a public overview board that you can squawk to. Lastly - ensure that when you are talking to them ask them to confirm that they are using a breach solution from a professional breach reporting / solution company. You want to be notified when they invetibably and/or accidently expose your data to the world.

And close the fridge and stop watching Mexican wrestling on TeleMundo. Big Brother is watching you....

http://goldsilver.com/video/smart-meters/

How to defeat Obama - Part II of II

Note to Newt - if you fall into the trap that has been set by the "ad hominem" crowd - you won't be able to go up against the facade of personal charm that the Media has built for Mr. Obama. You need to say exactly these things:

Mr. President, the people that you assosciate with are bad people. People such as Frank Marshall, Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright have earned no right to influence any President.It is too late to distance yourself from them - you should have seen what influences they would have on anyone's character and run away at the time. It is too late now, and your association with these people speak volumes about your character as a man, as a human being, and as an American. Shame on you, and shame on us for letting the media and the Democratic party believe that form mattered more than substance.

Sir I can speak for 20 minutes without a teleprompter about what I believe in - you cannot. I therefore infer that what you say is not what you believe, but rather what you want us to hear, and that your words are intended to mislead. You will not be given any more chances to mislead us.

You haven't done anyting prior to becoming President that indicates you should have been given the most important job in the world, and your record as President is both shameful and embarrasing. We, as Americans, pledge to do better.

You have apoligized for this country - the greatest and most benevolent country that has every existed, and you have shamed those of us that believe in the greatness of America.You have made us weaker in the eyes of those around the world that seek to do us harm, and you have almost certainly guaranteed that our children will have to again take up arms to defend us from external agression. People have fought and died to deliver the benefits that you apologize for, and Sir, almost any citizen in any other country of the world would walk across a desert barefoot to be here. Any many do. Please stop disrespecting all of us.

Your economic policies, delivered during a time of world-wide financial crisis have been based on buying votes and rewarding your political cronies at Solyndra and Big Unions and others. You have abandoned us for your own ego needs when we needed you most. You have made our lives tougher, more dangerous, more difficult and less enjoyable, while you take two jumbo jets to go on vacation 100 miles from your house. You should be ashamed of yourself. Actually, don't worry about it - we will all feel the shame collectively for you.

Sir - I am making these arguments against your record, against your experience, and yes, against your character and your ethics. I believe now, as I believed 5 years ago that you are wrong for this country and you do not have what it takes to be President. We have all been proven right. Not because you are African American - but because your character and experience are weak.
Sir, with no due respect you are not worthy of our votes, and you will not fool us again. 

America is Soft and Lazy. So Says Barry.

President Zero continued his 2012 De-Election campaign in Asia this week by telling attendees at the Asia-Pacific economic summit that America has gotten “lazy” in the past few decades at attracting foreign investment. Thanks Barry, really, thanks very much.

What he should have said, in the light of his administration’s handling of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, is that America has become quite adept at BLOCKING foreign investment. 

TransCanada Pipelines wants to invest $7 billion in building a pipeline across the United States to carry oil from Alberta to the Gulf Coast. If we were merely lazy, we’d have accepted the project and the thousands of new construction jobs long ago. That would be the path of least resistance, not to mention common sense.But we refuse to take the easy way out. The bureaucrats and the environmentalist whacks produce exhaustive studies. The brightest lights in Hollywood mobilize. The White House calculates its political interest. 

How thoughtless of President Obama to underestimate the effort expended in rejecting a foreign investment.

To delay the project for more than three years and then, after giving every indication that it would go through, announce that the ultimate decision will be kicked past the 2012 election takes hard work and frankly a political death wish we have seldom seen the likes of in US politics. Well, except for Carter. And Clinton.

The president’s “lazy” comment is one of a series of remarks carrying an undercurrent of disapproval of the country he is so luckless as to govern. A few weeks ago, he observed that Americans had gotten “a little soft and we didn't have the same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades.” 

At a San Francisco fundraiser, he lamented that “we have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam.” This from the man that cancelled NASA manned space programs so we have to beg rides from the Russians. 

Obama is prone to the cynical view of the hip socialist, floating above the foibles of the great unwashed masses in America. It never seems to enter his mind that HE might have disappointed us, but he certainly seems to think that we have disappointed him. We’ve been lazy and soft in our practices going back decades, hopeless until the advent of one Barack H. Obama, the would-be Savior President frustrated by the recalcitrant nation of fools he is forced to work with, a Picasso who has been dealt a bad canvas.

The distance between President Obama’s self-image and reality is as big as the Grand Canyon. 

Ambition? 

His heroic stimulus bill funded roadwork to create temporary insta-jobs and subsidized green-energy projects, some of which would have happened anyway. 

Imagination? 

He perpetually wants to send federal money to the states to prop up their existing un-affordable public union and welfare structures. 

Willingness to do the hard things necessary to build? 

His National Labor Relations Board is harrying Boeing for the offense of building state-of-the-art aircraft in a non-unionized South Carolina plant.

It’s within the president’s power to do a few major things to make us more competitive. The president has shown no interest. He apparently prefers waging a blunt-force campaign against a “do-nothing Congress” and carping about what’s wrong with us.

The only thing wrong with all of us that I can see is that we voted for him. We may be lazy, and have gotten soft, but I think this is one mistake that we will soon be rectifying.