In case you missed it over the weekend, the Obama administration’s Friday afternoon document drop was a memo from the Department of Labor telling defense contractors not to provide legally-required notice to thousands of employees that they are about to be laid off, if automatic spending cuts agreed to by the President and the Congress take effect.
Translation: President Obama wants to prevent thousands of employees, especially in swing-state Virginia, from being told that they are going to be laid off due to Department of Defense funding cuts. Because of the timing of the cuts, those notices would have been sent to employees just prior to the election in November. The man who signed those funding cuts into law would like to avoid that.
When the administration first proposed this idea back in June, defense contractors patiently explained to the reelection-obsessed President that there is a law, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act of 1988, that requires federal contractors to tell employees 60 days in advance of expected layoffs. There are quite a few layoffs expected for the end of the year as a result of a genius agreement between President Obama and Congress to cut astonishing amounts of funding for the Department of Defense. Companies that fail to meet their obligations under the WARN Act can be sued by their former employees. Defense contractors indicated that they would not be ignoring their legal duty under the WARN Act.
CONTINUED: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the_rumble/2012/10/surprise-obama-ignores-a-law-to-aid-his-reelection
Showing posts with label Department of Defense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Department of Defense. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Congressmen Walter Jones Starts Impeachment Process on Barack Obama.
High Treason: Obama and Pentagon Declare Congress Invalid:
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's testimony asserting that the United Nations and NATO have supreme authority over the actions of the United States military, words which effectively declare Congress a ceremonial relic, have prompted Congressman Walter Jones to introduce a resolution that re-affirms such behavior as an "impeachable high crime and misdemeanor" under the Constitution.
Congressmen Walter Jones Starts Impeachment Process on Barack Obama. Will You Personally Contact Your Representative and Urge Them to Join In?
H. CON. RES. 107: Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's testimony asserting that the United Nations and NATO have supreme authority over the actions of the United States military, words which effectively declare Congress a ceremonial relic, have prompted Congressman Walter Jones to introduce a resolution that re-affirms such behavior as an "impeachable high crime and misdemeanor" under the Constitution.
Congressmen Walter Jones Starts Impeachment Process on Barack Obama. Will You Personally Contact Your Representative and Urge Them to Join In?
H. CON. RES. 107: Expressing the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Panetta: ‘International Permission’ Trumps Congressional Permission For Military Actions
(MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.)
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appeared at a Senate Armed Services Committee congressional hearing, where he said “legal basis” was needed to initiate a no-fly zone over Syria.
CONTINUED:http://conservativebyte.com/2012/03/panetta-international-permission-trumps-congressional-permission-for-military-actions/
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appeared at a Senate Armed Services Committee congressional hearing, where he said “legal basis” was needed to initiate a no-fly zone over Syria.
CONTINUED:http://conservativebyte.com/2012/03/panetta-international-permission-trumps-congressional-permission-for-military-actions/
Sunday, March 4, 2012
UPDATED: How much does your liberty means to you?
There is a debate going on in an article posted on the Beaufort Observer that we feel you will be interested in.
Check it out The Time has come to stand up for your children and grandchildren.
We recently posted an article entitled Opposition grows to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act-NDAA that did not get nearly as many hits as we expected. So we'll follow it up with this commentary.
Two sections in an omnibus authorization bill to run the Department of Defense effectively repealed major portions of the United States Constitution and those of many of the states. Those two sections (1021 and 1022) provide that an American can be "detained" by the military if there is reason to believe the person, even an American citizen within the United States, is engaged or about to be engaged in terrorism. There is not provision to insure that the detention can be reviewed by a court to determine if the person is being held legally (Habeas Corpus) nor does it guarantee a speedy trial by jury to determine whether the citizen is guilty. There's more, much more as is explained at the link above in in the links contained in the article.
We called Senator Burr's office to find out why he voted for the NDAA. The explanation was simple: To support keeping the military operating. That was all well and good with us, but then we asked: "Did Sen. Burr seek to amend the bill to strip out Sections 1021 and 1022 or clarify them to guarantee the application of the Bill of Rights to them?" The answer was "no."
We are appalled. You should be too. In fact EVERY American should not only be appalled but should joint in the movement to see that these two sections are repealed.
Here's what we urge you to do. Contact your state legislators and ask them to support a bill to nullify Sections 1021 and 1022 and to prohibit any state employee from assisting in their enforcement. That bill will be introduced in the May short session but will take a procedural vote to have it considered. Every legislator should vote to consider it and then vote to nullify the application of those sections in North Carolina.
Nullification has not been used to any significant extent since the Civil War. But we feel strongly that the time has come that it is imperative that the power of the Federal government be brought in check and to insure that the original balance of powers between the states and the national government is restored.
If we are not going to stand up to the trampling of the Bill of Rights then when on earth are we ever going to take a stand?
MORE:
http://www.beaufortobserver.net/Articles-NEWS-and-COMMENTARY-c-2012-03-03-258931.112112-UPDATED-How-much-does-your-liberty-mean-to-you-The-time-has-come-to-stand-up-for-your-children-and-grandchildren.html
Check it out The Time has come to stand up for your children and grandchildren.
We recently posted an article entitled Opposition grows to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act-NDAA that did not get nearly as many hits as we expected. So we'll follow it up with this commentary.
Two sections in an omnibus authorization bill to run the Department of Defense effectively repealed major portions of the United States Constitution and those of many of the states. Those two sections (1021 and 1022) provide that an American can be "detained" by the military if there is reason to believe the person, even an American citizen within the United States, is engaged or about to be engaged in terrorism. There is not provision to insure that the detention can be reviewed by a court to determine if the person is being held legally (Habeas Corpus) nor does it guarantee a speedy trial by jury to determine whether the citizen is guilty. There's more, much more as is explained at the link above in in the links contained in the article.
We called Senator Burr's office to find out why he voted for the NDAA. The explanation was simple: To support keeping the military operating. That was all well and good with us, but then we asked: "Did Sen. Burr seek to amend the bill to strip out Sections 1021 and 1022 or clarify them to guarantee the application of the Bill of Rights to them?" The answer was "no."
We are appalled. You should be too. In fact EVERY American should not only be appalled but should joint in the movement to see that these two sections are repealed.
Here's what we urge you to do. Contact your state legislators and ask them to support a bill to nullify Sections 1021 and 1022 and to prohibit any state employee from assisting in their enforcement. That bill will be introduced in the May short session but will take a procedural vote to have it considered. Every legislator should vote to consider it and then vote to nullify the application of those sections in North Carolina.
Nullification has not been used to any significant extent since the Civil War. But we feel strongly that the time has come that it is imperative that the power of the Federal government be brought in check and to insure that the original balance of powers between the states and the national government is restored.
If we are not going to stand up to the trampling of the Bill of Rights then when on earth are we ever going to take a stand?
MORE:
http://www.beaufortobserver.net/Articles-NEWS-and-COMMENTARY-c-2012-03-03-258931.112112-UPDATED-How-much-does-your-liberty-mean-to-you-The-time-has-come-to-stand-up-for-your-children-and-grandchildren.html
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Chuck Norris: Feds' War on Religion (Part 1 of 2)
December 20, 2011
By Chuck Norris
Anyone who knows me knows that for my whole life, I've been a huge supporter of our U.S. military personnel, whom I congratulate about their victory in Iraq. But when our president and officials in the U.S. Department of Defense exchange a war abroad for a religious war at home, can't we see that something else is seriously awry in this administration?
It's one thing to watch "merry Christmas" be omitted from signs in your favorite department store but quite another to see Bibles withheld from wounded warriors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. It's true! On Dec. 2, the Family Research Council reported that it had discovered a memo released in September at the esteemed military hospital, in which Navy officials announced that "no religious items (including Bibles, reading material, and/or artifacts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit."
Thank God for those in the FRC, as well as Rep. Randy Forbes and other members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, who demanded to meet with officials at Walter Reed and in the Navy about the matter. Just a few days ago, Vice Adm. John Mateczun confessed that the memo had not been properly evaluated and was being rescinded, and Walter Reed posted a public apology on its website.
But imagine if the FRC had not found this memo. Imagine how many others like it aren't found and are circulated around the federal government.
If you think this is an isolated incident, consider the following dozen-plus examples reported in the past six months alone by the FRC and Rep. Forbes' office and a few of my own I found, which document how religious freedom and Christian liberty in particular have been limited, quarantined, omitted or outright obliterated.
--The Air Force Academy apologized for merely announcing Operation Christmas Child --a Christian-based charity and relief program designed to send holiday gifts to impoverished children around the world.
--Yet the Air Force is building an $80,000 Stonehenge-like worship site for "earth-based" religions, including "pagans, Wiccans, druids, witches and followers of Native American faiths."
--The Marine Corps considered tearing down a Camp Pendleton cross meant to honor fallen heroes.
--Air Force officials stripped religious curriculum from a 20-year-old course on "just war theory."
--The Department of Veterans Affairs censored references to God and Jesus during prayers at Houston National Cemetery.
--The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate passed the $662 billion National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which included a repeal of Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which states: "Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy."
--The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled new health care rules that ignore basic conscience protections for medical workers with faith-based objections to abortion and contraception.
--Officials at HHS denied funding for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' successful program for sex trafficking victims because of the church's teaching on human life.
--Administration officials refused to intervene in the closing of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
--President Barack Obama has lobbied for the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would trample on the faith of employers in hiring, firing and promotion decisions.
--The Pentagon released new regulations that force chaplains to perform same-sex "weddings" despite their religious objections.
--Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demonized other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights.
--Just this past week, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation sent a letter to officials at Travis Air Force Base, demanding the removal or transfer of a Nativity scene and a menorah that are part of a larger holiday display on the base.
What is going on in the U.S. military? Why is it so difficult for the feds to understand the free exercise clause of the First Amendment, which says they "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"?
And how many of these restrictions of our religious liberties are direct results of President Obama's being in office? And if these occurred in just the past six months, imagine what would happen in another four years if Obama were to be re-elected. Our service members, as well as our devoted military Christian chaplains, deserve better.
MORE:
http://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2011/12/20/feds_war_on_religion_part_1_of_2
By Chuck Norris
Anyone who knows me knows that for my whole life, I've been a huge supporter of our U.S. military personnel, whom I congratulate about their victory in Iraq. But when our president and officials in the U.S. Department of Defense exchange a war abroad for a religious war at home, can't we see that something else is seriously awry in this administration?
It's one thing to watch "merry Christmas" be omitted from signs in your favorite department store but quite another to see Bibles withheld from wounded warriors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. It's true! On Dec. 2, the Family Research Council reported that it had discovered a memo released in September at the esteemed military hospital, in which Navy officials announced that "no religious items (including Bibles, reading material, and/or artifacts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit."
Thank God for those in the FRC, as well as Rep. Randy Forbes and other members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, who demanded to meet with officials at Walter Reed and in the Navy about the matter. Just a few days ago, Vice Adm. John Mateczun confessed that the memo had not been properly evaluated and was being rescinded, and Walter Reed posted a public apology on its website.
But imagine if the FRC had not found this memo. Imagine how many others like it aren't found and are circulated around the federal government.
If you think this is an isolated incident, consider the following dozen-plus examples reported in the past six months alone by the FRC and Rep. Forbes' office and a few of my own I found, which document how religious freedom and Christian liberty in particular have been limited, quarantined, omitted or outright obliterated.
--The Air Force Academy apologized for merely announcing Operation Christmas Child --a Christian-based charity and relief program designed to send holiday gifts to impoverished children around the world.
--Yet the Air Force is building an $80,000 Stonehenge-like worship site for "earth-based" religions, including "pagans, Wiccans, druids, witches and followers of Native American faiths."
--The Marine Corps considered tearing down a Camp Pendleton cross meant to honor fallen heroes.
--Air Force officials stripped religious curriculum from a 20-year-old course on "just war theory."
--The Department of Veterans Affairs censored references to God and Jesus during prayers at Houston National Cemetery.
--The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate passed the $662 billion National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which included a repeal of Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which states: "Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy."
--The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled new health care rules that ignore basic conscience protections for medical workers with faith-based objections to abortion and contraception.
--Officials at HHS denied funding for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' successful program for sex trafficking victims because of the church's teaching on human life.
--Administration officials refused to intervene in the closing of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
--President Barack Obama has lobbied for the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would trample on the faith of employers in hiring, firing and promotion decisions.
--The Pentagon released new regulations that force chaplains to perform same-sex "weddings" despite their religious objections.
--Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demonized other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights.
--Just this past week, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation sent a letter to officials at Travis Air Force Base, demanding the removal or transfer of a Nativity scene and a menorah that are part of a larger holiday display on the base.
What is going on in the U.S. military? Why is it so difficult for the feds to understand the free exercise clause of the First Amendment, which says they "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"?
And how many of these restrictions of our religious liberties are direct results of President Obama's being in office? And if these occurred in just the past six months, imagine what would happen in another four years if Obama were to be re-elected. Our service members, as well as our devoted military Christian chaplains, deserve better.
MORE:
http://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2011/12/20/feds_war_on_religion_part_1_of_2
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