VIDEO: AMERICA RISING PART 2

Part 1 featured a video montage individuals who represent big government. One might be able to take from it that Democrats are the problem specifically. Republican party loyalists may have felt comfortable thumping their collective chest after watching it. Not so fast. AR part 2 targets the Republican party establishment specifically and in no uncertain terms, challenges them to join the capitalist movement, represented by the Tea Party.

The message here is simple: The Tea Party has the numbers so the Republican Party better get on board if it wants to avoid becoming irrelevant.

They appear to mean it.

AUDIO: MARTHA COAKLEY ADMITS TO IGNORING THE LAW

There appears to be a trend developing with Democratic senate candidate in Massachusetts when it comes to looking the other way with respect to the law. Considering the fact that she is that state's Attorney General, the trend becomes even a bit more disturbing. In the most recent instance, Coakley attempted to feign ignorance regarding the White House thug, Michael Meehan's assault of Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack.

The problem was that this photo showed Coakley witnessing the assault. Now we have another example of her looking the other way, this time on immigration. Here is an audio clip of her on WGBH-Boston on November 17th, 2009. The money quote is:

As District Attorney, we always paid attention to the person and not their status.

So she admits that while she was a district attorney, she willingly ignored the law apparently because she disagreed with it.

So why did she ignore the law when she witnessed an assault earlier this week? Perhaps because she disagreed with the person who was assaulted. The corruption we are witnessing at the highest levels of government is beyond blatant.



h/t to H4A

VIDEO: DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS GOVERNOR

With so much attention being paid to the Texas gubernatorial debate on the Republican side, featuring Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Debra Medina I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the Democratic side. There are seven candidates registered for the March primary but it's basically a two-horse race, with the favorite being former Houston mayor Bill White and his challenger an extremely wealthy businessman named Farouk Shami.

HERE is more on the Democratic primary race.

Two things trouble me about Shami. First, he actually has a TRUTH SQUAD page on his campaign website. On that page is the following explanation about his faith:

Farouk's Official Statement On His Personal Religious Beliefs 1/11/2010

"I want to clarify what has been reported in the press concerning my religion. I was born in the land of Abraham, believing in Moses, Jesus and Mohammad, and believing in one God. I grew up with members of my family and friends practicing multiple faiths: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. I was also educated at a Quaker school. All of these things contributes to my relationship with God. To say simply ‘I'm a Muslim’ or ‘I'm a Quaker’ is to ignore major parts of my faith. I know it seems complicated that I do not have a pat answer to questions about what religion I am, but without my exposure to many different cultures and religious beliefs I wouldn't be the person I am today.

Although I'm not a member of any specific religious tradition, I do begin every day with prayer and meditation and have a strong personal relationship with God. I respect those who practice all faiths because I believe God gave us life to help one another, the poor, the sick and the oppressed. It is through God we can achieve peace, freedom and bring justice to the world. As Governor, I know, with God's help and guidance, I will be able to help every Texan have access to the American Dream just like I did—a good job, access to healthcare, and an excellent education for their children. That's why I feel called to run for office."

That sounds similar to how Kay Bailey Hutchison addressed the Abortion question during the January 14th debate. I know less about Shami after reading that than I did before doing so.

The second thing that disturbs me is this ad, which is entirely in spanish. With some very real concerns nationally that congress is going to try to register everyone in this country, regardless of legal status, I wonder what demographic Shami is targeting with the use of language that is NOT the national language.

To be fair, Shami has an english version of this ad but the one in espanol has 10 times more views, probably because at this time, it's the one featured prominently on his site. You have to click "other videos" to get to the english version.