Could the U.S. give up Mount Rushmore? Iconic site is on list of 'sacred lands' UN says must be returned to Native Americans

UK Daily Mail  "James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, unveiled his recommendations in Geneva on Friday after completing a 12-day visit to the U.S. where he met with representatives of indigenous peoples in six states.

"The fact-finder also had a chance to meet members of the Obama administration and briefed the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, but no member of Congress agreed to meet with him."   Here comes Alcatraz all over again.

"The U.S. is home to some two million Native Americans, nearly half of them living on 310 reservations. While some tribes have prospered thanks to the booming gambling business, others are trailing national averages in income and health."


Rick Moran: UN official says US should return land to the Indians  "This is only one of the problems with satisfying land claims of "indigenous" people. The tribes with which we are familiar with today may have arrived relatively recently in the New World (3-5,000 years), according to some linguistic studies. Before their arrival, a group of Native Americans known as the Clovis people occupied much of the US and Canada. What happened to them? No one knows, but it's a pretty good bet that the newcomers either killed them off or interbreeding gradually eliminated the Clovis culture.

"What part of a Native American land repatriation would go to the ancestors of the Clovis people - assuming any could be found?

"For that matter, there isn't a European culture that didn't displace another one somewhere along the line. Do we give England back to the Celts? Or the Anglo Saxons? The Normans conquered England and oppressed the indigenous people as much or more as we oppressed the Indians. Where do you draw the line? How far back can one go to satisfy "indigenous" rights?"

More Media Bias

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/02/death-of-journalism-1/

Neal Boortz:  Blatant stupefying media bias .. but who's surprised?   "Last week we talked a bit about the Obama campaign spot ...  In that commercial here is what Bill Clinton said:

“That’s one thing George Bush said that was right:  the President is the Decider-in-Chief.  Nobody can make that decision for you.  Look, he knew what would happen.  Suppose the navy SEALs had gone in there and it hadn’t been bin Laden?  Suppose they’d been captured or killed?  The downside would have been horrible for him.  But he reasoned, ‘I cannot in good conscience do nothing.’  He took the harder and more honorable path, and one that produced, in my opinion, the best result.”

" Immediately the ad was criticized because Clinton mused about how horrible it would have been if the Navy SEALs had been killed … how horrible it would have been for OBAMA!"

.... “That’s one thing George Bush said that was right:  the President is the Decider-in-Chief.  Nobody can make that decision for you.  Look, he knew what would happen.  Suppose the navy SEALs had gone in there and it hadn’t been bin Laden?  Suppose they’d been captured or killed?  The downside would have been horrible.  But he reasoned, ‘I cannot in good conscience do nothing.’  He took the harder and more honorable path, and one that produced, in my opinion, the more honorable and best result.”

"OK … now tell me that there’s no media bias in support of Obama’s reelection.  Go ahead … I’m listening!"  More on this here.

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Cleveland Plain Dealer: One of Five Arrested in Bridge Blowup Plot Signed 'Occupy' Group's Warehouse Lease  "As to the Cleveland Occupy group's worries about a "disaster," that would seem to depend on whether the establishment press outside of Cleveland cares enough to do follow-up reports. I'll bet they won't. But if this story were about someone active in the Tea Party who had gone rogue, it would already have been widely headlined nationwide."
Via Newsbusters

Made you look, didn't I?

ABC’s ‘GCB’ Carves Own Twisted Version of 10 Commandments; Controversial show escalates agenda of mocking Christians with attack on Bible.  "Such a selfish and conceited painting of biblical holy words is clearly meant to scorn Christian beliefs, despite liberals’ wild defense of the show. So ABC, when are you releasing that salacious version of the Koran?"


CBS Aghast at Ted Nugent's Profanity, But Honored Bill Maher by Reading His Op-Ed
"So CBS took umbrage at conservative Ted Nugent's profane outburst, but gave Maher a microphone to tell people to calm down after he had showered women with the worst of insults. It reveals a double standard toward outspoken conservatives and liberals; CBS made sure to emphasize that Nugent is not a moderate, and yet treated the profane Maher like the voice of reason."

A fiercely left-wing leader to strike fear into the hearts of France's rich (Updated)

The Independent (UK) "France will be waking up today to its first Socialist President for 17 years – and bracing for radical change. There are all kinds of reasons why one might fear a François Hollande presidency, especially if you are a prosperous French person.
"The 57-year-old Socialist has openly admitted that he "does not like the rich" and declared that "my real enemy is the world of finance". This means taxing the wealthy by up to 75 per cent, curtailing the activities of Paris as a centre for financial dealing, and ploughing millions into creating more civil service jobs."


Update: French election results have implications for US economy, foreign policy  "While any talks between the two leaders will likely to focus on diplomatic and economic relations, Obama is probably taking a lesson from the outcome of the French election.Obama, like Sarkozy, is campaigning for re-election amid a faltering economy, high unemployment and voter discontent over spending and cuts."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/

Thomas Lifson and Rick Moran: Europe's Morning After  

"In view of his promise to tax millionaires at 75%, the wealthy of France are already making plans to relocate, as French income taxes stop at the border (unlike American income taxes -- we are the exception among major nations). Thanks to the EU, French plutocrats can live anywhere in the union, with no visa.

"Hollande also plans on reducing unemployment the old fashioned way -- drastically increasing the number of government workers, thus expanding the welfare state even beyond the generous cradle to grave cocoon in which the French state lovingly wraps its citizens. He has made vague promises that he won't add to the debt to realize his economic goals, but it is very difficult to see how he can avoid it."   Anything here sound familiar?

Neal Boortz: France elects a socialist  ...."He wants the rich taxed at 75% … and the voters think this will fund all of their government entitlements for generations to come.  If it doesn’t, just raise taxes some more.

"Sound familiar?  Only if you’ve been paying attention." ....

We’ll stick with three distinct economic models.  Capitalism, or free enterprise; Socialism … and that third one....

• Under that third economic system the means of production is privately owned,  but heavily controlled and regulated by government.  Government tells the businesses what and how much they can produce, what they can charge, who they must hire, what they must be paid … etc.  That type of economic system is called economic Fascism. 

"I’ll just leave it to you to figure out where our Dear Ruler comes down on all this."

Obama invites Hollande to White House  "In a telephone call, Obama "indicated that he looks forward to working closely with Mr Hollande and his government on a range of shared economic and security challenges," White House spokesman ."Jay Carney said in a statement.

President Obama called President-elect Francois Hollande of France to congratulate him after the results of the French election were announced today.  President Obama indicated that he looks forward to working closely with Mr. Hollande and his government on a range of shared economic and security challenges.  President Obama noted that he will welcome President-elect Hollande to Camp David for the G-8 Summit and to Chicago for the NATO Summit later this month, and proposed that they meet beforehand at the White House.  President Obama and President-elect Hollande each reaffirmed the important and enduring alliance between the people of the United States and France.

 An Uncommitted Socialist  "Hollande’s victory appears to be less an endorsement of him than a referendum on Sarkozy. The new president remains a broadly unknown, untested politician with no clear agenda. Based on Hollande’s campaign, French citizens understand only that he is no Sarkozy. It remains to be seen how he will govern and above all, how he will manage the looming sovereign-debt crisis."

The Very Short Life of Julia (Updated, 5/7/2012)

Hope 'n Change

For more on "Julia", read here.


Morning Bell: A Better Life for Julia  "There’s another vision — a conservative vision. The Heritage Foundation created its own version of the “Julia” cartoon and showed how individuals would benefit under conservative reforms like those in Heritage’s Saving the American Dream plan. Instead of growing government and increasing its involvement in our lives, conservative policies restrain government and give individuals more freedom to make their own choices and succeed on their own merits."
Click here to view the "Julia" slide show from Heritage.

Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn a fan of 60 Minutes but said Fox News 'lacks neutrality' and CBS is 'close to being unbiased'

Guardian  "Osama bin Laden pondered the merits of US television news channels as he considered how to extract the best propaganda benefit from the tenth anniversary of 9/11 last year, and concluded that CBS was "close to being unbiased".
"But an American-born media adviser for al-Qaeda warned Bin Laden to beware of the broadcasters' "cunning methods" as he described Fox News as a channel in the "abyss" that should "die in anger", CNN as too close to the US government and MSNBC as questionable after it fired one of its most prominent presenters, Keith Olbermann."

Speaking of the press and whom they serve: Brokaw: White House Correspondents' dinner hurting the press  "He said the annual black-tie affair, which features Washington reporters and editors drinking, joking and partying with Hollywood stars and the city's top lawmakers -- including the president -- is contributing to the public's mistrust of the media.

" "If there’s ever an event that separates the press from the people they’re supposed to be serving, symbolically, it is that one." he said."

Watch this bullying of President Bush by the toady* Stephen Colbert in 2006:

*The term "toady" I get from the movie "A Christmas Story". The little nobody intimidated the other kids fearlessly as long as he was standing with the big bully behind him. Likewise, there was Colbert in a room full of media people whom he knew did not like President Bush - Colbert had seen their scornful questions at White House press conferences- and knew they would broadcast his every snarky remark worldwide with praiseful glee. As with the little toady in the movie, Colbert bought his fame cheaply. TD