I have not been keeping close tabs on our President and his staff lately, but with only one eye open, it is quite evident that he is selling or trading our country’s sovereignty as he makes his apology tour through Europe. France and Germany have agreed to do nothing more to help in Afghanistan or the fight against radical Islam. Even England has taken all history out of their school books pertaining to the Holocaust, so as not to offend the Muslim community in their country. Capitulation and apologies for Our Country being arrogant and mean in the past, is the order of the day it seems. We will surely see terror strike our soil again soon, due to this. Let’s make nice with Turkey and skip on over and bow to the Saudi king, and assure everyone that we are not at war with Islam. All the while Secretary of State Clinton is chatting with the little nut job in Iran to try and get him to be nice. Maybe she can give him some of our classified missile technology in exchange for his cooperation and a donation to the President Bill Clinton Library. North Korea has a rocket for sale! The professional money manipulator and tax-cheat is back home trying to figure out how to take more of our money, leverage our country for more credit, or just print more of it. Oh, and don’t forget our Attorney General, Eric Holder, has the sharpest minds he can surround himself with trying to figure out how to put as many limitations on firearms as he can. After all, it was our guns causing all the death and destruction in Mexico. We need to supply the drug cartels in Mexico with paint ball and air soft guns so they can nicely settle their disputes over the best routes to smuggle cocaine, pot, heroin, and people across our borders. Our current administration does not seem to have to backbone and ability to engage in foreign policy that will lead to our security. I fear that Israel will take the first strike at neutralizing Iran as a nuclear threat out of self defense. Israel knows that if Iran can get a nuclear device, it will soon find its way to them. If Israel strikes Iran in a big way, what will that mean to the rest of the world? Do you feel safe? Do you feel financially secure? After all, the Holocaust never happened… so it could never happen again, right? If we just print bails of money and leverage our future production as a country and give it around the world, wouldn’t that weaken the mean ol’ US of A enough to put everyone on a level playing field? If there is no more super-power (bully), wouldn’t everyone play nice? I learned as a child that giving my lunch money to the bully did not solve the problem. Back then the solution was called a knuckle sandwich. Or, Peace Through Superior Firepower. That is what has kept this country safe for decades. President Obama is pulling Uncle Sam’s teeth and handing them to our adversaries as they laugh and gladly take them. Any bets on where we are attacked first?

Wow, it is ironic that you use the term "car salesman" , Mr. Bandit. I recall the first time I saw Bill Clinton giving a speach that was shown on television. I did not have a clue who the Governor of Arkasas was at the time, but I remember saying to my wife, "man, that guy is good! But surely the majority of people will see through that bull(*%@!" I was quite stunned when he was elected. I tought after four years, surely people will understand what they got... there is no way he will be re-elected. That is when the realization hit me, that most people can be easily fooled by packageing, a shiney wrapper, and a slick "pitch". I guess most people are somewhat lazy by nature and do not want to invest the time or energy to find out real facts and backgrounds of political candidates. Apathy is a dangerous thing when it controls the majority. Our President Obama is possibly smoother, slicker, and a better orator tha President Clinton was. However, I fear he is much more dangerous. He has done so much, so fast that it will take some time before the whole truth surfaces. As soon as we suffer a terrorist attack, the main stream media should (maybe) end the honeymoon and start reporting the facts about what has taken place.

Interesting Statistics: Red vs. Blue... county by county

Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul,
Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the Presidential
election:

Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000
Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million
Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2
Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican
won by Republicans was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens
of the country.
Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in
government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government
welfare.

Professor Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of
democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already
having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years

ahh yes it seems that the country might just be waking up....... maybee. the recent tea parties have made a definate impact on the powers that be that dont like us to think as individuals. the funny thing was i had a 82 year old co-worker ask me what tea-bagging was because he heard it on cnn.... lmao i actually had to give him the visual ot fully explain it.it kinda made me feel bad to do it but thinking back that must have been the funniest thing ive tried to do not joking. the standard media is up in arms and scared! free thinking people are actually talking to each other and not just listening to the talking heads. more people are no longer star struck at our carsalesman and chief! tea parties lol, its so ingenious that im just dumbfounded! the far left/socialists are so offended at it just like the english and the loyalists in 1773. there is now an open attack on out rights and constitution by our own govmnt and our neighbors to the south ( along with the entire UN). hmm by the way un is un kinda like un-american. i am not a dissident nor a anarchist ,i am a vet. and very concerned with the fact that what we faught for is in dire straights.we are on the short path to the soviet union of the early 1900s. we see how well that worked out! ttfn

DHS czar Janet Napolitano has expressed her concerns!
WHO exactly are President Obama's homeland security officials afraid of these days? If you are a member of an active conservative group that opposes abortion, favors strict immigration enforcement, lobbies to protect Second Amendment rights, protests big government, advocates federalism or represents veterans who believe in any of the above, the answer is: YOU!

Yep! We might just need to be careful what we say here... A visit from Big Brother could be forthcoming.

I, like many Americans are proud that no US crewmembers aboard the Maersk Alabama were killed. But what should we do about these Pirates? Before a resolution had been found, I asked our newly elected Congressman Bobby Bright what he thought should be done about this situation. He said "they" had talked about that previously and had decided that if the ship was conducting trade for a "private" US enterprise, they should have to provide their own security. I tried to follow that answer with another question, but the Congressman's schedule man kept yelling at the Congressman, telling him they had to move on. I did not challenge this guy, as not to get my name on Ms. Napolitano's list. I would have liked to follow with a question asking him what he thought our armed forces were supposed to defend. It seems to me that American Companies' access to free trade and safety from PIRATES would fall under the catagory of "hey, we need one of those guided missles into that boat load of thugs over there." Besides, there are some extreme limitations put on private ships traveling International waters, armed. Our new Congressman is on the Armed Services Committee in the Obama / Pelosi controlled House. He knows what their plan is..... It seems appearant that they are trying take our Great Nation to a warm, fuzzy place where we are no longer a Super Power and can make nice with all the regular kids on the block. This does not work, will not work and only means a more dangerous future for all Americans.

The truth behind Maersk Alabama?

Copy and paste the address below in the address bar of your browser.  This will lead to a thread from some people who seem to have some first hand knowledge of how things happened.  But, hey, you can't believe everything you read on the internet...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f...1138/posts

I have researched this from several different angles, short only of calling and talking directly to someone in management at Georgia Arms. It sure seems to be legitimate. This is the start of what we were afraid of!

Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America. (They
sell 9 mm, .45, etc ammo) They normally buy spent brass from the US
Dept of Defense - 'one time used' shell casings by our Military - from
training on Military bases, etc. They buy the brass and then re-load
for resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Shops, Gun Clubs, Wal-Mart, and etc.


They normally buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time. This week the DoD
wrote a letter to the owner of Georgia Arms and said that from now on the
DoD will be destroying the brass - shredding it. It is no longer
available to the Ammo makers - unless they just buy it in a scrap
shredded condition (which they have no use for). The shredded brass is
NOW going to be sold by the DoD to China as scrap metal....after the DoD
pays for it to be shredded. The DoD is selling the brass to China for
less money than Ammo manufacturers have been paying...plus the DoD has to
pay to have the brass shredded and do all the accounting paperwork. That
sure helps the US economy now, doesn't it? Sell cheaper to China - and
do not sell shells at all to a proven US business. Any agenda working
here???? Obama going after our ammunition!!!!!

The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors
had already purchased a load of brass last week - and the DoD contacted
him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it
was destroyed. Shell Casings he had already bought! THE BRASS HAS NO
VALUE TO THE AMMO MAKER IF IT IS DESTROYED, SHREDDED, OR MELTED. THE
AMMO MANUFACTURER ONLY USES THE EMPTY BRASS SHELLS TO RELOAD DIFFERENT
CALIBERS - MAINLY .223 BULLETS.

Georgia Arms owner says that he will have to lay off at least Half of
his 60 workers, within 2 - 3 months if the DoD no longer sells their
spent brass to him. He has 2 - 3 months inventory of shells to use. By
summer - he's out. If he has to buy new manufactured brass shells, then
the cost of ammunitioin to the buyer will double and triple...plus Obama
wants to add a 500% tax on each shell.

You can read more info and see the DoD letter to Georgia Arms here:

The Shootist Site

http://www.theshootist.net/

Loss of US jobs, control of ammunition by the new Obama
administration....liberalism at its best and on the way to socialism.
When times get bad...and they will very soon...only the bad will have
guns and ammo. This new "Obomanation" is going to make good citizens
into criminals by trying to take our guns and ammo.

ACLU is Victorious in Court Case! Surprise! Surprise! The ACLU filed a lawsuit back in 2003 in an attempt to make public, US Military, and Federal Government photographs of people being "mistreated" or in dire situations during the war in Iraq. This is what amounts to hundreds or maybe thousands of photos of raw war photos. The Federal Government had a solid case not to disclose this information, and could have easily taken this to the Supreme Court and won. But NO, a lower Federal Court Judge handed the ACLU what they wanted. The Obama Justice Department did nothing to persue the case and let the ACLU have it. In fact, the Obama Administration has released some of these photos themselves, before the court verdict was handed down.This is all paert of the attempt to destroy the Republican party by continually attacking the Bush Administration. Releasing this information, just like the release of all the CIA documentation of interegation techniques will strengthen our enemies and make this country weaker and more vulnerable. Now, there is more noise about prosecuting Bush Administration people. The sounds just like the Banana Republic tactics of persecuting and jailing the (enemy) outgoing administration. There are so many things going on so fast. It is like the Obama people never sleep. They are on the fast track to CHANGE this Country into something different. And, it won't be the good Ol' US of A. Everything is a crisis, and they have the (expensive) answer. Oh. while we are at it, let's go ahead and let the Taliban have a Nuke! Pakistan surely has a couple to spare! Then it would be a toss-up to see in they would bring one to us, or if Iran would sling-shot one to Israel first. Feeling Safer?!?

The Peaceful Revolution's First 100 Days
By Mark Alexander

Last fall, Barack Hussein Obama pledged that his administration would carry out a "fundamental transformation of the United States of America." Today, as we reflect on the first 100 days of the Obama regime's occupation of the executive branch, with Party allegiance in the legislative branch, it pains me to report that he has exceeded the wildest expectations of his Socialist constituencies.

In the wake of last year's "October Surprise" (the catastrophic meltdown of the nation's largest financial institutions), his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, said of Obama's strategy, "Rule 1: Never allow a crisis to go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things."

Indeed, Obama has done BIG things. In the words of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, "Obama's first 100 days have been spectacularly successful. Obama is the strongest domestic Democratic President since Lyndon Johnson. ... In just 100 days, Obama has been devastatingly effective in moving forward swiftly the most radical, government-expanding agenda in American history."

How did that happen?

Some political scientists argue that democracy is a conduit for "peaceful revolutions," including radical shifts in political ideology, without a shot being fired.

I agree, except that our nation is not a "dumbocracy." It is a republic, or at least it was before the once proud Democrat Party became infested with Socialists, who masterfully co-opted the education system along with the modern "opiate of the masses" (television and print media), and re-educated those masses.

So successful has this Leftist strategy been that their dumbed-down constituencies now follow their messianic leader like dullard lemmings.

Consequently, here is an account of a few notable events from the first 100 days of "hope and change."

Under the aegis of "economic stimulus," Obama promptly raided the Treasury and doled it out to his constituencies -- at terrible expense to this and future generations. Asked how one might evaluate the effectiveness of his plan, Obama replied, "I think my initial measure of success is creating or saving four million jobs." Not even Bill Clinton had the hubris to suggest something as slick as "saving four million jobs."

Remarkably, Obama managed to ram that one through Congress without a single Democrat claiming to have read it.

As for his cabinet, a long list of Obama nominees agreed to pay back taxes in return for rubber stamp appointments, including Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who, despite owing more than $40,000 now oversees the IRS.

Poor nominee Tom Daschle, who in a previous life as Demo Senate Majority Leader proclaimed, "Tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter." He was all but confirmed as HHS Secretary until we learned that he had cheated us out of $130,000 in back taxes. Apparently even Obama's hypocrisy knows some limits.

Obama last fall repeatedly promised to end the practice of special interest earmarks. Then, he signed an appropriations bill with more than 8,000 earmarks, including $2 billion for House Appropriations Chairman David Obey's lobbyist son's projects, $3.7 billion for contracts to Sen. Diane Feinstein's husband's company, and $4.19 billion for Obama's favorite voter fraud outfit, ACORN.

When the pork-laden bill passed, Obama had the audacity to proclaim, "I'm proud that we passed a recovery plan free of earmarks."

Obama also converted the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation into instruments for nationalizing the banking system.

Under the pretense of responding to "global warming," Obama has plans to impose almost $2 trillion in cap-and-tax energy taxes -- this despite his oft-repeated pledge that 95 percent of Americans wouldn't see their taxes increased.

Obama's $3.5 trillion 2010 budget includes projections for more than $9 trillion in near-term increases of national debt. Feigning fiscal integrity, Obama demanded budget cuts of $100 million -- which is to say that even while obscenely expanding the size of government, he targeted some spending that was out of line with his ideology. For the record, $100 million represents three one-thousandths of one percent of Obama's FY 2010 budget, or approximately what the central government redistributes every 13 minutes of every hour of every day of every week of...

Harvard Economist Greg Mankiw also offered some perspective on this $100 million spending cut, noting that it's the equivalent of a family with a $100,000 income cutting a $3 latte from their budget.

Of Obama's budget, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exclaimed, "[F]or the first time in many, many years, we have a president's budget ... that is a statement of our national values. ... It's a very happy day for our country."

Meanwhile, according to The Wall Street Journal, in February, the price of single-family homes in 20 major metropolitan areas fell 18.6 percent from the previous year, after a record 19 percent drop in January.

In the first quarter of 2009, the U.S. economy contracted at a seasonally adjusted 6.1 percent annual rate, and Americans lost more than two million jobs. No doubt Obama's bold and swift action saved four million other jobs.

Perhaps the most dangerous of all the Obama policy shifts, however, is his framing of our foreign policy with atonement for America's past, which he says has been "arrogant," "dismissive" and "derisive." In doing so, he lends credibility to the anti-American attitudes and actions of our enemies.

Some of the most telling examples of Obama's ideology are apparent in the last few of his first hundred days. For example:

Day 97: Obama's White House Military Office appointee, former Clintonista Louis Caldera, authorized a photo shoot of Air Force One over Manhattan, an event which involved the low flight of a large jet plane with two F-16s in pursuit over Ground Zero and points nearby. Because the public wasn't told, many feared another 9/11 attack was in progress.

Indeed, an FAA memo prior to the flight warned of "the possibility of public concern regarding DoD aircraft flying at low altitudes." To which Obama responded, "It, uh, was, uh, a mistake. It, uh, will never, uh, happen again."

The Air Force reported that the flight of the VC-25 (customized Boeing 747) and its two attendant F-16s cost $328,835. However, the actual cost associated with the operation of VC-25 alone, when considering all support and planning for this photo folly, was closer to $775,000 (and who knows how many Al Gore carbon credits had to be purchased to offset this operation).

On the other hand, the one-time purchase of Adobe Photoshop costs around $600.

In January, Obama chastised private sector executives for using corporate jets to commute, most of which cost $3-$5 thousand per hour to operate. The plane we taxpayers fund for Obama costs $260,000 per hour to operate, and Monday, it was cruising around without him.

Day 98: Obama's EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, in an NPR interview about Obama's Orwellian cap-and-tax policy, remarked, "The president has said, and I couldn't agree more, that what this country needs is one single national roadmap that tells automakers, who are trying to become solvent again, what kind of car it is that they need to be designing and building for the American people."

The interviewer asks, "Is that the role of the government? That doesn't sound like free enterprise."

Jackson, obviously in need of her ObamaPrompter, replied, "Well, it, it, it is free enterprise in a way. Um, ah, you know, first and foremost, the free enterprise system has us where we are right this second. And so some would argue that the government has a much larger role to play then we might've when Henry Ford rolled the first cars off the assembly line."

Some might argue that "we are where we are" because government has played "a much larger role since Henry Ford rolled the first cars off the assembly line."

Day 99: After the media fanned the flames about a "swine flu pandemic," Obama warned, "This is obviously a serious situation, serious enough to take the utmost precautions." He then promptly applied his "Rule 1" and asked Congress for $1.5 billion in emergency funding.

Day 100: The Obamaprompter addressed the nation yesterday, and not only did he claim, "We inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit. That wasn't me," but once again trotted this one out: "[My recovery act] has already saved or created over 150,000 jobs."

We checked, and Congress sets budgets, the Democrats have controlled the Senate and House for the last two years (which coincides with the housing and financial market collapses) and Obama was in the Senate for two of those years.

â?¨As for jobs, I am sure that Obama has "saved" all our jobs! Hail Obama! Let's us all bow down to "The One."

House Minority Leader John Boehner correctly surmises, "The president's first 100 days can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, and borrowing."

Suffice it to say, the list is as long as it is absurd, and you can bask in a litany of examples we've compiled for your reading displeasure at "The First Hundred Days."

As for "peaceful revolutions," John F. Kennedy declared in 1962, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

I would argue this case: "Those who undermine our republican rule of law make violent revolution inevitable."

To that end, there is some good news on the "checks and balances" front, though some may find this a bit disconcerting.

There are now more than 65 million gun-owning Patriots across this nation, many of whom have taken sacred oaths "to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."

We stand ready to honor that oath, understanding that, in the words of John Adams, "A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

And the ranks of Patriots are growing.

In the last three months of 2008, Americans bought enough guns to arm the national armies of both China and India -- a total of 12.7 million guns last year. Gun sales in the first three months of 2009 were 27 percent higher year-over-year than the first three months of 2008 (which also recorded record sales).

Perhaps all these gun purchases are coincidental, not consequential. But I doubt it. As Americans begin to awaken to the reality of Obama's Socialist agenda, it will be interesting to see how his next 1,361 days unfold.

At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was asked if the delegates had formed a republic or a monarchy. "A republic," he responded, "if you can keep it."

We will see.

"Assault Weapons Ban" will be coming soon. Probably as Bandit predicts: it will come the third year of President Obama's first term. An assault weapon is anything that looks scary to a liberal, and anything that looks cool to someone who appreciates guns. The liberal elitists know that before they can take significantly more taxes from us and change our Great Nation into a Socialist State like many of the European countries, they must take away our guns. Anyone who says it can't happen, or says that is not what their intention is, does not have knowledge of history or the ability to logically interpret what is going on. This "Assault Weapons Ban" has nothing to do with keeping us safe. It has everything to do with taking more control. Our President Bill Clinton passed the Brady Bill that banned "assault weapons" and scary high capacity magazines. Crime did not decrease. Statistics show that it had no positive affect. The left will take every opportunity they can to slowly take our right to bear arms away from us. They know that they can't do it all at once, in one big grab. That sort of attempt would cause a revolt for sure. Instead, the Second Amendment will suffer "death by 1000 cuts." The coming "Assault Weapons Ban" is just one slash of many to come. If ever you were going to call your congressman... start dialing! Tell them you do not want them to allow anything associated with gun control!

yea i know weasel i recently ordered 100 rounds of .223 from them and theres a 5-6 week wait for shipping. i just wanted to try their ammo before i bought in bulk. how is their canned heat as far as accuracy and clean burning? although my baraometer says they wont do anything stupid until after the mid-term elections i do see it coming. hopefully by then it would be to late. pelosi and reid saw what happened at mid-term last time when clinton pulled his crap and the radical left lost big. hopefully they have overplayed thier hand and will wait till after mid-term to start the craziness again. until then stock up and zero in , its gonna be a long road for the american patriot. ttfn

Weasel, where did you get the source of information to draw these conclusions? I would like to ponder the information more closely. Are you aware that Turkey is an ally of the U.S. and that we sell them our outdated military equipment? Are you aware that another of our allies is going to Somalia to help fight piracy due to Hillary Clinton's request for help to do so? The King of Bahrain volunteered to help fight piracy and he is sending his flagship, one of our decommissioned Naval ships we sold to them. Did you know that Obama signed a law that now allows for people to carry guns into State and National parks?
I am NO fan of Obama nor do I like the Clinton's but unity is better than division and Arab radicals seeing the U.S. working with other Arab and or Muslim countries is a very good thing. Even Pakistan has grown some backbone and is now fighting with the U.S. AGAINST the Taliban!!!!! All of which could indicate the return of our troops at a date sooner than later with allies to boot!
I still disagree with bailouts, I did when Bush promoted it and I did when Obama implemented it! I like Obama's plan to control the price of medical research and practices because doing so will keep medical costs down and allow more competitors into the market. We have the Clinton's to thank for the problems we have regarding health care!
Our own people (American Citizens) sell guns to Mexican cartels so they can smuggle in drugs and I find that appalling especially when there are few requirements for selling guns to Mexico by either gov't.
As for another terrorist attack, most already believe we will be attacked again and this belief was adopted soon after 9-11 and can't be blamed on Obama.
I think Israel should fight their own battles!
It sounds like you are proposing that the US invade the world much like Hitler and the Japanese tried to do.
This time next year Obama will be disliked as he sticks his hands into our pockets via taxes and the rest of the world will have relaxed a bit as they realize the super power isn't after Muslims. They are starting to see that Osama is a blasphemer and IF he isn't already dead one of his own race will kill him for his sins. Obama's tax hikes and tax sources have me worried more than anything else.

I agree VFT

Long time no hear VFT, im still here, I do not post here much anymore, this site has become a Wally Bashing site, and I can't bash the man for doing a good job. he gives the citizens of Dale County 100%+. He was on top of the recent home invaison of an elderly couple (Ozark PD were also). I still can not belive what coward crackheads, who are to sorry to work, would go and attack an old couple (85 year old), with a gun, just for a high. We need more people that have the guts to stand up and fight for the rights of retired people that arn't able to protect themselves.
How do you bash people that care for the citizens of the county that elected them?
I'm afraid that the people that do are a few bricks light of a load.

Even Pakistan has joined the U.S. in it fight against the Taliban?!? Pakistan is fighting the Taliban to keep them from over-throwing their government.....PERIOD. Pakistan had no problem with the Taliban, and even turned a blind eye, while they used the outer regions of their country to hide and launch attacks against the U.S., but now that they are attacking the government of Pakistan in an attempt to take it over, they welcome the U.S. support to defeat them. Why would the Taliban want to take over the government of Pakistan? Nukes! Our Secretary of State had nothing to do with negotiating anything unless there was something in it for her. Just as her husband arranged someone to go over to China and help them with their gyros, so they could get a satellite into stable orbit...( uh, oh... the same technology used for target aquisition by inter-continental ballistic missels). President Bill Clinton arranged for the control of this technology to be shifted to the oversight of Ron Brown, as a trade issue....remember. As I am sure you are aware, our past President Bill Clinton has yet to disclose all the donors to his library. Mrs. Clinton and her boss, President Obama, play the same game. It's all about personal power, and party power. There is so much going on, it is overwhelming. That is what this current admininstration wants. They want you to be so overwhelmed, that you will just give up on keeping track and go back to watching American Idol. We have been so weakened on the world stage and crippled internally by the economic take-over by the government, that we are past the point of no return. Energy Czar, Drug Czar, Economy Czar, Enviornmental Czar, Car Czar, and now an Internet Czar! These are people that have not been vetted, have not gone through any confirmation process, but will be making policy that will have dramatic impact on our way of life. Get ready to pay tax on all trade on the internet! I thought this country was founded on principals that would keep us from being under the rule of a Czar! What has happened to Liberty, Freedom, and the Rule of law?!?