When Did the NEWS Stop Being the NEWS, and WHY?

President Trump and his supporters have created a new name for the Main Stream Media (MSM) and have made it very popular in recent months. It is “fake news”!  I have personally been trying to understand the varied reports in the “MSM” in America, so this “fake news” description suddenly made sense to me. It began when I organized my thoughts about the MEDIA in America today, versus what we had when I was a child living in rural America. When I made that mental analogy, and thought about everything that is happening now it is easier for me to understand how the” MSM” got to be what it is today.

In the early 1950s it was “normal” for my family and all our neighbors to live in a three room, tin roofed house on a dirt road. We had “outdoor plumbing”, our meals were cooked on a wood stove and the other two rooms were heated by a ”pot-bellied stove”.

During the 1950’s three things happened that changed our lives forever (and ultimately the world).

  • The first thing was when we got an electric stove to cook our meals!
  • The second thing was when we got our first TV! We had to have an outdoor antenna mounted on a long water pipe so someone could go outside periodically and manually turn it until someone inside yelled that we could see something on the screen. There were only a very limited number of channels and they only had programs broadcast beginning in the late afternoon with “The News” at 6:00 and other programs until later at night when the programing ended with the late night “NEWS. The exception to this schedule was on weekends when there was a “late show” after the “NEWS”. And YES, we called it “THE NEWS” and the people delivering it “Reporters”. We never had any doubt that it was really the “NEWS”, and that it was being accurately “Reported”.

>   One of the many things we learned from “The News” was that trans-   continental flights were becoming somewhat common place for people other than ranking military officers or heads of state. The world was clearly “shrinking”.

  • The third thing was when we got telephone service. The phone company strung a line down our dirt road and hooked up all the houses on the road to that line. It was known as a “party line” since everyone on the line shared the line. Each house had its own different ring pattern so you knew if the call was for someone in your house.

Why did I say these three things changed our lives, and ultimately the world forever? Because they were the first steps to begin fifty years of rapid technological development that for all practical purposes “shrank” America and the world.  Suddenly more people had access to information every day that they never had before. And more importantly, the people providing the information began to realize that they were in a position that no one had ever been in before! They began to realize how much opportunity they had to influence the world. And then for some of these people “greed” kicked in and they began to be obsessed with feeding their egos and amassing “power and money”.

Fast forward for fifty years and look at the unimaginable technological advances we experienced. Computers, the internet, car phones, cable TV, satellite TV, cell phones, social media, iPhones, and iPads. Now practically everyone has access to “News” 24/7 and almost anyone can create “News” and share it. With every new media innovation the “News” became less reliable and the liberals and “MSM” became more obsessed with feeding their egos and amassing “power and money”!

In addition to the unimaginable technological advances something else happened during those fifty years. Liberals began to aggressively advance their liberal/progressive agenda in a number of ways. They began to slowly but steadily take control of the “MSM’ and many of our colleges and universities. When Obama stepped onto the national stage the timing was right for them to strike!  He was the perfect “tool” for the liberals and “MSM” to take the final steps to “fundamentally change America” (and the world).

Fast forward another ten years and the “MSM” has become so dishonest that it is becoming increasingly difficult to know what is true and what is not. All you have to do to see this is watch FOX News where the liberals like Bob Beckel, Julie Roginsky, Mary Anne Marsh, or any of the dozens of other hard left liberals who are on FOX regularly, when they “debate” the conservatives on FOX about various current events. When you do this you will have to wonder how two people’s views on the same subject could be so extraordinarily different that it is not possible for them to be on the same planet!  Their differences are not simply a different interpretation of facts. Somebody is staring into the camera and deliberately delivering “fake news”!  Every one of us has the right, and an obligation to choose our news sources carefully, to listen to both sides of an issue, and make a rational decision as to what is right for America, and then to insist that our elected officials “do the right thing”.

 

Obama’s “Organizing for Action” RELAUNCHES its Efforts to “Fundamentally Change America”! And They May Succeed?

While researching and writing my article last week about organizations like Black Lives Matter (BLM) getting a tax exempt IRS 501(c)3 designation I discovered that the Obama Administration went even farther than that with some liberal/progressive organization’s tax exempt designations!  Obama’s “Organizing for Action” (OFA) got a 501(c)4 designation, This is even more “troubling” than BLM getting the tax exempt designation, 501(c)3, because the OFA tax exempt designation 501(c)4 allows organizations to “engage in substantial lobbying activities”! 

The following information regarding this tax exempt designation was taken directly off the IRS website:

Types of Organizations Exempt under Section 501(c)(4)

Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(4) provides for the exemption of two very different types of organizations with their own distinct qualification requirements. They are:

Social welfare organizations: Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, and

Local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated person(s) in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational or recreational purposes.

Homeowners associations and volunteer fire companies may be recognized as exempt as social welfare organizations if they meet the requirements for exemption. Organizations that engage in substantial lobbying activities sometimes also are classified as social welfare organizations.

Why did I say that OFA having this tax exempt designation is “troubling”?  All you have to do is look at OFA’s history to answer that question. OFA is an organization that evolved out of Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, which evolved out of “Organizing for America”, which was part of Obama’s 2008 election campaign. OFA was formed and is operated by former Obama campaign and administration staff. It is an organization whose “Mission Statement” is to fulfill Obama’s dream of “Fundamentally Changing America”, which  is to ultimately make America part of George Soros’ ”one world order”.

How did a group like OFA get a tax exempt designation like this?  As you can see from the information above there is ample opportunity for racist and corrupt IRS or DOJ personnel to make a BIASED DECISION regarding a group’s eligibility for tax exempt designation, or if they can keep their tax exempt designation if they already have one.

The tax exempt status of all special interest groups must be reviewed and corrected immediately. If it is not America cannot survive!

How does OFA plan to accomplish their “Mission Statement”? “Organizing” is the key word. They already have over 250 organized chapters in America and are aggressively training people to form new chapters where they can teach people how to effectively “protest”. Their intent is to disrupt every event in America where the people involved do not agree with the liberal/progressive agenda. They teach protest organizers basic disruptive tactics. These tactics include, ask likeminded friends to protest with them, take signs with them that oppose any conservative agenda or promote their liberal/progressive agenda, do not sit together in groups to maximize their ability to disrupt speakers that they do not agree with, loudly shout down speakers that they do not agree with to prevent them from speaking, and organize groups of protesters outside the venue to try and prevent people that they do not agree with from entering the venue.  If you watched the footage from Congressman Jason Chavez’s attempt to hold a “Town Hall” meeting in his district in Utah recently you saw just how effective these tactics are when they are organized and executed according to the OFA playbook.

OFA has also aligned itself with other liberal/progressive groups like “270 Strategies”. In some cases OFA and the liberal/progressive groups they interact with have staff that work with more than one organization and all want to be a “World Changing” organization with a focus on similar issues and causes.  When you compare OFA and “270 Strategies” websites it is obvious how closely aligned organizations like these are. According to the OFA website the specific “Issues” they focus on are climate change, immigration reform, economic opportunity, expanding equality, gun violence prevention, healthcare, and stand with women. According to the “270 Strategies” website they “support clients like SEIU, Planned Parenthood, the Environmental Defense Fund, Everytown for Gun Safety, the College Board, and AARP on a range of issues — including immigration reform, health care access, women’s equality, raising the minimum wage, education standards, and mobilizing voters to take action on climate change”.

When you look at all the anarchist activity that has been happening in America in recent years, and the fact that it has increased dramatically in recent months, there is only one conclusion. It is undeniable that all the liberal/progressive groups are tied together like a giant spider web, are well organized and funded, and have one objective, which is a “One World Order’.We did not get to this place in America just during Obama’s two terms in office,  but his administration did bring us to what I believe is the final stages of this world wide crisis!

As I said in closing some of my recent articles, getting President Trump elected was only the beginning. We must continue to support him, his staff and the actual Conservatives who are in Washington so President Trump can continue to do what he set out to do and pledged to do. Stay informed and involved. Communicate with your elected representatives and demand changes regarding term limits, open public records, transparency in all government activities, fiscal responsibility, and reasonable performance standards for all government employees.

 

Liberal’s Astonishing “Tax Exempt Group” Corruption

Note, the “tax exempt groups” referred to in this article are the groups that apply for, and are approved for tax exempt IRS designation 501(c)3.

Recently I learned that “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) was given tax exempt status by the Obama Administration and  received a $100 million commitment from the Ford Foundation and $50 million from George Soros. This is very troubling to me. Especially when you consider that during the Obama Administration there were hundreds of conservative groups’ tax exempt applications illegally delayed, with many never getting approved. When I became aware of BLM being designated as a tax exempt group I researched IRS tax exempt group requirements and activities. What l found was very “troubling”!

David Horowitz provides a lot of details in his new book, “Big Agenda” about the astonishing imbalance that exist regarding liberal tax exempt groups versus conservative tax exempt groups. For example, liberal groups have more than $100 billion in assets. This is more than 10 times the assets that conservative groups have. The significance of this huge asset advantage is the liberal groups’ annual income from their assets is more than 10 times the annual income the conservative groups have from their assets!  And this does not count the huge annual contributions the liberal groups get from wealthy, America hating liberals like George Soros. What is even more frightening is that some of the data Horowitz referenced was from 2012, which is the latest data available when he wrote the book. From everything I have read and heard, during Obama’s last four years the GAP between the number of liberal tax exempt groups and conservative tax exempt groups, and their funding, got much bigger!

Here are two specific examples from Horowitz’s book that indicate, by comparison how overwhelming the liberal group numbers, and revenue, was in 2012:

  • There were 117 liberal tax exempt organizations that devoted more than 50% of their activities to advocating for open borders and citizen rights for illegal aliens. There were only 9 conservative groups opposing the liberal groups’ agendas.
  • The liberal groups noted above had $306.1 million to support their agendas while the conservative groups had only $13.8 million to support their efforts to oppose the liberal groups’ agendas.

 

How did such an imbalance in tax exempt groups happen? As you can see from the following information taken off the IRS website there is ample opportunity for IIRS and DOJ personnel to make a BIASED DECISION regarding a group’s eligibility for tax exempt designation, or if they can keep their tax exempt designation if they already have one.

According to the IRS website in order to qualify for tax exempt designation, organizations “must be organized and operated exclusively for tax exempt purposes “. They “may not be an action organization, ie., it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against  political candidates”. “The organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interest”.

“Exempt Purposes – Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3)

The exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3) are charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition, and preventing cruelty to children or animals.  The term charitable is used in its generally accepted legal sense and includes relief of the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged; advancement of religion; advancement of education or science; erecting or maintaining public buildings, monuments, or works; lessening the burdens of government; lessening neighborhood tensions; eliminating prejudice and discrimination; defending human and civil rights secured by law; and combating community deterioration and juvenile delinquency.”

As noted earlier it is easy to see how the requirements for tax exempt designation are somewhat “open to interpretation” by a racist and corrupt IRS or DOJ.

In his book Horowitz also points out that many of the liberal tax exempt groups have non tax exempt arms where they openly conduct partisan activities, sometimes with the same personnel doing both tax exempt and non-tax exempt activity. Who decides where the lines are drawn in these situations? The IRS or the DOJ!

Obviously the frightening imbalance in liberal tax exempt groups versus tax exempt conservative groups was not a creation of the Obama Administration, but it did get much bigger during Obama’s two terms in office. It actually began during Bill Clinton’s two terms in office. In one of my previous articles I detailed how the DOJ became the Depart of Injustice during the Clinton Administration, remained that way to a degree during President  Bush’s two terms (due to 911 and the resulting war on terror consuming practically all the Bush Administration’s time and efforts), and then became the Department of Injustice on steroids as soon as Obama was sworn in to his first term in office. Having an openly racist and corrupt Department of Injustice was a critical component of the explosion of liberal tax exempt groups and the open suppression of conservative tax exempt groups during Obama’s two terms in office

I originally thought that the suppression of conservative groups applying for tax exempt status during Obama’s first term in office had a significant effect on the 2012 presidential race. Now that I know what an imbalance we have between tax exempt liberal groups and conservative groups, I am convinced that this situation did play a major role in Obama’s re-election. It is also easier to understand how:

  • The protest movements like Occupy, BLM, and the Anti Trump Woman’s March were so large and well-coordinated.
  • Hillary, the most flawed Presidential candidate in history got so many votes.
  • The absurd efforts in Washington to disrupt the Trump Presidency are so persistent.

The tax exempt status of all special interest groups must be reviewed and corrected immediately. If it is not America cannot survive!

As I said in closing some of my recent articles, getting President Trump elected was only the beginning. We must continue to support him, his staff and the actual Conservatives who are in Washington so President Trump can continue to do what he set out to do and pledged to do. Stay informed and involved. Communicate with your elected representatives and demand changes regarding term limits, open public records, transparency in all government activities, fiscal responsibility, and reasonable performance standards for all government employees.

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The Depth of Liberalism’s Increasing Violent “Double Standard” is Incomprehensible

For many years I have been unable to comprehend how Liberals could have such an extreme “double standard” on practically everything. I have actually seen Liberals get furious when anyone made an unflattering reference to a liberal, like Hillary, or about a liberal policy or position. And then, the same Liberals will loudly refer to anyone who does not share their views as being racist, misogynist, homophobic, and other derogatory adjectives like the recent “white supremacist” claim by Nancy Pelosi.

As I closely followed all the political events during the 18 months prior to the November 2016 Presidential election it seemed to me that this “double standard” became a “weapon of choice” for Liberals against anyone that did not blindly share their views. And the “Main Stream Media” (MSM) always sides with the Liberals.

Here are just a few examples of the irrational Liberal “double standard”:

Eric Trump was forced to shut down his St Jude charity over public accusations of possible conflicts of interest. While he operated the charity it raised over a million dollars for St Jude with almost all the money raised going to St Jude. On the other hand the Clinton Foundation has raised around two billion dollars (no one knows for sure how much), with practically none of it going to charity. No non-partisan charity rating service has been willing to rate the Clinton Foundation. The last year anyone attempted to rate the Foundation was 2014 when it only gave 5.7 percent of the funds raised to charity, and that went to Bill Clinton’s “Global Initiative” charities! Yet Hillary stood on the stage at one of the debates and declared that 90 percent of the money raised by the Foundation went to charity, and no one called her out on it even though there have been numerous articles and books written about the Foundation, and a documentary film produced about it. All the articles, books and the film detailed how the Foundation is nothing but a “cash machine” for the Clintons, their friends and supporters. And the Clinton Foundation is still operating with no public calls for it to shut down or even be accountable.

Hillary used illegal, unsecured, private servers and ten illegal, unsecured private I phones, I pads and Blackberrys (that we know about) to conduct all her State Department and personal business while she was Secretary of State. When this first became public she held a brief press conference in front of the U.N. and said, “for convenience I elected to use just one devise for my personal and State Department communications” . In addition to the illegal server she had a Blackberry AND an I phone at that time! All this was defended by Liberals and mostly ignored by the MSM. But now the Liberals and MSM are obsessing with President Trump’s tweeting.

The Clinton’s personal net worth surged to over $200 million while she was Secretary of State with most of the money coming from questionable sources. This was defended by Liberals and mostly ignored by the MSM. But now the Liberals and MSM continue to try to tie President Trump and Rex Tillerson to “questionable” connections with Putin.

The Senate “rubber stamped” Obama’s choices for his Cabinet with nine being approved by the day Obama was sworn into his first term. Rino McCain even publicly stated that the President should be able to have who he wanted in his administration. Now the Democrats in the Senate are doing everything they can (with some rino Republicans helping them) to slow down the confirmations of President Trump’s picks and even get some rejected. And to make this Senate confirmation process even more disgusting Cory Booker, a junior Senator for New Jersey, was allowed to speak AGAINST Senator Sessions on the Senate floor during Session’s confirmation hearing to be Attorney General. This has NEVER happened before! On an added note Booker did not meet the legal residency requirements when he ran for the Senate, but the Obama Department of Injustice ignored his questionable residency.

Obama and his staff spent the last few weeks of his time in office loudly announcing how much more stable, safer and better the world is in every way as a result of Obama’s eight years in office. And just before President Trump was sworn in the Obama Administration added to their “better world” announcement that Obama is especially proud that during his eight years in office there was not a single scandal! REALLY?  Meanwhile the Liberals and MSM continue to be obsessed with trying to find anything negative in the past of President Trump, and his cabinet choices to use to smear them. including fake news articles!

Obama pledged a smooth transition and to adhere to the “one President at a time” tradition. But he then said that he would, “stand up anytime his accomplishments were threatened”, and he and his supporters began establishing a “shadow government” in a huge mansion one mile from the White House with the express purpose of undermining everything President Trump and the Republicans try to do over the next four years.

I sincerely hoped that after the election America could return to at least a minimum level of respect for other people’s views and for everyone trying to put America FIRST. Unfortunately this is not happening. Every day now I see Liberals taking their “double standard” to new levels of irrationality. Prior to President Trump being sworn in, Liberals formed a new national movement, “Resist”, with the stated goal of doing everything possible to disrupt the Trump Presidency for the next four years. During the last few days it has become obvious that this “Resist” movement is well organized and coordinated, heavily funded and increasingly willing to use paid anarchist to turn protest into violent riots. The “Resist” goal now seems to be forcing President Trump out of office, not just disrupting his Presidency!

As I said in closing some of my recent articles, getting President Trump elected was only the beginning. We must continue to support him, his staff and the actual Conservatives who are in Washington so President Trump can continue to do what he set out to do and pledged to do. Stay informed and involved. Communicate with your elected representatives and demand changes regarding term limits, open public records, transparency in all government activities, fiscal responsibility, and reasonable performance standards for all government employees.