As a grand jury nears release of its verdict in the shooting death of Michael Brown, dire warnings of racial unrest and rioting mount, if the police officer involved is exonerated.

The saddest word in that sentence is “if”.

Brown, 18, was 6′ 4″ and weighed 292 lbs. Just prior to being ordered to stop walking in the middle of a street, he had shoplifted a convenience story, assaulting the clerk.

Minutes later, when ordered by a policeman to move to the sidewalk. Brown viciously assaulted the officer in his car, and tried to get the officer’s gun, which discharged in the scuffle. He ran, but then turned on the injured officer, who shot and killed Brown.

Brown was shot 6 times before going down, the last bullet probably hitting him as he fell to the ground. Autopsy results of his wounds show he was facing the officer, who had taken a severe beating to the face and eye during the minutes-earlier scuffle.

Common sense tells us there was strong provocation for the shooting, when facing a 6’4″, 292 lb assailant who had just shown no hesitation by attacking the police officer.

If the color of these two participants were reversed, there’s not a black person alive who would question whether a black police officer should be exonerated based on the facts.

But where are the black leaders now?

Sharpton, Jackson, and, yes, Obama, must take a strong stand on this issue.

Allowing more violence now does no service for the people and businesses in our communities, for the black community as a whole, or for the rioters themselves.

It just creates more white-v-black resentment…

…but maybe, that’s what black leaders want?

MIT’s Jonathan Gruber couldn’t suppress his glee over scamming stupid Americans.

As video after video is uncovered, this PhD’s scorn for the American people reveals the mindset of a Liberal mentality that does not bode well for Obamacare, or its makers.

Obama tries to deny culpability, even as White House logs show Gruber in the Oval Office with him during the law’s crafting…a fact Obama’s lapdog media can’t cover up.

Ironic, when you think about it…

…the ‘Narcissist-in-Chief’, being undone by a narcissist PhD.

If you’d like to contact ‘Dr.’ Gruber, here’s your opportunity.

‘If-you-like-your-healthplan-you-can-keep-your-healthplan’-in-Chief says he didn’t mislead the American people about Obamacare, to get that law passed.

There’s an old adage about the importance of getting all the liars in the same room.

That’s easy for the ‘Liar-in-Chief’…it’s ANY room he’s in.

Republicans need to focus on core issues – economic vitality and job growth.

Obama’s amnesty threat is a distraction, a strategy to just muddy the waters.

Facing an apocalyptic midterm election, does anyone doubt Obama would have pulled that trigger, if it would have helped him retain Senate control for the Democrats?

The American populace oppose amnesty. In liberal Oregon, voters struck down driver licenses for illegals, 66% v 33% (and its Democrat Senator is up for re-election in ’17).

Black- and Hispanic-Americans see illegal immigrants taking their jobs, and benefits.

Republicans should stop trying to act as if they’re the smartest adult in the room. They will never win that battle with a mainstream media who carry Democrat water daily.

They can’t stop the talk-show crowd from postulating, but they can minimize the hype. If asked about an Obama-amnesty hypothetical, Republicans should have 1 response…

…’Our U.S. Constitution will show us the way.’

January 2015 is when the rubber hits the road.

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On November 19, we celebrate two years of service to that principle.

If both the President and Vice President are impeached, guess who’s next in line?

The Speaker of the House…which in this case, is Republican John Boehner.

How? Indict both Obama and Biden for human trafficking.

The Constitution says the Congress has the power “…to define and punish…Offences against the Law of Nations.” (Article I, Section 8, Clause 10)

Obama’s administration laid the groundwork for bringing in illegal kids, even getting bids for their transport. Obama himself admitted the children of a Nation are its future. And the human trafficking of those illegal immigrant children violates the Law of Nations.

Add to those articles of impeachment Democrat Senators who aided in that illegal trafficking by their silent support, and the majority of the Senate swings GOP.

(The Constitution clearly states Congress is responsible for immigration law. They sat by and let it happen…and impeached Senators cannot sit in judgment on themselves.)

President Boehner…has a good sound to it, don’t you think?

Argument against impeaching Obama: Joe Biden as President?

BCP suggests a ‘dunce’ is more preferable than a devil.

Before the Liberal uproar ensues over using the term ‘devil’, consider it was our U.S. Constitution that made it possible for America to gain its global stature in just 200 yrs.

The current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is intent on shredding it.

Our U.S. Constitution is the very fabric used to weave our American exceptionalism.

In its unique position, this Nation has done more for other nations than all other countries combined. Destroying that fabric of American exceptionalism is demonic.

We contend the term is qualified.

Some conservatives are agonizing over the lies told to sell Obamacare to Americans.

But this isn’t a story about how Americans were duped…polling shows they didn’t want Obamacare from inception – it couldn’t get through the House, so the Senate did it.

A Democrat-controlled Senate, without 1 GOP vote, passed it despite its unpopularity.

Now almost 30 of those Democrat Senate seats will be held by Republicans, in 2015.

So run your stories about how Obamacare architects thought Americans were stupid, then tune in to C-Span the first week of January to watch the Republicans take over.

And, maybe, send an email to Gruber, thanking him for helping the GOP re-take power.

Conservative voices like Rush Limbaugh need less angst over how the Liberals, their politicians, and their media lapdogs think Americans are stupid…

…and more angst over how the GOP pushes an effective agenda that helps America.

In the meantime, Harry Reid should remember this…he’s up for re-election in 2016.

The electoral mills of justice grind slowly…but they grind exceedingly fine.

Obama threatens blanket amnesty for illegals, but unless he plans on negating Congressional law, all he can do Constitutionally is bestow an executive pardon.

But how can one be pardoned if they haven’t first been convicted?

Some argue a presidential pardon doesn’t require a conviction (or even a charge).

The Justice Dept. Pardon Attorney website contradicts that, stating (Constitutionally) “…only federal criminal convictions…may be pardoned by the President.”

If Obama’s DOJ says a conviction is necessary, that should finish the argument…but we know, with this President, the letter of the law is a very fluid, very flexible thing.

The Democrats finally concede they lost the Alaska Senate seat. Republicans now have 53 Senate seats as of Jan, 2015, and could pick up Louisiana, making it 54 seats.

Obama may veto Republican efforts to stop his amnesty ploy, but illegal immigration amnesty is opposed by the majority of Americans, and that’s not lost on politicians.

Democrat Senators up for re-election in 2016 may well be forced into something very distasteful to save their Senate seats…voting with the GOP to override an Obama veto.

Or, Obama might do what he’s done before…ignore or break the law.

Either way, it’s up to the GOP to show some backbone and hold Obama accountable.

Recently, Obama has taken to promising executive ‘action’ on illegal immigration.

This is a deviation from what he was spewing before elections. Then, he talked of ‘executive order’ as a means of forcing his personal beliefs on America.

Our U.S. Constitution expressly grants a President “…Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses committed against the United States…” (Art II, Sect. 2)

Granting a pardon or reprieve for illegal entry into the Nation would be executive action.

A President must also “…take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…” and that’s where many Presidents often try to introduce their ideology in the interpretation.

Deciding how law is to be executed, or executed differently from congressional intent, would be an executive order. Many argue ‘faithfully executed’ means faithful to the law makers’ (Congress) intent…some Presidents believe their ideology should direct intent.

We’ll offer more in-depth data as we go along, but in the meantime, take note that Obama is talking ‘action’ instead of ‘order’…and a Pardon does not confer citizenship.

According to our Constitution, only Congress can do that, having the power “…to establish an uniform Rule of Nauralization…” (Art. I, Sect 8).

And make no mistake – those necessary laws are already on the books…

…Democrats (and Obama) just don’t want to enforce them.

Immigration law isn’t broken…Obama’s oath to ‘faithfully execute the law’ is broken.