A preliminary draft of a press release mistakenly issued from the Secretary General of the United Nations:

Communists around the world REJOICE! North Korea has successfully launched a Taepodong-2 missile (which unfortunately crashed into the Pacific Ocean) proving that it is a player in the chess game of world armament. After hearing the news of the launch, the United Nations scurried for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss an appropriate response. Flowers or chocolate?

Sound ridiculous? It should! Although, you may be used to the absurdities from the U.N. by now. No. The real story, according to council president Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico, is a unanimous accord “to continue consultations on the appropriate reaction by the council ... given the urgency of the matter."

Whoa…hold me back! Maybe they took a page from the Obama War Manual?

Last Friday, The Washington Post reported a warning from President Obama that the United States and others in the international community would “take action” if North Korea continued with its plans. "We will work with all interested partners in the international community to take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that they cannot threaten the safety and stability of other countries with impunity," Obama said.

Apparently, Mr. Obama chickened out, as he ordered no military response. For that matter, neither did Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom. Evidently, like the U.N., socialists have no stomach for a fight when push comes to shove. Obama’s inaction to use military deterrence has revealed his Achilles heel to our enemies: a weakness that will surely be tested again and again.

Meanwhile, the U.N. has proven completely inept in every security related endeavor. In fact, they have proven incompetent at most everything, including their role as peace keepers, negotiators, and providers of humanitarian relief efforts.

Why should this be of such concern to us? A 2008 report by the International Crisis Group at the U.S. Army War College stated that “North Korea has become the greatest supplier of missiles, missile components and related technologies in the developing world.” The report confirms that North Korea is one of the principal providers of missiles to Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen.

It is inconceivable that President Obama did not know this information or that it was not presented to him in the daily National Intelligence Estimate. So why is he playing free and loose with our nation’s security? Is he not concerned? Or is he unable to multitask which is imperative for the office of President. Possibly, Obama and company have been solely focused on implementing their blitzkrieg to inflict socialism upon America that real threats of security have been tossed by the wayside.

Our nation’s security is in peril…and that is Why It Matters.

"... God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."

-Thomas Jefferson


Our country’s future is, indeed, in great peril. We stand at the precipice of transformation so radical that it will change the structure, not only of our country, but of our daily lives. If there is ever a time when Americans should take up their duty as a citizen – to inform ourselves of our government’s direction – it is now. I ask you this. Will you turn your eyes from the destruction of our constitutional republic and allow your freedoms to be taken away? Or, will you have the courage to look, see and act to remain free men and women?

In reviewing the various issues which were critical news to be addressed, I made a chilling discovery. Each issue was, in itself, so vital to ponder, so critical to be discussed, that no single matter could suffice the mission of my column. So, I put forth the pieces of a puzzle for you to construct. The picture that appears should alarm even the most complacent among us.

President Obama will attend the G-20 meeting to be held this week in London – the global financial crisis being the main topic. The European Union (EU) has proposed a “charter of sustainable economic activity” that “would subject all financial market activities around the globe to regulation.” The EU’s proposal anticipates a direction toward a “global governance structure.” The White House has given a nod to this economic fix, offering its $787 billion stimulus as a model for other countries to follow. (source: The Washington Post)

Similarly, at a U.N. meeting in Germany, the Administration has distributed a “climate change” proposal that cleverly cloaks a “reordering of the world economy, likely involving trillions of dollars in wealth transfer, millions of job losses and gains, new taxes, industrial relocations, new tariffs and subsidies, and complicated payments for greenhouse gas abatement schemes and carbon taxes — all under the supervision of the world body.” (source: FoxNews)

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced plans last week for sweeping reform in the financial markets, which has now been expanded to encompass oversight of any and all businesses that are deemed to pose “systemic risk” to the U.S. economy. This plan, if enacted, will place the Treasury and the White House with unprecedented and unconstitutional control over public and private business entities. (source: MSNBC / AP)

The U.S. Mint has released an unknown number of new George Washington $1 coins without the usual inscriptions, including “In God We Trust.” Accident, coincidence or purposeful? (source: AP)

The campaign pledge of transparency in government has proven to be only words as The White House continues to hold by-invitation-only press briefings for major policy or legislation proposals. At the daily White House briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs persists in avoiding hard-hitting questions by primarily calling on B and C level media outlets; for the few heavy-hitters allowed to pose a question, his explanations are evasive and imprecise. (source: Media Research Center)

Similarly, Obama’s town hall meeting was found to be staged with pre-determined questions from Obama campaign backers rather than the promised spontaneous interaction with the general public. (source: The Washington Post)

Additionally, the First Amendment is trampled by the Obama White House with an unprecedented directive from the President that bars officials “charged with doling out stimulus funds from talking to registered lobbyists about specific projects or applicants for stimulus cash.” Free speech advocates plan to bring the matter to court. (source: Politico.com)

With diversity as the rationale, the White House officials announced the policy to place more Muslims in White House posts. Currently 45 prominent names are being considered, some of which have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood – an organization whose leaders have explained their work as "a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions." (source: Denver Post)

These are only a few of the issues from last week’s reports that begin to form a clearer picture of the road to socialism. Is this the America that you want? Are you willing to voice your opinion? What further actions are needed for Americans to stand together to remind our government that “we the people” have the last word? We now face the fruition of Jefferson’s warning. And that is...Why It Matters.

President Obama’s promise of “change” was swift in coming. Within the first several days of his inauguration as President of the United States, Mr. Obama signed 7 Executive Orders and 5 Presidential Memoranda, all of which became effective immediately.

When Mr. Obama said he would bring “change” to Washington, D.C., most Americans, especially those who are followers of his movement, expected “changes” that would better the state of our nation and our people. However, if you take time to read the information on the White House website (which was launched immediately after his swearing in), you will be stunned. A much better description of the Obama Administration’s goals might be “to transmogrify” – or to change America completely. Let me warn you, be concerned...be very concerned.

While the media has focused on the order to close Camp Delta, the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, other orders which appear at first to be benign, reveal the beginning of a totally different form of government. For example, his first Presidential Memoranda is titled “Transparency and Open Government.” Sounds like a great idea, right? Well, it appears to be a Trojan horse.

The Obama White House has basically cut off access for media. Instead, they have handed out releases with little information and still photos taken by the White House photographer. The only media allowed to cover the second swearing in ceremony were a mere 4 handpicked journalists...none of which were from the main media outlets. There were no live cameras allowed and no video taken. This action alone chills me to the bone, as it is exactly the type of action taken by communist countries where information is controlled and manipulated. Ironically, this action of exclusion negates his own memorandum of “transparency.”

Hidden away in the documents are items that, to me, are appalling...even frightening. In the three executive orders signed by President Obama on January 23, you may be shocked to note the following:

• An immediate halt has been ordered for “all proceedings pending in the United States Court of Military Commission Review...”
• The order further states that all military judgments will be reviewed by the White House and the Department of Justice. It now appears that the Justice Department – not the Defense Department - will have the final say as to how our military is to function.
• Under the genial title of ENSURING LAWFUL INTERROGATIONS, the new President has determined that, “The CIA shall close as expeditiously as possible any detention facilities that it currently operates and shall not operate any such detention facility in the future.” Also in that document, all military and intelligence organizations are severely limited as to their in-theatre operations – binding them to abide solely by the Army Field Manual. This takes the surprise and unknown element out of any intelligence gathering via interrogation, as our enemies have surely read the manual.

President Obama has also addressed certain issues regarding Federal funding for addressing foreign policy in regard to the Federal funding of grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs). He has revoked the previous order which prohibited funding to an NGO that promotes or performs abortions in foreign countries. Our tax dollars will now be used to fund unrestricted abortions, even late term and partial-birth abortions, overseas.

The one thing we must do is to take President Obama’s words of change very seriously. He will obviously “change” America as we know it. But, is it the right kind of change? Or are these “changes” moving us away from the rights and freedoms guaranteed us by our U.S. Constitution? Certainly, there are those who would argue that the Constitution may be interpreted in ways more conducive to present day society’s mores. However, are we willing to accept changes that seem to be guiding us toward a socialist nation, rather than preserving the Republic created by our Founding Fathers? It’s a sobering reality to ponder, and that is...Why It Matters.