How does a third world country like Iran steal a top-secret drone?

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Todd
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How does a country that's over a century behind us technologically hack into encrypted military hardware and steal a top secret military drone?

Karl Denninger has a very interesting post at his site the Market Ticker where he lays out just how difficult it would be for a third world country like Iran to steal a top secret, encrypted drone.

His piece simply led me to ask even more questions and none of the answers are good.

  • How did a backwards country like Iran develop the technology to hack into top-secret, military GPS hardware and steal our drone?
  • Did China, Pakistan or Russia assist them with this technology?
  • Were they (China, Russia & Pakistan) able to derive this technology from the top-secret helicopter that SEAL Team 6 abandoned without destroying it first when they killed Osama?
  • Were they ordered not to destroy the helicopter by our Commander-in-Chief?

In my experience, soldiers are given incendiary grenades which are used to destroy sensitive encryption devices so that at least sensitive systems are destroyed and won’t fall into enemy hands. I personally have a hard time believing that no one from either the helicopter crew or the SEAL team took the few seconds it would take to pull the pin on one of these grenades and destroy the top secret equipment aboard these helicopters. More than likely, the incendiary grenades would have started a fire and completely destroyed the helicopter and wouldn’t have given our secrets to our enemies.

Here’s the link to Karl’s article:  Eh, Not So Good Iran And The Drone in [Market-Ticker].

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N.Y. teens suspended for Tebowing in school hallway

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Todd
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New York Teens suspended for praying at school.

 

The left in America continues to wage war against Christianity, and, in doing so, demonstrates a pathetic understanding of the Constitution. A few teenagers who decide to exercise their Constitutional right pray, even if it is at school, does not establish a national religion that everyone must follow. Yahoo Sports has the rest of the article:

N.Y. teens suspended for Tebowing in school hallwayBy Cameron SmithJust when everyone thought the trend of “Tebowing” had reached its zenith in the greater cultural Zeitgeist, it finds a way to completely jump the shark: On Wednesday, a group of high school athletes at a Long Island school were suspended for staging a spontaneous bout of Tebowing in their high schools hallway.According to Connor Carroll, a senior at Riverhead N.Y. High on the North Fork of Long Island, the Riverhead administration handed out one-day suspensions to four student athletes after a group of Riverhead students decided to spontaneously hold a group Tebowing session in the school.

Tebowing, a relatively harmless act which emerged amidst the rapid rise of the Denver Broncos quarterback, is meant to be an homage to the second-year passers religiously focused touchdown celebrations. No sooner had Tebow used his one knee celebration than the Internet exploded with impromptu Tebow copycats, filling the void created when planking became passé.

via N.Y. teens suspended for Tebowing in school hallway – Prep Rally – High School Blog – Yahoo! Sports.

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Send the American Atheists & the ACLU a Christmas Card

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Todd
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By now, most conservatives have received an email with the subject line, send a Christmas card to the ACLU, or something similar. While I think this is a good idea, the American Atheists (AA) are now the organization that is leading the crusade against Christianity.

Last year the AA made headlines with their You Know its a Myth billboard which featured a Nativity scene with the three wise men riding up to the manger on camels.

Last year the American Atheists ran this billboard along one of the busiest highways in America.

This year the AA has upped the ante with a billboard that reads, 37 Million Americans Know Myths when they see them, juxtaposed with photos of Jesus, Satan, Poseidon and Santa Claus.

This year the American Atheists upped the ante comparing Christmas to Satan.

Of course these are the same hypocritical people who tell Christians, who make up about 75% of the population, that we must be tolerant of homosexuality, pornography and any number of other things we find offensive yet they will not tolerate something as simple as a Cross adorning a soldier’s grave. Never mind that the soldier is a Christian, the American Atheists and their allies in the ACLU and Democrat Party cry foul stating that a Cross is somehow state sponsored Religion.

So when you’re sending out your Christmas cards this year, send one to the American Atheists and one to the ACLU:

American Atheists
225 Cristiani Street
Cranford, NJ 07016
 
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
 
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Tim Tebow Should Ignore Kurt Warner’s Advice

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Todd
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When star quarterback Tim Tebow wrote John 3:16 on his eye-black, over 94 million people performed internet searches for the Bible verse.

Former NFL Christian poster-boy Kurt Warner has some rather surprising advice for Broncos star quarterback Tim Tebow, “I’d tell him (Tebow), put down the boldness in regards to the words, and keep living the way you’re living.”

Evidently Kurt Warner has forgotten that the Bible instructs Christians to put God first in their lives. Moreover, followers of the Gospel should bare witness and share their faith with others. Tim Tebow has made no secret that he believes that God blessed him with the talent and ability to play football, and that he was going to use football as a vehicle to share his Faith with the world.

The only people who seem to be getting bent out of shape over Tebow sharing his faith are a few media hacks and some never-were’s like Jake Plumber. Something tells me if you asked these media types their political persuasion and you’d have all the information you need about their lack of faith.

Despite what the media may have you believe, the overwhelming majority of Americans consider themselves to be Christian. To show you the influence that Tebow wields, a few years ago, while playing for the University of Florida, Tebow sported John 3:16 on his eye-black during the BCS National Championship Game. More than 94 million people searched for that Bible verse on Google. That’s about one-third of the population; talk about a marketer’s dream.

The vocal minority that is being critical of Tebow is the same faction that is supporting the global war on Christianity. Make no mistake about it, groups like the ACLU, the American Atheists, and to a large extent, the Democratic Party, have all been chiseling away at Christianity for the last half century.

I for one am proud that Tim Tebow is using his fame in support of Christianity. I am proud that my sons consider him a role model. I am proud that my son comes home from his Fellowship of Christian Athletes meetings talking about “how moving it was to be a part of over a hundred guys down on their knees praying.” I’m thankful that Tim Tebow probably had a little something to do with that.

In this day and age, when athletes are running dog fighting rings, shooting themselves with guns at night clubs, and celebrating a touchdown when their team is still down by three touchdowns, like Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver Jason Avant did this weekend against the Patriots.

Perhaps Mr. Warner has strayed from the path, only he and God know for sure. He would probably be better served to spend a little more time reading the Bible and trying to walk the path as bravely as Tim Tebow does than criticizing the man for taking a few seconds to share his faith.

God bless you Tim.

 

 

 

 

 

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Gingrich Schools CBS News’ Scott Pelly

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Todd
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GOP presidential front-runner, Newt Gingrich put CBS News' Scott Pelly in his place. - Image: Newt.org

A couple of weeks ago the Republican presidential candidates were in South Carolina for another in the ongoing series of debates. CBS News was hosting this debate and chose Scott Pelly to serve as moderator.

CBS received considerable flak from several of the GOP candidates because Pelly essentially ignored a few of the candidates. Pelly also showed considerable liberal bias; who would have expected that? The only objective reporter left at any of the network news organizations is Jake Tapper, but I digress.

Pelly often became contentious with the candidates, and in the clip below, GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich was having none of it:
 

 
Courtesy: Stage Right Show

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World’s Largest Bank Pandering to Occupy Wall Street Movement

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Todd
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ING, the world’s largest bank has either sided with the radical left-wing Occupy Wall Street movement or they are making the ultimate capitalist statement by trying to lure these extremists to their bank so they can bilk them for what little money they have. Either way, ING would have been better served marketing their services to people who actually have jobs, and therefore money, rather than wasting their time and money marketing to the bottom of the proverbial barrel.

George Zimmer at the Men’s Wearhouse should have thought of that before he sided with people who will never wear suits.

It appears ING has decided to back the radical left-wing OWS movement.

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Obama Delays Shale Drilling, Costs 200,000 Jobs

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Todd
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Joel Gehrke at the Washington Examiner just posted a story reporting that the Obama administration has put the kibosh on shale drilling which will also prevent 200,000 jobs from being created.

President Obama's policies are killing jobs in America, increasing our dependence on foreign oil, and driving up energy prices when Americans can least afford it.

Here on the Gulf Coast we have already felt the full brunt of Obama’s anti-petroleum policies. In the wake of the British Petroleum oil disaster the president shut down all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and thus far only one rig has resumed drilling. The president made this unilateral despite the fact that no American companies have ever had a spilling the Gulf.

According to a recent report by the Heritage Foundation, the president’s  stance on fossil fuels has cost the Gulf Coast an estimated 20,000 jobs and cut domestic energy production by a quarter-million barrels per day, further increasing America’s dependence on foreign oil and driving up energy prices when America can least afford it.

President Obama and Vice President Biden have been touting their desire to create jobs and get the economy moving again but when they have a chance to put people back to work and lower energy costs they do everything in their power to prevent it.

Check out Joel’s article Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs

President Obama’s United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in deference to environmentalists, on the pretext of studying the effects of hydraulic fracturing.

“Conditions have changed since the 2006 Forest Plan was developed,” announced WNF Supervisor Anne Carey on Tuesday. “The technology used in the Utica & Marcellus Shale formations need to be studied to see if potential effects to the surface are significantly different than those identified in the Forest Plan.” The study will take up to six months to complete. The WNF study reportedly “will focus solely on how it could affect forest land,” despite the significance of hydraulic fracturing to united proponents of the delay, “and not how it could affect groundwater.”

Speaking of the WNF gas drilling, one environmentalist group spokesman suggested that moving forward with drilling “could turn the Ohio Valley into Ozone Alley,”  even though Wayne National Forest already has nearly 1300 oil and gas wells in operation.

via Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner.

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Democrats Take Partisan Politics to a New Low

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Todd
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Done right, pizza can be extremely nutritious: with carbohydrates, protein, dairy, and vegetables to fuel the body.

Despite the Democratic National Committee sinking to a new low in partisan politics, Congress voted to keep the FDA’s current school lunch guidelines in place. The DNC sent out the letter below in hopes that Congress would adopt First Lady Michelle Obama’s food standards.

Fortunately House Republicans recognize that the Federal Government has no business playing parent to our nation’s children.

Any parent who has had lunch with their child will probably tell you that there’s a great deal of room for improvement in both the quality and the nutritional value of school lunches. That being said, it is up to parents to educate their children about eating the right foods not the government.

As we’ve seen, Michelle Obama and her hubby eat more than their fair share of junk food so why should they tell anyone else what their kids should eat?

If parents want to change the quality of the food served in their school districts they simply need to gather a coalition and engage the school district much like world renowned chef Jamie Oliver is doing with his Food Revolution. Our illustrious leaders have enough on their plates trying to pull America out of the second Great Depression without heaping on something as trivial as school lunches.

Democrats

Todd –

House Republicans are ramming through legislation this week to classify pizza as a “vegetable” for the purpose of school lunches.

Why? Because a massive lobbying effort of Republican lawmakers by the frozen pizza industry, among other corporate interests, is underway to get around Obama Administration guidelines to make school lunches contain healthier options.

In this Republican Congress, almost anything is up for sale to the highest bidder and most powerful lobbyists — including the literal definition of the word “vegetable” — and this time, it’s coming at the expense of our kids’ health.

This is business as usual for some in Washington, but shining a spotlight on it can stop it.

Sign this petition and spread the word: Pizza isn’t a vegetable.

Look, we could have a lot of fun with this one. But the fact is that there is a very real bottom line: Childhood obesity has tripled in the past three decades. And for some kids, school lunches are some of the best nutrition options they have during the day.

School lunches are hard to change — and it doesn’t take a doozy like “pizza is a vegetable” to know that the corporate interests have more money and more Washington lobbyists than kids do. That’s why pizza was classified as a vegetable during the Bush years. The Obama administration made that common-sense change, but the Republican Congress wants to take us back to the money-for-influence status quo.

If you think this is as ridiculous as we do, tell the GOP that it’s time they started picking real people over corporations (and real vegetables over slices of pizza, for that matter):

http://my.democrats.org/Pizza

Thanks,

Brad

Brad Woodhouse
Communications Director
Democratic National Committee

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Is Obama Using Labor Unions to Orchestrate Occupy Wall Street?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Todd
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Occupy Wall Street movement has strong ties to labor unions and White House.

Nearly two centuries ago men like Karl Mark and Friedrich Engel’s began laying the repulsive foundations of Socialism. One of the key tenets that emerged from this scourge upon society was the birth of the labor union.

In the hands of tyrannous men like Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong labor unions became an instrument for them to wield power and topple the pillars of capitalism. By orchestrating nationwide strikes, the Bolsheviks were able to create enough discord to finally topple the Russian government and usher in a century of communist terror upon the world.

Although labor unions have never been very popular inAmerica, their leaders are now using many of the same tactics and rhetoric that the communist leaders used to topple the governments of Russia and China. In doing so, these governments became some of the most oppressive and murderous regimes in world history.

In fact, we have a president that has been in bed with the labor unions so long, he has become a prostitute to their causes. Labor union leaders such as Andy Stern, who once headed the radical SEIU, and Richard Trumka, who heads the AFL-CIO, are among the top visitors to the White House. While Stern topped the list, Trumka boasted that he speaks with the Obama Administration daily and visits several times per week.

According to a recent report by the New York Times, both of these unions publicaly expressed their support for and participated in the Occupy Wall Street protests. In fact, the SEIU has been directly tied to organizing the Occupy movement. With this level of collusion existing between the Obama Administration and these radical labor unions; is there any reason to doubt that the White House may actually be orchestrating these seditious left-wing protests? After all, this is what a community organizer does.

Still not convinced? Check out this video from Obama Isn’t Working and see how dirty and underhanded these radical labor unions can be.
 

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Occupy Movement Getting Ready for Spring Offensive

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Todd
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Enthusiasm for the Occupy Wall Street seems to be seriously waning in direct correlation to the falling temperatures.

 

As many conservative experts have predicted, myself included, this year’s Occupy Insert City Here Movement appears to be a dry run for creating havoc during the pivotal 2012 election year. At a rally on Friday, leaders of the radical left-wing movement highlighted plans for next year including squatting in government owned and foreclosed houses which is happening in many cities already.

A community organizer for a group called “Occupy the Land” discussed his groups plan in the future to wage a a campaign of organized squatting and eviction prevention through protest action. The speaker called housing a “human right,” and made the following claims in his speech:

“When we move people into vacant and government owned and foreclosed homes, we do eviction defenses to physically block police… the banks are occupying our homes, we are liberating them for human beings to use… advancing the human right to housing. Housing is a fundamental human right, if corporations want to make their profit, people can’t have a place to live…the human right to housing supersedes the right of corporations to make a profit.”

via Occupy Veterans Day Rally: Getting Ready for ‘Spring 2012 Offensive’ | TheBlaze.com.

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