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Monday November 24, 2014

The Bill Keith Report

News And Commentary

Greetings to our readers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and 162 foreign countries.

Your comments are welcome!

If you believe the information in this edition of The Report is worthwhile, please tell your friends about it.

 

Please be sure to scroll down and see the pictures and Bill’s written report.

 

 

More Global Warming? Say What? Some Headlines:

Harsh Cold to Set Records in South

Fifty Percent of Lower 48 States Covered in Snow

Four Feet of Snow expected in Upstate New York

Idaho Breaks Cold Record from 1880!

NOAA: Winter 2013-14 Among Coldest on Record

Record-Breaking Arctic Cold

 

 

Errors in Medicare Payments Cost Taxpayers $4.5 Billion in 2013.

According to the office of the Inspector General, the United States Department of Agriculture issued over $2.4 billion in improper payments on Food Stamps during 2013.

 

 

The Obama administration has released five more prisoners from Guantanamo. Many of those released earlier have joined ISIS and Al Qaeda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glenn Beck’s Response to Obama’s Declaration of Amnesty: “We are now living in the shadow of a king…without the rule of law…There is no United States…I don’t know if it will ever come back.”

 

 

Obama Denies Gruber, but Facts Deny Obama

     Last week, most Americans were shocked when MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber — well known as the chief architect of Obamacare — said he and others purposely lied to the American people about the coming effects of the healthcare law.

     Gruber also said that the American people were too “stupid” to understand the new law so it was necessary to lie to them. Ho hum!

Now enter President Obama. He said Gruber really didn’t have much to do with the Affordable Care Act. That he was a minor player. But records reveal Gruber visited the White House 19 time and, others report, on one occasion he met with the President in the Oval Office for several hours.

     Financial records also reveal that the Obama Administration and several states paid him a total of almost $6 million dollars for his work on Obamacare.

     That’s a pretty good salary for a minor player.

 

 

“America’s Preacher” — A Word for the American People

     CNS News quoted America’s beloved evangelist, the Reverend Billy Graham, saying our children in this land are growing up in a “lawless and wicked age” that is filled with the “philosophy of the devil, who says, ‘Do as you please."”

     According to Reverend Graham, rearing children in today’s culture is difficult because “we have taken God out of our educational systems and thought we could get away with it. We have sown the wind, and we are now reaping the whirlwind. We have laughed at God, religion and the Bible.”

     “Many Christian parents are becoming fearful that they cannot properly train their children in this lawless and wicked age…” he said. “We are beginning to reap what has been sown for the past generation.”

     Reverend Graham also pointed out that, “Many of our educational leaders sneer at the old-fashioned idea of God and a moral code. Movies feature sex, sin, crime and alcohol…Newspapers have played up crime and sex until they seem glamorous to young people.”

     Reverend Graham said one of the fundamental problems is the failure of parents to fight “the devil in the home” through discipline and, as a result, “children are allowed to go wild.”

 

 

Big Mess in Social Security Disability Payments

     There were $2 billion in Social Security disability claims approved by mistake in 2013, according to the U. S. Inspector General.

     Newsmax reported “A small group of Social Security judges have improperly approved disability claims for nearly 25,000 people who didn’t qualify, costing taxpayers $2 billion over the past seven years…”. The price tag will grow by nearly $300 million next year because many of these people are still getting benefits…”

     Investigators began their probe when they noticed that some judges were approving 85 percent of the claims.

     Republican Representative Darrell Issa of California said “The Social Security Administration’s failure to conduct timely medical eligibility reviews has resulted in rubber-stamped decisions that have and will continue to cost taxpayers billions in improper rewards. In failing to take meaningful disciplinary action at the Social Security Administration on even the most egregious cases of mismanagement, taxpayers are left to wonder who is looking after their tax dollars.”

 

 

Al Sharpton! Is There No Shame?

     Reverend Al Sharpton, this country’s best-known race hustler who has preached racism and violence over the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, is also a friend and confidant of President Obama. Some insiders say Sharpton hand-picked Loretta Lynch to succeed retiring Eric Holder as U. S. Attorney General.

     Now it comes to light that Sharpton has a lot of shady dealings for which he has not been held accountable.

     The New York Times reported “Mr. Sharpton has regularly sidestepped the sorts of obligations most people see as inevitable, like taxes, rent and other bills. Records…show more than $4.5 million in current state and federal tax liens against him…”

     According to the Times, Sharpton’s National Action Network appears to have been financed by not paying federal payroll taxes to its employees.

     The Times said “Mr. Sharpton and the National Action Network have repeatedly failed to pay travel agencies, hotels and landlords.”

     But Sharpton recently held a press conference where he denied that he owed the money.

     Comment: Mr. Sharpton criticizes others for various reasons. Yet he has a lot of skeletons in his own closet. The Bible has a word for that.

 

 

President Obama’s Amnesty: Formula for Chaos

     President Obama granted amnesty to some five million illegal aliens Thursday night.

     In so doing, he became the Lone Ranger, violated the Constitution, and went against the will of the majority of the American people. The Constitution grants all matters concerning immigration to the Congress.

     Erudite Washington Times columnist Wesley Pruden said this may be good news for the illegals in this land but “it’s not good news for anyone who appreciates law and order on the border.”

     Pruden said the President’s action is like a golden ticket to millions of others in Mexico, and in Central and South America. “Come on in, I’ll find a way to make you legal later,” is the message the President sent to millions of others who want to come to the United States.

     Pruden said “But all his declaration of amnesty will do is guarantee that “hell on the border will continue, probably get worse.”

     Comment: As I watched the President’s amnesty declaration Thursday evening, as always, he was smooth as silk as he tried to build his case for the action he was taking.

     But what he didn’t say was more important than what he said. And, a couple of times, he really stretched the truth as he often does.

     For instance, he said deportations of illegals are down lower than they have been in years.

     Of course they are! He ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop most deportations.

     Also, he said that there are not as many aliens crossing into this land as in earlier years.

     But Mr. President, what about the 68 million children? And what about reports from the Border Patrol agents that the influx of aliens is increasing so fast they can hardly control the border any longer?

Commentary

Why Did He Do It?

      Recently Peggy Noonan, veteran columnist for the Wall Street Journal, noted that President Obama is the loneliest president since Richard Nixon.

     Noonan wrote in her column “The Republicans don’t like him…The Democrats don’t like him, for their own reasons plus the election loss…Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …clearly doesn’t like him at all.”

     Noonan is certainly correct since President Obama has made more enemies — and fewer friends — than any President in recent history.

     He betrayed the Eastern Europeans when he removed the missile shield that protected them from Russia’s missiles. He infuriated the Israelis by siding with the Palestinians. Some in his administration compared Israel to an apartheid nation like the former South Africa.

     China pulled the wool over his eyes in a climate change agreement whereby the American people are expected to do everything. But the Chinese do nothing until 2030.

     He abandoned this country’s hard-won victory in Iraq by going against all of his military advisors as he removed all troops from that land.

He promised to intervene in the mass killing Syrians by Syrian President Assad, then backed out.

     Interestingly, from the beginning of his presidency, he reached out to the Muslim nations and now they make fun of him.

     Noonan pointed out that in the Beijing summit last week “there was no sign the leaders of the world had any particular regard for him.”

    Then, the November 4 election. All of his policies were firmly rejected by the voters as they handed both houses of Congress over to the Republicans. His supporters basically didn’t even have enough confidence in him to turn out to vote.

     Not one single democrat running for the U.S. Senate campaigned on Obama’s record, Obamacare or amnesty for millions of aliens in this land.

     Also, Obamacare is becoming more and more unpopular each day with the American people. The final nail in the Obamacare coffin was when Jonathan Gruber, chief architect of the law, said it was necessary to lie to the American people to get the law passed because the voters are too “stupid” to understand it.

     When he was running for President, Obama told the American people he planned to do three things: redistribute the wealth, pass nationalized healthcare and completely transform America.

     What he didn’t understand was that the American people didn’t want the nation transformed at least not into his image of what America should be. Neither did they want him to destroy the best health care system in the world.

     It took the people six years to grasp the immensity of what he was trying to do. But they finally understood on November 4.

     Hence, the President realizes that, to some degree, he is no longer relevant. And, with his larger-than-life self image, he had to get back in the news. Amnesty seemed to be a partial answer for him. But what will he do next?

Snow Covers America "It Must Be Global Warming"

Snow Covers America "It Must Be Global Warming"

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Monday November 24, 2014

The Bill Keith Report

News And Commentary

Greetings to our readers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and 162 foreign countries.

Your comments are welcome!

If you believe the information in this edition of The Report is worthwhile, please tell your friends about it.

 

Please be sure to scroll down and see the pictures and Bill’s written report.

 

 

More Global Warming? Say What? Some Headlines:

Harsh Cold to Set Records in South

Fifty Percent of Lower 48 States Covered in Snow

Four Feet of Snow expected in Upstate New York

Idaho Breaks Cold Record from 1880!

NOAA: Winter 2013-14 Among Coldest on Record

Record-Breaking Arctic Cold

 

 

Errors in Medicare Payments Cost Taxpayers $4.5 Billion in 2013.

According to the office of the Inspector General, the United States Department of Agriculture issued over $2.4 billion in improper payments on Food Stamps during 2013.

 

 

The Obama administration has released five more prisoners from Guantanamo. Many of those released earlier have joined ISIS and Al Qaeda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glenn Beck’s Response to Obama’s Declaration of Amnesty: “We are now living in the shadow of a king…without the rule of law…There is no United States…I don’t know if it will ever come back.”

 

 

Obama Denies Gruber, but Facts Deny Obama

     Last week, most Americans were shocked when MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber — well known as the chief architect of Obamacare — said he and others purposely lied to the American people about the coming effects of the healthcare law.

     Gruber also said that the American people were too “stupid” to understand the new law so it was necessary to lie to them. Ho hum!

Now enter President Obama. He said Gruber really didn’t have much to do with the Affordable Care Act. That he was a minor player. But records reveal Gruber visited the White House 19 time and, others report, on one occasion he met with the President in the Oval Office for several hours.

     Financial records also reveal that the Obama Administration and several states paid him a total of almost $6 million dollars for his work on Obamacare.

     That’s a pretty good salary for a minor player.

 

 

“America’s Preacher” — A Word for the American People

     CNS News quoted America’s beloved evangelist, the Reverend Billy Graham, saying our children in this land are growing up in a “lawless and wicked age” that is filled with the “philosophy of the devil, who says, ‘Do as you please."”

     According to Reverend Graham, rearing children in today’s culture is difficult because “we have taken God out of our educational systems and thought we could get away with it. We have sown the wind, and we are now reaping the whirlwind. We have laughed at God, religion and the Bible.”

     “Many Christian parents are becoming fearful that they cannot properly train their children in this lawless and wicked age…” he said. “We are beginning to reap what has been sown for the past generation.”

     Reverend Graham also pointed out that, “Many of our educational leaders sneer at the old-fashioned idea of God and a moral code. Movies feature sex, sin, crime and alcohol…Newspapers have played up crime and sex until they seem glamorous to young people.”

     Reverend Graham said one of the fundamental problems is the failure of parents to fight “the devil in the home” through discipline and, as a result, “children are allowed to go wild.”

 

 

Big Mess in Social Security Disability Payments

     There were $2 billion in Social Security disability claims approved by mistake in 2013, according to the U. S. Inspector General.

     Newsmax reported “A small group of Social Security judges have improperly approved disability claims for nearly 25,000 people who didn’t qualify, costing taxpayers $2 billion over the past seven years…”. The price tag will grow by nearly $300 million next year because many of these people are still getting benefits…”

     Investigators began their probe when they noticed that some judges were approving 85 percent of the claims.

     Republican Representative Darrell Issa of California said “The Social Security Administration’s failure to conduct timely medical eligibility reviews has resulted in rubber-stamped decisions that have and will continue to cost taxpayers billions in improper rewards. In failing to take meaningful disciplinary action at the Social Security Administration on even the most egregious cases of mismanagement, taxpayers are left to wonder who is looking after their tax dollars.”

 

 

Al Sharpton! Is There No Shame?

     Reverend Al Sharpton, this country’s best-known race hustler who has preached racism and violence over the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, is also a friend and confidant of President Obama. Some insiders say Sharpton hand-picked Loretta Lynch to succeed retiring Eric Holder as U. S. Attorney General.

     Now it comes to light that Sharpton has a lot of shady dealings for which he has not been held accountable.

     The New York Times reported “Mr. Sharpton has regularly sidestepped the sorts of obligations most people see as inevitable, like taxes, rent and other bills. Records…show more than $4.5 million in current state and federal tax liens against him…”

     According to the Times, Sharpton’s National Action Network appears to have been financed by not paying federal payroll taxes to its employees.

     The Times said “Mr. Sharpton and the National Action Network have repeatedly failed to pay travel agencies, hotels and landlords.”

     But Sharpton recently held a press conference where he denied that he owed the money.

     Comment: Mr. Sharpton criticizes others for various reasons. Yet he has a lot of skeletons in his own closet. The Bible has a word for that.

 

 

President Obama’s Amnesty: Formula for Chaos

     President Obama granted amnesty to some five million illegal aliens Thursday night.

     In so doing, he became the Lone Ranger, violated the Constitution, and went against the will of the majority of the American people. The Constitution grants all matters concerning immigration to the Congress.

     Erudite Washington Times columnist Wesley Pruden said this may be good news for the illegals in this land but “it’s not good news for anyone who appreciates law and order on the border.”

     Pruden said the President’s action is like a golden ticket to millions of others in Mexico, and in Central and South America. “Come on in, I’ll find a way to make you legal later,” is the message the President sent to millions of others who want to come to the United States.

     Pruden said “But all his declaration of amnesty will do is guarantee that “hell on the border will continue, probably get worse.”

     Comment: As I watched the President’s amnesty declaration Thursday evening, as always, he was smooth as silk as he tried to build his case for the action he was taking.

     But what he didn’t say was more important than what he said. And, a couple of times, he really stretched the truth as he often does.

     For instance, he said deportations of illegals are down lower than they have been in years.

     Of course they are! He ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop most deportations.

     Also, he said that there are not as many aliens crossing into this land as in earlier years.

     But Mr. President, what about the 68 million children? And what about reports from the Border Patrol agents that the influx of aliens is increasing so fast they can hardly control the border any longer?

Commentary

Why Did He Do It?

      Recently Peggy Noonan, veteran columnist for the Wall Street Journal, noted that President Obama is the loneliest president since Richard Nixon.

     Noonan wrote in her column “The Republicans don’t like him…The Democrats don’t like him, for their own reasons plus the election loss…Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …clearly doesn’t like him at all.”

     Noonan is certainly correct since President Obama has made more enemies — and fewer friends — than any President in recent history.

     He betrayed the Eastern Europeans when he removed the missile shield that protected them from Russia’s missiles. He infuriated the Israelis by siding with the Palestinians. Some in his administration compared Israel to an apartheid nation like the former South Africa.

     China pulled the wool over his eyes in a climate change agreement whereby the American people are expected to do everything. But the Chinese do nothing until 2030.

     He abandoned this country’s hard-won victory in Iraq by going against all of his military advisors as he removed all troops from that land.

He promised to intervene in the mass killing Syrians by Syrian President Assad, then backed out.

     Interestingly, from the beginning of his presidency, he reached out to the Muslim nations and now they make fun of him.

     Noonan pointed out that in the Beijing summit last week “there was no sign the leaders of the world had any particular regard for him.”

    Then, the November 4 election. All of his policies were firmly rejected by the voters as they handed both houses of Congress over to the Republicans. His supporters basically didn’t even have enough confidence in him to turn out to vote.

     Not one single democrat running for the U.S. Senate campaigned on Obama’s record, Obamacare or amnesty for millions of aliens in this land.

     Also, Obamacare is becoming more and more unpopular each day with the American people. The final nail in the Obamacare coffin was when Jonathan Gruber, chief architect of the law, said it was necessary to lie to the American people to get the law passed because the voters are too “stupid” to understand it.

     When he was running for President, Obama told the American people he planned to do three things: redistribute the wealth, pass nationalized healthcare and completely transform America.

     What he didn’t understand was that the American people didn’t want the nation transformed at least not into his image of what America should be. Neither did they want him to destroy the best health care system in the world.

     It took the people six years to grasp the immensity of what he was trying to do. But they finally understood on November 4.

     Hence, the President realizes that, to some degree, he is no longer relevant. And, with his larger-than-life self image, he had to get back in the news. Amnesty seemed to be a partial answer for him. But what will he do next?

Snow Covers America "It Must Be Global Warming"

THE BILL KEITH REPORT AND COMMENTARY July 25, 2014

The Bill Keith Report

News And Commentary

July 25, 2014

Greetings to our readers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 59 foreign countries.

If you believe the information in this edition of The Report is worthwhile, please pass it on to your friends and contact your congressional representatives about the issues.

Hooray for Governor Rick Perry

     Finally, someone in public office has the courage to stand up and say, “Enough is enough.”

     Governor Perry will send 1,000 National Guard troops to the border with Mexico to stop the tens of thousands of illegals — including thousands of children — coming into this land as well as immigrant gang members.

     The Governor says he’s been trying to get President Obama to do something about the border for several years yet nothing has been done.

     Contrariwise, the President and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continue to say the “border is secure.”

     Governor Perry appeared on the Sean Hannity television proVeterans Administrationgram and made a startling statement — illegals coming into Texas have committed 3,000 rapes and 8,000 murders in the past five years.

     He says the “details of the criminal activity” are so catastrophic that “we can’t wait on Washington.”

     Comment: Former Border Patrol Chief Ronald Coburn says one in five of all illegals coming into this land have violent criminal records These are not illegals with parking tickets or shoplifting. These people are rapists, murderers, drug dealers, and gang members.

     Yet, what do we hear from the President? He won’t even go to the border to see the catastrophe. Rather, he just wants to grant amnesty to all of them regardless of the consequences.

     There is a better solution — deport all the illegals who do not have valid work permits. Then make sure employers provide health insurance for the workers so they won’t bankrupt our healthcare system.

A Footnote

     The Obama administration announced on Thursday that they are considering sending planes to Honduras to pick up more children and bring them to America so they won’t have to walk hundreds of miles to our southern border.

     Although details are sketchy at this time, it is believed once the children are in the U.S., the President would grant them amnesty.

     There is no information on how much it will cost, what will become of the children once they arrive here, what welfare benefits they will receive, where they will be educated (since they do not speak English) and how many hundreds or thousands will be considered in the amnesty program. Neither are we told if the President plans to bring children from other countries. Story is unfolding.

Who’s in Charge in Washington?

     Has anyone seen the President lately? He’s been AWOL for some time. He’s been crisscrossing the country three days a week giving fundraising speeches for Senate democrats up for reelection.

     Americans are falling from the skies over the Ukraine as President Putin of Russia and his thugs are shooting down airplanes (23 American citizens died in the recent  plane crash); swarms of illegals are crossing the border into the U.S, as the border is not now, nor has it ever been, secure; Hamas has fired more than 2,000 rockets into Israel (more than likely funded by the $3.6 billion our government gave the Palestinian National Authority of which Hamas is now affiliated); and Russia is on the verge of an all-out attack on the Ukraine.

     So what does the President do? He refuses to go to the border to see the devastation first hand, plays golf when he’s in Washington, drinks beer and plays pool in Colorado and eats hamburgers in Delaware.

     He soon will begin a 15-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard.

     To make matters worse, Congress just adjourned for a five-week vacation.

     So who’s in charge? I don’t know. The President is AWOL and Congress just went home.

     We need a major house cleaning in Washington.

EBT/Food Stamp Cards and a Culture of Corruption

     WE THE PEOPLE spend $80 billion each year on EBT (the cards replaced food stamps) cards that allegedly allows the poor to purchase food.

     However, as in so many other areas, there is little accountability on the part of the card users. Although the cards are to purchase food only, the users have violated the USDA guidelines in creative ways. They have used the cards in tobacco shops, liquor stores, casinos, strip clubs, race tracks, tattoo parlors and even at Disney World resorts.

     This week we learned that the people of Colorado are using the cards to purchase marijuana, just weeks after voters approved sales in the state. According to National Review, beneficiaries of the EBT cards have used the cards 259 times to purchase pot.

     So what’s the problem? Little oversight and typical lack of government accountability.

     But most of it is the government’s fault. They fail to deal with the pathologies of human nature and allow the card holders to use them as they will. They take few precautions to make sure the taxpayers’ funds are not wasted or misused.

     For instance, I found the following information from the USDA that administers the program. They extend a hearty welcome to the EBT card users and give them detailed information on how to use the cards to purchase food. That’s okay.

     But they also give them detailed information on how to use the card to get cash back at supermarkets or cash from ATM machines.

     The GOVERNMENT shows them exactly how to do it!

     Hence, the fraudulent purchases.

     Comment: When President John F. Kennedy initiated the national food stamp program it was for a worthy purpose — to feed hungry people. But, like most programs, they become large, expensive, uncontrollable and filled with fraud and waste.

     Today we have $80 billion a year floating around and no one knows for sure just how much of it is spent on food.

Arizona Governor Brewer vs. Phoenix Suns Owner

      Last week Robert Sarver the owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team hammered Governor Brewer and the state’s immigration law that would require identification.

     The feisty Governor issued the following statement in response to Sarver’s criticism:

     “What if the owners of the Suns discovered that hordes of people were sneaking into games without paying? What if they had a good idea who the gate-crashers are but the ushers and security personnel were not allowed to ask these folks to produce their ticket stubs, thus non-paying attendees couldn’t be ejected. Furthermore, what if the Sun’s ownership was expected to provide those who sneaked in with complimentary eats and drink? And what if, on those days when a gate-crasher became ill or injured, the Suns had to provide free medical care and shelter?” ~Governor Jan Brewer.

     Comment: It’s strange that Attorney General Eric Holder files suit against any state — including Arizona — that requires all voters to present identification. Holder says it discriminates against minorities.

     But on a personal note, I have to show my ID when I renew my driver’s license; open a bank account; apply for a passport and a visa; when I use my credit cards at department stores; and others.

Working the Welfare System

     Remember back in 2012 when Governor Mitt Romney said that far too many people have become dependent on government land by learning how to work the system.

     The owner of a Ford dealership learned firsthand what Romney was talking about. He said a lady came into his showroom and said she wanted to lease a brand new Focus. As he looked at her credit app, he noticed she was on social security disability.

     “You don’t look like you’re disabled and unable to work,” he commented.

     “Well, I’m really not. I could work if I wanted to, but I make more now than I did when I was working and got hurt…” 

     She then explained that the government sends her $1,500 a month for her disability and she gets $700 a month on an EBT card (food stamps), and $800 a month for rent.

     “Oh yeah, and 250 minutes free on my phone.”

     She told him that when she was working she was taking home $330 a week and that she’s much better off receiving disability and welfare checks.

     Comment: Think about it — why should she go back to work? When you multiply her income by millions of others, you begin to see the scope of the problem we face in this land.

Military Can Only Find a Few Good Men

     More than two-thirds of America’s young people would fail to qualify for military service, the Wall Street Journal reports, because of physical, behavioral or educational shortcomings.

     According to the newspaper, this poses serious “challenges to building the next generation of soldiers even as the U. S. draws down troops from conflict zones.”

     “The military deems many youngsters ineligible due to obesity, lack of a high-school diploma, felony convictions and prescription-drug use for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,” the Journal reported. “But others are now also running afoul of standards for appearance amid the growing popularity of large scale tattoos” and other appearance problems.

Keystone Pipeline, Canadian Oil and China

     The Canadian government has approved a major new pipeline to the Pacific Coast that would allow the country’s oil to be shipped to China and other Asian countries, the Associated Press reports.

     According to AP, the approval was expected since Prime Minister Stephen Harper has favored the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline after the U. S. delayed a decision on building the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the U. S. Gulf Coast.

     The Northern Gateway pipeline will transport 525,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific to giant oil tankers from oil-hungry China and other Asian countries, the news service said.

     Comment: It’s a shame that the President continues to pander to the powerful environmental lobby in Washington. He has held up the pipeline for years and apparently has no plans to approve its construction.

     Comment: There are always consequences for our actions. Keystone would provide 40,000 jobs immediately and greatly reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But politics and agendas trump common sense and the will of the majority of the people.

The VA Mess and the Future of ACA Healthcare

     Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson believes the Veterans Administration scandal gives us a picture of what nationalized healthcare will be like when handled by the Washington bureaucracy.

     “I think what’s happening with the veterans…shows us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the healthcare provider,” Dr. Carson said.

     He added, “And if we can’t get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population? You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure this out.”

     Dr.  Carson, 62, an African American, retired last summer as chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

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THE BILL KEITH REPORT AND COMMENTARY July 25, 2014

THE BILL KEITH REPORT AND COMMENTARY July 25, 2014

The Bill Keith Report

News And Commentary

June 6, 2014

Greetings to our readers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 59 foreign countries.

If you believe the information in this edition of The Report is worthwhile, please pass it on to your friends and contact your congressional representatives about the issues.

Hooray for Governor Rick Perry

     Finally, someone in public office has the courage to stand up and say, “Enough is enough.”

     Governor Perry will send 1,000 National Guard troops to the border with Mexico to stop the tens of thousands of illegals — including thousands of children — coming into this land as well as immigrant gang members.

     The Governor says he’s been trying to get President Obama to do something about the border for several years yet nothing has been done.

     Contrariwise, the President and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continue to say the “border is secure.”

     Governor Perry appeared on the Sean Hannity television program and made a startling statement — illegals coming into Texas have committed 3,000 rapes and 8,000 murders in the past five years.

     He says the “details of the criminal activity” are so catastrophic that “we can’t wait on Washington.”

     Comment: Former Border Patrol Chief Ronald Coburn says one in five of all illegals coming into this land have violent criminal records These are not illegals with parking tickets or shoplifting. These people are rapists, murderers, drug dealers, and gang members.

     Yet, what do we hear from the President? He won’t even go to the border to see the catastrophe. Rather, he just wants to grant amnesty to all of them regardless of the consequences.

     There is a better solution — deport all the illegals who do not have valid work permits. Then make sure employers provide health insurance for the workers so they won’t bankrupt our healthcare system.

A Footnote

     The Obama administration announced on Thursday that they are considering sending planes to Honduras to pick up more children and bring them to America so they won’t have to walk hundreds of miles to our southern border.

     Although details are sketchy at this time, it is believed once the children are in the U.S., the President would grant them amnesty.

     There is no information on how much it will cost, what will become of the children once they arrive here, what welfare benefits they will receive, where they will be educated (since they do not speak English) and how many hundreds or thousands will be considered in the amnesty program. Neither are we told if the President plans to bring children from other countries. Story is unfolding.

Who’s in Charge in Washington?

     Has anyone seen the President lately? He’s been AWOL for some time. He’s been crisscrossing the country three days a week giving fundraising speeches for Senate democrats up for reelection.

     Americans are falling from the skies over the Ukraine as President Putin of Russia and his thugs are shooting down airplanes (23 American citizens died in the recent  plane crash); swarms of illegals are crossing the border into the U.S, as the border is not now, nor has it ever been, secure; Hamas has fired more than 2,000 rockets into Israel (more than likely funded by the $3.6 billion our government gave the Palestinian National Authority of which Hamas is now affiliated); and Russia is on the verge of an all-out attack on the Ukraine.

     So what does the President do? He refuses to go to the border to see the devastation first hand, plays golf when he’s in Washington, drinks beer and plays pool in Colorado and eats hamburgers in Delaware.

     He soon will begin a 15-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard.

     To make matters worse, Congress just adjourned for a five-week vacation.

     So who’s in charge? I don’t know. The President is AWOL and Congress just went home.

     We need a major house cleaning in Washington.

EBT/Food Stamp Cards and a Culture of Corruption

     WE THE PEOPLE spend $80 billion each year on EBT (the cards replaced food stamps) cards that allegedly allows the poor to purchase food.

     However, as in so many other areas, there is little accountability on the part of the card users. Although the cards are to purchase food only, the users have violated the USDA guidelines in creative ways. They have used the cards in tobacco shops, liquor stores, casinos, strip clubs, race tracks, tattoo parlors and even at Disney World resorts.

     This week we learned that the people of Colorado are using the cards to purchase marijuana, just weeks after voters approved sales in the state. According to National Review, beneficiaries of the EBT cards have used the cards 259 times to purchase pot.

     So what’s the problem? Little oversight and typical lack of government accountability.

     But most of it is the government’s fault. They fail to deal with the pathologies of human nature and allow the card holders to use them as they will. They take few precautions to make sure the taxpayers’ funds are not wasted or misused.

     For instance, I found the following information from the USDA that administers the program. They extend a hearty welcome to the EBT card users and give them detailed information on how to use the cards to purchase food. That’s okay.

     But they also give them detailed information on how to use the card to get cash back at supermarkets or cash from ATM machines.

     The GOVERNMENT shows them exactly how to do it!

     Hence, the fraudulent purchases.

     Comment: When President John F. Kennedy initiated the national food stamp program it was for a worthy purpose — to feed hungry people. But, like most programs, they become large, expensive, uncontrollable and filled with fraud and waste.

     Today we have $80 billion a year floating around and no one knows for sure just how much of it is spent on food.

Arizona Governor Brewer vs. Phoenix Suns Owner

      Last week Robert Sarver the owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team hammered Governor Brewer and the state’s immigration law that would require identification.

     The feisty Governor issued the following statement in response to Sarver’s criticism:

     “What if the owners of the Suns discovered that hordes of people were sneaking into games without paying? What if they had a good idea who the gate-crashers are but the ushers and security personnel were not allowed to ask these folks to produce their ticket stubs, thus non-paying attendees couldn’t be ejected. Furthermore, what if the Sun’s ownership was expected to provide those who sneaked in with complimentary eats and drink? And what if, on those days when a gate-crasher became ill or injured, the Suns had to provide free medical care and shelter?” ~Governor Jan Brewer.

     Comment: It’s strange that Attorney General Eric Holder files suit against any state — including Arizona — that requires all voters to present identification. Holder says it discriminates against minorities.

     But on a personal note, I have to show my ID when I renew my driver’s license; open a bank account; apply for a passport and a visa; when I use my credit cards at department stores; and others.

Working the Welfare System

     Remember back in 2012 when Governor Mitt Romney said that far too many people have become dependent on government land by learning how to work the system.

     The owner of a Ford dealership learned firsthand what Romney was talking about. He said a lady came into his showroom and said she wanted to lease a brand new Focus. As he looked at her credit app, he noticed she was on social security disability.

     “You don’t look like you’re disabled and unable to work,” he commented.

     “Well, I’m really not. I could work if I wanted to, but I make more now than I did when I was working and got hurt…” 

     She then explained that the government sends her $1,500 a month for her disability and she gets $700 a month on an EBT card (food stamps), and $800 a month for rent.

     “Oh yeah, and 250 minutes free on my phone.”

     She told him that when she was working she was taking home $330 a week and that she’s much better off receiving disability and welfare checks.

     Comment: Think about it — why should she go back to work? When you multiply her income by millions of others, you begin to see the scope of the problem we face in this land.

Military Can Only Find a Few Good Men

     More than two-thirds of America’s young people would fail to qualify for military service, the Wall Street Journal reports, because of physical, behavioral or educational shortcomings.

     According to the newspaper, this poses serious “challenges to building the next generation of soldiers even as the U. S. draws down troops from conflict zones.”

     “The military deems many youngsters ineligible due to obesity, lack of a high-school diploma, felony convictions and prescription-drug use for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,” the Journal reported. “But others are now also running afoul of standards for appearance amid the growing popularity of large scale tattoos” and other appearance problems.

Keystone Pipeline, Canadian Oil and China

     The Canadian government has approved a major new pipeline to the Pacific Coast that would allow the country’s oil to be shipped to China and other Asian countries, the Associated Press reports.

     According to AP, the approval was expected since Prime Minister Stephen Harper has favored the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline after the U. S. delayed a decision on building the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the U. S. Gulf Coast.

     The Northern Gateway pipeline will transport 525,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific to giant oil tankers from oil-hungry China and other Asian countries, the news service said.

     Comment: It’s a shame that the President continues to pander to the powerful environmental lobby in Washington. He has held up the pipeline for years and apparently has no plans to approve its construction.

     Comment: There are always consequences for our actions. Keystone would provide 40,000 jobs immediately and greatly reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But politics and agendas trump common sense and the will of the majority of the people.

The VA Mess and the Future of ACA Healthcare

     Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson believes the Veterans Administration scandal gives us a picture of what nationalized healthcare will be like when handled by the Washington bureaucracy.

     “I think what’s happening with the veterans…shows us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the healthcare provider,” Dr. Carson said.

     He added, “And if we can’t get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population? You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure this out.”

     Dr.  Carson, 62, an African American, retired last summer as chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

THE BILL KEITH REPORT AND COMMENTARY July 25, 2014