Of all the rumors flying around on the internet, one just refuses to die, and it concerns America’s FEMA camps.

In a nutshell, there seems to be a solicitation of bids occurring for the staffing of FEMA camps within 72 hours of implementation by an order from either Homeland Security or the president. This situation begs to be investigated, with special consideration paid to the motives of the present administration.

I went to the source, the FedBizOpps.gov, and searched for the solicitation number HSFEHQ-10-R-0027, titled National Responder Support Camp.

A search of the history of the amendments to this Solicitation for Contract showed that it had been modified several times, with the last modification — number 0008, with an original date of letting out to bid with a synopsis of May 13, 2011 — occurring on December 16, 2011. This last modification rescinded the solicitation, with said modification’s purpose noted as follows:
1. Cancel Solicitation HSFEHQ-10-R-0027.
2. A new draft solicitation will be issued on January 2012 for industry comment.
3. A Pre-Solicitation Conference will be held approximately two week post draft solicitation.

Okay…score one for the internet and the vigilant citizens who perform an invaluable service to our nation by monitoring the actions of our government and its various agencies.

 Read More at American Thinker By Alan  P. Halbert, American Thinker

The first of every year, we encourage you to look around, set some goals and live intentionally. As a family we meet together early in the year, devour some quality Chinese Food and set our goals for the year.

As part of the process, we look around and take inventory of what we see. Part of the process is our annual predictions column. We have some big predictions for 2012, but first let’s review the record of what we said in early 2011.

Last year we said, “Economic growth will remain sluggish at best. Housing prices have not yet hit bottom and will definitely continue falling. Foreclosures will continue unabated and this will pressure the banking system.”

I don’t think we were far off the mark. We continued with, “The Federal Reserve, under the leadership of Ben Bernanke, has run out of tools to boost the economy. Continued quantitative easing will increase inflation while barely budging the unemployment numbers.”

Again we hit a bulls-eye. The Fed is out of ammunition. They risk serious inflation if they pump much more cash into the system. The only factor currently protecting us from inflation is the deflation in housing and real estate. All the money destroyed in the housing crisis is being restored by the Fed, but it isn’t circulating with us common folk because it is all being used to rescue insolvent banks and governments.

 Read More at Townhall By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown, Townhall

By Deroy Murdock.  As a gay-marriage proponent, I was pleased to learn that, as governor, Willard “Mitt” Romney (R., Mass.) issued at least 189 special-issue, one-day marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2005 alone. These documents let 378 people enjoy nuptials administered by relatives, friends, and others who normally do not perform weddings, as judges and clergy routinely do.

This boost for gay marriage surprised me, given Romney’s numerous contrary pronouncements on the matter.

“I agree with 3,000 years of recorded history,” Romney announced eight years ago as governor. “Marriage is an institution between a man and a woman.”

“I oppose same-sex marriage,” Romney declared at Iowa’s GOP debate two weeks ago. “That’s been my position from the beginning.”

Romney’s statements, however, conflict with his gubernatorial behavior.

 

Read More at National Review By Deroy Murdock, National Review

The Obama administration is using fake FaceBook and Twitter accounts to monitor anyone who mentions such mundane political issues as illegal immigration, oil drilling, or even the word “recovery.” The newest invasion of conservatives’ privacy comes courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Rob Waugh of the UK Daily Mail reports:

The DHS outlined plans to scans blogs, Twitter and Facebook for words such as ‘illegal immigrant’, ‘outbreak’, ‘drill’, ‘strain’, ‘virus’, ‘recovery’, ‘deaths’, ‘collapse’, ‘human to animal’ and ‘trojan’, according to an ‘impact asssessment’ document filed by the agency.

When its search tools net an account using the phrases, they record personal information.

It’s still not clear how this information is used – and who the DHS shares it with.

The president and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano seem interested in assuring no one finds out, either. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which promotes online privacy, states the Obama administration is stonewalling its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about the program. (Perhaps Obama’s bureaucrats learned their lesson. In June, EPIC received e-mails from administration officials proving that the Obama administration lied about the safety of airport scanners.)

Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, revealed some guidelines for identifying potential terrorists include anyone who has more than seven days of food in his home, anyone who is missing fingers, and anyone who possesses multiple firearms or weather-proof ammunition. This category is so broad it would include extreme couponers and hunters.

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 Read More at Floyd Reports By Ben Johnson, The White House Watch

Barack Obama and his State Department who cheered the success of the “Arab Spring” revolutions in the Middle East over this past year should be made to explain the latest example of “mercy” as practiced by Islam “the religion of peace.”

In 2006 an Iranian woman was tried and convicted of committing adultery. She was sentenced to death by stoning which is the way strict adherents to Islamic laws demand such people ought to be executed. Soon after the sentence was handed down, the woman’s execution was put on hold because “foreign governments and human rights groups” appealed to the Iranians for some relief for her.

Now to show how reasonable and modern they are, the Iran Islamists who don’t execute murderers, are studying their laws to see if they can substitute hanging her instead of stoning her to death. This is the essence of “negotiations” when Islamists are on the opposite side of the table.

“Arab Spring”

Until last spring Egypt was as close to a modern nation as could be found in North Africa. It had the respect of Muslim and non-Muslim countries, a relatively stable economic system and an honorable government which was living up to its treaties with Israel and other Western aligned nations. All of that changed with the ouster of Hosni Mubarak and his government which was cheered on by the dopes in the western media and facilitated by Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton his stooge in the State Department. Neither Obama nor Clinton wanted to talk about who was actually revolting in Egypt they were too busy reliving the 60’s.

The “revolutionaries” were the Muslim Brotherhood who had kept a low profile under Mubarak a man who knew their true aim is the spread of Islam around the world. Mubarak is gone now and the Muslim Brotherhood which has just announced it wants to model itself after Hamas is poised to take control. Hamas is a terrorist organization that wants Sharia law everywhere and Israel to be pushed into the sea.

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 Read More at Coach Is Right By Kevin “Coach” Collins, Coach Is Right