In the aftermath of General McChrystal’s legendary, possibly heroic, interview with Rolling Stone magazine, President Barack Obama has accepted the General’s resignation and has selected General David Petraeus to take control as top commander in Afghanistan. Beautiful! That’s excellent representation of this nation and the future of the war. The second a high commander is publicly honest about the state of affairs overseas, he’s out.

It is no secret that there is relentless division of opinion for everything that involves the strategy overseas. However the split opinion is never addressed and they continue to sweep the differences under a rug. So for the first time, a high commander tells it how it is, and he is eliminated all together. McChrystal may have said some offensive, off the cuff remarks, but at least he was honest. Something had to change. And after all, isn’t ‘Change’ President Obama’s motto?

This was an opportunity for Obamaland to walk the walk, but instead he steps up to the podium at the White House and continues to talk the talk. It’s obvious McChrystal’s remarks were impulsive and clearly he had had enough and subsequently offered his own resignation. Now that Petraeus is in the driver’s seat, what is going to change? Obama said in his speech, “It is the right thing for our mission in Afghanistan, for our military and our country.”

How’s this for Obama propaganda? The President believes McChrystal’s explosive remarks demoralize the civilian control of the military “at the core of our democratic system.” Additionally, Obama said, “I believe this mission demands unity of effort across our alliance and across my national security team… I don’t think that we can sustain that unity of effort and achieve our objectives in Afghanistan without making this change.”

Did that really happen today? The president is delusional. The fact of the matter is, the lack of unity is detrimental to the progress and success overseas, which was one point McChrystal made in his interview, and the entire world is aware of it. However, Obama wants to “sustain that unity” that they already have? What unity? That’s what is failing! For a man empowered by change, he certainly is sitting on his hands. It doesn’t matter now, the truth is out thanks to General McChrystal, and Obama already has the broom out.

Officially, there is an ongoing manhunt for 22-year-old Dutchman, Joran van der Sloot, who is sought for the murder of a 21-year-old girl in Peru. Van der Sloot was previously arrested twice for the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, who was in Aruba for a class trip. Today, authorities confirmed van der Sloot is now the prime suspect for Sunday’s murder of a Peruvian woman, Stephany Flores, who was found dead in a Lima hotel.

The following day, the suspect crossed the border by automobile into Chile. Joran was in Peru for a poker tournament, and he appears in a hotel surveillance tape with the victim. The video shows the two together at a Lima casino early Sunday and were later seen entering the hotel by an employee.

The father of the victim, Ricardo Flores, said his daughter was dropping off her girlfriends at 2:35 a.m. then returned to the casino to meet van der Sloot. According to police chief Gen. Cesar Guardia, van der Sloot and the victim were seen entering a hotel room at approximately 5 a.m. About four hours later, the Dutchman left the hotel room alone. Guardia confirms, “We have an interview with a worker at the hotel who says she saw this foreigner with the victim enter his room.”

The victim, Stephany Flores, was found face down on the floor of the hotel room with abrasions on her face and body indicating trauma, and she was fully clothed. Signs of asphyxiation are pending with autopsy results for the actual cause of death. Sunday’s murder of Flores exactly marks the five year anniversary of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance for which van der Sloot remains the leading suspect.

According to the Dutch government, Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for van der Sloot in the Peru killing. The spokeswoman for the Aruba prosecutor’s office, Ann Angela, said, “What’s happening now is incredible. At this moment we don’t have anything to do with it, but we are following the case with great interest and if Peruvian authorities would need us, we are here.”

UPDATE!! Joran van der Sloot was arrested by police while taking a cab ride and taken into custody in downtown Santiago, Chile. The suspect has since been transferred to the Peruvian government.

UPDATE!! Monday, under questioning from Peruvian authorities, the Dutchman confessed to killing the 21-year-old, Stephany Flores, last Sunday on May 30. According to Peruvian media releases, van der Sloot became enraged after discovering Flores had used his laptop to search information of his past without his permission.

The sick bastard admitted to grabbing Flores by the neck and hitting her because she had viewed photos and videos about the Aruba case on his computer while he went to get coffee. Joran’s confession came on his thrid full day in Pervian custody, and the day before he was set to participate in reconstructing the events at the hotel leading to Flores’ slaying. Flores was beaten to death and had a broken neck.

In a statement from Natalee Holloway’s father, “He confessed to this one… I would like for him to tell everyone what happened. Hopefully this is his last victim.”

Say it isn’t so! Who would’ve thought after the Clinton/Gore era, Bill and Hilary Clinton would reconcile infidelity yet Al and Tipper Gore would split after 40 years of marriage. The Gores confirmed their split via and email to Politico.

The future ex-couple made a joint statement, “We are announcing today that after a great deal of thought and discussion, we have decided to separate.” After a 40 year union, wouldn’t you just go your separate ways and not even bother putting your energy into a divorce? Seriously, think of how long it would take to reach an agreement with 40 years of crap together. They’ll be dead before a settlement is made.

And where do you go after being with someone for 40 years? It is possible either Mr. or Mrs. has kindled another flame. Why else would you separate at their age after that long of a marriage? Any thoughts?

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When Arizona Governor, Janet Brewer, signed the new immigration bill mandating authorities to determine whether a person is in the United States legally, there was an eruption of international controversy. While protesters are claiming the bill promotes racial profiling, supporters reason the bill’s assistance to decrease local crime rates.

The new immigration bill is expected to activate in July. As a way of protesting, the city of Los Angeles has threatened to “boycott” Arizona, which in turn could cost Arizona millions. However, L.A. should consider the repercussions of a “boycott” before they actually pull the plug. Because Arizona is happy to LITERALLY pull the plug on L.A.

The Arizona Corporation Commission oversees the state’s water and electric utilities, and has offered to accommodate LA, and cut off electricity to 25% of the city. Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce wrote a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaradigosa saying, “If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives power from Arizona-based generation,” Pierce continued, “I am confident that Arizona’s utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands.” Pierce’s letter was in response to the L.A. city council’s decision, on May 12, to boycott the state of Arizona.

Pierce’s spokesperson told CNNMoney.com, “It’s not a threat. It’s just pointing out the ramification of what L.A.’s threat would be on the boycott. If they carry out their threat to boycott Arizona, that includes 25% of their power.”

Politicians, mostly lefties, are at odds with the recent immigration commotion and saying all sort of nonsense like Senator Schumer, “You cannot pass an immigration bill unless you have bipartisan support,” the New York Democrat continued, “Right now we are unable to have a single Republican to come with us to the table to negotiate a bipartisan bill.” Oh! Is that a violin I hear playing? But it’s okay for a federal health care bill to pass without a single conservative vote? Bad news Senator, Arizona is a Red State, not a swing state. And more bad news; Arizona’s immigration bill has nearly three times the approval rating compared to President Obama’s ‘Immigration Reform.’ Cry me the Rio Grande, build a wall, and try to get over it. Oh! And don’t forget your passport!

Seriously? What is wrong with our judicial system? It’s been eight years since Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom at knifepoint, and the woman who pleaded guilty is finally being sentenced. Smart was only 14 when she was abducted, and held captive for nine months. She was found nine months later, walking down a street in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, with another couple.

Wanda Eileen Barzee, 64, was sentenced on Friday to 15 years in federal prison. Yes…only 15 years! She pled guilty to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor, and she only gets 15 years! She took away the freedom of this young girl for 9 months…”I’m greatly humbled as I realize how much Elizabeth Smart has been victimized and the role I played in it,” she said. “I’m so sorry, Elizabeth, for all the pain and suffering I have caused you and your family. It is my hope that you will be able to find it in your heart to forgive me one day.”

Barzee’s husband Brian David Mitchell, is awaiting trial for the rape and kidnapping of Smart. As part of Barzee’s plea agreement, she agreed to testify in pending state and federal cases against her husband. Smart testified last October that Mitchell raped her almost daily during the nine months she was held captive. Smart was also forced into a polygamous marriage with the one-time traveling street preacher.

Smart’s mother delivered strong words to Barzee who stood just a few feet away from her in the court room, “Wanda Barzee, what you did to our family and to our girl Elizabeth was wrong. It was wrong and it was evil,” Lois Smart said in the courtroom. “Mothers don’t do that to mothers…Mothers don’t do that to children.”

Mitchell’s federal trial is set to start November 1.

After a long appeal process, the British born, Linda Carty, will be executed after justices denied review of her 2001 murder abduction case. The appeal to the Supreme Court for a stay of execution was the last long shot for Carty after being sentenced to the death penalty for killing her neighbor.

Carty’s appeal was based on claims Texas officials had delayed informing British authorities of her prosecution, therefore devastating her defense in court. Carty’s attorneys were depending on the Vienna Convention and a U.S./British treaty which requires notification of arrests of nationals “without delay.” A British consul general in Houston, Paul Lynch, explained, “It made a material difference in this case. It is quite clear to us that Linda Carty did not get the assistance she should have and the trial she should have.”

Carty’s defense team affirmed the result of her trial would’ve been different if the defendant had been accorded the protections provided by the British government. Rule number one… don’t mess with Texas! The 51-year-old defendant was sentenced to the death penalty in 2002 for murdering a 25-year-old, Joana Rodriguez.

In the fall of 2009, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed there were problems with Carty’s trial, however, the lower court upheld the denial of a stay of execution. Prosecutors charged Linda Carty for the participation of kidnapping and killing Joana Rodriguez in an attempt to steal the victim’s baby. Rodriguez died and the baby was physically unharmed. Texas Assistant Attorney General Katherine D. Hayes admitted the evidence of Carty’s guilt was “overwhelming.”

Carty is the first British woman to be executed in 55 years. Sorry, but this is ridiculous, and that’s what she gets for poor decision-making. What a waste of American dollars, and she’s not even American. Her victim’s child is 8 or 9 year-old now and doesn’t have a mother.

Sunday, President Barack Obummer Obama, signed an approximated $2.5 trillion healthcare program. During the hypocritical “democratic” assembly, the proposed Health Care Reform passed 219-212 votes. The said Health Care System will provide health coverage to about 32 million Americans without insurance. You do the math. Divide 940 million or 2.5 trillion (whatever the reported astronomical cost) by 32 million. Don’t worry about the math because I did the calculation and it works out to approximately $29 thousand to $78 thousand per uninsured American. Necessary? IDFTS (look it up at UrbanDictionary.com).

Republicans, logically and unanimously opposed the bill in addition to 34 knowledgeable Democrats. And this is the land by the people, for the people? After the December election is Massachusetts, it appeared Obamacare was destined to collapse. But that Nancy Pelosi, she’s got moves and she tweaked the WHOLE system so those 219 people could have their votes counted regardless of what the other 300 million Americans want. But as long as less than 15% of Americans have health care the other 85% has to pay for, it doesn’t matter because Obama finally signed something. Sense my sarcasm. Obama’s really earning that Peace Prize!

So, now there are 14 states that filed suit almost immediately after President Obummer Obama signed the bill, and as if Obamacare wasn’t a fiasco to begin with, now it is in shambles. These 14 states are filing suit against H.R. 4872 the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, calling it “unconstitutional.” Florida Attorney General, Bill McCollum, said, “It forces people to do something… in the sense of buying a healthcare policy or paying a penalty, a tax of a fine… that simply the Constitution does not allow Congress to do.”

Shockingly, even Michael Moore isn’t on board with this cluster-f***, calling President Obama’s plan “phony”. According to Moore, this Health Care Reform “has EVERYTHING to do with lining the pockets of the health insurance industry,” he continued, “What company wouldn’t love the government forcing the public to buy that company’s product?! Imagine a law that made it illegal not to own an iPhone?” True enough.

These examples are precisely the reason 14 states so quickly reacted to the signing of H.R. 4827. Virginia, among the 14 states filing suits, has filed a separate suit against Obamacare because the state has passed a bill preventing federal mandates from requiring individuals in the state to purchase health insurance. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli defends the suit saying, “There has never been a point in our history where the federal government has been given the authority to require citizens to buy goods or services.”

As former President Abraham Lincoln said, “You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.” That is exactly what will happen to the insured 85% of Americans who end up paying for the uninsured 15%. For a nation that can offer the most innovative and reliable health care in the world, it appears Obamacare can accept the regression in medical innovation we should be so proud to offer.

Doris Haddock, also known as Granny D, died on Tuesday night, March 9, at her son’s home in Dublin, New Hampshire. The wise political activist had been suffering from chronic respiratory illness, and she had recently celebrated her milestone, 100th birthday, on January 24.

Granny D became famously known for her political interest when she hiked 3,200 miles across the United States to raise awareness of monetary function in political campaigns. Haddock made the trek from Los Angeles, California all the way to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. during her political exhibition.

In July 2000, during her avocation, Granny D said, “There are so many problems in this country that need to be solved, but they need money in order to solve them. And when campaign finance reform has been enacted, that will release a great deal of money.” Did you hear that Rielle Hunter John Edwards?

Haddock actively supported Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold for authoring campaign finance legislation passed back in 2002. McCain made a statement after hearing the news of Granny D’s death saying, “I was saddened to learn of the passing of Granny D. Her inspirational efforts and hard work will never be forgotten.” Sen. Feingold added, “Her walk across America in support of campaign finance reform and returning democracy to the people inspired people of all ages and all backgrounds.”

Family spokeswoman and a dear friend of Haddock’s said, “She was active until two days before her death. She lived a very full life. Even though everyone is sad, we’re also full of joy over what she was able to accomplish.” Doris Haddock not only fulfilled political accomplishments, but she is survived by her son, 8 grandkids, and 16 great-grandkids. A century of life, wisdom, and family is an amazing accomplishment for anyone.

Sarah Palin has established her position as a celebrity more so than a politician ever since the culmination of the Presidential campaign in 2008. She is publicly criticized for her every move, yet she is still able to maintain a massive crowd of supporters including nearly 1.5 million fans on Facebook.

Yet this past Saturday, Palin gave a speech in Calgary where she revealed a piece of her childhood to the Canadian natives. Until Palin was five years-old, she lived in an Alaskan town, Skagway, near the border of the Canadian city, Whitehorse. Palin said, “Believe it or not, we used to hustle on over the border for health care that we would receive in Whitehorse… isn’t that kind of ironic now. Zooming over the border, getting health care from Canada.”

That has to be one of the dumbest stories she has ever told in her entire life. Palin is utterly opposed to anything having to do with President Barack Obama’s health care bill, yet she received national health care from Canada as a child. Did she think if she told a group of Canadians, she could relate to them in a special way, and Americans would never find out?

Here’s the thing… that all happened in the 1960’s when she was in the care of her parents at a very young age. It would be a totally different story if she said, “My grandson had ’some little kid accident thing’ and we rushed him on a train over to Whitehorse for medical treatment.” The difference is how she was raised and how she lives her life now. Surely at the ripe age of 5 she didn’t have much say in where she received health care. Unless she was a very intuitive 5-year-old who strictly opposed going to Whitehorse because she didn’t believe in public health care (highly doubtful).

Regardless of any reason, call it opportunistic or hypocritical, when Sarah Palin makes a statement like that, she is just setting herself up to be publicly scorned. The reason is simple, she has previously suggested that Canada discontinue its public health care program and said President Obama’s instantaneous demand for American health care is “irresponsible.” The wheels fall off too often for Palin when she speaks publicly. As they do for many people, which only makes her human. But that’s a perfectly good reason for her to not be in office, and same with our President. The “I’m just like every other average American” doesn’t mean anything. I don’t want someone like me in office, then every Joe Schmoe would run for office if that’s the situation. It’s a waste of time, which is a luxury America does not have at this point.

At least someone is doing something in the White House…

As of this morning, President Barack Obama has signed a memo in order to establish a federal task force regarding the epidemic of childhood obesity. This has to be the best thing he’s done since he moved into the White House, and his wife, First Lady Michelle, will be leading the campaign.

According to the memorandum, an encouraging plan of “optimal coordination” among the federal government, private and non-profit sectors will be established in the next 90 days. Mrs. Obama will lead an aggressive public relations effort to increase awareness of childhood obesity. The epidemic is “one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country,” he continued, “We think that this has enormous promise in improving the health of our children, in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that oftentimes are very difficult,” President Obama said from the White House.

The growing figures of childhood obesity are overwhelming, where the memo states approximately one-third of children born after 2000 will suffer from a form of diabetes at some stage in their life. Michelle Obama will launch the campaign this afternoon, along with mayors, doctors and sports leaders, as well as members of the President’s cabinet.

The First Lady stated in a speech last month, “We’ve seen the surge in obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis, and it’s threatening our children, it’s threatening our families, and more importantly it’s threatening the future of this nation.” Kicking of the campaign against childhood obesity, Michelle Obama urges families to shut off televisions, drink more water and serve smaller portions. It is “really minor stuff. But these small changes resulted in some really significant improvements,” the First Lady said.