You Just Never Know Who's Hand You May Shake...

By Rob Catanese

Friends, I am a photographer for the local ABC station here in Florida.  Today we were covering a story of a jeweler in Palm Beach who had absconded numerous people out of their jewelry that they entrusted to him on consignment.  Now, Worth Avenue is the Florida equivalent to Rodeo Drive in California, it is the home of serious, obscene money. 

This person had taken their jewelry in the hopes of selling it, however, just a few days ago, put a sign on his door saying closed due to "illness" and simply vanished with all the jewels!  

Now, this person worked for another unscrupulous jewelry on the Avenue just doors away, one in which we found out has numerous lawsuits pending for not only cheating buyers but over charging their customers for cubic zirconia gems being passed off as quality diamonds. 

The police are investigating all the players involved in this scheme. 

During the course of our day, covering the story and trying to peel back the layers of this sordid tale, I came across another store owner who had shed some light on the dastardly deeds on one of America's most expensive roadways and needless to say, there are some seriously evil people who pass themselves off as store owners of Worth Avenue. 

Since this is still an ongoing investigation, lets say that the store owner in question is named Marcel, and Marcel works for 123 jewels.
Stay with me on this....

Many years ago, there was a man who emigrated from Greece, came to America and settled in Chicago. To protect his identity, I will call him Enzo. With very little to his name other than a dream to succeed in his new home, Enzo began to do the one thing he was good at, he was a baker.  So it wasn't too long, with hard work and little luck, he opened a storefront and began his pursuit of the American dream!   

He began to amass a reputation as not only a good baker, but a great man.  Helping people any way he could, lending friends and neighbors money asking nothing in return.  He would simply say "just be good to other people as I have been good to you!" 

He was known throughout his neighborhood and was respected. Never ever asking for something, instead lending a hand to those who asked for help.  One day, Enzo was visited by a man he knew, this man came to Enzo because he had no place left to go.  This man also had a dream, but needed money to pursue it.

He knew of Enzo's generosity and after being declined a loan by the local banks, thought he would approach the baker as a last resort.  When they met, he looked at Enzo and said I have an Idea for a business.  The idea was to sell hamburgers for 10 cents, but he needed 25 thousand dollars to make his dream come to fruition.  Without a second thought, Enzo

gave him the money!  

And in usual fashion, he said I don't want you to pay me back, since I am a baker, Enzo asked him if he could simply make the hamburger buns for his new business. 

The young entrepreneur gladly agreed, and the two men shook hands and had a deal!  Enzo had just shaken hands with Ray Kroc, the founder of Mcdonalds!  To this day, Enzo provides ALL the bread to every single Mcdonalds across the Globe!

Stay with me...

Enzo and his wife were visiting Palm Beach not too long ago and decided to shop on Worth Avenue, and met Marcel at 123 jewels.  When they walked in his store, Marcel being the evil parasite that he is, engaged the couple and seduced them into putting a dent in Enzo's black American Express card.  Somehow, Marcel convinced Enzo to give him his credit card number, so that his wife would be able to shop and he(Marcel) would handle all the details, Enzo complied.  As the couple began to look over some of the jewelry, Enzo's wife would say I like that or thats pretty,  Enzo would say sweetheart I will buy it for you, Marcel would show them and the sales pitch began! 

However, Enzo's wife quietly informed Marcel that Enzo was suffering from Alzheimers, and that he really didn't or couldn't remember what he was saying!  Marcel used this to rack up more than 50 thousand dollars worth of jewelry!  He told them take them back to your hotel, wear them to dinner and enjoy!  Well, Enzo's wife, decided to return the jewelry the next day, and Marcel refused to refund her their money, and gave them a store credit!  She walked out, and never went back.

Friends, good always trumps evil in this life.  Enzo was blessed by the hand of God not for what he did, but for who he was!  Be a blessing to someone just because you can!  Because you never know who's hand you may shake! God bless to all...

Our feckless Leader's True Colors, on Display at the National Prayer Breakfast

By Rob Catanese

Friends for those of you who may be new to Conservative Carousel or maybe not have read any of my posts, I am a devout Christian Conservative.  There are times when I am active on social media, Twitter in particular, when some of my tweets garner the attention of Liberals and Atheists that attack me and my belief system.  I have thick skin and at times find it humorous when they engage. 

However, when they combat me and say that I am not a good Christian or that wasn't very "Christian-like" because I speak my mind, I simply respond with the fact that I am not perfect just forgiven!  So I will begin this post by saying I love this country and despise what this President is doing to it! 

In fact I will no longer refer to the President as such or Mr. Obama, or President Obama.  He will be simply Obama!  He deserves NO respect any longer!  He has disrespected the office he holds.  He has disrespected our Military, Christians, Jews, our Allies, Conservatives, Republicans and more importantly his constituency.

Thursday, at the National Prayer Breakfast, clearly a forum that any GREAT leader would have used to unite the multitude of theologies, Obama chose to divide our Country yet again.  Calling out Christians during the Crusades!   

Someone needs to let Obama know the Crusades occurred  over 700 years ago!  OBAMA goes on to say that Christians committed atrocities in the name of Jesus Christ!  I can no longer take this hypocrisy perpetuated by this OBAMA. 


The Christians during the Crusades, recaptured Jerusalem from who?  The Muslims OBAMA!  Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist church in Dallas said it best, "They (Muslims) cannot cite a single verse in the New Testament that calls for violence against unbelievers.  On the other hand, Radical Islamists can point to a number of verses in the Koran calling for Muslims to 'crucify the infidels.'"  This OBAMA cannot even call them "radical Islamists", "terroristic jihadists", "radical Muslims" or whatever sewage you want to refer to them as! 

 

This OBAMA went on to further divide this country by saying that Jim Crowe and slavery all too often was justified in the name of Jesus Christ! History lesson for you OBAMA, slavery was supported by YOUR party, NOT the Republicans. This OBAMA is at least one thing, he is consistent in his Ideology and will not change until he tries to dismantle the very freedom and liberty and Judeo-Christian values this country was founded on!

When a person is caged and burned alive by these evil Islamo-Nazis and this OBAMA calls them an "organization", we as a country are in trouble.  This OBAMA is no longer classified as a "useful idiot", but a dangerous tyrannical emperor that is being laughed at upon the world stage!  The King of Jordan has done more in the last 48 hours than this Obama has in 6 years! 

He is not my President, he does not represent me, he is a dangerous ideological Monarch that cares not of this country but puts first the nation of Islam in everything that he does, and where has his denial of the radical Islamo-Naziism got him, or this country? 

He has weakened this nation and has endangered millions of Americans in the process!  He is loathsome feckless, weak and dangerous!  I have not sugar coated this post because I have had enough of what this OBAMA is doing to this great Nation.  I am a Conservative Christian, never said I was perfect, just forgiven!  

May God bless all of you who read this, and this great country,  we need him now more than ever!

So, this is our President....

By Rob Catanese

If I were shaking my head anymore I would be a bobble head!
It appears the speaker of the house John Boehner has made quite the move by inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before congress.  Some have penned this move a political one, somewhat of an insult to the president.  I do not see it that way,  I view it as Boehner finally gaining some testosterone and standing up to the president and listening to his constituency! 

Finally someone giving Bibi a platform to be heard and allow some insight in how Israel is and remains within a cauldron surrounded by Islamic terrorists that want to destroy the tiny nation.  And speaking of Islamic terrorists, yeah I said it!  Our President is not willing to call them what they are but doesn't have time meet with Bibi.  However, he does have time to meet with this imbecilic you tube sensation, who was able to not only interview him but pose for a selfie also....

For 12 minutes, this "person" gained the attention of the leader of the free world!  When I saw this, I think I actually threw up in my mouth.  I asked myself, and you should ask yourselves this, would Ronald Reagan sit with this person? 

We have a president, who is unwilling to meet with a man who's country is one nuclear warhead away from catastrophe.  A president who does NOTHING in the wake of thousands of Christians being slaughtered by the hands of Islamic extremists, and will not call them what they truly are! 

A president who sends three white representatives to Michael Browns funeral and NO ONE to honor Chris Kyle!  And yes, a president who feels James Taylor serenading the French, will solve the homegrown terrorism that rocked that country! 

I do not know what this president's legacy will be, but I do know that he will go down in the annals of history as one of the worst.  He does not care about his legacy and nor does he care about our country.  I pray for the next president, whomever it may be; they will need prayers because Obama still has 2 more years....

Look Beyond in What Appears to be the Natural...

By Rob Catanese

Friends, it is the dawn of a new week.  I hope that this installment will give you some faith

and courage to battle whatever life throws at you this week!  So often we lose sight of our God given destiny and plan that he has laid out for all of us, perhaps because we become consumed by things that appear in the "natural".  

I am certainly guilty of it, usually because of the trials and the tribulations that life has to offer.  The "natural" for those who may not be familiar, is what we perceive and for that matter, what we see with our eyes in all that we endure every day.  It's difficult at times to, as the good book tells us, to NOT walk by sight but by faith. 

For Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen and gives us assurance of things we cannot see! When I say look beyond in what appears to be the natural, I came across this story that stirred my spirit, which prompted me in writing you today. Now, In the natural, one would think this is a horrible irony!

Wilson spent more than two decades locked up, along with Antonio Yarbough, 40, for the gruesome murders of Yarbough’s mother, 12-year-old sister and another 12-year-old relative in 1992.

All three had been choked with electrical cords and stabbed to death.Wilson confessed to police and testified against Yarbough in exchange for a lighter sentence, but later recanted, saying that police had coerced his confession.  Read more NYDaily

Here is a man, Sharrif Wilson, who spent decades in prison, knowing he did not commit this atrocity, . 21 years is a long time friends, even longer when you are in prison, compounded by being innocent!  In February , the pair were released in light of new evidence, including DNA found on Yarbough’s mother that matched 1999 killings. He clears his name and begins to salvage a life worth living. 

He is only out of incarceration a year and succumbs to an illness, an illness in which he acquired in prison and dies.  In the natural this is devastating, unbelievable, sad, even tragic....In the Natural..... However, what if we look at this out of the natural, perhaps supernatural?  I do not know anything about this man other than what was reported, nor do I know his family and what kind of life he was leading upon his release.  But I do know this,  what if there where another way to look at his death and circumstance.  

Clearly an innocent man redeemed, who had suffered greatly for 21 years day after day night after night without any end in sight, perhaps holding on to hope that one day the truth would set him free and it did!  Maybe his suffering here on earth throughout all that time was enough for him to finally go home?

No really go home to his father in Heaven!  To truly know peace and eternal happiness that had been taken from him unjustly here in the natural.  Friends, when we tackle this week, I urge all of you to stay in faith.  

Whatever you may be facing, be still and know who HE is!  Look beyond the Natural, dare to peer into the supernatural!

 Stay strong in your beliefs and steadfast within your faith and maybe just maybe the supernatural will become a whole lot clearer.

What Happens When an Angel Looks Satan in the Eyes...

By Rob Catanese

Why? Is the question of the day...What Happens When an Angel Looks Satan in the Eyes?

I am a photographer for the local ABC affiliate here in West Palm Beach Florida.  Today we were covering the annual Susan G. Komen foundation lighting of the Flagler bridge.  That is one of the three bridges that connect West Palm beach with the island of Palm Beach, you know where the famous Worth avenue is, and home to many famous and mega wealthy people.  The Komen foundation lights the bridge pink in honor of breast cancer awareness.  It is great cause and event.

Working in the media, you are constantly in tune with events of the day.  Social media, press releases, countless other news stations both local and national all at your finger tips!  It is both a blessing and a curse to have that much at your disposal.  As we were preparing for the bridge lighting, I noticed a report out of Hillsborough county Florida, which includes the Tampa Bay area of Florida.

When I read this, I was paralyzed, in shock that any person, let alone a father, could actually drive over the Skyway bridge in Tampa and throw his daughter over the side as if she was a piece of garbage that needed to be disposed of from his car, over 60 feet from the water.

Still in shock, it really didn't hit me until I saw the little girls picture, and the fathers.  The first thing that came to my mind was, this angel just looked into her father's eyes as she was being thrown over the railing, and Satan looked back at her!

WHY?....

Why do deranged people have children?  Why did an attorney who met with John Jonchuck, the father, just Wednesday to discuss his custody case have to hear him call her "God" and asked her to translate a Bible in Swedish, only to be followed up by a Deputy who found Jonchuck to be anything but maniacal?  Why did a mother, Michelle Kerr, have to be awakened by police to be informed that her daughter whom she hadn't seen since Christmas eve was dead? 

And, why did this man do this? As I looked out from our location where we were going to go live from,  I couldn't help but notice that that bridge that was going to be lit pink, was only about 20 feet above that intercoastal waterway.  I realized that the little angel in Tampa, fell more than 60 feet landing in the water!

WHY?
I don't have the answers friends... However, I do know this, that little angel is being held in Heaven tonight and is at peace and is happy and not in any pain.  There is so much evil in this world, I see it every day. I try my best NOT to take my work home with me, but today's confluence of events really got to me... I will pray for that mother, she will need it. 

A mother who will never see her child again in this life. I will look at that father with disgust and immense disdain and disbelief. The evil that  some men do is in no uncertain terms, unimaginable and inexplicable. This story will be with me for a while, I had to share my thoughts with all of you today.  There are just no answers when it comes to deeds such as this.

Perhaps this is what it looks like when an angel looks Satan in the eyes....

Stay in faith friends, peace and love to all of you....

Miracle Among the Mayhem in the New Year - All things Become New Again!

By Rob Catanese

Happy New Year everyone!

 We have the holidays in our rearview mirror, and the dawn of a new year has risen.  Yet, if we watch the news, it seems the same old same old... ISIS, Obama on vacation, race hustlers running rampant and what if anything will the Republicans do with the majority of Congress?  We have 2 more years of the Obama administration continuing to "fundamentally change" America. We have the run up to the 2016 presidential election which will no doubt start gearing up later this year. 

And, by that time it is my hope that this president does not further divide an already immensely divided nation!  A nation where New York's finest are not only being condemned by that progressive left loon Diblasio, but subjected to harsh unwarranted criticism by race baiting, people like shameless self serving parasites named Al Sharpton!  We live in a country where the very moral fabric of our society is torn and tattered by progressive liberalism, i.e. Obama, Diblasio, Warren, Cuomo and on and on....

However....

It is NOT all the same stuff, different year. That is if we as believers in God look beyond the constant, almost incessant cycle of negativity that graces the media coverage daily.  There are miracles in the midst of the chaos friends, we just need to be acutely aware of them!
For example...

A 7 year old Kentucky girl walked away from a plane crash that tragically took her entire family!

 

There is not a logical explanation of this incident that a child survives a plane crash and has to live without her family, perhaps there is a plan for her life that God will unfold in time...

I do know this, the life we lead and the impact we have on those around us is proportional to the amount of God that is in our lives!  We as a nation face difficult times both internally and externally.  Sadly, the problems have been self inflicted wounds, by misguided, misdirected people whom have seemingly lost touch with greatness of this country only for self gain.

So as 2015 begins, perhaps we as a nation would benefit greatly if we focus on a simple yet profound text from the good book. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things become new again"

It is a prayer I have for this country and everyone in it, that we all benefit from 2 Corinthians 17.  We need NEW again!

A Christmas wish... As our Country Falls Apart

By Rob Catanese

Christmas is 2 days away, and the year is rapidly coming to a close.  Sadness fills my heart, the execution of 2 of New York's finest over the weekend and another officer in Tarpon Springs, Florida makes me realize that life is not only short but so very precious.  What makes matters worse, is one has to ask, if not for the Al Sharpton's and Bill DiBlasio's of the world, could these senseless deaths been avoided?  

     

Yes it's easy to say they both have blood on their hands, but that is too easy.  Directly, of course they don't, but indirectly they do, spewing their liberal agenda and vilifying the police only at the expense of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.

Sadly, we as a society are subjected to both global terrorism and homegrown "lone wolf" attacks as well as sick, twisted demented individuals that are nothing more than sociopaths that listen to the race hustlers that perpetuate the left of the left views that border on domestic terrorism.

What doesn't help is that our President voices his opinion, and unfortunately that voice is not of unification but division. This will not change over the next 2 years under this president, and that only weakens our great nation.  My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the fallen in their greatest time of mourning.

Senseless.... Senseless violence has become commonplace within our society.  It is my wish, a Christmas wish if you will, that God bless this nation and the good people in it.  We as a nation have migrated away from the deity, and I believe that the free will of man has been nothing more than a toxic well that many drink from.

She is calling for the death of police. Please report and block her get her account suspended. #NYPDLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ugxyDrCLY5
— Markeece Young! (@YoungBLKRepub) December 22, 2014

My wish for this holiday season and the new year is that God be first!  We as a nation, if we put God first and all will fall into place.  Perhaps you may feel this is all to pie in the sky, well than this is not for you.  But, our nation friends is in deep trouble, and if God be for us, who can be against us!

I wish all of you and yours a very Merry Christmas!  Hug your loved ones a little longer, tell them you love them and enjoy the true meaning of the Holiday. May God bless you and the United States....

"Honor, Code, and Loyalty" - CIA on Interrogation Tactics - "You Can't Handle the Truth"

By Rob Catanese

One of the greatest motion pictures to grace the silver screen may be one that is not all that familiar.  What makes it great, is not only the cast but the script and how it was written.  I am talking about "A few good men" starring Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise and Demi Moore. 

If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.  In the movie, there is a classic dialogue between Cruise and Nicholson I have  attached below where Nicholson tries to explain in only a way Jack can, what it means to be a marine.  Honor, Code and Loyalty are characteristics that make up the Marines.

What you ask, has to do with this Blog?  Today, Diane Feinstein in her and her Senate Intelligence Committee's infinite wisdom released the CIA report on interrogation tactics.


A Democrat-led Senate panel released a scathing report Tuesday on CIA interrogation practices amid warnings from lawmakers that the findings could "endanger the lives of Americans" -- a concern the Obama administration apparently shared as it put more than 6,000 Marines on high alert.

The report, from the Senate intelligence committee, claimed the interrogation techniques used were "brutal and far worse" than the CIA represented to lawmakers. Further, the report claimed the tactics were not effective and the spy agency gave "inaccurate" information about it to Congress and the White House. The report called CIA management of the program "deeply flawed" -- though agency officials have staunchly defended the program and credited it with helping track down Usama bin Laden and other terror leaders.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the head of the intelligence panel who ordered the release of the report, alleged on the Senate floor on Tuesday that the CIA techniques in some cases amounted to "torture."

"History will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say 'never again'," she said on the floor. "There may never be the right time to release this report. ... But this report is too important to shelve indefinitely."

The White House and President Obama backed the decision to release the report, despite warnings from lawmakers and some inside the administration that it could lead to a backlash against Americans. More than 6,000 U.S. Marines overseas have been put on "high alert" over the report's release, Fox News is told.

Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, called the move a "partisan effort" by Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. They said the report is not "serious or constructive" and "could endanger the lives of Americans overseas."

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., the top Republican on the intelligence committee, slammed the release in a joint statement on Tuesday.

"As we have both stated before, we are opposed to this study and believe it will present serious consequences for U.S. national security," they said. "Regardless of what one's opinions may be on these issues, the study by Senate Democrats is an ideologically motivated and distorted recounting of historical events. The fact that the CIA's Detention and Interrogation program developed significant intelligence that helped us identify and capture important al-Qa'ida terrorists, disrupt their ongoing plotting, and take down Usama Bin Ladin is incontrovertible. Claims included in this report that assert the contrary are simply wrong."

The roughly 500-page report, a summary of a still-classified 6,000 page study, amounts to the fullest public accounting from Congress -- at least from Democrats -- of the CIA's alleged use of torture on suspected Al Qaeda detainees held in secret facilities in Europe and Asia in the years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Obama said the Senate report documents a "troubling program" and pledged to make sure "we never resort to those methods again."

He said in a statement: "We will rely on all elements of our national power, including the power and example of our founding ideals. That is why I have consistently supported the declassification of today's report. No nation is perfect. But one of the strengths that makes America exceptional is our willingness to openly confront our past, face our imperfections, make changes and do better."

The CIA, in a statement responding to the report, acknowledged the agency made "mistakes" with its detention and interrogation program but disputed claims that the interrogations were not effective.

"Our review indicates that interrogations of detainees on whom [enhanced interrogation techniques] were used did produce intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists, and save lives," the agency said, also disputing that the agency intentionally misled lawmakers and other officials on the program.

CIA officials tell Fox News that the interrogation program produced valuable and actionable intelligence. They specifically cite the identification of the courier who led to bin Laden and his compound in Pakistan. CIA officials say the courier's name was first revealed by Amar al-Baluchi while in the CIA interrogation program, though he was not subjected to waterboarding.

When detainee Hasan Gul was subjected to the enhanced interrogation program, he is said to have provided specific information about the courier -- after initially giving "confusing signals" about the individual.

After 9/11, CIA officials say the program provided the "bedrock" understanding of Al Qaeda network and it is still being drawn on today. One former CIA officer told Fox News that once accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's will was broken, he generated more than 2,000 intelligence reports.

In addition, former CIA officers from the program told Fox News they believe the Senate report seeks to minimize intelligence that led the U.S. to bin Laden's courier.

Another former officer told Fox News that the CIA was encouraged by lawmakers "to do whatever it takes" to prevent another attack on the scale of Sept. 11, 2001. The former officer said that Hill leadership was briefed more than three dozen times before the program was shuttered.


President George W. Bush approved the program through a covert finding in 2002, but he wasn't briefed by the CIA about the details until 2006. George Tenet, CIA director when the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks occurred, said the program saved "thousands of American lives."


The White House on Monday reiterated its support for the report's release, despite the warnings it could provoke violence. Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the administration has been preparing "for months" for the report's release.

However, Secretary of State John Kerry last week asked the Senate Intelligence Committee to "consider" the timing of the release.

The administration's stance was criticized by GOP Sen. Richard Burr, the prospective new chairman of the Senate intelligence committee. Burr, R-N.C., said that Kerry's suggestion that the report be delayed didn't jibe with Earnest's comments.

"It's dumbfounding they can call and ask for it to be delayed and then say they want it out. You can't have it both ways," Burr told Fox News.

U.S. officials have confirmed to Fox News that an advisory has been sent urging U.S. personnel overseas to reassess security measures in anticipation of the release. The message directs all overseas posts, including those used by CIA personnel, to "review their security posture" for a "range of reactions that might occur."

A similar statement was being sent to military combatant commands to assess their readiness. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday he's ordered all combatant commanders to be on "high alert." Continue Reading Fox News

This my friends is a significant breach of national security and is directly putting American lives in danger for political gain by the Democrats!
Honor, Code and Loyalty are qualities that make up the Marines, these same Marines that are now being put in potential harm's way. 

Sadly, these are not qualities that make up the character of Diane Feinstein and her committee minions!  I will go on record in saying that, Blood is on this committees hands if one service member or operative is hurt or killed.  The tactics released by this committees report saved lives!  These are terrorists NOT prisoners of war, and therefore DO NOT fall under the Geneva Convention.

Honor, Code and Loyalty are timeless qualities that make up the fabric of our country, I am grateful and appreciative to the CIA for protecting this nation at the expense of a few Islamo-Nazis.  This country will not and cannot be weakened by the liberal agenda by the likes of Feinstein and her ilk.

Life is Relevant Through the Rear-view Mirror....

By Robert Catanese

One of my favorite bands that have stood the test of time is Pearl Jam.  One of their classics is rear-view mirror, take a listen if you like because its relevant to what I am about to lay out.
   

Now although the song was recorded with more of an insidious under tone, there is line in the song where Eddie Vedder so eloquently states "saw things clearer once you were in my rear-view mirror".  Now that the Ferguson decision has been made, and, if you will, is in our rear-view mirror perhaps we will see things a bit clearer.

When people of public stature that come out and condemn the rioters and protestors. Like for example, Charles Barkley who said this:

“The true story came out from the grand jury testimony,” Barkley said, adding that he was made aware of “key forensic evidence, and several black witnesses that supported Officer Darren Wilson’s story…” He continued, “I can’t believe anything I hear on television anymore. And, that’s why I don’t like talking about race issues with the media anymore, because they (the media) love this stuff, and lead people to jump to conclusions. The media shouldn’t do that. They never do that when black people kill each other. ”

“[W]e have to be really careful with the cops, because if it wasn’t for the cops we would be living in the Wild, Wild West in our neighborhoods,” he said. “We can’t pick out certain incidentals that don’t go our way and act like the cops are all bad…. Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn’t for the cops?”

He also called those who rioted after the decision was announced “scumbags,” and said “There is no excuse for people to be out there burning down people’s businesses, burning down police cars.”

Is Barkley a racist?  Or is he no longer holding on to the rear-view mirror images!  However, when you have the NAACP president, who came out with this twist on the constitution when the NAACP President, Cornell William Brooks, calls violent Ferguson protesters, “young practitioners of Democracy."

How can we, as a nation, move beyond the race division in this country if it is constantly thrust in our faces? One of the biggest race baiting parasites in this country that breaks, not bends free speech, is none other than Louis Farrakhan, whom prior to the Ferguson decision being made public, said this:

“But the young, they are God’s children. And they are not going down being peaceful. Listen, listen, watch, watch now because once it starts it’s on,” the Nation of Islam leader proclaimed. “You may not want to fight, but you better get ready. Teach your baby how to throw the bottle if they can, bite. We’re going to die anyway, let’s die for something.”

And he wasn’t done there.

“But when we die and they die, then soon we gonna sit at a table and talk about — we tired. … we’re tired!” Farrakhan continued. “We want some of this earth or we’ll tear this goddamn country up!” Read more Blaze And when young people who tuned in to watch football this weekend, were subjected to a handful of St. Louis Rams players displaying "hands up don't shoot" mantra.

“But when we die and they die, then soon we gonna sit at a table and talk about — we tired. … we’re tired!” Farrakhan continued. “We want some of this earth or we’ll tear this goddamn country up!” Read more Blaze

And when young people who tuned in to watch football this weekend, were subjected to a handful of St. Louis Rams players displaying "hands up don't shoot" mantra.



I ask you, is this the proper forum for this behavior? These are role models, NFL players perhaps setting a poor example to impressionable kids who look up to them. And when the nation turns its eyes and attention to the president and his Administration, instead of being a voice of reason and calm, covertly blames the police by saying this: 

Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson shooting and unrest, White House says - @Reuters http://t.co/nPqrBKcXe9

— Breaking Politics (@breakingpol) December 1, 2014

The question still remains, can we as a nation move beyond this racial divide perpetuated by the liberal mouth breathers that cannot, will not and may never be able to see things clearer once things are in the rear-view mirror?

Ferguson, the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth (with Wilson Interview)

By Robert Catanese

Friends, as I write this my household as perhaps like yours is recovering from Thanksgiving.  A time to reflect and share a sentiment of gratitude towards family and friends.  Unfortunately we have been inundated with Ferguson coverage now that we know the grand jury will not indict Darren Wilson.  With that information, a small suburb in Missouri was lit up by anarchists, race baiters and criminals disguised as civilians decimating the town and innocent business owners.

These are the cold hard facts, That is NOT being reported by the mainstream media.  The grand jury deliberated over 3 months with mountains of evidence and numerous eye witnesses presented to them, including the testimony of officer Wilson.  The 12 people could not indict.  The account of that fateful day's events unfolded with you and I getting a glimpse when George Stephanopolous interviewed him and said this:


What did not help, the city of Ferguson, was the President's comments speaking out of both sides of his mouth by calling for peace but also stoking the fires that would burn by covertly condemning the very judicial process that rules the land.

Something tells me that Ferguson isn't listening to the words coming out of Obama's mouth but his actions pic.twitter.com/YBnpoUchB3
— Elizabeth Nelson (@ElizabethNels0n) November 25, 2014

And who can forget Michael Browns stepfather calling to "Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference" and "burn this bitch down" on CNN:

Don't fool yourself, to make yourself feel better, #Ferguson looters are *nothing* like #MLK protests pic.twitter.com/kpFNJ3K6LP
— Elizabeth Nelson (@ElizabethNels0n) November 26, 2014

And speaking of CNN, their coverage was simply biased  liberal left wing ideology disguised as journalism!  Slanted, unprofessional and opinionated. If that wasn't proof enough, two New York times reporters decide to publish officer Wilson's home address!  That is beyond the pale and if anything happens to Officer Williams they will have blood on their hands.

Michael Brown had just committed a strong armed robbery, assaulted a store clerk, confronted, assaulted and overpowered a police officer whom was in clear fear for his life.  I could be wrong friends, but if you rob and assault a police officer there will be consequences, and yes sometimes those consequences are deadly, sadly.  But, as the profound words of Crosby, Stills and Nash so eloquently have been spoken parents "teach your children well".

My thoughts are with the good citizens of Ferguson.  As we shared a time of thanks with our loved ones, I pray that we as a country somehow right our moral compass.  I wish all of you a continued happy and blessed Thanksgiving.......

The Hypocrisy of the Islamic religion

By Robert Catanese

As I write this, if I was shaking my head anymore than I am right now I would be a bobble head!

We have confirmed by our feckless leader yet another beheading of an American by the hands of ISIS.  However, this beheading is just a bit different than the rest, albeit no less tragic.

Former Army Ranger Peter Kassig was on a humanitarian mission in Syria when, he was captured by ISIS militants and most recently beheaded within the past week.  The shocking irony of this incident was, Mr. Kassig while held in captivity, converted Islam.  Changing his name to Abdul-Rahman, did not save his life.

The sounds of silence coming from the millions of Muslims proclaiming that Islam is a religion of peace is deafening.  In fact, the liberal lame stream media cannot explain away the irony of this beheading.  Except of course, the president who said this about Mr. Kassig

“Abdul-Rahman was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity…[he] was a humanitarian who worked to save the lives of Syrians injured and dispossessed by the Syrian conflict.”  Continue Reading Inquisitr

The irony of this dastardly deed is such,  If Islam is a religion of peace, why was Mr. Abdul Rahman beheaded?  He was beheaded by a cowardly evil conglomerate of goat herders. And, until this group is recognized for the for the cancer they are and eliminated from ever threatening humanity again, people like CAIR can no longer enable them and perpetuate their evil deeds on our homeland. 

Speaking of CAIR, you know that transparent group known as the Council on American–Islamic Relations, you know the same group that the United Arab Emirates just listed as a terrorist group! Yes them!  In my humble conservative opinion CAIR is the single greatest threat to the United States and its citizens.  It is a conduit of radical Islam that is festering here in America, in our homeland!  Friends, I do believe there are peaceful Muslims in good majority, however what concerns me is that they remain silent in witnessing the horrible atrocities being played out by a faction of their religion. 

I am quite sure, if there was a crazed Mormon beheading people in Utah, someone of the Mormon faith might speak out, or if an out of his mind Presbyterian wielding an axe looking for easy prey, there might be some moral outrage from the aforementioned religion!  But not from one of the world's largest religions, Islam.

Islam is the enemy of the world,It's kill or be killed http://t.co/DPusAa47tU wait, Kassig converted&was still killed pic.twitter.com/ikzlqxXgas
— Elizabeth Nelson (@ElizabethNels0n) November 18, 2014

The hypocrisy of this religion is astounding, we as a free nation need to wake up and wake up fast, because if we don't we may wake up one morning and before we have our first sip of coffee, find ourselves uncomfortably closer to Sharia law!  And why not, it's the Muslim way of life and a vision in the sights of organizations like CAIR!