WorldNetDaily - YouTube star summoned to White House?

The man who created two phenomenally successful “We The People” YouTube videos urging Americans to stand up against Congress and reclaim their republic now – or perhaps lose it forever – reportedly has been summoned to the White House by President Obama to discuss the subject matter of the short films.

…He criticizes Congress for approving the “largest spending bill in history without reading it” and criticizes American citizens, because “you did nothing.”

Here’s the video - We The People Stimulus Package:

As every Congressman, Senator, and White House Aide has a very public conniption over AIG and its bailout bonus giveaway, its important to ask how all of this happened. Who gave AIG billions in bailout money? Whose money did it become the moment AIG received it? Was it a shipload of cash with “taxpayer dollars, do not spend” stamped across each note? Did the people in charge of this bailout give specific instructions as to how AIG should spend this money? Did they say if it should ever be paid back? The Politico throws some fuel on the AIG fire:

Billions of American taxpayer dollars used to bailout insurance giant AIG are flowing to some of the largest foreign banks in the world. The revelation seemed sure to cause political complications for President Obama and his economic team, already on the defensive Sunday over why they couldn’t stop AIG from doling out $165 million in bonuses to some of its top corporate officials.

AIG disclosed payments of $105.3 billion between Sept. and Dec. 2008. And some of the biggest recipients were European banks. Societe Generale, based in France, was the top foreign recipient at $11.9 billion, Deutsche Bank of Germany got $11.8 billion and Barclays, based in England, was paid $8.5 billion.

Ask again: Who gave AIG these billions and billions of dollars to hand over to its foreign creditors?

Political pressure is also building on AIG, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday called on AIG executives to “renounce” their bonuses and refuse retention pay, and said that House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank would “examine options that are legally available to recover taxpayer funds of companies that abuse the privilege of taxpayer assistance.”

Ask again: Never mind where the money went, never mind how it was spent; who gave AIG untold billions to spend however they see fit without condition or oversight?

Democrat Congressional leaders told AIG to clean up their financial mess. Democrat leaders pushed for the TARP bailout and Treasury’s plan to give AIG $180 billion to pay off its debts. And AIG decided its most pressing debts were to foreign banks and unpaid executives.

Last night, Senator Chris Dodd swore he would tax AIG just to recover the $165 million in bonuses and, as he claimed, “give it back to the American people.” But Senator Dodd is the one who added an executive-compensation amendment which provided an exception for bonuses agreed to before February 11th. (This is the same Dodd who received $103,000 in political contributions from AIG in 2008.)

Senator Dodd personally exempted AIG’s bonuses for $103,000. Now he claims to be America’s Robin Hood for free publicity. Bottom line: Don’t blame AIG for using the “Get Out of Jail Free” Card they were given. Blame the Democrats for giving it to them, along with $180 billion!

“If there’s any good that can come from this tragic [salmonella] outbreak, it is long-overdue changes that can help protect the American public from the food supply.” So said Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), concerned that food is dangerous for America’s health.

Nobody in Congress is more terrified of food than Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who introduced HR 875, the Food Safety Modernization Act, to give the FDA unprecedented powers over the food supply. And, like the intrusive and overbearing H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, this bill also promises to target small producers: family-owned farms, organic farms, and your home garden. From the Federal Times:

The Food and Drug Administration is asking Congress to give it more power to regulate the nation’s food supply in the wake of another deadly salmonella outbreak. Agency officials told lawmakers they want hundreds of millions of dollars more in the coming years to hire new staff and improve food testing facilities, and the power to register food producers and to order recalls of dangerous products. The agency was embarrassed by several recent outbreaks of foodborne illness, most recently a salmonella outbreak linked to products from Peanut Corp. of America (PCA). FDA has acknowledged that it inspected the company’s Blakely, Ga., facility only sporadically: once in 2001, and then again this year. And it never learned about 10 salmonella tests, conducted by private labs, that found the toxin in PCA’s products.

Rep. DeLauro has introduced this bill before, and it died in committee. However, the new Administration is far more receptive, especially in the wake of the peanut butter salmonella outbreak. Basically, the bill would:

1. Require food companies to implement preventive plans and meet performance standards for food contaminants.
2. Create a system for certifying the safety of imported foods.
3. Establish a strong risk-based inspection regime for food companies.
4. Grant the government explicit authority over all food-production facilities.
5. Enable enforcement tools: Mandatory recalls, civil penalties

As usual, nobody can argue that food safety is unimportant. What can be argued, however, is how H.R. 875’s broad regulations will strain, crimp, and ultimately shut down small businesses that are unable to meet its rigorous requirements. Just like the Consumer Product Safety Act, even the smallest producer is required to comply. So far, roadside vegetable stands, hot dog sellers, and children’s lemonade stands have slipped through the FDA’s grip, until now.

DeLauro’s bill would also mean a big reorganization at the Health and Human Services Department: It removes food safety functions from FDA and places them in a new agency within HHS. FDA would still handle drug and medical device inspections. The new Food Safety Administration would also absorb part of the Commerce Department’s National Marine Fisheries Service, which runs a seafood inspection program. That change might prove controversial: GAO recently dropped its recommendation that food safety functions be consolidated under a single regulator.

Last week’s House Votes typefy the damage being inflicted upon our great country by our irresponsible, out-of-touch 111th Congress. As usual, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro was on the wrong side of every vote.

HR 1105 was the $410 billion omnibus that has been sold as “last year’s business” but in reality has been inflated with this year’s irresponsibility. Rosa voted YES to expanding federal waste while her constituents are tightening their belts.

HR 1106 was to fulfill President Obama’s promise to lend a helping hand to middle-class families who “played by the rules” but face foreclosure. Unfortunately, neither the bill nor anyone of responsibility in the majority party offered a way to discern between honest families in jeopardy and land speculators or irresponsible homebuyers. Rosa voted YES to let speculators and trouble-makers off the hook.

Keep in mind, the President promised to take a fine-toothed comb through the federal budget and save untold billions by removing waste, but leading Democrats have scoffed at auditing troubled mortgagees, claiming “there are too many of them.” Rosa’s YES vote forces her constituents to pay for other peoples’ bad gambles.

HR 80 is the sort of legislation that is better left unvoted: a ban on interstate commerce of primates. It is a weak response to the horrific chimpanzee attack in Stamford, an unnecessary extension of federal law, and a waste of time. Nearly half of the states have laws controlling or banning chimps as pets, and yet the 111th Congress proved its authority in chimp-control by this vote. Rosa voted YES to keep primates from crossing state lines.

Finally, and perhaps worst of all, H.Res. 189 was voted down. This resolution would have opened an Ethics Committee investigation into the connection between Representatives and campaign donors whenever earmarks would benefit specific government contractors. One would think this is required business, or should be in this era of high corruption. But it is not. And it won’t be. Because Rosa vote YES to kill it, and any chance of keeping our Representatives honest.

This has not been a good week for the United States or for the Third District. But there is a remedy: take heart, have patience, spread the word, and vote for Boaz ItsHaky in the next election!