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The Spy In Your Back Yard

The relaxing of FAA regulations to enable drones unfettered access to the nation's skies opens a pandora's box of privacy and property right concerns.  Drones can be anywhere, used for nearly anything (as this CBS News report from Grand Junction describes), and can also be bought by anyone.

To further investigate this, Sam Hill checked into the possibility of buying a drone himself.  He wanted a camera drone that would record activities on camera, taking still shots and even video.  He had to look no further than Amazon's website.  Drones were available there, controlled by an iPod, and could be used to record virtually anything on the ground.  Do-It-Yourself Drones (link here to their site) is doing a booming business in this area as well, and can show you how to "observe" anything you want using a drone.

It may be argued that the concern over drones in the hands of governmental authorities is no cause for concern, that they need probable cause in order to use one in a case.  However, we may soon see that change.  With thousands of pages of new regulations enacted each year you (and I) are undoubtedly breaking some kind of a law right now.  If the government has an agenda, all they need to do is say they had a probable cause, launch a drone, and find the infraction.

It's true that drones have excellent uses.  But they are also dangerous, because the government has overstepped the Constitution and the law with impunity.  It is up to citizens to push government back.  As Ronald Reagan famously stated, "the government is not the solution, it is the problem."  We need to remember that, because the eyes in the skies may be looking at us.

Propaganda

On Wednesday children with gather and use the technology you and I paid for in classrooms, gyms and cafeterias, to watch a nationally streamed broadcast.  In a live simulcast from the White House, Barack Obama will address your children and grandchildren directly, telling them to be good, work hard, trust the government, and support his socialist jobs bill.  In all seriousness, one doesn't know what he will say, and his comments may be quite harmless.  But the idea of national leaders addressing our children is not a new one, and it was used in a dangerous fashion years ago.

One of the most successful examples of the national government stepping into children's lives was revealed in Nazi Adolph Hitler, prior to and during World War II.  Hitler was more than happy to supplant parents, local teachers, and any other realm of leadership.  Statism was big in Germany, and Hitler was at the helm.  Parallels to the current administration are very clear, and Obama is employing an old trend to try and foist old socialist lies on a new generation.  Find out if your children or grandchildren will be in the class that participates in this nonsense.  Contact the school and opt out.  Listen to the speech yourself (link here to the White House streaming site) (and link here to an info sheet from the White House), and then discuss it with your child.  This keeps you in control, not the government.  The tactic is subtle, but then again that's the way propaganda works.

Paul?

It's interesting to note what news media outlets choose to say and also avoid as they report "the facts."  The late author and Russian dissedent Alexander Solzhenitsyn noted that in the USSR there was one media outlet controlled by the government.  In the USA the outlets were supposedly free, but all said the same thing.  He wondered if there was really a difference.

So when all of the major news media outlets begin to avoid the same story, it makes my ears perk up.  The story of the early Republican presidential primary has not been about Perry (even though he has scrupulously stonewalled the National Association for Gun Rights questionnaire), Romney, or even about Herman Cain.  The story nobody wants is all about...Paul.

Ron Paul has done better consistently than any other Republican contender.  This weekend he decisively won the California straw poll with a double-digit lead over the closest contender.  He did well in Iowa and other states.  His support nationwide has doubled in the past two weeks, putting him in the top tier of candidates.  And yet the news media wants to talk about Romney versus Perry.  What about Michele Bachmann?  What about Ron Paul?  What about some of the others?  If this story is being avoided, the mainstream is scared of it.  They don't want him to get close to the White House.  Perhaps we need to pay attention to the things they don't want, and don't say.

This is a clear-cut example of why the internet and alternative media is not only nice to have; it is critical.  We may not agree, but we should at least think!  And we need information from various sources to make informed decisions.  The idiots will still tune into the mainstream and let others do their thinking for them.  Blogging and alternative media continues to grow, and the liberals and RINO's had better worry.

Selectric?

Last night the Obama administration celebrated B.O.'s fiftieth birthday by throwing a lavish party in his honor.  However, last week a little-known 50th anniversary had the potential to be more powerful.  Sunday, July 31, 2011 was the 50th anniversary of the invention of the IBM Selectric typewriter.  Before the Selectric, all typewriters had "spatula" type keys that were somewhat erratic in their printing style.  The Selectric used "golf ball" style heads for the letter imprints.  These could be interchanged for various styles and sizes of fonts.  It was a radical innovation!  Those of you that have used them know they were industry standard for years, and made typing a great deal easier until the invention of the personal computer.

Some of the typeface on Obama's birth certificate is attributed to an IBM selectric.  This means IBM had to produce their brand new typewriter, and had less than 2 weeks to get it to Hawaii, so that it could be used on the "messiah's" long-form certificate.  Furthermore, according to experts, no less than 9 "golf ball" heads would have to have been used, just to produce the certificate released by the White House.  These are just some of the anomalies within the Obama certificate.  And this is the reason why on Monday, August 8th, the Hawaii state government will be presented with a subpoena that allows an attorney and group of typewriter and typesetting experts to physically examine the Obama long-form, original birth certificate.

What will they find?  Will they discover the certificate, and an IBM selectric in a sealed vault complete with a stash of typefaces and fonts?  Or will they find...nothing?  As one that has used these and other business machines for years, Sam Hill can tell you the birth certificates released by the White House are fake.  And all it took was the timing of one little anniversary announcement from IBM, about their typewriter, to drive the nail ever deeper into the coffin.  Impeach him.  (Link here to an informative article on the IBM selectric.)

Hezbollah And Free Speech In Colorado

Someone in Colorado doesn't like Faconnable.  Rather, they don't like the questionnable connections behind the upscale French retail store, and they decided to write about it.  Anonymously.  Over the internet.  In Colorado.  Now a Colorado judge has ordered a Berthoud internet provider to release the source data on whoever made those anonymous statements.  The push back against free speech continues.  It's arguable at this point whether this will really occur, or whether it will be blocked.  But this is a case worth watching for everyone that comments about articles on the internet.

Let's face it.  There is a great deal said on the internet daily that is simply not true.  There are also distorted facts as well.  But these do not nullify free speech.  In fact, they should serve to enhance it, because each fact and each allegation should be brought into the open and discussed so that everyone can know.  That is the path of liberty.

Faconnable does have funding connections to people that are supported by Hezbollah in the Middle East, and they have never responded adequately to these statements.  So when people that blog and comment bring these points up, it enrages the store (because after all, they are an extension of the French...a socialist country).  They could release the truth and let it be done with that.  Instead, they try and work a Colorado judge to break a cloak of secrecy around commenters on the internet, so they can intimidate and pursue each one personally.

In the end, free speech is a liberty that protects bloggers, chatters, commenters and most of all, the truth.  Yes it's true that we must verify statements and facts, and be careful not to libel or slander people or businesses.  But the error should remain on the side of freedom.  Anything else moves us toward tyranny.

Is It Real?

Yesterday the fraud-in-chief B. H. Obama released what is portrayed as his long-form birth certificate.  Obama let Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lakin sit in a military prison while he refused to open his records, but now it shows up miraculously, just weeks before the unveiling of a new expose by author Jerome Corsi titled "Where's The Birth Certificate?"  Given Obama's propensity to lie, cheat and conceal, one must thoroughly ask whether this latest iteration is a real document.  Or is it a sham?

Here are a few issues to consider.

• According to Corsi, twin girls born a few days later at the same hospital were assigned lower certificate numbers.
• Furthermore, Obama's certificate number is not legitimate.  Hawaii birth certificates only assigned 2 digits to the birth year; not four (e.g., 61 versus 1961).  Obama's certificate carries 4 digits.
• Obama's latest certificate is not a single-image photo file, but a multi-layer file that could easily be photoshopped.
• In Obama's book he claimed to have his original birth certificate in his records.  However, this latest version shows a  release date of April 25, 2011, only 2 days before the press saw it.

Something is wrong here.  At the very least Obama should have provided this during the Lakin trial, but he refused.  He continues to conceal his records, including his Connecticut-issued social security number.  Obama needs to come clean.  The problem is, he's dirty.  Something stinks, and the so-called birth certificate may only be the lid on the garbage can.

Battling Polls

Surveys and polls are funny things.  They can be manipulated by the size of the poll sample, the area surveyed or called, the political demographics used and other data.  Today polls are used as more than tracking devices.  They are also used to urge one candidate or group on to victory (or demoralize the other side).  Polls are even requested by various candidates with an implicit request to skew the data (say it ain't so Sam!).  Depending on the polling group hired, this may or may not be done.  Those in the business know who the slimy ones are.  Some pollsters are conservative and others liberal.  However, what matters most is not ideology, but accuracy.

Time/CNN released a poll this week that shows Hickenlooper winning in double digits over Tancredo.  However, private polls place this race in a dead heat.  Depending on the poll, Buck might be winning over Bennet, or vice versa.  Rasmussen gives a slight edge to Buck in this race (and they have a 10 year reputation of being one of the most accurate).

Republicans are voting in larger numbers than Democrats as well.  However, the Independents seem to be waiting until the last minute.  Their votes (or the lack of them) may determine the outcome of several of these races!  Next week will be quite an interesting stretch as the liberals try to steal their way back into power, and the Tea Parties and 9.12 groups see how much muscle (and not mouth) they truly have.

News Tips

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Blog Killer Laws Coming?

A new ruling in Britain allows anonymous bloggers to be exposed without reprisal.  (Click here for link to article.)  If the Obama administration and the liberal faction of the U.S. Supreme Court get their hands on this, it could silence a huge powerhouse of free speech in America.

You see, judges like Ruth Bader Ginsberg, nominee Sotomayor, David Souter and others believe the laws and decisions of other nations should have an impact on their rulings here in the U.S.  If this happens, it could kill valuable information that is currently available to you at no charge.

Sam Hill and other bloggers like to maintain the privacy of their identities.  Why?  Because we can get information to you that others want to cover up.  Sometimes it's private information about insider deals.  Sometimes it's in business, police work, back-room conversations in the capitol building and so forth.  We have connections, and our privacy guards ourselves, our families, and our contacts.  If bloggers are exposed, every informant the police, CIA, and journalists use should also be revealed.  This should also coincide with Obama revealing every hidden document about his life he has spent more than $1 million dollars to conceal from you, the American public.  If it's happening in Europe, you can bet someone is thinking about making it a law here.  Our constitutional rights are at stake.

GreeleyReport.com Domain "Sniped"

You may have noticed that www.GreeleyReport.com was down recently. If you only knew the hell we’ve been through over here. Call us naïve, but Sam Hill is outraged at the lesson this has taught me about domain names, and how crooks out there (I won’t mention any names) STEAL people domain names, then SELL them back to them.

Apparently, all you have to do is sign up on a new service to be on a “waiting list” – and enter SOMEONE ELSE’S domain name. Well, this person wanted our domain name, so when we inadvertently (yes, our mistake) allowed our domain credit card to expire, THEY STOLE IT and sold it to some company in California! We had to pay another consultant to get it back, after a period of “renting” it!  This is something that obviously can happen to even the most brilliant; and it is NOT right.

Now obviously, we were able to PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN EXTORTION MONEY to the dirt bags and get the domain back, but we are outraged! To better explain how this theft of intellectual property could happen (AND HOW TO AVOID IT) check these articles:
http://www.mockobjects.com/book/example.the-auction-sniper.html
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/08/ravencom-the-case-of-a-stolen-domain/

Sabotaged!

Hello, faithful readers of Greeley Report.  Sam Hill is back up and running after being shut down for around 2 weeks (at least).  He discovered folks couldn't google the site or get in through standard ways.  So he took a few days to figure out what was happening, and it's back up and running.

Sam wonders if there was some leftist sabotage involved.  Greeley Report's readers are well-informed, and the reader base is pretty solid.  We know the Lib Trib and bed wetting mayoral candidate types don't like the blog (more about Norton, Tom-Tom later this week).  Also, there are those who are frothing at the mouth, trying to smoke out Sam's anonymous identity.  They wish to attack the messenger, instead of dealing with the message.  But all of this is speculation, much like the journalism you would get from a "respected" and "authentic" source of news!

Sam promises to get back to his/her hard-hitting style this week.  Now to do some tweaking on the blog...