Why is this flag here?

Please tell me why the United Nations flag is flying in front of the Hennepin COUNTY Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, MN! This area is "Government Plaza." The 2 buildings seen in the video are the Hennepin Co. Government Building and directly across the street is the Minneapolis City Hall. Notice: CITY hall, COUNTY center. Nothing federal, national, multi-national, etc. As far as I have been able to find out.

Scary fact: Most of the people that I talked to that WORK AT the Henn. Co Gov. center didn't even realize that flag was there until I asked.

Join the Facebook group here: Take the U.N. flag down from in front of the Hennepin Co. Government Center

The Continuing Death of Liberty

A couple weeks ago a man described by his friends as a “romantic” ignored the security line at the ironically named Newark “Liberty” Airport to give his girlfriend one last kiss before she left for a job in Los Angeles.

This came only a week or so after the alleged “underwear bomber” was smoking his underpants on Christmas Day over Detroit. Never mind the numerous inconsistencies in eyewitness reports in this incident, it has brought about the talk of yet even more ridiculous security at airports.

Does anybody even remember a mere 10 years ago you could walk your loved ones to the gate, kiss them goodbye, wave at them as they boarded the plane and sit there and watch the plane pull away? Land of the free?

The 4^th Amendment guarentees: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” Since shortly after 9/11, people have been voluntarily giving up their Constitutional rights to fly on an airplane.

Now it seems you almost have to pass a federal background check just to fly from one state to another in the United States. Now we “need” to add these full body scanners too? These evil machines that show you virtually naked. What’s that going to stop? Seemingly a very few seem to have a problem with this absolute violation of privacy and violation of the 4^th Amendment. After all it’s for our safety, right? If we had only had these body scanners in place it could have prevented the tragedy of 9/11. Hm, no. Wouldn’t have changed a thing.

Benjamin Franklin said: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

As with silly gun control laws that are as equally effective as airport “security,” you cannot stop evil people from doing evil things. It’s not the tool it’s the person.

It’s time to bring the Constitution back into the laws of this nation! It’s time for people to start learning their God given rights protected by the Bill of Rights.

These full body scanners they want to put in airports here are in direct violation of the Constitution!

As a parent. As a Grandparent. Do you want your children walking through these things? Do you want your teenage daughter being looked at virtually naked by a TSA agent?

-Josh "JD" Hendrickson

What on Earth?

Have people in this country completely lost it? A movie and accompanying soundtrack called "By the People: For the People." That has to be the most laughable title to give to a movie about the election of Obama. Have people just completely lost touch with reality?

What's with Apple's obsession with Obama as well? Look at the video on Apple's site about their "Magic Mouse" and the headlines and images they show are Obama. Now iTunes is pushing this on the front page. This level of "worship" is completely unreal.

"For the People?"

What has Obama done "for the people?" Which people? Certainly not the American public. Let's take a look at just a few examples shall we?

• Close Gitmo? Nope, still there.
• End the war in Iraq? Nope, still there too.
• Patriot Act? Re-signed.
• War in Afghanistan? Sent 30,000 more troops.
• Health care reform transparency on CSPAN? Nope, guess not after all.
• Creating Jobs? Ha! For his "Czars" perhaps.
• The Economy? Horrible!
• Bail out Wall Street and "big business?" MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

The list goes on and on. So again I ask you, for what "people?"

The Nobel Peace Prize?! Laughable! FOR WHAT?! This is insane!

What has this man accomplished other than creating the biggest debt in our Nation's history? Turning America into something more reminiscent of Soviet Russia. Owning GM? Wake up and smell the Socialism!

I'm almost speechless. Somebody needs to tell Mr. Obama that transparency in government doesn't mean appearing on late night television every chance you get. Shameful.

Brand Obama. I'm not buyin' it.

If you want some comic relief, sign on to iTunes and look up this "Obamanation" and read through the reviews. Thankfully there are still some sane people out there, and the ones that comment positively on this joke of an album/movie. They are obviously completely brainwashed.

Name one positive thing Obama has done, accomplished for the people of this Country.

Obama, you gave yourself a "B+" in yet another television appearance. Well Mr. Obama, as an American Citizen, I give you an F-. I could care less what you think of yourself. "We the People" are your boss. Come 2012 at the latest, YOU'RE FIRED!

-Josh "JD" Hendrickson

Attention Med School Dropouts and Un-Licensed Doctors!

You're time is almost here! That's right! With the administrations new healthcare plan, you will now have a job! Why you ask? WHY NOT!

When alcohol was "prohibited" it gave birth to a booming business of illegal alcohol manufacturing and transport, a black market...Organized crime. The government said "You can not have alcohol!" The American people said; "Wanna bet?"

It would seem that when anything is made illegal or prohibited, it creates a "black market" for these goods and/or services. Alcohol during Prohibition. Drugs. Guns. You name it!

Why am I comparing this to health care? Hmmmm.

If the availability of good health care or the costs of said health care become "prohibitive," people will look elsewhere to have their needs met, as they always have. All we have to do is look around us for the "efficiency" of socialized medicine. Canada, the UK, etc. Waiting lines, denial of treatment and God knows what else.

Alright, unlicensed doctors, here's where you come in! Didn't pass medical school? No problem! Had your license pulled for malparactice? No problem! Now you can service the desperate in need of treatment and care for...Name your price! Fantastic, yes?! Now you can move back up from South America and make money here, practicing black market medicine in the good ol' US of A!

Welcome back "doctors!"

-Josh "JD" Hendrickson

Gun Control Advocate Shoots Intruder

By Bob Ellis on January 7th, 2010

What would you think if a long-time gun control advocate ended up shooting someone? Might the word “hypocrite” come to mind?

It did for me, and apparently for many others.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports North Carolina state senator R.C. Soles shot one of two intruders who attempted to break into his house.

But it gets even more interesting than the mere hypocrisy of a gun control activist shooting somebody.

The New York Times reports Soles won’t be seeking re-election, which is not a surprise since state prosecutors have said they plan to charge Soles because “he acted criminally when he shot a former law client.”

WWAY sheds additional light on this:

Thursday, a Columbus County grand jury found probable cause to seek an indictment against Soles for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

In late August, Soles shot 22-year-old Kyle Blackburn outside the Senator’s home in Tabor City.

Blackburn was a client of Soles’ law firm. Soles told police he shot Blackburn in self-defense, saying that Blackburn was trying to break into his home. Blackburn told us he was leaving the property when he was shot.

While what happens within a grand jury proceeding is secret, we can presume that ballistics evidence was part of what was reviewed yesterday, specifically whether the bullet wound indicated that Blackburn was facing the Senator or running away when he was shot.

We also know surveillance cameras were running at Senator Soles’ house at the time of the shooting.

The shooting itself wasn’t captured on camera, but what transpired before and after the shooting may have helped the jurors determine how the events played out.

Now, I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for someone who advocates diminishing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. But when I learn that they consider themselves elite enough to own a weapon, any sympathy I might have had goes out the door.

And apparently this wasn’t even a clear-cut case of self-defense. The shooter knew the man who was shot, and a grand jury found sufficient evidence to charge the shooter for criminal activity.

This happened a few months ago, but I’m just now finding out about it from Marty Rickard. Better late than never, to find out about this kind of hypocrisy from a member of the gun control lobby.

Where is Our Freedom Going?

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Monday established a panel of state governors to collaborate with Washington on a variety of potential emergencies, the White House said.

Obama signed an executive order establishing a panel to be known as the Council of Governors, which will be made up of 10 state governors, to be selected by the president to serve two-year terms. Members will review matters involving the National Guard; homeland defense; civil support; and synchronization and integration of state and federal military activities in the United States, the White House said in a statement.

The statement said the White House would seek input from governors and governors' association in deciding which governors to appoint to the council, which will have no more than five governors from the same party.

The secretaries of defense and homeland security will also sit on the council, as will presidential assistants for homeland security and counterterrorism, intergovernmental affairs, the U.S. Northern Command commander, the commandant of the Coast Guard, and the chief of the National Guard Bureau.

The panel was set up under a provision of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, the White House said.

Courage to Act!

Let me start of by wishing you all a happy new year, and hope you all had a safe and happy holiday season and a merry Christmas!

Yesterday I noticed on my way home from picking up my son from school, a gas station in the Twin Cities that was not only flying the "Stars & Stripes" but also a Gadsden Flag (and a POW/MIA flag). I had to double and triple take to make sure it was actually the brilliant "Don't Tread On Me" flag emblazoned with the coiled rattlesnake ready to strike.

This morning after dropping my son off at school, I decided to get a picture of this. After finally getting the wind to cooperate, I snapped the picture at left and proceeded inside to see if I could find the individual behind the flying of this flag.

Once inside I was greeted warmly by a man named Randy. I asked who was behind the flying of the Gadsden Flag and he said "I am." At this point I simply smiled and reached out my hand to shake his. He said "There are still a few of us left out here with some guts."

Yes Randy, there are! The fact is there are quite a bit more True Patriots out there than the MSM and the current administration want you to believe. So here's to you Randy, a True Patriot! Bravo for having the courage to act! Keep it up! I certainly support you!

Make sure if you are in the area, you get your gas and more from Randy at Medina Mobil, 762 Highway 55 and County Road 116. Just minutes west of Plymouth, MN on Hwy 55.

You and your gun are welcome there (Just don't be talking on your cell phone!)

For more information on the Gadsden Flag see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Flag

-Josh "JD" Hendrickson