Obama’s AmeriCorps Scandal

Obama likes to talk (and talk and talk) about cutting wasteful spending. But don’t try to cut off government money to Obama’s cronies, or you will get cut off, just like now former AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin.

Walpin was suddenly fired from his position, in violation of a federal law Senator Obama co-sponsored. Walpin’s crime? Cutting off federal funds from Obama crony Kevin Johnson after he was caught using AmeriCorps funds for personal and political purposes. That Sacramento just elected that crook as mayor made things that much more awkward.

There are other aspects to this that don’t pass the smell test. First Lady MacBeth Michelle Obama is flooding AmeriCorps with her people for one thing. Musn’t have a Bush holdover getting in the way of funneling the money to cronies.

So out goes Walpin for doing his job and doing it well. For “Change” has come to the White House, Chicago-style.

Oh, and don’t expect the Democrat Congress to investigate this.

The Wall Street Journal has written a good summary of the story as has Michelle Malkin.

I’ve called this matter a scandal. That might be a bit hopeful on my part. The Democrat Congress and the Obama-loving news media will likely enable the Obamas to get away with this.

Iran: Amadinejad Third?

While Obama can not bring himself to call the obvious Iran election fraud for what it is, a leaked report indicates just how big a fraud the “count” may be:

. . . reports circulated of leaked interior ministry statistics showing [Mousavi] as the clear victor in last Friday's polls.

The statistics, circulated on Iranian blogs and websites, claimed Mr Mousavi had won 19.1 million votes while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won only 5.7 million.

The two other candidates, reformist Mehdi Karoubi and hardliner Mohsen Rezai, won 13.4 million and 3.7 million respectively. The authenticity of the leaked figures could not be confirmed.

Iran Update: Obama Plays “See No Evil”

There is a report from Iran that some Revolutionary Guard members are not playing along with the election theft there and have been arrested. That gives some hope because if enough of the Revolutionary Guard refuses to support the current regime, said regime may be in big trouble.

Meanwhile, it appears previous reports of the opposition rallies may have undercounted them. They may have been not just in the tens of thousands, but from two to three million(!). No wonder the Supreme Leader is fidgeting. Now his thugs are cracking down further on foreign news media, even banning them from reporting from Tehran at all.

Speaking of Supreme Leaders, Obama and his State Department profess they are unsure that the Iranian election count was fraudulent.

What!? Let’s see. You have a supposed hand count of about 40 million ballots in hours. I guess Allah helped with the count. You have results announced in a rush that contradict Supreme Leader Khamenei’s own private poll. And that’s just for starters. If George Bush had gone dictator on us and announced at 9pm on Election Night that McCain had won with 65% of the vote, would Obama have been so unsure of a fraudulent count then?

Of course, this is a man who seems to think ACORN doesn’t engage in election fraud.

In Love With His Own Voice

Just before I left to go pick up my mail and eat lunch, Obama began his healthcare speech to the AMA.

Imagine my shock when, after lunch, I get back in my car and still hear him speaking on the radio. I thought, surely they are replaying an excerpt. But no, he was still speaking. And I’ve driven home and am typing this out, and he is still speaking!

I think the man is in love with his own voice.

I don’t want to beat Obama’s totalitarian impulses into the ground (Yes, you do!). But this trait reminds me of dictators. Hugo Chavez and his marathon T. V. shows comes to mind.

Iran Update

I want to pop in briefly to update on the Iran situation. Tens of thousands of those who oppose the rigging of their presidential election have defied a rally ban to march in support of opposition leader Mousavi. Anger over the stolen election is strong enough that the Supreme Leader Khamenei has felt it necessary to appease public opinion with on investigation of the election (which investigation I suspect will be a sham). Here’s a Times story on these developments.

Interesting speculations and distressing video may be found here.

Please continue to pray for the people of Iran.

MORE: Here is one eyewitness account of the atrocities of Ahmadinejad’s Islamic goons, which includes attacking opponents with machetes.

Pray For Iran

Please pray for Iran today, particularly those who oppose the evil regime of mullahs. The mullahs’ boy, Ahmadinejad, did not win the voting, but he won the counting. And people who are tired of being ruled by bigoted Islamic thugs are rioting.

This note from the Times article is telling as to just how rigged the election was:

Private polling of 5,000 voters conducted for the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and seen by The Sunday Times, suggested the reformist candidate would win at least 58% of votes across Iran. However, the official result gave him just under 34%.

Much more can be found here.

BREAKING: Ahmadinejad Out in Iran? UPDATED

I just heard on CNBC that Ahmadinejad has been overwhelmingly defeated in Iran’s elections. No confirmation yet, though the Telegraph sniffed out this result.

Let’s pray it is so.

UPDATE: I’ve sniffed around a bit myself, and it seems the source for the above report is an aide to opposition candidate Mousavi. So take that as you will.

Ahmadinejad has also claimed victory, of course.