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H Whispering campaign Court report The Press-Dispatch joked about it the next day. Before taking report- ers' questions, he said, "First of all, are the mics on?" And he offered a lame defense of his initial comments: it's an election year, so there's no time for "thoughtful consulta- tions." On the contrary, it's the perfect time. But surely he knows that. So why is he making jokes that seem to indicate he doesn't take these mat- ters very seriously? He should. Consider Continued from page 2 Worse, the president istration's budget propos- al would reduce total U.S. defense spending by over 21 percent in fiscal year 2014 from what it was in fiscal year 2010. While other militaries expand, ours is being forced to contract. And it should go with- Yet the Obama admin- poena dces tecum. Johnathon B. Crow charged with theft, a class D felony. Misdemeanor Docket Pike Circuit Court the wide array of threats the U.S. faces. In addi- tion to terrorist groups— al-Qaeda, of course, but many others as well—we have rogue nations such as Iran and North Korea acquiring nuclear capabil- ities. China continues to build up its military at an alarming rate. The unrest in the Middle East shows no signs of abating. And those are just the threats we know about. Continued from page 2 late the Constitution. They have been doing so for more than two centu- ries. It is the foundation of American constitutional law. There is no way that Barack Obama has never heard of it or really believes it to be "unprecedented" after two centuries of countless prec- edents. In short, he is simply ly- ing. Now there are different kinds of liars. If we must have lying Presidents of the United States, I prefer that they be like Richard Nixon. You could just look at him and tell that he was lying. But Obama is much smoother. On this and on many other issues, you would have to know what the facts are to know that he is lying. He is obviously count- ing on the fact that, in this era of dumbed-down educa- tion, many people have no clue as to what the facts are. He is also counting on something else—namely, that the pro-Obama media will not expose his lies. One of the many ways of out saying that we need a comprehensive missile defense with components on land, at sea and in space. That way, we have a much better chance of stopping an enemy mis- sile in almost any stage of flight. "I think we'll do bet- ter in 2013," President Obama said as he tried to explain his open-mic inci- dent. We can indeed. But we have to reverse the reckless and dangerous game he insists on play- ing with this country's se- curity. He doesn't need "space." He needs sense. Ed Feulner is president H Political word games passed law." Second, the "judicial activ- ism" that conservatives have complained about was judg- es making rulings based on how they felt personal- ly about the issue at hand, rather than about what the Constitution of the United States said. In recent years, great ef- In re: investigation sub- Criminal Docket Pike Circuit Court class B misdemeanor. Small Claims an and Megan Hill for rent, late fee, damages and clean- up. charged with battery-bodi- ly injury, a class A misde- meanor. Ethna M. Krueger charged with battery-bodi- ly injury, a class A misde- meanor. Nathan L. Krueger charged with battery, a class A misdemeanor. Brett W. Reynolds charged with invasion of privacy, a class A misde- meanor. Kyle G. Neukam charged with public intoxication, a class B misdemeanor. Cody A. Traylor charged with public intoxication, a Brandon R. Kortea Adam Charkosky on com- plaint. Personal Finance Co. LVNV Funding LLC sues Pike Circuit Court Civil Docket sues Brandon Schell and Shawna Wiscaver for com- plaint on note. Personal Finance Co. sues Raymond A. Scruggs for complaint on note. Infractions charged with speeding, 64 mph in a 55 zone. Cynthia J. Bryant charged Matthew R. Abney Pike Circuit Court with speeding, 71 mph in a 55 zone. Timothy E. Benjamin charged with littering. Carol Sue Sutton sues Ry- Pike Circuit Court with improper passing. Donald H. Lawalin Kenneth C. Hixon charged charged with operating off- road vehicle without regis- tration. Robert W. Loveless charged with speeding, 48 mph in a 30 zone. Thomas P. Lewis charged with speeding, 70 mph in a 55 zone. Kayla R. lance charged charged with speeding, 73 mph in a 55 zone. Toby L. Nelson charged with learner permit viola- tion. James R. McMillin with operating an ATV on state highway. Joshua M. Russell 55 zone. Mason C. Boone charged with operating an ATV on Pike State Forest without permission. Tyler P. Dillon charged with operating an ATV on Pike State Forest without permission. Jeremy Gardner charged with operating an ATV on Pike State Forest without permission. Clayton J. Greener charged with operating an ATV on Pike State forest without permission. Sawyer D. Ruhe charged Wednesday, April 11, 2012 C-3 charged with expired li- cense plates. Timothy M. Schiev charged with speeding, 71 mph in a 55 zone. Cody J. Smith charged with speeding, 70 mph in a with operating an ATV on Pike State Forest without permission. Shannon D. Tredway charged with operating an ATV on Pike State Forest without permission. David M. Wood, Jr. charged with operating an ATV on Pike State Forest without permission. H Points to ponder—by Rev. Ford Bond of The Heritage Founda- tion (www.heritage.org). ily breakdown and the al- most genocidal epidemic of black youth killing one an- other. The prophet Habakkuk, Continued from page 2 lessness in some areas of our large cities is rampant, and all turn a blind eye to forts have been made to re- define "judicial activism" in terms of judges declaring laws unconstitutional, in- stead of "deferring" to Con- gress or other government institutions. But what is the Constitu- who lamented the lawless- ness of his own people, wrote: "How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, 'Violence! but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdo- ing? Destruction and vio- lence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore, the law is para- lyzed, and justice never pre- vails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that jus- tice is perverted" [Habak- kuk 1:2-4]. As the prophet cried, the tion's Bill of Rights supposed to protect the ordinary citi- zen from? Government insti- tutions! If judges are to defer to the very institutions that the Bill of Rights tries to pro- tect the citizen from, what is the point of having a Bill of Rights? As for Supreme Court jus- lying smoothly is to sim- ply redefine words. Barack Obama is a master at that as well. In the comment on the case pending before the Supreme Court, President Obama said that he want- ed to remind "conservative commentators" that they have complained about "ju- dicial activism"—which he redefines as the idea that "an unelected group of peo- ple would somehow over- turn a duly constituted and passed law." First of all, every law that tices being unelected, that has been true since the Con- stitution was created. That was done deliberately, so that they could render their judgments without fear of political repercussions. If unelected Supreme Court justices are to automatical- ly defer to elected officials, that again raises the ques- tion of why they are there at all. Why are the taxpayers paying their salaries and housing them in an expen- sive marble building—just so that they can go along to get along? It would be hard to be- same holds true for Amer- ica. Killing and apparent law- it. This cannot and will not continue indefinably. Either the aggrieved parties will find an enlightened way to deal with the mistrust, or societal breakdown will oc- cur. There is no third option. Think about it! ONE DAY COMPLETELY DONE. One day—you will wonder why I was too busy to turn my life to the Lord. Soon your work on earth will be DONE. Soon it will be too late. Gary Marvel 812-677-7772 MORE get the Supreme Court has over- turned for the past 209 years since Marbury v. Madison was "a duly constituted and come nostalgic about Rich- ard Nixon, who was forced to resign in disgrace. But at least you could tell when he was lying. Obama's lies are just as big but not as vis- ible, and the media that ex- posed Nixon is covering for Obama. 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