tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241272547503998782024-03-14T02:16:55.130-04:00Life's Inanities and IroniesRamblings on life and living as well as occasional Karaoke.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-91931531792353241182016-09-06T11:09:00.001-04:002016-09-06T11:09:37.363-04:00What is A Wasted Vote?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8hQiEz3hQX0" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-54891061093341676372015-07-15T02:15:00.001-04:002015-07-15T02:15:31.456-04:00THIS OLD FLAG AND THAT OLD SONG BY BEN JONES<br /><br />
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After an unspeakable act of evil perpetrated by a deranged, drug-addled, and self-proclaimed “white supremacist”, there has been a wave of “cultural cleansing”, aimed at every vestige of the Confederacy, especially against our ancestors who fought that War with astonishing courage against overwhelming odds.<br />Even though a strong majority of the American people support our position that the flag is a symbol of heritage, not hate, this anti-Southern hysteria has reached a fever pitch. Politicians, the “mainstream” media and major corporate lackies have all quickly and hypocritically pounced on our beloved ancestors as a scapegoat for our country’s racial ills, which date back to the first European colonizations and involved every colony and state of our early republic.<br />Anyone with a grain of common sense knows that symbols mean different things to different people in different contexts. If we are going to have an honest and free discussion of our differences it must be with mutual respect of our different feelings and viewpoints. In America, this is vital to bridge-building and is in the best traditions of brotherhood and understanding.<br />My ancestors are being vilified by uninformed demagogues who are demanding an America that is reminiscent of Nazi Germany in 1933, or of other totalitarian societies that banned heart-felt and popular points of view. These sanctimonious and closed minded zealots have gone so far as to ban “The Dukes of Hazzard,” the all-time favorite family show of all American families, no matter of what race or region.<br />Thankfully, Americans are standing up and “fighting the system” in the way we always have in the face of injustice. It is our duty to “speak truth to power.” We owe it to those who have given all to make America a bastion of free speech and expression.<br />About 15 years ago, I wrote an ode to the Confederate Battle Flag and recorded it with fiddler Travis Wetzel and the late, great Lee Ann Baber on banjo. Last week, I went back into the studio with Travis and banjo picker Tim White and re-recorded it. We added a rousing version of “Dixie” which is one of our Nation’s greatest pieces of music.<br />I hope y’all like it, I hope you will share it, and I hope you will join our fight to bring “The Dukes” back to television and, far more importantly, our fight to bring our nation back to its senses. Ultimately, our greatest struggle is to bring all of our citizens together with sincere respect for each other’s American journeys.<br />Thanks for listening,<br />Ben Jones aka Cooter </blockquote><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j9w5fNtri4I" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-87645316406064793202013-04-08T16:46:00.001-04:002013-04-08T16:46:31.683-04:00Good-bye Annette We'll miss you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-70437907490619324572012-08-03T16:47:00.000-04:002012-08-03T16:47:00.453-04:00An Open Letter to Joe DonnellyBelow is the text of an email I have just sent to Indiana Congressman Joe Donnelly. Fortunately for me as of this next election he will no longer be my congressman and if all goes as it looks will have not a snowballs chance in hell of ascending to the Senate, hopefully ending his political career for the time being.<br />
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NO! This is not only wrong from a legal view point IMHO it is tantamount to treason!</blockquote>
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The Constitution cannot be changed except through the amendment process which requires ratification by the states. This is wrong.</blockquote>
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What checks and balances are we left with anyway? This just formalizes what has already occurred. We have "Czars" in charge of various areas. We have a surveillance and intelligence apparatus that is larger than the East Germans and Soviets ever dreamed. And its about to be turned on us more fully. </blockquote>
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I've written letters. I've tried to be involved. But I'm a layman who has real financial responsibilities and who is not getting bailed out of my mistakes by my government. I write what I feel is an informed letter and I get a book back written by a staffer whose sole job is to research the politician's views on the matter and articulate them in such a way as to be unarguable. </blockquote>
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Face it. The average citizen is outgunned. I don't have time to do the rebuttal research. I stated my opinion. It is ALWAYS ignored because the official has already made up his mind and he has volumes of data to support his choice.</blockquote>
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We have NO say over our government so long as we continue to elect the same clowns over and over. </blockquote>
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The only hope we have is for enough people to say "enough!" and elect local friends and business owners that have never held political office to the Senate and the House. We must do away with this two-headed monster called Democrats and Republicans and elect real people. Is it going to happen? No. It was such an uphill battle to get simply Rand Paul elected. And that has to happen everywhere and not under the standard political banners.</blockquote>
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I do know that I again will do all I can to keep you from gaining a Senate seat this fall.</blockquote>
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Enough commentary. I have to get back to my real job so that my family still has a roof over its head and we can eat next month.</blockquote>
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The federal obsession with peering into people's lives continues to metastasize. Today, I want to alert you to an alarming new situation where Google, the mega Internet search engine service, is in cahoots with Uncle Sam to root into Americans' personal lives.</div>
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<u>And there are a few privacy defenses you can mount – which I will share with you momentarily</u>.</div>
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Google's upcoming changes to their privacy policies are causing an uproar, because the new versions read more like "invasion of privacy policies." If you use any Google service and are concerned about your privacy and anonymity, there is a need to better protect yourself.</div>
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Sitesell.com founder Dr. Ken Evoy wrote a terse letter to Google regarding its upcoming changes. His gripe is Google is not being clear on how its new privacy policies affect the typical Google consumer. Therefore, <b><i>Google is forcing the consumer to accept a new contract without properly informed consent.</i></b></div>
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The typical internet user does not fully understand the business transaction taking place when using Google's free services: The real reason you get to use Google services for free is because Google sells away all your privacy to advertisers. That's the exchange; that's the contract. You may already understand this reality because my <b>Independent Living</b> and <b>Executive Bulletin</b> readers are more savvy than others, but few consumers in the mass market are truly informed.</div>
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Google is a private company, can choose how to operate its business, and can make changes to its privacy policy at any time. At the very least, though, it should make its policies clear so the average consumer understands them and can give proper consent, which in this case means agreeing to compromise his or her privacy in exchange for use of Google's services. There is one more problem, though...</div>
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The Feds Want Copies of Your Private Online Activity<br />
and Google Happily Complies...</div>
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The public uproar focuses on how freely Google offers up your private online activities to the feds and other governments around the world.</div>
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Google's Transparency Report on Government Requests shows that in just a six month period in 2011 the U.S. government made 5,950 requests covering 11,057 specific accounts. Google complied 93% of the time! Due to all the different gag-like laws, you will never know if you or someone close to you was part of this or any future government dragnet.</div>
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India's government had the second most requests at only 1,739 covering just 2,439 specific users. In this instance, Google complied only 70% of the time.</div>
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If we look purely at Google's "percentage of compliance," the number two spot after the U.S. is tied between Brazil and Japan, at 87%. What's telling is Brazil's government only made 703 requests, while Japan only made 75 requests in the same period.</div>
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It seems from the data that other governments are more discriminating than the U.S. when it comes to rifling through the public's online activity. The feds' numbers are off the charts and Google happily complies.</div>
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What Can You Do About It?</div>
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Google's new privacy policy centralizes ALL your activity on its separate services and companies (YouTube, Gmail, online search, web browsing through Chrome, etc.). This makes it much easier for the government to pry into your online activity, past and present, without your knowledge or consent.</div>
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Before this change, each service was separated and compartmentalized by an internal "Chinese Wall" of sorts. When the new policy begins on March 1, all your Google activity will be consolidated, traced, recorded, and permanently stored in big centralized databases out of your control and oversight.</div>
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The first steps to push back (... if they can't "see" you, they can't trace you easily):</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px;"><u>For the tracing and recording of your activity to work, you must be logged into Google's services</u>. Make sure to log-off from all your Google services if it doesn't require you to be logged-in to use it. For example, you don't need to be logged into YouTube to watch videos.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px;"><u>Set your Google services to the maximum security available</u>. For instance, Google's browser, Chrome, can be set to Incognito Mode to give you a bit more privacy. Simply strike Shift-Control-N while in Google Chrome to open a new window in Incognito Mode.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px;">Look over <a href="http://cl.publicaster.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=7889%7c68877%7c611967%7c611842&digest=kjHpKbWhDhLrBcmsN96%2fwA&sysid=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Google privacy tools</a> for further directions.</li>
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Other Alternatives outside Google's Hive</div>
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Because centralization of your data is an Achilles' heel to privacy and anonymity, decentralization is one important solution. Here are a few Google-product alternatives:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px;"><b>Online Search Alternatives to Google – Ixquick (<a href="https://www.ixquick.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.ixquick.com/</a>)</b> is a privacy conscious search engine. It doesn't record your IP address when you search, and it has additional privacy tools like a proxy server to look at search results anonymously.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px;"><b>Email Alternatives to Gmail – Hushmail (<a href="https://www.hushmail.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.hushmail.com/</a>)</b> offers free online email similar to Gmail with one unique advantage: built-in tools to encrypt emails making them more secure from eavesdroppers. If you're open to a paid email service, Simon Black from Sovereign Man suggests adding a layer of protection from the feds by working with an email provider located in privacy friendly jurisdictions: He mentions (<a href="http://www.neomailbox.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.NeoMailbox.com/</a>) headquartered in Switzerland and (<a href="https://secure.runbox.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://secure.runbox.com/</a>) located in Norway.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px;"><b>Web browser Alternatives to Google's Chrome - Apple's Safari (<a href="https://www.apple.com/safari/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.apple.com/safari/</a><wbr></wbr>)</b> is a popular browser and so is Mozilla's Firefox (<a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.mozilla.org/en-<wbr></wbr>US/firefox/new/</a>). Firefox also has many free security and privacy related add-ons that allow more anonymity.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 15px;"><b>Alternatives to Google Maps – Rand McNally (<a href="http://maps.randmcnally.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://maps.randmcnally.com</a>)</b> gives you online directions and helps you find local businesses and hotels. Mapquest (<a href="https://www.mapquest.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.mapquest.com/</a>) can do the same, plus it gives you traffic conditions.</li>
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Here's What's Truly Disturbing...</div>
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Considering Google's intrusion of privacy and how readily it surrenders customer data to the feds, many privacy critics on security forums shared this similar comment: "<i>... be careful what you write or text in your email, blog, SMS; what you say over Google voice; what you browse or search for online...</i>" In other words – Censor Yourself!</div>
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Before you capitulate to self-censorship, try some of the suggestions above to maintain more of your privacy, anonymity, freedom of speech, and especially freedom of thought.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-62996135635084718802012-01-05T05:30:00.000-05:002012-01-05T10:37:40.778-05:00Oh Walter...Where are you when we need you?<br />
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America’s news media has fallen from being a watchdog and defender of liberty to a worthless, sniveling pawn of the power brokers in Washington. That is why, today, after the Iowa primaries, the American people still have little useful information on the candidates.</div>
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Yes, our media is great at telling us which candidate is the most boring, the most attractive or what their favorite snack might be. Who cares? Americans need to know which candidates have the best ideas, the strength of character, courage and the leadership skills to put our nation back on track.</div>
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For more than twenty years, U.S. Border Control has rated the candidates for federal office, based entirely on their record in addressing our nation’s border and immigration policies.</div>
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And we will likely continue our detailed analysis of the candidates later this year. In the interim, however, we have assembled a brief scorecard of the Republican presidential candidates who competed in Iowa.</div>
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This rating provides three scores, one strictly on border and immigration policy; a second, more general rating on their capabilities, knowledge, and their defense of liberty, and, a third rating on their chances to defeat President Obama.</div>
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The ratings (Alphabetically):</div>
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Michelle Bachman A- C+ C
Newt Gingrich C B B+
John Huntsman C- B- C
Ron Paul B A- B
Rick Perry C- B B
Mitt Romney B B B+
Rick Santorum B B B
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Norman Mattoon Thomas was born in 1884 and died in 1968. He was a leading American Socialist, pacifist and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. In 1944, Norman Thomas, as a candidate for president said in a speech,</div>
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" The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."</blockquote>
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" I no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform."</blockquote>
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I agree with Mr. Thomas, but I would also include many in the Republican Party who have strayed from their conservative roots. I would most certainly include Sen. Richard Lugar in this group of Republicans.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25;">The next national election may be the most important in the history of this country. We must elect individuals who will put our country, and it's citizens</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.25;">, first and reduce the size of government by reducing or eliminating programs. We must elect people who will be fiscally responsible and will respect the First and Second Amendments by promoting individual rights as outlined in our Constitution. We must elect individuals who will not tread on our Constitution, but will live by its words. The words “to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America” seems to have fallen on deaf ears.</span></span></div>
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During the next few months, we must scrutinize every candidate who is running for public office. We must elect candidates who will adhere to the Constitution and will take their oath of office very serious. I encourage everyone to become engaged in the political process and be able to vote intelligently in the next election. Our country needs you.</div>
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All of the taxes we pay today did not exist 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous nation in the world with no national debt and with the largest middle class in the world. What happened? Politicians!</div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Wall Street’s excesses
blew up the economy. Now the question is who pays to clean up the mess.
And across the country, our children are already paying part of the bill – as
their schools are hit with deep budget cuts. A new report –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #9f0028; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.ourfuture.org/files/documents/starving-schools-report.pdf?#" target="_blank">StarvingAmerica’s Public Schools: How Budget Cuts and Policy Mandates are Hurtingour Nation’s Students</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>–
released Oct.12, 2011 by the Campaign for America’s Future and the National
Education Association looks at five states to detail what this means to kids in
our public elementary and secondary schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Every study shows the importance of early childhood
education. Analysts at the Federal Reserve discovered that investments in
childhood development have, in the words of Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, such “high
public as well as private returns” that the Fed has championed such
investments, noting they save states money by reducing costs of dropouts,
special education, and crime prevention. Yet across the country, states
are slashing funding for pre-kindergarten and even rolling back all day
kindergarten. Now only about one-fourth of 4-year-olds are served by
pre-K programs. Ten states have eliminated funding for pre-K altogether,
including Arizona. Ohio eliminated funding for all-day kindergarten. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Every parent and teacher knows the importance of smaller classes,
particularly in the early years, when individual attention is vital. Yet
across the country, schools are facing layoffs of nearly 250,000 workers next
year, many of them teachers. In Chester Upland, Pa., 40 percent of the
teachers were eliminated, with class sizes rising from 21 to 30 in elementary
schools and to 35 in high schools, prompting students to walk out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Intelligence
comes in many forms. Successful schools offer a well-rounded curriculum –
not just the basics, but art and music, social studies, extracurricular
activities and physical education. But now schools across the country are
forced to terminate or charge extra for anything beyond the core
curriculum. In York, Pa., art, music and physical education was
eliminated in elementary schools. In Medina, Ohio, students returned to
find courses in French, German, art, music and advanced placement science and
math were eliminated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And children, needless to say, are extremely diverse. They
learn in different ways, at different rates, and face different
challenges. Public schools educate the poor and the affluent, those with
developmental challenges and those who are gifted. Yet across the
country, schools are slashing funds for special learning instruction, for
advanced placement courses. Increasingly parents face extra fees for
programs. In Medina, Ohio, for example, it costs $660 to play a high
school sport, $200 to join the school choir or $50 to act in a student play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And even as budgets are slashed for public schools, more and
more state education money is getting siphoned off to private contractors to
pay for elaborate tests, and to vouchers and corporate tax credits to subsidize
private and charter schools. We’re cutting billions out of educating kids
while increasing spending on testing how they are doing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">School budgets have been cut in some 34 states and the District
of Columbia. In Arizona, the cuts average about $530 per pupil. In
Florida, $1 billion was cut in next year’s budget, or about $542 per
student. Not surprisingly, these cuts fall hardest on the poorest
districts that can’t afford to make up for them the way affluent districts
can. The kids who have the greatest need for public education are
suffering the deepest cuts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Americans sensibly value education. Every political
candidate promises our children will have the best education in the
world. Yet Washington seems largely oblivious to the carnage taking place
in our schools. Part of the president’s American Jobs Act was special funding
to avoid more teacher layoffs. A filibuster by Republican senators kept
that from even coming up for debate, much less a vote.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Meanwhile a furious argument continues about to what standard
teachers and schools should be held accountable. The administration,
still touting its Race to the Top program, wants the reauthorization of No
Child Left Behind to set the standard that all children should be “college
ready” by the year 2020. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, introduced a more sensible
standard of requiring “continuous improvement” from all schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But schools are eliminating kindergarten, laying off teachers,
cramming 35 kids in a class, cutting advanced placement classes, and levying
steep fees for kids to be in the band or play on an athletic team.
Continuous improvement? Race to the Top? The grim reality facing
our kids mocks the rhetoric.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Jeff Bryant, author of the Starving America’s Public Schools
report, notes that there have been only two previous times since 1929 when this
nation cut spending significantly on its children’s education, once in the
midst of the Great Depression and once in the midst of World War II. With
schools facing budget cutbacks while the largest generation of kids since the
boomers flood the classrooms, this is likely to be the third. The bankers
who caused the mess got bailed out. The military budget exceeds Cold War
levels. The richest 1 percent of Americans, who make as much as the
bottom 60 percent of Americans, pay the lowest tax rates since the Great
Depression. But our kids and their schools are paying the price for an
economic mess they didn’t create. No wonder The Tea Party & Occupy
Wall Street have spread across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Take Action!The United Nations Security Council has scheduled July 26th in New York, for open "debate" about whether or not they will attempt to seize Israeli land in September, and divide Jerusalem by establishing a Palestinian state, without negotiation or approval from Israel.<br /><br />Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he feared a "surprise" move after the Quartet of the United Nations, EU, USA, and Russia met last Monday in DC, to endorse President Obama's plan to enforce 1967 borders, and divide Jerusalem and seize Israeli land to form an independent Palestine, on either July 26th or in Sept. at the U.N.<br /><br />Haaretz newspaper reported Quartet members "are expected to release a statement endorsing U.S. President Barack Obama's May 19 speech on the Middle East, which called for...the borders of a future state based on pre-1967 lines..."<br /><br />"A source in Jerusalem said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet colleagues have concerns that the Quartet announcement could provide a surprise for Israel similar to Obama's May speech, the contents of which were revised less than 24 hours before it was delivered....The U.S. is proposing a Quartet statement that mentions the Obama address in relatively general terms and announces that a Quartet delegation would visit the region for additional talks." <br /><br />The Jerusalem Post reported Netanyahu said he was ready to restart negotiations "tomorrow morning" but the Palestinians "refuse" to negotiate now. JTA reported this week, "Palestinian negotiators refuse to return to talks unless Israel freezes settlement; Israel will not consider talks with the Palestinians unless the P.A. breaks off its talks with Hamas, and unless the framework of the talks includes recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, an end to refugee claims and a long-term Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley," [without which Israel cannot defend her existence.]<br /><br />President Obama wrote in his book "I will stand with [Muslims] if the political winds shift in an ugly direction," so I picture Obama siding with Palestinian President Abbas above, who said last week, "President Obama says he wants to see an independent Palestinian state by September." <br /><br />We must awaken Congress so Israel can negotiate to keep their land...take action now!<br /><br />Haaretz newspaper reported last Wednesday, "The UN Security Council plans to discuss in July [on the 26th] the possibility of Palestine becoming a United Nations member state, the Security Council president said on Tuesday. The Arab League has said it would request UN membership for a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as its capital at the UN General Assembly in September."<br /><br />Only the U.N. Security Council can vote to recognize new nations, and move borders. It is composed of 15 member nations among which only 5 have veto authority: USA, Britain, France, China, and Russia. <br /><br />The "Quartet meeting [is] a possible indicator on the situation," reported Haaretz. "The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators...[met] amid a U.S. push to revive peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians." <br /><br />The fact any debate will occur on 26 July confirms a big U.N. vote will occur in September, and if President Obama's U.N. delegation fails to veto, Israel will forfeit half its land and Jerusalem will become the Muslim capitol of the new state of Palestine.<br /><br />President Obama has recently signaled that the U.S. may not veto such a land-grab, as Abbas said last week on Lebanese TV, quote: "President Obama says he wants to see an independent Palestinian state by September." No wonder Abbas met with PLO leaders and decided to seize the moment, and East Jerusalem with it.<br /><br />Israel would likely not recognize such a vote, and refuse to forfeit their land. Palestinians will declare independence and start a war in September, with the whole world against Israel. Except us. We must awaken the U.S. Congress to defend Israel now.<br /><br />A pro-Israel U.S. Congressman has introduced a brand new law to de-fund the United Nations if they dare to seize Israeli land, or if President Obama fails to veto any Palestinian land-grab of Jerusalem without permission from Israel. <br /><br />Pro-Israel Congressman Steve Chabot who chairs the Subcommittee for mid-East relations, introduced H.R. 297, which says the United States should withhold "contributions to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations … if the General Assembly adopts a resolution in favor of recognizing a state of Palestine outside of or prior to a final status agreement negotiated between, and acceptable to, the State of Israel and the Palestinians."<br /><br />The Washington Times confirms the U.N. plans an illegal vote to unilaterally recognize Palestine in September. "A unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood would be an illegal act that would violate the letter and the spirit of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). Those binding resolutions called for a negotiated settlement of the dispute with Israel with 'secure and recognized boundaries.'"<br /><br />The Times also reports America supplies 22 percent of the U.N. budget, so de-funding would get their attention. "The United States cannot prevent this ill-advised move - it circumvents America’s Security Council veto by design - but U.S. leaders can let it be known that the U.N. would incur more than just a political cost." The United Jerusalem Foundation warns: "A unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood by the United Nations General Assembly would cause incalculable harm to peace and stability in the Middle East."<br /><br />So far ZERO Congressman have co-sponsored Chabot's important bill. Please call your Congressman and both Senators at 202-224-3121, and say "please co-sponsor H.Res 297 to protect Israel's current borders, and defund the U.N. if President Obama refuses to veto their Jerusalem land-grab." Also please call every member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East here. Israel needs our support today. <br /><br />The Associated Press just reported "The West Bank Palestinian leadership formally decided Monday to press ahead with efforts in September to win U.N. recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem." Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (the same P.L.O. historically linked with violent terrorists of Hamas) and decided they will unilaterally seek United Nations permission to seize Israeli land without negotiation or consideration of Israeli sovereignty. <br /><br />"Leading members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement met Sunday and later said in a statement that the goal is to bring a state of Palestine into the family of nations of the world....Only the U.N. Security Council can add a nation to the world body, and the U.S. government has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the move, signaling it will veto such a resolution," said one AP reporter.<br /><br />However, President Obama has recently signaled the opposite, that the U.S. may not veto such a land-grab, as Abbas said last week on Lebanese TV, quote: "President Obama says he wants to see an independent Palestinian state by September." No wonder Abbas met with PLO leaders and decided to seize the moment, and East Jerusalem with it. <br />"Palestinian officials hope U.N. recognition would force Israel to make concessions when negotiations resume...The statement did not say what form of U.N. recognition the Palestinians are seeking or what steps they might take after such a nod from the world body," said AP.<br /><br />They will declare independence and cause a war. Abbas and the PLO do not want concessions "during negotiations." They plan to declare independence and fight for their newly claimed land, with U.N. and Obama's approval. There is war coming in September. If Israel refuses to comply, Obama will not veto, the U.N. will grant land, and Muslims will attack Israeli territory to seize East Jerusalem and the 1967 borders.<br /> <br />Let's do everything we can to wake up the U.S. Congress...<br /><br /><br />President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said on Lebanese TV last week, quote: "President Obama says he wants to see an independent Palestinian state by September." <br /><br />This confirms the likelihood Obama will direct America's U.N. representatives to NOT VETO the upcoming U.N. vote to seize Israeli land and establish an independent Palestine state, without any concern or negotiation for Israeli sovereignty. <br /><br />Haaretz newspaper in Israel confirmed a unilateral vote will be forced upon Israel by the U.N. this September. "Israel's new ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor urged Jewish American leaders on Monday to form a clear and operational plan ahead of the United Nations vote in September regarding unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state," the report said. <br /><br />If Obama does not veto this, it would immediately cause a violent war against Israel. Prosor also said that "regardless of the outcome of the UN vote, a Palestinian state will not be created and added that the UN is not authorized to dictate borders between countries." He stressed that "a unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state will bring about another cycle of violence that will only lead to a dead end." <br /><br />Obama could stop the coming war, simply by vetoing any U.N. resolution. "I don't know if the US has another option, but if it does, we will not go to the UN," Abbas told Lebanese TV. [In other words, Obama holds power to stop their unilateral demands, but he won't.]<br /><br />Abbas, who claims 116 of the 195 member states of the UN General Assembly are willing to recognize a Palestinian state, has stressed that his government would go through with the declaration if negotiations with Israel remain deadlocked. Israel hopes for 30 nations against, but America is the only among them who could veto the U.N. land grab. <br /><br />"Unilateral moves are not constructive," Prosor said after his first day on the job, emphasizing that there was still time to act before the vote. <br /><br /><br />Haaretz newspaper in Israel reported President Obama had privately given a 30-day ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to either forfeit their land and revert to Obama's 1967 border plan, or face punishment by the United Nations. A U.N. vote to recognize Palestine (and seize Israeli land) is scheduled for September, which could be vetoed by the United States, but Obama's recent actions cast doubt upon whether the U.S. will veto any U.N. land-grab. <br /><br />"An Israeli source who spoke recently with senior officials in Washington said the Americans were very frustrated with Netanyahu's behavior, feeling that he was impeding America's efforts to keep the Palestinians from unilaterally seeking UN recognition of a state in September," reported Haaretez. "Netanyahu's personal envoy, Isaac Molho, spent last week in Washington...The Americans told Molho that to block European initiatives...they must have something concrete to offer, like Netanyahu's agreement to negotiate on the basis of Obama's speech." [So if Netanyahu doesn't comply, America won't block European initiatives.]<br /><br />In other words, Obama issued an implied threat to destroy Israel, by endorsing the U.N. plan to seize her land, unless Netanyahu commits national suicide by returning to the 1967 borders (just nine miles wide in spots) which are militarily indefensible. <br /><br />"We're about to crash into the wall. We're galloping at full speed toward a situation where Israel will cease to exist as a Jewish state," said Israeli President Shimon Perez. "Whoever accepts the basic principle of the 1967 lines will receive international support from the world," Peres said. "Whoever rejects it will lose the world." Perez is liberal, and encourages Netanyahu to sell Israeli land for peace. <br /> <br />Netanyahu voiced his "vehement objection to starting peace talks on the basis of the 1967 lines, which he called 'indefensible' in both the Knesset and the U.S. Congress," said Haaretz. Netanyahu is conservative, but without American help he stands alone in trying to preserve, not only Israel's current borders, but their right to exist.<br /><br />Bottom line: Without the USA's veto of the U.N. plan, Israel will soon cease to exist as a nation. Both Perez and Netanyahu agree Israel will soon cease to exist, but one says "compromise" and the other says "no compromise." We must demand Congress defend Israel, since Obama won't.<br /><br /><br />Congressman Louis Gohmert (R-TX) led 45 Members of Congress with Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) this week by introducing H.Res 271 supporting Israel's right to defend its own borders, against attack by Hamas terrorists, Iranian nuclear ambitions, and the Obama Administration.<br /><br />The resolution reads in part: "Expressing support for the State of Israel's right to defend Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military force if no other peaceful solution can be found within reasonable time to protect against such an immediate and existential threat to the State of Israel." <br /><br />Asking YOUR Congressman to co-sponsor this critical pro-Israeli self-defense initiative. REJECT President Obama's plan to return Israel's borders to the 1967 borders, REJECT Obama's plan to divide Israel's land in a two-state solution, REJECT Obama's plan to bring a curse upon America for violating Joel 3:2 and dividing the land of Israel in a phony "land for peace" deception, and REJECT anybody's call to take away Israel control of the holy city of Jerusalem.<br /><br />Let's please stand with Israel one more time.<br /><br /><br />"I will enter into judgment with them there on behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; and they have divided up My land." Joel 3:2<br /><br /><br />Eve Of Destruction:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b8fa95d0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b8fa95d0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-61690348535130880082011-07-21T05:45:00.000-04:002011-07-21T13:36:12.173-04:00Holder Used Stimulus Money to Pay for Gunrunner ScandalThere is a new little wrinkle in Attorney General Eric Holder's claims of ignorance regarding the Gunrunner Scandal – Holder's Department of Justice requested and received $10 million in funding specifically for "Project Gunrunner" as part of Obama's 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, aka the Stimulus Bill.<br /><br />The damning evidence can be found on page 16 of the Act, under the heading "Department of Justice" and subheading "Office of Justice Programs"! According to the Library of Congress the section reads as follows:<br /><br />"For an additional amount for 'State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance', $40,000,000, for competitive grants to provide assistance and equipment to local law enforcement along the Southern border and in High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stemming from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 'Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses' for the ATF Project Gunrunner."<br /><br />Eric Holder not only knew about Gunrunner, he requested $10 million to fund it. The only question now is, how much did Barack Obama know and when did he know it?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-20877541795716682482011-04-26T20:56:00.004-04:002011-04-26T21:08:59.307-04:00DAMN the birth certificate;……………….I want to know why we are not drilling???Here’s an interesting read, important and verifiable information :<br /><br />About 6 months ago, the writer was watching a news program on oil and<br />one of the Forbes Bros. was the guest. The host said to Forbes, “I am going to<br />ask you a direct question and I would like a direct answer; how much oil<br />does the U.S. have in the ground?” Forbes did not miss a beat, he said, “more<br />than all the Middle East put together.” Please read below.<br /><br />The U. S. Geological Service issued a report in April 2008 that only<br />scientists and oil men knew was coming, but man was it big. It was a<br />revised report (hadn’t been updated since 1995) on how much oil was in<br />this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota , western South Dakota , and<br />extreme eastern Montana …… check THIS out:<br /><br />The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska ‘s Prudhoe<br />Bay,and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign<br />oil.<br />The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion<br />barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable….. at $107 a barrel,<br />we’re looking at a resource base worth more than $5….3 trillion.<br /><br />“When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see<br />their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.” says Terry Johnson, the Montana<br />Legislature’s financial analyst.<br /><br />“This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found<br />in the past 56 years,” reports The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It’s a<br />formation known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referred to as the<br />‘Bakken.’ It stretches from Northern Montana, through North Dakota and<br />into Canada . For years, U. S. oil exploration has been considered a dead<br />end. Even the ‘Big Oil’ companies gave up searching for major oil wells<br />decades ago. However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up<br />the Bakken’s massive reserves….. and we now have access of up to 500<br />billion barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels<br />will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL!<br /><br />That’s enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 2041 years<br />straight. And if THAT didn’t throw you on the floor, then this next one<br />should – because it’s from 2006!<br /><br />U. S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World<br /><br />Stansberry Report Online – 4/20/2006<br /><br />Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the<br />largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION<br />barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In<br />three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this<br />motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling?<br /><br />They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders,<br />than all the other proven reserves on earth. Here are the official estimates:<br /><br />– 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia<br /><br />– 18-times as much oil as Iraq<br /><br />– 21-times as much oil as Kuwait<br /><br />– 22-times as much oil as Iran<br /><br />– 500-times as much oil as Yemen<br /><br />– and it’s all right here in the Western United States .<br /><br />HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the<br />environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America<br />become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of<br />people dictate our lives and our economy…..WHY?<br /><br />James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we’ve got more oil in<br />this very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION<br />barrels untapped. That’s more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in<br />the world today, reports The Denver Post.<br /><br />Don’t think ‘OPEC’ will drop its price – even with this find? Think<br />again!<br />It’s all about the competitive marketplace, – it has to… Think OPEC just<br />might be funding the environmentalists?<br /><br />Got your attention yet? Now, while you’re thinking about it, do this:<br /><br />Pass this along. If you don’t take a little time to do this, then you<br />should stifle yourself the next time you complain about gas prices – by<br />doing NOTHING, you forfeit your right to complain.<br /><br /><br />Now I just wonder what would happen in this country if every one of you<br />sent this to every one in your address book.<br /><br />By the way…this is all true. Check it out at the link below!!!<br /><br />GOOGLE it, or follow this link. It will blow your mind.<br /><br />http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911<br /><br /><br />Suddenly Seymour:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b9a736094"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b9a736094" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-70426459867909304912011-03-27T14:04:00.004-04:002011-03-27T14:24:41.790-04:00Nonprofits, the Recession Is Not OverNonprofits are on the front lines of the recession, tending to our neighbors in need. A <a href="http://nonprofitfinancefund.org/2011Survey">new survey</a> released March 21st finds that American charities expect 2011 to be another tough year of increasing demand and dwindling resources.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/">Nonprofit Finance Fund</a> 2011 Survey finds that 85 percent of nonprofits expect demand for their services to expand this year, but fewer than half have the resources to meet that growing need. This comes after three consecutive years of increased demand on these nonprofits, the survey finds.<br /><br />“Years of economic uncertainty have forced nonprofits to adjust to the ‘new normal’ of scarce resources and increased demand,” said Rebecca Thomas, vice president of consulting services at NFF. “Some of the adjustments we’re seeing are creative and healthy... Other effects [such as] layoffs, people who need services being turned away... are further compromising the social safety net at a great cost to America.”<br /><br />That's a dire warning at a time when elected officials are planning to cut many services further. But there's hope. The NFF is offers some suggestions, thinking mechanically about solving problems by fortifying organizations. NFF surveyed these 1,900 nonprofits about their fiscal solvency as well as their predictions. The groups say it's not just more donations or more revenue they needed, but a better kind of funding: general operating revenue, the kind that can be used to pay the mortgage, not just the sexy new initiatives.<br /><br />On a related note, the NFF has measured the importance several kinds of funding for nonprofits. In a recent report they found that for organizations looking to scale <a href="http://nonprofitfinancefund.org/announcements/2010/nonprofit-finance-fund-report-philanthropic-equity-pays-nonprofit-sector">"philanthropic equity"</a> that can be used to help high impact group scale can be especially powerful in impact for dollar terms from a donor perspective. The lesson seems to be, restrictions on how a nonprofit can use the funds they get, well intentioned as they may be, can hamper good work.<br /><br />“Last year, we received more restricted money and less of the important general funds that help us manage the organization," said Ann King, executive director of the Tri-Valley Haven, a community resource center dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, or homelessness. "We’ve said ‘no’ to funding opportunities that didn’t cover their own cost." She added, "unfortunately, the recession is not over for many of us in the nonprofit sector. One of the hardest things is finding funding for operating support.”<br /><br />There was some hope in the NFF data though. The survey found 44 percent of groups ended 2010 with a surplus, that's up from 2009, and about a third of the groups reported actually raising more money than expected.<br /><br /><a href="http://nonprofitfinancefund.org/2011Survey">Complete survey data and information.</a><br /><br />Old Man River:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b5f790a"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b5f790a" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-41255226023052203432011-03-27T13:51:00.004-04:002011-03-27T14:00:29.423-04:00Biden: Impeach President for Unauthorized AttackVice President Joe Biden has a very clear idea of what should happen to a president who orders U.S. military forces to launch an attack on a foreign country without congressional authorization: impeachment.<br /><br />With some voices saying President Barack Obama should face impeachment for attacking Moammar Gadhafi’s forces in Libya, a videotape has surfaced from the 2007 campaign trail showing Biden threatening to impeach President George W. Bush if he attacked Iran without the approval of Congress.<br /><br />“I have written an extensive legal memorandum with the help of a group of legal scholars who are sort of a stable of people, the best-known constitutional scholars in America, because for 17 years I was chairman of the Judiciary Committee,” Biden said in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on “Hardball.”<br /><br />"I asked them to put together [for] me a draft, which I'm now literally riding between towns editing, that I want to make clear and submit to the United States Senate pointing out the president has no authority to unilaterally attack Iran.<br /><br />“And I want to make it clear, I want it on the record … if he does, as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and former chair of the Judiciary Committee, I will move to impeach him."<br /><br />He went on to say: “I think the best deterrent is for the president to know, even at the end of his term, we would move and move to follow through with that so his legacy would be marred for all time if he acted in what was clearly, clearly an impeachable offense.<br /><br />“In the absence of that, what happens is, and you're going to think I'm joking about this — I'm not. If you're going to impeach George Bush you better impeach Cheney first. Not a joke.” <br /><br />If You Could Read My Mind:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/bea156ca8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/bea156ca8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-72085227250513524202011-03-10T06:30:00.001-05:002011-03-10T16:22:20.605-05:00IF character counts.Newt Gingrich has been incredibly brazen in the past few weeks, forming an exploratory committee to help consider his first steps towards a presidential bid in 2012. Yesterday <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/03/newt-gingrich-2012-presidential-election-/1">it was reported</a> that "if he runs for president he will make his announcement in early May outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia" and that he's leaning towards a "yes" on his decision to run. <br /><br />I'm in <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/04/AR2011030404613.html">the George Will school of skepticism</a> about Newt's run. I think of him as an <a href="http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/02/gingrichs-fundraising.html">attention hog</a> with very few principles to rub together. Sure, he did a great service in 1994 as Speaker of the House. Sure, he knows a lot of history.* But look at his career after Congress! <br /><br />Vanity Fair really nailed <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/ten-observations-about-newt-gingrichs-adultery-rationale.html">Newt on his recent commentary</a> regarding his adulterous past:<br /><br /> In <a href="http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2011/March/Newt-Gingrich-Talks-God-Forgiveness-/">an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network</a> this week, Newt Gingrich blamed his history of philandering on patriotism: “There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate.” Which raises many questions, and prompts a few conclusions. To wit:<br /><br /> 1. This must be a recent insight of Gingrich’s, because a quick Google search shows he never cited Bill Clinton’s love of country during the 1998 impeachment drive.<br /><br /> 2. If loving America leads to full-on adultery, does loving your home state lead to office-party flirting?<br /><br /> 3. Ewww. Where does loving France or Greece lead?<br /><br />I have an interview tomorrow for an internship. I wonder what will happen if they ask about a blemish in my résumé and I proceed to cite diligence or congeniality as the cause.... <br /><br />Newt isn't a bad person, necessarily. Though I fail to understand why anyone would favor him over someone like a Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, or Haley Barbour. Everyone has baggage, but why should we have to nominate <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50786_Page2.html">anyone</a> who oscillates carelessly? <br /><br /><br />Sickly Aging Man:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b1d7b44a"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b1d7b44a" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-21141609297928392672011-03-03T06:28:00.000-05:002011-03-03T09:42:36.495-05:00The New Kind of ImmigrantA look at our history books tell us why today’s American should not be willing to accept the new kind of immigrant any longer.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdOKxqAnyc4/TW-ix1O1rnI/AAAAAAAAAfE/gBkz8U0MmH0/s1600/immigrants1-150x150.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdOKxqAnyc4/TW-ix1O1rnI/AAAAAAAAAfE/gBkz8U0MmH0/s400/immigrants1-150x150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579857440321941106" border="0" /></a>Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bO_zwCXeYgw/TW-joHS_kaI/AAAAAAAAAfU/Q08O8vufIDA/s1600/ellisisland-150x150.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bO_zwCXeYgw/TW-joHS_kaI/AAAAAAAAAfU/Q08O8vufIDA/s400/ellisisland-150x150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579858372884140450" border="0" /></a>Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TceDJZkCqI4/TW-mOhUqmWI/AAAAAAAAAfc/ed9S0Pwk5c4/s1600/immigrants2-150x150.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TceDJZkCqI4/TW-mOhUqmWI/AAAAAAAAAfc/ed9S0Pwk5c4/s400/immigrants2-150x150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579861231728761186" /></a>They had waved goodbye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2VrIiY2PNQw/TW-mmwVcVSI/AAAAAAAAAfk/sMMb1mp-vtk/s1600/immigrants3-150x150.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2VrIiY2PNQw/TW-mmwVcVSI/AAAAAAAAAfk/sMMb1mp-vtk/s400/immigrants3-150x150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579861648075412770" /></a>Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. Our fathers fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France and Japan. None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the United States of America as one people.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-THjK5ggAEeY/TW-m9nIPt3I/AAAAAAAAAfs/mpTqdwiQUl4/s1600/france-150x150.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-THjK5ggAEeY/TW-m9nIPt3I/AAAAAAAAAfs/mpTqdwiQUl4/s400/france-150x150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579862040741132146" /></a>When we liberated France, no one in those villages were looking for the French American, the German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country’s flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--pqGvRIjsG4/TW-nggarsII/AAAAAAAAAf0/qIzrF1JBVK4/s1600/immigrantsgenx-150x150.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--pqGvRIjsG4/TW-nggarsII/AAAAAAAAAf0/qIzrF1JBVK4/s400/immigrantsgenx-150x150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579862640234836098" /></a>And now here we are with the new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. That’s not what being an American is all about. True Americans are loyal only to America!<br /><br />The immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900′s deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life.<br /><br />For the wrong things to prevail, the rightful majority needs to remain complacent and quiet.<br /><br />Don’t ever let this happen!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-31591052486277533502011-02-12T10:24:00.006-05:002011-02-12T12:07:44.829-05:00FDA launches jihad against nut distributor for educating the publicWhen the federal government gets into the business of classifying walnuts as a "drug," you know that American medical innovation is going down the crapper!<br /><br />Politics destroys most everything it touches and medical care is no exception. That's why in the coming months you are going to hear more and more from me about the importance of medical self reliance.<br /><br />Let's start with a new plan by FDA bureaucrats to expand their dominion over walnuts. Why? Because walnuts are a natural therapy available as a supplement to – or, in some cases, a replacement for – prescription drugs!<br /><br />Some private marketers are exercising their First Amendment rights to say so. Enter FDA bureaucrats, who only last year sent an ominous "warning letter" to Diamond Foods, Inc.<br /><br />FDA scolds have an issue with the way Diamond referenced scientific and medical studies in their marketing. In essence, the FDA told Diamond Foods, Inc. – <span style="font-weight:bold;">Walnuts Are Drugs</span>! Here are some excerpts from the ridiculous letter (emphasis mine):<br /><blockquote>...your <span style="font-weight:bold;">walnut products</span> are offered for conditions that are not amenable to self-diagnosis and treatment by individuals who are not medical practitioners; therefore, adequate directions for use cannot be written so that a layperson can use <span style="font-weight:bold;">these drugs safely</span> for their intended purposes. Thus, your <span style="font-weight:bold;">walnut products</span> are also misbranded under Section 502(f)(1) of the Act, in that the <span style="font-weight:bold;">labeling for these drugs fails to bear adequate directions for use</span>...</blockquote><br /><br />Just to be clear, we're talking about the whole food – walnuts. Not a molecule or derivative or modified extract made from walnuts. It's the same walnuts you find in a fruit cake!<br /><blockquote>...your firm's website also contains several additional <span style="font-weight:bold;">unauthorized </span>health claims...</blockquote><br /><br />The FDA doesn't have an issue with the validity of the scientific or medical research referenced, such as the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids found in walnuts. Its issue is that it did not <span style="font-style:italic;">authorize</span> Diamond Foods, Inc. to say so.<br /><br /><blockquote>...You should take prompt action to correct these violations. Failure to do so may result in regulatory action... seizure or injunction.</blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">It's Just Walnuts,<br />Not Illicit Narcotics or Poisons that Harm Consumers!</span><br /><br />The FDA is taking on Diamond Foods, Inc. because it was promoting the <span style="font-style:italic;">health benefits</span> of walnuts, <span style="font-style:italic;">nothing </span>more.<br /><br /> * Diamond was not using false statements.<br /> * Walnuts are not dangerous to your health (as are many FDA-approved prescription medications, whose side effects and improper administration kill hundreds of thousands of Americans every year).<br /> * The scientific and medical research referenced by Diamond was true and accurate.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">But because Diamond was promoting health benefits, the FDA claimed that it now has the authority to step in, classify walnuts as drugs, and force Diamond to correct violations or face "regulatory action... seizure or injunction."</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Which Brings Me to This Natural Therapy. What is it?</span><br /><br />Why are FDA bureaucrats out to get U.S. walnut producers and stymie promotion of the beneficial effects of walnuts on your health overall, including sexual health? It's beyond Puritanical. They obviously don't get out enough.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">You need to know the truth, and despite the apparent regulatory risks, I will tell you! Since this Monday is Valentine's Day, I'll start with sexual health.</span><br /><br />Walnuts contain an amino acid called arginine, which is also found in beans, cold-water fish (tuna, salmon), soy products, and oats. Arginine promotes a process called nitric-oxide release, which relaxes blood vessels and increases the blood flow, including to the penis.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Walnuts Also Deter Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes,<br />and Even Memory Loss!</span><br /><br />Walnuts not only taste great but are also a rich source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and an excellent source of those hard to find Omega-3 fatty acids. They help protect against metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular problems, and type 2 diabetes. Packed with anti-oxidants, they help deter cancer.<br /><br />A limited (but increasing) number of studies have shown potential health benefits for walnuts in the area of memory and general thought processes (often referred to as "cognitive" processes).<br /><br />A final fascinating aspect of walnuts and their potential health benefits involves melatonin (MLT). MLT is a widely-active messaging molecule in our nervous system and is very hormone-like in its regulatory properties. MLT is critical in the regulation of sleep, daily (circadian) rhythms, light-dark adjustment, and other processes.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Learning about natural health supplements like walnuts is part of becoming more medically self reliant. Exploring alternatives to getting and staying healthy is an imperative, particularly as we head into the new age of Obamacare which has only added to the existing problem of an FDA bureaucracy doing more harm than good.</span> <br /><br />Witch Doctor:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b76cb68e8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b76cb68e8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object><br /><br />Hallelujah:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b1883903a"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b1883903a" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-75575396656263147202011-02-02T22:39:00.008-05:002011-02-02T23:08:03.881-05:00I was lied toThe President and Congress promised that Obamacare would bring down healthcare costs. But Medicare's Chief Actuary, Richard Foster, just testified to the House Budget Committee that this claim is "false, more so than true." This makes me think I was lied to.<br /><br />President Obama also promised that everyone who likes their current health insurance would be able to keep it. But many people are already losing their old health insurance because of Obamacare. This feels like another lie.<br /><br />Candidate Obama promised that his healthcare bill would contain no requirement that would enrich health insurance companies by forcing citizens to buy their products. He even said, <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/federal-judge-cites-quotes-president-rul">"Well, if things were that easy, I could mandate everybody to buy a house, and that would solve the problem of homelessness. It doesn’t."</a> <br /><br />Mr. Obama made quite a point of this when debating Hillary Clinton, but the law that people now call by his name, Obamacare, does exactly what he PROMISED it would not do. I'm quite certain I was lied to.<br /><br />Politicians constantly promise to protect me from rapacious businesses, but that's another fraud. I can already protect myself by refusing to do business with companies I don't like. But how do I stop doing business with the federal state?<br /><br />The best I can do is convince a majority of my fellow citizens to elect a Congress that will stop coercing me, but that's nearly impossible. So it's really you I need protection from, especially when you conspire with big businesses to pick my pocket for my own supposed benefit, as with Obamacare.<br /><br />I'm angered by the hypocrisy. When a business does something wrong you politicians always erect some cancerous regulatory scam, like Sarbanes-Oxley, to punish the innocent along with the guilty, but do you hold the federal state to the same standard? NO! Not at all. Instead, it's lies, lies, lies, and fraud, fraud, fraud. Enough!<br /><br />The Senate needs to repeal Obamacare, just like the House did. DO IT NOW!<br /><br />Town Without Pity:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/c9f09e54"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/c9f09e54" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object><br /><br />Child of The King:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/c3c5219e"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/c3c5219e" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-30557188137197382032011-01-27T13:45:00.004-05:002011-01-27T14:06:46.374-05:00Mr. Obama Continues to Ignore RealityPresident Obama Continues to Ignore Reality … and so do his followers. In his State of the Union, the president barely touched on the issue that galvanized the nation against his Administration — illegal immigration. And when he did mention it, he got it all wrong.<br /><br />The President: “Now, I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration. I am prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows.”<br /><br />That was it. That’s all he had to offer. He’s going to “take on… the issue of illegal immigration“. Obama chooses his words carefully. He didn’t say he was going to stop illegal immigration, did he? <br /><br />Then he said he was ”prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders.” That’s a far cry from sealing our borders to terrorists, drug smugglers and illegal aliens, isn’t it?<br /><br />Then he said he would “address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows.” What the heck does that mean? I’ll tell you what it doesn’t mean. It sure doesn’t mean packing them up and sending them home, which is what the American people are demanding. And as for their living in the shadows, what a load of baloney. <br /><br /> Today’s illegal aliens know our government will never kick them out and so they march in the streets, fearlessly making their demands; they appear on television declaring themselves illegal aliens; they campaign for radical liberals who support their cause; and they can walk into any hospital and get free health care, something no Americans get.<br /><br /> There was no recognition by our President that we have lost control over huge segments of our own border which have been taken over by the drug cartels; no recognition that illegal aliens are the leading cause of crime in America; no recognition that illegal aliens are the fastest growing population in the United States.<br /><br />But my favorite quote from Obama’s speech was his jab at the Tea Party and other American patriots when he said, “And as extremists try to inspire acts of violence within our borders, we are responding with the strength of our communities, with respect for the rule of law, and with the conviction that American Muslims are a part of our American family.”<br /><br />Pay close attention to this one. In the same sentence, he is attacking Americans as extremists who are inspiring acts of violence, while giving Muslims a clean slate! <br /><br />Excuse me but who is it that is disrupting traffic in Times Square, spitting on the American flag, lighting it on fire; and using every sort of hate-filled speech imaginable? I don’t thing they are conservatives or Tea Partyers. They are Muslims. And their goal is the destruction of our country. Yet, our Commander in Chief uses every opportunity to praise them.<br /><br />The Times They Are A-Changin':<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/ad6969ec6"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/ad6969ec6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object><br /><br />Ramblin' Man:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b585925f2"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/e/b585925f2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-6800377140900711672011-01-14T21:35:00.004-05:002011-01-14T22:08:17.722-05:0010 Things That Would Be Different If The Federal Reserve Had Never Been CreatedReprinted From <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/10-things-that-would-be-different-if-the-federal-reserve-had-never-been-created">The Economic Collapse</a><br /><br /><br />The vast majority of Americans, including many of those who believe that they are "educated" about the Federal Reserve, do not really understand how the Federal Reserve really makes money for the international banking elite. Many of those opposed to the Federal Reserve will point to the record $80.9 billion in profits that the Federal Reserve made last year as evidence that they are robbing the American people blind. But then those defending the Federal Reserve will point out that the Fed returned $78.4 billion to the U.S. Treasury. As a result, the Fed only made a couple billion dollars last year. Pretty harmless, eh? Well, actually no. You see, the money that the Federal Reserve directly makes is not the issue. Rather, the "magic" of the Federal Reserve system is that it took the power of money creation away from the U.S. government and gave it to the bankers. Now, the only way that the U.S. government can inject more money into the economy is by going into more debt. But when new government debt is created, the amount of money to pay the interest on that debt is not also created. In this way, it was intended by the international bankers that U.S. government debt would expand indefinitely and the U.S. money supply would also expand indefinitely. In the process, the international bankers would become insanely wealthy by lending money to the U.S. government.<br /><br />Every single year, hundreds of billions of dollars in profits are made lending money to the U.S. government.<br /><br />But why in the world should the U.S. government be going into debt to anyone?<br /><br />Why can't the U.S. government just print more money whenever it wants?<br /><br />Well, that is not the way our system works. The U.S. government has given the power of money creation over to a consortium of international private bankers.<br /><br />Not only is this unconstitutional, but it is also one of the greatest ripoffs in human history.<br /><br />In 1922, Henry Ford wrote the following....<br /><br /> "The people must be helped to think naturally about money. They must be told what it is, and what makes it money, and what are the possible tricks of the present system which put nations and peoples under control of the few."<br /><br />It is important to try to understand how the international banking elite became so fabulously wealthy. One of the primary ways that this was accomplished was by gaining control over the issuance of national currencies and by trapping large national governments in colossal debt spirals.<br /><br />The U.S. national debt problem simply cannot be fixed under the current system. U.S. government debt has been mathematically designed to expand forever. It is a trap from which there is no escape.<br /><br />Many liberals won't listen because they don't really care about ever paying off the debt, and most conservatives won't listen because they are convinced we can solve the national debt problem if we just get a bunch of "good conservatives" into positions of power, but the truth is that we have such a horrific debt problem because it was designed to be this way from the beginning.<br /><br />So how would America be different if we could go back to 1913 and keep the Federal Reserve Act from ever being passed? Well, the following are 10 things that would be different if the Federal Reserve had never been created....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#1</span> If the U.S. government had been issuing debt-free money all this time, the U.S. government could conceivably have a national debt of zero dollars. Instead, we currently have a national debt that is over 14 trillion dollars.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#2</span> If the U.S. government had been issuing debt-free money all this time, the U.S. government would likely not be spending one penny on interest payments. Instead, the U.S. government spent <a href="http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm">over 413 billion dollars</a> on interest on the national debt during fiscal 2010. This is money that belonged to U.S. taxpayers that was transferred to the U.S. government which in turn was transferred to wealthy international bankers and other foreign governments. It is being projected that the U.S. government will be paying <a href="http://www.defeatthedebt.com/understanding-the-danger/recognizing-the-danger/">900 billion dollars</a> just in interest on the national debt by the year 2019.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#3</span> If the U.S. government could issue debt-free money, there would not even have to be a debate about raising "the debt ceiling", because such a debate would not even be necessary.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#4</span> If the U.S. government could issue debt-free money, it is conceivable that we would not even need the IRS. You doubt this? Well, the truth is that the United States did just fine for well over a hundred years without a national income tax. But about the same time the Federal Reserve was created a national income tax was instituted as well. The whole idea was that the wealth of the American people would be transferred to the U.S. government by force and then transferred into the hands of the ultra-wealthy in the form of interest payments.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#5</span> If the Federal Reserve did not exist, we would not be on the verge of national insolvency. The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that U.S. government debt held by the public will reach a staggering <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/03/15/the-troubles.html">716 percent of GDP</a> by the year 2080. Remember when I used the term "debt spiral" earlier? Well, this is what a debt spiral looks like....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The-National-Debt.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 630px; height: 378px;" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The-National-Debt.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#6</span> If the Federal Reserve did not exist, the big Wall Street banks would not have such an overwhelming advantage. Most Americans simply have no idea that over the last several years the Federal Reserve has been giving gigantic piles of nearly interest-free money to the big Wall Street banks which they turned right around and started lending to the federal government <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/11-reasons-why-the-federal-reserve-is-bad">at a much higher rate of return</a>. I don't know about you, but if I was allowed to do that I could make a whole bunch of money very quickly. In fact, it has come out that the Federal Reserve made <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/debt-money-money-debt">over $9 trillion</a> in overnight loans to major banks, large financial institutions and other "friends" during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#7</span> If the Federal Reserve did not exist, it is theoretically conceivable that we would have an economy with little to no inflation. Of course that would greatly depend on the discipline of our government officials (which is not very great at this point), but the sad truth is that our current system is always going to produce inflation. In fact, the Federal Reserve system was originally designed to be inflationary. Just check out the inflation chart posted below. The U.S. never had ongoing problems with inflation before the Fed was created, but now it is just wildly out of control....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Inflation.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Inflation.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#8</span> If the Federal Reserve had never been created, the U.S. dollar would not be a dying currency. Since the Federal Reserve was created, the U.S. dollar has lost well over 95 percent of its purchasing power. By constantly inflating the currency, it transfers financial power away from those already holding the wealth (the American people) to those that are able to create more currency and more government debt. Back in 1913, the total U.S. national debt was just under 3 billion dollars. Today, the U.S. government is spending approximately 6.85 million dollars <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20027782-503544.html">per minute</a>, and the U.S. national debt is increasing by over 4 billion dollars <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/17-national-debt-statistics-which-prove-that-we-have-sold-our-children-and-grandchildren-into-perpetual-debt-slavery">per day</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#9</span> If the Federal Reserve did not exist, we would not have an unelected, unaccountable "fourth branch of government" running around that has gotten completely and totally out of control. Even some members of Congress are now openly complaining about how much power the Fed has. For example, Ron Paul told MSNBC last year that he believes that the Federal Reserve is now <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/11-reasons-why-the-federal-reserve-is-bad">more powerful than Congress</a>.....<br /><blockquote><br /> "The regulations should be on the Federal Reserve. We should have transparency of the Federal Reserve. They can create trillions of dollars to bail out their friends, and we don’t even have any transparency of this. They’re more powerful than the Congress."</blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">#10</span> If the Federal Reserve had never been created, the American people would be much more free. We would not be enslaved to this horrific national debt. Our politicians would not have to run around the globe begging people to lend us money. Representatives that we directly elect would be the ones setting national monetary policy. Our politicians would be much less under the influence of the international banking elite. We would not be at the mercy of the financial bubbles that the Fed has constantly been creating.<br /><br />There is a reason why so many of the most prominent politicians from the early years of the United States were so passionately against a central bank. The following is a <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson">February 1834 quote</a> by President Andrew Jackson about the evils of central banking....<br /><br /> <blockquote> I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the Bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the Bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. <span style="font-weight:bold;">I have determined to rout you out and, by the Eternal</span>, (bringing his fist down on the table) <span style="font-weight:bold;">I will rout you out</span>.</blockquote><br /><br />But we didn't listen to men like Andrew Jackson.<br /><br />We allowed the Federal Reserve to be created in 1913 and we have allowed it to develop into an absolute monstrosity over the past century.<br /><br />Now we are drowning in debt and we are on the verge of national bankruptcy.<br /><br />Will the American people wake up before it is too late?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-23422497312184038392010-12-20T12:16:00.005-05:002010-12-20T12:23:31.637-05:00Internet FCC Rules Dec 21 DeadlineThere is very important, one-of-a-kind, information enclosed below about Mr. Obama and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wanting to control YOUR Internet freedoms.<br /><br />Please read every word to understand the totality of this threat to your freedoms.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Barack Obama has a "Christmas surprise" for the American people. It's based upon the FCC's self-imposed December 21 deadline to implement new Internet rules.<br /><br />Via the FCC, Mr. Obama wants to take control of the Internet---YOUR Internet---your ability to contact your friends, your relatives, and your elected representatives in government.<br /><br />This "stealth" use of new rules and regulations will sneak up on us just before Christmas. Quite frankly, not too many people know about this; or really take the notion seriously, because, after all, we have the 1st Amendment to the U. S. Constitution to protect us. Right? Wrong!<br /><br />The FCC is ready to add the Internet to its "portfolio" of regulated industries. The Obama Administration wants to take control of the Internet. BEFORE CHRISTMAS! (even though the regulations won't "officially" go into effect until after the holidays. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that he has circulated "draft rules" that he says will "preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet." No statement---I call it a bald face lie---reflects the vast gulf between the rhetoric and the reality of Obama Administration policy.<br /><br />Obama's FCC is ready to steal our Internet freedom by simply declaring it has the "right" to regulate it. Here's the underlying problem for Barack Obama. Internet journalists tend to report the news without coloring it with the brush of "political correctness." They challenge the lies that the Obama Administration puts out that the so-called "mainstream media" simply accept and repeat as the truth.<br /><br />We must be prepared to do battle with the intrusive FCC federal regulations that will clamp down on our 1st Amendment rights via the Internet. To protect our free speech rights on the Internet, we must fax every single Member of Congress and let them know they must NOT agree to the upcoming December 21st regulations!<br /><br />Will you do that for yourself and for the rest of us... today---please? This is so important; let me repeat my request so you understand the extreme urgency. Because, historically, when government seizes liberty, it's gone forever.<br /><br />According to the Washington Times: "With a straight face, Mr. Genachowski suggested that government red tape will increase the 'freedom' of online services that have flourished because bureaucratic busybodies have been blocked from tinkering with the Web. Ordinarily, it would be appropriate at this point to supply an example from the proposed regulations illustrating the problem. Mr. Genachowski's draft document has over 550 footnotes and is stamped 'non-public, for internal use only' to ensure nobody outside the agency sees it until the rules are approved in a scheduled December 21 vote. So much for 'openness.'<br /><br />Mr. Obama will use the FCC plans to implement control of cyberspace by issuing regulations. He blatantly insists that he has the right to regulate the Internet through the FCC---which regulates the other electronic mediums: radio and television. What Mr. Obama really means is that as long as the American people have unfettered access to the Internet, he cannot continue to spread his propaganda and bald face lies without being challenged, and he will be a one-term visitor at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.<br /><br />Make no mistake; Barack Hussein Obama is very determined to undermine free speech by seizing cyber-control Internet free speech; under the disguise of making sure our safety and security are of prime importance.<br /><br />The recent WikiLeaks fiasco has helped him to rationalize this tremendous increase of government control to the American public.<br /><br />Freedom and openness should continue to be the governing principles of the Internet. That's why Mr. Genachowski's December 21 proposals should be STOPPED by Members of Congress. In fact, both the U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives should make it even clearer that the FCC should STOP trying to expand its REGULATORY EMPIRE and should STOP trying to control our freedom of speech over the internet!<br /><br />In the administration's zeal to "protect the people," the social progressive zealots in the Obama federal bureaucracy are not averse to writing the rules and regulations like this. It makes a clear statement. It takes away our freedoms on the Internet; but it is all under the claim of "protection."<br /><br />That's why the proposed FCC Internet rules and regulations---THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE IMPLEMENTED without Congressional legislation being enacted---must be stopped by that Body whose legislative authority has been abridged.<br /><br />That is why YOU must get involved this very moment!<br /><br />Don't let the Obama Administration give you a government "Merry Christmas" via Internet controls.<br /><br />Send Barack Obama your personal "BAH, HUMBUG!"<br /><br />Say "Merry Christmas" with a message that STOPS the federal government from crossing that Constitutional line by seizing the Internet. Barrack Hussein Obama blames the Tea Party Revolution, and the results of the 2010 election, on the American conservatives' unfettered access to the Internet. That appears to be the real reason that the Obama Administration authorized the FCC power grab to regulate the Internet. Obama talking heads might refer to regulation as a form of "Net Neutrality," or a cyber-version of the "Fairness Doctrine." But, plain and simple, it is plain, old fashioned, censorship of the views of a majority by a frightened minority who want to silence that majority. Are you part of the no-longer "silent" majority which believes that the 1st Amendment protects our right to speak our mind, in the public forum of the Internet, or at a Town Hall meeting? Free speech is free. Don't let anyone regulate your right to speak. Get involved. Now. Today. SEE BELOW.<br /><br />When it comes to the Internet, bipartisan majorities in Congress have insisted on maintaining a strict hands-off policy whenever the left has proposed legislation to impose censorship through regulation. A federal appeals court confirmed this in April, by striking down the FCC's last attempt to do it. In order for the FCC to take this control, it needs Congress to give it explicit statutory authority to do so. Since they have chosen not to, Mr. Obama intends to just do it himself. The Obama Administration is overstepping its Constitutional boundaries? These proposed regulations prove that!<br /><br />December 21 is only one day away.<br /><br />That's why we must Fax every Member of Congress, RIGHT NOW, to stop this government intrusion into our private, on-line, communications. We have not witnessed this kind of government intrusion since FDR tried to regulate newspapers in 1933.<br /><br />Freedom of the Press is guaranteed by the First Amendment. Federal judges have ruled specifically that the Internet has the exact same freedoms. But the Obama Administration is trying to control the Internet... and YOU!<br /><br />On December 1, with an impending implementation on December 21st, Mr. Genachowski announced to the media that he had circulated his draft rules memo. He said it will "... preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet," adding that the federal government will increase the freedom of online services because, he noted, heavy use in some areas of the Internet slow the "web experience" for everyone sharing the same information superhighway lines.<br /><br />Even though that may be partially true, the United States government should not dictate to us what we can and cannot do on the Internet. Period.<br /><br />Will you assist us to make sure that our Internet remains OURS, not Barack Obama's?<br /><br />Please, give us your support, right now, by faxing every Member of Congress.<br /><br />Although the federal judiciary has extended First Amendment protection to the Internet, Barack Obama believes that he has the executive authority, WITHOUT legislation enacted by Congress, to arbitrarily regulate who uses cyberspace and what access they may enjoy, based entirely on the content of the material that they wish to publish there. If this isn't a violation of our basic rights as Americans, I do not know what is!<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/b66aa63ca"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/b66aa63ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/ad6969ec6"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/ad6969ec6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-53485694147657003852010-10-23T13:39:00.004-04:002010-10-23T13:50:21.885-04:00Pay Attention! Another GOP Betrayal Coming."Republicans on the campaign trail are bashing the president and his agenda... Behind the scenes, key party members are talking a different game." - The Wall Street Journal<br /><br /> As I read the passage above in a recent Wall Street Journal piece, my eyebrows raised. But then my worst fears were confirmed when The Journal quoted Congressman Darrell Issa as saying: "It's pretty clear the American people expect us to use the existing gridlock to create compromise... They [the American people] want us to come together after we agree to disagree."<br /><br /> "It's pretty clear?" What is Congressman Issa, a generally reliable conservative, talking about? Have our conservative allies in Congress taken complete leave of their senses? Do they just not get it?<br /><br /> No, Congressman Issa. With all due respect, the American people do NOT want conservatives in Congress to use gridlock to "create compromise" on Barack Obama’s radical agenda. The American people want the socialist Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda STOPPED... PERIOD... END OF SENTENCE.<br /><br /> And yet, in spite of the wishes of the American people, once again, this dangerous urge to "compromise" with the opposition has reared its ugly head. It's clear that far too many of our self-proclaimed conservative leaders, yet again, need to be reminded about what the American people really want... And with the November elections right around the corner, it’s up to patriotic Americans like you and me to set them straight.<br /><br /> As President Ronald Reagan once said, "If not us, who? If not now, when?" <br /><br />This Land is Your Land:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/b5a6c01f2"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/b5a6c01f2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object><br /><br />Engine Engine #9:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/b18e40162"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/b18e40162" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-58498134207474875912010-10-15T22:12:00.003-04:002010-10-15T22:17:09.529-04:00Congressional Reform Act of 2010Below is a suggested act for those wonderful members of our legislative branch of government.<br /><br />Congressional Reform Act of 2010<br /><br />1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below..<br /><br />A. Two Six-year Senate terms<br />B. Six Two-year House terms<br />C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms<br /><br />2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.<br /><br />3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.<br /><br />4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.<br /><br />5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.<br /><br />6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.<br /><br />7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.<br /><br />8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.<br /><br />Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(S), then go home and back to work.<br /><br />Now, if some Congresscritter would just have the cajones to introduce such a bill!<br /><br /><br />Let's Misbehave:<br /><br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/c3977f310"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/c3977f310" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124127254750399878.post-1216675363761980082010-08-15T11:19:00.003-04:002010-08-15T11:24:45.297-04:00‘Cash for Flunkers’House Minority Leader John Boehner has suggested several names for the new stimulus bill Democrats rammed through Congress last week none of them complimentary.<br /><br />House Speaker Nancy Pelosi summoned lawmakers back from summer break and they voted 61 to 39 on Tuesday to approve the emergency $26 billion stimulus-type bill that Democrats said would save 300,000 jobs. President Obama immediately signed it into law.<br /><br />But Democrats were in such a rush to pass the bill that on Sunday night, two days before the vote, the legislation still did not have a name.<br /><br />Congress’ official website called it the “____ Act of ____,” and the Library of Congress referred to it as the “XXXXXX Act of XXXX.”<br /><br />Republicans said the bill is an election-year gift to teachers and public workers unions, CNSNews reported.<br /><br />“A nameless bill for a hopeless cause is a fitting metaphor for a Democratic Congress that refuses to listen to the American people and abandon its job-killing agenda,” said Boehner. The Ohio lawmaker referred to it as the “union-boss bailout” bill and offered several names for the legislation:<br /><br />Save Our “Stimulus” (SOS) Act<br /><br />“Recovery Summer” Bailout Act (Cash for Flunkers)<br /><br />Delivering Unions a Major Boost (DUMB) Act<br /><br />Helping Election Expenditures, Hurting American Workers (HEEHAW) Act<br /><br />Democracy Is Strengthened by Clearly Leveraging and Optimizing Special-Interests' Effectiveness (DISCLOSE) Act<br /><br />Rescuing Incumbent Democrats Is Costly (RIDIC) Act<br /><br />Summertime Cash for Union Bosses Instead of Spending Cuts for Taxpayers Act<br /><br />Frivolous Act of Ineffective Largesse (FAIL) Act<br /><br />Naming These Things Hasn't Gotten Us Anywhere, So Why Bother Act<br /><br />Boehner said, “The American people don’t want more Washington ‘stimulus’ spending especially in the form of a political season payoff to union bosses.” <br /><br /><br />Walking In Jerusalem<br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/bc8aeb460"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/bc8aeb460" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object><br /><br />Silver Spurs (On The Golden Stairs)<br /><object width="357" height="458"><param name="movie" value="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/bea573d34"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.singsnap.com/snap/e/bea573d34" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="357" height="458"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860046086019516735noreply@blogger.com0