Life's Inanities and Ironies

This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president. Dear President Obama, My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert. I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country. One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direc...

Were Swine Flu Death Projections Hyped? By Adam Murdock, MD The 2009 H1N1 swine flu "pandemic" may turn out to be one of the most overblown and expensive medical crises in modern history. Indeed, this particular swine flu may be one of the weakest in history. The most recent figures show that the number of flu cases are already dropping in the U.S. , England , and elsewhere. It is a mild illness in most but occasionally can lead to severe complications due to bacterial superinfections. In the UK, under 200 people have died from the virus and in the US a debatable 4 thousand people have died. The number of deaths in the US greatly expanded from 1,200 to 4,000 after the CDC recently decided to lump in bacterial infections and "flu-like illnesses" with confirmed swine-flu related deaths. Even with these inflated numbers, in comparison to previous pandemics or even compared to seasonal flu epidemics, this has been a relatively mild illness. The Spanish H1N1 flu of 19...

You Should Know About Harry Reid’s Government-Run Health Care Experiment 1. $493 Billion In Tax Increases On Health Insurance, Medical Innovation, Payroll And Small Businesses Would Pay For The Bill. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 2. Americans Won’t See Benefits Of This Health Care Experiment Until 2014, But They Start Paying For It In 2010. (Page 13, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 3. Reid’s Bill Allegedly Reduces The Deficit By $130 Billion In Ten Years , But The Obama-Reid-Pelosi Spending Agenda Produced Deficit Of $176 Billion Last Month Alone . (Table 3, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 4. $465 Billion In Medicare And Medicaid Cuts Would Pay For Two New Unsustainable Entitlements. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid , 11/18/09) 5. Health Care Costs For The Federal Government – And Your Family – Would Increase, Not Decrease. (Page 16, Douglas...

Many things that we see every day, and take for granted, are there for less than sincere purposes. Entertainment and media, which is supposedly only in existence for our enjoyment and pleasure, is not and never was there for that purpose. Entertainment is being used by the higher echelons of our national government and the global elites to control the population. How? If the people are focused on pop culture and sports, they cannot possibly be simultaneously watching the activities of their elected officials. This allows them free reign to do whatever they want; if no-one is watching, who will catch them? The latest statistic on reading in the United States is a terrifying one - a scant 3/4 of Americans read one book a year. Note that we are talking about one book, not 100. 25% of Americans go 365 days without reading a single page. If that doesn't shock or scare you, there is something wrong with you. The global elites have carried out their plan of mass ignorance and de-education...

Today I am posting a story by Daniel Ruddy @ newsmax.com. I cannot begin to do this story justice and to tell the truth I'm afraid if I voiced my opinion as to Mr. Obama's actions I'd have several men in dark suits and glasses coming to ask me my intentions toward our President. Needless to say this infuriates me. So on to the story "President Obama created a new presidential precedent when he bowed to the Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko Saturday. No president of the United States in the more than 230 years since the country was founded in 1776 had ever bowed to a member of royalty. That was until Barack Obama's presidency. In April, President Obama bowed to the Saudi king during the G-20 meeting. At the time, Obama's deferential bow was somewhat obscured, and the White House insisted that the president simply had leaned forward to shake the king's hand. But the president's recent demonstration of royal deference to the Japanese em...

As I wrote in this blog yesterday I believe that myself and the American people have been lied to by both Mr. Obama and our elected federal officials. I'm tired of being lied to by scheming, busybody politicians. President Obama and the Democrats, our own Indiana 2nd district Representative Joe Donnelly included, promised there would be NO new taxes on the middle class. But everywhere I look I see middle class tax increases. To be fair to Congressman Donnelly he was allowed to vote against H.R. 2454, (i.e. The Cap & Trade bill) and I voiced my appreciation for that at the time . Wish he'd had that opportunity with H.R. 3962, but you know Ms Pelosi and Mr. Obama want to give the country a Christmas present this year . Why did Oliver Twist asking for more gruel just flash thru my mind The healthcare bill is full of tax increases , and the cap-and-trade bill is NOTHING BUT a middle class tax increase. It will raise my gasoline and electric bills to accomplish a supposed...

I want Congress to scrap the healthcare bill the House just passed, and the similar bill pending in the Senate. It seems to me that Mr. Obama and many other Democrats lied to win election (just like the Republicans did before them). We were promised . . . No mandates requiring Americans to buy health insurance No tax increases on Americans earning less than $250,000 a year A tax cut for the middle class The House and Senate healthcare bills break these promises. The Baucus bill in the Senate contains the following language on page 29: "The consequence for not maintaining (health) insurance would be an excise tax." This is both a mandate and a tax increase -- two broken promises in one short sentence. Congress wants to force all Americans -- including those who earn less than $250,000 a year -- to buy government mandated insurance (a tax!), or pay a tax penalty if we don't. Either way we're going to pay higher taxes to comply with your wishes, or face a polic...

Saturday evening Congressman Joe Donnelly voted with the rest of the democrat congressmen from Indiana in Support of HR 3962. After digging some I have found a statement from Congressman Donnelly as to his reasoning. This one is straight out of Mr. Obama's play book: If you have health coverage and like it, the new bill will not force you to change your plan or your doctor. The goal is to protect the doctor-patient relationship and the doctor's decision-making ability, which is critical to effective health care. For those who do not have coverage, the bill creates a national marketplace of competing insurance plans, offering minimum benefits, as well as a limited public plan for the uninsured and small businesses. Since 2000, premiums have more than doubled, including for most small businesses. These rising premiums have become one of the largest cost concerns for our small businesses, and the goal of this bill is to foster greater competition among insurers and lower premiums....

Well the House part of this travesty is over. How did your representative vote? Mine, Joe Donnelly of Indiana's second district, just like he did on the bail out legislation last fall, has chosen to ignore the vast majority of his constituents and voted for the 2000+ page health care bill that will if it clears the senate will give the government control of another 18% of business in this country. Let me say it a little different. If this passes the Senate it will give the GOVERNMENT full or partial ownership in nearly 48% of all business in this country. I can't be the only one that sees an issue with this? Congressman Donnelly, I find it hard to believe that you actually contemplated this issue as you claim to have. Even if you did, you most certainly did not listened to your district on what they thought. Every poll I seen from your district showed a MAJORITY of people here AGAINST health care reform as was being pressed by this congress. The staff member I spoke to...

Now Is the Time for Americans To Be Relentless

Today, with much of that well known sneer from Ms Pelosi, The AARP Has anounced it is backing the latest of the health care bills, HR 3962. My wife and I joined for the benefits when we were eligible, but as soon as I can contact a representative we will be cancelling it. On both their website and the message that is on their voice system they are trumpeting that they bring their 40 million members in support of this. I Do Not!!! I would ask that if you are a member of AARP and believe as I do, that you also cancel your membership and be sure they know it is because of them not representing their membership or at least asking their membership what it believes. You can send an email or go to their contact page on the web or call their support line at 1-888-687-2277 to cancel or voice your opinion. The Oldest Swinger In Town: It Was A Very Good Year:

I am going to attempt to find breakdowns, ( In addition to yesterdays post on the 26 reasons to oppose ), on WHAT exactly is in this travesty of a bill in hopes it will prompt you to contact your congressman and let them know your feelings on it. First is an Analysis of Life Provisions from American United for Life: The new version of health care reform unveiled by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi fails to exclude abortion funding and coverage – in fact, it explicitly includes it. Below is AUL’s legal analysis of the abortion provisions in the bill, as well as an analysis of the conscience protection, Comparative Effectiveness Research, and End-of-life provisions in the bill. I. Abortion The new House health care bill, H.R. 3962 includes the same problematic provisions found in the Capps Amendment added to H.R. 3200 (the former House health care reform bill). The new bill: Allows private health insurance plans that cover elective abortion to receive ...

This brings it VERY clear that Congressman Joe Wilson was right from the get go. Mr Obama based on HR 3962 and the sister bill in the Senate there is no doubt in my mind that you ARE a liar. Nearly EVERYTHING you've told the people, in your defense of the healthcare bill, has been a layer of BS that has not been seen out of the White House since the Nixon years. The Government has no business in healthcare, insurance or most any other aspect of the private business sector and I demand as a citizen of these United States that you back off and follow your role as defined by the Constitution. Go ahead and make sure my name is spelled correctly on that list being compiled over @ Whitehouse.gov From the Nancy Pelosi's H.R. 3962 could be voted on as soon as Thursday this week. Eagle Forum has scoured the pages and found it contains the following provisions: Permits federal taxpayer funding of abortion services, above and beyond the status quo of current law. ...

Following is from NaturalNews.com A Fantastic resource. (NaturalNews) The news is out: Vitamin D is better than the swine flu vaccine at halting H1N1 infections. In fact, without vitamin D, chances are that a vaccine won't generate much of an immune response in the first place. That's because vitamin D is essential for healthy, active immune function. That's just one of the reasons smart people are choosing vitamin D instead of the swine flu vaccine. Here are nineteen more reasons: #1 Vitamin D activates your immune system to respond to any viral exposure (not just one virus). #2 Vitamin D naturally belongs in your body. #3 Vitamin D has been functioning as medicine in the human body since the beginning of the human species. #4 Vitamin D is available right now and there's no shortage of it. #5 Vitamin D won't cause your brain to swell and put you into a coma. #6 Vitamin D doesn't require an injection with a scary needle. #7 Vitamin D is found nat...