In honor of the 44th President of the United States, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream has introduced a new flavor: " Barocky Road "
Barocky Road is a blend of half vanilla, half chocolate, and surrounded by nuts and flakes.
The vanilla portion of the mix is not openly advertised and usually denied as an ingredient.
The nuts and flakes are all very bitter and hard to swallow.
The cost is $100.00 per scoop.
When purchased it will be presented to you in a large beautiful cone, but then the ice cream is taken away and given to the person in line behind you.
You are left with an empty wallet and no change, holding an empty cone with no hope of getting any ice cream.
Are you stimulated?
. . . .author unknown
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Beginning of the End of Any Nation. . . .
I received this in an email and I thought I'd pass it along. . . .this could have been written today with all the "redistribution of wealth" policies that is currently being debated in the United States, but it was actually written 78 years ago:
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This is probably the 5 best sentences you'll ever read. This is one paragraph that should be in every book, in every school room, in every city, in every state, in our great Union . Our educators should make a lesson plan on this one statement and beat these words into every head, in every class, in every state, in these United States of America .
Profound short paragraph:
“You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.". . . .Adrian Rogers, 1931
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This is probably the 5 best sentences you'll ever read. This is one paragraph that should be in every book, in every school room, in every city, in every state, in our great Union . Our educators should make a lesson plan on this one statement and beat these words into every head, in every class, in every state, in these United States of America .
Profound short paragraph:
“You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.". . . .Adrian Rogers, 1931
Obama to Prosecute CIA Agents?
The Obama Administration has decided to investigate and possibly prosecute CIA agents on techniques used to question terrorist after the September 11th attacks. Today this exchange was on Foxnews Sunday between Chris Wallace and former Vice-President Dick Cheney:
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CHENEY: I guess the other thing that offends the hell out of me, frankly, Chris, is we had a track record now of eight years of defending the nation against any further mass casualty attacks from Al Qaeda. The approach of the Obama administration should be to come to those people who were involved in that policy and say, how did you do it? What were the keys to keeping this country safe over that period of time?
Instead, they're out there now threatening to disbar the lawyers who gave us the legal opinions, threatening contrary to what the president originally said. They're going to go out and investigate the CIA personnel who carried out those investigations. I just think it's an outrageous political act that will do great damage long term to our capacity to be able to have people take on difficult jobs, make difficult decisions, without having to worry about what the next administration is going to say.
WALLACE: Let me ask you -- you say you're proud of what we did. The inspector general's report which was just released from 2004 details some specific interrogations -- mock executions, one of the detainees threatened with a handgun and with an electric drill, waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times.
First of all, did you know that was going on?
CHENEY: I knew about the waterboarding. Not specifically in any one particular case, but as a general policy that we had approved.
The fact of the matter is, the Justice Department reviewed all of those allegations several years ago. They looked at this question of whether or not somebody had an electric drill in an interrogation session. It was never used on the individual, or that they had brought in a weapon, never used on the individual. The judgment was made then that there wasn't anything there that was improper or illegal with respect to conduct in question...
WALLACE: Do you think what they did, now that you've heard about it, do you think what they did was wrong?
CHENEY: Chris, my sort of overwhelming view is that the enhanced interrogation techniques were absolutely essential in saving thousands of American lives and preventing further attacks against the United States, and giving us the intelligence we needed to go find Al Qaeda, to find their camps, to find out how they were being financed. Those interrogations were involved in the arrest of nearly all the Al Qaeda members that we were able to bring to justice. I think they were directly responsible for the fact that for eight years, we had no further mass casualty attacks against the United States.
It was good policy. It was properly carried out. It worked very, very well.
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CHENEY: I guess the other thing that offends the hell out of me, frankly, Chris, is we had a track record now of eight years of defending the nation against any further mass casualty attacks from Al Qaeda. The approach of the Obama administration should be to come to those people who were involved in that policy and say, how did you do it? What were the keys to keeping this country safe over that period of time?
Instead, they're out there now threatening to disbar the lawyers who gave us the legal opinions, threatening contrary to what the president originally said. They're going to go out and investigate the CIA personnel who carried out those investigations. I just think it's an outrageous political act that will do great damage long term to our capacity to be able to have people take on difficult jobs, make difficult decisions, without having to worry about what the next administration is going to say.
WALLACE: Let me ask you -- you say you're proud of what we did. The inspector general's report which was just released from 2004 details some specific interrogations -- mock executions, one of the detainees threatened with a handgun and with an electric drill, waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times.
First of all, did you know that was going on?
CHENEY: I knew about the waterboarding. Not specifically in any one particular case, but as a general policy that we had approved.
The fact of the matter is, the Justice Department reviewed all of those allegations several years ago. They looked at this question of whether or not somebody had an electric drill in an interrogation session. It was never used on the individual, or that they had brought in a weapon, never used on the individual. The judgment was made then that there wasn't anything there that was improper or illegal with respect to conduct in question...
WALLACE: Do you think what they did, now that you've heard about it, do you think what they did was wrong?
CHENEY: Chris, my sort of overwhelming view is that the enhanced interrogation techniques were absolutely essential in saving thousands of American lives and preventing further attacks against the United States, and giving us the intelligence we needed to go find Al Qaeda, to find their camps, to find out how they were being financed. Those interrogations were involved in the arrest of nearly all the Al Qaeda members that we were able to bring to justice. I think they were directly responsible for the fact that for eight years, we had no further mass casualty attacks against the United States.
It was good policy. It was properly carried out. It worked very, very well.
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Here's my interpretation of what Dick Cheney really wanted to say to Chris Wallace: F**k the Obama administration - what we did was right and if those chickensh*t little terrorist that wanted to destroy my country that I took an oath to defend can't take a few (mock) threats and a little water - oh who the hell cares. You ought to know what I really wanted to do to them bas**rds that plotted and planned the September 11th attacks, who behead and torture Americans including our military. These are the same terrorist that continue to strap on bombs that kill women and children. Do you REALLY think I give a rat’s ass what our CIA did to these terrorist to get critical information that saved Americans lives. . . .
Again. . . .Here's what I don't understand about the torture debate. . . .The CIA can't drip a little water over a terrorist head or make them uncomfortable in any way, even if they can get information that could save American's lives. . . . But the US Military can shoot them dead on the battlefield. So. . . . SHOOT THEM DEAD ON THE BATTLEFIELD. . . .End of Debate (No more need for Gitmo either).
Now all the Obama administration wants to do is give "Miranda Rights" to the terrorist. Why would anyone want to be in the CIA or on any administrations Legal Team when they can possibly be prosecuted later?
To read the full interview:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/30/cheney-slams-obamas-politicized-probe-cia-interrogations/
Now all the Obama administration wants to do is give "Miranda Rights" to the terrorist. Why would anyone want to be in the CIA or on any administrations Legal Team when they can possibly be prosecuted later?
To read the full interview:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/30/cheney-slams-obamas-politicized-probe-cia-interrogations/
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Vietnam Vets seem to have a way with words. . . .
His sign reads concerning Obamacare:
Jam it down our throats in 2009. . . .
. . . .We'll stick it up your Ass in 2010
Friday, August 28, 2009
We Will Never Forget. . . .Or Will We?
Remember our rallying cry after September 11th. . . .We vowed:
September 11, 2001 is one of the most horrific days in our Nation's history and we as a "Nation" should spend the day remembering the thousands that died in the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, in the fields of Pennsylvania, and the Soldiers that are continuing to fight the War on Terrorism. . . .
but now. . . .
President Obama has declared September 11th as the "National Day of Service" and "Remembrance".
It appears they want to change the mindset of September 11th from what they call a "Day of Fear" to a day of "Community Action, Service and Volunteerism".
September 11th should be a day of Fear. . . .If you are a TERRORIST. . . .We never appropriately retaliated against the terrorist after the first World Trade Center Bombing in 1993, the two Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, or the USS Cole bombing in 2000. This emboldened the terrorist to attack us on our homeland. The terrorist were use to the piddly retaliations from President Clinton, but thankfully on that fateful day in 2001 there was a new Sheriff in town.
President Bush made a vow while standing in the smoldering remains of the Twin Towers three days after the terrorists destroyed them:
"I can hear you," he told rescue workers who greeted him with chants of "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" "The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
President Bush’s final speech to the nation he said: As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did. Every morning, I received a briefing on the threats to our nation. I vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe.
Thank You President Bush. . . .You did continue to keep us safe. . . .
Unfortunately, in just 8 years our Nation has now gone back to the September 10th mentality. . . .With President Obama empathizing with the terrorist and tying the hands of the CIA it just makes you realize how true the quote is: "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it". . . .
President Obama said in a speech in July, 2008: "we cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.". . . .(doesn't this sound remotely similar to Hitler's "brown shirts" that played a key role in his rise to power, and were superseded by the SS?) WTF?
So how will we as a "Nation" be observing this September 11th?. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm sure Obama's "Civilian National Security Force" will be out in full force.
It does make you wonder why they didn't just combine the "National Day of Service" with the "Labor Day" holiday. . . .It would have made a lot more sense? Most people have the day off already and could go plant a tree to make the "Greenies" happy. They could have chosen any of the other 300 non-holidays in the year instead of September 11th, and it wouldn't have taken away from the sacredness of this tragic day. I mean would they ever combine the remembrance of December 7th 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, with Japanese awareness month? With this administration who knows. . . .
*H.R. 1388: Serve America Act - A bill entitled "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws."
read more about the Sturmabteilung (brown shirts) at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/24/look-whos-hijacking-911/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Green_The_Block/
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1388&tab=summary
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80829
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s&feature=player_embedded
"WE WILL NEVER FORGET"
September 11, 2001 is one of the most horrific days in our Nation's history and we as a "Nation" should spend the day remembering the thousands that died in the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, in the fields of Pennsylvania, and the Soldiers that are continuing to fight the War on Terrorism. . . .
but now. . . .
President Obama has declared September 11th as the "National Day of Service" and "Remembrance".
It appears they want to change the mindset of September 11th from what they call a "Day of Fear" to a day of "Community Action, Service and Volunteerism".
September 11th should be a day of Fear. . . .If you are a TERRORIST. . . .We never appropriately retaliated against the terrorist after the first World Trade Center Bombing in 1993, the two Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, or the USS Cole bombing in 2000. This emboldened the terrorist to attack us on our homeland. The terrorist were use to the piddly retaliations from President Clinton, but thankfully on that fateful day in 2001 there was a new Sheriff in town.
President Bush made a vow while standing in the smoldering remains of the Twin Towers three days after the terrorists destroyed them:
"I can hear you," he told rescue workers who greeted him with chants of "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" "The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
President Bush’s final speech to the nation he said: As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did. Every morning, I received a briefing on the threats to our nation. I vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe.
Thank You President Bush. . . .You did continue to keep us safe. . . .
Unfortunately, in just 8 years our Nation has now gone back to the September 10th mentality. . . .With President Obama empathizing with the terrorist and tying the hands of the CIA it just makes you realize how true the quote is: "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it". . . .
President Obama said in a speech in July, 2008: "we cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.". . . .(doesn't this sound remotely similar to Hitler's "brown shirts" that played a key role in his rise to power, and were superseded by the SS?) WTF?
So how will we as a "Nation" be observing this September 11th?. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm sure Obama's "Civilian National Security Force" will be out in full force.
It does make you wonder why they didn't just combine the "National Day of Service" with the "Labor Day" holiday. . . .It would have made a lot more sense? Most people have the day off already and could go plant a tree to make the "Greenies" happy. They could have chosen any of the other 300 non-holidays in the year instead of September 11th, and it wouldn't have taken away from the sacredness of this tragic day. I mean would they ever combine the remembrance of December 7th 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, with Japanese awareness month? With this administration who knows. . . .
*H.R. 1388: Serve America Act - A bill entitled "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws."
read more about the Sturmabteilung (brown shirts) at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/24/look-whos-hijacking-911/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Green_The_Block/
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1388&tab=summary
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80829
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s&feature=player_embedded
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Lockerbie Bomber’s Release. . . .
On a cold day in December back in 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland? It was latter determined a terrorist bomb had blown up the plane with 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard. 11 people on the ground died from the debris of the fallen plane.
According to wikipedia.com: "In 2001, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, a Libyan, was convicted of involvement in the bombing and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 20 August 2009, the Scottish Government released him on compassionate grounds to return to Libya as he was suffering from terminal prostate cancer and had a life expectancy of less than 3 months." he spent less than 8 years in prison.
lbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, received a "hero's welcome home" this week when he arrived in Tripoli, Libya. They had a major celebration in spite of Britian's Prime Minister sending a letter to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi requesting that they handle the homecoming “with sensitivity” and "restraint".
Pan Am Flight 103 was heading to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, so the plane was carrying mostly Americans. The families are infuriated over the release of this terrorist, and are demanding answers on how/why this mass murderer was released.
news flash. . . .news flash. . . .Doubts about Megrahi's 3 month life expectancy have already been raised, and the doctor who gave the prognosis may have been employed by the Libyan government.
I'll bet $5.00 that this terrorist bas**rd is still alive on November 26, 2009 (3 months from today), and if I had $100.00, I'd bet he is still alive this time next year.
It is also being investigated that British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown only made the deal to gain the release of Megrahi to obtain Libyan oil contracts.
According to cnn.com: "Next month Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi plans to pitch his Bedouin tent on the grounds of a Libyan diplomatic residence in suburban New Jersey during his visit to participate in the annual United Nations General Assembly".
The families of the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 should tell him where to stick his "tent".
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/us.gadhafi.visit/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/world/europe/22lockerbie.html?hpw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103
Monday, August 24, 2009
Communists and Anarchists and Radicals, Oh, My !
President Obama has always surrounded himself with radicals and evidently it still makes him feel warm and cozy. It was evident earlier this year when he appointed Van Jones as "Green Czar" a self-proclaimed "COMMUNIST".
Van Jones, Speaking to the East Bay Express, Van Jones said he first became radicalized in the wake of the 1992 Rodney King riots, during which time he was arrested.
"I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th," he said. "By August, I was a COMMUNIST."
"I met all these young radical people of color – I mean really radical: communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.' I spent the next 10 years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary," he said
Van Jones is a Yale graduate and the founder of Green For All, a national NGO dedicated to "building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty"
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Would you have ever imagined in your lifetime that someone that is a self-proclaimed "COMMUNIST" would be appointed to a position at the White House?
Remember the stories from the 1950's about Senator Joseph McCarthy, who was criticized for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists that were inside the United States federal government and elsewhere. He sure wouldn't have to search too far to find a "Communist" these days. . . .Hell, now they're tax payer funded and being hired by our own federal government on purpose.
What Czar is next? Reverend Wright - Religion Czar, Bill Ayers - Domestic Terrorist Czar, Osama bin Laden - International Terrorist Czar? Henry Gates Jr. - Race/Police Relations Czar?
Alert! Obama Czar count now at 44 with 7 additional positions being planned - and remember there is no Constitutional requirement that Czars undergo those pesky Senate confirmation hearings. Czars are accountable to no one except the administration. I have done extensive research and cannot find out any information on the salaries or budgets of these Czars. . . .WTF?
According to Wikipedia.com: Communism - is a family of economic and political ideas and social movements related to the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, or stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general, as well as the name given to such a society.
Green Czar - Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Czar - any person exercising great authority or power in a particular field.
Anarchist - a person who causes disorder or upheaval
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=106653
Van Jones, Speaking to the East Bay Express, Van Jones said he first became radicalized in the wake of the 1992 Rodney King riots, during which time he was arrested.
"I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th," he said. "By August, I was a COMMUNIST."
"I met all these young radical people of color – I mean really radical: communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.' I spent the next 10 years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary," he said
Van Jones is a Yale graduate and the founder of Green For All, a national NGO dedicated to "building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty"
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Would you have ever imagined in your lifetime that someone that is a self-proclaimed "COMMUNIST" would be appointed to a position at the White House?
Remember the stories from the 1950's about Senator Joseph McCarthy, who was criticized for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists that were inside the United States federal government and elsewhere. He sure wouldn't have to search too far to find a "Communist" these days. . . .Hell, now they're tax payer funded and being hired by our own federal government on purpose.
What Czar is next? Reverend Wright - Religion Czar, Bill Ayers - Domestic Terrorist Czar, Osama bin Laden - International Terrorist Czar? Henry Gates Jr. - Race/Police Relations Czar?
Alert! Obama Czar count now at 44 with 7 additional positions being planned - and remember there is no Constitutional requirement that Czars undergo those pesky Senate confirmation hearings. Czars are accountable to no one except the administration. I have done extensive research and cannot find out any information on the salaries or budgets of these Czars. . . .WTF?
According to Wikipedia.com: Communism - is a family of economic and political ideas and social movements related to the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, or stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general, as well as the name given to such a society.
Green Czar - Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Czar - any person exercising great authority or power in a particular field.
Anarchist - a person who causes disorder or upheaval
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=106653
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire. . . .
Dishonest MSNBC Edits Out Face of Protestor in Order to Push Narrative of Racism
Via Hot Air, it has to be seen to be believed.
MSNBC's Contessa Brewer: "A man at a pro-health care reform rally just outside wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip. The Associated Press about a dozen people in all at that event were visible carrying firearms.
The reason we're talking about this—a lot of talk here Dylan—because people feel like yes, there are Second Amendment rights, for sure, but also there are questions about whether this has racial overtones. You have a man of color in the Presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waists."
According to confederateyankee.com:
"This is Chris, the racist white person that had the Carbon-15 carbine on a sling over his shoulder and a gun on his hip that Brewer was talking around in order to keep her talking point intact. Note that in the beginning of this video, MSNBC went to great pains to edit out Chris's head (and race) so that they could provide a race-baiting narrative."
"And journalists wonder why people don't find them credible"...
Yankee.com:span>http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/291112.php
Via Hot Air, it has to be seen to be believed.
MSNBC's Contessa Brewer: "A man at a pro-health care reform rally just outside wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip. The Associated Press about a dozen people in all at that event were visible carrying firearms.
The reason we're talking about this—a lot of talk here Dylan—because people feel like yes, there are Second Amendment rights, for sure, but also there are questions about whether this has racial overtones. You have a man of color in the Presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waists."
According to confederateyankee.com:"This is Chris, the racist white person that had the Carbon-15 carbine on a sling over his shoulder and a gun on his hip that Brewer was talking around in order to keep her talking point intact. Note that in the beginning of this video, MSNBC went to great pains to edit out Chris's head (and race) so that they could provide a race-baiting narrative."
"And journalists wonder why people don't find them credible"...
Yankee.com:span>http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/291112.php
Saturday, August 22, 2009
1949 versus 2009. . . .
When I was researching my article "Big Brother Ain't Just Watching Anymore" I came upon this information I thought I'd share. . . .Talk about ironic. . . .In 1949, George Orwell wrote a book titled "Ninteen Eighty-Four" According to wikipedia.com: The novel has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control, and government's increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual - "Big Brother is Watching You". . . .
The technology in 1949 was prehistoric compared to today - Orwell invisioned a two-way telescreen in every home through which The Party would monitor the populace. They had foot soldiers and snoopy neighbors, and we have *24 hour surveillance cameras, *RFID tags, GPS, *facial recognitions systems, etc. . . .George Orwell must be turning over in his grave.
Britain has a staggering 4.2million CCTV cameras - one for every 14 people in the country - and 20 per cent of cameras globally. It has been calculated that each person is caught on camera an average of 300 times daily.
Use of spy cameras in modern-day Britain is now a chilling mirror image of Orwell's fictional world, created in the post-war Forties in a fourth-floor flat overlooking Canonbury Square in Islington, North London.
On the wall outside his former residence - flat number 27B - where Orwell lived until his death in 1950, an historical plaque commemorates the anti-authoritarian author. And within 200 yards of the flat, there are 32 CCTV cameras, scanning every move.
Orwell's view of the tree-filled gardens outside the flat is under 24-hour surveillance from two cameras perched on traffic lights.
The flat's rear windows are constantly viewed from two more security cameras outside a conference centre in Canonbury Place.
In a lane, just off the square, close to Orwell's favourite pub, the Compton Arms, a camera at the rear of a car dealership records every person entering or leaving the pub.
Within a 200-yard radius of the flat, there are another 28 CCTV cameras, together with hundreds of private, remote-controlled security cameras used to scrutinise visitors to homes, shops and offices.
The message is reminiscent of a 1949 poster to mark the launch of Orwell's 1984: 'Big Brother is Watching You'.
In the Shriji grocery store in Canonbury Place, three cameras focus on every person in the shop. Owner Minesh Amin explained: 'They are for our security and safety. Without them, people would steal from the shop. Although this is a nice area, there are always bad people who cause trouble by stealing.'
Three doors away, in the dry-cleaning shop run by Malik Zafar, are another two CCTV cameras.
'I need to know who is coming into my shop,' explained Mr Zafar, who spent £400 on his security system.
This week, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) produced a report highlighting the astonishing numbers of CCTV cameras in the country and warned how such 'Big Brother tactics' could eventually put lives at risk.
The RAE report warned any security system was 'vulnerable to abuse, including bribery of staff and computer hackers gaining access to it'. One of the report's authors, Professor Nigel Gilbert, claimed the numbers of CCTV cameras now being used is so vast that further installations should be stopped until the need for them is proven.
One fear is a nationwide standard for CCTV cameras which would make it possible for all information gathered by individual cameras to be shared - and accessed by anyone with the means to do so.
The RAE report follows a warning by the Government's Information Commissioner Richard Thomas that excessive use of CCTV and other information-gathering was 'creating a climate of suspicion'.
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I don't have a problem with individuals and businesses having their own security systems for their safety and others protection. . . .If I could afford it I would have it at my own home. . . .But when the Government i.e. "Big Brother" watches everything you do. . . .It is a whole different story. . . .They have the ability to take away your "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
It is argued that CCTV displaces crime, rather than reducing it. It's kind of like the argument that if you you outlaw guns, then only the criminals will have guns.
Here's some good movies to watch that shows you how "Big Brother maybe Watching You": Enemy of the State, V for Vendetta, I Robot, Minority Report, Eagle Eye, and of course 1984.
*CCTV - Closed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.
*A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. One of the ways to do this is by comparing selected facial features from the image and a facial database. It is typically used in security systems and can be compared to other biometrics such as fingerprint or eye iris recognition systems
*RFID tags - Radio-frequency identification - applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23391081-details/George+Orwell,+Big+Brother+is+watching+your+house/article.do
Big Brother Ain't Just Watching Anymore. . . .
With gasoline prices reaching over $4.00 a gallon last year many hard working Americans purchased fuel efficient cars to save a few dollars. Without the gas guzzlers on the road the States are losing millions of dollars each year in fuel taxes.In Oregon, they are currently testing a GPS in vehicles and at the pump, which would not only calculate and charge you for each mile driven, but also charge you more money when it calculates when you consumed your gasoline i.e. during rush hour, etc. It seems like "Big Brother" is always a giant step ahead of the people. . . .
I have always been leery of the advancement of GPS* technology. . . . .Did you know that auto companies now have the ability to shut down your engine if you happen to miss a payment or two? Just think about. . . .If Onstar can have a two-way conversation with you, unlock your doors, and know where you are at any given minute. . . . "Big Brother" can too.
Now that the US government is owner of the nation's largest auto manufacturers it just creates so many privacy issues. They not only have control of the technology that is being put into each new vehicle, but they could eventually be able to control the flow of traffic, stop people from going to protests, and all kinds of Orwellian type scenarios.
What starts out as just "new" technology can quickly become overwhelmingly intrusive in your life. It is just like the little black-box that is in the newer vehicles that control the airbags, brakes, etc. This information is now being used in a court of law to determine at the time of an accident, if and when you applied your brakes, did you have your blinker on, etc.
California has the technology during rolling blackouts to use "emergency power to control individual thermostats, sending temperatures up or down through a radio-controlled devices to manage electricity shortages." The eco-freaks won't allow them to build any additional power sources, but will allow this intrusion into their lives.
I absolutely despise the red light cameras and I told the kids years ago. . . . it's just a matter of time before they begin to issue tickets for speeding this way and sure enough this technology is now available. According to motorist.org "This type of enforcement emphasizes ticket volume and they can actually make our roads less safe."
It's all for our own good. . . right? "Big Brother" always knows what is best for us. . . .right?
According to prisonplanet.com: "We are at the precipice of the next major expansion of the surveillance state. Many people will willingly accept this because they’ve been conditioned for years that the convenience elements, via the cellphone, the supermarket loyalty card, the GPS satellite navigation system in the car, the Onstar system, override the mammoth applications that both government and monopoly corporatism have planned for all this and are already implementing."
"Big Brother doesn't just want to know where you are, he wants to know what you're thinking and if necessary, change your mind."
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Some people will say concerning privacy issues: "Well if you’re not doing anything wrong - then what's the problem" "I don't have anything to hide". . . .Here's the way I look at it - If they are watching "ME" today. . . .tomorrow they'll be watching "YOU". . .
It makes you wonder how long the bells of "Freedom" will continue to ring in America?
*Big Brother - Authoritarian personality or any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control. Acts against personal privacy
read this smart card technology in the making. . . .scary stuff. . . .
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5459304.html
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106056
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/us/11control.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/us/11control.html
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/consumerblog/2009/04/miss-a-car-payment-have-your-car-shut-down.html
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2005/190405newtentacles.htm
http://www.motorists.org/photoenforce/
update*: This summer there was a lady walking through our neighborhood using a GPS device at every house and when I asked her about it she said it was to register the GPS coordinates of every entryway in America by no further than 40 feet for the Census. Does that not send a chill up your spine? The government now has GPS coordinates to within 40 feet of your front door. . . . .
American Daily Review, blogger Douglas Gibbs had more than a few doubts: "GPS coordinates of your front door will make it easier for the government to monitor you," he said. "The U.S. Census Bureau is simply an excuse – a harmless looking means of obtaining the front door coordinates. The creation of GPS coordinates for front doors has nothing to do with the census, in all honesty, no matter how much the United States government tries to convince you that it does."
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=97208
Friday, August 21, 2009
A "Few" Words from the Wise. . . .
Read the quotes below from America's Fore-Fathers and other Great leaders. . . .They understood the problems our young Nation faced, but they also understood that the "government" was not the answer and that it interfered with progress. . . .
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
— Thomas Jefferson
I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
Man is not free unless government is limited.
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
"Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem."
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
- Ronald Reagan
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
- Patrick Henry
These "Great Americans" would be turning over in their graves if they knew that our country was abandoning "Captialism" for "Socialism", and "We the People" are losing more of our freedoms every day.
"We the People" could sure use another "Wise Man or Woman" to get our "Great Nation" back on the right track. . . .These men had Americas best interest at heart and were not out to only accomplish their own personal agenda. Their vision was for America to be GREAT not just equal around the world.
"What is the big difference between Reagan and his recession and Obama and his recession? Very simple: Reagan was trying to end his.". . . .Rush Limbaugh
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
— Thomas Jefferson
I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
Man is not free unless government is limited.
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
"Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem."
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
- Ronald Reagan
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
- Patrick Henry
These "Great Americans" would be turning over in their graves if they knew that our country was abandoning "Captialism" for "Socialism", and "We the People" are losing more of our freedoms every day.
"We the People" could sure use another "Wise Man or Woman" to get our "Great Nation" back on the right track. . . .These men had Americas best interest at heart and were not out to only accomplish their own personal agenda. Their vision was for America to be GREAT not just equal around the world.
"What is the big difference between Reagan and his recession and Obama and his recession? Very simple: Reagan was trying to end his.". . . .Rush Limbaugh
Out of the Mouths of Babes. . . .Even "Senior" Babes. . . .
"Here is the most common sense statement I have heard about why the government should get out of our doctor’s examination room and only do the jobs the Constitution provides for the federal government":
"I look at this health care plan. I see nothing that is about health or about care. What I see is a bureaucratic nightmare Senator. Medicaid is broke. Medicare is broke. Social Security is broke. And you want us to believe that a government that can’t even run a Cash For Clunkers program is going to run 1/7 of our US economy. No Sir! No."
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August, 2009. . . .This has been a great month to see ordinary Americans out in force standing up and fighting for what they believe. . . .This unknown "Senior Citizen" at a Town Hall Meeting in Philadelphia is really telling it like it is. . . .If the Republicans in Washington could make this much sense they wouldn't be in the minority and fighting Obamacare with one hand tied behind their back.
http://logisticsmonster.com/2009/08/05/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93Iht7fjIs
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Is She For Real or Was it Memorex????
Did you see last week when the "fake" Doctor got up at Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's (D-TX) Town Hall meeting and gave her fake "professional" opinion concerning Obamacare?
According to Heritage.org: Well now comes news that the pro-Obamacare voices in the crowd were not entirely legitimate. A primary care physician identified as Dr. Roxana Meyer stood up and praised the President’s health care plan for overhauling a broken system. Meyer said: “I don’t know what there is in the bill that creates such panic.” The Congresswoman asked the crowd to give her a round of applause for being a doctor, hugged her and then asked “How long have you been practicing?” to which “Dr.” Meyer answered “Four years,” which was followed by more applause and a gushing grin on the face of “Dr.” Meyer. The problem? Roxana Meyer is not a doctor, but rather an Obama campaign delegate.
In responding to inquiries, Roxana Meyer says she possessed “spontaneity” in her deception and she thought it would “help her credibility.” Yes, she gave all Obamacare supporters loads of credibility today. We hope that the President’s chorus will denounce her actions as loudly as they have protested regular parents, citizens, students who have driven themselves to their representative’s townhalls to ask serious questions about the “reform” of one sixth of the U.S. economy.
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It's a sad day in Texas when the Democrats have to resort to planting a "fake" Doctor at a Town Hall meeting to find one that supports Obamacare. . . .
In fact, they're gonna need to plant some Jack-in-the-Beanstalk Magic Beans to find enough "real" Doctors that supports Obamacare in its current form. . . .
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/08/13/townhall-downfall-astroturf-doctors/
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Hillary Who?
Here is Forbes 2009 ranking of the:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is #1, Hillary is down to #36; The wicked witch of the East and West coast, Nancy Pelosi is ranked #35, and Michelle Obama is #40.
Hillary Clinton has always been soooo politically savvy it makes you wonder why she would have accepted the behind the scenes position of "Secretary of State". She would have been right in the middle of all the action as a "NY Senator" with the Obamacare debate going on around the country. Now it just seems like she has gotten on her high powered horse and rode off into the sunset.
Just look how last week, Mr. Bill went to North Korea to gain the release of the two US Journalist being held prisoner there. Isn't that what a Secretary of State usually does? Former President Clinton is still all over the news. . . .Where's Hillary?
It really does appear that she is having some identity issues. While in Africa she went off on a student when she didn't like the question he asked. . . .She yelled out "My husband is not the Secretary of State, I am," and "I Will Not Be Channeling My Husband".
No matter what. . . .I don't think we have seen the last of Hillary Clinton. . . .She has something hidden up her "political" sleeve.
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE57I6HW20090819
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/08/05/bill-clinton-wins-freedom-for-jailed-american-reporters-after-meeting-with-kim-jong-il-86908-21572397/
"World's Most Powerful Women"
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is #1, Hillary is down to #36; The wicked witch of the East and West coast, Nancy Pelosi is ranked #35, and Michelle Obama is #40.
Hillary Clinton has always been soooo politically savvy it makes you wonder why she would have accepted the behind the scenes position of "Secretary of State". She would have been right in the middle of all the action as a "NY Senator" with the Obamacare debate going on around the country. Now it just seems like she has gotten on her high powered horse and rode off into the sunset.
Just look how last week, Mr. Bill went to North Korea to gain the release of the two US Journalist being held prisoner there. Isn't that what a Secretary of State usually does? Former President Clinton is still all over the news. . . .Where's Hillary?
It really does appear that she is having some identity issues. While in Africa she went off on a student when she didn't like the question he asked. . . .She yelled out "My husband is not the Secretary of State, I am," and "I Will Not Be Channeling My Husband".
No matter what. . . .I don't think we have seen the last of Hillary Clinton. . . .She has something hidden up her "political" sleeve.
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE57I6HW20090819
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/08/05/bill-clinton-wins-freedom-for-jailed-american-reporters-after-meeting-with-kim-jong-il-86908-21572397/
Sunday, August 16, 2009
How Much is Your Life Worth?
QALY - Quality-Adjusted Life Year - it's an acronym you are going to learn to hate in the coming years if Obamacare is passed. . . .It is a code word for extreme "rationing". Costly medical treatment will only be given to you when your life expectancy and usefulness exceeds the cost of the treatment.
In other words, a 40 year old versus 80 year old needing open heart surgery. . . .Which person would the thousands of dollars of treatment be better spent? Which person would benefit society the most with the surgery? It sure wouldn't be the 80 year old according to QALY calculations? So when you hear that Obamacare will kill Grandma this is what the debate is all about. . . . this is some scary stuff or as Mr. Evolution, Charles Darwin, himself might call it "Survival of the Fittest" or could it be called a form of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
Here's a Sports Analogy: You're a Rookie for the New York Yankees - You've worked your whole life for this. . . .You've played little league, high school, college and toughed it out in the minor leagues. You've hit the big time and your at the top of your game. Then one day you have an injury and your batting/fielding stats start to go down. You get called into the managers office and it's been determined that you are no longer "useful" or a "benefit" to the team - they send you right back down to the minor leagues. (unfortunately with Obamacare you'd be sent six feet under)
BTW - All you senior citizens out there that are on the Obama bandwagon. . . .I hope you're right and Obamacare doesn't ration medical treatment to the extent of QALY, because you'll be the first one they'll want to "pull the plug" on. . . .
Would you have ever imagined that your life would boil down to being just a formula in a calculation set by the government?
Dick Morris called it QARY - Quality-Adjusted Remaining Years instead of QALY.
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Go to this website to read more about QALY:
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/07/24/how-much-is-a-year-of-your-lif
In other words, a 40 year old versus 80 year old needing open heart surgery. . . .Which person would the thousands of dollars of treatment be better spent? Which person would benefit society the most with the surgery? It sure wouldn't be the 80 year old according to QALY calculations? So when you hear that Obamacare will kill Grandma this is what the debate is all about. . . . this is some scary stuff or as Mr. Evolution, Charles Darwin, himself might call it "Survival of the Fittest" or could it be called a form of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
Here's a Sports Analogy: You're a Rookie for the New York Yankees - You've worked your whole life for this. . . .You've played little league, high school, college and toughed it out in the minor leagues. You've hit the big time and your at the top of your game. Then one day you have an injury and your batting/fielding stats start to go down. You get called into the managers office and it's been determined that you are no longer "useful" or a "benefit" to the team - they send you right back down to the minor leagues. (unfortunately with Obamacare you'd be sent six feet under)
BTW - All you senior citizens out there that are on the Obama bandwagon. . . .I hope you're right and Obamacare doesn't ration medical treatment to the extent of QALY, because you'll be the first one they'll want to "pull the plug" on. . . .
Would you have ever imagined that your life would boil down to being just a formula in a calculation set by the government?
Dick Morris called it QARY - Quality-Adjusted Remaining Years instead of QALY.
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Go to this website to read more about QALY:
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/07/24/how-much-is-a-year-of-your-lif
Another QALY Analogy
QALY - Quality-Adjusted Life Years
"To fix" versus "What's your usefulness to society"
Here's another analogy:
You purchase a car for $25,000. You keep up with all the maintenance, you made your car and insurance payments on time. . . .It's finally paid for and you've driven it over 100,000 miles. . . it still purrs like a kitten. . . .
Then one day unfortunately you run off the road and hit a tree. . . .
You call up your insurance agent and tell him the sad news. He gets out the blue book and tells you that your car is only worth $4,000. They determine it would cost $6,000 to get it running and looking good again, so they inform you it is totaled.
The calculation ratio to "fix it" versus "what it's worth". . . .Your car is now headed to the junk yard.
Now Mr. Joe Blows sees this car being pulled to the junk yard and figures he can get some cheap used parts, take out the dents, slap on some new paint and all will be good.
So he pays pennies on the dollar for the car, makes the necessary repairs and then goes and gets him a salvaged title and she purrs for many more years. . . .
So the analogy is. . . .when you have the chance to "repair" the elderly. . . .they can still be very useful members of society. My dad is 80 years old, and still works 6 months a year . I cannot imagine someone denying his hundreds of thousands of dollars of "repairs" he has had throughout the last few years.
It's a scary thought that this could happen to your elderly family members or the disabled. The government would make a calculation to determine the cost "fix them" versus "what their usefulness is to society".
Again I say. . . .Would you have ever imagined that your life would boil down to being just a formula in a calculation set by the government?
Gives new meaning to the quote: One Man's Trash is another Man's Treasure. . . . .
"To fix" versus "What's your usefulness to society"
Here's another analogy:
You purchase a car for $25,000. You keep up with all the maintenance, you made your car and insurance payments on time. . . .It's finally paid for and you've driven it over 100,000 miles. . . it still purrs like a kitten. . . .
Then one day unfortunately you run off the road and hit a tree. . . .
You call up your insurance agent and tell him the sad news. He gets out the blue book and tells you that your car is only worth $4,000. They determine it would cost $6,000 to get it running and looking good again, so they inform you it is totaled.
The calculation ratio to "fix it" versus "what it's worth". . . .Your car is now headed to the junk yard.
Now Mr. Joe Blows sees this car being pulled to the junk yard and figures he can get some cheap used parts, take out the dents, slap on some new paint and all will be good.
So he pays pennies on the dollar for the car, makes the necessary repairs and then goes and gets him a salvaged title and she purrs for many more years. . . .
So the analogy is. . . .when you have the chance to "repair" the elderly. . . .they can still be very useful members of society. My dad is 80 years old, and still works 6 months a year . I cannot imagine someone denying his hundreds of thousands of dollars of "repairs" he has had throughout the last few years.
It's a scary thought that this could happen to your elderly family members or the disabled. The government would make a calculation to determine the cost "fix them" versus "what their usefulness is to society".
Again I say. . . .Would you have ever imagined that your life would boil down to being just a formula in a calculation set by the government?
Gives new meaning to the quote: One Man's Trash is another Man's Treasure. . . . .
America’s Sea of Red Ink. . . .Are we Drowning?
Just thought I'd share this little gem of information with you. . . .The current TRILLIONS of dollars of debt of the United States cannot be blamed on President Obama, but his "budget more than doubles the national debt held by the public, adding more to the debt than all previous presidents -- from George Washington to George W. Bush -- combined." By the next election in 2012 the national debt is estimated to increase to a whopping $16.2 trillion dollars. . . .(You might need to start brushing up on your Chinese, because they are purchasing most of our debt)
The U.S. Budget Deficit is now over 1.3 trillion dollars for the current fiscal year (as of July), and in addition the U.S. National Debt is. . . .tick. . . .tick. . . tick. . . .tick:
U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 14 Aug 2009 at 08:19:49 PM GMT is:
The estimated population of the United States is 306,734,263, so each citizen's share of this debt is $38,034.35.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $3.88 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
According to usnews.com: In September 2008, the digital dollar sign was eliminated to make way for an extra digit—the "1" in $10 trillion (the national debt is currently $10.2 trillion). Now, a new clock is in the works that will make room for a quadrillion dollars of debt, according to the Associated Press. Anticipated completion is early 2009.
A little history on the clock: It was created in 1989 by Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst to inform the public about the nation's snowballing national debt (back then, it was $2.7 trillion). Seymour died in 1995, and the clock is now owned by his son, Douglas Durst.
According to the Treasury, the national debt has grown more than $500 billion each year since fiscal year 2003. The $700 billion government bailout could send the national debt to more than $11 trillion, says the AP.
--- "Budget Deficit" vs. "National Debt"---
To understand the difference between the "Budget Deficit" and "National Debt" go to www.federalbudget.com it even explains it to where even I can understand it. . . .
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/new-money/2008/10/09/maxing-out-the-national-debt-clock.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123629969453946717.html
The U.S. Budget Deficit is now over 1.3 trillion dollars for the current fiscal year (as of July), and in addition the U.S. National Debt is. . . .tick. . . .tick. . . tick. . . .tick:
U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 14 Aug 2009 at 08:19:49 PM GMT is:
The estimated population of the United States is 306,734,263, so each citizen's share of this debt is $38,034.35.
The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $3.88 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
According to usnews.com: In September 2008, the digital dollar sign was eliminated to make way for an extra digit—the "1" in $10 trillion (the national debt is currently $10.2 trillion). Now, a new clock is in the works that will make room for a quadrillion dollars of debt, according to the Associated Press. Anticipated completion is early 2009.
A little history on the clock: It was created in 1989 by Manhattan real estate developer Seymour Durst to inform the public about the nation's snowballing national debt (back then, it was $2.7 trillion). Seymour died in 1995, and the clock is now owned by his son, Douglas Durst.
According to the Treasury, the national debt has grown more than $500 billion each year since fiscal year 2003. The $700 billion government bailout could send the national debt to more than $11 trillion, says the AP.
--- "Budget Deficit" vs. "National Debt"---
To understand the difference between the "Budget Deficit" and "National Debt" go to www.federalbudget.com it even explains it to where even I can understand it. . . .
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/new-money/2008/10/09/maxing-out-the-national-debt-clock.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123629969453946717.html
It's the End of the World as We Know It. . . .Or is It?
Entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed. Coastal flooding and crop failures would create an exodus of 'eco-refugees,' threatening political chaos.
Does this sound familiar? Isn't this why the Democrats are trying to rush the "Cap and Trade" Climate/Energy Bill through Congress in 2009?
Here's the actual statement: "if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000". . . .this was published in the Miami Herald on the 5th of July, 1989.
Like I tell my kids. . . .every few years a bunch of wackos like to bring up some old wannabe crisis. . . .slap a new bow on it and call it a "New" life-threatening crisis. i.e. "gas shortages 1970's" "El Nino" "Global Warming" "Y2K" (okay I fell for that one)
This was from Rush Limbaugh's "Stack of Stuff" on Thursday, August 13th, 2009:
You know, yesterday we had the news that the secretary general of the United Nations said we got "four months to save the planet." We have four months. What he means by that is, I think, if they don't get this sweeping socialism done worldwide in four months, the whole world will be clued in on the hoax. They got four months to get this done before the hoax is exposed fully.
But I want to read something to you. "A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000. Coastal flooding and crop failures would create an exodus of 'eco-refugees,' threatening political chaos, said Noel Brown, director of the New York office of the United Nations U.N. Environment Program, or UNEP. He said governments have a 10-year window of opportunity to solve the [problem]." This was published in the Miami Herald on the 5th of July, 1989. So by nine years ago, we were supposed to be underwater here, Snerdley. We were supposed to be swimming with the sharks out there hoping the Gulf Stream would take us north to cooler climes. It is such a hoax.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_081309/content/01125104.guest.html
Friday, August 14, 2009
Military Smoking Ban?
This shows how nutty they have gotten about "Smokers". . . .
. . . .LMAO (Laughing My Ass Off) while lighting a cigarette
Congressional "Dog and Pony" Show. . . .
Hey. . . .All you great minds out there. . . .Let me ask you this question?
Why are the Democrats putting on the big "Dog and Pony" show over Obamacare? Cap and Trade? Immigration Reform? Trillion Dollar Stimulus Packages? Etc., Etc. . . .
Why are they wasting their summer break doing Town Hall Meetings, and then degrading ordinary American citizens who express any opposition to Obamacare as: "Obstructionist" "Angry White Voters" "Mobs" "Astroturf" (fake grass-roots) organizations?
Why didn't they just cancel their recess. . . .call a special session and vote in Obamacare?
The Democrats control the House, the Senate and the White House. . . .They have a filibuster proof Senate, and you know President Obama would sign anything they put on his desk.
They have the POWER to make our country look like "Socialist" Karl Marx* on steroids.
Do you think the Republicans are stopping them. . . Hell NO ! ! ! !
Who do you think is stopping them from passing any ole "Socialist" agenda they want to?
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.". . . .President Gerald Ford
Here's what U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens said about Obamacare: "This is a stinking, rotten fish, and they don't want you to smell it, and they want to shove it down your throat and make you eat it before you smell how rotten and stinky it is"
Great Maha Rushie Quotes:
According to Wikipedia.com: "Dog and Pony" show - The term has come to mean any type of presentation or display that is somewhat pathetically contrived or overly intricate, or put on for purposes of gaining approval for a program, policy, etc.
*Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels used the terms "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably, and posited (suppose) that it would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian (inferior) revolution. Vladimir Lenin, perhaps influenced by Marx's ideas of "lower" and "upper" stages of socialism, later used the word "socialism" as a transitional stage between capitalism and communism.
Why are the Democrats putting on the big "Dog and Pony" show over Obamacare? Cap and Trade? Immigration Reform? Trillion Dollar Stimulus Packages? Etc., Etc. . . .
Why are they wasting their summer break doing Town Hall Meetings, and then degrading ordinary American citizens who express any opposition to Obamacare as: "Obstructionist" "Angry White Voters" "Mobs" "Astroturf" (fake grass-roots) organizations?
Why didn't they just cancel their recess. . . .call a special session and vote in Obamacare?
The Democrats control the House, the Senate and the White House. . . .They have a filibuster proof Senate, and you know President Obama would sign anything they put on his desk.
They have the POWER to make our country look like "Socialist" Karl Marx* on steroids.
Do you think the Republicans are stopping them. . . Hell NO ! ! ! !
Who do you think is stopping them from passing any ole "Socialist" agenda they want to?
The American People
(The same American People that will be going to the polls in 2010 / 2012 and voting these jackasses I mean, donkeys out of office)
(The same American People that will be going to the polls in 2010 / 2012 and voting these jackasses I mean, donkeys out of office)
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.". . . .President Gerald Ford
Here's what U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens said about Obamacare: "This is a stinking, rotten fish, and they don't want you to smell it, and they want to shove it down your throat and make you eat it before you smell how rotten and stinky it is"
Great Maha Rushie Quotes:
"I am proud of you people going to these town halls; I am swelling with pride watching you in action. This is American civic activism at its best."
"It's not the participants at these town halls that are causing the problems. It's the lying members of Congress who don't have the answers.”
"Why are Obama's approval numbers caving? Well, he closed Club Gitmo, but it's open. He got us out of Iraq, but we're still there. He stimulated the economy, but nearly 600,000 more people lost their jobs today."
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"Why are Obama's approval numbers caving? Well, he closed Club Gitmo, but it's open. He got us out of Iraq, but we're still there. He stimulated the economy, but nearly 600,000 more people lost their jobs today."
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According to Wikipedia.com: "Dog and Pony" show - The term has come to mean any type of presentation or display that is somewhat pathetically contrived or overly intricate, or put on for purposes of gaining approval for a program, policy, etc.
*Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels used the terms "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably, and posited (suppose) that it would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian (inferior) revolution. Vladimir Lenin, perhaps influenced by Marx's ideas of "lower" and "upper" stages of socialism, later used the word "socialism" as a transitional stage between capitalism and communism.
The Burkini?
Will "Allah" be happy with the "Burkini"?
According to frontpagemag.com: "Young Muslim women will definitely save money on bikini wax and suntan lotion at the beach this year."
And even though the burkini covers Muslim women from head to foot, it still may be too revealing, for no Muslim religious leader in Australia, says Zanetti, has endorsed it
According the jammiewearingfool.com: A Muslim woman who tried to go swimming in a head-to-toe "burquini" has been banned from her local pool in the latest tussle between religious practices and secular authority in France.
The issue of religious attire is a hot topic in France, where head-to-toe burqas or other full-body coverings worn by Muslim fundamentalists are in official disfavor.
French lawmakers recently proposed a ban on the burqa and other voluminous Muslim attire. President Nicolas Sarkozy backs the move, saying such clothing makes women prisoners.
Daniel Guillaume said swimmers throughout France must wear special clothes to the pool, whereas a burquini could be worn all day long, collecting everything from food spills to sweat along the way.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Printable.aspx?ArtId=333
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
According the jammiewearingfool.com: A Muslim woman who tried to go swimming in a head-to-toe "burquini" has been banned from her local pool in the latest tussle between religious practices and secular authority in France.
The issue of religious attire is a hot topic in France, where head-to-toe burqas or other full-body coverings worn by Muslim fundamentalists are in official disfavor.
French lawmakers recently proposed a ban on the burqa and other voluminous Muslim attire. President Nicolas Sarkozy backs the move, saying such clothing makes women prisoners.
Daniel Guillaume said swimmers throughout France must wear special clothes to the pool, whereas a burquini could be worn all day long, collecting everything from food spills to sweat along the way.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Printable.aspx?ArtId=333
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
Things Aren't Always What They Seem. . . .
OMG. . . .Did you hear the story about Janet Schulte a Florida lady that put an ad on Craigslist for her "baby sitting" services?
A man answered her ad and said his "40-something, disabled brother needed a caregiver who could bottle-feed him and change his diapers." The mysterious brother said "that a car accident left his brother with physical disabilities, including weak arms, poor bladder control and the mental capacity of a 5-year-old."
She agreed to provide his care, and by some miracle this disabled brother was able to walk himself to her house everyday for three months "I took care of him just like I would my kids," she said. "I rubbed his head when he was falling asleep. I waited on him hand and foot." He spent his days at her house watching cartoons and playing video games."
When the fraud was finally exposed she discovered he didn't have the disabilities he claimed to have. Evidently, he was just some freak with an "adult baby" or "diaper-lover" fetish. She said "The guy played such a good role," whether pretending to be the brother or the man who hired her.
She wanted to press charges against him for fraud, but "investigators and prosecutors have refused to pursue charges, saying Schulte was paid ($600.00 per week) and she agreed to provide the care."
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This story gives new meaning to the Pampers "Pull-Ups" song. . . ."I'm a big kid now!"
I guess she should consider herself lucky in these tough economic times. Hey Janie, desperate times calls for desperate measures. . . .when unemployment runs out. . . . maybe we ought to checkout "baby sitting" services on Craigslist :) :)
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090809/NEWS01/908090319/-1/SEVENDAYS
A man answered her ad and said his "40-something, disabled brother needed a caregiver who could bottle-feed him and change his diapers." The mysterious brother said "that a car accident left his brother with physical disabilities, including weak arms, poor bladder control and the mental capacity of a 5-year-old."
She agreed to provide his care, and by some miracle this disabled brother was able to walk himself to her house everyday for three months "I took care of him just like I would my kids," she said. "I rubbed his head when he was falling asleep. I waited on him hand and foot." He spent his days at her house watching cartoons and playing video games."
When the fraud was finally exposed she discovered he didn't have the disabilities he claimed to have. Evidently, he was just some freak with an "adult baby" or "diaper-lover" fetish. She said "The guy played such a good role," whether pretending to be the brother or the man who hired her.
She wanted to press charges against him for fraud, but "investigators and prosecutors have refused to pursue charges, saying Schulte was paid ($600.00 per week) and she agreed to provide the care."
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This story gives new meaning to the Pampers "Pull-Ups" song. . . ."I'm a big kid now!"
I guess she should consider herself lucky in these tough economic times. Hey Janie, desperate times calls for desperate measures. . . .when unemployment runs out. . . . maybe we ought to checkout "baby sitting" services on Craigslist :) :)
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090809/NEWS01/908090319/-1/SEVENDAYS
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Socialism and the "N" Word . . . .
Is the word "Socialism" a new code word for the "N" word?
Listen to this dude go off. . . .
This is the video that got the whole new "N" word debate going on. . . .
The Opposite of Socialism is Capitalism, Democracy
Wikipedia.com
Socialism - refers to various theories of economic organization advocating state, public or common worker (through cooperatives) ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian(equal) method of compensation.
Here's my definition: Socialism means there is "NO" Middle Class. . . .You have the very rich and the very poor, but nothing in-between
Dallas Cowboys 2009 Football Schedule. . . .
2009 Preseason Schedule
Thur, Aug 13 @ Oakland (KTVT/CBS 11) 9:00 PM
Fri, Aug 21 TENNESSEE (FOX National) Sponsored by PAPA JOHN'S 7:00 PM Tickets
Sat, Aug 29 SAN FRANCISCO (KTVT/CBS 11) 7:00 PM
Fri, Sept 4 @ Minnesota (KTVT/CBS 11) 7:00 PM
2009 Regular Season Schedule
Sun, Sept 13 @ Tampa Bay (FOX) Noon
Sun, Sept 20 NEW YORK GIANTS (NBC) Sponsored by MILLER 7:15 PM
Mon, Sept 28 CAROLINA (ESPN, TXA 21) Sponsored by FORD 7:30 PM
Sun, Oct 4 @ Denver (FOX) 3:15 PM
Sun, Oct 11 @ Kansas City (FOX) Noon
Sun, Oct 18 BYE
Sun, Oct 25 ATLANTA (FOX) Sponsored by BANK OF AMERICA 3:15 PM
Sun, Nov 1 SEATTLE (FOX) NOON
Sun, Nov 8 @ Philadelphia (NBC) 7:15 PM
Sun, Nov 15 @ Green Bay (FOX) 3:15 PM
Sun, Nov 22 WASHINGTON (FOX) Sponsored by PEPSI NOON
Thurs, Nov 26 OAKLAND (CBS) 3:15 PM
Sun, Dec 6 @ New York Giants (FOX) 3:15 PM
Sun, Dec 13 SAN DIEGO (CBS) Sponsored by DR PEPPER 3:15 PM
Sat, Dec 19 @ New Orleans (NFLN, TXA 21) 7:15 PM
Sun, Dec 27 @ Washington (NBC) 7:15 PM
Sun, Jan 3 PHILADELPHIA (FOX) Sponsored by UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX NOON
Doctors Amputate for Profit?
At a Townhall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 11, 2009, I'm sure President Obama angered a few doctors when he said the following:
According to the examiner.com: Obama said that doctors who only treat patients in a way to help them make good choices don’t get paid much because of a fee schedule that is out there. What he didn’t go on to explain is that the fee schedule is largely set by the government. The schedule isn’t just “out there,” the government sets the fee schedule for what doctors will get paid by medicare and other government medical programs. Then private insurance companies must react to the extremely low pay set up by medicare and must raise prices on private individuals to make up for the loss that the government causes.
Obama goes on to say that for something like diabetes, having doctors altering patients diets and guiding them to make the right decisions and “monitoring” whether they are taking their medications, the fee schedule pays so low that that doctors can (and would) instead amputate a foot and get thirty thousand dollars. Obama also said something similar a few weeks back about doctors taking out tonsils for money in the same way. If doctors were taking out more tonsils than necessary it might have had more to do with the fear of being sued for not taking out tonsils if there was the slightest indication that maybe they should be taken out.
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I guess according to President Obama the Doctor's Hippocratic Oath "Above all, Do no harm" actually means. . . . unless you want to make a big profit.
Watch the youtube video. . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG56B2et4M8
http://www.examiner.com/x-4291-Baltimore-Christian-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Obama-Doctors-cut-off-feet-for-money
According to the examiner.com: Obama said that doctors who only treat patients in a way to help them make good choices don’t get paid much because of a fee schedule that is out there. What he didn’t go on to explain is that the fee schedule is largely set by the government. The schedule isn’t just “out there,” the government sets the fee schedule for what doctors will get paid by medicare and other government medical programs. Then private insurance companies must react to the extremely low pay set up by medicare and must raise prices on private individuals to make up for the loss that the government causes.
Obama goes on to say that for something like diabetes, having doctors altering patients diets and guiding them to make the right decisions and “monitoring” whether they are taking their medications, the fee schedule pays so low that that doctors can (and would) instead amputate a foot and get thirty thousand dollars. Obama also said something similar a few weeks back about doctors taking out tonsils for money in the same way. If doctors were taking out more tonsils than necessary it might have had more to do with the fear of being sued for not taking out tonsils if there was the slightest indication that maybe they should be taken out.
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I guess according to President Obama the Doctor's Hippocratic Oath "Above all, Do no harm" actually means. . . . unless you want to make a big profit.
Obama opened mouth inserted "amputated" foot. . . .
Watch the youtube video. . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG56B2et4M8
http://www.examiner.com/x-4291-Baltimore-Christian-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Obama-Doctors-cut-off-feet-for-money
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Visions of "Obamacare" Danced in our Heads. . . .
It is so priceless when President Obama speaks without his teleprompter. . . . .
"People say - well how can a private company compete against the government? If you think about it uh uh uh. . . ."UPS and FED Ex are doing just fine, alright uh uh naw they are. . . its the Post Office that's always in trouble!"
washingtonexaminer.com — With a few hours' reflection, it's become clear that Barack Obama's reference to the U.S. Postal Service at yesterday's health care town hall was the most revealing, and damaging, thing the president has said in the entire health care debate.
Explaining why he believes a public option would not crowd out and ultimately eliminate private insurance, Obama said, "My answer is that if the private insurance companies are providing a good bargain, and if the public option has to be self-sustaining…then I think private insurers should be able to compete. They do it all the time. I mean, if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post Office that's always having problems."
In one brief phrase, Obama planted the image in the minds of millions of people: Government health care = Post Office. Everyone has had the pleasant experience of waiting in line at the Post Office, and now Obama, whose intention was to dispel doubts about increasing government's role in health care, has rhetorically linked health care reform with the Post Office experience. If Republicans can't make something of that, they don't deserve to be called the opposition party.
The Heritage Foundation has done a good job telling us just how wrong-headed Obama's Post Office remark was. For example, private carriers are forbidden by law from delivering first-class mail to your home; the Postal Service loses billions of dollars each year; the Postmaster General complains that he doesn't have the "tools" to run the Postal Service like a business. But in the end, it is the image that Obama has put into the heads of millions of Americans, the one in which government health care looks like the Post Office, that could do grievous damage to the president's dream of a government health care makeover.
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The government run Post Office loses billions of your tax dollars a year, and they are contemplating not delivering mail on Saturdays due to severe financial troubles. Will Obamacare cause hospitals to be shutting down on Saturdays to save money?
"People say - well how can a private company compete against the government? If you think about it uh uh uh. . . ."UPS and FED Ex are doing just fine, alright uh uh naw they are. . . its the Post Office that's always in trouble!"
washingtonexaminer.com — With a few hours' reflection, it's become clear that Barack Obama's reference to the U.S. Postal Service at yesterday's health care town hall was the most revealing, and damaging, thing the president has said in the entire health care debate.
Explaining why he believes a public option would not crowd out and ultimately eliminate private insurance, Obama said, "My answer is that if the private insurance companies are providing a good bargain, and if the public option has to be self-sustaining…then I think private insurers should be able to compete. They do it all the time. I mean, if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post Office that's always having problems."
In one brief phrase, Obama planted the image in the minds of millions of people: Government health care = Post Office. Everyone has had the pleasant experience of waiting in line at the Post Office, and now Obama, whose intention was to dispel doubts about increasing government's role in health care, has rhetorically linked health care reform with the Post Office experience. If Republicans can't make something of that, they don't deserve to be called the opposition party.
The Heritage Foundation has done a good job telling us just how wrong-headed Obama's Post Office remark was. For example, private carriers are forbidden by law from delivering first-class mail to your home; the Postal Service loses billions of dollars each year; the Postmaster General complains that he doesn't have the "tools" to run the Postal Service like a business. But in the end, it is the image that Obama has put into the heads of millions of Americans, the one in which government health care looks like the Post Office, that could do grievous damage to the president's dream of a government health care makeover.
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The government run Post Office loses billions of your tax dollars a year, and they are contemplating not delivering mail on Saturdays due to severe financial troubles. Will Obamacare cause hospitals to be shutting down on Saturdays to save money?
Government run Health Care. . . .with the efficiency of the Post Office and the compassion of the IRS
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obamas-Post-Office-health-care-disaster-53038002.html
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Gutless, Spineless Politicians?
"It's not the participants at these town halls that are causing the problems. It's the lying members of Congress who don't have the answers.”. . . .Rush Limbaugh
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According to csmonitor.com: As a result, the face-to-face town meeting, once a staple of the August congressional recess, is on the outs. In its place is a new array of “virtual” meetings – free of protest signs, shouting, bad media moments, and (real or suspected) “outside agitators.”
These new platforms range from mass conference calls, or I-town hall meetings, to interactive Internet sites where voters register concerns and members, in their own time, respond.
For now, Sen. Mark Warner (D) of Virginia is postponing an in-the-flesh town hall on healthcare in favor of answering questions on multiple platforms – telephone town halls, a rolling poll, and video responses on his Senate website and through Twitter. On July 14, he held a telephone town hall with some 1,600 Virginians.
According to the lasvegassun.com: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office is scheduling a telephone town hall meeting for August, opting to avoid the shouting matches and microphone speeches that have erupted at events across the country. The senator expects to reach thousands of Nevadans, including those in the state’s rural expanse.
These elected government reps want to be able to pick and choose which questions they answer. They don't want to see ordinary Americans voicing their opinions over Obamacare, but using conference calls, internet, videos, twitter instead of face-to-face town hall meetings. . . . now that's gutless and spineless. They keep this up and the American People will be marching on Washington D.C. with pitchforks and torches like they did in France during the French Revolution of 1789.
“Government is not the solution; Government is the problem.” – Ronald Reagan
http://draft.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8360488062312684577
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/07/reid-plans-town-hall-meeting-over-telephone/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
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According to csmonitor.com: As a result, the face-to-face town meeting, once a staple of the August congressional recess, is on the outs. In its place is a new array of “virtual” meetings – free of protest signs, shouting, bad media moments, and (real or suspected) “outside agitators.”
These new platforms range from mass conference calls, or I-town hall meetings, to interactive Internet sites where voters register concerns and members, in their own time, respond.
For now, Sen. Mark Warner (D) of Virginia is postponing an in-the-flesh town hall on healthcare in favor of answering questions on multiple platforms – telephone town halls, a rolling poll, and video responses on his Senate website and through Twitter. On July 14, he held a telephone town hall with some 1,600 Virginians.
According to the lasvegassun.com: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office is scheduling a telephone town hall meeting for August, opting to avoid the shouting matches and microphone speeches that have erupted at events across the country. The senator expects to reach thousands of Nevadans, including those in the state’s rural expanse.
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These elected government reps want to be able to pick and choose which questions they answer. They don't want to see ordinary Americans voicing their opinions over Obamacare, but using conference calls, internet, videos, twitter instead of face-to-face town hall meetings. . . . now that's gutless and spineless. They keep this up and the American People will be marching on Washington D.C. with pitchforks and torches like they did in France during the French Revolution of 1789.
“Government is not the solution; Government is the problem.” – Ronald Reagan
http://draft.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8360488062312684577
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/07/reid-plans-town-hall-meeting-over-telephone/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
Monday, August 10, 2009
CongressAir?
According to puma08.com: I guess the Queen Nancy Pelosi got tired of having to wait for the Air Force to provide her with a fleet of aircraft, so now she has decided to create ‘CongressAir’ by taking $550 million from the Pentagon’s budget to buy 8 Jet planes for the use of members of Congress.
The House’s plan to spend $550 million to buy eight business-class passenger jets to ferry senior government and military officials around the globe. . . .
According to the Wall Street Journal: “It forces us to take money from things we do need to fund and redirect it for things we don’t need,” Geoff Morrell, a spokesman for Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said Friday. “And in a time of war, we just can’t afford that.”
The request for additional executive jets, which pales next to the multibillion-dollar weapons systems targeted for cuts by Mr. Gates, comes at a time when the Obama administration is trying to shake up Pentagon budgeting and contracting.
According to greensrealworld.blogspot.com: This Congress isn't short of hypocrisy. Most of the Democrats and their environmentalist allies are reflexively opposed to private jet travel because of its excessive carbon footprint. Or, at least, they are opposed to private jet travel for others.
Neither does it recognize irony. CEOs of the Big Three automakers were excoriated (condemned) for traveling in their private jets last year to testify in Washington.
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I understand since Nancy Pelosi is number three in line for the presidency she needs to be on a safe and secure aircraft, but this is ridiculous that she is requesting $500 million dollars of taxpayer money to purchase eight VIP luxury planes to fly congressmen and her family around the country during these tough economic times. Maybe they've got a "Cash for Clunker Jets" program we are not aware of.
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http://www.puma08.com/2009/08/08/pentagon-protests-houses-appropriation-of-500-million-from-military-budget-to-buy-jets/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124969431303416161.html
http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2009/08/jet-setting-congress-in-down-ecomony.html
The House’s plan to spend $550 million to buy eight business-class passenger jets to ferry senior government and military officials around the globe. . . .
According to the Wall Street Journal: “It forces us to take money from things we do need to fund and redirect it for things we don’t need,” Geoff Morrell, a spokesman for Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said Friday. “And in a time of war, we just can’t afford that.”
The request for additional executive jets, which pales next to the multibillion-dollar weapons systems targeted for cuts by Mr. Gates, comes at a time when the Obama administration is trying to shake up Pentagon budgeting and contracting.
According to greensrealworld.blogspot.com: This Congress isn't short of hypocrisy. Most of the Democrats and their environmentalist allies are reflexively opposed to private jet travel because of its excessive carbon footprint. Or, at least, they are opposed to private jet travel for others.
Neither does it recognize irony. CEOs of the Big Three automakers were excoriated (condemned) for traveling in their private jets last year to testify in Washington.
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I understand since Nancy Pelosi is number three in line for the presidency she needs to be on a safe and secure aircraft, but this is ridiculous that she is requesting $500 million dollars of taxpayer money to purchase eight VIP luxury planes to fly congressmen and her family around the country during these tough economic times. Maybe they've got a "Cash for Clunker Jets" program we are not aware of.
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http://www.puma08.com/2009/08/08/pentagon-protests-houses-appropriation-of-500-million-from-military-budget-to-buy-jets/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124969431303416161.html
http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2009/08/jet-setting-congress-in-down-ecomony.html
Happy Birthday Keith. . . .
Happy 49th Birthday ! ! ! !
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that people who have the most live the longest!
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that people who have the most live the longest!
You deserve many, many more. . . .We've had a rough year and you have stayed by my side and encouraged me when I had lost hope. I don't know what our future holds but with you by my side. . . .somehow, someway we will make it and be stronger than ever. . . .Love ya - Dianne
Sunday, August 09, 2009
American "Mob" vs Obamacare
The Democrats have an ad out this week bashing patriotic Americans who are exercising their "Right to Free Speech" and going to their local townhall meetings and protesting against Obamacare.
The Democrats ad ends with the quote:
. . . ."Tell them you've had enough of the MOB"
In Dallas this week, white haired Texans attended a townhall meeting to show their opposition to Obamacare to the very Liberal AARP. The spokeswoman for the AARP was so condescending to these "mob" people when they expressed their views she decided to cut the meeting short. Way to go grannies and papas. . . .
According to Chron.com: Physicians jammed a town hall meeting in The Woodlands in Houston on Thursday, expressing fears about the cost and effectiveness of a health care reform bill.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, hosted the meeting attended by about 90 physicians at Memorial Hermann Hospital-The Woodlands.
“The bottom line is that doctors don't want socialized medicine — another flawed health care system like Medicare. They don't believe it will lower the costs or improve quality,” Brady said. “Medicare is already going bankrupt and not quality care. It also shifts medical costs onto other paying customers. It needs to be fixed first.”
A black conservative, Kenneth Gladney, was attacked by Union Members outside of a townhall meeting in St. Louis for passing out "DON'T TREAD ON ME" flags. Makes you wonder why Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are not standing up for this black man's rights.
Obama's deputy chief of staff Jim Messina, stated in a meeting with democrats facing the right-wing "mobs" during their August townhall meetings. . . . .“If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard”
The democrats want to silence the "mobs" of hard working Americans who oppose Obamacare, but President Obama's Department of Justice "did not punch back hard" to the Black Panthers that were carrying nightsticks and intimidating voters at polling places in Philly this past November. They have been cleared and not even indicted.
Here's the youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoMNDdQ1_h0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqpfU_AC7Ls
www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGbKHyGuHU
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6563705.html
http://patdollard.com/2009/08/obama-to-his-mercenary-army-hit-back-twice-as-hard/
The Democrats ad ends with the quote:
. . . ."Tell them you've had enough of the MOB"
In Dallas this week, white haired Texans attended a townhall meeting to show their opposition to Obamacare to the very Liberal AARP. The spokeswoman for the AARP was so condescending to these "mob" people when they expressed their views she decided to cut the meeting short. Way to go grannies and papas. . . .
According to Chron.com: Physicians jammed a town hall meeting in The Woodlands in Houston on Thursday, expressing fears about the cost and effectiveness of a health care reform bill.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, hosted the meeting attended by about 90 physicians at Memorial Hermann Hospital-The Woodlands.
“The bottom line is that doctors don't want socialized medicine — another flawed health care system like Medicare. They don't believe it will lower the costs or improve quality,” Brady said. “Medicare is already going bankrupt and not quality care. It also shifts medical costs onto other paying customers. It needs to be fixed first.”
A black conservative, Kenneth Gladney, was attacked by Union Members outside of a townhall meeting in St. Louis for passing out "DON'T TREAD ON ME" flags. Makes you wonder why Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are not standing up for this black man's rights.
Obama's deputy chief of staff Jim Messina, stated in a meeting with democrats facing the right-wing "mobs" during their August townhall meetings. . . . .“If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard”
The democrats want to silence the "mobs" of hard working Americans who oppose Obamacare, but President Obama's Department of Justice "did not punch back hard" to the Black Panthers that were carrying nightsticks and intimidating voters at polling places in Philly this past November. They have been cleared and not even indicted.
Here's the youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoMNDdQ1_h0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqpfU_AC7Ls
www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGbKHyGuHU
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6563705.html
http://patdollard.com/2009/08/obama-to-his-mercenary-army-hit-back-twice-as-hard/
Saturday, August 08, 2009
"War on Terrorism" is Over?
I wonder if the "Terrorist" around the world got this memo?
According to the Washington Times this week: It's official. The U.S. is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism." Neither is it fighting "jihadists" or in a "global war."
"The President does not describe this as a 'war on terrorism,'" said John Brennan, head of the White House homeland security office, who outlined a "new way of seeing" the fight against terrorism.
The only terminology that Mr. Brennan said the administration is using is that the U.S. is "at war with al Qaeda."
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I agree we are "at war with al Qaeda" in Afghanistan and around the world, but you can't ignore the threats from all the non-al Qaeda terrorist that spew their hatred for America and her allies on a daily basis.
What about North Korea that just threatened to shoot missiles at Hawaii in July? What about Iran? What about Hamas and Hezbollah whose #1 goal is the total destruction of Israel? What about the Somali pirates that are terrorizing the high seas? I could go on and on. . . .Sorry Mr. President and Mr. Brennan. . . but. . . .
You can try to sugar coat it, but there are thousands of "terrorist" just like the scum that beheaded Daniel Pearle, in 2002 and Nick Berg (pictured below), in 2004.
“sticks and stones may break my bones. . . .” These terrorist thugs don't care what they are called. . . . Their words can't hurt me, but their actions sure can. . . .
This Texas Girl says: It's time this government learned to "call a spade a spade", or to be politically incorrect "call a terrorist a terrorist"
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Terrorism - violence or the threat of violence, especially bombing, kidnapping, and assassination, carried out for political purposes
Jihad - 1. Islamic campaign against nonbelievers: a campaign waged by Muslims in defense of the Islamic faith against people, organizations, or countries regarded as hostile to Islam 2. relentless campaign: a relentless campaign against somebody or something
to read the complete article - go to:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/06/white-house-war-terrorism-over/?feat=home_headlines
According to the Washington Times this week: It's official. The U.S. is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism." Neither is it fighting "jihadists" or in a "global war."
"The President does not describe this as a 'war on terrorism,'" said John Brennan, head of the White House homeland security office, who outlined a "new way of seeing" the fight against terrorism.
The only terminology that Mr. Brennan said the administration is using is that the U.S. is "at war with al Qaeda."
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I agree we are "at war with al Qaeda" in Afghanistan and around the world, but you can't ignore the threats from all the non-al Qaeda terrorist that spew their hatred for America and her allies on a daily basis.
What about North Korea that just threatened to shoot missiles at Hawaii in July? What about Iran? What about Hamas and Hezbollah whose #1 goal is the total destruction of Israel? What about the Somali pirates that are terrorizing the high seas? I could go on and on. . . .Sorry Mr. President and Mr. Brennan. . . but. . . .
WE ARE IN A "GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM"
You can try to sugar coat it, but there are thousands of "terrorist" just like the scum that beheaded Daniel Pearle, in 2002 and Nick Berg (pictured below), in 2004.
“sticks and stones may break my bones. . . .” These terrorist thugs don't care what they are called. . . . Their words can't hurt me, but their actions sure can. . . .
This Texas Girl says: It's time this government learned to "call a spade a spade", or to be politically incorrect "call a terrorist a terrorist"
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Terrorism - violence or the threat of violence, especially bombing, kidnapping, and assassination, carried out for political purposes
Jihad - 1. Islamic campaign against nonbelievers: a campaign waged by Muslims in defense of the Islamic faith against people, organizations, or countries regarded as hostile to Islam 2. relentless campaign: a relentless campaign against somebody or something
to read the complete article - go to:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/06/white-house-war-terrorism-over/?feat=home_headlines
Here Come de Judge. . . .
In July, 2009 I stated:
"It is sad to say, but I predict Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as a US Supreme Court Judge. The Democrats have a filibuster proof majority and you know there will be a few RINO's that will vote in this "wise Latina woman"
"A Woman and the First Hispanic. . . .I know the Republicans won’t touch this one with a 10 foot pole and will approve her nomination."
Well, unfortunately, I was right and Sonia Sotomayor is now a United States Supreme Court Judge. We will just have to watch and see how her liberal views will affect the way she votes on the many critical issues that will go before her.
. . . .I just pray that she is not the deciding vote on 2nd amendment rights, our right to self-defense, affirmative action, etc.
Here are the nine RINO's that voted for Sotomayor:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Sen. Christopher Bond (Mo.), Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine), Sen. Richard Lugar (Ind.), Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.), Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.) and Sen. George Voinovich (Ohio).
"It is sad to say, but I predict Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as a US Supreme Court Judge. The Democrats have a filibuster proof majority and you know there will be a few RINO's that will vote in this "wise Latina woman"
"A Woman and the First Hispanic. . . .I know the Republicans won’t touch this one with a 10 foot pole and will approve her nomination."
Well, unfortunately, I was right and Sonia Sotomayor is now a United States Supreme Court Judge. We will just have to watch and see how her liberal views will affect the way she votes on the many critical issues that will go before her.
. . . .I just pray that she is not the deciding vote on 2nd amendment rights, our right to self-defense, affirmative action, etc.
Here are the nine RINO's that voted for Sotomayor:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Sen. Christopher Bond (Mo.), Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine), Sen. Richard Lugar (Ind.), Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.), Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.) and Sen. George Voinovich (Ohio).
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Dropping Baby Syndrome? Video
Here is a video of those fools in India dropping toddlers 50 ft. down onto a sheet. They believe the drop will ensure good health and prosperity for their families.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbOsEmHzq1c&feature=player_embedded
I'd like to drop these idiot parents off the roof without a sheet to catch them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbOsEmHzq1c&feature=player_embedded
I'd like to drop these idiot parents off the roof without a sheet to catch them.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
I'm a Joker, I'm a Smoker, I'm a Midnight Toker. . . .
Recent Headlines:LA Weekly Wets Itself Over Obama/Joker Poster: “The Only Thing Missing is a Noose”
"Barack Obama Joker Socialism Poster Denounced as Racist"
. . . .I only wish it were a "Joke". . . . Obama is moving America towards "Socialism", and unfortunately it is very Serious. . . .
Where was the outcry when the left depicted President Bush as the "Joker"? They praised this caricature of Bush as a great piece of art.
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/03/la-weekly-wets-itself-over-obamajoker-poster-the-only-thing-missing-is-a-noose/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/5973064/Barack-Obama-Joker-socialism-poster-denounced-as-racist.html
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
It's a Sick World After All. . . .
These two articles are so sickening that I thought you should be aware of what kind of sickos that may be living right next door. . . .
From crime.about.com:
Mom Decapitated, Cannibalized Her Baby
A mentally ill Texas woman dismembered her 3-week-old son and apparently ate some of his body parts before trying to kill herself, according to San Antonio police. Otty Sanchez was found in her home with a wound to her chest and her throat partially slashed.
Investigators said the 33-year-old mother apparently ate the child's brain, nose and toes before stabbing herself. She told officers that the devil told her to kill her baby. She is charged with capital murder.
Family members told police that Sanchez had a history of mental illness and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and postpartum psychosis. They also said she moved out of the house where she was living with the baby's father and moved to her mother's house about a week before the incident.
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I think this crazy woman's husband and family members should all be held responsible for not protecting this precious baby. I would hope that someone in my family would have removed my child until I got the help I needed. How much punishment will she receive? Just think about former nurse, Andrea Yates who drowned her five children in a bathtub in Houston, Texas back in 2001 and was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" after her second trial. It is highly unlikely she will ever be released, but that doesn't mean she "won't" ever be released. Her family also ignored all the warning signs when she didn't bathe for days and had become robotic in her actions.
http://crime.about.com/b/2009/07/28/mom-decapitated-cannibalized-her-baby.htm
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Woman Charged For Cutting Baby From Friend's Womb
A woman police say cut the unborn baby girl from her friend's womb and showed it off as her own is being held on $2 million bond while a custody hearing was scheduled for the four-pound baby who survived the ordeal. Julie Corey, 35, who fled to New Hampshire from Massachusetts with the baby, was charged as a fugitive from justice.
The baby's mother, Darlene Haynes, 23, was 8 months pregnant when she was killed.
Haynes was found dead July 27 in a closet in her apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her body was wrapped in a comforter, and her unborn daughter, whom family said she planned to name Sheila Marie, had been cut out of her womb.
Investigators believe Haynes, last seen alive July 23, was dead for several days before her body was found by her landlord. Her body was so mutilated, police initially could not determine her gender.
The day after Haynes' body was found, Corey and her male friend, Alex Dion, 27, showed up at a Plymouth, New Hampshire homeless shelter with the baby, who Corey said was hers. Staff members became suspicious and called police.
http://crime.about.com/b/2009/08/03/woman-charged-for-cutting-baby-from-friends-womb.htm
From crime.about.com:
Mom Decapitated, Cannibalized Her Baby
A mentally ill Texas woman dismembered her 3-week-old son and apparently ate some of his body parts before trying to kill herself, according to San Antonio police. Otty Sanchez was found in her home with a wound to her chest and her throat partially slashed.
Investigators said the 33-year-old mother apparently ate the child's brain, nose and toes before stabbing herself. She told officers that the devil told her to kill her baby. She is charged with capital murder.
Family members told police that Sanchez had a history of mental illness and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and postpartum psychosis. They also said she moved out of the house where she was living with the baby's father and moved to her mother's house about a week before the incident.
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I think this crazy woman's husband and family members should all be held responsible for not protecting this precious baby. I would hope that someone in my family would have removed my child until I got the help I needed. How much punishment will she receive? Just think about former nurse, Andrea Yates who drowned her five children in a bathtub in Houston, Texas back in 2001 and was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" after her second trial. It is highly unlikely she will ever be released, but that doesn't mean she "won't" ever be released. Her family also ignored all the warning signs when she didn't bathe for days and had become robotic in her actions.
http://crime.about.com/b/2009/07/28/mom-decapitated-cannibalized-her-baby.htm
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Woman Charged For Cutting Baby From Friend's Womb
A woman police say cut the unborn baby girl from her friend's womb and showed it off as her own is being held on $2 million bond while a custody hearing was scheduled for the four-pound baby who survived the ordeal. Julie Corey, 35, who fled to New Hampshire from Massachusetts with the baby, was charged as a fugitive from justice.
The baby's mother, Darlene Haynes, 23, was 8 months pregnant when she was killed.
Haynes was found dead July 27 in a closet in her apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her body was wrapped in a comforter, and her unborn daughter, whom family said she planned to name Sheila Marie, had been cut out of her womb.
Investigators believe Haynes, last seen alive July 23, was dead for several days before her body was found by her landlord. Her body was so mutilated, police initially could not determine her gender.
The day after Haynes' body was found, Corey and her male friend, Alex Dion, 27, showed up at a Plymouth, New Hampshire homeless shelter with the baby, who Corey said was hers. Staff members became suspicious and called police.
http://crime.about.com/b/2009/08/03/woman-charged-for-cutting-baby-from-friends-womb.htm
Monday, August 03, 2009
My Brother's Keeper?
Zeituni Polly Onyango, 57, the disabled half-sister of President Obama's father just moved back into public housing in South Boston while she awaits her deportation hearing next year. . . .
I wonder, how much Aunt Zeituni has cost the American Taxpayer in the 10+ years she has been in our country illegally with her Free Public Housing, Welfare, Free Medical Care, Food Stamps, etc.?
The most powerful man in the world has two relatives living in these horrible conditions and how has he helped them? I guess they could use a little of Obama's Hope and Change.
If the stock market were up, and unemployment was low, do you think that Congress would have a chance to pass their laundry list of "Socialist" programs? No, but with unemployment reaching close to 20% in Michigan and California almost bankrupt, our current government feels they got us where they want us, and that we will accept anything they throw at us. . . .
Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's chief of staff said it all when he stated: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste", and our President and this Congress are not wasting any time rushing through their "Socialist" agenda
To quote Obama:
American's need a "Hand Up". . . .Not a "Hand Out"*
(too bad this government is only giving "Hand Outs" and not many "Hand Ups)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/31/obamas-aunt-resurfaces-boston-public-housing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064907/posts
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/05/obama_on_job_numbers_a_hand_up_not_a_hand_out.php
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