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Page Contents
(12/13/2011) 2012--Beware The Dragon...Still
(11/8/2011) A Funny In The News
(1/11/2012) A Great Quote From John Adams
(11/22/2011) A Great Quote--The Real Reason Obama Sent Churchill's Likeness Home?
(10/26/2011) A Last Thought For Today--Student Loans And Obama
(10/21/2011) Ah...Money Calls To Some GOP Leaders
(11/3/2011) And We Pay For The United Nations
(2/3/2012) Another One Folded
(1/14/2012) Another Stupid Thing That Made The News
(11/11/2011) Another Presidential Decision--Wrong Again
(1/15/2012) At Least He Called The Tea Party "Extremists" And Not Terrorists
(2/9/2012) Believe You Have A Right To Decide For Yourself About Union Membership? Sign This Petition
(2/22/2012) Can You Believe It?
(12/13/2011) Christians' Religious Freedom Is Being Taken Away Every Day
(10/18/2011) Congrats to Gilad Shalit...Woe To Israel
(12/27/2011) Create Jobs In America? Nah...How About In Brazil?
(12/29/2011) Dumb Things In The News
(12/29/2011) Dumb Things In The News
(10/30/2011) E-Parasite or Protect-IP Bill
(12/13/2011) Economic Future--Gloom?
(10/26/2011) Egypt Today...Tomorrow...Which One Next?
(11/22/2011) Euro Zone Collapse--Watch For This
(1/11/2012) Even A Blind Pig Finds An Acorn Now And Again
(1/2/2012) Even The ACLU Doesn't Like It
(12/13/2011) Extrapolate A Bit Of Humor
(1/18/2012) Fair And Balanced Reporting...We'll Mourn Your Passing
(10/30/2011) Fed To Cost More US Jobs And Put Citizens in Danger
(11/2/2011) Feds Against The People...Again And Again
(12/4/2011) From 430 B.C.
(10/20/2011) GA Politics--Those Politicians REALLY Want A SPLOST
(1/14/2012) Hall County GA Commissioners Back To Helping Us
(12/11/2011) Hall County Can Spend It Now
(12/8/2011) Hey Ladies...Watch Those Cucs
(11/8/2011) Holder Should Be Replaced
(11/17/2011) I Missed That One--Here's Why
(1/21/2012) In Case You Didn't See It
(1/21/2012) It's Tax Prep Time Again
(11/5/2011) Jobs--What's The Problem?
(1/22/2012) Joe Paterno
(12/19/2011) Joes Says Taliban Is Not An Enemy...Maybe They're Our Friends!
(1/31/2012) Justice Didn't Know?
(1/23/2012) Just A Thought
(11/12/2011) Just A Quick Laugh
(10/26/2011) Justice Department Tells Government To Lie--This Is Justice?
(12/13/2011) Ka Zing!
(2/3/2012) March 20--A Big Date Coming Up
(2/3/2012) No Oil--No Jobs--They'll Go To China Thanks To Our Clown
(2/9/2012) OClown Is Trying To Save His Own Rear...Again
(1/15/2012) OClown Didn't Want To Listen To The Military
(12/4/2011) OClown And Geithner Are Bringing The USA A Disaster
(1/30/2012) Pray For The Roman Catholic Bishops
(2/3/2012) Real Jobs Report Numbers
(2/13/2012) Sign On To Tell The Supreme Court How You Feel About ObamaCare
(11/1/2011) Sign The Audit-The-Fed Petition
(10/26/2011) Sleep Well...Homeland Security's Napolitano Is On The Job
(1/12/2012) So Which Is First? Would That Be US Law or Sharia Law?
(11/17/2011) SPECIAL ALERT: Tell Your US Senators To Stop S-598
(11/12/2011) Spend A Few Minutes On A Great Learning Experience
(11/11/2011) State Department Going To Pro-Muslim Meeting--Will Our Free Speech Rights Diminish?
(12/4/2011) Stop The First American Dictatorship Now--Contact Senators And Representatives NOW
(11/5/2011) Super committee--Ready Willing And All Too Able
(10/24/2011) Sure They Love The Good Old USA
(2/16/2012) Talk About A Sham
(11/12/2011) Talk about coincidences!
(2/12/2012) The Second Amendment And Mind Control
(10/29/2011) Thoughts and Prayers Go Out To The Families And Friends Of Today's Kabul Victims
(11/13/2011) To Army Captain Tom Harrison
(12/5/2011) To Laugh At The Ignorance...Or To Cry At The Stupidity Of It?
(11/14/2011) To Professor Michael Avery At Suffolk University Law School
(10/30/2011) To The Liberal Media--Let's Be Honest
(11/4/2011) Urge The Obama Administration To Stop Opposition To Prayer Act
(11/17/2011) Yet Another What's Wrong With This Picture Moment?
(2/3/2012) You Just Cannot Make It Up
(1/28/2012) You Didn't Hear This On The Big News Media Outlets I Betcha
(1/23/2012) You Have To See This Video
(1/21/2012) You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up
(1/12/2012) You Need To See This Video Before They Pull It Off The Net

Can You Believe It?
(2/22/2012)   I've just finished reading about a new TSA plan to make air travel even "safer" for America. This one involves the development of equipment that will read your mind. Can you believe it? Based upon what the government sees there, they will be able to predict whether you're a threat or not. This from a government that can't even put together a real, workable budget to predict how much farther it will go into debt next year!
Here's my prediction about it. A couple of big tech companies that just happen to have been big campaign contributors for either the Dems or the GOP (or better, for both) will be the recipients of billions of taxpayer dollars aimed at development of this technology which will function "admirably" (insert your own very positive, but vague term here if you wish.) And will it work? God, please, I hope not!
Why do I hope not? They're killing our Constitutional rights at every turn...you figure it out.
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Talk About A Sham
(2/16/2012)   Democratic Representative Gerald Connolly of Virginia today took part in a hearing about the OClown administration's efforts to trample the First Amendment safeguards for religious freedom by forcing the Roman Catholic Church to pay for contraceptives. Connolly called the hearing a "sham." He pointed his finger at the clergymen who were present at the hearing--a Catholic bishop, a Lutheran reverend, an Orthodox rabbi, and two Baptist theologians--and then he, essentially, called them all liars by saying they were all "complicit" in a GOP plot to advance a political agenda designed to embarrass the administration.
And that wasn't all of the fireworks. Another fine Democrat, Carolyn Maloney, of New York chimed in with, "What I want to know is this. Where are the women? I don't see one single woman representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventative health care services, including family planning."
Well, what could you expect from a political party that essentially requires its members to sign off that they are pro-abortion before they're allowed to run for public office on that party's ticket? Talk about a "sham!"
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Sign On To Tell The Supreme Court How You Feel About ObamaCare
(2/13/2012)   I’m not Catholic.
I AM against ObamaCare.
I strongly agree with the purpose of stopping ObamaCare, but I can’t pay $20,000 or more to get my opinion and feelings heard by our Supreme Court. Yep, it costs that much or more--now you know why it’s called Supreme!
If you agree with me about ObamaCare, take a minute and sign their petition at the link below. It’s probably the only way us common folk will get even that much of a hearing before the Supreme Court and if enough of us sign on, well, maybe they’ll take notice of how we feel.
Ask your friends to do the same and to pass it on to others.
Click here to sign the petition or type http://www.catholicvote.org/index.php?/site/actions_details/to_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states_of_america/ into your browser to go there and sign it.
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The Second Amendment And Mind Control
(2/12/2012)   Here is a lie you've been led to believe: "To be allowed to carry a gun is a privilege given you by your local politicians. Hence, you have to get some kind of carry license. In Georgia (where I am) you have to go to the local jail and be fingerprinted and you have to go to the local circuit court and pay a special tax and you have to go to the sheriff's office and fill out forms. Then, if the local politicians and government condones your request, you may be issued a carry permit...or not. It's an all-day affair for you with a days-long wait before you get the license." That's the way we've been brain washed and most of us just accept it as correct.
The problem is, quite simply, it's a lie.
Have you ever heard of the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution? It's succinct and to the point. It says this.

A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

What's so difficult about "the right of the people" or "shall not be infringed?" The second amendment gives you the right not only to own, but to carry a firearm. No, even the liberal Supreme Court didn't have the nerve to try to say that it only applied to state-run militias. Listen to the voices of our Constitution's framers:

"Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference — they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."

-- George Washington - First President of the United States

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."

-- George Mason - Co-author of the Second Amendment during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."

-- Richard Henry Lee - American Statesman, 1788

If you are an American citizen, YOU...yes, YOU have the RIGHT to possess arms and to know how to use them. It is not a right that depends upon the good will of your local politicians, your state politicians, or your Federal politicians. You were given the right by the founders of our great nation because they knew that dictators, kings, communists, and others of their ilk could not kill America so long as they faced an armed population. You were given the right by the founders of our great nation because they knew that as free people you cannot be denied this inalienable right.
Gun control is not aimed at guns. That's actually a secondary question. Gun control is aimed at being able to control YOU, the free American citizen.
"Oh, it would be far too dangerous to allow our citizens to carry weapons whenever they wanted. How can you argue with that? If you can't see that, you're just plain stupid," the gun control lobby tells you.
Ever hear of Switzerland?
In Switzerland? They give each home a firearm and they teach their people how to use a gun. Switzerland has the lowest gun-related crime rate in the world.
How out Washington, D.C? It's illegal to even think about having a gun there--OK, I'm exaggerating but only because they can't yet monitor your thoughts. And where have we seen the highest crime rate in the US--not even counting the actions of our federal government under the OClown administration? Take a guess.
So how does this fit with the it's-too-dangerous argument? You figure it out.
In Georgia right now, a committee is holding a hearing on a bill aimed at doing away with gun control--it would allow our full Constitutional rights in the state. Yes, if it passes it will allow "open carry" in the state. Will the bill ever get out of committee so that our elected representatives can vote yay or nay? My prediction is that it will die in committee because a handful of politicians don't want an up or down vote--too risky. It could actually pass if they let all those other senators and representatives vote on it!
Here's a final thought on the fight for control of our freedoms: yesterday about 70 million hard-working American owners of firearms hurt and killed absolutely no one and most did not even touch their guns.
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Believe You Have A Right To Decide For Yourself About Union Membership? Sign This Petition
(2/9/2012)   If, like me, you believe that an individual has the right to decide whether to join (and pay) a union or not, please, take a moment and add your name to the petition aimed at getting a national right-to-work law passed. (No donation required!)
Type in http://righttoworkcommittee.org/rprtwa_petition.aspx?pid=f2f0212 in your browser or you can Click Here to go there.
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OClown Is Trying To Save His Own Rear...Again
(2/9/2012)   Today our fabulous, anointed-one, president tried again to cover his own rear end. He knows now that he misjudged how badly Americans would react to his big attempt to override the First Amendment and trample on our religious freedom. Consequently, today he came out with a "compromise" that he thinks should pour oil on the waters of discontent that he stirred. Why? Because he had the Roman Catholic vote, including the Latino vote, in the last election and he can nil afford to lost it this time around. He'll do anything, say anything, sell anyone and anything to be reelected in November. Once he's reelected, well, that'll be different won't it.
So what did he "compromise?" Well, as usual, he didn't give us specifics: they'll be worked out over the next year or so. Sound familiar? Meantime he tells us that his "compromise" will allow religious institutions to withhold the premiums they would have to pay insurance companies for select medicines and procedures which they believe are immoral. Now, let's see. Knowing that they will be forced to pay for these drugs and medical procedures, the insurance companies' actuaries will look at how many of these they expect to pay for and how much they expect this to cost them. Then, voila'! The prices they charge the religious institutions for insurance covering everything else will go up by that amount. So in the end, we the people--even those of us who find the things we are forced to pay for reprehensible, morally bankrupt, and religiously unacceptable--we the people will be forced to pay just as if nothing had happened.
Question? Are we really so stupid that we can't see this? OClown seems to think so. Another cute accounting gimmick and he thinks he's off the hook. He will have trampled on our Constitutional rights again. He will have gained the anti-Christian item of the moment. He will have won a battle with the Roman Catholic Church. He will have setup the future so that he can do the same for all Jews and Christians. And, because you and I are too stupid to understand what he's done, he will come off as Mr. Squeaky Clean...the anointed one! He will have once more saved his own rear end...that's what he thinks.
Are we really this stupid? Is he right? Talk to your pastor, minister, or rabbi. Tell him/her to let OClown know that we see through him and his accounting trick. Explain it to your neighbors so they'll understand it. And while you're at it, explain to them that your own denomination or faith will be next to undergo OClown's freedoms ax.
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No Oil--No Jobs--They'll Go To China Thanks To Our Clown
(2/3/2012)   Just a note in passing. We could be getting Canadian oil and we could have lots of jobs associated with that. We could be cutting back on our dependence upon Middle Eastern oil supplies. (Something the Energy Department has failed to do.)
But no! Good ol' Barry OClown said so.
So...next week, the Canadian Prime Minister is going to China. Guess what he's going to sell them when he gets there.
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You Just Cannot Make It Up
(2/3/2012)   Let's see...the government is broke. Unemployment is rampant. Inflation is, as predicted, rearing its ugly head. Our borders make Swiss Cheese look like solid steel. The Mexican drug war is in America. American government guns are being used by all the better-equipped drug gangs in Mexico but the AG doesn't know anything about that. Our so-called president is openly trying to end religious freedom. Though broke, we're paying to keep the euro afloat. Iran will soon have nukes AND they can shut down a large part of the world's oil supplies for hours if they try. And the list goes on and on and on.
So what is our government fretting and worrying over today? What are they spending our federal tax dollars to take care of? Why, they're trying to tell us what we can eat--or not!
Forget Fast And Furious guns! Forget the Chinese military's massive naval buildup. We're in grave danger! Or not! Rep. Scott DesJarlais, (R-TN), has a bill in Congress to prevent the use of federal money for ads against those horrible sugar-laden products that are killing us all.
Before you laugh to hard, remember this...we're paying these clowns. See? You just cannot make it up.
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Real Jobs Report Numbers
(2/3/2012)   Good news--unemployment has come down slightly. No, it's not 8-dot-anything. Count the people our government doesn't want to talk about and not just the 12 million plus who are counted. Count some 4 million who have given up on finding a job at all. Count the 8 million or so who have been forced to cobble together part-time jobs to make ends meet. Ignore the ever-increasing length of time that so many people have been out of work, because there are no numbers that can express what's going on with so many in the unspoken 12 million group. Now, you'll find the unemployment rate is probably somewhere around 15.5%.
That's good news--it was in the low 16-dot-something range just a short time back. It reminds me of the old saying that, "It could be worse." But for those who have not incomes...it IS STILL worse.
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March 20--A Big Date Coming Up
(2/3/2012)   For the world economy, a really big date is coming up--March 20. You see, as of this moment the only things preventing a collapse of the euro--and the European Union--is money being pumped in by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the German tax payers via the European Central Bank. Of course, the IMF's primary funding comes out of your wallet--unless you're one of the nearly half of all Americans who now pay no taxes and collect from the government instead. But even if you're one of these people, you should be aware that money--at least money that is worth more than the paper it's printed on--really is a limited thing. (Have you noticed how grocery prices are soaring as our money loses value?) Money is what economists call a "scarce resource" meaning there's always more demand for it than there is supply of it. It follows that if we weren't pumping money into the Euro Zone, the OClown campaigning administration would probably be promising more money to you and yours (even though that's not what needs to be done.)
But wait!
Here's what you really need to understand. There's a great fear that if Greece defaults on March 20 when their loan payments come due, the entire world economy will "slowly" come down like a house of cards. Truth is that no one really knows what it will do to the world economy...there's no parallel to give us accurate instruction. Hey! Maybe nothing will happen at all. Maybe. But, don't bet on it. Some really smart people are betting on bad results if Greece continues to refuse to stop spending money they don't have, refuses to cut back on government employees, and refuses to cut back on wage levels. And if Greece defaults, well, it won't be pretty. (They're basically a socialist government and these cut backs are very unpopular with their populace, so don't hold your breath.) Watch for your 401(k), your IRA, and Wall Street to take a hit. The only real question is how big a hit and what its long-term results will be. Put that another way...how many companies that depend upon sales to Europe will fail as a result of Greek default, a weaker euro, and the results of all that...and how many jobs will that take down with it? OClown has us down by millions of jobs right now, but this may make it a whole lot worse in 2012.
All we can do is wait and see...and vote to get rid of the OClown administration in November so we can end his failed policies. That's if we still get to vote in November, of course.
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Another One Folded
(2/3/2012)   The Georgia judge who could have ruled that Obama must prove he's a "natural born citizen" or not be eligible to be on the state ballot folded. Deputy Chief Judge Michael Malihi closed the challenge without accomplishing anything--didn't even make OClown's lawyer appear in court. (You might call that contempt for our state's laws, but the judge didn't.) Makes you wonder where our tax dollars are going...or are about to go. So, we'll be watching to see what happens next.
And the one big question is still there. Why won't good ol' Barry, or whatever his name really is, let us see his actual, original birth certificate? What's he hiding?
Oh, but just asking that question makes a person "stupid" so, according to the media, we should all just quit asking.
So, why do you think this guy won't let us see his original birth certificate? What do you think he's hiding?
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Justice Didn't Know?
(1/31/2012)   So the Democrats in the Justice Department's highest offices didn't know anything about Fast And Furious? Never mind the solid evidence that they did know it and were lobbying for more of it. (Based upon Mr. Holder's instructions to his department to lie to the public about things, I can't believe anything he says; but, hey, that's just me.) Regardless of all that, here's the quick, simple point to make. If Mr. Holder and his top-level people didn't know about Fast and Furious they should be fired as incompetents.
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Pray For The Roman Catholic Bishops
(1/30/2012)   As you may have heard, though probably not in the "main stream media," the OClown administration, via Health and Human Services, has given a direct edict to the Roman Catholic Church...no doubt mine and your Church will be among the next wave, so don't feel left out. The RC Church is not to be allowed to let its beliefs enter into any decisions about providing abortions at RC hospitals. According to Barry, or whatever his name really is, the RC Church must, without exception, provide abortions. And you can bet they're going to have to teach that homosexuality is OK--probably without any mention of that little thing about Sodom and Gomorrah at all. There will be no end to it.
To their everlasting honor, the RC Bishops in America have spoken out and are refusing to knuckle down to our first Muslim President's wishes. Check out this website for more information:
http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=25591
Pray for the RC Bishops and the RC Church. Ask what your Church's leaders are doing to support the RC Bishops in their efforts. If we are to stop this and maintain our religious freedoms in America, all Christians must speak out against it and we must do it now. So next, ask your Congressional "leaders" what they think they're doing up there in D.C.
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You Didn't Hear This On The Big News Media Outlets I Betcha
(1/28/2012)   Judge Michael Malihi of the Georgia state Office of State Administrative Hearings. of Atlanta, Georgia, has refused to stop the challenge that Barry or Barack or whatever the heck his name is does not qualify as a "natural-born citizen of the United States of America" and is, therefore, not qualified to appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office of President. Essentially, OClown has argued that he, as president, is above any state's laws. Rather, he seems to want us all, including the Judge, to believe that he IS the law.
The Judge has refused OClown's bogus argument and has essentially told the man that if he ignores the Georgia subpoena, he does so "at his own peril." (Yes, I said man: sorry, but I assure you and him that he IS NOT God.) Judge Malihi has now heard about how Barry's father was a Kenyan and about how Barry has been a citizen of at least three different countries. He's heard about the suspicions that Barry's Social Security number is bogus and it's been pointed out there appears to be no way that Barry's Hawaiian birth certificate as released by the administration is original dating back to the time of his birth. All good stuff which would prevent Barry from appearing on the ballot since he would not qualify as what the US Constitution calls a "natural-born citizen." (Incidentally, this was not changed by the 14th Amendment and stands as part of the original document.)
So, why haven't we heard about the arguments against his citizenship in the so-called main-line news media? What keeps those self-anointed "reporters" from reporting on what could easily be the biggest news story of the decade? Even more interesting, perhaps, why aren't we hearing OClown's "I'm above any state law" argument reported in the main-line news media reports? Oh, I forgot...if you don't believe in the great Barry, you're just too stupid to matter! That's me! How about you? Any doubts?
Finally, I'd ask again. If the man really is what the Constitution calls a "natural-born citizen" who thus qualifies as a candidate for the highest office our nation has what would it...what could it...possibly hurt to simply release a copy of that original birth certificate and show us all how stupid we are to doubt him? Why spend millions fighting to avoid letting us see it? And if he can't prove his qualifications, then why hasn't he been impeached as an impostor who seems bent upon destroying the United States of America? Is that a good question? Betcha you didn't hear that question on any of your big news media outlets.
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Just A Thought
(1/23/2012)   We have a judge in Georgia who has subpoenaed OClown to come in and give testimony to prove that he was, in fact, born on American soil and is, therefore, eligible to appear on the ballot for the highest office in our land. Yes, that's the same office he's now holding, but is that legal? If, as the White House, the liberal socialist media, and their financiers all say, there's nothing to the birther argument that OClown wasn't really born in Hawaii or on any other American soil; it raises questions. Why doesn't OClown just send a copy of his original, official birth certificate--not a recently drawn document put together by one of his cronies, but the original birth certificate--to that same liberal media that loves him so much and let them publish it. That would end the entire conversation about whether he's an illegal or not. What would it hurt? What is he hiding? Why is he so vehemently opposed to it? Surely he doesn't believe his chances of reelection are better if so many of us think he's not an American citizen at all?
So why don't we get to see the original document? It's just a thought...but why not?
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You Have To See This Video
(1/23/2012)   Roger Williams, a congressional candidate from Texas recorded this great ad. I watched it and I laughed until I cried.
The Donkey Whisperer
Click here
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Joe Paterno
(1/22/2012)   Along with many others in America, we mourn today the death of Coach Joe Paterno, 1926-2012. He may have made some mistakes, but who hasn't. The least you can say about Joe is that he was a great coach, but you can also say he was a great man who taught and helped many others during his all-too-brief life.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. We'll miss him...
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It's Tax Prep Time Again
(1/21/2012)   Computers? I just opened an email from our nation's largest retailer. They, of course, wanted to sell me various and sundry items of all kinds. What struck me was an ad that proclaims "tools for tax preparation" in its headline. Right under that I found computers. That gave me pause to think.
We used to do our own taxes and it took about 3 hours. We'd fuss and fume over how hard it was to do. The 1040 forms the IRS sent out back them were all of about 10 pages long and gave you enough details to do the thing and get it, begrudgingly, in the mail. We thought that was bad.
Today, the tax code has reached an astonishing 3.8 MILLION words requiring around 65,000 PAGES just to print all that legalize. Today we all know that the big campaign-donor multi-national corporations use acres of lawyers so that they don't pay any taxes at all. We have created an entire industry around the tax code... "stuff" and accountants who work toward preparing your taxes for you--including even computers. Now I hire work for about 2-3 weeks each year to send the right "stuff" to my accountant who prepares a tax form I can't even understand!
OClown's administration has our entire government on the verge of economic collapse and he needs money; so he's hired a veritable army of new IRS auditors to come after the middle class and the "wealthy" and find anything they can to take a shekel from anyone and everyone they can. Don't worry--these new auditors will, without doubt, be paid for by the reductions in our US military forces' size and preparedness.
Yep, we've made lots of progress in the last 50 years or so.
I ask you, what's wrong with this picture?
If, like me, you feel there's something badly amiss, get behind the Fair Tax. Learn about it. Washington fears and loathes the Fair Tax because it will be the biggest transfer of power back to the people that has ever been seen anywhere on earth. They want you to believe all kinds of bad things about the Fair Tax. Learn about it. See how it would work and then decide. Or, of course, you can trust Washington to tell you the Fair Tax is all unfair and wrong and bad and evil and undependable and blah, blah, blah.
Learn about the Fair Tax and you'll know you want it. Read about it at www.FairTax.org --when you get there, just click the upper-left page button for "About the Fair Tax" and spend 10-15 minutes reading about it. In 15 minutes you'll know enough to decide and you'll want to know more. It's there. Notice that

Fair Tax would repeal the 16th Amendment first--that's the current income tax plan and

the IRS would go with it. (How does that sound so far?)

the most fraud-hit scheme the federal government has would go away--no more "earned income tax credits."

The earned income tax credit would be replaced with a system that would pay us all for what I think of as taxes on normal living expenses--thus Fair Tax would be

helping rather than hindering the lower-income folks in our midst.

Washington says the Fair Tax would hurt lower-income people and families, but read and learn and you will see that's an outright lie. Washington will also tell you the Fair Tax is unfair and would be a windfall for the rich. (What do they think we have now?) The Fair Tax would put us all paying the same percentage on what we spend--think about who spends most and see if you think Washington is speaking truth or something else. Just think about it for yourself. Don't take Washington's word...learn about the Fair Tax and then decide for yourself!
Warning: learn about the Fair Tax and you'll want it, especially now that it's tax preparation time again. How's your computer running?
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In Case You Didn't See It
(1/21/2012)   In case you didn't see it when it ran during the football game, you should take a few seconds out of your life and watch the 30-second John 3:16 ad by Focus on the Family--Just click here.
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You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up
(1/21/2012)   The venerable, well-respected, BBC ran an article today that was absolutely shocking...amazing...totally unexpected...
The headline tells us that the company that owned the grounded sunken Italian cruise ship we've all been following for the last several days faces a lawsuit in the US! Is that news or what? Can you believe that for a headline? Wow!
And some people say the news isn't entertaining! Of course, those folks obviously didn't watch the latest GOP presidential debate when a big-media "reporter" began the debate by asking Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingritch (R-Ga) about his ex-wife's timely "revelations." (I'm not going to comment on the veracity of her comments...you'll have to decide that for yourself.) But if you were watching you noticed that the idiotic "reporter" didn't have sense enough to quit until the Speaker had a standing ovation against wasting the precious air time of the debate on such, you should pardon the expression, "crap." If you watched the debate, however, you couldn't help but note that the CNN "moderator" constantly wasted viewers' time baiting the candidates and trying to make them turn on each other. This when he should have been trying to expose what the candidates would do about such trivial things as nukes in Iran, American soldiers in Afghanistan, reducing our dependence on foreign oil, what they think about auditing the Fed, what they would do with the "czars" OClown has been so fond of, etc.
Now...and you can't make this stuff up...as a result of the way the crowd reacted to the CNN "reporter," the liberal media is full of articles discussing the question of whether the media is "out of touch."
Out of touch? Reality, the rest of the people, you name it...they probably can't touch their own rear ends with either hand. (Maybe that's why the news they air smells so bad!) That's how out of touch I'd say they are and have been since about forever, but it's just my opinion.
And finally, the same media folks say that if you don't believe OClown was born as an American citizen, well, you're just stupid. I wonder if that means the latest judge, a Georgia judge as it happens this time , who wants OClown to prove he's an American citizen before allowing him onto the ballot is stupid? I sure don't think so and neither do the smartest folks I know. For that matter, neither does anyone I know. I've asked the question in meetings in several different states and so far I've not seen one person say he believes Obama's birth certificate is the real thing. In fact, many of them question the dating and point out that the hospital didn't even exist when he was supposedly born there. See...we're all just stupid says the media.
Out of touch? Could be! And I dang sure didn't make that up. I didn't have to.
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Fair And Balanced Reporting...We'll Mourn Your Passing
(1/18/2012)   It was a subtle shift at first. You had to be watching the news just about every day to even see it happening. It was as if you needed to sharpen a knife that had been sharp only a short time before. Then it became a bit more obvious, but still subtle. You may have noticed it at that point...that's when Mr. Beck announced his departure from the network. He had told the truth too often, had made the people he spoke of too angry and, perhaps, too worried. People were listening and Beck was shining the light of day on them...evil despises the light and loves to hide in darkness.
Then came the disclosure of the leverage the left had gained. The stories broke in the UK and, if you were watching closely enough to see it happening, you knew without a doubt what was going on.
In the last few days we were treated to the sight of "The Five" trying to do some sort of number games with John 3:16 as they made slightly anti-Christian remarks about the Denver Broncos' Tim Teebow. Then...it got worse. One of the them asked, "Does anyone here know what John 3:16 says?" And not one of them did! Not one!
Fair and balanced? The owner of the network has a huge financial interest in killing the freedom we enjoy right now on the internet. He would like nothing more than to see anyone who expresses their own opinion as a blogger--people like me--lose our First Amendment Rights or, at least, our freedom to express our own opinions on a blog like this. Of course, he wants it all to come through his station so he gets advertising revenues. Of course, he'd like to own the internet and control what we see on it--so he'd see more money come in. He's not alone. The telephone companies, the cable companies, the entertainment empire we know generally as Hollywood, they would all like to see the free, open internet under their own control. So, today, they ran pieces on their "Fair and Balanced" internet site calling those who opposed the SOPA and PIPA bills in Congress "Internet Occupiers."
Let's see. No parks around. No big buildings in site. Nobody out smoking anything, not even tobacco. No booze in site. Nobody defecating or having sex in public. Nobody leaving any kind of mess in the street or, for that matter, anywhere else. Nobody asking the government for money. I could go on, but the truth is that the arrogance of calling us "Occupiers" just because you don't agree with us simply highlights how far down you've already gone.
So...you guys took a shot at me and many others on the internet. That's OK. You have that freedom.
And I want to exercise my freedom by telling you that many of us mourn the passing of true "Fair and Balanced" news reporting in America. We hate to see that your entire organization has joined the rest of the liberal media, but there you are. God rest "Fair and Balanced" reporting in America.
By the way...from memory..."For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life."--John 3:16
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OClown Didn't Want To Listen To The Military
(1/15/2012)   Have you noticed what's been going on in Iraq this week? Yesterday saw bombings kill over 50 people. Today there were more bombings and gunmen attacking a police station in Ramadi--the latest numbers I've seen say well over 130 people are dead. It's been going on all week and who knows how many will be dead by the time the violence subsides even a bit?
At the time, you may have wondered why the heads of our military forces didn't endorse the clown's quick pull out from Iraq. You may have wondered why they offered cautious words rather than optimism about leaving Iraq so quickly. But, if we want peace in the region instead of a nuclear or massive conventional war that overruns and destroys Israel and all our interests in the area, well, you don't have to be a very smart guy to figure out we blew it when we didn't heed their advice. If we didn't want to let Iran become the overriding problem in the area--as if we're not doing that anyway--you don't have to be very intelligent to know we should have heeded our military guys' advice. And if we didn't want to see our "friends" in the Middle East killed and replaced by militants, so that oil would stop flowing from the Middle East to Europe, the US, and, in general, the West, well you don't have to be very smart to know we should have listened to the Pentagon and held our stations a while.
Hmmmmmm.....That leaves two possibilities to explain why OClown didn't follow their advice? I don't think he's actually stupid. Do you? So we can see once again that what he really wants doesn't align with what's good for the US, but he does seem to think it'll be good for his 2012 campaign contributions! That's just my humble opinion. What do you think?
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At Least He Called The Tea Party "Extremists" And Not Terrorists
(1/15/2012)   The Democratic "leader" in the US Senate, Harry Reid, has called for the GOP members of Congress to stop what he called the "extremism" of the Tea Party as they return to D.C. and "work" tomorrow. He wants them to "learn what legislation is all about."
What would that be?
That would be when you roll over again, the way Boehner and friends have continually done, and let Harry, Nancy, and, of course, Oclown, spend and spend and spend and spend. Just because the real debt figure of our government--they like to say it's only $15 trillion--is somewhere around $75-$80 trillion what's wrong with a little more debt? Spend! Spend! Spend! And you know that when it comes down to it, Boehner and company are just putting on good political theatre before the roll over on their backs and beg Harry and Nancy to scratch their bellies!
And, of course, that would Harry's ideal would also be when the Congress throws away more of our freedoms. Coming up, for example, is a bill that I'll bet they've been well paid to pass--just legal campaign contributions you know! It's called the IP Protection or SOPA bill and it's being pushed as a way to protect US intellectual property. Doesn't that sound great? In fact, that's just a tiny part of what it will do. The bottom line of what it will do is exactly what the Hollywood folks, the big telcos, and the big cable companies want to do more than anything else: it will kill the freedom and openness that have made the internet the success it is and it will give them the authority to kill free speech on the net. They'll be able to start with financial measures, and if that doesn't work in a particular case, they'll be able to move on to putting those who resist their wishes straight into jail.
Ah, and don't forget that this comes just a few days after they gave the Executive Branch the authority to use the US military as a police force on American soil--never been done before--and to arrest and hold without judicial recourse of any kind anyone the Executive Branch decides to call a "terrorist." What became of our Constitution? First Amendment? Nation of laws?
Remember, Nancy Pelosi has already dubbed the Tea Party's people as "terrorists"--all of us. Did you feel a shiver go up your spine...you should have. At least good old Harry didn't call us all terrorists...yet.
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Another Stupid Thing That Made The News
(1/14/2012)   As I've said before, you just can't make this stuff up. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) a certain 3-pointed-star company that happens to build German luxury autos raised a huge advertising banner of Che Guevera to promote their cars. After all, why wouldn't you want to use a communist murderer of thousands of innocent people as a sort of spokesperson for your luxury cars? How stupid is that?
Wait...it gets better. Once the upper management realized they had screwed up, they had it removed and made a half-hearted, weak apology to those it offended. And that would have been anyone who knows anything about history and about Che Guevera...especially those who were in Cuba when Castro took over. Reminds one of a great country song's lyrics...there ain't no cure for stupid!
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Hall County GA Commissioners Back To Helping Us
(1/14/2012)   Question: if you really, really wanted to kick-start construction in your county, what could you possible do to help? How about increasing the taxes, er..."fees," you charge builders and property owners whenever they try to build anything in the county? How stupid is that? Well, that's one of the two new things our county commission is talking about doing for us.
Of course, they do have one idea those of us who live in HallCo will like...almost. They want to make the owners of foreclosed properties clean them up and take responsibility for them. But keep in mind that we're in a county that had to lay off emergency responders, close public services, etc. (Six months ago were so broke that things really looked bleak. Of course, they were trying to get us to vote for a tax increase at the time and now, just six months later, we're looking much, much better. Big surprise!) So you might think that we would charge the owners of our foreclosed property if they don't file ownership papers with the county properly and in a timely manner. You might think we'd tax, er..."fine" them if they force the county to contact them about the properties' maintenance and upkeep. You'd be all wet. We're going to try to keep this "budget neutral."
So, you see, we want to tax those who are bringing jobs and work into this county while, at the same time, we definitely do NOT want to tax, er..."fine" those who would allow property here to lie fallow, unmaintained, and dragging the value of all the property anywhere nearby into the toilet. Next thing you know, those same commissioners are going to be saying that property values are too low to keep current property tax valuations in place...we'll have to raise them so we can still keep the same amount of property taxes coming in. Otherwise, we may have to lay off some more of our people and get rid of more of our services.
And that's all from just their first 2012 meeting!
I know where we could save a bunch of money right now and really help the county in the process...we just fire, er..."lay off" the right guys! They're called "commissioners."
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You Need To See This Video Before They Pull It Off The Net
(1/12/2012)   Want to see why we need a voter-ID-required-to-vote law? Want to see how good the election process in New Hampshire was this week? You MUST see this video to know what's happening to our democracy and why the Democratic Party opposes the voter-ID laws.
http://visiontoamerica.org/7144/video-proof-dead-people-allowed-to-vote-in-nh-primary/
Click here, then scroll down a bit for the video
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So Which Is First? Would That Be US Law or Sharia Law?
(1/12/2012)   While the Supreme Court got one right, the federal court in Denver blew it. That court upheld a ruling by District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange's that will block an amendment approved by 70% of Oklahoma's voters in November, 2010. The state's amendment would make Oklahoma law primary over international law and, yes, Sharia law. The Muslims who opposed the law made the case that it would affect their lives and even their estates. They claimed it abridged their First Amendment rights to freedom of religion--a specious, non-sequitur argument in my book.
So...here are the questions. When Oklahoma's legal code--or any other state's legal code--comes into conflict with Sharia law or, for that matter, with any other religion's laws; when Oklahoma's legal code comes into conflict with some international court's agreement, ruling, or edict--and one of these two things must eventually take place--which is primary? Who will decide which has precedence? What basis will they use to decide? If the person being hurt is a US citizen with no interest and possibly no knowledge of Sharia or "international law" will he or she have the benefit of our US legal system and the laws we the people have enacted? Or will some judge in Berlin or Budapest or Tehran ram his will down our throats and we get to see our laws ignored?
Someone should tell this judge in Denver that this really is the United States of America. This crap is NOT EVEN CLOSE to what the founding fathers had in mind when they penned the First Amendment. Then, like the Australian Prime Minister told people in her country, if you don't like our ways, you can exercise one of our freedoms...the freedom to leave. (Maybe they could take this Denver judge with them?)
Oh, and by the way, judge, America WAS founded as a Christian nation...like it or not I can read and the original documents are still extant so I know the truth.
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Even A Blind Pig Finds An Acorn Now And Again
(1/11/2012)   Yea! The US Supreme Court got another one right! It does kinda remind one of the ages old adage about a blind pig--every now and then it just has to stumble onto an acorn. OClown and his anti-Christian socialist/communist administration filed suit against the Lutheran Church because they said use of religious grounds for dismissal of a minister was illegal. The Court's unanimous (see what I mean about that acorn) decision was essentially that OClown should go back to Nigeria or where ever he was born...oh, yeah, how stupid of me (says the liberal press)...Hawaii. To which I say, better anywhere than the White House!
And while they were at it, the Court even made reference to that long-forgotten thing OClown hates as a stumbling block for his agenda...the Constitution of the United States. They pointed out the First Amendment and the so-called "ministerial exception." The court's ruling tells us the ministerial exception "ensures that the authority to select and control who will minister to the faithful is the church's alone." Hence, the high court overturned a lower federal court's previous decision and handed OClown and his libs a crushing defeat.
Ya gotta love those rare acorns!
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A Great Quote From John Adams
(1/11/2012)

"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”
-- John Adams, 1826

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Even The ACLU Doesn't Like It
(1/2/2012)   I warned you on December 4, 2011, that this was in the works and I begged you to contact your Congressmen to keep it from happening...it's too late now.
One of the great things about our Constitutional Republic has always been that a little tin dictator, even one sitting in the White House, could not send troops out to snatch you up and hold you in jail indefinitely without giving you legal representation and access to a trial by jury. That has always been...until now.
Now comes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The OClown Administration has done many things that he, his socialist/communist cronies, and his far-left financial supporters feel are wonderful. Many of these things are obviously aimed at destroying the democratic republic that has always been the USA, but now Obama has signed his name to the worst one of all. As of now our pathetic excuse for a president can do what he could never have done before--he can actually be the dictator he dreams of becoming. As of now, he can simply declare you to be a "terrorist" and that gives him the right to put you in jail and hold you indefinitely without legal recourse of any kind.
Constitution? What's that?
And if it could get worse, here it is. The little tin dictator can use the power of our US military forces on US soil for the first time ever under this "authorization" act. No wonder OClown signed it so quickly and so quietly.
Even the ACLU doesn't like it. The group Human Rights Watch doesn't like it. The Center for Constitutional Rights doesn't like it. Anyone who lives in this country and has half a brain won't like it. But here we are. Congress approved it and sent it to Barry's desk for a signature which he happily supplied.
Of course, OClown says he will assure us all that the NDAA's powers will never be misused by his administration...like we could believe anything he says today will be true tomorrow. But, even if, in his own dazed, self-aggrandizing mind, he truly will refuse to use the NDAA; what about those who come after him? How long will it be before we get someone in the White House who "exercises his right" to put those who disagree with him away as "terrorists?" Remember, according to Nancy Pelosi the third of all American voters who profess an affiliation with the Tea Party are already "terrorists." Could some of them be about to "disappear?"
Just to give you something to think about, the communists Stalin's day killed millions of Russians who objected to their takeover--many of them just "disappeared." The numbers are hard to estimate. That's probably because Stalin didn't want them known. Chairman Mao, a man Ms. Pelosi praises as one of her favorite heroes and Joe Biden likes a lot, killed somewhere around 10 million Chinese people who objected to the Communist takeover of their democracy. Even Fidel Castro, on an island much smaller than, say, Texas, killed millions of people after we put him in power with US taxpayer money. Among those that "disappeared" were preachers, judges, and patriots of all stripes.
So, as I said before, when they come and haul you away for saying you don't like the President or his policies, shout out...I'll probably be just down the hall.
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Dumb Things In The News
(12/29/2011)   Sometimes the news is, well, full of it...and this seems to be just such a day. Yep, it's full of dumb things.
First, I'm reading an article in a major left-leaning business/financials magazine (hint: they have a TV channel all their own) and it tells me that no one predicted that the so-called "Arab Spring" would lead to a situation where Muslim extremists seize power in Middle Eastern countries like Egypt, etc. Wow! That means they really don't think of anyone who disagrees with them as being real...maybe that explains their reporting. Oh, and they didn't give whoever wrote the piece any credits either--maybe they disagree with them, too.
Next, I'm looking at our local bird-cage liner and I see that "economic optimism" is "nudging" gas prices up. Wow! There's a help-the-White-House biased line if you ever heard one. We're left to suppose that the situation with Iran and the Straits of Hormuz have nothing to do with gas prices going up. (Did you know that about 1 of every 6 gallons of oil coming to the West from that region pass through the Straits?) Or...maybe we should suppose that the folks who wrote and published that article never heard of Iran...hmmmmmm. Strangely, while watching my favorite news channel today, I saw a fellow who is really familiar with the international fuel business tell the news anchor that if the Straits get closed down, we can expect fuel to double overnight--she's in the NYC area, so she asked in an incredulous voice, "From four we'd go up to $8 per gallon?" His answer was, essentially, "Overnight."
And speaking of "Dumb Things In The News," the good news (not dumb) is that Washington DC has been ordered to pay over $1 million for legal fees and other expenses incurred in defeating their gun ban--you'll remember that even the Supreme Court was forced in 2008 to concede that the Second Amendment guarantees us the right to bear arms. (That's what our founding fathers did to help keep us free and it was a very smart, good thing for us all.) So what's dumb about it? D.C. (and Georgia) requires that a person be registered to have a gun, and they make it extremely difficult for a law-abiding person to carry a weapon for their own defense. So, the same guy who brought the suit they lost in 2008 is suing again to try to make registration actually be possible...even in D.C. Making him do that is dumb. And the same dummies he's suing actually seem to think that criminals care about laws requiring registration of firearms...now that's really, really dumb!
Then there's the major company that announced its intention to charge customers an extra $2. And, you might ask, "What are they charging this extra $2 for...other than to take a lot more money from their customers each month?" So...are you ready?
They're charging $2 extra if you actually want to pay your bill...what else would you charge extra for?!?!?!
But, wait, my vote for the dumbest thing in the news goes to the North Korean leaders who actually seem to believe that anyone outside his own family is buying into those pictures they've been showing the rest of the world. You know, you've seen the pictures with people going crazy with grief over the death of Kim Jung Il. They're beating their chests, they're beating the ground, they're screaming, they're supposedly crying like babies, and they're obviously a joke. Now that's dumb!
Hmmmm...maybe if the North Korean government told those people they were going to have to pay $2 extra each month just to pay their phone bill--we're on to something--I'll bet then they'd have shed real tears? Whadaya think?
Whoops! As I said, sometimes the news is full of dumb things. So as I read on, I find where Bernardino Leon, the EU's special envoy to the Middle Eastern region, says he doesn't believe Israel needs to be worried by the rise of Islamist governments in Egypt, Tunisia, or Morocco. Makes you wonder if he's tried talking to any of the Christians in those three countries lately. I'm betting the Israelis think he's pretty dumb...Whadaya think about that one?
But the government of Israel is not without it's own dumb things. There's a long-standing, ongoing argument about a small room in the basement of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Seems a Muslim group found Coptic Christians in the area and, being the peace-loving, gentle, kind, people they are known to be, the Muslims stabbed one of the Christian monks and a big fight has gone on ever since. Plase, notice the word, "Church" in that description. It's not the "Mosque" of whatever. It's not the "Synagogue" of whatever. It's "Church." So first, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided that this is definitely NOT a holy site. (So what does he think they're fighting about?) And next, the argument gets thrown into Israel's High Court of Justice-- an august body charged with deciding such arguments. So...what did their high court decide about this "not-holy" site in the "Church?" Ready?
It's "inherently unclear" who has claim on the site. How's that for a decision?
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Dumb Things In The News
(12/29/2011)   Sometimes the news is, well, full of it...and this seems to be just such a day. Yep, it's full of dumb things.
First, I'm reading an article in a major left-leaning business/financials magazine (hint: they have a TV channel all their own) and it tells me that no one predicted that the so-called "Arab Spring" would lead to a situation where Muslim extremists seize power in Middle Eastern countries like Egypt, etc. Wow! That means they really don't think of anyone who disagrees with them as being real...maybe that explains their reporting. Oh, and they didn't give whoever wrote the piece any credits either--maybe they disagree with them, too.
Next, I'm looking at our local bird-cage liner and I see that "economic optimism" is "nudging" gas prices up. Wow! There's a help-the-White-House biased line if you ever heard one. We're left to suppose that the situation with Iran and the Straits of Hormuz have nothing to do with gas prices going up. (Did you know that about 1 of every 6 gallons of oil coming to the West from that region pass through the Straits?) Or...maybe we should suppose that the folks who wrote and published that article never heard of Iran...hmmmmmm. Strangely, while watching my favorite news channel today, I saw a fellow who is really familiar with the international fuel business tell the news anchor that if the Straits get closed down, we can expect fuel to double overnight--she's in the NYC area, so she asked in an incredulous voice, "From four we'd go up to $8 per gallon?" His answer was, essentially, "Overnight."
And speaking of "Dumb Things In The News," the good news (not dumb) is that Washington DC has been ordered to pay over $1 million for legal fees and other expenses incurred in defeating their gun ban--you'll remember that even the Supreme Court was forced in 2008 to concede that the Second Amendment guarantees us the right to bear arms. (That's what our founding fathers did to help keep us free and it was a very smart, good thing for us all.) So what's dumb about it? D.C. (and Georgia) requires that a person be registered to have a gun, and they make it extremely difficult for a law-abiding person to carry a weapon for their own defense. So, the same guy who brought the suit they lost in 2008 is suing again to try to make registration actually be possible...even in D.C. Making him do that is dumb. And the same dummies he's suing actually seem to think that criminals care about laws requiring registration of firearms...now that's really, really dumb!
Then there's the major company that announced its intention to charge customers an extra $2. And, you might ask, "What are they charging this extra $2 for...other than to take a lot more money from their customers each month?" So...are you ready?
They're charging $2 extra if you actually want to pay your bill...what else would you charge extra for?!?!?!
But, wait, my vote for the dumbest thing in the news goes to the North Korean leaders who actually seem to believe that anyone outside his own family is buying into those pictures they've been showing the rest of the world. You know, you've seen the pictures with people going crazy with grief over the death of Kim Jung Il. They're beating their chests, they're beating the ground, they're screaming, they're supposedly crying like babies, and they're obviously a joke. Now that's dumb!
Hmmmm...maybe if the North Korean government told those people they were going to have to pay $2 extra each month just to pay their phone bill--we're on to something--I'll bet then they'd have shed real tears? Whadaya think?
Whoops! As I said, sometimes the news is full of dumb things. So as I read on, I find where Bernardino Leon, the EU's special envoy to the Middle Eastern region, says he doesn't believe Israel needs to be worried by the rise of Islamist governments in Egypt, Tunisia, or Morocco. Makes you wonder if he's tried talking to any of the Christians in those three countries lately. I'm betting the Israelis think he's pretty dumb...Whadaya think about that one?
But the government of Israel is not without it's own dumb things. There's a long-standing, ongoing argument about a small room in the basement of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Seems a Muslim group found Coptic Christians in the area and, being the peace-loving, gentle, kind, people they are known to be, the Muslims stabbed one of the Christian monks and a big fight has gone on ever since. Plase, notice the word, "Church" in that description. It's not the "Mosque" of whatever. It's not the "Synagogue" of whatever. It's "Church." So first, Prime Minister Netanyahu decided that this is definitely NOT a holy site. (So what does he think they're fighting about?) And next, the argument gets thrown into Israel's High Court of Justice-- an august body charged with deciding such arguments. So...what did their high court decide about this "not-holy" site in the "Church?" Ready?
It's "inherently unclear" who has claim on the site. How's that for a decision?
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Create Jobs In America? Nah...How About In Brazil?
(12/27/2011)   Caution! If you have high blood pressure or other problems that surface when you get angry, you don't want to read this article. Just go back to the main stream media where you won't be bothered by such a thing.
Hawker-Beechcraft, an American company doing business here in the good old USA has invested about $100 million with the goal of winning a $1 Billion contract from the US military to build the next-generation light air support craft based upon their AT-6 design. Now they've received word from the OClown administration telling them to forget it--they're out of contention. There's no chance of keeping that money here in the USA. There's no chance of keeping all those jobs--at least 1,400 of them scattered across some 20 states according to Hawker-Beechcraft--here in the USA. Oh, no!
"So," you might ask, "Where will the money, the jobs, the resulting tax returns, the nation's security, and the future of military aircraft design be going? Who does the current White House crew value more than the people of the United States of America?"
And the answer is that it will all almost certainly be headed to Brazil. It will most likely go to the Brazilian company Embraer which, we might note came under SEC subpoena around the first of November, 2011, as part of an investigation by our federal government for violating the US Foreign Corruption Practices Act. Oh, and we might also notice that Hawker-Beechcraft says they can withstand losing the contract; but, of course, it will likely cause lay offs and adjustments so they can stay in business. Now a company we're going to depend upon as a major part of our national security should be one that is in good financial shape--don't you agree? By all the financial reports I could find--and I looked at some very well-respected sources--this Brazilian outfit has been facing some financial "headwinds." Of course, since this latest bomb shell from the White House Embraer stock has climbed quickly--big surprise, hey what?
So when you want to create jobs and spend American taxpayer money, when you want to ensure the security of the United States, when you want to ensure where the future of this technology will lie, who ya' gonna call? Americans or Brazilians?
And this brings up another question...why are you going to call them? Why does our so-called president want to send all this money, all these jobs, and all the future effects that derive from that out of the USA? Whose president is he? Whose pocket is he in?
Which brings up yet another question. What are our people in Congress doing while Washington burns? I think I hear fiddles. Oh, but, of course, that can't be because they're all out on vacation.
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Joes Says Taliban Is Not An Enemy...Maybe They're Our Friends!
(12/19/2011)   Joe Biden, that great American bastion of intelligent comments, (God help us, he's the Vice President!) has done it again. He says, "The Taliban is not our enemy." And he's doing this to set up a deal the White House is working on. A deal under which we'll depend upon the Taliban to be our best buddies because they're going to make a speech saying they renounce terrorism, violence, and whatever else Joe asks them to refute.
Ah, yes, if they'll just say these things, we'll free a whole bunch of our Taliban prisoners, oops, of course, I mean..."friends," from Guantanamo Bay and send them on their merry jihadist ways. Then, because these guys are such good friends, we'll be free to leave Afghanistan where the Taliban has always helped Al Qaeda, giving them praise, support, and safe haven while they were attacking our military. What great friends these Taliban are! How could anyone mistake them for enemies. What friends!
OK, make that, "What friends?"
Here's a real blast of intelligence that Joe and OClown can use--maybe we should write it on a teleprompter so they'd get it! These people are going to say anything you want them to if they think it will benefit them. Put it another way. To them, all Americans are infidels and it's OK to lie, cheat, steal, and, yes, even to kill infidels. And if they kill infidels, they believe it's OK to rape and/or kill the infidels' women, take whatever you want that used to belong to them, and destroy the rest. What friends!
Joe, they ARE our enemies and they ARE capable of lying to us, yes, even to a staunch socialist with a runaway mouth, even to you.
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Ka Zing!
(12/13/2011)   So I was reading the local news where it says they've confirmed a rabid skunk in North Hall County. I told my wife, "They've found another rabid skunk in North Hall County." She didn't hesitate at all.
"You mean another politician?"
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Economic Future--Gloom?
(12/13/2011)   Lately we've been hearing about how great auto sales are looking. And we keep hearing there's no appreciable inflation. We keep hearing that unemployment is going down. And, of course, the best one of all...the economy is improving greatly, if slowly.
Slowly? How slow can you go and still call it motion?
So today the projections for a much better 4th quarter--auto sales, you know--went straight down the crapper. Yep, despite those wonderful auto sales--vehicles and parts went up a half percent in November and that's good news--there came the bad news that retail sales, including "black Friday," went up by just 0.2%. So much for end-of-year cheer and celebration.
And have you needed to do anything silly lately--say like eating? Did you just happen to notice that the prices on many food stuffs have gone up considerably? (Watch package sizes that shrink while prices don't--that counts, too. Had a half-gallon carton of your favorite ice cream lately? Better check--it may not be a half gallon any more.) Gas prices have fallen because of lack of demand and that has offset the grocery price rises somewhat, but is it really good news that we can't afford to purchase enough gas to take the holiday (Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas) trips we'd like? Is it really good news that our shipping business--the thing that moves raw materials and manufactured products--isn't seeing so much demand? You tell me.
Unemployment? The government's official line is that it's come down to about 9% or even below. Now read around a bit and you'll find the true figure is really somewhere around 16.5% to 17%. It's actually running higher than during the worst of the Great Depression.
Has anyone noticed that our housing markets are all but dead? The only ones holding mortgages today are US taxpayers via Freddie and Fannie--banks are too afraid to make a loan partly because of the very government regulations that are supposed to make things get better. Experts' reports I read all say we have enough housing inventory in the market right now to last for a couple of years. Since one in seven American jobs depend upon the housing market, that's not exactly what you call good news.
And, of course, there's the big one..."the economy is improving greatly, if slowly." As all of this was starting I counseled that bad times were ahead and you should not go out and take on any big new debt loads. That stands today, too, and thanks to the economic policies already put in place by Geithner and Bernanke, many of us believe massive, perhaps even hyper inflation is now inevitable. In fact, that's liable to be only the tip of the iceberg our "leaders" in Washington have spawned.
And, have you watched any of what's happening in the Euro Zone? Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal--all are facing the sad fact behind socialism and communism. Eventually, you run out of the other person's money. They did that and then they began to borrow. They called it "sovereign debt" and spun a web of lies centered on the "fact" that sovereign debt is absolutely safe--it presents no risk at all. At this point, that's obviously a bald-faced lie and no one is buying it any longer, or their IOUs. No one except Obama, Geithner, and Bernanke and they're not going to be the ones paying the debt load. Who will? Guess! Try saying, "American taxpayers will pay to bail out the Euro Zone," and whether they say IMF or "special rates" you'll have it just right. Our great, great grandchildren will be paying to keep those socialists going a few more months. Then what?
Meanwhile, despite a solemn promise that, "The US will not monetize its debt," Geithner has been doing exactly that through his "QEn" programs--he should have called them "Titanic-n" programs. Put it in other words. Geithner and company have been devaluing the US dollar by printing billions of dollars with nothing more than thin air to back them up. And our chief lender, China, hasn't failed to notice that, either.
Let's ask one last question. During WWI Germany paid the bills for a fellow named Stalin so that Russia would pull out of the war giving the Germans a single battle front. During the 1950s the US fed money and help to a fellow named Fidel Castro so that he could overthrow the oppressive government in Cuba. In the last couple of months the "Occupy" movement has twice worked in Federal court to keep going. Moreover, not all the people out there occupying public spaces have been there on their own dimes. So, you might ask, who is it that's paying these bills? You might ask, but you'll only be able to guess at the answer because the truth is being kept far out of sight.
Now, use your favorite search engine and do some reading about England's "Winter of Discontent." Then, take whatever steps you feel are needed should such a scenario unwind here in the USA, because if something unforeseen doesn't happen, it will. When? There are too many variables for a good, firm answer. I pray I and all those who believe as I do are wrong, but if not, sometime in the next 5 years things will deteriorate beyond anything anyone alive today has ever seen. And if it happens it won't go away quickly.
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Christians' Religious Freedom Is Being Taken Away Every Day
(12/13/2011)   If you are one of the millions of American citizens (or, for that matter, illegals, living in America today) your religious freedom is begin taken from you every day.
Consider that anyone who agrees with orthodox Christianity--whether Roman Catholic or Protestant--considers abortion to be murder, a mortal sin. Now, consider that regardless of your religious convictions, you are being forced, if necessary, at gun point (say IRS, federal prison, etc.) to help fund numerous organizations that are dedicated to promoting abortion in America. You have no choice, and you have no voice. All you are allowed to do is pay your taxes knowing full well that millions of innocent children are being killed each year and you are helping pay for it.
How's that for religious freedom?
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2012--Beware The Dragon...Still
(12/13/2011)   Over the years, I've often spoken of China. My byline on it has always been and continues to be, "Beware the dragon." You may have noticed today that their (communist) "president," Hu Jintao, said the Chinese navy should, "make extended preparations for military combat." He's talking about us, the United States of America, and he's referring to our deteriorating relations with China as we continue to exert what the Chinese see as excessive interests in "their" region.
Ah, but don't let that worry you. And all that "stuff" about American businesses moving manufacturing (and the jobs that went with it) out of our country--don't be bothered worrying about it. After all, we can, maybe, get Russia to manufacture the war materials we need. Or, hey, we can buy them from China...oops! Guess not! But, don't worry! After all, we've been told repeatedly that the Communist Chinese are "our friends." Sure. And with friends like these...
Ignore what the administration and the Congress is telling you about China and friendship...beware the Dragon...still.
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Extrapolate A Bit Of Humor
(12/13/2011)   Today the NFIB was released detailing small business confidence levels. Of course, they went up for a 3rd consecutive month. C'mon...it's a government report what'd you expect?
So, if this is the November Fib (NFIB), and we know all too well we've experienced 3 years of the OFIB? You have to extrapolate a bit further--will the December report, designed by Barry's own cronies to really get us off to a good start in 2012 be called the DFIB?!?!
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Hall County Can Spend It Now
(12/11/2011)   First, let's go back about 6 months. Those of us living in Hall County, GA, will remember that our county was soooooo broke we just couldn't go on without a massive property tax increase. How broke was it? Well, we the people already had purchased the old Liberty Mutual Insurance Company building on Browns Bridge Road--say increased county debt. Now we needed, nay, had to have is more like it; money to get the county government into its new, improved, digs. But, sob, sob, we just couldn't afford to do it. We were too busy laying off police and fire people, not to mention lots of others so we could show how bad off the county was. How could we possibly do this new building and government offices? We HAD TO HAVE that tax increase. If we didn't get it, the sky would fall, the world would end, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
Well, they didn't get it. The voters gave a nice, loud, resounding answer when they said, "You ain't fooling us. NO!"
Now come forward to today. It's six months later and we're going to use our special sales tax money (called SPLOST locally) to get 'er done. Yep, you guessed it. We have the money to keep our commissioners happy in their new offices after all. What a surprise! Look in any town or in any city and the biggest, finest, often newest office building will probably belong to the government...they have to have those great digs so they can brag about them! Why doesn't this surprise us?
And if you live in HallCo, you might also ask why we're paying a group out of Atlanta--not HallCo--to do the architectural work on the project. There goes $70K--what a deal, they wanted $90K or more at first blush--straight out of the county. One guesses that none of the commissioners have close kin in Hall who are architects. What other possible explanation can there be? No architects in this county at all? Seriously?
Say, what's that funny odor coming from Gainesville's commissioners' offices?
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Hey Ladies...Watch Those Cucs
(12/8/2011)   For all you left-wing liberals, consider this. A Muslim cleric's ruling says women have to be careful what they eat. There are certain foods that only Muslim males should handle and if the women want to eat them, that's OK so long as a male relative cuts them up for the women. Yep! Let's see there's bananas, cucumbers, carrots, zucchini, etc. They're far "too sexy" for the women to handle.
And don't forget that these women, who are like property, can't drive a car, can't speak to unrelated males in public places, etc. And don't forget the men can have up to four wives, can make temporary "convenience" marriages, and can divorce you by saying, "I divorce thee," three times in public.
So...you want to bring Islam to America and get rid of Christianity, heh? Here's a faster, simpler way...exercise one of the freedoms America gives you. Leave! Go to Saudi Arabia or some other Muslim country and live there...I'm sure you'll love it! (Oops, poor choice of words!) I'm sure you'll like it...no, better not say that either. How about, "I'm sure you'll want to stay there."
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To Laugh At The Ignorance...Or To Cry At The Stupidity Of It?
(12/5/2011)   The kid is, count 'em, nine years old...NINE! And he got suspended from his Gastonia, North Carolina, elementary school for two days. What did he do? Did he bring a dangerous weapon to school and threaten someone? No! Did he, perhaps, use foul language? No! What did he do? Maybe he brought drugs to school? But no!
So what was this 9-year-old's horrible, inexcusable sin?
Ready?
He said his teacher is...ready?...he said she's "cute!"
"Cute?"
For that a 9-year-old boy got suspension! The mother got a call saying the boy "sexually harassed" the teacher. Seriously. He's nine!
The only thing you can say is she may be "cute" but somebody at that school is dumb as dirt!
Makes you want to laugh until you think about it. Then you just don't know whether to laugh or burst out in tears. These people are teaching our children, the leaders of tomorrow!
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OClown And Geithner Are Bringing The USA A Disaster
(12/4/2011)   You may remember that last week saw our fearless administration officials, including the President and his stooge, and our Treasury brain, Geithner, go to Europe and meet with their leadership to come up with a way to prevent the inevitable complete collapse of Greece and, probably, Italy. According to people that follow such things, the European Financial Stability Facility has some $590 billion and the IMF, of which the US taxpayer is the primary "investor," has $389 billion. Those two amounts combined are not considered high enough to prevent a European disaster.
Now, you might ask what is causing the economic collapse over there. If you ask that, we have to begin with socialism but for the sake of time, we'll end with the inevitable results: they've borrowed far more than they can ever pay back. Period. That's the problem with socialism: eventually, you run out of other peoples' money to spend. They're there. It's that simple. Now they need to refinance their debts, borrowing still more in the process no one really wants to "loan" the money to them, especially without a high interest rate that bespeaks the risk involved. What a shock! After all, sovereign debt is the safest thing there is...right! (I have a large bridge in San Francisco I'd like to sell you, too.)
Since they've already borrowed far more than they can ever pay back, you might ask what the OClown administration's highest, brightest, and most-overpaid are proposing to do. First, understand that OClown is in campaign mode--he's not about to let American taxpayers know that he's putting the bill on our backs if he can help it because he already knows we don't want to shoulder the European socialists' load when we can't even afford to look after our own citizens, when we're broke, when we're soon looking at a $15 trillion national debt of our own according to what the government admits. So...back to the question at hand. What brilliant, overwhelmingly wonderful solution have Barry, er...Barack, or whatever his name really is, and Geithner come up with to overcome the fact that these people have already borrowed far more than they can ever repay. Try this on for size...the US (say taxpayer...say YOU) will loan European banks US money at cheaper-than-normal rates.
You heard me. These people can't sell their debt for refinancing at anything under 7%--probably they'll have to pay nearer to 10% today and still more tomorrow. So what's the answer? Why we'll just increase our own debt still further to loan--call it what it is--GIVE them money at somewhere around 0.75%-1.25%. Talk about throwing grandma over the cliff, this throws our children, our great grandchildren, and our great, great grandchildren over the cliff right along with grandma, grandpa, and their kids. These European politicians will NEVER repay it, we'll lose it, and it will ensure a depression in our country when the Euro Zone does what it inevitably will, unavoidably do...default is just a matter of time and it would plunge the us and the rest of the world into a deep recession even before we give in to their binge spending and their thirst for higher debt.
The European Common Bank has, rightly so, refused to increase the debt load for these countries. They insist that the politicians there come up with financial reforms and enact them. We've already seen how a bit of that worked in Greece, so the politicians just want to "kick the can down the road" until they're out of office. Nice. Guess what...we're coming to the end of that road rapidly both in Europe and in American and there's a brick wall at the end of the road. If the true figures were known, our "$14 trillion" debt is really more like $70 trillion right now. Our, roughly "9% unemployment" is a lie...it's more like 15-16% right now and it's not going down until we see around 600,000 new jobs created each month. (Our government says unemployment went down last month when only some 120K jobs were created. The numbers say that's just another lie. So which do I trust, the government or the numbers? Guess .) We can't afford to keep Medicare going for our seniors who've paid into it for decades, and our Social Security program is going to be broke in a few years--not even counting when the feds can't pay back what they stole, er...borrowed from it. Yet we're going to GIVE the Europeans the money their own bank won't LOAN them.
Our liberals say if we don't give Europe the money, it will cause a double-dip recession here. Here's my prediction. We'll give it to them alright. And we'll have a real depression because of that somewhere not too far down the road. The numbers just don't lie. This is a disaster in the making.
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From 430 B.C.
(12/4/2011)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

- Pericles (430 B.C.)

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Stop The First American Dictatorship Now--Contact Senators And Representatives NOW
(12/4/2011)   FOX News has revealed that during the week of Thanksgiving a secret meeting of the Senate Armed Forces Committee was held. These stalwarts of American liberty put forth a law that would allow the President to use the US Military on US soil as police. It would enable the President to have the military arrest and indefinitely hold anyone without recourse to legal protections of any kind. See their entire article at www.FOXNews.com Oh, and you can expect that your property will go with you as "evidence."
We MUST stop this. If we don't, we will not have a President any more. We will have a dictator...exactly what the socialist/Communist "Progressives" want for us.
Point 1--this is clearly unconstitutional. As every American knows, we are guaranteed due process under the law. As FOX points out, the Congress is supposed to only operate in the daylight--this was not done in the light of day, but in a locked room.
Point 2--Never has a Socialist or Communist takeover of any even slightly democratic government been completed without a dictatorial takeover--not Mao, not Castro, not even in Russia when Stalin, financed by the German government during WWI, overthrew their Czars. (Ever wonder who's financing the so-called spontaneous Occupy movement's federal court appeals and suits?)
Point 3--When the revolts took place guess who the "leader," be it Stalin, Mao, Castro, or Hitler, used to arrest those who fought for freedom. Hint: it's the same outfits used against freedom in Libya, Syria, etc. If you guess that it was some kind of military operation, you got it. So say, Special Services (SS) and you'll get the idea of what this proposed law sets up for us all. (We'll be seeing OClown Youth next--you know--like the Hitler Youth only more eloquent in explaining why it's good for us all. Then he, like Hitler, can teach our kids that he--not Jesus Christ--is the only savior we have.)
Contact your Senators and your Representatives before it's too late and tell them where this one is concerned, "Not NO, HELL NO!" CONTACT YOUR SENATOR and tell them to stop this travesty of a bill in the Senate where it began. If you don't know how to contact your senator, you can find how to email him/her: Click Here Then contact your House Representatives and tell them to be on the watch for it and to be sure it stops NOW! Either that or kiss America good bye--I'll be in the cell down the hall from you, I'm sure.
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Euro Zone Collapse--Watch For This
(11/22/2011)   So OClown has said we absolutely will NOT use the taxpayer's money to bail out the Euro-socialists whose governments are on the brink of economic collapse and who now face riots and perhaps even revolts from their "I live on the state" populations. WE WON'T DO IT--not while he's campaigning for reelection.
We're broke and we can't afford to do it. Heck, we can't even look after our own people, let alone the Europeans.
But...
Geithner and others are "over there" to play a leadership role right now. They're there to prevent the economic collapse in Europe. So, watch for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail out the Europeans' sovereign debt debacle. Oh, OClown will smile, look self-righteous, and tell you, "We gave only leadership and no taxpayer funds." Watch for it.
But remember this...the United States taxpayer is the main financier for the IMF!
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A Great Quote--The Real Reason Obama Sent Churchill's Likeness Home?
(11/22/2011)
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.."

-- Winston Churchill

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Yet Another What's Wrong With This Picture Moment?
(11/17/2011)   Our federal government says it's OK for someone to claim to be a war hero even though they've never even been in the military service of our great nation...that's OK by them even if you buy a medal at a garage sale and wear it. (Say, the Congressional Medal of Honor came your way.)
But...
under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act it's a federal crime for you to violate the license agreement on your favorite social networking site. That means that if you lied about your age on your profile, or you said you lived in one city according to your USPS address when, in fact, you live in another according to the city limits, you're breaking federal law.
Yep, that's yet another "What's wrong with this picture?" moment.
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I Missed That One--Here's Why
(11/17/2011)   Occasionally, my crystal ball lacks a key fact that brings about a wrong conclusion. That's what happened on the so-called Super-committee's last-minute decision. I was absolutely correct about one thing, though: this is nothing more than the same old tired political theatre. You see, the fact I had missed was that the "deep mandatory cuts" that take effect if the super-committee doesn't come up with the required cuts--right now!--won't take effect until 2013. That's well after next year's elections. That means they had already "kicked the can on down the road" far enough for Obama and his socialist/communist buddies to get reelected. After that, who knows and, apparently, who cares in Washington, what will happen to America. Had I caught that fact, I would have revised my thinking to say that, of course, they wouldn't come up with anything because it didn't really mean anything. Put it another way. Why give up any chance of being reelected when all they have to do is sit on their hands behind closed doors, chat about their golf scores, the fish they caught, or the audacity of some constituent, and then come out to give a public statement that they weren't budging on their promises to their constituents...and get they get extra publicity for doing it? It's political theatre at its very "best", don't you think?
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SPECIAL ALERT: Tell Your US Senators To Stop S-598
(11/17/2011)   The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted S-598 [sponsored by Dianne Finestein(D-CA) with 30 (all or mostly Democratic) cosponsors], out of committee. That means the full Senate will vote on it and if it passes, the jokingly-named "Respect for Marriage Act of 2011" will repeal the Defense Of Marriage Act and force all states' recognition of same-sex marriages, no matter where they were performed.
In doing these two things, the bill will give federal recognition to homosexual marriages. If S-598 passes into law, the "one man, one woman" definition of marriage will be gone in America. Pastors will not be able to refuse to perform "gay marriages" and Churches will face massive law suits designed to bring down Christianity. And, of course, there's the "indoctrination" your children will face as teachers you don't even know come in and tell them how gay marriage works and how great it is.
CONTACT YOUR SENATOR and tell them to stop this travesty of a bill in the Senate where it began. If you don't know how to contact your senator, you can find how to email him/her: Click Here
If you want to see the text of the short bill-it's only 1 page-- Click here
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To Professor Michael Avery At Suffolk University Law School
(11/14/2011)   Hey, professor, here's a thought for you. If you don't like the American flag hanging on the wall and you don't think we should send care packages to our troops overseas, it's pretty clear you don't like living in America. So, here's a suggestion: move to a better place. You can go anywhere in the world you want to and I promise we won't try to slow your exit in any way. In fact, we'll applaud your choice to leave us. So don't let the door hit you in the rear on your way out. OK?
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To Army Captain Tom Harrison
(11/13/2011)   We heard about your somewhat late (almost 70 years late) receipt of the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star.
We wanted to let you know one thing. We really do appreciate the sacrifice you went through to defend our great nation and our freedoms. We also wanted to say a simple, but heart-felt thank you.
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Just A Quick Laugh
(11/12/2011)   I was looking at one of those boards where people post their business cards and I saw one for a person who does stump grinding. (For those of you who are strict city dwellers, when trees fall and/or are cut down, we're always left with these unsightly stumps that we have to get rid of...hence, the need for stump grinding.) So I looked at the card and it had the normal selling points plus one I've never seen before. There was "Modern Equipment." There was "Licensed and Insured." (No one I know licenses stump grinders, so I guess he's talking about a business license. As for insurance, that's probably car insurance as required by state law.)
Then came the best one of all. It said, no kidding, "Portable stump grinding equipment."
And here I thought I'd have to dig that stump up, cut it off by hand, and take it somewhere to have it ground down! Think about it!
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Talk about coincidences!
(11/12/2011)   Talk about coincidences!
I want you to look this one up yourself...you wouldn't believe me if I told you about it and I might wind up dead if I posted it here. If you want to know what kind of government we have, spend five minutes and search for "Tonopah Solar federal loan guarantee." Search the pages not posted by the feds or the liberal media outlets for the word "Pelosi" and get a shock. Then, remember who the Democratic Senator from Nevada is. Here's a hint: his name is Harry Reid. Look at where this company is located.
Now divide $737 million by 45. The answer is $16.3777 million. Wow! I'd like one of those positions!
Now 2 + 2 = what? And I'll bet Eric Holder has no knowledge of this transaction at all! Whadaya think?
If they haven't been brought down by the time you get there, these links will help you along your way, but I encourage you to search on your own, too:
www.pv-tech.org/news/tonopah_solar_secures_us737_million_loan_guarantee_from_us_doe_for_its_cres
www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-solar-loan-guarantees-20110928,0,7847145.story
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/09/more-crony-socialism-obama-gives-737-million-to-pelosis-brother-in-laws-solar-firm/
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2043282/Nancy-Pelosis-brother-law-given-loan-bigger-Solyndra-solar-plant.html?ITO=1490
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/28/feds-guarantee-1-billion-in-new-solar-loans/?page=all
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Spend A Few Minutes On A Great Learning Experience
(11/12/2011)   Uncommon Knowledge has a 5-part interview of Thomas Sowell on their website. If you don't know who Thomas Sowell is, you'll hear a 30-year-old introduction in the first 2 or 3 minutes of the video and if it doesn't impress you, nothing ever will. Then they go on to ask the professor some great questions and you'll be surprised by some of his answers. It's well worth the time to listen to this 81-year-old genius, to hear his opinions of Barack Obama and others, and to hear what he has to say. I heartily recommend that you take a few minutes to watch this video at www.humanEvents.com/UncommonKnowledge.php
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State Department Going To Pro-Muslim Meeting--Will Our Free Speech Rights Diminish?
(11/11/2011)   Next week there will be a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation--over 50 Islamic nations are represented there and among their main concerns is the effort to silence "blasphemy"--anything that these Islamic nations don't like to hear is fair game. But this meeting is special because Hilary Clinton or, at the least, representatives from the State Department, will be there. And you can bet your bottom dollar they're ready to appease these Islamic nations in any way they can. It plays right into what Obama has shown he wants to do.
Then there's that old thing the Obama administration and the far-left liberals, like Clinton, just keep tripping over...the US Constitution. Thank God for it. The Constitution guarantees us freedom of speech. Problem? That runs smack into the teeth of Sharia Law and what these Islamic nations want to do. Freedom of speech is anathema to them. (Ask the Coptic Christians in Egypt. Ask our soldiers if their clergy could wear a cross while in Iraq or Afghanistan. Ask your Church if they're allowed to preach and teach in these Arabic countries. And on and on it goes.) So let's keep a close eye on what happens when they come together with our State Department's representatives. If we're not careful, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to take away at least some of our free speech rights in the name of "religious tolerance" by using some kind of international agreement. She'll have representatives from the Euro-zone and a few other countries there with her, so she'll try to make us more like the Europeans--Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and even France come to mind right away--in any way that she can manage. (Yeah, they're all broke, but so what? Right?)
One way we can expect to see Ms. Clinton try to accomplish the OIC's goals here in the USA will be an effort to suddenly get "hate speech" laws at the federal level. That will fit well with the usual liberal attempts to make it sound good even though it's not what it sounds like. Who cares if it is unconstitutional? We can also watch for the key words, "religious stereotyping" as we ponder what comes of State's waste of our taxpayer money to visit the OIC meeting. The Pakistanis like the term, "religious defamation" to describe their laws that prevent any freedom of speech where Islam is concerned...that includes Christian words as well as criticism of any of their laws--what more could a good "progressive," i.e., socialist/communist need? "Blasphemy" is another key word to watch for, but it's so transparent they probably won't use that one.
And here's the final kicker...this is just the first in a scheduled series of meetings. The next one will be in March, so Clinton and her cronies probably won't try too much at the first one next week while the focus is on them. We'll have to keep watching the Obama liberals until we can get them out of Washington and out of power. Otherwise, anything we say in the future will be framed as some sort of religious hate speech if the feds don't like hearing it.
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Another Presidential Decision--Wrong Again
(11/11/2011)   So, let's get this straight. We have thousands of pipelines carrying oil and related chemicals across the country every minute of every day without mishap. We desperately need to decrease our dependence upon Middle Eastern oil coming from states that want to see us destroyed. Our economy is in a shambles and the President says his number one priority is to create jobs so we can restart the economy. Given all of this, when Canada came to us and proposed a simple pipeline to carry oil to our refineries, it was considered by the Canadians to be a "no brainer." It would account for somewhere between 5 and 7% of our oil needs--a start at getting some leverage on the Middle Easterners who want to kill us. Even the union bosses want to see it come to fruition because it will create about 20,000 direct jobs--not to mention a lot of jobs that will be created indirectly to supply the workers who are building the pipeline.
But, wait!
Good ol' Barry, er...is it Barack? Whatever his name really is, he is running for reelection in 2012 and he doesn't want to upset his environmentalist friends. Besides, he doesn't really want to make a decision about anything until after he's cinched another four years. So, knowing full well that Canada won't wait on us for long, he proposes to do what he's proposing to do with any decision: he wants to put it off until after the elections.
Say, what? No jobs. No fuel. No relief or help for anyone except, of course, a few environmentalists. Where will the fuel go? Why to China, of course. After all, their people aren't running for reelection.
There's only one thing you can say about this. It is another decision designed to help weaken the USA. Thanks, Barry! And may you never be elected to anything ever again!
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A Funny In The News
(11/8/2011)   Some people say they don't ever read the news because it's boring, dry, etc. I say that if you read it every day you'll find a great joke at least once every other day. Here's today's joke(s).
Here in North Georgia, three men drove their Chevy pickup pulling a very large trailer and stole a large metal culvert. They pulled it about 300 yards from the site where they stole it before they...get this...ran out of gas. How's that for planning and execution?
They left the truck--one has to assume they went in search of gas. When they returned, they readily admitted to the police that it was their rig. Then you know where they went.
I'm no lawyer, but I think an insanity defense might be in order on this one!
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Holder Should Be Replaced
(11/8/2011)   The nation's top cop was before the US Senate today. He said he "certainly regrets" the death of a US Border Patrol agent killed by guns from the Fast and Furious operation, but he stopped short of any apology to the man's family. He hasn't even spoken to them.
He also admitted that his department's first published statements about Fast And Furious were inaccurate. In short, they were outright lies that tried to distance him and his department from the operation.
(You may remember that he's the same guy who promoted a policy of "just lie about it" when people demanded free access to documents that are judged to be too sensitive for public release.)
I'm just one citizen, but I'd certainly like to add my vote to those of our representatives who think Holder should go. There's just too much smoke here for anyone to actually believe there never was a fire. And it stinks to high heaven. In my humble opinion, Holder should be replaced by someone we could believe and believe in.
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Jobs--What's The Problem?
(11/5/2011)   The Obama administration bemoans the lack of job growth in America. The super committee is torn between the need to cut rampant spending and the socialist/communist desire to overtax the business people so that the great all-knowing state can take care of "the 99%." And neither the liberal media, the Keynesians, or the socialist/communist can tell you why there aren't more jobs being created in this country right now--after all, we've had tons of "stimulus" and under the stupid, but watchful eye of the Fed we're continuing to print money to monetize our debt. (We're holding back a lot of that money so it will hit the economy in an apparently-positive way during the months just ahead of the 2012 elections, but we're monetizing that debt almost as quickly as we're running it up.)
So they wring their hands, gnash their teeth, pound their chests, and cry out in seeming pain, "Why aren't we creating jobs? Why isn't the economy growing?"
Consider for a moment the Keynesian and socialist/communist desire to hire government workers. Federal workers make just about twice what private-sector workers do for the same job. So, let's say our federal government hires a worker and pays him/her $100K per annum to do their job. Where will that $100K come from?
"Well, from taxes, of course."
And who will pay those taxes?
"Tax the wealthy! Those horrible profit-mongers who actually want to make a profit! Tax them! They are the 1%! Tax them!"
That's great except, of course, that we just took enough money out of our economy in taxes to pay two private-sector workers. We made the very people who might have hired two workers pay the taxes that will pay that single government worker's salary. Wait...we're not finished. That $100K seems like a lot, but then there are perks. A retirement system that blows away anything in private enterprise--more tax money out of the economy--must be nice. (No wonder the Congress excepts itself from being in the Social Security and Medicare programs. And add ObamaCare to that list.) And there are still more perks. By the time we're finished, we've taken enough money out of the economy to have hired about 2.5 or even 3 private-sector employees. Good job, Washington!
So let's say a business person in the private sector has a thriving business making specialty widgets and he/she can see a way to increase the business by hiring a person. What must be considered before hiring an additional person? First, there's ObamaCare. Who knows what the actual cost of having that person on payroll will be, say, two years down the road, thanks to ObamaCare alone? There's payroll taxes, workers' compensation taxes, unemployment taxes, Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, etc. And all of those will probably increase annually. Even if you can afford to hire this person today, can you really keep him/her on your payroll and afford to pay all of that tomorrow?
It's so bad you have to pay a person to keep up with all the taxes the business person owes. And, of course, that person has to be paid, usually by the hour, so even one more person will cause that charge to go up.
But wait...we're STILL not finished. That same business person also has to pay corporate income taxes, state corporate income taxes, sales and use taxes, franchise taxes, property taxes of all kinds, business license taxes--governments can call it what they want to, but if they collect it, it's a tax.--and other taxes called fees of various types. And, at the end of the day, he/she STILL has to pay personal income taxes to both the federal and the state governments, their own Social Security, Medicare, etc, property taxes on any personal property they may have, sales and use taxes on almost everything they buy, and on and on it goes. Fuel taxes, taxes on taxes on taxes...it seems endless.
Oh, and there's the government's hatred of private enterprise. If you've never dealt with it, trust me, it's real. The people in government offices, from the city to the federal level and everywhere in between all look at the business person as an enemy. They'll inspect you. They'll do nothing to help you and work against you at every turn and, at the end of the day, they'll find a way to fine you for something stupid so they can get more money out of you.
Now, our successful business person is feeling the pain and looking for a way out. He or she begins to look longingly at foreign soil where that factory could be relocated and there would be plenty of people begging to do the jobs required at a fraction of the cost and without all those taxes, without all those regulations, without all that animosity. It is at this point that one of three things happen. One option, an option that many small business owners have taken in the last couple of years, is simply to close up shop, take what they have, and retire. Why keep going when over half of what you make is taken from you anyway. Go be one of the 47% who don't pay any taxes or one of those who pay almost nothing in taxes--the beach or mountains are nice. A second option--one we've seen all too often--is to close the business and move it out of America where it won't be taxes so much. (Guess why our manufacturing base is all but gone!) And of course, there's the third option which is to hang on just as things are in hopes it will get better. Notice that there is one thing in common among all three options: there are no new jobs created. None. Zero. Nada. Zip!
The government does not produce or create anything. It can only suck money out of the economy. For every dollar it tries to put back in, it wastes several dollars for "administrative costs, etc." So first we'll see the Keynesians put more "stimulus" money in, hiring more and more government employees. Then, as usual, we'll see them cry out, "Why aren't we creating jobs? Why isn't the economy growing?"
Duh!
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Super committee--Ready Willing And All Too Able
(11/5/2011)   Super committee? Is small group of congressional representatives that are supposed to do what they were all supposed to do super? A couple of questions spring immediately to mind, but the first and most important of these is, can you show it to me in the US Constitution? That's what we call a rhetorical question, of course, because if you've ever read it, you know it's not there. The entire Congress is supposed to present a budget to the executive annually--and in the private sector if you don't do the one job you're spelled out as responsible for you know what happens.
Super committee? Actually, it seems to me to be a small group of congressional representatives who are ready to sell out the American people and raise taxes on the working poor and middle class, willing to give up their seats in Congress to do it, and, unfortunately, all to able to get 'er done.
I'm going to go out on the proverbial limb and make my predictions about what the Super committee is going to do when the smoke clears:

The GOP sellout--personal income taxes will be raised. The only question is how much. Assuming you aren't one of the 47% of all Americans who pay no income taxes, you and I will feel it before they're through. They'll moan and cry about it. They'll b_____ and moan about it. They'll even try to tell you it will only have an effect on the wealthiest 1% or 2% of the population. Wait for it.

The Democrats' sellout--heck, they've already given up on their demand that taxes--for only the top 1%, of course--be increased. So if you're a far-left, Keynesian liberal, it looks like a done deal and you lost this round. But...see the GOP above...it ain't over till the fat lady bellows. (They may just let everyone's taxes be increased or they may compromise at the top 10%...who knows.) Again, wait for it.

The bipartisan sellout--so-called "entitlement" programs, i.e., Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will all be cut and/or taxed in one way or another. The age limits may be raised, there may be higher Medicare premiums, fewer COLA raises allowed, some new kind of fees, etc. It's difficult to know just what these clowns, er...politicians will do, but watch and wait. They'll take the money out of the mouths of our American elderly who depend upon these programs and who paid into them for 50 years. (They've already stolen the money and replaced it with near-worthless IOUs and that's why we're in this mess on these programs in the first place.) They'll also take more money--one way or another--out of the pockets of currently-working folks because that's the money they desperately need just to pay what's coming due as the baby boomers begin drawing from these programs...say "Ponzi scheme." All of this will be to keep the "entitlements" alive...at least that's what they'll tell you about their great Ponzi scheme. Don't believe it? Again, I say, wait for it.

If the "super committee" doesn't come up with a way to cut at least $1.2 trillion off our deficit in the next 10 years--which is a joke in itself--they'll trigger spending cuts on defense and the "entitlement" programs. Neither side wants to let that happen because they can't hide it behind fancy accounting and more federal lies about the numbers involved,. Because of this, you can be sure that at the very last moment, screaming and kicking and crying, gnashing their teeth and bemoaning what's being done, they'll all come up with something that none of them are happy with but that will cut that $1.2T limit during the next 10 years. Wait for it. It's called political theatre and it's nothing more than a way to get the American people to buy into it.
Since we are rapidly closing in on a $15T deficit with our current level of spending, you KNOW this is all a joke. At the current rate, we're spending more than $1.2 trillion each year and it's getting worse. No private-sector business could think of operating in this manner because they'd go bankrupt over night. Yet these clowns in Congress actually believe the American people are so stupid we'll believe this political theatre is real. Sure it is. Mark my words and watch what happens. They're ready, they're willing, and the people we elected to Congress to represent us have put them in a position where they're able to do it. If they do, we need to vote this bunch out and try again...all of them. Our children and grandchildren will thank us for it.
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Urge The Obama Administration To Stop Opposition To Prayer Act
(11/4/2011)   Representative Bill Johnson (R, Ohio) has put forth a bill that would add President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. It's called the "World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2011." Yesterday Fox News reported that the Obamatards have come out against the bill.
We urge you to visit the American Family Association at http://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/TakeAction.asp?id=411 and send an email stating your preference.
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And We Pay For The United Nations
(11/3/2011)   Ah, yes, the UN where Israel, one of our strongest and best allies, is regularly denigrated by those who would see the entire Western way of life killed, has spent close to a billion to refurbish its building in NY city. The US tab--somewhere around 25% is admitted...35% is probably closer to the truth if we could break through all the "special" accounting involved.
As we all know, we're broke. We can't live up to the promises made to our own citizens and the current administration says we MUST raise taxes on our citizens and corporations alike. But wait, the UN wants to build and renovate more--now let's see if we pay such a high percentage for a new office building in NYC or, perhaps even worse, for new or refurbished offices in Geneva.
Here's a thought...let's let the members of the UN Security Council pay an equal amount that adds to, say, 60%, of the costs incurred. Surely the entire rest of the world can pay the remaining 40%. Then, maybe we won't have to spend more money we desperately need for our own American citizens to keep these folks cursing us and our allies.
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Feds Against The People...Again And Again
(11/2/2011)   There was Arizona. Then Alabama. Now South Carolina. Yes, it's another state law designed to do what the Feds are supposed to do, but won't...enforce the laws against illegal immigration. The Justice Department's people actually came up with a new excuse--this takes away from their emphasis on more serious criminals. In other words, they aren't going to worry about the effect on our country's security, drug laws, gun laws, and, of course, our economy. They aren't going to do the part of their job that says illegal immigration should be stopped and illegals should be carried out of our country and kept out. Instead, they're wasting valuable resources to defy the will of the vast majority of the American people.
And the Democratic-party-controlled Senate has voted to all a federal ban on the sale of the best, perhaps the only effective over-the-counter anti-asthma inhaler that we have. Why would the Feds ban the sale of this medicine that is used by millions of people who are afflicted with asthma? Its propellant is CFC and the green minority is up in arms against carbon fluorides' effect on air pollution. How much pollution will this prevent? Everyone admits it won't be enough to be detectable, let alone enough to cause any significant changes in the world's air pollution. So...once more, we see the Feds going against not only the will, but the needs and health of the American people. People will die because of this one, but 54 US Senators would rather pacify the green weenys and, no doubt, help the pharmaceutical industry than look after the people of our nation.
And today we saw GOP Senator John Barrasso (Wyoming) call for the Obama administration to cancel bonuses for 10 people who've done such a wonderful job at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (You know how well off our housing industry is. Of course, these people need bonuses!) And wow! That's $12.8 million in bonuses. I believe most American tax payers would like to know how to get a job like that! (Don't forget that we can't afford to take care of our elderly who depend upon Social Security and Medicare, either...$12.8 million is just one more big drop that could go into that bucket. There are lots of others and they WOULD add up to something meaningful. But no! We've got to reward the job these people at Freddie and Fannie have done...right? Again...who's looking after the needs and interests of the people of this nation?
Again and again and again...and that's just today. Little wonder the majority of Americans think we're on the wrong track.
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Sign The Audit-The-Fed Petition
(11/1/2011)   Think the Federal Reserve Bank doesn't have an effect on your life? Guess again. They're printing money--US money--and there's nothing to back it up. Have you noticed how groceries, clothing, and other things you and your family need have gone up? If the Fed keeps printing this paper money, as the man said, "You a'int seen nothing yet."
The Federal Reserve works in secret--the American people don't know what they're doing, how much money they're printing, or how much money they may have already sent to off-shore banks to prop them up. (And never mind how that hits the American people. They--we--are not what's important to the Fed.) Because of these facts, US Senator Rand Paul (Kentucky R) is trying to get an audit of the Fed. What a unique, radical, idea...let the people know what the Fed is and has been doing. If there's nothing amiss, what would it hurt to audit the Fed? Right?
So, why is this desire to audit the Fed meeting with tremendous resistance and ridicule? Why not just let it happen and move on? (Kinda reminds you of someone who spends millions to prevent the world from seeing his actual birth certificate doesn't it?)
Support Rand Paul's efforts to get an audit of the Fed by signing his petition. Just go to this URL and sign up...it'll take you about 30 seconds and when Sen. Paul hits you up for money, you can do whatever your heart tell you.
Sign the petition to audit the Fed NOW
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To The Liberal Media--Let's Be Honest
(10/30/2011)   I couldn't help but notice the headlines. They run around variants of a theme something like this, "Israel Launches Horrible, Murderous Attack on Gaza Innocents Immediately After Signing New Cease-Fire Agreement."
From what I've learned, this is just one more cleverly written headline that tells the truth in such a way as to completely mislead the reader--typical media-speak bending the truth so it becomes a lie. Well, let's investigate what that attack was for, shall we. It seems the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continued to monitor the areas in the Gaza Strip where those "militants"--if they were hitting American soil we would not hesitate to call them terrorists--setup and launch their missiles into Israel. (You have heard about those missiles they launch as they try to kill as many civilian Jews as possible haven't you?) The IDF was forced to make a tough decision. They could live under the cease-fire agreement and do nothing while these murderers launched a missile or two that might kill innocent civilians including women and children; or they could fire on the thugs and try to stop them. Duh!
Now we all know how slanted our big media has become--true is fast becoming a dirty word, especially if it goes against their pro-socialist, anti-American agenda, but, we've seen veteran reporters canned for anti-Semitic views, too. Maybe this latter fact is why it baffles me that this slant against Israel has taken root, even in our liberal media. The only excuse for it that I can come up with is that Israel is one of the US's strongest and best allies and the socialists/communists and Muslims all want to discredit and destroy that relationship at all costs. Whatever the reason for this strong desire to belittle and denigrate Israel, and no matter how much our President encourages it, this is one area where the big liberal media needs to back away and keep it straight, regardless.
All I can say to you guys in the big, over-paid, liberal media is, let's be honest. The headline should have read something more like, "Israeli Strike Stops Terrorist Attack Immediately After New Cease-Fire Agreement Signed."
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E-Parasite or Protect-IP Bill
(10/30/2011)   Here's the content of an open letter I've sent to my US Congressional representatives:
At this time there is a bill floating around the corridors of the US Congress which is currently called the "E-Parasite" and/or "Protect-IP" bill. Ostensibly, the bill's main purpose is to protect the entertainment industry from foreign copyright infringement. It also seeks to work against foreign drug health-related providers on the internet (Canadian pharmaceuticals?) and to provide protection against intellectual property infringements.
The problem is this bill strives to put asunder that part of America that we so fondly call "Freedom of Speech." The bill is too broadly worded and too vaguely worded. It will allow anyone who objects to any blogger, news author, or private individual who says something a corporation or politician just doesn't like to shut them down. (Don't smile too much or clap too loudly because this thing could just bite you in the butt, too. All it will take is for a corporation to dislike something you wrote and you'll need a lawyer to fight them, too.)
The bill is a far greater threat to Americans' liberties than it is a protection of America's interests, economic or otherwise. It strives for a good purpose, but will easily be abused and over-extended to a point that will work against American economic interests--the internet has produced more income in America than all American entertainment industry interests combined and in a shorter time.
Moreover, we already have unenforced trademark and copyright laws to protect us against the problems this bill aims at. We don't need more regulations, more laws. Just as with illegal immigration, what we need is enforcement.
I feel that working to protect us against foreign interlopers is an inevitable step, even if I don't believe anything you're contemplating here would ever be successful.
However, I urge you to send this bill back to committee and demand the removal of the too-vague, over-arching language that will allow both government and corporate abuse to work against American small business people, myself included, who rely upon America's freedoms to stay in business on the internet. We just don't need any more regulations and headaches from Washington. So, as one of my colleagues says,"Tell Washington to butt out!"
Yours truly,
You can read the so-called E-Parasite (or Protect-IP) Bill at www.scribd.com/doc/70419349/E-PARASITES-Act and make up your own mind about it.
A few minor examples of things I object to in this bill and why I think everyone in the USA should be alarmed about its effect on our internet and our freedom of speech. Start with a look at the line numbered 18--if you ever had a link to any other website on your website, you are an "Internet advertising service." Did you EVER have a paid-for ad on your website? Gotcha! Do you do affiliate links? Done! You are an "internet advertising service."
Look at the section numbered 14, entitled "Internet Protocol Address." We're including every hub, router, LAN device...you name it. So what will the government want to confiscate? What will the judge reach out and "touch?" Every hub, router, LAN device... you name it.
Does your website have a database hidden behind it somewhere--perhaps of your company's own data? Can you get to it via the internet? Does it "index information" in any way--you know it does...it's a database. Can the user do a query or selection of some kind to get to your own data? (If not, why is it hooked to the internet anyway?) And that means the user can "view...such information or data...relating to such query or selection." Right? Congratulations, under the over-vague, over-broad definition is section 16 of this bill as written, you are an Internet Search Provider. (I wonder if all those guys in southern California are worried about your presence on the net as a competitor?)
I could go on, but you get the idea. This bill is so vague and so broad in its wording that it is an absolute certainty that it will be abused and misused. And notice that it lets any big corporation bring suit against you and, potentially, shut down your finances. Why would they do that? Bring up a product that scares them a bit and see what happens?
I urge you to tell your congressional representatives, including your US Senators, to stop this bill in its tracks. American business doesn't need more oppressive regulation and foreign governments will laugh at it and answer it with over-reach of their own. The results will be an unpredictable travesty for us all.
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Thoughts and Prayers Go Out To The Families And Friends Of Today's Kabul Victims
(10/29/2011)   Freedom really doesn't come cheap.
In Afghanistan today another murderer, a suicide bomber in Kabul, rammed a bus full of ISAF personnel with a car full of explosives. Even though the bus was armored, reports so far say that thirteen Americans, one Canadian, and four Afghan people including two students and a police officer--17 souls in all--were killed.
While our disdain for these Taliban thugs is immeasurable, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of all who were killed in this heinous attack.
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A Last Thought For Today--Student Loans And Obama
(10/26/2011)   So good ol' Barry...er...Barack...maybe that's his name...wants to forgive who know how much in student loans. He says he's not waiting for Congress. That means he's once more just going to spend the taxpayer's money all on his own. No matter what the Congress says.
The US Constitution gives Congress the right to say how the money is to be spent. The President has NO authority to spend massive amounts of money without the vote of the Congress. Don't take my word for it, Mr. President. Read the Constitution just once in your life. You can send the military out, but you can't even pay for that--Congress has to do it. At least that's the foundation our country was built upon. It's called checks and balances and it's designed to stop a would-be dictator from taking over. (Though I remember from your election rhetoric that you desperately want to change all that.)
Guess what change I'm praying for!
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Justice Department Tells Government To Lie--This Is Justice?
(10/26/2011)   You may be familiar with the Freedom of Information Act. If so, you'll realize that some documents are regarded as "too sensitive" to be made public. This is supposed to be limited to things like national security...sadly, that's not always the problem, but that's how it's supposed to be. It's supposed to let the press report what our government is doing...Obama called it transparency and said there would be nothing but transparency once he was elected. More lies.
And speaking of lies, the Justice Department--say Eric Holder--wants to extend a years-old policy to make it a federal regulation. In effect, he wants it to have the force of law. "What does this extension say," you might ask. Simple. Holder says, "Tell them the document doesn't exist." Let's put it another way. Holder says, "Lie like a rug!" Lies and more lies. And this is from our Department of Justice...Justice?
Now why wouldn't Congress believe anything Holder tells them about things like Fast And Furious?
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Sleep Well...Homeland Security's Napolitano Is On The Job
(10/26/2011)   Did you happen to see the head of Homeland Security being questioned on the infamous Fast And Furious program? (You know the program in question. We give guns to illegals and others to see where they would go and, surprise , they went to drug cartels in Mexico who killed some of our people using the guns we let go.) That wonderful program was, of course, under the watchful eye of Justice's head, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder told the Congress he had only heard of the program a couple of weeks earlier. He told them this twice. Once months ago and again just a few weeks ago. (Notice anything peculiar about that one?)
But Napolitano says her agents were repeatedly told to "stand down." She didn't know what the program was all about until after US Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry, was killed--shot to death with Fast And Furious hardware. She insists FAF was an operation under the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, a Justice Department operation...not a Homeland Security concern!
Here's the best part. She insisted she had never spoken with Holder about Fast and Furious. She also wants us all to know that there MAY well be changes as a result of Fast And Furious's failure!
Really? Wow!
Sleep well...Obama says she's got your six!
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Egypt Today...Tomorrow...Which One Next?
(10/26/2011)   Ah, yes, we had the so-called "Arab Spring" in Egypt and the nasty old dictatorial leadership of Mubarak is gone, giving way to a strong, stable, viable democracy that we can depend upon. They'll be our newest strong ally in the region and they'll be accepting of Israel. Right?
Well, not exactly. Egypt is broke--their economy in a shambles. Non-Muslim groups, including Coptic Christians, fear for their very lives even as they watch their churches burn and know that no one has been punished for the killings of Christians that have already occurred. There is no recognizable government and no law-enforcement apparatus other than the Egyptian Army. As predicted, that country which borders our ally, Israel, is swinging more and more to extreme Shariah Law domination. Now they're going to have "elections" and the outcome is pretty much certain.
Here's the best part of it all. Egypt has enjoyed the use of $1.5 Billion in US taxpayers' "foreign aid." Yup, we've given them more than just about anyone else. Most of it seems to have gone in the form of "military aid and training." After all, Egypt might be attacked at any moment by...by...well, you can be sure someone might attack them and we surely do want them to be ready for it when it happens. Right?
So, again, while we cannot afford to give our own US senior citizens a decent cost-of-living increase and we have to tax them for their Medicare payments because we're so broke, the O-Crap Administration has found a way to give away $1.5 Billion of our money to a country now being taken over by Islamic extremists who will, likely, go to war against Israel. Yep, we can't afford to rebuild our infrastructure and our national debt is over $14 Trillion, but they're setting us up so we'll have to spend more money and more American blood to go over and fight against people we've trained who are using our own hardware against us. Is that great or what?
And--wait for it--we're going to spend more taxpayer money in Libya next. Barry...er...Barack...old what's his name anyway...wants it and so do some of our GOP leaders who think some of their good campaign contributing buddies can turn a shekel or two in profit. And to you old geezers who were forced to pay into Social Security and Medicare for the last 60 years...they say, "Tough!" Where's that cliff for grandma, anyway?
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Sure They Love The Good Old USA
(10/24/2011)   A good friend of mine used to say, "All politicians should serve two terms. One in office and one in jail." Can I get an amen?
Hamid Karzai, the "president" of Afghanistan, knows how much his country owes the US. He, wouldn't even be in power if it weren't for us. American blood put him there and American blood has kept him there. If it weren't for us, the Talmud and al-Queda would probably still be running the whole thing if, in fact, they aren't anyway. And Karzai has repeatedly echoed the sentiments of Washington that Pakistan is providing sanctuary and operational bases for the "militants" to work from as they enter Afghanistan to kill American and other NATO soldiers. So what's the latest from good ol' Hamid? He says that if there comes a war between Pakistan and the US, he'll stand with Pakistan. Now, there's a friend tried and true. Hey, let's ship a few hundred billion dollars to him...right?
We can do that in Libya, too. Their new leader, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, says they will institute Sharia Law and they will get rid of all laws that conflict with Sharia Law. So...if you know Sharia Law at all you know that means that in the end they will do away with any semblance of Democracy. Under Sharia Law Allah has decreed everything about how the government will be run and they will wind up with a "supreme leader" similar to what we see in Iran. That imam will have absolute control over the country. Yep, they're going to be good friends to the USA once that all happens...just like Iran. Wonder how much money we'll be sending them?
Meanwhile, our federal government has graciously granted a 3.6% increase to those elderly and disabled Americans who depend upon Social Security--a cost-of-living increase they say. That increase is supposed to make up for three years of inflation...right? But wait. We all know it doesn't come near that. For around 70% of SS recipients they will see a higher premium quietly put in place for Medicare. That little gotcha will take away most of the cash from some of the people who most need a true Social Security increase. So if you're dependent upon SS and you think you're going to get, as the government says, a whopping $43 increase in benefits (average), well, guess again. You'll be lucky if you can buy an extra couple pounds of hamburger once they get through. After all, Washington can't afford to do any better for us. Never mind all that money they took from us all for SS and Medicare. You know. The money they replaced with IOUs that aren't worth the paper they're printed on. They can't afford to look after US citizens.
Now let's see how much more we give to Hamid Karzai. And let's watch how much they'll admit they're giving to Libya's new government. Then let's all go to the polls to vote.
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Ah...Money Calls To Some GOP Leaders
(10/21/2011)   "Libya will repay us," they say. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and others in the GOP want us to "do business with them," to "open our wallets" and rebuild the war-torn country. And these are the same GOP leaders who claim their main interest is the American people?
Let's take a minute to remember that there are a few things here that we might be able to use the money for. There's the Social Security and Medicare programs that our ne'er-do-well Congress has robbed--open our wallets and send money to Libya? How about we open our wallets and if they have that kind of money in them, we help Americans. No, it won't be enough by itself to rebuild Social Security or Medicare, but, as everyone who has to work for a living (or wants to work for a living but can't find a job) knows, every little bit mounts up and counts. Our lack-luster president and his party tell us our infrastructure is crumbling and we need to invest in new roads, bridges, etc. Then there's the problem of jobs, a failing economy, and the list goes on and on. Should we send money to Libya to help rebuild their country when we can't afford to rebuild our own infrastructure, we can't get our economy out of the toilet, and we can't afford to help keep our own people employed? Send money to Libya?
Then there's the question about who these people that have taken over in Libya are. No one in our federal government can yet assure us that if we send money to Libya, that they know we won't be placing that money squarely in the hands of our enemies, of Hamas, or perhaps even of al-Queada. The chances that Iran will have their hand in the Libyan government within two years is almost 100%. Sure...let's give them our money--money we can't afford to spend here in America. Why not? Maybe we should include an aircraft carrier or two while we're at it?
Oh, and by the admission of those same GOP "leaders," the French and Germans have already made arrangements to help with the medical treatment of those wounded during the Libyan revolt. And remember that the Libyans who took over now command several billion dollars of their own money so if they want to...IF they want to...they can afford to import food and other good stuff for their people. Considering these facts, don't go getting hot flashes about the humanitarian needs of the Libyan people and their rebels. They can afford what they need and even Sen. McCain and Sen. Graham don't dispute that. Send money to Libya? Why?
Oh, they'll pay us back...maybe, if "they" don't wind up being Iran or al-Queada or Hamas or...well, you get the idea. Betcha they don't love the USA. Whadaya think?
It was careless for our "leaders" to let slip that we want to "do business with them" and to "rebuild their country." That shows what these guys are really all about. I heartily suggest you listen closely to what they have to say, then tell your congressional representatives what you think about their plan to send billions of our tax dollars to Libya. Maybe you'll want to tell them to throw in those two carriers, too. After all, what's a few billion more when you can barely keep your own country afloat?
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GA Politics--Those Politicians REALLY Want A SPLOST
(10/20/2011)   I was stunned, amazed, even shocked! Thurman Tanner Parkway is open! And it's only 10...count 'em...10 months late. Wow! No fanfare. No big show. I guess when you're 10 months late that would seem a bit trite, even ridiculous.
The politicians really want the SPLOST money so they can spend big chunks of it any way they want--not on transportation as the name would lead you to believe. I can't wait to hear how the SPLOST is absolutely necessary for the continuation of our universe and all life within it.
At least they've FINALLY opened the TTP so one good thing came out of their desperate need for more money.
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Fed To Cost More US Jobs And Put Citizens in Danger
(10/30/2011)   Here we go again. "Pass it now!" has been the recent battle cry of Barry, er...Barack Obama. He was, of course, speaking about his so-called jobs bill. (You know, the one the Democratic-party controlled Senate won't bring to a vote.) So, would you think the Obama administration would do anything to do away with thousands of US citizens' jobs?
No?
OK, how about this? Would you believe Obama's administration would do anything that would put tens of thousands of American citizens in danger every day?
No?
Wait...there's more? Would you believe old shoes-on-our-furniture Barack would do anything that might help illegals, terrorists, or smugglers cross our border undetected?
No?
OK...check it out. For years we've not allowed trucks (and their drivers) to come into the US. They were forced to off-load their freight when they crossed the border onto US soil. They were forced to off-load it onto American carriers' trucks and the Mexican trucks, long considered unsafe, were turned back into their own country where they belong. This also meant that large caches of drugs, weapons, and, of course, people, were far more difficult to hide.
If they didn't have to off-load to American carriers' vehicles, they could pack a terrorist, weapons, drugs, and anything else they wanted to in the front of the trailer and no one would know the difference. Even a nuke could simply be driven across our southern border and straight to, well, pick the city of your choice and fill in the blank. Talk about Fast and Furious!
Why would Obama do this? It's simple. It was part of the NAFTA agreement, but reason and intelligence prevailed at the time and we didn't let the foreign vehicles come in like they wanted to. In return, Mexico got angry and put tariffs on numerous US agricultural products entering Mexico. That's worth some $2 billion each year. Mexico says they'll lift those tariffs as soon as we let their vehicles come in. So what value do you put on some 75,000 American truckers' jobs? Of course, the $2 billion worth of trade will probably generate a few jobs for illegal Mexican workers here in the US as it helps drive food prices up for us. There are real question about this. What value do you put on allowing drugs, terrorists, and God only knows what else cross that border unchallenged 24x7? One can only assume that you aren't giving enough to the Obama campaign for your concerns to matter.
As of Friday good ol' Barry, oops, I mean Barack, of course, will be allowing "approved" Mexican trucks (and drivers) to push right across the border, onto our highways and deep into America's heartland. The first one will cross into Laredo later this week. Yep, your family, your children, your friends, and, yes, even you will be out there on the road with them.
I feel safer already. How about you? And when Oscrew-up says he's creating jobs, well, of course, you can believe him. I mean, just because they're in Mexico...whadaya want?
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Congrats to Gilad Shalit...Woe To Israel
(10/18/2011)   We're all happy for Gilad Shalit, the young Israeli soldier taken by Hamas murderers who attacked Shalit's tank crew, killing 3 and taking him hostage. After 5 years, Shalit is finally free. Our best wishes and our congratulations go out the this young man and to his family and friends. After 5 years of Hamas captivity, Shalit was released in a prisoner exchange. Well, kinda, sorta, almost. At least, he's free.
But...let's pray that our brilliant president here in the United States doesn't think the Israeli model for this is a good idea. You see, Israel let 1,027 prisoners go free in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit...1,027 to 1. Previously downtrodden, if not beaten, Hamas leaders are calling it a turning point in their struggle against Israel. And in the eyes of those who live in a world where Hamas terror is a good thing, this exchange is most certainly a major victory. They celebrated in the streets, vowing to kidnap more Israelis and to continue their jihad against Israel. In short, we celebrate and congratulate Shalit, but for Israel we can only say, Woe.
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