Sunday, August 28, 2011

What is main ingredient of WD-40?


WD-40:

Who knew? I had a neighbor who bought a new car. I got up very early one
Sunday morning and saw that someone had spray painted red all around the
sides of his car (for some unknown reason). I went over, woke him up, and
told him the bad news. He was very upset and was trying to figure out what
to do.... probably nothing until Monday morning, since nothing was open.
Another neighbor came out and told him to get his WD-40 and clean it off.
It removed the unwanted paint beautifully and did not harm his paint job on
the car. I'm impressed!

WD-40 who knew? 'Water Displacement #40'. The product began from a search
for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts.
WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket
Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a 'water
displacement' compound. They were successful with the fortieth formulation,
thus WD-40. The Convair Company bought it in bulk to protect their atlas
missile parts. Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing
in WD-40 that would hurt you... When you read the 'shower door' part, try
it. It's the first thing that has ever cleaned that spotty shower door. If
yours is plastic, it works just as well as glass. It's a miracle! Then try
it on your stove top ... Viola! It's now shinier than it's ever been. You'll
be amazed.

WD-40 uses:

1. Protects silver from tarnishing.
2. Removes road tar and grime from cars.
3. Cleans and lubricates guitar strings.
4. Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making them slippery.
5. Keeps flies off cows . (I love this one!)
6. Restores and cleans chalkboards.
7. Removes lipstick stains.
8. Loosens stubborn zippers.
9. Untangles jewelry chains.
10. Removes stains from stainless steel sinks.
11. Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill.
12. Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing.
13. Removes tomato stains from clothing.
14. Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots .
15. Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors.
16. Keeps scissors working smoothly.
17. Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes.
18. It removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! Use WD-40 for those
nasty tar and scuff marks on flooring. It doesn't seem to harm the finish
and you won't have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off. Just remember to
open some windows if you have a lot of marks.
19. Bug guts will eat away the finish on your car if not removed quickly!
Use WD-40!
20. Gives a children's playground gym slide a shine for a super fast slide.
21. Lubricates gear shift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on
riding mowers...
22 Rids kids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises.
23. Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to
open..
24. Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close.
25. Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards in vehicles, as well as
vinyl bumpers.
26. Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles.
27. Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans
28. Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons, and bicycles for easy
handling
29. Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running
smoothly.
30. Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools.
31. Removes splattered grease on stove.
32. Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging.
33. Lubricates prosthetic limbs.
34. Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell).
35. Removes all traces of duct tape.
36. Folks even spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis
pain.
37. Florida's favorite use is: 'cleans and removes love bugs from grills
and bumpers.'
38. The favorite use in the state of New York , WD-40 protects the Statue
of Liberty from the elements.
39. WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a little on live bait or lures and you will
be catching the big one in no time. Also, it's a lot cheaper than the
chemical attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in mind
though, using some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing are not allowed
in some states.
40. Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and stops
the itch.
41. WD-40 is great for removing crayon from walls.. Spray on the mark and
wipe with a clean rag.
42. Also, if you've discovered that your teenage daughter has washed and
dried a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry, saturate the lipstick spots
with WD-40 and rewash. Presto! The lipstick is gone!
43. If you sprayed WD-40 on the distributor cap, it would displace the
moisture and allow the car to start.

P.S. The basic ingredient is

FISH Oil

Thursday, August 25, 2011

JUST CHECKING IN


A minister passing through his church
In the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
And see who had come to pray.

Just then the back door opened,
A man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw
The man hadn't shaved in a while. His shirt was kinda shabby
And his coat was worn and frayed,
The man knelt, he bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed,
Each noon time came this chap,
Each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew,
With robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him,
'What are you doing here?'

The old man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time,
For finding strength and power.

'I stay only moments, see,
Because the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kinda what I say:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY.'

The minister feeling foolish,
Told Jim, that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray just anytime

Time to go, Jim smiled, said 'Thanks.'
He hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the altar,
He'd never done it before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
And met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
He repeated old Jim's prayer:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed
That old Jim hadn't come.
As more days passed without Jim,
He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,
Learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried,
But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward...
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand
Why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse's concern:
No friends came to show they cared.
He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Jim spoke
Up and with a winsome smile;
'the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
That he's in here all the while

Everyday at noon He's here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:
'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN TODAY.' Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

May God hold you in the palm of His hand
And Angels watch over you.





















"JUST CHECKING IN"
A minister passing through his church
In the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
And see who had come to pray.

Just then the back door opened,
A man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw
The man hadn't shaved in a while. His shirt was kinda shabby
And his coat was worn and frayed,
The man knelt, he bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed,
Each noon time came this chap,
Each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew,
With robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him,
'What are you doing here?'

The old man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time,
For finding strength and power.

'I stay only moments, see,
Because the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kinda what I say:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY.'

The minister feeling foolish,
Told Jim, that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray just anytime

Time to go, Jim smiled, said 'Thanks.'
He hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the altar,
He'd never done it before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
And met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
He repeated old Jim's prayer:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed
That old Jim hadn't come.
As more days passed without Jim,
He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,
Learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried,
But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward...
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand
Why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse's concern:
No friends came to show they cared.
He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Jim spoke
Up and with a winsome smile;
'the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
That he's in here all the while

Everyday at noon He's here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:
'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN TODAY.'
If this blesses you, pass it on. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

May God hold you in the palm of His hand
And Angels watch over you.

Please pass this page on to your friends & loved ones. If you aren't ashamed. Jesus said,
' If you are ashamed of me,' I will be ashamed
Of you before my Father.'

If you are not ashamed, pass this on.

So this is me ... "Just Checking In"




















"JUST CHECKING IN"
A minister passing through his church
In the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
And see who had come to pray.

Just then the back door opened,
A man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw
The man hadn't shaved in a while. His shirt was kinda shabby
And his coat was worn and frayed,
The man knelt, he bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed,
Each noon time came this chap,
Each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew,
With robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him,
'What are you doing here?'

The old man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time,
For finding strength and power.

'I stay only moments, see,
Because the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kinda what I say:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY.'

The minister feeling foolish,
Told Jim, that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray just anytime

Time to go, Jim smiled, said 'Thanks.'
He hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the altar,
He'd never done it before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
And met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
He repeated old Jim's prayer:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed
That old Jim hadn't come.
As more days passed without Jim,
He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,
Learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried,
But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward...
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand
Why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse's concern:
No friends came to show they cared.
He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Jim spoke
Up and with a winsome smile;
'the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
That he's in here all the while

Everyday at noon He's here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:
'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN TODAY.'
If this blesses you, pass it on. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

May God hold you in the palm of His hand
And Angels watch over you.

Please pass this page on to your friends & loved ones. If you aren't ashamed. Jesus said,
' If you are ashamed of me,' I will be ashamed
Of you before my Father.'

If you are not ashamed, pass this on.

So this is me ... "Just Checking In"









"JUST CHECKING IN"
A minister passing through his church
In the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
And see who had come to pray.

Just then the back door opened,
A man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw
The man hadn't shaved in a while. His shirt was kinda shabby
And his coat was worn and frayed,
The man knelt, he bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed,
Each noon time came this chap,
Each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew,
With robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him,
'What are you doing here?'

The old man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time,
For finding strength and power.

'I stay only moments, see,
Because the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kinda what I say:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY.'

The minister feeling foolish,
Told Jim, that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray just anytime

Time to go, Jim smiled, said 'Thanks.'
He hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the altar,
He'd never done it before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
And met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
He repeated old Jim's prayer:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed
That old Jim hadn't come.
As more days passed without Jim,
He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,
Learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried,
But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward...
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand
Why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse's concern:
No friends came to show they cared.
He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Jim spoke
Up and with a winsome smile;
'the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
That he's in here all the while

Everyday at noon He's here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:
'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN TODAY.'
If this blesses you, pass it on. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

May God hold you in the palm of His hand
And Angels watch over you.

Please pass this page on to your friends & loved ones. If you aren't ashamed. Jesus said,
' If you are ashamed of me,' I will be ashamed
Of you before my Father.'

If you are not ashamed, pass this on.

So this is me ... "Just Checking In"































Obama tweeks Supreme Court once too often

This will be an interesting turn of events if it does come to the surface.....bring it on!!
Our new dictator may be in deep trouble...with Chief Justice John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court.

According to sources who watch the inner workings of the federal government, a smack down of Barack Obama by the U.S. Supreme Court may be inevitable.


Ever since Obama assumed the office of President, critics have hammered him on a number of Constitutional issues. Critics have complained that much, if not all of Obama's major initiatives run headlong into Constitutional roadblocks on the power of the federal government. Obama certainly did not help himself in the eyes of the Court when he used the venue of the State of the Union address early in the year to publicly flog the Court over its ruling that the First Amendment grants the right to various organizations to run political ads during the time of an election. The tongue-lashing clearly did not sit well with the Court, as demonstrated by Justice Sam Alito, who publicly shook his head and stated under his breath, "That's not true," when Obama told a flat-out lie concerning the Court's ruling. As it has turned out, this was a watershed moment in the relationship between the executive and the judicial branches of the federal government. Obama publicly declared war on the court, even as he blatantly continued to propose legislation that flies in the face of every known Constitutional principle upon which this nation has stood for over 200 years.




Obama has even identified Chief Justice John Roberts as his number one enemy, that is, apart from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, and so on. And it is no accident that the one swing-vote on the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy, stated recently that he has no intention of retiring until "Obama is gone." Apparently, the Court has had enough. The Roberts Court has signaled, in a very subtle manner, of course, that it intends to address the issues about which Obama critics have been screaming to high heaven. A ruling against Obama on any one of these important issues could potentially cripple the Administration. Such a thing would be long overdue.

First, there is Obama Care, which violates the Constitutional principle barring the federal government from forcing citizens to purchase something. And no, this is not the same thing as states requiring drivers to purchase car insurance, as some of the intellectually-impaired claim. The Constitution limits the Federal government, not state governments, from such things, and further, not everyone has to drive, and thus, a citizen could opt not to purchase car insurance by simply deciding not to drive a vehicle. In the Obama Care world, however, no citizen can opt out.

Second, sources state that the Roberts court has quietly accepted information concerning discrepancies in Obama's history that raise serious questions about his eligibility for the office of President. The charge goes far beyond the birth certificate issue. This information involves possible fraudulent use of a Social Security number in Connecticut , while Obama was a high school student in Hawaii .

And that is only the tip of the iceberg.

Third, several cases involving possible criminal activity, conflicts of interest, and pay-for-play cronyism could potentially land many Administration officials, if not Obama himself, in hot water with the Court. Frankly, in the years this writer has observed politics, nothing comes close to comparing with the rampant corruption of this Administration, not even during the Nixon years. Nixon and the Watergate conspirators look like choirboys compared to the jokers that populate this Administration.

In addition, the Court will eventually be forced to rule on the dreadful decision of the Obama's DOJ suing the state of Arizona . That, too, could send the Obama doctrine of open borders to an early grave, given that the Administration refuses to enforce federal law on illegal aliens.

And finally, the biggie that could potentially send the entire house of cards tumbling in a free-fall is the latest revelation concerning the Obama-Holder Department of Justice and its refusal to pursue the New Black Panther Party. The group was caught on tape committing felonies by attempting to intimidate Caucasian voters into staying away from the polls . A whistle-blower who resigned from the DOJ is now charging Holder with the deliberate refusal to pursue cases against Blacks, particularly those who are involved in radical hate-groups, such as the New Black Panthers, who have been caught on tape calling for the murder of white people and their babies. This one is a biggie that could send the entire Administration crumbling--that is, if the Justices have the guts to draw a line in the sand at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Ever Wonder How Things Started?

Where did The Term, Piss Poor come from? Interesting History They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor" But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot.....they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ..... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!" Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof... Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. (Getting quite an education, aren't you?) In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake. England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer. And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring!!! So...get out there and educate someone! ~~~

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Dr David Barton on Obama

Dr. David Barton is more of a historian than a Biblical speaker, but very famous for his knowledge of historical facts as well as Biblical truths.

Dr. David Barton - on Obama
Respect the Office? Yes.
Respect the Man in the Office? No, I am sorry to say.
I have noted that many elected officials, both Democrats and Republicans, called upon America to unite behind Obama.
Well, I want to make it clear to all who will listen that I AM NOT uniting behind Obama !

I will respect the Office which he holds, and I will acknowledge his abilities as an orator and wordsmith and pray for him, BUT that is it.
I have begun today to see what I can do to make sure that he is a one-term President !

Why am I doing this ?
It is because:

- I do not share Obama's vision or value system for America ;
- I do not share his Abortion beliefs;
- I do not share his radical Marxist's concept of re-distributing wealth;
- I do not share his stated views on raising taxes on those who make $150,000+ (the ceiling has been changed three times since August);
- I do not share his view that America is Arrogant;
- I do not share his view that America is not a Christian Nation;
- I do not share his view that the military should be reduced by 25%;
- I do not share his view of amnesty and giving more to illegals than our American Citizens who need help;
- I do not share his views on homosexuality and his definition of marriage;
- I do not share his views that Radical Islam is our friend and Israel is our enemy who should give up any land;
- I do not share his spiritual beliefs (at least the ones he has made public);
- I do not share his beliefs on how to re-work the healthcare system in America;
- I do not share his Strategic views of the Middle East; and
- I certainly do not share his plan to sit down with terrorist regimes such as Iran.
Bottom line: my America is vastly different from Obama's, and I have a higher obligation to my Country and my GOD to do what is Right !
For eight (8) years, the Liberals in our Society, led by numerous entertainers who would have no platform and no real credibility but for their celebrity status, have attacked President Bush, his family, and his spiritual beliefs!
They have not moved toward the center in their beliefs and their philosophies, and they never came together nor compromised their personal beliefs for the betterment of our Country!
They have portrayed my America as a land where everything is tolerated except being intolerant !
They have been a vocal and irreverent minority for years !
They have mocked and attacked the very core values so important to the founding and growth of our Country !
They have made every effort to remove the name of GOD or Jesus Christ from our Society !
They have challenged capital punishment, the right to
Bear firearms, and the most basic principles of our criminal code !
They have attacked one of the most fundamental of all Freedoms, the right of free speech!

Unite behind Obama? Never!
I am sure many of you who read this think that I am going overboard, but I refuse to retreat one more inch in favor of those whom I believe are the embodiment of Evil!

PRESIDENT BUSH made many mistakes during his Presidency, and I am not sure how history will judge him. However, I believe that he weighed his decisions in light of the long established Judeo-Christian principles of our Founding Fathers!!!

Majority rules in America , and I will honor the concept; however, I will fight with all of my power to be a voice in opposition to Obama and his "goals for America .."
I am going to be a thorn in the side of those who, if left unchecked, will destroy our Country! Any more compromise is more defeat!

I pray that the results of this election will wake up many who have sat on the sidelines and allowed the Socialist-Marxist anti-GOD crowd to slowly change so much of what has been good in America !

"Error of Opinion may be tolerated where Reason is left free to combat it." - Thomas Jefferson
GOD bless you and GOD bless our Country!

Thanks for your time, may you and yours be safe.
"In GOD We Trust"














Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Phenomenal 2 Letter Word!








I'm sure you will enjoy this. I never knew one word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep.
UP

Read until the end ... you'll laugh.

This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election (if There is a tie, it is a toss UP) and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We callUP our friends, brighten UP a room, polishUP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.

At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with (UP to) a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP!

Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?

U

P!

Did that one crack you UP?

Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . . or not . . . it's UP to you.

Now I'll shut UP!




Sunday, August 14, 2011

Catching Wild Pigs by Geraldine Marie



There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class.

One day while the class was in the lab, the Prof noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter.

He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime.

In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked: "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.

The young man said that it was no joke.

"You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming..

When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again

and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side.

The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again.

You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom.. for themselves, so they accept their captivity." lose our freedoms, just a little at a time. They've also given up the freedom that goes with making your own choices.

But God help you when the gate slams shut!

Open letter to Obama


Open Letter to President Obama

This arrived in my email today, I know who wrote it, they call themselves “The Evil One,” but they’ve asked to remain anonymous for professional reasons, so I present this rant on their behalf.

From “We, the People of the United States of America”
President Obama,

We, the people of the United States of America, have come to the conclusion that there are a number of things you need to know. As we doubt your sycoph… sorry, advisers will say this, the task falls to us, “we, the people”, or at least that portion of us who have both the ability and the desire to think for ourselves.

We, Mr President, have been left no option but to conclude that you are sorely bereft of clue, and we wish to apply a few, in the faint hope that one or two might stick rather than sliding off that Teflon suit you maintain.

To begin with, Mr President, we don’t hate you because you’re black. Many of us don’t hate you at all: those who do would hate you if you were Sarah Palin’s brother.

Some of us even pity you. Instead of learning early that actions have consequences, well meaning people went easy on you, protecting you from the consequences of your actions until recently – and learning this when you’re fifty years old and president of the most powerful nation in the world is not a good thing.

Those of us who voted for you did so because they were sick of the massive Bush deficits (which you exceeded within months of taking office), the secrecy (which you have increased), the mega-bills larded with earmarks (which you have also increased). Remember those, Mr Pres? You campaigned against them and promised to stop them. We didn’t expect you to actually do that, but we did expect a gesture in that direction.

The rest of us hoped we were wrong about you, hoped that you would rise to the demands of the presidency. Instead we watched as you dragged the presidency down to the level of bickering toddlers. “Because I won”, Mr President. Those are the words of a three year old.

Here are some of the most important things we think you need to know:

It is not all about you.

It is not all about your race.

No economy ever ran without people making things other people wanted and needed. The USA needs to go back to making things or it will collapse.

No-one and nothing can spend more than they earn forever. Sooner or later people stop wanting to lend you money.

Never give the keys to anyone unless you trust them absolutely. You have given the keys to this nation to – among others – Saudi Arabia (our avowed enemies), and China (at best a rival). None of the recipients are worthy of absolute trust.

It is not wrong or shameful to place the well-being of your nation above the well-being of any other nation.

The US is not responsible for the evils other nations have chosen to inflict on their part of the world. This nation may well have made mistakes in our foreign policy and international relationships, but we are not and can not be responsible for the simple fact that a culture with no concept of individual autonomy is incapable of a meaningful relationship with a Western culture. The Western nations built their mental framework over several hundred painful and strife-filled years: many other cultures have mental frameworks that are simply not compatible with ours.

The above is no-one’s fault. It is tragic and often horrific, but no-one is to blame. Scientists are only jsut beginning to understand how culture affects mental frameworks. We can’t expect our ancestors to have magically intuited these things.

Welfare and affirmative action are traps. They tell the recipients that they are getting special treatment because they can’t compete on equal terms. After a while, the recipients come to believe they really are inadequate and that they genuinely need what should be a temporary safety net for all but the truly unfortunate few.

There is no such thing as “fair”. Children of ten complain that certain things aren’t “fair”, but the truth is that life isn’t fair and there is no way it can be made fair. If you take away all the artificial impediments, some people will work hard, using everything they can to build a fortune. Others will not want to work so hard: they won’t do as well. Some will be plain unlucky – they’ll work, but circumstances will defeat them. Still others will be fortune’s favored, and every chance will fall their way. And some won’t have the ability to succeed no matter how hard they try.

To take the wealth of the successful and give it to the less successful in order to make the outcomes “fairer” is viciously unfair to those who have worked for their success, and worse, it sends the message that it is better not to try, because that way you can’t fail, and you’ll get rewarded anyway. Too much of that, and no-one will do anything at all.
We understand that these points run counter to your whole life experience, Mr President. You have the singular misfortune of having lived in a bubble where results were totally disconnected from actions and have compounded this by surrounding yourself with others who suffer the same problem.

We challenge you to consider our points and prove that you are a worthy leader, not merely a weathervane forever pointing at perceived public opinion.

We know that you can’t perform miracles. We know the economy here and elsewhere is so bad that no matter what you do it will cause immense suffering, and most of that suffering will, as it always does, fall on those least able to bear it.

We understand these are difficult times requiring difficult choices.

All we require of you, Mr President, is that you be a man instead of a spoiled child, and face the problems squarely instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your perceived misfortune.

We will be watching.

Sincerely,

We, the People of the United States of America.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Gov. Walker is a winner

Well, well well.........


Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with the collective bargaining for teacher's unions?
The results are in. Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result.
Why?
It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers, was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since they were guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers and the State had to pay for it, and not the teachers, they were increasing the annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state.
Then the insurance company was donating millions and millions of dollars to their favorite democrat politicians, who, when got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the unions outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the democrat politicians.
Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining. No wonder the States are taking it away. Now that the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bid, lo and behold they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, etc., etc., and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.
Go to this link and read the full article....very interesting

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/union-curbs-rescue-wisconsin-school-district




Wednesday, August 3, 2011

5 Best Sentences you'll ever read

1. YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE THE POOR INTO PROSPERITY BY LEGISLATING THE

WEALTHY OUT OF PROSPERITY.



2. WHAT ONE PERSON RECEIVES WITHOUT WORKING FOR, ANOTHER PERSON MUST WORK

FOR WITHOUT RECEIVING.



3. THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT GIVE TO ANYBODY ANYTHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES

NOT FIRST TAKE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.



4. YOU CANNOT MULTIPLY WEALTH BY DIVIDING IT!



5. WHEN HALF OF THE PEOPLE GET THE IDEA THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WORK

BECAUSE THE OTHER HALF IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, AND WHEN THE OTHER

HALF GETS THE IDEA THAT IT DOES NO GOOD TO WORK BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE IS

GOING TO GET WHAT THEY WORK FOR, THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF ANY

NATION.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Current Communist Goals

Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, January 10, 1963

Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]
CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

The genius of Christina KBo

Much has been said recently about the virtue of compromise. We can scarcely turn on the tv or radio, or click on a hyperlink without a chorus of pundits, lawmakers, and advisors of all stripes touting its glory. But the truth is, the pursuit of "compro...mise-at-all-cost" is just being a stooge. Consider: A man goes to see doctor for a check-up... (My apologies to all the good docs out there, but I wanted to use an analogy the President would be sure to understand.) Doc: "Oooo - that looks like a nasty thorn in your foot. We'll have to take both legs at the hip." Man: "WHAT? That seems like a lot. Let's talk about this." Doc: "Okay - but if we don't decide what to do within ten - no, five - no, three; THREE minutes, we'll have to take the right arm above the elbow." Man: "Just wait a minute - hold on. The thorn is in the right big toe. Why don't you just take it out? Or at most, just take that toe??" Doc: "Oh. Well, that just isn't enough. You have to meet me halfway, at least! (sigh.) I'll tell you what. If we get into surgery right now, we'll agree to just take the two legs. At the hip." Man: "But that's where you started! Besides, my arm is fine - it doesn't have anything to do with the big toe with the thorn in it!" Doc: "It's complicated. You wouldn't understand. Stop wasting time. Here - sign this release form." Man: "But, there's nothing wrong with the other leg. Why are you saying - " Doc: "You're obstructing! Stop obstructing, start compromising, and sign the form. Don't worry about reading it. That's thorn's not getting any better, you know." Man: "Okay, okay. I'll tell you what. You can take the one leg, below the knee." Doc: "You don't even understand the gift you're getting. You realize that you will get a super-sweet prosthetic, right?" Man: "Sorry, I didn't realize. But still, just the one leg, below the knee." Doc: "Alright. But this isn't over." The man wakes up to find one leg gone - above the knee... but what’s worse, a hot, throbbing big toe where the thorn still sits; but now it's infected. This? THIS... is not "compromise." It's slow-motion suicide. Yet this is precisely the scenario We the People deal with time and again: One side offers an idea that is off-the-rails, super-ridiculous (I’m looking at you, big spenders *cough*Bush*Obama*cough*), and the other side is bludgeoned with calls to “compromise.” The problem is, compromising from “super-ridiculous” not only lends credence to imbecility, it often produces a result that is in-and-of itself, “ridiculous” - and that is considered a victory! Let’s take a quick look at the April 15th Continuing Resolution as an example. Republicans declared they wanted to cut $100 billion dollars of spending. Democrats quickly responded by saying they want to add “only” about $100 billion dollars of spending (the compromise being the status quo). The $100 billion in cuts were suddenly compromised to $60 billion; with a partial government shutdown taken off the table. A short time later, $60 billion settled at $38 billion. Using what can only be described as “new math,” Democrats announced they agreed to $78 billion in cuts. Republicans quickly adopted the talking point - maybe they thought it made them look more successful. Then, the truth came out that the cuts actually amount to $352 million. To put this in perspective, we are set to post over $1 trillion in new debt this year; making the compromise a whopping .035% cut in spending - or about three one-hundredths of one penny for every dollar of new debt. This amount is more commonly known as “zero.” Absurd compromises are not the only examples of ridiculous. To wit: · Congress has not passed a budget in more than two years - RIDICULOUS! · Congress passed an2300+ page Health Care Reform Bill that increases government spending by unknown amounts (est. $893 billion annually*) - RIDICULOUS · Congress passed ANOTHER 2300+ page Financial Reform Bill, piling on even more government spending (est. economic impact unknown) - RIDICULOUS! · By the end of 2011, the United States of America will owe $15.6 trillion* of debt - RIDICULOUS! · Each year, for the foreseeable future, government spending levels will add on an additional $1-1.5 trillion* of new debt - RIDICULOUS! · Since 1996, the debt has grown over $10 trillion; half of that since 2008* - RIDICULOUS! Source: US Treasury / * CBO estimates Recently, Moody’s analyst Steven Hess floated a clever little suggestion. Complaining about “periodic uncertainty” in the bond markets, he helpfully offered that the Debt Limit should be raised automatically or even removed altogether. “We would reduce our assessment of event risk if the government changed its framework for managing government debt to lessen or eliminate that uncertainty.” Well jeepers, Mr. Hess - we can’t eliminate the debt limit, but in the spirit of compromise, we’ll just raise it again. See how that works? Ridiculous ideas deserve ridicule, not consideration; and certainly not the dignity of compromise. Look: We are tired of the ridiculousness. We are sick of the theater. We are insulted by the dishonest manipulation of the numbers. We are exasperated by the phony deadlines. But perhaps more than anything, we are disappointed and saddened. Disappointed by the men and women we elected, and had such high hopes for; and saddened by their display of such a shockingly pedestrian understanding of us, our expectations, and our level of concern and comprehension of the fiscal mess we are in right now. And for the President - or any elected official - to deride us because we see through their bluster to the truth and dare to call them on it is nothing short of offensive. After all, we are the ones footing the bill. If our elected officials are unwilling or unable to do the job we elected them to do, it’s time for them to step aside and go home. I’ll put my hand up to volunteer to go to D.C. and we can work this out without all the puffing and posturing. I’ve got a deal memo ready to go. Who’s with me?See More

Friday, July 29, 2011

Aug 3 Social Security Checks

In a U.S. House committee investigative session it was discovered and proclaimed that the U. S. Treasury will have sufficient funds, with $Billions to spare, to pay the interest on our national debt (no default), all Social Security and Veterans benefits for the month of August 2011. Following the public threat by Barack Obama last week to stop Social Security payments for the month of August, the head of the Social Security Administration was questioned as to how these benefits would not be paid. During that questioning, the committee found that the Social Security Department does not have the authority to issue checks. The Social Security checks are issued by the Treasury Department headed by Timothy Geithner. Even Geithner does not have the authority to NOT issue Social Security payments unless he is directed by President Obama to not issue the checks. BARACK OBAMA, AND OBAMA ALONE, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE IF SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS ARE NOT ISSUED STARTING ON AUGUST 3, 2011. Let us remind ourselves that not only did you contribute to Social Security but your employer did too. It totaled 15% of your income right off the top before any other taxes. Just because the Federal Government took the money from it's lock box account and wasted it on other things, doesn't make your benifits some kind of charity or handout. IT IS YOUR MONEY. Who on earth does this man think he is that he can, for political gain, threaten those millions of older Americans who have worked all their lives and paid into a program in order to have an income in their retirement years with, in many cases, their only means of support? Barack Obama can blame everything he wants to (and does) on others, but make no mistake about it, if Social Security payments are not received in August, if Veterans benifits arent received, if debt interest isn't paid it is because Barack Obama, and him alone chose not to pay you. Every senior citizen, and indeed, every American should work to remove this man from the White House in 2012 before he destroys this nation.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Research from Karen Kirk

The Congressional Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2008 indicates that the yearly operating expense of the White House was $12,814,000. Or, about $35,106 a day. These expenses include: “maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official entertainment expenses of the President…”
If only the answer were that simple to procure. The real answer is exceedingly complicated. In addition to the annual congressional budget for the operation of the White House, there are over 22 other budget accounts, in 13 different departments, that pay the expenses and salaries of the White House staff. Defining what constitutes “The White House” is also difficult. In his book, To Serve the President, Bradley H. Patterson argues that there are 23 separate accounts that make up the costs of the White House. Some of these accounts include the President’s Salary, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Security Council, the Department of State, and so on. As Patterson notes, finding the real cost of the White House is almost impossible. The funding for these various White House functions are buried within numerous appropriation bills, some of which are classified.However, Patterson provides a ball park figure by tallying the following expenses.

Compensation of the president (including an expense allowance of $50,000): $ 450,000
The Executive Residence operating expenses: $12,814,000
The Executive Residence—repair and restoration: $1,600,000
The vice president’s downtown office: $15,511,9603
Residence of the vice president—operating expenses: $320,000
The White House Office (including the Homeland Security Council): $53,656,000
Office of Policy Development (the Domestic Policy Council and the National Economic Council): $3,482,000
National Security Council: $30,300,820
One-eighth of the Office of Administration, for direct services to the president pursuant to Section 3(a) of Executive Order 12028: $11,468,125
The president’s unanticipated needs: $1,000,000
White House Center Service Delivery Team (in the GSA budget): $26,000,000
U.S. Postal Service, White House branch: $726,000
National Archives professional archival support of the White House: $1,000,000
Value of gifts supplied by the Department of State for presentation to foreign leaders at White House official entertainment functions: $50,000
White House Communications Agency (in the budget of the Defense Information Systems Agency): $173,900,000
Air Force One (in U.S. Air Force budget) (classified) (Estimated cost: $200,000,000)
Helicopter squadron HMX-One (in the Marine Corps budget; this is the fiscal year 2008 appropriation segment of a fifteen year-long procurement of twenty-eight new helicopters): $271,000,000
Camp David (in the Navy/Seabees budget): $7,900,0005
Salary costs for 2,300 employees in above units 15, 16, 17, and 18 (all in the budget of the Department of Defense): $151,800,000
U.S. Secret Service (in the budget of the Department of Homeland Security) (21-26)
Protection of persons and facilities: $689,535,000
For protective intelligence activities: $57,704,000
For handling “special security events,” such as the 2009 Inaugural: $1,000,000
For screening of White House mail: $16,201,000
Operations of the James J. Rowley Training Center: $51,954,000
Improvements at the James J. Rowley Training Center: $3,725,000
Commission on White House Fellowships (in the budget of the Office of Personnel Management): $850,000
National Park Service White House Liaison Office, including the White House Visitor Center (in the budget of the National Park Service): $8,700,000
Cost of detailees who work more than six months in a calendar year: $227,349
Aprx Cost of All White House Elements: $1.6 Billion

Saturday, July 23, 2011

A MUST READ

WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS

http://www.newswithviews.com/Hannes/doreen114.htm



By Doreen Hannes
July 9, 2011
www.NewsWithViews.com



Bird’s Point Aftermath Isn’t Over

On May 2nd the Army Corps of Engineers blew a two-mile long hole on the north end of Bird’s Point Levee in southeastern Missouri. The levee was holding and doing its job, and the reason given for blowing this levee was to save the already evacuated town of Cairo, Illinois. Then early morning of May 3rd, they blew a “drain hole” in the southern section of the levee. Throughout this article, I ask that the reader keep the dimensions of this levee and the two mile wide hole in the levee in mind. The levee is 64 feet tall, about 200 feet across at the base, and the hole that was blown is now approximately 12 feet below the surrounding ground level. While much has been written about this levee’s destruction, not much has been written of the “on the ground” effects of the ACE action.

When ACE blew the one quarter mile long drain hole, it was only 12 hours after they blew the 2 mile wide hole on the north side of the levee. The water on the south side was still very, very high and instead of letting water out of the flooded area, it let more water in and created a tornado type vortex where the rushing waters met in the midst of the flood way. The influx of water across the two-mile wide blow-hole was estimated to be up to 4.1 million gallons per second. Official records indicate that the blowing of the levee dropped the river levels at Cairo, Illinois less than 1 foot in 24 hours.

The town of Cairo (pronounced Kay-Ro in the local vernacular) is home to approximately 2,800 people. The town is largely boarded up, and much is in poor repair, but still home to more people than the ones whose property was destroyed by the Bird’s Point levee detonation. However, productivity and national security should also factor into intentionally sacrificing one area for another area. When one looks at the aerial view in this video, you get a sense of the size variance between Cairo and the area flooded by the levee detonation. The land mass inundated by water from the blowing of Bird’s Point is approximately 200 square miles. The total landmass of Cairo is 9.1 square miles. There were roughly 100 homes and farms destroyed by the detonation of the levee.

With a myriad of reports from the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) and even the USDA predicting food price increases and shortages this fall, the destruction of 200 square miles of some of the most fertile farmland in the world should do more than raise an eyebrow. As this story will demonstrate, the actual destruction of this farmland is much more than the loss of one growing season. If several professors get their way, this land may never again be productive farmland. They think it should be left to become wetlands. Considering the state of the national economy, they just may get their way.

Rebuilding the levee would be a monumental expense. While there is a 25 million dollar class action suit in progress against the Army Corps of Engineers by those whose properties and livelihoods were destroyed by the levee being blown, compensation for those filing suit is far from guaranteed.

We Can’t Stay Focused

Since we have been well conditioned to remain interested in topics for only a short amount of time, it isn’t surprising that only one story in mainstream media covered some of the actual destruction that occurred in the Bird’s Point Levee blow up. The levee is, of course, still home to a two mile wide hole; and as anyone familiar with geography knows, the Missouri River flows right into the Mississippi above the Bird’s Point levee breach. This will invariably flood the 200 square miles of land again, and what little has been planted, is very likely to be flooded out again.

In mid June, Bob Parker, a farmer, rancher and realtor (who was also a 2010 contender for the Republican seat in Missouri’s 8th district) took a full day tour of the area affected by the levee’s intentional breach. “People think of this as a ‘flood’,” says Parker, “but this was nothing like the common perception of a flood where the water just rises steadily. This was more like a giant flush, complete with the vortex. The truth about what has happened here must get out to the American people.”

There is a picture of Bob Parker and Al Marshall, a resident and farmer in the area, in front of one of the several mini Grand Canyons created by the massive influx of water. Parker said, “These canyons runs for miles and are at times close to half a mile wide and 15 or 20 feet deep across these fields. How is anyone supposed to farm that?”

Wheat Crop Destroyed and Land Unusable

While interviewing Bob about his tour of the Bird’s Point levee, he shared nearly 100 photos he had taken of the area. In one picture, a man is bent down over flattened wheat. “About 10 percent of this land was in wheat that was ready for harvest when they blew the levee,” says Bob. “The problem is that this wheat was laid down and cannot be tilled under because the equipment just gets tangled and it’s impossible to get underneath the wheat to till the soil.”

Since there is no way to put livestock on this land because there is no fencing in the area, and it would likely kill the stock if they were put on it because of molding under the wheat, there is nothing to do but wait for the wheat to decompose. Some have tried to burn it off, but with the Missouri River flooding into the Mississippi and no levee in place to protect these fields, it would be a lesson in futility to try to reclaim the land under the wheat.

The early wheat crop in the country was devastated all along the Ohio River Valley. Extreme drought in west Kansas has reportedly claimed more wheat, along with the massive flooding along the Missouri River and the destruction of those farms and their crops. All of this adds up to a shortage of a major staple crop in a nation that has severely reduced stockpiling as a hedge against just such disasters.

No FEMA, No Officials, Yet Two Days Later They are Rebuilding the Levee?

Mr. Parker toured the devastated farmland on June 13th. On June 16th there were reports that the Army Corps of Engineers was beginning to rebuild the levee to a height of 51 feet. Articles from June 16th and 17th proudly proclaim the levee is being rebuilt right now, but when you read the articles, it is clear that they are really just in the preparatory stages of thinking about rebuilding the levee. Yet when Bob was there, they only saw one official all day. This singular official was a Missouri Conservation agent.

Residents say that a fifty-one foot levee is of little help because the river reaches that height every year. They do concede that while it is insufficient, it is much better than nothing; they just wonder when it will be done. Currently, there are no cost estimates available regarding the construction of this fifty-one foot replacement levee, and all articles discussing the rebuilding solidly indicate that the project is subject to funding approval.

Parker and the gentlemen giving him the tour went to both the north blow out point and the south “drain hole”, and saw no one from the Army Corps of Engineers at either place. I have asked for photographs of the six man crew that is reportedly working on smoothing the breach in preparation for reconstruction and, as yet, have not received any shots of the crew at Bird’s Point levee. They may very well be there and doing what is reported, but in this day and age, pictures are almost always readily available.

What about Crop Insurance? Or just plain Insurance?

USDA Secretary Vilsack says that the farmers who have lost the chance to grow crops this year will be allowed to receive payments under the crop insurance plan. However, those payments will not meet the total amount already spent by farmers prior to the levee being blown.

The reported estimated costs for early season planting are about 57 million dollars. The Crop Insurance payout is estimated by the University of Missouri to leave a loss of roughly 42.5 million dollars. The estimated crop income loss for this single season (with a low-ball figure attached to corn) is 85 million dollars. None of this covers the homes, outbuildings, irrigation systems, equipment, chemicals, pesticides, or infrastructure destroyed by the blowing of Bird’s Point. There are no available estimates of the actual cost of all the damage.

Also, believe it or not, not every single homeowner in the entire 200 square mile area was a farmer with crop insurance through the USDA. Some of these people were just run of the mill homeowners. Because of the way the Federal government maneuvered to take the land via condemnation in the 1930’s, there is a very serious doubt that any of the homes destroyed will be covered by any type of insurance whatsoever.

According to Parker, the people who were not actually farmers and lost everything in this blow-out, have received only promises. Parker says, “When I was visiting there, two men were cleaning out a house and had hooked up a truck to a flooded vehicle. I stopped and spoke with them, and they were taking their sister’s car in for salvage for $500 so she could feed her children. The house had been their sister’s home and they were taking out anything that still useable. It was totaled. Every house I stopped in smelled like a swamp, and this was no exception.”

Parker said the story was the same with everyone he encountered. They have been told to go to meetings where they are to learn more about what they can expect to receive for their loss of property and at those meetings, they are told to put their names on a list and someone will contact them. Parker continues, “That’s as far as it goes. Put your name on a list and wait. Meanwhile, you still need to eat, pay bills and clothe yourself.”

“Evidently the one constant that residents hear” says Parker, “is that the USDA is going to offer low interest loans for rebuilding. No one knows when this might happen, but that is what they hear.” Parker, who has been in real estate for years continues, “With the levee not having been rebuilt, and the Missouri River still rising and flooding, banks are not going to lend money for construction in an open floodway.”

History is Not Repeating in Mississippi County

Brother Bennett, who was born in the area, and has lived there for nearly all of his 88 years, related his firsthand accounts of previous floods in the New Madrid floodway. This gentleman is a retired US Marine and pastor, and he is not the kind of guy who runs from much of anything. Bennett ran a store on the ground floor of his home and still lives on the second story, which he shared with his wife until she passed away. Bob says, “He was just a wonderful man to visit with; a real inspiration to those of us who love freedom and independence. He ran a small store in the area for years, and about 10 years ago, someone came to rob him and he pulled a .357 on the guy and the would be robber ran away.”

Mr. Bennett explained that he had been there for all these floods, and showed Parker marks he’d made on a post in his store indicating the level the water reached in the 1972 flood, which was about 20 inches from the floor, and again in 1975, which was roughly 23 inches from the first floor height. So when officials came to make sure Bennett had evacuated, he told them he’d made it through all the other floods, and wasn’t going to leave his home for this one. They forcibly evacuated him.

The reports were that the water to be released by blowing the levee might reach heights of four to five feet. However, this time, the water went 20 inches above his second story floor level. So the water level was eight or nine feet higher than the previous all time high and almost twice the projected level.

Trying to Count the Costs

It is seemingly impossible to count the real cost of restoring this 200 square mile area to pre-blow out status. Nearly every single story home in the floodway was covered above ceiling level. When water goes into the attic, it is virtually impossible to save that home unless you rip out all the drywall immediately and get it drying out. The “grand canyons” cannot be readily filled in, and the sand that is covering the southern end isn’t something that can just be swept up.

Considering many of the 678 contracts (see ‘maneuvering’ article above) the government signed with landowners in the 1930’s vary substantially, and that there is no available estimate on the cost of re-building the levee, that one single year of crop loss is about 85 million dollars, that this land will largely be unworkable for several years if ever, and that insurance pay outs are highly questionable because of the contracts mentioned above. It is all just one giant financial question mark.

What we can know is that the loss of this highly productive farmland will soon be felt by consumers. The loss of livelihood, farms, homes, hopes and dreams are being felt right now, quite heavily in Bird’s Point. No matter what basis you use to assign value to land, homes, and the lives dependent upon them, one thing is certain. The people who live in cities must eat, and cities cannot grow food in sufficient quantities to feed their residents. Literally destroying fertile land to save structures that cannot feed people is a cost that we will all pay in time.

[See article with pictures at TruthFarmer. Please read this excellent article on the flooding of the Missouri River which will further factor into the destruction at Bird’s Point levee.]

© 2011 Doreen Hannes - All Rights Reserved



MORE BEFORE IT’S NNEWS

The Corps predicts that the river will eventually rise high enough to flow over some 18 to 70 levees, mostly in rural areas of southeast Nebraska, southwest Iowa and Missouri. Other levees will become saturated, and water can erode their foundations, seep underneath or find other flaws to exploit. [...]

Even stronger urban floodwalls and levees can falter against the destructive force of floodwaters. As a precaution, officials in Omaha and across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa, have developed plans to evacuate roughly 40,000 people from areas near the river in case a levee fails. [...]

wow … 10 000 people received a letter stating they might have to evacuate within the next three days !!

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110708/NEWS01/707089925

Not good not good !

They have brought in their special pals..the Coast Guard.
http://www.ketv.com/video/28498975/detail.html



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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Shouldn't We Impeach This Guy?

A Coil of Rage

The character of any man is defined by how he treats his mother as the years pass .... need I say more about this person below other than there is no character, no integrity but there is a ton of attitude and arrogance that defines his shallow past and hollow future .... I rest my case.

I bought and read Audacity of Hope. It was difficult to read considering his attitude toward us and everything American. Let me add a phrase he uses to describe his attitude toward whites. He harbors a "COIL OF RAGE". His words not mine.

THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT Is anyone out there awake?

Everyone of voting age should read these two books: Don't buy them, just get them from the library.


From Dreams From My Father:

"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."

From Dreams From My Father :
"I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."

From Dreams From My Father:

"There was something about her that made me wary, a little too sure of herself, maybe and white."

From Dreams From My Father:

"It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."

From Dreams From My Father:

"I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself: the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela."

And FINALLY ........... and most scary:

From Audacity of Hope:

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

We have someone with this mentality running our GREAT nation! Keep your eye on him and don't blink.

I don't care whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, a Conservative or a liberal, be aware of the attitude and character of this sitting President.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

I am proud to be in America by Rockford Tea

You Could Have Hear a Pin Drop
I didn't write this...just copied it from an email. True or not it is true. JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soo...n as possible. Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?" DeGaulle did not respond. You could have heard a pin drop. When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of 'empire building' by George Bush He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return." You could have heard a pin drop. There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?" A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?" You could have heard a pin drop. A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German." You could have heard a pin drop AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE... Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready." The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it." "Impossible...Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !" The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to." You could have heard a pin drop.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Food for thought from my friend Roy

Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.

Why do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

Why do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds in our driveways and put our useless junk in the garage.

Why do we buy hamburgers in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight..

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?

Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavouring, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

P A R T A !!!!! WA-HOO!!!!

Let's P A R T A !!!! Body shots, salsa, hot bod contest.....yahoo!!! OH DAMN! I forgot about the kid. Oh well. I'll make her go to sleep with some choloform.Course I'll also need to duck tape her mouth so she won't make any noise. I can wrap her in her blanket and put her in the trunk of the car,cause then I'll know where she is...that'll work. I won't have to pay for a babysitter, and I certainly won't have to listen to my folks telling me what to do.

P A R T A on!!!!!Love to dance, love to drink, love the guys.....PARTA!!!!

Boy, I sure have been having a good time. Now where did I leave my car? Oh yeah...there it is. Oh man, what is that smell? Something rotten in the trunk, maybe. Ah-Oh....

I guess I better get some trash bags. Wonder how many it will take. Two? Three? I'll start with two. I can always use the laundry bag if I need to.Wow.....wonder if I should take it to the dumpster behind the 7-11. No. Somebody might see me dump it. Oh I know.....I'll go to the swamp where we use to get rid of our pets.Nobody will find it there.

Now I've got to figure out what to tell my parents when they want to know where she is. Oh I know... I'll say the babysitter kidnaped her, and that I've been looking for her for a month. That will also explain where I have been. They love me....they'll believe me.

Think I'll get a tattoo.Hummm! Wonder what it should say.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Van Irion Lead Counsel Liberty Legal Foundation

Happy Independence Day!



As I celebrate today I remember that America is a miracle. When the colonists were fighting for freedom the odds were against them. They were outnumbered and outgunned. The rational choice for the colonist was to stay home and not try. We celebrate today because they ignored the odds. They stood on principal. Many gave their lives because they would rather die than live under tyranny.

Independence day reminds us that the harder the battle the sweeter the victory. We still celebrate this day because America is such a miracle. Our government was created to defend freedom of the individual, not the rulers. That had never happened before in all of human history. That new idea created a society that attracted the most adventurous people in the world. America prospered and became a world leader because the fundamental purpose of government was changed. This new idea is reflected in our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.

Today as we drift further and further from this idea that government exists to defend freedom, our prosperity fades. As we celebrate the miracle of our independence from the tyranny of King George, we must re-dedicate ourselves to the fight against tyranny from our own government. Our government must be reminded that its sole purpose for existence is to defend freedom.

I hope we all enjoy this day and use it to re-energize ourselves, so that we can win the fight before us. Like our ancestors, we will win our battle, and the victory will be sweet.

Thank you all for fighting to preserve America's Miracle by joining our class action battles to take back our Constitutional Republic.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Dale Lindsborg of the Washington Post

Yes, he told us in advance what he planned to do. Few were listening .

The following is a narrative taken from a 2008 Sunday morning televised "Meet The Press'.


From Sunday's 07 Sept. 2008 11:48:04 EST, Televised "Meet the Press" THE THEN Senator Obama was asked about his stance on the American Flag.


General Bill Ginn' USAF (ret.) asked Obama to explain WHY he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.


The General stated to Obama that according to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171...


During rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present (except those in uniform) are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Or, at the very least, "Stand and Face It".

NOW GET THIS !!


'Senator' Obama replied: "As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides". "There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression.." "The anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all that sort of thing."

(ARE YOU READY FOR THIS???)


Obama continued: "The National Anthem should be 'swapped' for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing'. If that were our anthem, then, I might salute it. In my opinion, we should consider reinventing our National Anthem as well as 'redesign' our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. It's my intention, if elected, to disarm America to the level
of acceptance to our Middle East Brethren. If we, as a Nation of waring people, conduct ourselves like the nations of Islam, where peace prevails - - - perhaps a state or period of mutual accord could exist between our governments ....."

When I become President, I will seek a pact of agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity, and a freedom from disquieting oppressive thoughts. We as a Nation, have placed upon the nations of Islam, an unfair injustice which is WHY my wife disrespects the Flag and she and I have attended several flag burning ceremonies in the past".


"Of course now, I have found myself about to become the President of the United States and I have put my hatred aside . I will use my power to bring CHANGE to this Nation, and offer the people a new path. My wife and I look forward to becoming our Country's First black Family. Indeed, CHANGE is about to overwhelm the United States of America "

WHAAAAAAAT, the Hell is that???

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Letter from Mike Huckabee

Yesterday, President Obama gave a stern lecture to Congress for not cutting a deal yet to end the debt ceiling standoff. And he made some good points about the need for action. Unfortunately, some were offset by the fact that the people he was lecturing aren’t the people who caused the problem. They’ve only been in office since January and haven’t even had time to write a budget yet. It was the last few Congresses that ran up trillion dollar-plus deficits and failed even to propose a budget for over two years. Obama also used what cynics call the “don’t kill that puppy” ploy. It’s where you set up a false choice to make the other side look unreasonable, as in “either you want to do it my way, or you want to kill a puppy.” For instance, he asked if Republicans would jeopardize children’s safety and college educations to protect tax breaks for private jet owners. But there’s really no connection between the two. You’re not throwing children to the hyenas just because you preserve a tax break that helps create jobs for aviation workers who have children to support themselves. Besides, you’d think he’d approve of that tax break, since it was part of his own stimulus bill.

The President is right about Congress needing to take action to get the nation’s finances in order. But that will only happen when both sides come to the table with serious intent and mutual respect, not by using the crisis as a pretext for impugning the other guys’ motives and playing class warfare for political gain. Obama also told Congress that it was irresponsible to go on vacation while the nation’s in fiscal crisis, so they’ll stay in Washington through the Fourth of July. A noble thought, although it might do us all more good if they went home, soaked up a little outside-the-Beltway patriotism, and got an earful from their constituents. And it could be argued that if Congress had spent less time in Washington, we wouldn’t HAVE a debt crisis. Meanwhile, Obama must be confident that the crisis will soon be over. His own vacation house in Martha’s Vineyard is already booked for mid-August.

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Eugene, Oregon
Just how liberal is Eugene, Oregon? Would you believe the most controversial issue the City Council took up this month was a vote to say the Pledge of Allegiance before their meetings? Sponsor Mike Clark thought it would be a no-brainer. He didn’t count on fellow council members declaring themselves citizens of the world and denouncing the Pledge as divisive and tantamount to reading the Communist Manifesto – which I suspect they wouldn’t have gotten half as worked up about. In the end, they compromised and will say the Pledge only at four meetings a year, close to patriotic holidays. I guess council members who oppose it can just pledge allegiance to the UN flag. Although that wasn’t the flag that was flying at all the battles that won them the right to hold free and open meetings.