Read the article below. Seems like another power grab for a power hungry dictator to me, how about you?
Caracus - Hugo Chavez is asking Congress to give him more power to control health care cost.
A Chavez letter to top lawmakers on Friday said the move would be "a critical step forward" in controlling health care cost and providing better care. The proposal would allow an indendent advisory board that is contolled by Hugo Chavez to recommend changes in reimbusement rates for doctors, hospitals, and other providers.
Now I must be honest, with some liberties taken of course, this article above is false. Did it upset you? Did it make you shrug and ask yourself some important questions? Why is it that we can see how people are reaching for dictatorial power in other countries but we can't see it here? Now read the real article below.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is asking Congress to give the executive branch more power to limit Medicare's rising costs.
A White House letter to top lawmakers on Friday said the move would be "a critical step forward" in controlling health care costs and providing better care.
The proposal would allow an independent advisory board to recommend changes in Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors, hospitals and other providers. If the president approved the recommendations, Congress could still vote to reject them altogether. But Congress could not approve some recommendations and reject others. Currently, Medicare reimbursement rates vary from region to region. Key lawmakers often get involved in setting local rates, a practice the Obama administration plan would end.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Health Care a RIGHT For Americans
We all knew it was coming so get involved and lets do something about it. So I ask you one question: Show me where in the Constitution is health care a right? Please, Please people read. Read the Five Thousand Year Leap to get started. Do your history.
Here is a little bit of an article from My Way News.
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders, pledging to meet the president's goal of health care legislation before their August break, are offering a $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans. Left to pick up most of the tab were medical providers, employers and the wealthy.
Full Article Here: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090715/D99EO8BO0.html
Now lets see what is happening over there across the pond in England with their wonderful health care, you know the one we are trying to get passed over here.
A 9-month wait for arthritis treatment: Delay can mean a lifetime of agony for victims
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1199714/A-9-month-wait-arthritis-treatment-Delay-mean-lifetime-agony-victims.html#ixzz0LNBgER6S
Here is a little bit of an article from My Way News.
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders, pledging to meet the president's goal of health care legislation before their August break, are offering a $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans. Left to pick up most of the tab were medical providers, employers and the wealthy.
Full Article Here: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090715/D99EO8BO0.html
Now lets see what is happening over there across the pond in England with their wonderful health care, you know the one we are trying to get passed over here.
A 9-month wait for arthritis treatment: Delay can mean a lifetime of agony for victims
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1199714/A-9-month-wait-arthritis-treatment-Delay-mean-lifetime-agony-victims.html#ixzz0LNBgER6S
Just Answer The Damn Question
Sotomayor: "No Fundamental Right to Bear Arms"
No Right to Protect Your Property? You have got to watch this Video, and Call you Senators!!!
This woman has no idea what the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is about and she wants to be a Supreme Court Justice? She says that the states can make whatever gun control laws they want, and she is serious. Does she not know what the Bill of Rights are and how they came about? The Bill of Rights was what the states wanted passed before the would sign the Constitution. Makes sense then that since one of those Bills was the Second Amendment that the states wanted to make sure that the Federal government couldn't come in and take that right away from them. Now we live in an upside down world most of the time and states are making gun control laws. But since we have the Constitution and the Bill of Rights it is unconstitutional to ban the use of guns by individuals. Watch this video and you answer this question: Is this you America? Is this what you believe? How would you answer this question?
Me, since God gives us the right to own land, and the right is fortified in the Constitution of our country, and the Second Amendment is in the Constitution I say "You are damn right we have a right to protect ourselves and others."
No Right to Protect Your Property? You have got to watch this Video, and Call you Senators!!!
This woman has no idea what the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is about and she wants to be a Supreme Court Justice? She says that the states can make whatever gun control laws they want, and she is serious. Does she not know what the Bill of Rights are and how they came about? The Bill of Rights was what the states wanted passed before the would sign the Constitution. Makes sense then that since one of those Bills was the Second Amendment that the states wanted to make sure that the Federal government couldn't come in and take that right away from them. Now we live in an upside down world most of the time and states are making gun control laws. But since we have the Constitution and the Bill of Rights it is unconstitutional to ban the use of guns by individuals. Watch this video and you answer this question: Is this you America? Is this what you believe? How would you answer this question?
Me, since God gives us the right to own land, and the right is fortified in the Constitution of our country, and the Second Amendment is in the Constitution I say "You are damn right we have a right to protect ourselves and others."
Monday, July 13, 2009
Call Your Senators And Tell Then No On Sotomayor
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a judicial pioneer, but Republicans questioned her impartiality and President Barack Obama's views as well Monday at confirmation hearings for the nation's first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court.
Even so, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Sotomayor, "Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed."
"And I don't think you will" have a meltdown, he added quickly.
Even so, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Sotomayor, "Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed."
"And I don't think you will" have a meltdown, he added quickly.
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican, vowed a "respectful tone" and "maybe some disagreements" when lawmakers begin questioning Sotomayor on Tuesday.
Moments later, he underscored that point. "I will not vote for, and no senator should vote for an individual nominated by any president who believes it is acceptable for a judge to allow their own personal background, gender, prejudices or sympathies to sway their decision," he said.
"Call it empathy, call it prejudice or call it sympathy, but whatever it is, it's not law," Sessions said. "In truth, it's more akin to politics, and politics has no place in the courtroom."
That was a reference to Obama's declaration—made before he named Sotomayor—that he wanted a person of empathy on the high court.
Moments later, he underscored that point. "I will not vote for, and no senator should vote for an individual nominated by any president who believes it is acceptable for a judge to allow their own personal background, gender, prejudices or sympathies to sway their decision," he said.
"Call it empathy, call it prejudice or call it sympathy, but whatever it is, it's not law," Sessions said. "In truth, it's more akin to politics, and politics has no place in the courtroom."
That was a reference to Obama's declaration—made before he named Sotomayor—that he wanted a person of empathy on the high court.
Republicans signaled that they will press her to explain past rulings involving discrimination complaints and gun rights, as well as remarks that they say raise doubts about her ability to judge cases fairly.
The most fertile ground for Republican questioning appears to be on race and ethnicity, focused on Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment and a ruling on white firefighters from New Haven, Conn., who won their Supreme Court case last month.
In a speech in 2001, Sotomayor said she hoped a "wise Latina" often would reach better conclusions than a white male who lacked the same life experience.
By a 5-4 vote last month, the high court agreed with the firefighters, who claimed they were denied promotions on account of their race after New Haven officials threw out test results because too few minorities did well. The court reversed a decision by a New York appeals court panel that included Sotomayor.
The most fertile ground for Republican questioning appears to be on race and ethnicity, focused on Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment and a ruling on white firefighters from New Haven, Conn., who won their Supreme Court case last month.
In a speech in 2001, Sotomayor said she hoped a "wise Latina" often would reach better conclusions than a white male who lacked the same life experience.
By a 5-4 vote last month, the high court agreed with the firefighters, who claimed they were denied promotions on account of their race after New Haven officials threw out test results because too few minorities did well. The court reversed a decision by a New York appeals court panel that included Sotomayor.
Government Controlled Media. Its Coming
Broadcasters Seek Federal Aid
WASHINGTON --A group of minority broadcasters asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Monday for financial assistance akin to the aid that has been extended to the financial and auto industries.
"Minority-owned broadcasters are close to becoming an extinct species," the letter said. "Even in better economic times, minority broadcasters have historically had difficulties accessing the capital markets."
The broadcasters told Mr. Geithner they can bounce back if they are given some temporary assistance while the credit markets are slow. "Unlike the auto business, broadcasting has been healthy for many years," their letter said.
The broadcasters appeal follows a proposal sent in May to Mr. Geithner by a group of influential House members asking for a minority broadcaster support program, bridge funding, or government-backed loans.
The House letter was signed by House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., S.C.) and a group of key committee chairmen, including Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.) Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D., N.Y.) and Oversight Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns, (D., N.Y.).
Full Story: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124752187967935029.html
WASHINGTON --A group of minority broadcasters asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Monday for financial assistance akin to the aid that has been extended to the financial and auto industries.
"Minority-owned broadcasters are close to becoming an extinct species," the letter said. "Even in better economic times, minority broadcasters have historically had difficulties accessing the capital markets."
The broadcasters told Mr. Geithner they can bounce back if they are given some temporary assistance while the credit markets are slow. "Unlike the auto business, broadcasting has been healthy for many years," their letter said.
The broadcasters appeal follows a proposal sent in May to Mr. Geithner by a group of influential House members asking for a minority broadcaster support program, bridge funding, or government-backed loans.
The House letter was signed by House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., S.C.) and a group of key committee chairmen, including Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.) Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D., N.Y.) and Oversight Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns, (D., N.Y.).
Full Story: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124752187967935029.html
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The Secret Is Out
The Secret Is Out
Yes that is right the secret is out. Of course it has been out for about a hundred years, and really out in the open for the last ten, if you haven't had your head in the ground, and slap you in your face out in the open the last couple of years. Al Gore lets is slip. Read this article and then watch the video for yourself. Now I know that Al Gore is as dry as baked cardboard so you can start listening at 1:05 in the video. That is one minute five seconds in. I have been trying to tell people this for years. It is nothing but a big redistribution of wealth scheme this whole global warming thing. Well who is the crazy, nut, conspiracy theorist, loon now? Oh wait, damn, I haven't taken the battery out of my cell phone yet. If you don't see anymore blogs this week you know what happened to me. Was that a helicopter I just heard? Gotta go!!
Former Vice President Al Gore declared that the Congressional climate bill will help bring about “global governance.”
“I bring you good news from the U.S., “Gore said on July 7, 2009 in Oxford at the Smith School World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment, sponsored by UK Times.
“Just two weeks ago, the House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey climate bill,” Gore said, noting it was “very much a step in the right direction.” President Obama has pushed for the passage of the bill in the Senate and attended a G8 summit this week where he agreed to attempt to keep the Earth's temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees C.
Gore touted the Congressional climate bill, claiming it “will dramatically increase the prospects for success” in combating what he sees as the “crisis” of man-made global warming. “But it is the awareness itself that will drive the change and one of the ways it will drive the change is through global governance and global agreements.”
Gore's call for “global governance” echoes former French President Jacques Chirac's call in 2000.
On November 20, 2000, then French President Chirac said during a speech at The Hague that the UN's Kyoto Protocol represented "the first component of an authentic global governance."
“I bring you good news from the U.S., “Gore said on July 7, 2009 in Oxford at the Smith School World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment, sponsored by UK Times.
“Just two weeks ago, the House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey climate bill,” Gore said, noting it was “very much a step in the right direction.” President Obama has pushed for the passage of the bill in the Senate and attended a G8 summit this week where he agreed to attempt to keep the Earth's temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees C.
Gore touted the Congressional climate bill, claiming it “will dramatically increase the prospects for success” in combating what he sees as the “crisis” of man-made global warming. “But it is the awareness itself that will drive the change and one of the ways it will drive the change is through global governance and global agreements.”
Gore's call for “global governance” echoes former French President Jacques Chirac's call in 2000.
On November 20, 2000, then French President Chirac said during a speech at The Hague that the UN's Kyoto Protocol represented "the first component of an authentic global governance."
“For the first time, humanity is instituting a genuine instrument of global governance,” Chirac explained. “From the very earliest age, we should make environmental awareness a major theme of education and a major theme of political debate, until respect for the environment comes to be as fundamental as safeguarding our rights and freedoms. By acting together, by building this unprecedented instrument, the first component of an authentic global governance, we are working for dialogue and peace,” Chirac added.
Former EU Environment Minister Margot Wallstrom said, "Kyoto is about the economy, about leveling the playing field for big businesses worldwide." Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper once dismissed UN's Kyoto Protocol as a “socialist scheme.”
In addition, calls for a global carbon tax have been urged at recent UN global warming conferences. In December 2007, the UN climate conference in Bali, urged the adoption of a global carbon tax that would represent “a global burden sharing system, fair, with solidarity, and legally binding to all nations.”
“Finally someone will pay for these [climate related] costs,” Othmar Schwank, a global tax advocate, said at the 2007 UN conference after a panel titled “A Global CO2 Tax.”
Schwank noted that wealthy nations like the U.S. would bear the biggest burden based on the “polluters pay principle.” The U.S. and other wealthy nations need to “contribute significantly more to this global fund,” Schwank explained. He also added, “It is very essential to tax coal.”
The environmental group Friends of the Earth advocated the transfer of money from rich to poor nations during the 2007 UN climate conference.
"A climate change response must have at its heart a redistribution of wealth and resources,” said Emma Brindal, a climate justice campaigner coordinator for Friends of the Earth.
"A climate change response must have at its heart a redistribution of wealth and resources,” said Emma Brindal, a climate justice campaigner coordinator for Friends of the Earth.
Full Story: http://www.climatedepot.com/a/1893/Gore-US-Climate-Bill-Will-Help-Bring-About-Global-Governance
Big Brother At It Again
Well Big Brother is at it again and would you believe it, that I agree with someone from the ACLU? Egads!!! What am I going to do? And there is at least one person living near San Francisco that has some brains, asking "Where does it end?"
Tiburon may install license plate cameras
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The posh and picturesque town that juts into San Francisco Bay is poised to do something unprecedented: use cameras to record the license plate number of every vehicle that crosses city limits.
Some residents describe the plan as a commonsense way to thwart thieves, most of whom come from out of town. Others see an electronic border gate and worry that the project will only reinforce Tiburon's image of exclusivity and snootiness.
"I personally don't see too much harm in it, because I have nothing to hide," commodities broker Paul Lambert, 64, said after a trip to Boardwalk Market in downtown Tiburon on a recent afternoon.
"Yet," he said, "it still has the taint of Big Brother."
The readers, which use character recognition software, can compare plates to databases of cars that have been stolen or linked to crimes, then immediately notify police of matches, said Police Chief Michael Cronin.
If someone burglarized a Tiburon home at 3 a.m. one morning, he said, detectives could consult the devices and find out who came to town in the hours before - and who rolled out soon after.
MORON ALERT, MORON ALERT: Cronin called it a sound investment. He pointed to a frustrating twist in Tiburon crime: Residents feel so safe that they don't lock their cars and homes. Ya that is a good way to reduce crime, what an idiot.
Nicole Ozer, who directs policy on technology for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, isn't as supportive. She called the cameras a "needle in a haystack" approach that may waste money, invade privacy and invite unfair profiling.
"To be under investigation simply because you entered or left Tiburon at a certain time is incredibly intrusive," Ozer said. "Innocent people should be able to go about their daily lives without being tracked and monitored."
Some cities use the cameras to assess anti-congestion tolls on motorists, while casino bosses get an alert when a high roller - or a cheater - pulls in.
But Fred Mayo, 62, who lives in Tiburon and owns a travel agency in Mill Valley, said the cameras would invade privacy. "Where does it end?" Mayo asked.
Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/10/MNT6189U0U.DTL
Tiburon may install license plate cameras
Welcome to Tiburon.
Click.
Your presence has been noted.
The posh and picturesque town that juts into San Francisco Bay is poised to do something unprecedented: use cameras to record the license plate number of every vehicle that crosses city limits.
Some residents describe the plan as a commonsense way to thwart thieves, most of whom come from out of town. Others see an electronic border gate and worry that the project will only reinforce Tiburon's image of exclusivity and snootiness.
"I personally don't see too much harm in it, because I have nothing to hide," commodities broker Paul Lambert, 64, said after a trip to Boardwalk Market in downtown Tiburon on a recent afternoon.
"Yet," he said, "it still has the taint of Big Brother."
The readers, which use character recognition software, can compare plates to databases of cars that have been stolen or linked to crimes, then immediately notify police of matches, said Police Chief Michael Cronin.
If someone burglarized a Tiburon home at 3 a.m. one morning, he said, detectives could consult the devices and find out who came to town in the hours before - and who rolled out soon after.
MORON ALERT, MORON ALERT: Cronin called it a sound investment. He pointed to a frustrating twist in Tiburon crime: Residents feel so safe that they don't lock their cars and homes. Ya that is a good way to reduce crime, what an idiot.
Nicole Ozer, who directs policy on technology for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, isn't as supportive. She called the cameras a "needle in a haystack" approach that may waste money, invade privacy and invite unfair profiling.
"To be under investigation simply because you entered or left Tiburon at a certain time is incredibly intrusive," Ozer said. "Innocent people should be able to go about their daily lives without being tracked and monitored."
Some cities use the cameras to assess anti-congestion tolls on motorists, while casino bosses get an alert when a high roller - or a cheater - pulls in.
But Fred Mayo, 62, who lives in Tiburon and owns a travel agency in Mill Valley, said the cameras would invade privacy. "Where does it end?" Mayo asked.
Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/10/MNT6189U0U.DTL
Saturday, July 11, 2009
What? It's Funny
I usually do not put stuff up on my blog like this but I could not resist this time. Here we have a picture of President Obama checking out the rump of a sixteen year old Brazilian. My question is: What are the feeding those girls? I don't think that is the kind of stimulus package the President was talking about.
Friday, July 10, 2009
More Protest in Iran
The young over in Iran want freedom. Hopefully they will get it someday soon, until then lets pray for all of those over there risking their lives to protest an oppressive government. All around the world, including here, it will take brave police officers, and brave members of the military to stand up for what is right and say "NO" to oppression, as is illustrated by some of the Iranian demonstrators as they chanted "Police protect us."
Thousands protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said. The first opposition foray into the streets in 11 days aimed to revive mass demonstrations that were crushed in Iran's postelection turmoil. Iranian authorities had promised tough action to prevent the marches, which supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been planning for days in Internet messages. Heavy police forces deployed at key points in the city ahead of the marches, and Tehran's governor vowed to "smash" anyone who heeded the demonstration calls.
Women in headscarves and young men dashed away, rubbing their eyes as police fired tear gas, in footage aired on state-run Press TV. In a photo from Thursday's events in Tehran obtained by The Associated Press outside Iran, a woman with her black headscarf looped over her face raised a fist in front of a garbage bin that had been set on fire.
But the clampdown was not total. At Tehran University, a line of police blocked a crowd from reaching the gates of the campus, but then did not move to disperse them as the protesters chanted "Mir Hossein" and "death to the dictator" and waved their hands in the air, witnesses said. The crowd grew to nearly 1,000 people, the witnesses said.
"Police, protect us," some of the demonstrators chanted, asking the forces not to move against them. Onlookers and pedestrians often gave their support. In side streets near the university, police were chasing young activists, and when they caught one, passers-by chanted "let him go, let him go," until the policemen released him. Elsewhere, residents let fleeing demonstrators slip into their homes to elude police, witnesses said.
Full Story Here: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99B3RSO2&show_article=1
Thousands protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said. The first opposition foray into the streets in 11 days aimed to revive mass demonstrations that were crushed in Iran's postelection turmoil. Iranian authorities had promised tough action to prevent the marches, which supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been planning for days in Internet messages. Heavy police forces deployed at key points in the city ahead of the marches, and Tehran's governor vowed to "smash" anyone who heeded the demonstration calls.
Women in headscarves and young men dashed away, rubbing their eyes as police fired tear gas, in footage aired on state-run Press TV. In a photo from Thursday's events in Tehran obtained by The Associated Press outside Iran, a woman with her black headscarf looped over her face raised a fist in front of a garbage bin that had been set on fire.
But the clampdown was not total. At Tehran University, a line of police blocked a crowd from reaching the gates of the campus, but then did not move to disperse them as the protesters chanted "Mir Hossein" and "death to the dictator" and waved their hands in the air, witnesses said. The crowd grew to nearly 1,000 people, the witnesses said.
"Police, protect us," some of the demonstrators chanted, asking the forces not to move against them. Onlookers and pedestrians often gave their support. In side streets near the university, police were chasing young activists, and when they caught one, passers-by chanted "let him go, let him go," until the policemen released him. Elsewhere, residents let fleeing demonstrators slip into their homes to elude police, witnesses said.
Full Story Here: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99B3RSO2&show_article=1
Conspiracy Theory Meet Facts
In what may sound like some kind of conspiracy theory there have been billions of dollars given to areas that overwhelmingly supported Obama in the elections. Now if I may indulge in an idea -Z- and I had talked about: Remember the Cap and Trade bill? Buried in it was a part that said if you are trying to sell your house the EPA has to come in and inspect it to see if it us to their standards, whatever they are. Now just think about this, how many people registered republican do you think will pass those inspections if they are made into law? Below is part of the story from USA Today.
Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08
WASHINGTON — Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election.
Counties that supported Obama last year have reaped twice as much money per person from the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus package as those that voted for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, a USA TODAY analysis of government disclosure and accounting records shows.
The stimulus package Obama signed in February includes about $499 billion in new spending, and to date, the Obama administration has allocated about $158 billion to specific projects and programs. Most of that money has gone directly to state governments, which then disperse the money to prevent school layoffs, repair roads and fund social services. That contrasts with the $17 billion that Washington distributes directly to local communities.
Including the larger chunk of money given to state governments, the aid favors states that voted for Obama, which have received about 20% more per person.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-08-redblue_N.htm
Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08
WASHINGTON — Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election.
Counties that supported Obama last year have reaped twice as much money per person from the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus package as those that voted for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, a USA TODAY analysis of government disclosure and accounting records shows.
The stimulus package Obama signed in February includes about $499 billion in new spending, and to date, the Obama administration has allocated about $158 billion to specific projects and programs. Most of that money has gone directly to state governments, which then disperse the money to prevent school layoffs, repair roads and fund social services. That contrasts with the $17 billion that Washington distributes directly to local communities.
Including the larger chunk of money given to state governments, the aid favors states that voted for Obama, which have received about 20% more per person.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-08-redblue_N.htm
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
We Are Different
"Daniel Hannan, member of the European Parliament, has a wonderful talk on many things important for us...Sometimes it takes an outsider to see the truth that we miss in our day to day lives." From http://www.drrobphotostop.blogspot.com/
Thanks -Z- for the great videos and the good job, keep it up.
Now in this next video it gets even better. You have to love this quote from Mr. Hannan: "As a British politician who loves his country, appealing to Americans who still believe in theirs, honor the vision of the men who wrote your Constitution. Respect the most sublime document of its kind ever drafted by human intelligence."
Let us once again remember what Thomas Paine, another Brit, told us in his pamphlet Common Sense: “Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways, now make us a king to judge us like all the other nations” (1 Samuel 8:5 Quoted out of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense). Thomas Paine hit this nail right on the head even before our Constitution was written, when he said: “And here we cannot but observe that their motives were bad, viz. that they might be like unto other nations…whereas their true glory lay in being as much unlike them as possible.”
The problem is that it’s “sons walk not in thy ways.” Now give us a President to make us like all other nations, whereas our true glory is America being as much unlike any other nation as possible. There are good things happening here in America. I know it is easy to get swept up in all the negativity but we have to look for the good. I will be working on a blog that, hopefully, will shed some light on who we are as people, and what we have here in our Constitution and our country. There are two more of these videos with a question and answer part with Mr. Hannan if you want to watch them they are linked from my site under the videos title to the right.
Thanks -Z- for the great videos and the good job, keep it up.
Now in this next video it gets even better. You have to love this quote from Mr. Hannan: "As a British politician who loves his country, appealing to Americans who still believe in theirs, honor the vision of the men who wrote your Constitution. Respect the most sublime document of its kind ever drafted by human intelligence."
Let us once again remember what Thomas Paine, another Brit, told us in his pamphlet Common Sense: “Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways, now make us a king to judge us like all the other nations” (1 Samuel 8:5 Quoted out of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense). Thomas Paine hit this nail right on the head even before our Constitution was written, when he said: “And here we cannot but observe that their motives were bad, viz. that they might be like unto other nations…whereas their true glory lay in being as much unlike them as possible.”
The problem is that it’s “sons walk not in thy ways.” Now give us a President to make us like all other nations, whereas our true glory is America being as much unlike any other nation as possible. There are good things happening here in America. I know it is easy to get swept up in all the negativity but we have to look for the good. I will be working on a blog that, hopefully, will shed some light on who we are as people, and what we have here in our Constitution and our country. There are two more of these videos with a question and answer part with Mr. Hannan if you want to watch them they are linked from my site under the videos title to the right.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Up In the Air With Palin Resignation
Right now I don't know what to think about Governor Palin resigning. I have always been taught that you finish what you start, but I have also been taught to choose your battles carefully, so who knows. I guess I will have to wait and see what the Governor has planned and then when I have all of the details make a decision on it. Right now though I am leaning towards that it wasn't the best idea. Maybe she should have given it six to ten more months and then stepped down.
I do like the fact that in whatever she plans on doing the Governor is coming out swinging, by right away taking aim at the media. This is from Politico.com:
Sarah Palin attorney warns press on 'defamatory material
Ratcheting up her offensive against the news media, Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney threatened on Saturday to sue mainstream news organizations if they publish “defamatory” stories.
In an extraordinary four-page letter, Alaska-based attorney Thomas Van Flein warns of severe consequences should speculation that until now has largely been confined to blogs — about whether Palin embezzled funds in the construction of a Wasilla, Alaska, sports arena — find its way into print.
“This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who republish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law,” Van Flein warned, citing Alaska liberal blogger Shannyn Moore.
Much like Palin did in her Facebook statement Saturday, Van Flein savages the news media in his letter.
“Just as power abhors a vacuum, modern journalism apparently abhors any type of due diligence and fact checking before scurrilous allegations are repeated as fact,” the Anchorage attorney wrote.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24521.html#ixzz0KWPhaWQb&C
In an extraordinary four-page letter, Alaska-based attorney Thomas Van Flein warns of severe consequences should speculation that until now has largely been confined to blogs — about whether Palin embezzled funds in the construction of a Wasilla, Alaska, sports arena — find its way into print.
“This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who republish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law,” Van Flein warned, citing Alaska liberal blogger Shannyn Moore.
Much like Palin did in her Facebook statement Saturday, Van Flein savages the news media in his letter.
“Just as power abhors a vacuum, modern journalism apparently abhors any type of due diligence and fact checking before scurrilous allegations are repeated as fact,” the Anchorage attorney wrote.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24521.html#ixzz0KWPhaWQb&C
Monday, July 6, 2009
They Will Come For You
Below is just another obvious example of how the worlds "elites" in government want to redistribute all of the wealth of hard working Americans so we can all share in the misery. Read this article below about the new climate strategy targeting the world's rich. One thing that I do find missing in the below article is how the "elites" plan on tracking each rich person. It does talk about a new limousine and yacht tax though.
New climate strategy: track the world's wealthiest
Now the fight on Global Warming is targeting the Rich; and each persons emissions.
Source: Reuters
* World's richest emit about half of Earth's carbon
* Tracking the wealthy could break climate impasse
* New method would follow individual greenhouse emissions
* World's richest emit about half of Earth's carbon
* Tracking the wealthy could break climate impasse
* New method would follow individual greenhouse emissions
WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - To fairly divide the climate change fight between rich and poor, a new study suggests basing targets for emission cuts on the number of wealthy people, who are also the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, in a country.
As it stands now, under the carbon-capping Kyoto Protocol, rich countries shoulder most of the burden for cutting the emissions that spur global warming, while developing countries -- including fast-growing economies China and India -- are not required to curb greenhouse pollution.
The study suggests setting a uniform international cap on how much carbon dioxide each person could emit in order to limit global emissions; since rich people emit more, they are the ones likely to reach or exceed this cap, whether they live in a rich country or a poor one.
"You're distributing the task of doing something about emissions reduction based on the proportion of the population in the country that's actually doing the most damage," said Shoibal Chakravarty of the Princeton Environment Institute, one of the study's authors.
Rich people's lives tend to give off more greenhouse gases because they drive more fossil-fueled vehicles, travel frequently by air and live in big houses that take more fuel to heat and cool.
Is this a limousine-and-yacht tax on the rich? Not necessarily, Chakravarty said, but he did not rule it out: "We are not by any means proposing that. If some country finds a way of doing that, it's great."
Colin Powell worries Obama tackling too much
Hope everyone had a great Independence Day weekend. Now it is back to some blogging. Here we have Colin Powell talking the other day about how our President is doing to much. We will compare this to what Powell said a couple of months ago.
Colin Powell the other day: "The right answer is, 'Give me a government that works,'" the former secretary of state said in a television interview to be aired Sunday. "Keep it as small as possible," added Powell. "We can't pay for it all," Powell said. "And I never would have believed that we would have budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars, and we are amassing a huge, huge national debt that, if we don't pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great grandchildren will have to pay for it."
WOW really? You can't believe we would have had budgets in the multi-trillions of dollars. This guy is unreal.
In his 1996 speech to the Republican National Convention. He said then that the nation no longer could afford more entitlements, higher taxes and more bureaucracy. In the interview with CNN's "State of the Union" that is to air Sunday, Powell said he hasn't changed his mind.
"Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible.
He said Obama "has to start really taking a very, very hard look at what the cost of all this is. And, how much additional bureaucracy and will it be effective bureaucracy."
What? Effective bureaucracy? Is there such a thing? It is kind of an oxymoron if you ask me.
Now lets take a look at what Powell said just a few short months ago.
"Americans do want to pay taxes for services," he said. "Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less."
Sorry General, you can't have it both ways. Either more government in your life, or less like our Founding Fathers believed.
Colin Powell the other day: "The right answer is, 'Give me a government that works,'" the former secretary of state said in a television interview to be aired Sunday. "Keep it as small as possible," added Powell. "We can't pay for it all," Powell said. "And I never would have believed that we would have budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars, and we are amassing a huge, huge national debt that, if we don't pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great grandchildren will have to pay for it."
WOW really? You can't believe we would have had budgets in the multi-trillions of dollars. This guy is unreal.
In his 1996 speech to the Republican National Convention. He said then that the nation no longer could afford more entitlements, higher taxes and more bureaucracy. In the interview with CNN's "State of the Union" that is to air Sunday, Powell said he hasn't changed his mind.
"Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible.
He said Obama "has to start really taking a very, very hard look at what the cost of all this is. And, how much additional bureaucracy and will it be effective bureaucracy."
What? Effective bureaucracy? Is there such a thing? It is kind of an oxymoron if you ask me.
Now lets take a look at what Powell said just a few short months ago.
"Americans do want to pay taxes for services," he said. "Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less."
Sorry General, you can't have it both ways. Either more government in your life, or less like our Founding Fathers believed.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Victory In Iraq
I would just like to take this time and space to thank all of the Troops of the United States for their victory in the Battle in Iraq and their continuing struggle for victory in the War on Terror.
Politicians Ain't Stupid
Some of the things that our elected officials have been doing leave most of us scratching our heads thinking "these people are crazy, they should know that spending and putting us further into debt is not going to make the economy recover." For a few years I have tossed around the idea that all of these idiotic policies are by design. This is not some kind of freak conspiracy theory here. If you just follow things to their logical conclusion by continuing to ask "why" you can see that there is no other outcome than one by design, and both republicans and democrats are in on it. Both parties are full of progressives that want to see the United States of America, as we know it, destroyed. To prove my point read this recent article:
"The year is 2020 and the gasoline tax is history. In its place you get a monthly tax bill based on each mile you drove — tracked by a Global Positioning System device in your car and uploaded to a billing center.
What once was science fiction is being field-tested by the University of Iowa to iron out the wrinkles should a by-the-mile road tax ever be enacted.
Besides the technological advances making such a tax possible, the idea is getting a hard push from a growing number of transportation experts and officials. That is because the traditional by-the-gallon fuel tax, struggling to keep up with road building and maintenance demands, could fall even farther behind as vehicles' gas mileage rises and more alternative-fuel vehicles come on line."
(So the government takes over the car industry pushing out the cars that Americans want to drive and forcing car manufacturers to build small fuel efficient cars. Strange. As gas mileage goes up, tax revenues on gas goes down because we will be spending less on gas. Government solution: BIG BROTHER TAKES AWAY YOUR PRIVACY)
"The idea of shifting to a by-the-mile tax has been discussed for years, but it now appears to be getting more serious attention. A federal commission, after a two-year study, concluded earlier this year that the road tax was the "best path forward" to keep revenues flowing to highway and transportation projects, and could be an important new tool to help manage traffic and relieve congestion.
The decision by the 15-member National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission was unanimous, which surprised Robert Atkinson, the group's chairman. But he said it became clear as the commission's work progressed that a road tax on miles traveled was the best option.
"If you're committed to the system being improved then it was a no-brainer," he said."
Read Full Article Here: http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1299981.html
Now I thought that there was already a strange little device that counted mileage. . . oh yes that's right it's called an odometer. Just go back and re-read this article and ask why. A quick run down here: Government throws us into a financial crisis, government takes over car industry forcing them to build smaller more fuel efficient cars, taxes revenue goes down (government plays magic trick showing us this hand saying "we need to have a per mile tax to help maintain your roads), government passes new per mile tax. Is this not obvious? This is an excuse to track our movements, just like placing camera's everywhere. This is an incredible invasion of our privacy. If the government is wanting to really put a per mile tax on us a simple inspection would provide all the information they would need by reading our odometer every year. Remember having to go get your emissions inspection every year. So "WHY" do they want a GPS system in your car again? You tell me what you come up with.
Related blog on Security VS. Freedom: http://cincinnatus17.blogspot.com/2009/06/security-vs-freedom.html
"The year is 2020 and the gasoline tax is history. In its place you get a monthly tax bill based on each mile you drove — tracked by a Global Positioning System device in your car and uploaded to a billing center.
What once was science fiction is being field-tested by the University of Iowa to iron out the wrinkles should a by-the-mile road tax ever be enacted.
Besides the technological advances making such a tax possible, the idea is getting a hard push from a growing number of transportation experts and officials. That is because the traditional by-the-gallon fuel tax, struggling to keep up with road building and maintenance demands, could fall even farther behind as vehicles' gas mileage rises and more alternative-fuel vehicles come on line."
(So the government takes over the car industry pushing out the cars that Americans want to drive and forcing car manufacturers to build small fuel efficient cars. Strange. As gas mileage goes up, tax revenues on gas goes down because we will be spending less on gas. Government solution: BIG BROTHER TAKES AWAY YOUR PRIVACY)
"The idea of shifting to a by-the-mile tax has been discussed for years, but it now appears to be getting more serious attention. A federal commission, after a two-year study, concluded earlier this year that the road tax was the "best path forward" to keep revenues flowing to highway and transportation projects, and could be an important new tool to help manage traffic and relieve congestion.
The decision by the 15-member National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission was unanimous, which surprised Robert Atkinson, the group's chairman. But he said it became clear as the commission's work progressed that a road tax on miles traveled was the best option.
"If you're committed to the system being improved then it was a no-brainer," he said."
Read Full Article Here: http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1299981.html
Now I thought that there was already a strange little device that counted mileage. . . oh yes that's right it's called an odometer. Just go back and re-read this article and ask why. A quick run down here: Government throws us into a financial crisis, government takes over car industry forcing them to build smaller more fuel efficient cars, taxes revenue goes down (government plays magic trick showing us this hand saying "we need to have a per mile tax to help maintain your roads), government passes new per mile tax. Is this not obvious? This is an excuse to track our movements, just like placing camera's everywhere. This is an incredible invasion of our privacy. If the government is wanting to really put a per mile tax on us a simple inspection would provide all the information they would need by reading our odometer every year. Remember having to go get your emissions inspection every year. So "WHY" do they want a GPS system in your car again? You tell me what you come up with.
Related blog on Security VS. Freedom: http://cincinnatus17.blogspot.com/2009/06/security-vs-freedom.html
Remembering the 4th of July
"Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor."
Our Founding Fathers paid the price for the United States of America.
By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
Copyright 2000 Boston Globe
On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted 12-0 -- New York abstained -- in favor of Richard Henry Lee's resolution "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."
On July 4, the Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson -- heavily edited by Congress -- was adopted without dissent. On July 8, the Declaration was publicly proclaimed in Philadelphia. On July 15, Congress learned that the New York Legislature had decided to endorse the Declaration. On Aug. 2, a parchment copy was presented to the Congress for signature. Most of the 56 men who put their name to the document did so that day.
And then?
We tend to forget that to sign the Declaration of Independence was to commit an act of treason -- and the punishment for treason was death. To publicly accuse King George III of "repeated injuries and usurpations," to announce that Americans were therefore "Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown," was a move fraught with danger -- so much so that the names of the signers were kept secret for six months
They were risking everything, and they knew it. That is the meaning of the Declaration's soaring last sentence:
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
Most of the signers survived the war; several went on to illustrious careers.
Two of them became presidents of the United States, and among the others were future vice presidents, senators, and governors. But not all were so fortunate.
Nine of the 56 died during the Revolution, and never tasted American independence.
Five were captured by the British.
Eighteen had their homes -- great estates, some of them - looted or burnt by the enemy.
Some lost everything they owned.
Two were wounded in battle.
Two others were the fathers of sons killed or captured during the war.
"Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." It was not just a rhetorical flourish.
We all recognize John Hancock's signature, but who ever notices the names beneath his? William Ellery, Thomas Nelson, Richard Stockton, Button Gwinnett, Francis Lewis -- to most of us, these are names without meaning.
But each represents a real human being, some of whom paid dearly "for the support of this Declaration" and American independence.
Lewis Morris of New York, for example, must have known when he signed the Declaration that he was signing away his fortune. Within weeks, the British ravaged his estate, destroyed his vast woodlands, butchered his cattle, and sent his family fleeing for their lives.
Another New Yorker, William Floyd, was also forced to flee when the British plundered his property. He and his family lived as refugees for seven years without income. The strain told on his wife; she died two years before the war ended.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, an aristocratic planter who had invested heavily in shipping, saw most of his vessels captured by the British navy. His estates were largely ruined, and by the end of his life he was a pauper.
The home of William Ellery, a Rhode Island delegate, was burned to the ground during the occupation of Newport.
Thomas Heyward Jr., Edward Rutledge, and Arthur Middleton, three members of the South Carolina delegation, all suffered the destruction or vandalizing of their homes at the hands of enemy troops. All three were captured when Charleston fell in 1780, and spent a year in a British prison.
"Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
Thomas Nelson Jr. of Virginia raised $2 million for the patriots' cause on his own personal credit. The government never reimbursed him, and repaying the loans wiped out his entire estate. During the battle of Yorktown, his house, which had been seized by the British, was occupied by General Cornwallis. Nelson quietly urged the gunners to fire on his own home. They did so, destroying it. He was never again a man of wealth. He died bankrupt and was buried in an unmarked grave.
Richard Stockton, a judge on New Jersey's supreme court, was betrayed by loyalist neighbors. He was dragged from his bed and thrown in prison, where he was brutally beaten and starved. His lands were devastated, his horses stolen, his library burnt. He was freed in 1777, but his health had so deteriorated that he died within five years. His family lived on charity for the rest of their lives.
In the British assault on New York, Francis Lewis's home and property were pillaged. His wife was captured and imprisoned; so harshly was she treated that she died soon after her release. Lewis spent the remainder of his days in relative poverty.
And then there was John Hart. The speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, he was forced to flee in the winter of 1776, at the age of 65, from his dying wife's bedside. While he hid in forests and caves, his home was demolished, his fields and mill laid waste, and his 13 children put to flight. When it was finally safe for him to return, he found his wife dead, his children missing, and his property decimated. He never saw any of his family again and died, a shattered man, in 1779.
The men who signed that piece of parchment in 1776 were the elite of their colonies. They were men of means and social standing, but for the sake of liberty, they pledged it all -- their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Our Founding Fathers paid the price for the United States of America.
By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
Copyright 2000 Boston Globe
On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted 12-0 -- New York abstained -- in favor of Richard Henry Lee's resolution "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."
On July 4, the Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson -- heavily edited by Congress -- was adopted without dissent. On July 8, the Declaration was publicly proclaimed in Philadelphia. On July 15, Congress learned that the New York Legislature had decided to endorse the Declaration. On Aug. 2, a parchment copy was presented to the Congress for signature. Most of the 56 men who put their name to the document did so that day.
And then?
We tend to forget that to sign the Declaration of Independence was to commit an act of treason -- and the punishment for treason was death. To publicly accuse King George III of "repeated injuries and usurpations," to announce that Americans were therefore "Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown," was a move fraught with danger -- so much so that the names of the signers were kept secret for six months
They were risking everything, and they knew it. That is the meaning of the Declaration's soaring last sentence:
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
Most of the signers survived the war; several went on to illustrious careers.
Two of them became presidents of the United States, and among the others were future vice presidents, senators, and governors. But not all were so fortunate.
Nine of the 56 died during the Revolution, and never tasted American independence.
Five were captured by the British.
Eighteen had their homes -- great estates, some of them - looted or burnt by the enemy.
Some lost everything they owned.
Two were wounded in battle.
Two others were the fathers of sons killed or captured during the war.
"Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." It was not just a rhetorical flourish.
We all recognize John Hancock's signature, but who ever notices the names beneath his? William Ellery, Thomas Nelson, Richard Stockton, Button Gwinnett, Francis Lewis -- to most of us, these are names without meaning.
But each represents a real human being, some of whom paid dearly "for the support of this Declaration" and American independence.
Lewis Morris of New York, for example, must have known when he signed the Declaration that he was signing away his fortune. Within weeks, the British ravaged his estate, destroyed his vast woodlands, butchered his cattle, and sent his family fleeing for their lives.
Another New Yorker, William Floyd, was also forced to flee when the British plundered his property. He and his family lived as refugees for seven years without income. The strain told on his wife; she died two years before the war ended.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, an aristocratic planter who had invested heavily in shipping, saw most of his vessels captured by the British navy. His estates were largely ruined, and by the end of his life he was a pauper.
The home of William Ellery, a Rhode Island delegate, was burned to the ground during the occupation of Newport.
Thomas Heyward Jr., Edward Rutledge, and Arthur Middleton, three members of the South Carolina delegation, all suffered the destruction or vandalizing of their homes at the hands of enemy troops. All three were captured when Charleston fell in 1780, and spent a year in a British prison.
"Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
Thomas Nelson Jr. of Virginia raised $2 million for the patriots' cause on his own personal credit. The government never reimbursed him, and repaying the loans wiped out his entire estate. During the battle of Yorktown, his house, which had been seized by the British, was occupied by General Cornwallis. Nelson quietly urged the gunners to fire on his own home. They did so, destroying it. He was never again a man of wealth. He died bankrupt and was buried in an unmarked grave.
Richard Stockton, a judge on New Jersey's supreme court, was betrayed by loyalist neighbors. He was dragged from his bed and thrown in prison, where he was brutally beaten and starved. His lands were devastated, his horses stolen, his library burnt. He was freed in 1777, but his health had so deteriorated that he died within five years. His family lived on charity for the rest of their lives.
In the British assault on New York, Francis Lewis's home and property were pillaged. His wife was captured and imprisoned; so harshly was she treated that she died soon after her release. Lewis spent the remainder of his days in relative poverty.
And then there was John Hart. The speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, he was forced to flee in the winter of 1776, at the age of 65, from his dying wife's bedside. While he hid in forests and caves, his home was demolished, his fields and mill laid waste, and his 13 children put to flight. When it was finally safe for him to return, he found his wife dead, his children missing, and his property decimated. He never saw any of his family again and died, a shattered man, in 1779.
The men who signed that piece of parchment in 1776 were the elite of their colonies. They were men of means and social standing, but for the sake of liberty, they pledged it all -- their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
We are in their debt to this day.
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