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.
Monday, July 6, 2009
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.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS SOTOMAYOR, AGAIN
Finally in a 5-4 vote the Supreme Court done something right.
The Supreme Court today narrowly ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who said they were denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision by Judge Sonia Sotomayor and others that had come to play a large role in the consideration of her nomination for the high court.
The city had thrown out the results of a promotion test because no African Americans and only two Hispanics would have qualified for promotions. It said it feared a lawsuit from minorities under federal laws that said such "disparate impacts" on test results could be used to show discrimination.
In effect, the court was deciding when avoiding potential discrimination against one group amounted to actual discrimination against another.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062901608_pf.html
The Supreme Court today narrowly ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who said they were denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision by Judge Sonia Sotomayor and others that had come to play a large role in the consideration of her nomination for the high court.
The city had thrown out the results of a promotion test because no African Americans and only two Hispanics would have qualified for promotions. It said it feared a lawsuit from minorities under federal laws that said such "disparate impacts" on test results could be used to show discrimination.
In effect, the court was deciding when avoiding potential discrimination against one group amounted to actual discrimination against another.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062901608_pf.html
Very Important Post, On What is Happening In Honduras
I really can not believe what is happening here in American and what our government is doing with the crisis down in Honduras. We must pay close attention to what is going on down there. This could very well be a wake-up call for some Americans that are still so apathetic they wouldn't know what do to if they couldn't watch T.V. If you remember a couple of weeks ago President Obama and Robert Gibbs said that we (the United States) should not get involved with the protest over in Iran. Did you hear that? We should not get involved with the freedom loving people over in Iran, that are being brutalized by their government. Don't get involved with that, let the government crush freedom over there, let the government shoot innocent women for wanting nothing more than a chance at freedom.
So now we have a so-called "coup" that happened in Honduras and the first ones on the bandwagon saying that the no other president will be recognized but the one that was thrown out, Mel Zelaya, and that he needs to be reinstated is Hugo Chavez, Castro, and Obama. And What do these three have in common?
So another question: Why did it take two weeks for our President to come out with any kind of backing for the people of Iran, and only a day to shout the people down in Honduras? A little history about what happened in Honduras will provide us with some light for this question, and a hint at what is to come here in the United States.
Now a little history on the Ex-President of Honduras: He is a socialist, praised for his economic policies and social reforms. His foreign policy involves allying himself with Hugo Chavez, adhering Honduras to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, and of course the periodic attacks he makes on the United States. In 2007 he ordered all the country's television and radio stations to broadcast simultaneous interviews with himself and government ministers for two hours a day, making a grab for media control.
In 2009 Zelaya caused uproar with his call to have a referendum in June to decide about convening a Constitutional National Assembly to approve a new political constitution in order to allow the President to be re-elected, given that the current constitution only allows a president to serve for a single term. The constitution explicitly bars changes to some of its clauses, including the term limit.
The referendum was ruled unlawful by Honduras's highest court. Zelaya then rejected the ruling and sacked Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, the head of Honduras's armed forces. In addition to the Supreme Court, Zelaya's referendum was declared illegal by the Congress, the country's attorney general, and the country's top electoral body. Then this past Sunday he was removed from power by the military. This caused an uproar by the world's socialist, including our own President. Here are some highlights:
Hugo Chavez has blamed the CIA.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced what he called the “criminal, brutal” action undertaken by the Honduran military and to demand that Zelaya be placed back in power.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his nation will not recognize a Honduran government without Zelaya as president as he was, Lula said, democratically elected.
Nine leftist countries, including Venezuela, have pulled their ambassadors from Honduras following what they are referring to a “coup d’état” against Zelaya and his politics.
United States President Barack Obama has called for the reinstatement of Zelaya and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would be working for towards establishing “democratic order” in Honduras. It's not surprising that chavistas throughout the region are claiming that he was victim of a military coup. They want to hide the fact that the military was acting on a court order to defend the rule of law and the constitution, and that the Congress asserted itself for that purpose, too
So now we return to our question: Why is our President so eager to stick his nose in this countries affairs but tells the freedom loving people in Iran that we do not want to be seen as meddling? Here is your answer. The president of Honduras Mel Zelaya was removed from office because he wanted to change his nations constitution so he could be President again. Sound a little familiar? Our President wants to and already has run all over our Constitution. The WSJ says: "It seems that President Mel Zelaya miscalculated when he tried to emulate the success of his good friend Hugo in reshaping the Honduran Constitution to his liking. But Honduras is not out of the Venezuelan woods yet. Yesterday the Central American country was being pressured to restore the authoritarian Mr. Zelaya by the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, Hillary Clinton and, of course, Hugo himself. The Organization of American States, having ignored Mr. Zelaya's abuses, also wants him back in power. It will be a miracle if Honduran patriots can hold their ground. Honduras is fighting back by strictly following the constitution. The Honduran Congress met in emergency session yesterday and designated its president as the interim executive as stipulated in Honduran law. It also said that presidential elections set for November will go forward. The Supreme Court later said that the military acted on its orders."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124623220955866301.html
So lets see, the people of Honduras and most of its government are following their own laws and Constitution yet the international socialist communities, of which we are now part of, says that the law breaker should be put back into power. A little of our future here? I think so. We already have most everyone in our government running all over our Constitution and our laws. These people are trying to set up precedent for their own abuses that, quite frankly, they have already perpetrated on us, on our way of life, on our freedoms and on our Constitution. It must stop, Wake Up America.
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and would set a "terrible precedent" of transition by military force unless it was reversed."
Could it be that the President is afraid of the same thing happening here? I do not doubt our soldiers bravery in fighting our wars, but are our soldiers brave enough to cross that Rubicon if it comes to that? Are our soldiers and cops brave enough and moral enough to say "no! we are not going to enforce these laws, they are unconstitutional?" Can anyone say "seat belt laws or helmet laws?" But that is another story.
"It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition, rather than democratic elections," Obama continued.
News flash for you Mr. President this wasn't a military coup. Their military was enforcing their own laws, that their own Congress passed, and their own Supreme Court is upholding.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE55S5J220090629?sp=true
So now we have a so-called "coup" that happened in Honduras and the first ones on the bandwagon saying that the no other president will be recognized but the one that was thrown out, Mel Zelaya, and that he needs to be reinstated is Hugo Chavez, Castro, and Obama. And What do these three have in common?
So another question: Why did it take two weeks for our President to come out with any kind of backing for the people of Iran, and only a day to shout the people down in Honduras? A little history about what happened in Honduras will provide us with some light for this question, and a hint at what is to come here in the United States.
Now a little history on the Ex-President of Honduras: He is a socialist, praised for his economic policies and social reforms. His foreign policy involves allying himself with Hugo Chavez, adhering Honduras to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, and of course the periodic attacks he makes on the United States. In 2007 he ordered all the country's television and radio stations to broadcast simultaneous interviews with himself and government ministers for two hours a day, making a grab for media control.
In 2009 Zelaya caused uproar with his call to have a referendum in June to decide about convening a Constitutional National Assembly to approve a new political constitution in order to allow the President to be re-elected, given that the current constitution only allows a president to serve for a single term. The constitution explicitly bars changes to some of its clauses, including the term limit.
The referendum was ruled unlawful by Honduras's highest court. Zelaya then rejected the ruling and sacked Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, the head of Honduras's armed forces. In addition to the Supreme Court, Zelaya's referendum was declared illegal by the Congress, the country's attorney general, and the country's top electoral body. Then this past Sunday he was removed from power by the military. This caused an uproar by the world's socialist, including our own President. Here are some highlights:
Hugo Chavez has blamed the CIA.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced what he called the “criminal, brutal” action undertaken by the Honduran military and to demand that Zelaya be placed back in power.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his nation will not recognize a Honduran government without Zelaya as president as he was, Lula said, democratically elected.
Nine leftist countries, including Venezuela, have pulled their ambassadors from Honduras following what they are referring to a “coup d’état” against Zelaya and his politics.
United States President Barack Obama has called for the reinstatement of Zelaya and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would be working for towards establishing “democratic order” in Honduras. It's not surprising that chavistas throughout the region are claiming that he was victim of a military coup. They want to hide the fact that the military was acting on a court order to defend the rule of law and the constitution, and that the Congress asserted itself for that purpose, too
So now we return to our question: Why is our President so eager to stick his nose in this countries affairs but tells the freedom loving people in Iran that we do not want to be seen as meddling? Here is your answer. The president of Honduras Mel Zelaya was removed from office because he wanted to change his nations constitution so he could be President again. Sound a little familiar? Our President wants to and already has run all over our Constitution. The WSJ says: "It seems that President Mel Zelaya miscalculated when he tried to emulate the success of his good friend Hugo in reshaping the Honduran Constitution to his liking. But Honduras is not out of the Venezuelan woods yet. Yesterday the Central American country was being pressured to restore the authoritarian Mr. Zelaya by the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, Hillary Clinton and, of course, Hugo himself. The Organization of American States, having ignored Mr. Zelaya's abuses, also wants him back in power. It will be a miracle if Honduran patriots can hold their ground. Honduras is fighting back by strictly following the constitution. The Honduran Congress met in emergency session yesterday and designated its president as the interim executive as stipulated in Honduran law. It also said that presidential elections set for November will go forward. The Supreme Court later said that the military acted on its orders."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124623220955866301.html
So lets see, the people of Honduras and most of its government are following their own laws and Constitution yet the international socialist communities, of which we are now part of, says that the law breaker should be put back into power. A little of our future here? I think so. We already have most everyone in our government running all over our Constitution and our laws. These people are trying to set up precedent for their own abuses that, quite frankly, they have already perpetrated on us, on our way of life, on our freedoms and on our Constitution. It must stop, Wake Up America.
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and would set a "terrible precedent" of transition by military force unless it was reversed."
Could it be that the President is afraid of the same thing happening here? I do not doubt our soldiers bravery in fighting our wars, but are our soldiers brave enough to cross that Rubicon if it comes to that? Are our soldiers and cops brave enough and moral enough to say "no! we are not going to enforce these laws, they are unconstitutional?" Can anyone say "seat belt laws or helmet laws?" But that is another story.
"It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition, rather than democratic elections," Obama continued.
News flash for you Mr. President this wasn't a military coup. Their military was enforcing their own laws, that their own Congress passed, and their own Supreme Court is upholding.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE55S5J220090629?sp=true
Monday, June 29, 2009
Cap and Trade Sell Outs
GOP Cap & Traitors
Thanks to all of you who called members of the House trying to persuade lawmakers to vote against the so-called American Clean Energy and Security Act....a.k.a., the job-killing Cap & Trade bill that's really the biggest piece of tax hike legislation we've ever seen.
As I predicted, it was a close vote, with the measure passing by 7 votes, 219-212. And, here they are....the 8 GOP RINO's who voted for the measure. If these Republican sell outs had voted against this legislation, it would have gone down to defeat!
HR 2454 RECORDED VOTE 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM
BILL TITLE: American Clean Energy and Security Act
Mary Bono Mack R (CA)
Mike Castle R (DW)
Mark Steven Eirk R (IL)
Leonard Lance R (NJ)
Frank LoBiondo R (NJ)
John McHugh R (NY)
Dave Reichert R (WA)
Chris Smith R (NJ)
Not only do I say vote all of these people out of office, I say vote the whole of Congress(the House) out of office this next election. You think you have a good Congressman? I say go to www.thepeopledecide.com and take the time to read and vote on all of the bill they have there and see. This site keeps track of your Reps and Upper Reps (Known as Senators at one time) and what percentage you they vote with or against your views. I thought I had a great Congressman but found out I vote against him 61% of the time. He is just a career politician even if he did vote the right way all of the time. Lets send the bums home, all of them!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all of you who called members of the House trying to persuade lawmakers to vote against the so-called American Clean Energy and Security Act....a.k.a., the job-killing Cap & Trade bill that's really the biggest piece of tax hike legislation we've ever seen.
As I predicted, it was a close vote, with the measure passing by 7 votes, 219-212. And, here they are....the 8 GOP RINO's who voted for the measure. If these Republican sell outs had voted against this legislation, it would have gone down to defeat!
HR 2454 RECORDED VOTE 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM
BILL TITLE: American Clean Energy and Security Act
Mary Bono Mack R (CA)
Mike Castle R (DW)
Mark Steven Eirk R (IL)
Leonard Lance R (NJ)
Frank LoBiondo R (NJ)
John McHugh R (NY)
Dave Reichert R (WA)
Chris Smith R (NJ)
Not only do I say vote all of these people out of office, I say vote the whole of Congress(the House) out of office this next election. You think you have a good Congressman? I say go to www.thepeopledecide.com and take the time to read and vote on all of the bill they have there and see. This site keeps track of your Reps and Upper Reps (Known as Senators at one time) and what percentage you they vote with or against your views. I thought I had a great Congressman but found out I vote against him 61% of the time. He is just a career politician even if he did vote the right way all of the time. Lets send the bums home, all of them!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Have a Great Weekend Everyone
Hope Everyone has a great weekend. Here is a painting for you, hope you enjoy
Do Not Forget Cap and Trade Floor Vote Today: Take Action!
Cap and Trade Floor Vote on Friday: Take Action!
This is an urgent message from FreedomWorks. By now you’ve probably heard that leaders in the House have cobbled together enough compromises late Monday night to get the dreaded “Cap and Trade” bill to the floor this Friday. More accurately referred to as “Cap and Tax,” the Waxman-Markey climate legislation is an enormous energy tax that would deal a severe blow to our already shaky economy. It is vital that you Take Action now. We are asking that you take some time to do three things.
1. Click here to send an email to your Representative.
2. Call (866) 928-3035 for the House switchboard where you can be transferred to your Representative’s office. Try (866) 928-0525 if you get a busy signal. (Find your Representative here.)
3. Forward this email to your friends and urge them to take action against this harmful legislation.
The effects it would have on our economy and way of life are devastating. At the same time many are losing jobs and struggling to get by on less, the Cap and Trade plan would raise energy rates across the board. That means sky-high electricity rates, and more pain at the pump. The CBO has estimated the bill could mean another 77 cents per gallon of gasoline. Higher electricity and fuel prices add to the over-all cost of everything, like food from farms where growers depend on fertilizers, tractors, and transportation. Independent estimates say that families could pay $3,000 more a year on energy and the entire plan would take $2 trillion from our economy in just over eight years. Numbers like these come at a very real cost, not just in terms of your wallet but in terms of the many, many jobs this legislation gambles with. If you would like more information, please click here to read our Top 10 list. Waxman-Markey’s Cap and Trade is a plan that shoots us in the foot. We can’t afford this bill, especially when it means nothing in return. Please email and call your legislators now.
This is an urgent message from FreedomWorks. By now you’ve probably heard that leaders in the House have cobbled together enough compromises late Monday night to get the dreaded “Cap and Trade” bill to the floor this Friday. More accurately referred to as “Cap and Tax,” the Waxman-Markey climate legislation is an enormous energy tax that would deal a severe blow to our already shaky economy. It is vital that you Take Action now. We are asking that you take some time to do three things.
1. Click here to send an email to your Representative.
2. Call (866) 928-3035 for the House switchboard where you can be transferred to your Representative’s office. Try (866) 928-0525 if you get a busy signal. (Find your Representative here.)
3. Forward this email to your friends and urge them to take action against this harmful legislation.
The effects it would have on our economy and way of life are devastating. At the same time many are losing jobs and struggling to get by on less, the Cap and Trade plan would raise energy rates across the board. That means sky-high electricity rates, and more pain at the pump. The CBO has estimated the bill could mean another 77 cents per gallon of gasoline. Higher electricity and fuel prices add to the over-all cost of everything, like food from farms where growers depend on fertilizers, tractors, and transportation. Independent estimates say that families could pay $3,000 more a year on energy and the entire plan would take $2 trillion from our economy in just over eight years. Numbers like these come at a very real cost, not just in terms of your wallet but in terms of the many, many jobs this legislation gambles with. If you would like more information, please click here to read our Top 10 list. Waxman-Markey’s Cap and Trade is a plan that shoots us in the foot. We can’t afford this bill, especially when it means nothing in return. Please email and call your legislators now.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Is Common Sense Dead?
Here is a video from Glenn Beck. He sends Brain Sack out to a park in NYC (I can't say or wright that without doing the old Pace Picante Sauce commercial in my head) to see if those liberals are really socialist or just ignorant, you know "uninformed." Is common sense dead? You tell me.
Video Comparison of a Great President and a Suit
Here we have President Reagan and his comments on Poland in 1981 compared against President Obama's comments on Iran this past week. See a difference?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Old Glory and Porky Pig
I am sure most of you have seen this one before. Despite its obvious propaganda all in all it is a good cartoon. I know some will watch this and ask "what propaganda is this fool talking about?" This is the kind of stuff doing your homework does for you. I use to love this cartoon, and still do, but was disappointed to see a few things in it, that I did not catch when I was a kid of course. To keep it short, this cartoon was made in or around 1939 (MCMXXXIX on the bottom). FDR was President at the time and he had several film and cartoon companies making propaganda pieces for him so he could pass his socialist programs, you know like social security. This is one. Notice who the great teacher is, why it is Uncle Sam, i.e. the Government. Uncle Sam also tells Porky that "When George Washington signed that document he laid the foundation for our great democracy." Trying to keep it short here so bare with me. Our Founding Fathers knew what democracies were all about, namely mob rule. Progressives like FDR, and people before him tried to change the game by changing the words they used about America. Instead of Republic they used democracy, in much the same way as today's "liberal" means bigger government, socialist, etc, etc. In FDR's day the term "liberal" meant individual freedom, free markets, and limited government. Watch the video at the link I have under the Porky Pig Cartoon for more info:
Also the Pledge of Allegiance did not include the phrase "Under God" until 1954. Oh and FYI it was written by Francis Bellamy a committed socialist. But that is another story.
But anyway like I said all in all it is a good cartoon. Sometimes I hate informing myself and knowing the truth about things. But they say the truth will set you free.
http://cincinnatus17.blogspot.com/2009/06/great-video-every-american-needs-to.html
Also the Pledge of Allegiance did not include the phrase "Under God" until 1954. Oh and FYI it was written by Francis Bellamy a committed socialist. But that is another story.
But anyway like I said all in all it is a good cartoon. Sometimes I hate informing myself and knowing the truth about things. But they say the truth will set you free.
http://cincinnatus17.blogspot.com/2009/06/great-video-every-american-needs-to.html
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Security VS. Freedom
The nation's most closely watched city
Reporting from Lancaster, Pa. -- This historic town, where America's founding fathers plotted during the Revolution and Milton Hershey later crafted his first chocolates, now boasts another distinction. It may become the nation's most closely watched small city.
Some 165 closed-circuit TV cameras soon will provide live, round-the-clock scrutiny of nearly every street, park and other public space used by the 55,000 residents and the town's many tourists.
Perhaps most surprising, the near-saturation surveillance of a community that saw four murders last year has sparked little public debate about whether the benefits for law enforcement outweigh the loss of privacy. "Years ago, there's no way we could do this," said Keith Sadler, Lancaster's police chief. "It brings to mind Big Brother, George Orwell and '1984.' It's just funny how Americans have softened on these issues."
"No one talks about it," agreed Scott Martin, a Lancaster County commissioner who wants to expand the program. "Because people feel safer. Those who are law-abiding citizens, they don't have anything to worry about."
Hundreds of municipalities -- including Los Angeles and at least 36 other California cities -- have built or expanded camera networks since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In most cases, Department of Homeland Security grants helped cover the cost.
Full Story: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-spycam-city21-2009jun21,0,3641451.story
Yes it is surprising how many Americans have softened on these types of issues. It is also surprising how many Americans willingly sell out their freedoms for security. And of course these nanny-staters keep using the same tired argument like Mr. Scott Martin above saying: "Those who are law-abiding citizens, they don't have anything to worry about." Don't these fools know the price they are going to pay for getting rid of their freedoms? I believe Benjamin Franklin said it best: "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
Great Old Cartoon
Watch this cartoon it is great. It is called "Make Mine Freedom." I love these old cartoons.
Look for an old Porky Pig cartoon tomorrow, called Porky Pig and Old Glory. It is a great one also if you get over the propaganda. Now watch this one and note: Isn't it funny how the snake oil salesman in this cartoon puts one in mind of President Obama? And I love how Uncle Angus in this cartoon looks well off put gives the guy a coin, and Grand Pappy looks dirt poor and has a mattress full of money. Great Stuff.
Look for an old Porky Pig cartoon tomorrow, called Porky Pig and Old Glory. It is a great one also if you get over the propaganda. Now watch this one and note: Isn't it funny how the snake oil salesman in this cartoon puts one in mind of President Obama? And I love how Uncle Angus in this cartoon looks well off put gives the guy a coin, and Grand Pappy looks dirt poor and has a mattress full of money. Great Stuff.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Marco Rubio Gaining Ground In Florida
Rubio crushes Crist in Pasco straw poll
Marco Rubio got 73 votes to Charlie Crist's 9 in a straw poll last night conducted by the Republican Party of Pasco -- a sign of the governor's poor standing among some of his historically strongest supporters.
"I wanted to see how our Conservative base felt about the U.S. Senate Race," chairman Randy Maggard wrote in a letter to Rubio announcing the result.
Why should this concern Crist, who holds a commanding lead in statewide polls?
Pasco is just one county removed from his home in Pinellas, for one, and the Pasco REC also endorsed Crist early in his 2006 GOP primary against Tom Gallagher. At the 2005 Ronald Reagan Day Dinner in Pasco, Crist told boisterous supporters that he considered the county his back yard and invoked its crucial role in the 2004 election.
"(Pasco) won it for the president," Crist told the St. Petersburg Times. "It's hugely significant to me."
http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/06/rubio-crushes-crist-in-pasco-straw-poll.html
Marco Rubio got 73 votes to Charlie Crist's 9 in a straw poll last night conducted by the Republican Party of Pasco -- a sign of the governor's poor standing among some of his historically strongest supporters.
"I wanted to see how our Conservative base felt about the U.S. Senate Race," chairman Randy Maggard wrote in a letter to Rubio announcing the result.
Why should this concern Crist, who holds a commanding lead in statewide polls?
Pasco is just one county removed from his home in Pinellas, for one, and the Pasco REC also endorsed Crist early in his 2006 GOP primary against Tom Gallagher. At the 2005 Ronald Reagan Day Dinner in Pasco, Crist told boisterous supporters that he considered the county his back yard and invoked its crucial role in the 2004 election.
"(Pasco) won it for the president," Crist told the St. Petersburg Times. "It's hugely significant to me."
http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/06/rubio-crushes-crist-in-pasco-straw-poll.html
Is The Dollar Dead? Bond Update
After two smugglers were stopped last week with what at first appeared to be $134bn in US state bonds, the tension and paranoia surrounding the fate of the dollar hit a new high.
How on earth did these two men, who at first refused to identify themselves, come to be there, trying to ride the train into Switzerland carrying bonds worth more than the gross domestic product of Singapore? If the bonds were genuine, the pair would have been America's fourth-biggest creditor, ahead of the UK and just behind Russia.
In the event, late last week American officials confirmed that the notes were forgeries. The men, it appeared, were nothing more than ambitious scamsters. But many remain unconvinced. And whether fake or otherwise, the story underlines one important point about the world economy at the moment: that the tension and paranoia surrounding the fate of the US dollar has hit a new high. It went to the heart of the big question: will the central bankers in Japan, China and elsewhere continue to support the greenback even in the wake of the worst financial crisis in modern history, or will they abandon it as America's economic hegemony dissipates?
First came a paper from Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), a couple of months ago, positing the idea of introducing the special drawing right (SDR) – a kind of internal currency at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – as an international reserve currency. These calls were then repeated, with more force, by the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, who last week declared that the world needed new reserve currencies in addition to the dollar.
And this time around, the dollar is most certainly suffering. Since 2002 its trade-weighted strength – calculated against a basket of other currencies – has fallen by more than a quarter, from 112 to 81 points. In the same period, the proportion of dollars held by reserve managers in leading central banks has also taken a dive. According to figures from the IMF, confirmed holdings of dollars in government vaults, from Beijing and Tokyo to London and Paris, fell from 71pc of reserves to 64.5pc between 2002 and 2008.
If there were a textbook list of actions one could take to weaken a currency, the US (alongside most other developed nations) would be following it to the letter. It has cut interest rates to a whisker above zero; it has engaged in quantitative easing, pumping cash directly into the economy; it has committed to spending trillions of dollars on a fiscal stimulus package designed to pull the country out of recession; it has pledged tacitly to support its stricken banks so that no major institution is allowed to collapse. In any normal circumstances, actions like these would hammer a currency.
Neil Mellor, of Bank of New York Mellon, said: "We've got a situation where Geithner is smiling and has no choice but to stress the credibility and stability of the US financial and economic system, while the creditors [such as the Chinese] smile back and say they believe him, while at the same time giving hand signals to their reserve managers to get rid of these things."
How on earth did these two men, who at first refused to identify themselves, come to be there, trying to ride the train into Switzerland carrying bonds worth more than the gross domestic product of Singapore? If the bonds were genuine, the pair would have been America's fourth-biggest creditor, ahead of the UK and just behind Russia.
In the event, late last week American officials confirmed that the notes were forgeries. The men, it appeared, were nothing more than ambitious scamsters. But many remain unconvinced. And whether fake or otherwise, the story underlines one important point about the world economy at the moment: that the tension and paranoia surrounding the fate of the US dollar has hit a new high. It went to the heart of the big question: will the central bankers in Japan, China and elsewhere continue to support the greenback even in the wake of the worst financial crisis in modern history, or will they abandon it as America's economic hegemony dissipates?
First came a paper from Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), a couple of months ago, positing the idea of introducing the special drawing right (SDR) – a kind of internal currency at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – as an international reserve currency. These calls were then repeated, with more force, by the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, who last week declared that the world needed new reserve currencies in addition to the dollar.
And this time around, the dollar is most certainly suffering. Since 2002 its trade-weighted strength – calculated against a basket of other currencies – has fallen by more than a quarter, from 112 to 81 points. In the same period, the proportion of dollars held by reserve managers in leading central banks has also taken a dive. According to figures from the IMF, confirmed holdings of dollars in government vaults, from Beijing and Tokyo to London and Paris, fell from 71pc of reserves to 64.5pc between 2002 and 2008.
If there were a textbook list of actions one could take to weaken a currency, the US (alongside most other developed nations) would be following it to the letter. It has cut interest rates to a whisker above zero; it has engaged in quantitative easing, pumping cash directly into the economy; it has committed to spending trillions of dollars on a fiscal stimulus package designed to pull the country out of recession; it has pledged tacitly to support its stricken banks so that no major institution is allowed to collapse. In any normal circumstances, actions like these would hammer a currency.
Neil Mellor, of Bank of New York Mellon, said: "We've got a situation where Geithner is smiling and has no choice but to stress the credibility and stability of the US financial and economic system, while the creditors [such as the Chinese] smile back and say they believe him, while at the same time giving hand signals to their reserve managers to get rid of these things."
Friday, June 19, 2009
What A Smug, Arrogant Woman
Watch this video. It is from Barbara Boxer to Brigadier General Michael Walsh. I can’t believe the audacity of this woman Barbara Boxer. Where I come from it is polite to call someone by ma’am and sir. I can tell you one thing I would never, ever, not once, even if it was someone I liked, I would not give any of them the respect or pleasure of calling them Senator. Those people stopped being senators when the 17th amendment was passed. You want to restore States rights and give the power back to the states and the people where it belongs then I will call you a senator. Right now I will call you a member of the Upper House of Representatives at best and something not polite at all at worst. Throw all the bums out!
I have a title for you MA'AM, how about BITCH. And that is the nicest one I can think of right now. I am pissed. Oh and her hard work: Her "hard work" included 3 years as a stock broker and about 4 years as a journalist for a newspaper before getting into politics. This women saying I worked hard for that title, and talking to a Brigadier General, to hell with you Barbara Boxer, you bitch. Stand up people, kick her out of office, and show her what hard work is.
I have a title for you MA'AM, how about BITCH. And that is the nicest one I can think of right now. I am pissed. Oh and her hard work: Her "hard work" included 3 years as a stock broker and about 4 years as a journalist for a newspaper before getting into politics. This women saying I worked hard for that title, and talking to a Brigadier General, to hell with you Barbara Boxer, you bitch. Stand up people, kick her out of office, and show her what hard work is.
North Korea Set To Celebrate Our Independence Day; Again
Does anyone remember this story from 2006 on July 4th.
N Korea tests long-range missile
North Korea has test-fired at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong-2, despite repeated warnings from the international community.
US officials said the Taepodong missile - thought capable of reaching Alaska - failed shortly after take-off, while the others fell into the Sea of Japan. The UN Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting later on Wednesday to discuss the developments.
The closed UN session was requested by Japan, which said it was co-ordinating its response to the missile tests with the US and other countries. Read 2006 story Here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5148648.stm
US officials said the Taepodong missile - thought capable of reaching Alaska - failed shortly after take-off, while the others fell into the Sea of Japan. The UN Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting later on Wednesday to discuss the developments.
The closed UN session was requested by Japan, which said it was co-ordinating its response to the missile tests with the US and other countries. Read 2006 story Here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5148648.stm
I don't know about the rest of you out there but I sure am glad the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting about this back in 2006. Sure does make me sleep better at night knowing the totally competent people at the UN gave a strongly worded warning to North Korea. It could have been horrific for us if they hadn't had that meeting. President George W Bush sent Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill out to the region after this incident, which amounts to nothing obviously. So lets see what happens now.
Now today's story:
Japan warns that North Korea may fire missile at U.S. on Independence Day
North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii on American Independence Day, according to Japanese intelligence officials.
The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched in early July from the Dongchang-ni site on the north-western coast of the country. It was announced today that the U.S. has deployed anti-missile defences around Hawaii in response to the threat. U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the additional defences around Hawaii consist of a ground-based mobile missile system and a radar system nearby. Together they could shoot an incoming missile in mid air. A new missile launch - though not expected to reach U.S. territory - would be a brazen slap in the face of the international community, which punished North Korea with new U.N. sanctions for conducting a second nuclear test on May 25 in defiance of a U.N. ban.
The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched in early July from the Dongchang-ni site on the north-western coast of the country. It was announced today that the U.S. has deployed anti-missile defences around Hawaii in response to the threat. U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the additional defences around Hawaii consist of a ground-based mobile missile system and a radar system nearby. Together they could shoot an incoming missile in mid air. A new missile launch - though not expected to reach U.S. territory - would be a brazen slap in the face of the international community, which punished North Korea with new U.N. sanctions for conducting a second nuclear test on May 25 in defiance of a U.N. ban.
Uh oh, look out everybody the U.N. put, are you ready for this. . . "Sanctions" on North Korea. Disaster diverted once again. That was close. Lets see what North Korea thought about that.
North Korea spurned the U.N. Security Council resolution with threats of war and pledges to expand its nuclear bomb-making program.
Wait, what? I'm confused. Seriously to hell with the U.N. I'm sure they would be welcome. When are we going to do something?
Full story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1193941/North-Korea-plan-missile-launch-Hawaii-Independence-Day.html
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Must Read: The Letter to Washington
This is a letter written by a women named Janet Contreras. She wrote this letter and sent it to Washington and also to Glenn Beck who read it on the air. This caused a blitz of people wanting Glenn to reproduce the letter so they too could send it to their Congressmen in Washington. With Janet Contreras' permission Glenn put the letter on his website along with a petition to sign and send to our "leaders" in Washington. Here is the letter, followed by the link to go sign the petition. Please take the time to read this and sign the petition.
Thank You,
An American's Voice
GLENN: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona. She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership: "I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?
Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.
Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.
Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.
Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.
Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.
Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why ‑‑ what do you have against shareholders making a profit?
Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.
Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band‑Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try ‑‑ please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.
Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.
From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us who will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.
Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
If you want to sign the petition go here.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/8/an-open-letter-to-our-nations-leadership
Thank You,
An American's Voice
GLENN: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona. She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership: "I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?
Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.
Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.
Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.
Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.
Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.
Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why ‑‑ what do you have against shareholders making a profit?
Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.
Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band‑Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try ‑‑ please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.
Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.
From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us who will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.
Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
If you want to sign the petition go here.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/8/an-open-letter-to-our-nations-leadership
Finally A Story on The Bonds, Fit For James Bond
Two Japanese men are detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland.
Are these would-be smugglers agents of Kim Jong Il stashing North Korea’s cash in a Swiss vault? Bagmen for Nigerian Internet scammers? Was the money meant for terrorists looking to buy nuclear warheads? Is Japan dumping its dollars secretly? Are the bonds real or counterfeit?
The implications of the securities being legitimate would be bigger than investors may realize. At a minimum, it would suggest that the U.S. risks losing control over its monetary supply on a massive scale.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a62_boqkurbI
Are these would-be smugglers agents of Kim Jong Il stashing North Korea’s cash in a Swiss vault? Bagmen for Nigerian Internet scammers? Was the money meant for terrorists looking to buy nuclear warheads? Is Japan dumping its dollars secretly? Are the bonds real or counterfeit?
The implications of the securities being legitimate would be bigger than investors may realize. At a minimum, it would suggest that the U.S. risks losing control over its monetary supply on a massive scale.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a62_boqkurbI
Jim DeMint endorses Marco Rubio for Senate
DeMint Backs Rubio, Florida Becomes A Battleground state
Rep. Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate campaign in Florida has provided a rallying cry for conservatives, sparked a debate about the future of the GOP and the place of moderates, and pitted National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (TX) against some of those passionate conservatives. Today, a prominent Senate conservative jumped on board with Rubio: Sen. Jim DeMint (SC).
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
More Power For The Government and The Fed; Say It Ain't So
An Obama plan would give the government new powers to seize key companies.
Under the plan, expected to be released today, the government would have new powers to seize key companies -- such as insurance giant American International Group Inc. -- whose failure jeopardizes the financial system. Currently, the government's authority to seize companies is mostly limited to banks.
Obama administration officials said it would seek to reduce gaps in regulatory oversight, rein in the use of mortgage-backed securities and other complex derivatives, reduce incentives for companies to take excessive risk and give the government new power to quickly intervene during any future crises.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-financial-regs16-2009jun16,0,4262249.story
Federal Reserve to gain power under plan
The Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government (The Federal Reserve is not a government agency), will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration's regulatory overhaul plan. The final plan is expected to sidestep most jurisdictional disputes and simply impose across the board standards to be applied by all financial regulators, according to administration and industry sources.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/16/plan-gives-fed-sweeping-power-over-companies/?feat=home_headlines
Under the plan, expected to be released today, the government would have new powers to seize key companies -- such as insurance giant American International Group Inc. -- whose failure jeopardizes the financial system. Currently, the government's authority to seize companies is mostly limited to banks.
Obama administration officials said it would seek to reduce gaps in regulatory oversight, rein in the use of mortgage-backed securities and other complex derivatives, reduce incentives for companies to take excessive risk and give the government new power to quickly intervene during any future crises.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-financial-regs16-2009jun16,0,4262249.story
Federal Reserve to gain power under plan
The Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government (The Federal Reserve is not a government agency), will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration's regulatory overhaul plan. The final plan is expected to sidestep most jurisdictional disputes and simply impose across the board standards to be applied by all financial regulators, according to administration and industry sources.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/16/plan-gives-fed-sweeping-power-over-companies/?feat=home_headlines
Two Japanese men found with 134 Billion in US Bonds in Italy
Milan (AsiaNews) – Italy’s financial police (Guardia italiana di Finanza) has seized US bonds worth US 134.5 billion from two Japanese nationals at Chiasso (40 km from Milan) on the border between Italy and Switzerland. They include 249 US Federal Reserve bonds worth US$ 500 million each, plus ten Kennedy bonds and other US government securities worth a billion dollar each.Italian authorities have not yet determined whether they are real or fake, but if they are real the attempt to take them into Switzerland would be the largest financial smuggling operation in history; if they are fake, the matter would be even more mind-boggling because the quality of the counterfeit work is such that the fake bonds are undistinguishable from the real ones.What caught the policemen’s attention were the billion dollar securities. Such a large denomination is not available in regular financial and banking markets.
Only states handle such amounts of money.The question now is who could or would counterfeit or smuggle these non-negotiable bonds.In order to stop money laundering Italian law sets a ceiling of 10,000 euros per person for importing or exporting money without declaring it. The penalty for violating the law is 40 per cent of the money seized.If the certificates were real, for Italy it would be like hitting the jackpot. The fine alone would amount to US$ 38 billion, five times the estimated cost of rebuilding quake-devastated Abruzzi region. It would help Italy’s eliminate its public deficit.If the certificates are fakes the two Japanese nationals could get a very lengthy jail sentence for fraud.As soon as the seizure was made the US Embassy in Rome was informed. Italian and US secret services were called in to assist the Italian financial police.Some important international financial newspapers had already reported on the existence of ‘funny money’ circulating on parallel, i.e. unofficial, financial markets.For AsiaNews a few points need considering:1. When it comes to Italy the world press has tended to focus on Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi’s personal problems rather than on stories like the bonds smuggling affair which has been front page on Italian newspapers.2. The fear of counterfeit bonds and securities has spread across Asia with the result that real securities are also considered with suspicion.3. During the Second World War several countries at war printed and put in circulation perfectly counterfeit enemy money. It is also historically established that some central banks, like the Bank of Italy 65 years ago, issued the same securities twice (identical registered number and code). This way they could print more money with legal tender than they officially declared. The main difference though is that 65 years ago the world was involved in a bloody war, which is not the case today.http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15456&size=A
And on a completly unrelated note: The Treasury Department projects a balance of $134.5 billion of the original $700 billion in the federal TARP program to stengthen ailing banks, according to Dow Jones. The issue emerged as something of a transparency blind spot last week when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner refused to give an exact figure during testimony on Capitol Hill.
Only states handle such amounts of money.The question now is who could or would counterfeit or smuggle these non-negotiable bonds.In order to stop money laundering Italian law sets a ceiling of 10,000 euros per person for importing or exporting money without declaring it. The penalty for violating the law is 40 per cent of the money seized.If the certificates were real, for Italy it would be like hitting the jackpot. The fine alone would amount to US$ 38 billion, five times the estimated cost of rebuilding quake-devastated Abruzzi region. It would help Italy’s eliminate its public deficit.If the certificates are fakes the two Japanese nationals could get a very lengthy jail sentence for fraud.As soon as the seizure was made the US Embassy in Rome was informed. Italian and US secret services were called in to assist the Italian financial police.Some important international financial newspapers had already reported on the existence of ‘funny money’ circulating on parallel, i.e. unofficial, financial markets.For AsiaNews a few points need considering:1. When it comes to Italy the world press has tended to focus on Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi’s personal problems rather than on stories like the bonds smuggling affair which has been front page on Italian newspapers.2. The fear of counterfeit bonds and securities has spread across Asia with the result that real securities are also considered with suspicion.3. During the Second World War several countries at war printed and put in circulation perfectly counterfeit enemy money. It is also historically established that some central banks, like the Bank of Italy 65 years ago, issued the same securities twice (identical registered number and code). This way they could print more money with legal tender than they officially declared. The main difference though is that 65 years ago the world was involved in a bloody war, which is not the case today.http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15456&size=A
And on a completly unrelated note: The Treasury Department projects a balance of $134.5 billion of the original $700 billion in the federal TARP program to stengthen ailing banks, according to Dow Jones. The issue emerged as something of a transparency blind spot last week when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner refused to give an exact figure during testimony on Capitol Hill.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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