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Politicians on all sides are looking first at the political implications of their actions and legislation rather than what is good for the country. Ditto the “I want my money now” union bosses and those organizations feeding at the public trough.
TUO = The Undocumented One
April 8, 2011. Big Government shutdown. Democrats did not pass their own reckless budget last session when they had total control. They did not want to run for election on their own massive budget. Now they want to blame Republicans for not passing their disastrous budget.
41% of US wells out of production.
$140,000. Current US debt per person.
TUO now has US boots [special forces?] on the ground in Libya after saying this would not happen. US considers arming Libyan rebels without knowing precisely who they are, friend or foe. US invasion to be given over to NATO, which will be lead by a US general. A shell game?
Muslim Student Association. Chapters on hundreds of college campi. [ActForAmerica.org] Click Here for more.
NIMBYism. Not in my back yard. Why Ted Kennedy would not OK wind farms off the coast of Massachusetts, beyond the visual horizon from land.
Planned Parenthood has an abortion quote. Is that how you want your tax money used?
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2011 Common sense bill. Introduced by Rep Lamar Smith (TX) and Sen Charles Grassley (IA). Would impose mandatory sanctions against lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits in federal court. Imagine that -- more accountability for plaintiffs' lawyers, and a reduction in lawsuit abuse. [Institute for Legal Reform]
End US Big Daddy Government Unions. We should completely do away with government unions at all levels. When the Union and the Democrats are on the same side of the table, that is not bargaining. That is bribing union reps and members for votes and campaign contributions. I do not want my hard earned tax money going to fund Democrat campaigns. [email to my Congressman] 3/31/11
Remember: Nearly 50% of US voters do not pay taxes. With high unemployment and undocumented voters, "they" will soon become a voting majority that can give themselves what ever they want.
TUO receives “transparency award” in secret closed meeting at the White House. Obama met quietly in Oval Office with Gary Bass of OMB Watch, Tom Blanton of the National Security Archive, Danielle Brian of the Project on Government Oversight, Lucy Dalglish of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Patrice McDermott of OpenTheGovernment.org. TUO did not disclose this meeting on his public schedule or let photographers or print reporters into the room. 3/28/11 Click Here. Secrecy is the Democrat way, is it not. Campaign on transparency in government. Then do their dirty deeds in secrecy.
Wisconsin union dues supporting Planned Parenthood.
ACLU continues their fight in court to criminalize religious expression such as praying over meals.
AARP’s Non-Profit Status Under Fire Over Insurance Income
Republican lawmakers are calling on the IRS to investigate the non-profit status of AARP, the nation’s leading organization for senior citizens, over the hundreds of millions of dollars the group makes from marketing health insurance. Click Here.
No-Nos for non-profits. Political advocacy. Profits. Over 10%-15% percentage administrative costs. Some Media non-profits, Unions and African-American churches treading on thin ice.
Democrats and Republicans playing chicken over the US budget that Democrats refused to pass when they were in total control of US Big Daddy Government. Dems seek to blame GOP for not passing the budget.
Failing 15. Cities where their economies are getting worse: 1 Riverside-San Bernardino CA. 2 Stockton CA. 3 Detroit. 4 Los Angeles. 5 Bakersfield CA. 6 San Francisco. 7 Sacramento CA. 8 Jacksonville FL. 9 Springfield MA. 10 Memphis TN, 11 Cleveland OH. 12 Chicago. 13 Dayton OH. 14 New Haven CT. 15 Poughkeepsie NY. [Forbes.com] 3/31/11 California leading the way to disaster. Delinquent mortgages and out-migration common happenings. Do you think that many of the Failing 15 might be Big Democrat and Big Union towns, like Detroit for instance. =trj
Words on war: Kinetic military action. Latest spin by White House. Click Here
Kinetic means: 1. relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; 2. characterized by motion; 3. supplying motive force. Kinetic is a lot less threatening than “war” is it not. Kinetic can also be applied to walking the dog, sexual relations and eating ice cream.
Inflation Pricing. When grocery store items come in smaller packages for the same price, that is inflation. See: ice cream, candy bars, cereal, diapers, etc.
"... we're approaching FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON." - - - Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
"We cannot ignore THE FISCAL TITANIC of our national debt and deficit." - - - Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)
"...the economic situation here in the United States of America is a FISCAL ARMAGEDDON." - - - Representative Allen West (R-FL)
It pains me to say this as someone who has worked in the news media for 35 years: The so-called "mainstream" is totally without morality – totally unable to distinguish between right and wrong, up and down, left and right and black and white. - - - Joseph Farah, World Net Daily 3/29/11
Race. Local letter to the editor complains that white folks cannot get past the race issue with TUO. In reality, Obama is 50% white, 45% muslim and 5% African American. Which race issue can white folks not get past?
Former Organizing for America political staffer now with Homeland Security haults freedom of information. Govt protocol ignored. Another political appointee not accountable to US voters or US Congress. Click Here.
Leftist judges are trumping the vote of the people. Latest example coming from Wisconsin. 3/29/11
Sen Chuck Schumer [D-NY] tells new Representatives how to properly smear Republicans as extremists. Media accidentally included in his phone conference. 3/29/11
Recently, 64 senators signed a letter to Obama that demanded he get the deficit under control. And amazingly, 32 of those politicians were Democrats. [MoneyNews.com] 3/29/11 CBO believes that in years ahead the interest we have to pay on our debt will surge from the current $214 billion a year tab to over $1 trillion annually.
Girls banned from selling Girl Scout cookies on their own front lawn. Click Here to read about their grinch-like neighbor, a lady, in Hazelwood Missouri ... plus ... local Govt trash recycling inspectors in Cleveland, as if Cleveland does not have bigger problems already. 3/28/11
Oil In Libya. US protecting oil for Europe with no fly zones, missiles and bombings. Democrats furious with TUO. Click Here.
TUO Birth Certificate. It is going to really exciting decision time for government "Unionistas" when multiple states refuse to put Obama on 2012 presidential ballot when he does not show his long form birth certificate to prove that he is a real honest to goodness documented US Citizen. =trj
Characteristics of those who cheat on taxes: 64% were men. 55% were under age 45. 15% confessed to cheating. 28% of confessed cheaters steal from their kids’ piggy banks. 42% said to be one missed paycheck from disaster. No major income difference between cheaters and non-cheaters. Overall cheaters say they are better people, are special, deserve to be treated that way, keep wrong change from cashier, file false insurance claim, lie about income to get govt benefits. Click Here. No mention of … political affiliation, education, advanced degrees, union membership, favorite sport or TV show, body weight, level of fitness or Democrat cabinet member. 3/28/11 Click Here.
Republicans must, without fail, cut spending and cut everywhere including the needless duplicate programs. US Taxpayers cannot afford to pay for all of this outlandish Democrat spending, with the help of long time Republicans who are going along with the big spending Democrats. Survey comment by trj 3/28/11
There should be no government unions in any public job sector. When the unions and the Democrats are on the same side of the "bargaining" table, that is not bargaining, that is payoffs in exchange for votes. =trj
What states are doing to fight the Big US Govt inflationary spending practices. Using gold and sliver coins as legal tender, issuing their own legal tender. . . . The Fed is a cartel of big "banksters" formed to steal wealth of Americans. Begun under auspices of stabilizing the economy -- at least that is the claim of proponents from the time -- it has presided over the crashes of 1921 and 1929, the Great Depression of 1929 to 1939, recessions in 1953, 1957, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1990 and 2008. So much for stabilizing the economy. Click Here.
Transparency. The only pool reporter at FL event for VP Biden locked in storage closet so he could not report on the social talk before and after Biden speech. Click Here. 3/28/11. Again, imagine the negative press that this would have generated had ANY Republican done this. There are no polite words to describe the lack of trust that the Big Time Dying Democrat Media have foisted upon themselves.
Environmentalists blocking sustainable green energy projects. Dems are strangling US economy no matter which direction you look. Click Here.
GE to not pay any corporate taxes for 2010. Click Here for report by CBS News. Other networks carried the story. No outrage when Dems favor "their" big corporations.
New progressive US Constitution initiative funded by George Soros. New socialist-style US Bill of Rights on the table too. Click Here.
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Democrat mantra: Rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer. Here is why this could be true, but not why Democrats claim it occurs . . .
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We often hear, for example, that the top 20% of US households receive roughly 50% of total income, while the bottom 20% receives less than 4%. According to the Census Bureau's household data and quintile distribution, this is correct.
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The problem is that we are not told that the top 20% of households includes four times as many workers as the bottom 20%, and nearly six times as many full-time, year-round workers. Knowing this makes a lot of difference in interpreting the original statement.
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Another study, conducted in 2007 by the US Treasury, examined income tax returns from 1996 and 2005. Over the period, the median income of the study group rose by 24%. Almost 58% of those in lowest income group in 1996 moved to a higher group by 2005. About a fourth of them rose to middle- or upper-middle class incomes; more than 5% made it into the highest income group - in 10 years. The only group experiencing a decline in income was the richest 1%. This is hardly what most people have been led to believe.
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While this may seem like an economic version of "musical chairs," it tells us that mobility among economic groups is high and chronic poverty is rare. Click Here.
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National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation scientific survey conducted by prominent national pollster found 72% of union members think union bosses should be held more accountable to workers, 63% think union bosses are overpaid. Click Here for more.
US Oil. First reality about oil. Cheap oil used to be "Mideast oil" because the sands in the Mideast was least expensive place in the world to drill. That is no longer the case. Here is second reality about oil. The US is totally dependent on foreign oil even though there is enough oil in continental US to supply all of our needs, easily, for next 300 to 500 years. All we have to do is turn on the spigot and start using US oil. [Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise] 3/26/11
Compare this to the anti-oil people [below] who say that we will run out of oil in 50 years. This may be true if “they” continue putting obstacles in the path of self-sustaining US oil production and refining. =trj
49 years. Energy experts of all stripes have stressed the need to find alternatives to oil. And that point was reinforced in a research report by HSBC senior global economist Karen Ward. She says oil supply is running out. In a copy of the report obtained by CNBC, Ward writes, "Energy resources are scarce. Even if demand doesn’t increase, there could be as little as 49 years of oil left." HSBC is a world bank. Click Here. And Here.
Libyan rebel commander fought against US in Afghanistan. Click Here. TRJ suggests that US has incredibly poor middle east and international intelligence operations and does not know up from down.
Libyan “war” mission unstated by US. No purpose or mission. No plan. No exit strategy.
US Hispanic population in 2010 was 50,477,594 or 16.3% of total population, 43% increase from a decade ago,” reports ABC
Rumor: Jay Carney, new White House press secretary reportedly not “in the loop” and not meeting with key White House people.
Respect your elders ... Not in the Democrat play book.
Old age is a terminal illness as deemed by ObamaCare.
Senior Health Plan under ObamaCare. Do NOT get sick or become injured. If you do, Hospice is your solution. Click Here.
In reality, birth is a terminal illness.
White House budget commission says cut spending or face economic situation worse than 2008. They did not mention that this was right after Democrats too over Congress. Bush 43 generally blamed for making or letting it happen. Republicans in Congress did not have the votes to stop it. TUO budget is off the charts as he ignores the commission. Click Here.
A top Muslim cleric says al-Qaida and Muslim Brotherhood have assets on ground in Libya and ready to take control if Moammar Gadhafi is removed from power. WND 3/23/11
Rumor: Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian military working together.
The ATF allowed thousands of weapons to cross the US border into Mexico, knowing they were likely to be acquired and used by Mexico's drug cartels ... and they were used to kill one of our own border agents! ... The Justice Department, which oversees ATF, says in a letter the agency has never knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to suspected gunrunners. ... But all the evidence suggests otherwise. This is a cover-up at the highest levels of our government! CCRKBA 3/23/11
Gaffney Lambastes Florida Judge as 'Unfit' for Decision to Follow Shariah
Judge wants Shariah Law in US case. Frank J. Gaffney Jr., president of the Center for Security Policy, castigated a Florida judge as “unfit” to serve for his decision to follow Islamic law instead of state or federal statutes case against Tampa mosque that ultimately could decide who controls $2.2 million in state money. Click Here for article. And Here.
Big Spenders Demand More Spending. Those who do not want “their” state and “their” nation to operate within a balanced budget framework are continuing to make themselves heard in public and in the polling results. They want “their” share of the pie regardless of whether or not there is money to pay them. Rioters in Europe made the same noise as their budget problems advanced well beyond our level of debt. What do they not understand about No Money to Spend. =trj
Live within your budget. It works for families, businesses, churches, nonprofits, BUT not for Congress. US Rep. Michael C. Burgess, a Republican from Texas' 26th District, wants Congress to change its ways.
Secret for creating wealth: Spend less than you make. This is not be possible with TUO and the rest of the Big Spending Democrats in Congress.
Impeach TUO? President Obama's own vice president, Joe "I Don't Use Words Lightly" Biden suggests that a president who commits U.S. troops with no imminent threat to the country or its citizens and no congressional approval should be impeached. Click here to see story and video.
States with the most couch potatoes and lowest activity levels: TN at 51.8% active is the laziest state. LA with 56% active. MS with 57.2% active. KY with 57.9%. AL with 59% active. NC with 60.9%. Following in ascending order of increased physical activity by AR WV NV OK. [CDC 3/22/11] Click Here.
17.1%. National average for moderately physical activity high school students.
ACLU rejected in attempt to criminalize Christian behavior [praying over meals] in school.
Drop Anchor. New regs by US Big Dem Gov on how to drop anchor in federal waters.
711 dropping Citgo at more than 2,110 US locations. 9/26/06 Citgo = Anti-American Hugo Chavez and Venezuelan Oil.
$69.9 Billion. US Dept of Education discretionary budget. D of E's elementary and secondary programs annually serve nearly 14,000 school districts and approximately 56 million students attending some 99,000 public schools and 34,000 private schools. Department programs also provide grant, loan, and work-study assistance to more than 15 million post secondary students. What does it do? Certainly not improve the academic performance of students. Click Here.
13,000 jobs lost on Gulf coast due to US Big Gov US oil obstacles.
Replay: TUO helps Brazil develop its off shore oil industry while US oil industry and jobs suffer from Democrat coastal prohibitions. $2B in investments help their state-run oil economy, not ours. [Investor’s Business Daily] 3/21/11 Click Here. Many nations are drilling in the Gulf of Mexico but not the USA.
$2,083 per minute. Cost of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and their anti-Constitution gun control agenda.
Hamas ordered by Iran to fire on Israel again as US and Europeans offer to pay Palestinian Authority security forces to be part of the solution. Click Here.
Obama catching flack from all sides over Libyan attacks. Dems in Congress not happy that TUO did this without coming to Congress first. TUO Media quiet.
Another politician caught avoiding tax payments. Shush! She is a Democrat from Missouri. Playing fast and loose with campaign ethics to boot. Ooops. Oooops.
The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 (S.482 in the Senate & HR 910 in the House) -- bold legislation introduced by Senator James Inhofe (R, OK) and Representative Fred Upton (R, MI-6) that would permanently stop EPA from implementing its backdoor cap and trade scheme. [Freedom Works] 3/21/11. Click Here for more.
Success. Project Exile. Federal program supported by NRA members, encourages local law enforcement to work alongside federal officers to prosecute violent felons (who use guns in the commission of their crimes) and locks them away for a stiff, mandatory minimum sentence of five years. In just three years (1997-2000), Project Exile cut Richmond VA’s gun crime in half. Since then, other cities have had similar success with the program, including Buffalo, N.Y. Click Here. Hard to find this story in the Dem Media.
TUO's "actions" consist mostly of talking, secrecy, appointing leftist radicals, golfing and vacations.
61 Rounds. Golf by TUO to date.
Bush 43 stopped playing golf while president due to continual criticism he received from Big Time Dying Democrat Media.
15 self-declared “pro-life” Congressmen who voted for the abortion funding Obamacare were voted out of office. [Americans for Life]
Freedom of the Press is not a politically one-sided press. A one-sided national press [e.g., ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC, Chicago Tribune, NY Times, Washington Post, etc] is pure propaganda in the truest sense of the Nazi and communist party as seen in Nazi Germany, the former USSR, Al Jazeera, Cuba, China, Iran, Lybia, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela where dissent is a death warrant. =trj
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National Right To Work Act introduced by 7 Republicans. To reduce workplace discrimination and provide free choice.
Federal law now allows unions to:
• Force nearly 11 million Americans to pay tribute to a union boss to get or keep a job
• Loot union treasuries to fund the election of their hand-picked political puppet candidates like Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid
• Terrorize workers and communities with violent strikes and violent intimidation tactics [Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise] 3/19/11
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Opinion comes home and hits the family pocketbook!
60%. Recent poll now shows a solid majority of Americans, now 60%, support drilling offshore for oil in US waters. Number of people who oppose domestic oil drilling dropped from 46% to 37% from one year ago, down from 52% in 2008. By the way ... 2010 finding was polled about a month after the Deepwater Horizon accident in Gulf of Mexico. Even with that "disaster," 9% more people wanted domestic drilling to resume. [Gallup]
1.8 Million Meetings. PricewaterhouseCoopers study of US meetings industry released in mid-February found that 1.8 million meetings were held in the US in 2009, Contributed $263 billion in direct spending to US economy. Meetings industry accounts for total of 1.7 million jobs and generates $60 billion in US labor income, $14.3 billion in federal taxes, $11.3 billion in state and local taxes.
New Republicans in Congress called "radicals" by media for doing [i.e., cost cutting] what they were elected to do By The People.
What about a “Green Car 500” NASCAR race. At 40 to 100 miles per charge, the team with the best re-charger wins this … five day? … race.
Hillary Clinton getting fed up.
Picks. TUO boldly picks teams for his NCAA bracketology.
Talking. In same announcement, TUO mentions that we should donate also to Japan while on line. After two years of his economic policies, we have gasoline, groceries and construction all heading in the wrong direction while he is showing no insight, clarity or leadership. Ditto on the Middle East. What a guy!
No grant money for organizations with political agendas . . . excellent Republican idea.
Highlights of the month
February 2011. Real unemployment may be 22.1%, rather than a seasonally adjusted 8.9%. Non-seasonally adjusted rate at 9.5%.
Obama taking Union "I want my money now" side against US Taxpayers who want balanced budgets at State and Federal level. Pro union protests by Rent-A-Mobs working for now.
No complaining in print or broadcasts by Big Time Dying Democrat Media about high unemployment numbers and high gas prices or anything else that reflects badly on Democrat policies. =trj
US border agent killed as he was required to fire “beanbags” at illegals. He was shot and killed with "real" bullets.
Obama calls the Tea Party racist. He certainly is offending a lot of black and white voters who support the Tea Party in concept, spirit and deed. Tea Party has higher approval ratings than Obama. =trj
The Spin Zone. In what appears to be an orchestrated bandwagon effort, Democrats in media now claiming that US is not in debt. Fact-less Democrat propaganda reported as news?
$0.40 of every single $1.00 the government spends right now is BORROWED. Such unconscionable spending has progressed beyond irresponsible to a point where it is absolutely calamitous. [Declaration Alliance PAC]
Climate Con Update: Global warming is now => Climate change is now => Clean energy
TUO = the undocumented one
And now on to our news reports . . .
Romney Care in Massachusetts. Democrats are going to ride that horse against former Gov Romney after he gave the people of Massachusetts exactly what they wanted. Interesting comparison going on. People wanted Romney Care and that is now bad for Romney. People did not want Obama Care and that is good[?] or is it worse for Obama! Democrat strategy would seem to indicate that Romney Care and Obama Care are equally bad.
Conservative intellectuals find Sarah Palin to be a problem. Are they running from or siding with those who have been bashing her for over three years? Do they think that closet Democrats are going to vote Republican if Conservative denounce Palin. Sure. That is really going to happen! =trj See Democrat Hit List posted at the right jack.
Most states spending three to four times more incarcerating criminals than on educating public school students. In Georgia, they spend $18,000 on inmates and $6,000 per student. New York spends $56,000 on inmates and $16,00 per student. California spend $47,000 per inmate and $9,000 per student. Michigan $34,000 and $11,000. 3/14/11 [Department of Justice and National Education Association data compared over similar periods of time.] But we do have really smart bombs and guns!
When it comes to peer to peer education, inmates do a better job helping each other learn "new crime skills" than do students in helping each other learn the "Three R's." =trj
Son of Harry Reid taking heat for multiple campaign accounts to get around the law during his run for the governorship. Democrat sleeze just keeps rolling in.
Gun Control. States that allowed citizens to carry concealed handguns reduced multiple-shooting attacks by 60% and reduced the death and injury from these attacks by nearly 80%. [Ann Coulter] See Gun Control, more stats.
AAA says gas at the pump is up 50 cents in the last month. Big Time Dying Democrat Media not much interested in news like this. What else do they know that they are not telling us [until it can be used against Republicans at election time]?
Duke Energy Corp CEO Jim Rogers is leading the fundraising for Democratic National Convention. Guaranteeing a $10 million line of credit for the event, reports Charlotte [NC] Observer. Click Here for more.
Volkswagen made in China. One-seater. Gets 258 mpg. Speeds up to 62-74 mph. Sticker price is $600 US. Hard to get into the USA so ship it to Canada. Heck. Order 2. 3/13/11
Obama made a policy that NO U.S. SERVICEMAN CAN SPEAK AT ANY FAITH-BASED PUBLIC EVENTS. Should this also mean that the US Commander in Chief cannot speak before any faith-based public event like those of CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood?
$57,000+. Candidate Obama has yet to pay off his 2008 campaign debt to Illinois.
Left adds “no radical muslim threat” to their “no US debt” fact-less claims.
Democrat not united about no drilling. Delays in offshore oil and gas drilling permits are “ridiculous” at a time when the economy is still rebuilding, former President Bill Clinton told attendees Friday at IHS CERAWeek conference. Clinton spoke on a panel with former President George W Bush that was closed to the media, Politico reported. There was no video of the event. Click Here.
77% & Diversity - US military is too white, too male at the top. Needs to change recruiting and promotion policies. Lift ban on women in combat. 77% of senior officers in active-duty military are white. 8% are black. 5% are Hispanic. 16% are women … report by an independent panel quoting data from September 2008. [AP] 3/7/11 Click Here.
Negro Army Air Force fighter pilots in WW II went from segregated units to highly requested fighter escort crews because of their bravery, daring and success rate when protecting bomber crews. Read also about The Tuskegee Airmen. Click Here.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is demanding that state police RELEASE THE NAMES OF EVERY PERSON IN ILLINOIS WHO HOLDS A FIREARM OWNER'S IDENTIFICATION CARD (FOID). [CCRKBA] 3/12/11
When Illinois does this, criminals will know who to avoid when on their home burglary escapades. =trj
Former Washington State Gov. Gary Locke, President Obama's third pick for beleaguered Commerce Secretary job. Another Democrat who is not so "squeaky clean" appointee. Lots of shady deals while governor. [TownHall.com] Click Here. And Here Too.
Civil discourse that TUO promotes? "Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your families will also be killed due to your actions in the last eight weeks. Please explain to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it will save the rights of 300,000 people..." A threat to someone in the camp of Wisconsin Gov Walker. [League of American Voters] 3/11/12
TUO and Ms Obama giving a push to anti-bullying speech and actions. Getting support from the New York-based Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network [GLSEN]. Gay advocacy groups, principally the New York-based Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, argue that kids who may be gay or lesbian need protection from taunts and insults, as well as from already-illegal violence, and that schools should promote acceptance of homosexuality. “GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression [and it] seeks to develop school climates where difference is valued for the positive contribution it makes to creating a more vibrant and diverse community,” according to a statement from GLSEN, whose founder, Kevin Jennings, now heads the anti-bullying program at the Department of Education. [The Daily Caller] Do you suppose this is really just an extension of controversial hate speech laws based on situational contexts? Click Here.
Joke of 2011, so far: Obama blames oil companies for lack of drilling. Is that a hoot or what. Click here.
It was reported that TUO said that it would be a lot easier to be President of China than USA. Well sure. China imprisons, tortures and shoots their dissenters. Name a dictatorial regime that does not do this? Read more below.
China. “Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, ‘No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.’”
“Obama Seeks a Course of Pragmatism in the Middle East,” The New York Times, March 11, 2011. Mr. Obama is right. If you’re president of China, people around the world who are fighting for freedom don’t really expect you to help. [WeeklyStandard.com]
NFL, a $9 billion dollar industry according to ESPN. Apart from sports reporting and broadcasting, how many care if the NFL players go on strike.
NPR. CBS ignores defunding problems of NPR in response to their extreme Leftist political agenda and Big Gov debt. NBC and ABC lean on Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street for sympathy. [Media Research Center]
Remember, when school levies are up for the votes, educators threaten to cut kindergarten and sports, then busing, band, school lunches, school breakfasts, and libraries.
Doc Gate nets $63B. Obama's 2012 election gimmick "Doc Payoff" sets aside cash to keep Medicare payments to doctors flat for the next two years. "Doc Payoff" increases budget spending by as much as $63 billion, according to officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Obama had promised that ObamaCare would not increase the costs of Medicare or Medicaid, did he lie or did he just not know what he was talking about? [American Political Action Committee]
NY Gun laws. During these dangerous times, gun haters want to snatch away your God-given right to protect yourself and your family. New York Liberals have introduced a new bill (S.2994) that would require gun owners to not only REGISTER their firearms, but also be subjected to a $15 TAX per gun! An additional $10 "REGISTRATION RENEWAL FEE" will be charged each year. [CCRKBA] 3/11/11 New York is only the beginning. Soon Democrats will try to spread this law to each and every state - including YOURS!
• Guns save 2,191 lives each day
• Over 799,715 lives saved every year by firearms
• 2/3s of all gun related deaths are criminals shooting criminals
• 2.5 million crimes prevented by guns, estimate
• 6,849 crimes are prevented from guns per day
If guns are banned in your town, criminals are absolutely free to rob you without fear or resistance. All they need is a gun and a copy of the local precinct voting records. How comforting is that!
Wisconsin Republicans receiving death threats from several sources as Unions riot against those who are paying their salaries and pensions. 3/10/11 Not suitable Democrat media news. Click Here.
Democrat Puppet Media and NPR [National Publicrat Radio] clones ignore black conservatives. Click Here for the story.
Renewable energy industry and "green jobs" pushed by TUO getting strangled in spider web of regulatory red tape and delays. 351 energy projects stalled. More than with fossil fuel industry. Democrats just cannot get out of their own mind-set when it comes to job creation, can they. Click Here.
17 million - American oil consumption running upward of 17 million barrels a day.
NPR = National Publicrat Radio
Another outing at NPR. NPR Executive Would Shield Muslim Brotherhood Donation from Government Audit writes Daily Caller - New video released Thursday afternoon by investigative journalist James O'Keefe shows National Public Radio (NPR) executive Betsy Liley indicating she would help a Muslim Brotherhood front group hide a $5 million donation from a government audit. NPR's Liley, who was also recorded in the undercover video released Tuesday, said that the government funded radio network could accept the donation anonymously - a practice she admits to using in the past.
Obama made a policy that NO U.S. SERVICEMAN CAN SPEAK AT ANY FAITH-BASED PUBLIC EVENTS.
37% - Independent voters, who will be crucial to President Barack Obama's re-election effort, are abandoning him now, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The president’s approval rating among independents dropped to 37% in March from 47% in February, the survey shows. [Reuters Poll] 3/10/11 Click Here for the story. Do you think that US Taxpayers might finally realize that TUO is not “ruling” in their best interests?
Remember how enamored Democrats have been with poll numbers when Republicans were in charge.
Enforce existing laws. It's up to us. The last 12 presidential administrations have ignored this law. ... The Federal Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 may not have been the total answer to the illegal immigration problem in the United States, but it offered the best solution to date. While the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 abolished the "national origins" formula (a racial quota system) found in the 1952 law, most of the law's statutes are still on the books. They are the law of the land - providing the U.S. Attorney General or the Director of ICE enforces them. [American Political Action Committee] 3/10/11
"The gun used to kill Agent Brian Terry has been sourced, not to Mexico, but to a gun store in Phoenix that was actually part - and cooperating - with a federal investigation into arms trafficking. However, US agents did not stop the sale or the transfer of that gun to the cartels that killed Terry." - William Lajeunesse, Fox News broadcast (February 22, 2011).
AP article reports that Wisc GOP Gov Walker bypasses Dems to pass bill to strip collective bargaining from Wisc governments. The took spending elements out of the legislation so there was no need for the missing Dems to be present. AP reporter Scott Bauer presents mostly one side of the issue much like NPR and other self-proclaimed “unbiased” news organizations. No surprise there. Click Here for the AP article. 3/10/11
11% increase in the number of Big Gov employees since December 2007. Oh! You mean since Democrats took over Congress in January 2008. Yep. [Neil Cavuto, Fox News] 3/9/11
Union collective bargaining: A right or a privilege granted? Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness is a right in the USA. All else is a privilege granted by those in charge, whether by our US Constitution, the king, the queen or those maniacal despots.
"Allah is our objective; the Prophet is our leader; the Quran is our law; Jihad is our way; dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope." Does that sound like the motto of a nice, peaceful, non-violent, secular organization? President Obama and his national intelligence director James Clapper think so.
35% - The ratio of government handouts to wages and salaries in United States at all-time high. According to TrimTabs Investment Research, government handouts have reached a level that is equivalent to 35% of all wages and salaries in US. This figure was 21% back in 2000 and only 10% in 1960. [Trading Report] This is beyond frightening. Click Here and Here for two separate articles. 3/9/11
NPR ousts Vivian Schiller and Ron Schiller with fabulously glowing recommendations after they were exposed in a video sting. These NPR execs happily outted themselves as anti-Christian and anti-Conservative bigots to Muslim Brotherhood impersonators. The Schillers are not related. 3/9/11
Caution: GOP members are likely targets for similar tactics. Do not be surprised. Be aware. Be civil. Be courteous. Stick to the facts without angry words and nasty language. Be on top of your game.
Currently, 22 states protect the Right to Work, and similar bills have been introduced in 13 forced unionism states this year. [National Right to Work Committee] 3/9/11
Refunds. Carl Ichan returning investments in his hedge funds to investors because of market crisis. Fears of “market dislocation” cannot be ignored. Click Here.
Budget cuts. Democrat definition of “budget cuts” is not increasing the current level of spending or any effort that cuts the level of growth in spending.
Spin. To understand polls, readers must know how the questions are worded. Pollsters can get the answers they want based on how they phrase the questions. Click Here. For instance:
Would you vote for Sarah Palin for President? Yes__ No__
Would Sarah Palin make a good President? Yes__ No__
Would you vote for someone other than Sarah Palin for President?
Yes__ No__
Does Sarah Palen have enough experience to be President? Yes__ No__
NPR exposed in bigoted comments with Muslim Brotherhood meeting about Jews in the media and Conservatives.
[ConservativeHQ]. Click Here to read and see video. 3/8/11
US energy needs to come from all possible and all potential sources. Nothing off limits. Let science be free and allow for new technologies to evolve. We cannot continue to strangle our economy with the political agenda of a few “green conscientious objectors” on the Left [in return for campaign dollars] at the expense of the rest of the US people. =trj
US Oil …
• 21 Billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
• 134 Billion barrels of undiscovered oil reserves.
• 727 Million barrels of crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
• 48.5 Billion barrels of undiscovered oil reserves land.
• 5.7 to 16.0 Billion barrels of undiscovered oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. [Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund] 3/8/11
When Bush 43 took office, oil was at $31 a barrel. Gasoline was $1.44 per gallon.
Under TUO, oil is over $100 per barrel and the price of gasoline at the pump is $3.35 per gallon and going up and up. $5.00 per gallon expected. Obama media sympathizers not overtly bothered by this.
Climate Con Update: Global warming is now => Climate change is now => Clean energy
Departing members of the House of Representatives awarded millions of dollars in extra pay to aides as they closed down their offices. The 96 lawmakers paid their employees $6.7 million, or 31%, more in the fourth quarter of 2010 than they did, on average, in the first three quarters of the year. [Wall Street Journal]
Flashback: Remember how the Clinton crowd trashed the White House offices when he left office.
Rep Michele Bachmann tells Newsmax that President Barack Obama, Sen Harry Reid and Rep Nancy Pelosi should apologize to the American people for $105 billion appropriation they “deceitfully” hid in the healthcare reform legislation. [NewMax.com] 3/7/11 Click Here.
• Did you know if you took 14 trillion $1 bills and put them end to end, you could circle around the equator 54,474 times?
• Did you know if you spent $443,937 every second for a year, you would still not outspend $14 trillion?
• Did you know that the US national debt would provide toilet paper for every US citizen for 7,894 years. =trj
Project 21. Members of Project 21 black leadership network strongly disagree with President Barack Obama's contention, as reported in the new book "Family of Freedom: Presidents and African-Americans in the White House," that the tea parties are motivated more by the color of Obama's skin than the content of his agenda. On Feb. 28, Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie engaged in an "empty chair debate" at National Press Club in Washington, DC. Refutes similar allegations about the tea party movement and race made by establishment civil rights lobbyists Al Sharpton, Marc Morial and Walter Fauntroy. Project 21, leading voice of black conservatives since 1992, is sponsored by National Center for Public Policy Research. Click Here to read more.
Already, 12 states have joined forces to nullify/void ObamaCare. In nearly all of the 12 bills, states are calling for jail time and fines for Obama disciples who try to enforce ObamaCare within state lines!
Last Wednesday, the Governor of Wyoming signed into law a Constitutional Carry law that returns real self defense freedom to the state of Wyoming. 3/8/11 [National Association for Gun Rights] To Donate, Click Here.
ABC is preparing pilot for new series entitled “Good Christian B*tches.” A star, Leslie Bibb, has been chosen for the series. Show’s executive producer, Darren Star, brought “Sex and the City” and “90210” to TV. [American Family Association] 3/7/11
More ObamaCare waviers. 126 new waivers now total 1,040. Among the shoe-string budget firms that can’t afford to meet Obamacare requirements are Teamsters Union, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Communications Workers of America, Service Employees International Union, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which counts among its board members Obamacare Czar Nancy-Ann DeParle. 3/7/11
32% - In 1965, when Congress created Medicare/Medicaid and greatly expanded the federal government's role in health care, about 13% of Americans were obese. Today, 32% of Americans are obese. [The S&A Digest from the desk of Porter Stansberry]
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FCC planning to cripple talk radio. Not by the fairness doctrine, but by something far worse - threatening to close down stations themselves. Their offensive takes three forms:
a) Shortening the licensing period for radio stations from the current eight years to four. This change gives the FCC power of life and death over stations while Obama's appointees are still there.
b) Requiring 25% of talk stations' programming to be locally produced. Since it costs vastly more to hire a talk show host than to subscribe to a national show, many stations can't afford it. The result will be forcing many stations to give up talk radio entirely.
c) Requiring stations to establish community advisory boards.
See the latest book titled Revolt by Dick Morris
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In NY, NYSUT Union [UFT member] pays teachers to miss school and protest. School system pays for the substitutes. Union rakes in $126 million in dues. $300,000 salary for teacher union boss. Subs costs an estimate $9 million dollars to Taxpayers. [Patriot Action Network]
• GM Volts sold – 321 in January, 281 in February,
• Nissen Leafs sold – 87 in January, 67 in February.
• Combined totals are 408 in January and 348 in February.
• Expensive vehicle to buy. Expensive to re-charge?
• Coal on Dem endangered list
• 50% of US electricity from coal.
• Break even point on current cost is 12-15 years.
• We want to know! What percentage of owners will drive an "old car" with “old technology” for 10 years or more?
The two-month auto sales tally was 1,813,436, up 23% from last year, but more than half a million (533,428), or 23% fewer than in January-February 2007, the most recent “normal” sales year. Despite improved showing in February, the Detroit 3 still had less than half of their national market. The score: imports at 53.9%; domestics at 46.1%. [AutoNews.com]
Wisconsin Democrats are in hiding, and union protesters, who have cost the tax-payers $7.5 million in damages to the Capitol Building, are still rampaging in the streets. [Campaign for Liberty 3/5/11]
February 2011. Real unemployment may be 22.1%, rather than a seasonally adjusted 8.9%. Non-seasonally adjusted rate at 9.5%. [WND 3/5/11] Is it better to be seasonally adjusted and unemployed or non-seasonally adjusted and unemployed? Click Here.
No complaining in print or broadcasts by the Big Time Dying Democrat Media about high unemployment numbers and high gas prices or anything else that reflects poorly on Democrats. =trj
Avoidable death. It was a tragic incident that occurs frequently on our southern border, made all the more tragic because THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT WAS USED TO KILL AGENT TERRY WAS BOUGHT BY A CRIMINAL AND SMUGGLED INTO MEXICO UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS - ATF. [CCRKBA]
Guns “purchased” in USA allowed to be taken into Mexico so they could be tracked to illegal users. This irresponsible Democrat edict has been in force for over 12 months.
US border agent killed as he was required to fire “beanbags” at illegals. He was shot with "real" bullets.
Media Spin. The liberal media not only covered rising gas prices 250% more during the Bush administration, but they also tied them to President Bush and government actions FIFTEEN TIMES MORE OFTEN than they do under President Obama's reign. [Media Research Center, 3/4/11]
By law, there is a limit on how much debt the federal government can have. In 1940, that "debt ceiling" was set at $40 billion. Ten years later, it was at $275 billion. Another ten years: a higher debt ceiling of $293 billion. Then ... Congress just started raising the debt ceiling every single year, and sometimes more than once during a single year!
• 1970: $395 billion
• 1980: $925 billion
• then again, at $935 billion
• 1990: $3.195 trillion
• then again, at $3.23 trillion
• then AGAIN, at $4.15 trillion
• 2000: $5.95 trillion
• 2010: $14.294 trillion [AmeriPAC 3/5/11]
In new TUO budget proposal, federal government would spend $3.819 trillion in 2012 = $1.645 trillion MORE than it would take in! When Obama was elected, the public debt totaled $6.3 trillion. By the end of his first term, it will have nearly DOUBLED, to $11.9 trillion. [AmeriPAC 3/5/11]
Spin. In what appears to be an orchestrated effort, Democrats in the media now claiming that the US is not in debt. Democrat fact-less propaganda reported as news?
Politics of Personal Destruction. Whomever Republicans nominate for president, that person and the running mate will become targets for massive negative mud-slinging campaigns by Democrats and their Puppet Media. It works. Not only does this influence undecided voters, it leaves those who have been elected on the outside during future election cycles. Voters surely have noticed the Bush 41 and Bush 43 were nowhere to be found in subsequent elections. In the meantime, Carter and Clinton continue to be darlings of the Left, despite their unimpressive presidential records and personal attacks on past presidents. =trj
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan demanding that state police RELEASE THE NAMES OF EVERY PERSON IN ILLINOIS WHO HOLDS A FIREARM OWNER'S IDENTIFICATION CARD (FOID). [CCRKBA 3/3/11]
More Democrat unintended consequences. Criminals and thieves-in-training in Illinois will know who to attack and rob and who to avoid. =trj
Leftist media saying the US is not broke. Same reports offered for Wisconsin budget. 3/3/11
Obama calls the Tea Party racist. He sure is offending a lot of black and white voters who support the Tea Party in concept, deed and spirit. Tea Party has higher approval rating than Obama. =trj
Moammar Gahdafi asks for President Bush to come to his aid. That must really must irk TUO?
Churches are supposed to not engage in political activities. Certain churches are selectively challenged on this by either the IRS or DOJ.
Should unions, public sector in particular, be permitted to engage in political activities. This includes giving money to political candidates in anything other than equal amounts, fundraising, forming picket lines, bullying, heckling, bombing, shooting, beating up people, working as rent-a-mobs, and otherwise taking one side over the other as organized groups.
Unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased to 10.3% in February, up from 9.8% at the end of January, while the broader underemployment rate surged to 19.9%, up from 18.9% at the end of January. [Gallup]
Unemployment - up
Those not looking for work – up
Grocery prices – up
Oil – up and flat right now
Gasoline prices at the pump – up
Democrats leaving office – up
Support for cost cutting - up
Construction – trending down
Home prices – still trending down
Obama – trending down
Democrats – trending down
Unions – trending down
How Democrats [secretly?] plan to balance the US budget, IF they even attempt to do it. [1] Tax. Tax. Tax. Nothing off limits. [2] Inflation. Inflation. Inflation. Continue devaluing the dollar by printing more paper money => create inflation => easier to pay on present and future debt. =trj
58% of Americans want to see partial US Big Gov shut down rather than spend at 2010 levels. 33% want to keep spending at current levels. [WND] What is it about these gold diggers in DC who want to spend us into 3rd world status.
$0.40 of every single $1.00 the government spends right now is BORROWED. Such unconscionable spending has progressed beyond irresponsible to a point where it is absolutely calamitous. [Declaration Alliance PAC]
Wisconsin has become ground zero. Obama's Organizing for America continues busing in socialist agitators to march on behalf of the state employees, while the liberal media is doing their utmost to position greedy union members and their budget-busting benefits as the "poor working class" who are being attacked by the big fat-cat Republicans. [Media Research Center 3/1/11] Click Here.
President Obama and the Democratic National Committee have been using Obama's grassroots apparatus, Organizing For America, to coordinate pro-union rallies in state capitals around the country. AFL-CIO union President Richard Trumpka, who Obama recently appointed to his new "Council on Jobs and Competitiveness." Trumpka not only believes the best economic recovery policy is RAISING taxes, but told the Chicago Tribune yesterday that they plan to use his AFL-CIO to keep union protests against reforms in Wisconsin and across the nation alive. [Freedom Works 3/1/11] Click Here.
Big Gov Duplication. Redundant government spending. For example, 15 agencies oversee food-safety laws. Over 20 homeless assistance programs. 80 programs for economic development. Report from Government Accountability Office. Click Here for article
Many Wisconsin polls favor GOP over Democrats. Same thing nationwide. Media is favoring Dems in their "fantasy" reports. Ethical press missing. Know what is going on or suffer the consequences. =trj
Paying people not to work is 3/4ths the cost of social security. Defense spending is 20%. See OBM Chart at Rush Limbaugh. Click Here. And Here.
Big Time Dying Democrat Media reports on Wisconsin union protests ignore incivility, bullying, nasty signs and bad language. Is this what we want our children to see and learn? Click Here.
More love for Wisc Gov from the Left. Click Here.
Mathematics
This comes from 2 math teachers with a combined total of over 70 years of experience.
It has an indisputable mathematical logic. This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint and it goes like this:
What Makes 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wondered about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%.
How about achieving 103%?
What makes up 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
but
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
and
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
and
look how far ass kissing will take you
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that, while Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it is Bullshit and Ass Kissing that will put you over the top.
Now you know why some people are where they are!
MEN!!!!
One day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his Sweatshirt. Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me,
"What setting do I use on the washing machine?"
"It depends," I replied.
"What does it say on your shirt?"
He yelled back, "Steelers"
And they say blondes are dumb.
A couple is lying in bed.
The man says,
"I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world"
The woman replies,
"I'll miss you."
"It's just too hot to wear clothes today," Jack says as he stepped out of the shower. "Honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?"
"I probably that I married you for your money," she replied.
Q: What do you call an intelligent, good looking, sensitive man?
A: A rumor
Dear Lord,
I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him; and
Patience for his moods.
Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength,
I'll beat him to death.
AMEN
Q: Why do little boys whine?
A: They are practicing to be men.
Q: What do you call a handcuffed man?
A: Trustworthy.
Q: What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A: You did not hold the pillow down long enough.
Q: Why do men whistle when they are sitting on the toilet?
A: It helps them remember which end to wipe.
Q: How do you keep your husband from reading your e-mail?
A: Rename the email folder 'Instruction Manuals'
While creating husbands, God promised women that good and ideal husbands would be found in all corners of the world ... Then He made the earth round.
Send this to at least five bright, funny women you know and make their day!
And send this to five bright men who have enough sense of humor to take it!
Imagine a young white guy with an AK-47!
Politically correct target being sold where a real US Taxpayer once shot. No way to confuse this target with a Muslim, Black Panther or illegal alien. Look in the mirror. White guys are the threat according to Homeland Security and airport security.
There are more horrifying stories every day from our infamous "administration." One really has to wonder how they can continue to screw up so badly and so often.
The following is an example of their thinking:
What is the best way to secure funding for anti-terror training exercises from President Obama’s Department of Homeland Security?
First, you have to create a fictitious scenario where hundreds of lives are threatened by a terrorist organization. But please, make sure your scenario is as fictitious as possible. I mean really fictitious. Instead of the terrorists being anti-American, Muslim radicals, make them homegrown white supremacists. Send your script to DHS and just wait for your check to arrive.
This was the training exercise that DHS agreed to fund at Treynor High School in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, population 919 people.
A fictitious terrorism scenario: A young white supremacists shoot up dozens of people because of their increasing intolerance for racial minorities.
According to this science fiction script, one of the make-believe suspects in the shootings is an 18-year-old white male with a hot-tempered father who is a firearms enthusiast. Cue the scary music. Lights! Camera! Action!
Thankfully, when word spread that our tax dollars were about to be wasted on this exercise, the angry calls came pouring in and the entire boondoggle was squelched.
The customer in the Italian restaurant was so pleased with his meal that he asked to speak to the chef.
The owner proudly led him into the kitchen and introduced him to the chef.
"Your veal parmigiana was superb," the customer said. "I just spent a month in Italy, and yours is better than any I ever had over there."
"Naturally," the chef said. "Over there, they use domestic cheese. Ours is imported!"
THE OSTRICH
A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders. The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?" "I'll have the same," says the ostrich.
A short time later the waitress returns with the order. "That will be $9.40 please." The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.
The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke."
The ostrich says, "I'll have the same."
Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.
This becomes routine until the two enter again. "The usual?" asks the waitress. "No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad," says the man.
"Same," says the ostrich.
Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, "That will be $32.62."
Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.
The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. "Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?"
"Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there."
"That's brilliant!" says the waitress. "Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!"
"That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man.
The waitress asks, "What's with the ostrich?"
The man sighs, pauses and answers, "My second wish was for a tall chick with a big ass and long legs who agrees with everything I say."
Dr. Charles Krauthammer
Fast Facts
1. Born: March 13, 1950
2. Birthplace: New York City, New York
3. Raised in Montreal, Canada
4. Attended McGill University and Harvard Medical School
5. 1972 diving accident left him a paraplegic
6. Directed psychiatric research for Carter administration
7. Began writing career in 1981 with The New Republic
8. Helped develop the "Reagan Doctrine" in 1980s
9. Appointed to Presidential Council on Bioethics in 2002
Dr. Krauthammer is on Fox News. He is an MD, a lawyer and is paralyzed from the neck down. A friend went to hear Charles Krauthammer. He listened with 25 others in a closed room. What he says here is NOT 2nd-hand but 1st. The ramifications are staggering for us, our children and their children.
Last Monday was a profound evening, Dr. Charles Krauthammer spoke to the Center for the American Experiment. He is a brilliant intellectual, seasoned & articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views. He is a fiscal conservative, and has received a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He is a frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the Washington Post.
The entire room was held spellbound during his talk. I have summarized his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally. Even 2 Democrats at my table agreed with everything he said!
Summary of his comments:
1. Obama is an intellectual, charming individual. He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's behind the mask. The taking down of the Clinton dynasty was an amazing accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.
2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton. He has a way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. Pay no attention to what he SAYS; rather,watch what he DOES!
3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power. He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can't be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along. He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada.
4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government. He doesn't care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada.
5. He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can't work in the long run. Obama is not a socialist; rather he's a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.
6. Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the United States, but more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate & coordinate various countries and their agendas. He sees moral equivalency in all cultures. His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors. This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!
7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not come due until after he is reelected in 2012. He would like to blame all problems on Bu sh from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Dr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.
8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. Republicans are pining for another Reagan, but there will never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and info if she is to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and state's rights.
9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and outrageous. We are spending trillions that we don't have. This could lead to hyperinflation, depression or worse.No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimulus packages. These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama's allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.
10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed, fear and panic swept in,we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising it was as close as it was.
11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to roll. If it's between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all be about the economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about what's happening in Washington and Congress. There is a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late.
Do yourself a long term favor, send this to all who will listen to an intelligent assessment of the big picture. All our futures and children's futures depend on our understanding of what is really going on in D.C., and our action pursuant to that understanding! It really IS up to each of us to take individual action!
Start by enlightening your friends and neighbors!
Ban the American Flag? Vote at the link below
Go to FOX and vote "NO" to ban the American flag in America. VOTE!
Comment: This is disgusting, to put it mildly. Your voice needs to be heard.
Comment: This is just sickening. Only 76.15% have voted on the FOX poll to NOT ban the flag in school and something like 18.0% voted YES, to ban it
Comment: What is going on in this country?
Read below.
Fox is running a poll about whether the American flag should be banned in schools in order not to inflame Hispanic students. The poll is being sandbagged by SEIU and we should mount a counter action if you agree with me that the flag should be taken down
for no one.
Moveon.org, funded by George Soros, Organizing for America, and SEIU [Service Employee International UNION] have been twittering today to go to Fox Poll and vote to BAN the Flag. As of this post, they have generated 18% of the vote to ban the American flag.
It's time to SHOW THEM WHAT TRUE PATRIOTS BELIEVE!
GO HERE NOW:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/06/american-flag-banned-america/
VOTE ... and then pass it along!
RETIREMENT BONUS
The Navy found they had too many officers and NCO's; they decided to offer an early retirement bonus. They promised any personnel who volunteered a Retirement Bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any two points of his body. The officer got to choose what those two points would be.
The first officer who accepted asked that he be measured from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. He was measured at six feet and walked out with a bonus of $72,000.
The second officer who accepted was a little smarter and asked to be measured from the tip of his outstretched hands to his toes. He walked Out with $96,000.
The third one was a non-commissioned officer, a grizzly old Chief who, when asked where he would like to be measured replied,
"From the tip of my willie to my testicles."
It was suggested by the pension interviewer that he might want to reconsider, explaining about the nice big checks the previous two Officers had received. But the old Chief insisted and they decided to go along with him providing the measurement was taken by a Medical Officer.
The Medical Officer arrived and instructed the Chief to "drop 'em," which he did. The medical officer placed the tape measure on the tip of the Chief's willie and began to work back.
"Dear Lord!", he suddenly exclaimed, "Where are your testicles?"
The old Chief calmly replied, "Vietnam."
The worst representation that money can buy
As a result of a Judicial Watch filing under the Freedom of Information Act, the USAF released documents detailing House Speaker Pelosi's use of United States Air Force aircraft between March 2009 and June 2010.
These data are published in the Judicial Watch Verdict of December 2010, Volume 16, Issue 12.
Here are the main highlights revealed by the USAF. Keep in mind that all the data below relate to United States Air Force aircraft used by one woman over a sixteen month period.
Several of these flights included Ms Pelosi's guests such as grown children, grand children, various in-laws, friends, and hangers-on. Over 95% of the trips were between the west coast and Washington, DC or what we might call a commute between home and the office.
• Total trips: 85 trips over a 68 week period or 1.25 average trips per week.
• Total mileage: 206,264 miles or 2,427 average miles per trip
• Total flying time: 428.6 hours or an average of 5 hrs per trip
• Cost to the taxpayers: $2,100,744.59 or $27,715.00 per trip or $1,285,162.00 per year
• Cost of in flight food and alcohol: $101,429.14 or $1,193.00 per trip or $62,051.00 per year
• On one junket to Baghdad, according to the Air Force report, she had the aircraft bar stocked with Johnny Walker Red Scotch, Grey Goose Vodka, E&J Brandy, Bailey's Irish Creme, Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier Cognac, Bacardi Rum, Jim Beam Whiskey, Beefeater Gin, Dewars Scotch, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Jack Daniels Whiskey, Corona Beer and several varieties of wine. This was obviously a very important "gubment bidness" trip.
The evidence speaks for itself, and in Ms. Pelosi's case it speaks the language of greed, manipulation and abuse. And (evidently) a serious familial drinking problem, for in a single year she and her spawn drank an amount in excess of the net income of the average employed American! When she said, "... if the stimulus doesn't pass, five hundred million people might lose their jobs...",
I thought she was unintentionally revealing her gross ignorance (there are 300 million people in USA).
I'm now more inclined to think she was pickled.
We were blessed with great leadership.
500 million people? She was probably including Mexico and Canada.
Enjoy this from Col. D. G. Swinford, USMC, Ret and history buff. You would really have to dig deep to get this kind of ringside seat to history:
1. The first German serviceman killed in WW II was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937), the first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland, 1940); highest ranking American killed was Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So much for allies.
2. The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He was wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. His benefits were later restored by act of Congress.
3. At the time of Pearl Harbor, the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced 'sink us'), the shoulder patch of the US Army's 45th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler's private train was named 'Amerika.' All three were soon changed for PR purposes.
4. More US servicemen died in the US Army Air Corps than the Marine Corps. While completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being killed was 71%.
5. Generally speaking, there was no such thing as an average fighter pilot. You were either an ace or a target. For instance, Japanese Ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa shot down over 80 planes. He died while a passenger on a cargo plane.
6. It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th round with a tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake. Tracers had different ballistics so (at long range) if your tracers were hitting the target 80% of your rounds were missing. Worse yet tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss rate go down.
7. When allied armies reached the Rhine, the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it) and Gen. Patton (who had himself photographed in the act).
8. German ME-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City, but they decided it wasn't worth the effort.
9. German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
10. Among the first 'Germans' captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army.
AND HE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST...
11. Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 United States and Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands. 21 troops were killed in the assault on the island. It could have been worse if there had been any Japanese on the island.
Source: From Col. D. G. Swinford, USMC, Ret and history buff identified by the person who emailed this to the right jack
555 PEOPLE
By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes,WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 555 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but PRIVATE, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 555 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits ... The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who was the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She was the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 555 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 555 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 555 people exercise the power of the
federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 555 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 555 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it. ... Is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren't so true.
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid...
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax..
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CD L license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened?
Can you spell "politicians?"
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 555 times! YOU can help it get there! GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!
End Note: Charley Reese is retiring. His last column is this one. I know many will miss this southern gentleman. He had a great run and we are all better off for it. Farewell, Mr. Reese, and thank you.
Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be - read it! The article below is completely neutral, not anti republican or democrat. Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinal, has hit the nail on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day. It's a short but good read.
Google "Charley Reese" to see other articles by him.
They're Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins!
Thank God for church ladies with typewriters.
These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS) actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:
The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
The sermon this morning: “Jesus Walks on the Water.” The sermon tonight: “Searching for Jesus.”
Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you.
Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
Miss Charlene Mason sang “I will not pass this way again,” giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be “What Is Hell?” Come early and listen to our choir practice.
Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.
The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.
Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. Is done.
The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.
The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday: “I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.”
