THROUGH SULLIVANS EYE

"Occupy...." fill in the blanks

2012-02-02T06:39:00.000-08:00

I'm watching the crowds of people in places like Seattle, Syria, Egypt and not making any distinctions between. Now, tell me something.

Do the folks watching TV in those nations see the violence of the "occupiers" here and believe that America is on fire and ALL our citizens want a 'regime change' here?

On the other hand, do we here in America see the folks rioting in the streets over there and believe the average working people there want 'regime change?'

Add our so-called credibility in the guise of the Department of State going to the United Nations and calling for 'regime change' in Syria, just like we did for Egypt.

Dare I say we're being fooled by our own government in sync with the mainstream media here and agenda of America's Left?

Dare I say we are aiding and abetting violence and instability over there?

Fill in the blanks - Egypt, Syria, Algeria....you get the picture.

Obama's citizenship being explored

2012-01-29T06:28:00.000-08:00

http://www.thenationalpatriot.com/?p=4138

Has anyone read, seen or heard anything about this Georgia case before this?

Dhimmitude - what does it mean?

2012-01-25T02:16:00.000-08:00

My fellow Americans, this bears watching. I checked it out at http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/exemptions.asp.
JCS

DHIMMITUDE - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
author unknown

Obama used it in the health care bill.

Now isn't this interesting? It is used in the health care law.

Dhimmitude -- I had never heard the word until now. Type it into Google and start reading. Pretty interesting. It's on page 107 of the healthcare bill. I looked this up on Google and yep, it exists..
It is a REAL word.

Word of the Day: Dhimmitude

Dhimmitude is the Muslim system of controlling non-Muslim populations conquered through jihad. Specifically, it is the TAXING of non-Muslims in exchange for tolerating their presence AND as a coercive means of converting conquered remnants to Islam.

ObamaCare allows the establishment of Dhimmitude and Sharia Muslim diktat in the United States . Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance, and also from the penalty tax for being uninsured. Islam considers insurance to be "gambling", "risk-taking", and "usury" and is thus banned. Muslims are specifically granted exemption based on this.

How convenient. So I, as a Christian, will have crippling IRS liens placed against all of my assets, including real estate, cattle, and even accounts receivables, and will face hard prison time because I refuse to buy insurance or pay the penalty tax. Meanwhile, Louis Farrakhan will have no such penalty and will have 100% of his health needs paid for by the de-facto government insurance. Non-Muslims will be paying a tax to subsidize Muslims.

This is Dhimmitude.

I recommend sending this on to your contacts. American citizens truly need to know about it.

You can't make this stuff up.

2012-01-25T01:29:00.000-08:00

In a bid to stem taxpayer losses for bad loans guaranteed by federal housing agencies Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) proposed that borrowers be required to make a 5% down payment in order to qualify.

His proposal was rejected 57-42 on a party-line vote because, as Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) explained, "Passage of such a requirement would restrict home ownership to only those who can afford it."

Does this explain liberals to you?

I can't add anything to this.

"After America there is no place to go."

2012-01-23T20:57:00.000-08:00

A good bit of this most of us know from our history books but there are some things written here I hadn't been aware of. A very bad time in history for those that lived in Europe just before and during WWII.

1938 Austria

Kitty Werthmann is 85 years old

This is a SCARY piece of HISTORY.
Read & perhaps learn something new from HISTORY and "CHANGE".

America truly is the Greatest Country in the World.

By: Kitty Werthmann

What I am about to tell you is something you've probably never heard or will ever read in history books.

I believe that I am an eyewitness to history. I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. We elected him by a landslide - 98% of the vote. I've never read that in any American publications. Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force.

In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression. Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed. We had 25% inflation and 25% bank loan interest rates.

Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy daily. Young people were going from house to house begging for food. Not that they didn't want to work; there simply weren't any jobs. My mother was a Christian woman and believed in helping people in need. Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those poor, hungry people - about 30 daily.

The Communist Party and the National Socialist Party were fighting each other. Blocks and blocks of cities like Vienna, Linz, and Graz, were destroyed. The people became desperate and petitioned the government to let them decide what kind of government they wanted.

We looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany, where Hitler had been in power since 1933. We had been told that they didn't have unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living. Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group -- Jewish or otherwise. We were led to believe that everyone was happy. We wanted the same way of life in Austria. We were promised that a vote for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family. Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would get their farms back. Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to annex Austria to Germany and have Hitler for our ruler.

We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed.

After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks later, everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of work was created through the Public Work Service.

Hitler decided we should have equal rights for women. Before this, it was a custom that married Austrian women did not work outside the home. An able-bodied husband would be looked down on if he couldn't support his family. Many women in the teaching profession were elated that they could retain the jobs they previously had been required to give up for marriage.

Hitler Targets Education - Eliminates Religious Instruction for Children:

Our education was nationalized. I attended a very good public school. The population was predominantly Catholic, so we had religion in our schools. The day we elected Hitler (March 13, 1938), I walked into my schoolroom to find the crucifix replaced by Hitler's picture hanging next to a Nazi flag. Our teacher, a very devout woman, stood up and told the class we wouldn't pray or have religion anymore. Instead, we sang "Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles," and had physical education.

Sunday became National Youth Day with compulsory attendance. Parents were not pleased about the sudden change in curriculum. They were told that if they did not send us, they would receive a stiff letter of warning the first time. The second time they would be fined the equivalent of $300, and the third time they would be subject to jail. The first two hours consisted of political indoctrination. The rest of the day we had sports. As time went along, we loved it. Oh, we had so much fun and got our sports equipment free. We would go home and gleefully tell our parents about the wonderful time we had.

My mother was very unhappy. When the next term started, she took me out of public school and put me in a convent. I told her she couldn't do that and she told me that someday when I grew up, I would be grateful. There was a very good curriculum, but hardly any fun - no sports, and no political indoctrination. I hated it at first but felt I could tolerate it. Every once in a while, on holidays, I went home. I would go back to my old friends and ask what was going on and what they were doing. Their loose lifestyle was very alarming to me. They lived without religion. By that time unwed mothers were glorified for having a baby for Hitler. It seemed strange to me that our society changed so suddenly. As time went along, I realized what a great deed my mother did so that I wasn't exposed to that kind of humanistic philosophy.

Equal Rights Hits Home:

In 1939, the war started and a food bank was established. All food was rationed and could only be purchased using food stamps. At the same time, a full-employment law was passed which meant if you didn't work, you didn't get a ration card, and if you didn't have a card, you starved to death. Women who stayed home to raise their families didn't have any marketable skills and often had to take jobs more suited for men.

Soon after this, the draft was implemented. It was compulsory for young people, male and female, to give one year to the labor corps. During the day, the girls worked on the farms, and at night they returned to their barracks for military training just like the boys. They were trained to be anti-aircraft gunners and participated in the signal corps. After the labor corps, they were not discharged but were used in the front lines. When I go back to Austria to visit my family and friends, most of these women are emotional cripples because they just were not equipped to handle the horrors of combat. Three months before I turned 18, I was severely injured in an air raid attack. I nearly had a leg amputated, so I was spared having to go into the labor corps and into military service.

Hitler Restructured the Family Through Daycare:

When the mothers had to go out into the work force, the government immediately established child care centers. You could take your children ages 4 weeks to school age and leave them there around-the-clock, 7 days a week, under the total care of the government. The state raised a whole generation of children.. There were no motherly women to take care of the children, just people highly trained in child psychology. By this time, no one talked about equal rights. We knew we had been had.

Health Care and Small Business Suffer Under Government Controls:

Before Hitler, we had very good medical care. Many American doctors trained at the University of Vienna . After Hitler, health care was socialized, free for everyone. Doctors were salaried by the government. The problem was, since it was free, the people were going to the doctors for everything. When the good doctor arrived at his office at 8 a.m., 40 people were already waiting and, at the same time, the hospitals were full. If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year or two for your turn. There was no money for research as it was poured into socialized medicine. Research at the medical schools literally stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other countries.

As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80% of our income. Newlyweds immediately received a $1,000 loan from the government to establish a household. We had big programs for families. All day care and education were free. High schools were taken over by the government and college tuition was subsidized. Everyone was entitled to free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing.

We had another agency designed to monitor business. My brother-in-law owned a restaurant that had square tables. Government officials told him he had to replace them with round tables because people might bump themselves on the corners. Then they said he had to have additional bathroom facilities. It was just a small dairy business with a snack bar. He couldn't meet all the demands. Soon, he went out of business. If the government owned the large businesses and not many small ones existed, it could be in control.

We had consumer protection. We were told how to shop and what to buy. Free enterprise was essentially abolished. We had a planning agency specially designed for farmers. The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock, then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it.

"Mercy Killing" Redefined:

In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the Alps. The villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which, in the winter, were closed off with snow, causing people to be isolated. So people intermarried and offspring were sometimes retarded. When I arrived, I was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults, but they were all useful and did good manual work. I knew one, named Vincent, very well. He was a janitor of the school. One day I looked out the window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van. I asked my superior where they were going. She said to an institution where the State Health Department would teach them a trade, and to read and write. The families were required to sign papers with a little clause that they could not visit for 6 months. They were told visits would interfere with the program and might cause homesickness.

As time passed, letters started to dribble back saying these people died a natural, merciful death. The villagers were not fooled. We suspected what was happening. Those people left in excellent physical health and all died within 6 months. We called this euthanasia.

The Final Steps - Gun Laws:

Next came gun registration. People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register their firearms. Not long after-wards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily.

No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.

Totalitarianism didn't come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria. Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath. Instead, we had creeping gradualism. Now, our only weapons were broom handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by little eroded our freedom.

After World War II, Russian troops occupied Austria. Women were raped, preteen to elderly. The press never wrote about this either. When the Soviets left in 1955, they took everything that they could, dismantling whole factories in the process. They sawed down whole orchards of fruit, and what they couldn't destroy, they burned. We called it The Burned Earth. Most of the population barricaded themselves in their houses. Women hid in their cellars for 6 weeks as the troops mobilized. Those who couldn't, paid the price. There is a monument in Vienna today, dedicated to those women who were massacred by the Russians. This is an eye witness account.

"It's true….those of us who sailed past the Statue of Liberty came to a country of unbelievable freedom and opportunity.

America Truly is the Greatest Country in the World. Don't Let Freedom Slip Away

"After America, There is No Place to Go"

Please forward this message to other voters who may not have it.

“After America, There is No Place to Go”

The author of this article lives in South Dakota and is very active in attempting to maintain our freedom. I encourage everybody to read this article and pass it along. I see so many parallels in this country, are we going to sit by and watch it happen? Spread the word; also contact your congressional reps; vote them out if they don't do what they should. If you don't want to be bothered, then you're part of the problem! Google Kitty Werthmann and you will see articles and videos.

Kodak? Bankrupt? Too bad they're not the government.

2012-01-19T20:25:00.000-08:00

Kodak, the huge, monster-sized comany in Rocheser, New York, has filed for bankruptcy. The name Kodak needs no explanation; we all know who they are. Bankrupt? Means they don't have any money. Right? Yes, they've got no money honey. Kodak? How?

Some would say, rightfully so, that Kodak didn't adapt to the digital age until too late. However, Kodak had the same corporate culture that has evolved in other American companies that got too big for their britches and didn't bother to stay "hungry." The Irish have a saying, "Hunger makes a good sauce." Other good examples of companies not remaining "hungry" are NCR Corp. and Ford Motor Co.

The NCR cash register was a wonder of mechanical engineering. It was the best in the world. They, like Kodak, developed a corporate culture out of their success. Wooden headedness evolved. After all, they were the best analog cash registers in the world and they knew it. In the process however, they began to lose the market share. They, too, didn't recognize the digital age. They kept cranking out wonderful analog cash registers. Unlike Kodak, however, they made the right moves for themselves in the nick of time.

NCR hired a Director of Engineering who was given the OK to chop the collective heads of people who were "hangers on." They were not near sighted nor were they far sighted. Let's just say they were neither sighted.

With the new engineering leader, into NCR came contract packaging designers, printed circuit board designers, computer programmers and systems analysts. Lo and behold, NCR came into the digital age before they had to close their "analog" doors.

If we go back a little further, Ford Motor Co. developed the same mentality. Only in their case, Henry Ford, as leader of his company, was the culprit with tunnel vision. He was the visionary who conceived the assembly line. Before that cars were individually made. Henry Ford made a great automobile. With the assembly line concept he brought down manufacturing costs that allowed the general public to finance or purchase a Ford. Henry's success was enormous.

Henry made an automobile that transported people. It was black and functional. THAT'S what people want. Cars of color? Are you kidding? People want transport; they could care less about whether their car is red or green or whatever. It's gonna remain BLACK. Well, as you can guess, while the competetion was making cars of color, Ford Motor was not. And, the company almost went down because they didn't read the tea lives and adapt.

There's a lesson to be learned here for American electorate and the most important election in our lifetime, the 2012 presidential election. I would opine that American government, like NCR, Ford Motor Co. and Kodak, has developed a fat cat corporate mentality. Unlike corporate America, however, our federal, state and local governments have had a way out.

Rather than filing bankruptcy, our governments simply borrow money from foreign governments, raise taxes, sell bonds and/or print paper money without anything to back it up, i.e., gold et al.

It really hasn't mattered which of our two American political party has been in control. Both have been deficit spending. However, the current federal administration has shown they are more reckless than former administrations. And what's so scary about them is they don't give a damn.

It's time for another American Revolution - via the ballot box.

"Coil of Rage" - author unknown

2012-01-12T15:39:00.000-08:00

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

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

THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT -- HE'S RUNNING AGAIN, YOU KNOW! Is anyone out there awake?

Everyone of voting age should read these two books by him: Don't buy them, just get them from the library. From Dreams From My Father:

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

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

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

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

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

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

From Audacity of Hope:

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

If you have never forwarded an e-mail, now is the time to do so!!! We have someone with this mentality running our GREAT nation! Keep your eye on him and don't blink. I don't care whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, a Conservative or a liberal, be aware of the attitude and character of this sitting President.

Prosperity? Many don't know what it means.

2012-01-02T15:52:00.000-08:00

We are living in an age when we're all supposed to be the same. You know, equality, no child left behind, and all that stuff. Prosperity? What's that? Occupy Wall Street? Oh yeah, that's supposed to be us against the rich guys.

I'm not going to defend the big shots who take without any consideration for those who make it possible for them. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac come to mind. They're bust yet their execs are eligible for enormous bonuses. What's wrong with this picture.

On the other hand, we have locales such as Hong Kong. Where's that and what do they have to do with us? For one thing, they're prosperous. And the young people of this nation of ours should begin to understand what prosperity is.

Leading up to World War II, during and after the war, the United States was the world's bank. Why? Because people who had any money at all wanted to put it where it was safe and would bring them a return on their investment. And the place to put their/our money was in the U.S. That's all changed now. Why? Let's look at Hong Kong, the "vatican of economic liberty."

The top individual and corporate income tax rates here in the U.S. are 35% on taxes on capital gains, dividends and profits on overseas investment. It also applies to when you die. How does this compare to a vibratant economy such as Hong Kong?

The top tax rate there is two fold: 17% minus deductions or 15% of gross incoome, which is lower. That's right, lower, not higher. Guess what else? No sales tax.

The current occupant of the White House and his minions in the media would have you believe that government spending is the way to prosperity. Creating government jobs is the way of the future. Don't believe it. Their so-called "Jobs Bill" is a scam. Should they be successful in raising the debt limit even more you know who will benefit. Their voter "base." Do you know who their base is?

Nobody will say it. It's like John the Baptist in the desert. Whoever says it gets their head cut off. Protected by free speech, dare I say, in my opinion, those who benefit are unions, blacks, radical feminists, leftists, communists, socialists, gays et al. Have I missed anyone here. Oh yes, left-leaning Democrats. In other words its a crafted attempt to make a majority out of minorities. And the fact that Obama is in the White House would tell me its worked.

I appeal to the youth of this nation and those of independent mind to use their wisdom and vote to begin the return of prosperity to everyone in the nation. And, yes, to those mentioned who are currently the Obama base. We must take a non-governmental path. Look to Hong Kong to see how America could be, how we once were.

Now that we're out of Iraq......

2011-12-22T03:12:00.000-08:00

This week it was reported that 100 people were killed in what is being called an "organized massacre" in a Syrian village. My question is Who Are These People behind the violence against the Syrian government and where are they coming from?

American media is portraying the Syrian government as being the bad guy in all of it. I don't necessarily believe it. The so-called Arab League and the Obama White House would have us believe that Syrian President Assad is evil and "regime change" must come about there. I say, leave him fight his own battles. Afterall, now that we're out of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan will now have Muslim fighters in their countries fighting their governments.

We might also consider praying for Christians in these nations.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/21/100-killed-in-organized-massacre-on-syrian-village-activists-say/?test=latestnews#ixzz1hGAiXz00

"A Bright Shining Lie"

2011-12-16T19:14:00.000-08:00

Before I give you my take on events, let me assure readers that I am 5th generation American, maternal and 3rd Generation paternal - all from Ireland. My family has served this nation in every war since the War Between the States. I served two years here and overseas in the U.S. Army and two years active reserve. I am honorably discharged. And over 200 of our surname we're at Valley Forge.

I grew up with Democratic roots before the party went Left. I took the bait, hook, line and sinker. I was a youngster when President Eisenhower said "beware the military-industrial complex" I later read it but didn't really understand exactly what he was talking about. Since then I've witnessed American involvement everywhere, e.g., Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Iraq, et al. I now have come to believe that the financial interests behind defense spending does NOT have the interests of America in mind. We're going to fund war somewhere else after our current wars are conducted. We have betrayed our doughboys of WWI who fought "the war to end all wars."

Oh, yes, I'm for a strong defense....but for here at home, not in Afghanistan, South America, Israel and everywhere else we can think of creating conflict or allegedly defending a country in the name of liberty, democracy and freedom. As the late LTC John Paul Vann had advanced in Neil Sheehan's book about him titled, "A Bright Shining Lie", we're being hoodwinked.

We're pulling out of Iraq but staying in Afghanistan. Afghanistan? What the hell are we doing there. We don't need them; they don't need us! Yet we're being told that we need to be there for the Afghan people. They're TRIBAL! Yet they would have us believe that we need to give them troops, guns and money. We're being hoodwinked.

The Irish diaspora throughout the world has a quote for the long overdue need for England to completely remove themselves from Ireland - 'TIME TO GO!' It now applies to our military presence everywhere but within our borders. If we can accomplish that, industry and investment will return. It can happen, as long as we don't allow ourselves to continue to be deceived by the foreign policy being crafted by our Department of State.

Ayn Rand on Pres. Obama - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Bl5OKVjpM&feature=share

2011-12-13T06:24:00.001-08:00

Taking One at Face Value

2011-11-18T12:47:00.000-08:00

I've met the guy on more than one occasion. He's likable in person. But when it comes to his politics - sheesh!

This former Democrat is speaking about Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D).I've always thought he disguised his liberalism quite well. He's for veterans. Can't be a bad guy then, huh?

Most recently, in response to the bums that are being called "Occupiers" his campaign website quotes him saying "It's time to fight back!) He asks you to stand with him as he fights for working families. Fine, stand with them Senator but just what the hell do these people have to do with the working class?

They have defecated and urinated on NYPD cruisers and spat on officers. Now the Congressman is smart enough not to reference these specific acts, or, as the Cleveland Plain Dealer is all to eager to point out, is he in any of the pictures of these acts. But he HAS said, per the Plain Dealer, "T think the energy coming out of the Wall Street protesters is always a good thing."

I sure hope ALL voters and workers take into consideration the party that Brown represents. Look around you and understand what is going on. Or else, as the Bugs Bunny cartoons used to end with, "That's All Folks!"

How Should We See Each Other or the Double-Edged Sword of Hyphenated-Americanism

2011-11-18T03:28:00.000-08:00

Living in Cleveland, Ohio, our town has been called Ethnicity - ETHNIC CITY. We grew up here with large enclaves of Poles, Hungarians, Irish et al. It has given me an appreciation of the various cultures and the friends I have always made among them. In the case of what I see as Mexicans in America, it appears to be a different story - unless our major media outlets are attempting to divide us.

I relate to the case of American High School boys at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, California. They wore American flags and/or colors to school on Cinco de Mayo, May 5th. It is a day celebrated for differing reasons, depending on where you reside.

In the U.S. it is a day when those of Mexican heritage celebrate their pride. At least that what's it's supposed to be. The actual day of celebration marks Mexico's unlikely victory over French forces at the battle of Puebla on that date in 1862.

The boys were sent home from school for wearing the American red, white and blue colors while those of Mexican heritage, wearing displays of their Mexican heritage, were not. And now a Judge has ruled in favor of the school authorities.

I have seen ethnic pride here in northeast Ohio. Those of Irish heritage celebrate St. Patrick's Day even though many of those partying are unaware of where in Ireland their ancestors came from or even know exactly who came over. The exceptions however, like many southern Irish I have met, ALWAYS know they are of Irish heritage.

Those of Italian heritage celebrate Columbus Day with a parade and a day in which their display their Italian pride. There is a Polish Legion of American veterans, Jewish War Veterans, Catholic War Veterans, Italian War Veterans and Irish American War Veterans to name but a few ethnic-related groups. The other ethnic groups are too numerous to mention.

My point here is celebrating your ancestry is a good thing. Retired Ohio Senator George Voinovich said he has always found that those close to their ethnic heritage have been the best citizens. What is not acceptable, through my eye, is the what appears to be the wrongheaded views of both the American boys and the Mexican-Americans.

I think the difference is what comes first in their lives. In Cleveland I believe I can speak for the many hyphenated-Americans by saying their identity, before anything else, is American. If I can believe our mainstream media, that is NOT the case with those of Mexican descent in California.

I don't fear someone celebrating their heritage. I do fear if they are not American first. If the latter is the case at Live Oak High School and elsewhere, they are dangerous. I would hope that both sides see Cinco de Mayo through the same eye - as a simple day of celebration and happiness.

On St. Patrick's Day last year a TV host interviewed a young girl at the downtown parade. When asked what she liked best about the day she simply replied, "All the people smiling." And that should also be the spirit of Cinco de Mayo.

Rocky Colavito's Foul Ball

2011-11-14T06:13:00.000-08:00

As a youngster, our father introduced my brother Rodger (Red) and me to sports. We were already young fans before most kids knew who the Cleveland Browns or Indians were. In those days it didn’t cost an arm and a leg to buy a ticket. Red and I always got the cheap tickets to get in and them moved around to find better, unoccupied seats. And we roamed Cleveland Municipal Stadium at will, learning every nook and cranny.

Sitting in Right Field one day with our friend Jerry Szabo, we watched as Cleveland Indian right fielder Rocky Colavito came up to bat. He swung at the first pitch and we saw it fly upwards behind him and onto the stadium roof. I was immediately inspired.

“Rodger, I know how to get on the stadium roof. Let’s go get the ball!” Red didn’t take much coaxing after he learned I really did know how to get onto the stadium roof. I had previously seen the ladders that led to hatches to the roof in highest echelon of the upper deck seats. Sometimes they were open, sometimes closed. Szabo, citing discretion being the better part of valor, opted to stay where he was. Red and I took off.

In the Right Field upper deck we saw an open hatch. Climbing up and through the opening we gained access to the roof. Like Marines landing at Iwo Jima, we immediately began to sprint in the direction of home plate. Quickly arriving behind the plate, we spotted the baseball, about a foot from the edge. Red crawled over and picked up the ball. We immediately began our return sprint back to right field.

Red was always the better athlete of the two of us. About halfway there I got a pain in my side from running and yelled that I had to stop. He got upset at me and kept running. When I pleaded, he stopped, looking at me in a disgusted fashion. He must’ve had a vision because as we walked past another open hatch a Cleveland Police Officer stuck his head through it and yelled, “Hey, you two, Come here.”

Hindsight, they say, is 20-20. What we had done was calmly surrender to the policeman. What we should’ve done is run like bats-out-of-

hell. Now, come on, what cop can catch a couple of young teenagers who are running for their lives? And we also should’ve looked for an open hatch that was closer to the home plate area!

We were taken to the Stadium Security Office where we knew we were in deep doo-doo. We let it be known that our father was also a Cleveland Police Officer, figuring we might get a reduced sentence. They called him and I imagine dad’s response, after hearing a description of our antics that day, said something to the effect of, “Send those two idiots home!”

By this time it was late in the game, when the entry gates became unattended. Although we were booted out of the stadium, we went to another gate and re-entered. We found Szabo where we left him in Right Field, wondering if we were ever going to come back.

I’m sure Dad silently contemplated which head doctor he should send his sons to. When we got home he read us the riot act, of course. But we didn’t suffer any just consequences. And after all we had been through, we didn’t even get to keep the baseball.

IT'S MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET any way you look at it.

2011-11-08T15:49:00.000-08:00

Any way you look at it, it's money out of our pocket. And there's no end to their deviousness. I'm talking about the guy that used to be called Uncle Sam. That name had a nice connotation to it at one time. Can't you picture a soft spoken, gray-haired guy that really cared about us? The uncle we could go to for answers and problem solving? That Uncle Sam has died, replaced by a look alike. The new Uncle Sam is a fake.

I don't know about you but I always look for the ways the fake Uncle Sam wants to keep the money of ours he already has while, at the same time, looking for ways to get more without our noticing it. Our fake uncle is considering a new method of measuring inflation that would increase taxes for most families. Who would lose the most? Try those with low incomes.

His latest ploy is the xChained Consumer Price Index (CCPI).It's a measure that shows a lower level of inflation. Yearly adjustments to the tax brackets would become smaller. This would push more people into higher tax brackets.
Others whose wages would rise faster than the new inflation would have increases in their standard deductions and personal exemptions.

It's estimated this would take $60 billion more dollars out of our pockets over the next ten years. The rub is it would push more people into higher tax brackets. Their wages would rise faster than the new inflation measure. It would result in annual increases in our standard deductions and personal becoming smaller.

An example was used that if you buy beef and its higher than the last time you bought it, and the price of pork has stayed level, you will buy more pork. This decreases the amount of inflation we experience.

This action would let our fake uncle gradually cut benefits and increase taxes in a way that might not be readily apparent to us.

We have CPAs running our economy and they ain't looking out for us.

Another U.S. General "fired"

2011-11-05T05:44:00.000-07:00

A political General named John Allen is the commander of an "International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), whatever that is, has said U.S. Army General Peter Fuller has been "fired." His crime? He has spoken out against the Afghanistan government. Way to go General! But I thought you were a UNITED STATES ARMY GENERAL, not an ISAF General!

As reported in "Politico," Fuller said Afghan government leadership are "isolated from reality." He was reacting to AFghanistan President Karzai's statement that Afghanistan would side with Pakistan if it were to go to war with the United States. "Why don't you just poke me in the eye with a needle! You've got to be kidding me … I'm sorry, we just gave you $11.6 billion and now you're telling me, 'I don't really care?"

"You can teach a man how to fish, or you can give them a fish," Fuller said. "We're giving them fish while they're learning, and they want more fish! What they're telling us, according to Fuller, is "' like swordfish, how come you're giving me cod?' Guess what? Cod's on the menu today."

Washington's reaction to all this can be summed up in Allen's remarks. "The Afghan people are an honorable people, and comments such as these will not keep us from accomplishing our most critical and shared mission - bringing about a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan."
They and their neighbors are getting prosperous for sure.

Add $20 million to the figure quoted above for a Pakistani Sesame Street. Maybe there's a motive in firing the General. He is now free to produce the show!

How about the streets in my neighborhood Washington?

CAN WE TRUST MAJOR MEDIA NEWS OUTLETS?

2011-10-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

FOXNews has called them the alphabet networks - ABC, CBS and NBC. Anyone reading between the lines knows they're all in the tank for the current POTUS. It's slick and the unsophisticated of the world take them at face/word value. Others, however, being a bit more discerning, recognize news 'spin' for what it is. A good example was a Jay Leno late night television show this week.

Jay asked questions of the President that, through Sullivan's eye, were designed to take the conversation where POTUS wanted it to go. They're both naturals and it came across as unscripted and natural dialogue. This writer, however, saw a design to it. Wes,hy? He's been on the campaign trail since he was elected. And the Left is scared S..tless. That's why the Left is turning out their supporters in the streets. (Hey cities, looking for revenue? Arrest & fine 'em. Take their leftist bankrollers to the cleaners!)

Let's switch to international news for a moment. Can we believe the news coming out of anywhere overseas via these networks. Assad in Syria is being portrayed as a bad guy because he's trying to keep order in his nation. Like Iraq, will we see the time when weapons of mass destruction are allegedly at his fingertips? That would give us a reason to try and bomb him out of existence, like we're trying to do in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Iran....they have all existed almost forever. They will exist in the future as well. So, why do we need to be there?

Let's also look at the crowds in the streets everywhere. They're being led, of course, by organizations with an agenda. One thousand people rioted in Oakland, California recently. The television coverage, coupled with the crowds gathering in other cities, would have some believe that it is a populist movement. Judging by the polls, a significant number of Americans don't know who to believe. In other words, the unsophisticated who get their politics "off the shelf", i.e. from the alphabet networks. None read between the lines. None take the time become a political sophisticate.

Let's look at Greece in the news. Rioters there are a minority. However, seeing them on major news outlets would make us believe it's the entire country.

Who will win this propaganda battle? It will be the undecided that will make us or break us we we vote in 2012. My responsibility as a writer is to fight for what I believe. And you can bet the alphabet networks and the Left will fight me and what I believe.

TAKE THEIR MONEY!

2011-10-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

I just heard how many millions of dollars are being wasted as metropolitan police are trying to cope with anarchists through the U.S. Well, arrest 'em and fine 'em. Might as well take their money. Wouldn't that put a quick end to it. I mean, could YOU afford it?

Who's funding them anyway? THAT'S who should cough up the bucks.

Is a Communist transition in America possible?

2011-10-23T03:51:00.000-07:00

Under the guise of a first-ever test of our Emergency Alert System (EAS), the federal government, on November 9, 2011, will shut down ALL television and radio communications SIMULTANEOUSLY to allegedly test the abilities of the system. (http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/)

Why this and why now?

According to their website, "Only the President has the authority to activate EAS at the national level, and he has delegated that authority to the Director of FEMA. The test will be conducted jointly by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS)."

Why this and why now?

The current resident of the White House has delegated executive authority to a government agency. Where is the voice of our Congress? Where is the voice of our judiciary? Our Constitution separates the powers. Only by subverting the Constitution can this be accomplished.

Imagine, if you will, a time when there is chaos in the streets of America. Imagine mobs in our major cities, directed by Leftists, burning, rioting and killing. Will we even know about it?

Imagine, if you will, a time when the only news we get is government news. No free thought, no opinion.

Do you think Europeans ever imagined the holocaust that was World War Two? Did Jewish people, Catholics, gypsies et al ever imagine death camps where they would be transported and executed?

Why this and why now?

Did the estimated six to seven million people in the Ukraine, northern Caucasus and the lower Volga River area in 1932-1933 ever imagine the Communist Stalin would starve them to death?

Did the 22,000 Polish Nationals and Prisoners of War executed under the orders of Russian Premier Stalin ever imagine they would be executed Russia's Katyn Forest?

Did the million Irish who starved during the Great Hunger ever imagine their corn, mutton and beef would be exported by their English overlords while they had no food?

John Lennon's 'Imagine' didn't quite have things like this in mind.

"Where's the dough?

2011-10-21T16:21:00.000-07:00

While Libyans "rejoice" in the death of Omar, I wonder where is/are his bank account(s)?

I've got to believe between the CIA, KGB, British M-16 and Mossad, they all have known where he has been hiding. Imagine if you will a 'back door', i.e. 'worm', in software that would allow one to peruse where his loot was and how to get it transferred.

Now, if you have THAT info, wouldn't you have to wait until he was dead, or about to be dead, to transfer his loot to wherever you wanted to put it?

I'm betting somebody's grabbed it we'll never know who.

Grinding Down America

2011-10-17T21:39:00.001-07:00

http://www.therightscoop.com/open-thread-grinding-america-down/

Why are you telling us about this NOW?

2011-10-12T05:42:00.000-07:00

U.S. Ties Iran to Assassination Plot Against Saudi Diplomat on U.S. Soil

At a press conference addressing issues regarding the failed anti-gun running 'Operation Fast and Furious', and U.S. Attorney General Holder's possible lying to Congress about when he knew about it, Holder used the Press Conference to deflect attention. U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry was murdered and guns from this operation were found at the scene. Holder and other Justice Department officials are being subpoened regaridng the botched operation. U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry was murdered and guns from the operation were found at the scene.

At the end of the press conference Holder announced there has been a Iranian government-backed plot to kill to kill Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S. There's no doubt that if thie plot had succeeded it would be an 'act of war'. Some are saying the Pentagon and Defense Department should be "doing something" while others are saying this isn't a 'tripwire' for military action and the Justice Department should be handling this.

As reported on Fox News, Texas Congressman Poe said, "We have to do something." Yes, Congressman, we've had to "do something" for a long time now. And we are doing something.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. would work with its allies to "send a very strong message that this kind of action, which violates international norms, must be ended." I told you we are doing something. We're sending strong messages. There's more.

We have warned travelers to be aware of possible attacks. And we're going to "enlist more countries in working together against what is becoming a clearer and clearer threat." Good, I feel better.

Do we want MORE assurances? the Treasury Department is also involved. They have imposed sanctions on five people who were allegedly involved in the plot. We're freezing their funds and prohibiting anyone here from doing business with them. I'm feeling even more better. Can we all now say WAY TO GO?

During John F. Kennedy's presidency attempts were made by intelligence elements in our own government to draw him into war with Cuba. They also wanted to strike the Soviet Union, i.e. Russia, with missiles. They even went so far as to stage phony attacks against Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, allegedly "killing" several of the so-called attackers (JFK and the Unspeakable, James W. Douglass. The provocations did not work but the American people believed they had actually occured.

In releasing this particular story at this particular time, I opine Attorney General Eric Holder and the White House are attempting to deflect heat that is being generated by the subpoenas being issued. In my eye, the entire legitimacy of our Justice Department is in question and, by extenstion, the White House too.

Holder is apparently a politician first, carrying out marching orders from his boss, who also needs to deflect heat away from fallen popularity.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/11/alleged-plot-to-kill-saudi-ambassador-drives-us-push-to-isolate-iran/?intcmp=trending#ixzz1aZHfMdxn

What do you know about Herman Cain?

2011-10-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

Author unknown.

Bio on Herman Cain:

Herman Cain is running for president. He’s not a career politician (in fact he has never held political office). He’s known as a pizza guy, but there’s a lot more to him. He’s also a computer guy, a banker guy, and a rocket scientist guy. Here’s his bio:

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.
Master’s degree in Computer Science.
Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making him a rocket scientist).
Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola.
VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (this is the top of the ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information systems for a major corporation).
All achieved before reaching the age of 35. Since he reached the top of the information systems world, he changed careers!

Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury’s 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which were the company’s poorest performers in the country. Spent the first nine months learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets. After three years he had turned them into the company’s best performers.
Godfather’s Pizza CEO. Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their Godfather’s Pizza chain (which was on the verge of bankruptcy). He made it profitable in 14 months.
In 1988 he led a buyout of the Godfather’s Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He was now the owner of a restaurant chain. Again he reached the top of the ladder of another industry.
He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this time. This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the non-politician side.

Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again!
Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses.
Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the monetary system.

After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth time!
Writer and public speaker. He then started to write and speak on leadership. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is Common Sense, and They Think You’re Stupid.
Radio Host. Around 2007—after a remarkable 40 year career—he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).

He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplishments in his life—including reaching the top of three unrelated industries: information systems, business management, and banking—Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.

OH yeah, Barack has accomplished ...??

Some things never change.

2011-10-05T05:47:00.000-07:00

The French Revolution and the 2011 White House

2011-09-30T09:25:00.000-07:00

Watching the History Channel's story on the French Revolution, Jean Paul Marta, who was a revolutionary himself, is quoted as calling a faction of the revolutionaries "enemies of the people" and "professional malcontents."

I chuckled, immediately thinking of the current occupants of the White House.

OMG

Commencement Speech at American University University, John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963

2011-09-26T17:40:00.000-07:00

This address by then-President Kennedy, has all been lost to history. It was ignored by the major media of the time. It is as if he was addressing the nation in the year 2011.

"It is the responsibility of the executive branch at all levels of government-local, State, and National-to provide and protect that freedom for all of our citizens by all means within their authority. It is the responsibility of the legislative branch at all levels, wherever that authority is not now adequate, to make it adequate. And it is the responsibility of all citizens in all sections of this country to respect the rights of all others and to respect the law of the land."

With our economic freedom in jeopardy we must make our government adequate in 2012. We have enemies within and without that desire to see the United States of America collapse in a broken heap. Private enterprise, capitalism and the wealth of once once-greatest-nation-on-earth and people will be a thing of the past. We will be at the mercy of others. If we make the wrong decisions in 2012 it'll be over. Or, as the cartoons wrap it up they say, "That's all folks!"

OMG

What's a guy to do?

2011-09-22T13:13:00.000-07:00

If you're the head of a nation, and "civilians" are going crazy in the streets, "Who ya gonna call?" Ghostbusters can't help you in this one.

I don't care for him one way or the other but Syria's President Assad is just such a guy. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't and he's being demonized by POTUS. Suppose for a moment the same thing was happening in the U.S. Would we call out the troops and clean the streets of the demonstrators? Or should we let anarchy reign and the government topple, regardless of what our Constitution says?

That's basically Assad's dilemna. POTUS this week called for United Nations sanctions against Syria 'cause they're shooting "civilians". Yeah, and if demonstrators here were shooting cops and/or National Guardsmen, they, too, would be shooting "civilians". Afterall, they are our fellow citizens, aren't they.

It's hands-off Syria Mr. President. But you're going to do what you want to do anyway, regardless of how the American people feel about it.

OMG

Thomas Jefferson (I didn't say, he did)

2011-09-18T19:11:00.001-07:00

THOMAS JEFFERSON

At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.

At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.

At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.

At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.

At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.

At 23, started his own law practice.

At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America " and retired from his law practice.

At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .

At 33, took three years to revise Virginia ’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.

At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.

At 40, served in Congress for two years.

At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.

At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.

At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.

At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.

At 57, was elected the third president of the United States .

At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation’s size.

At 61, was elected to a second term as President.

At 65, retired to Monticello .

At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.

At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.

At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence .

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .>>> Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.>>> Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
>>> Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.>>> Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.>>> Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.>>> Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.>>> Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.>>> Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.>>> Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

Thomas Jefferson (I didn't say, he did)

2011-09-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

Free s..t. (I'm not the author)

2011-09-18T18:21:00.000-07:00

The folks who are getting the free shit, don't like the folks who are paying for the free shit,
Because the folks who are paying for the free shit,
Can no longer afford to pay for both the free shit and their own shit,

And,
The folks who are paying for the free shit,
Want the free shit to stop.
and the the folks who are getting the free shit,
Want even more free shit on top of the free shit they are already getting!

Now... The people who are forcing the people who Pay for the free shit,
Have told the people who are RECEIVING the free shit,
That the people who are PAYING for the free shit,
Are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

So... the people who are GETTING the free shit,
Have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free shit,
By the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free shit,
And giving them the free shit in the first place.

We have let the free shit giving go on for so long that there are
Now more people getting free shit than paying for the free shit.

Now understand this. All great democracies have committed financial suicide
somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason?
The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing
people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.

The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 231 years ago. The number of people now
getting free shit outnumbers the people paying for the free shit. We have one chance to change that
in 2012. Failure to change that spells the end of the United States as we know it.

ELECTION 2012 IS COMING

A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!

I'M 100% for PASSING THIS ON!!!

Let’s Take a Stand!!!

Obama: Gone!

Borders: Closed!

Language: English only

Culture: Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!

Drug Free: Mandatory Drug Screening before Welfare!

NO freebies to: Non-Citizens!

We the people are coming
Only 86% will send this on. Should be a 100%. What will you do?

Nationalizing American Banks - You can fool some of the people...

2011-09-01T06:22:00.000-07:00

If they can't get it by going through the front door, they will try the back door. That's this writer's opinion of the proposed "National Infrastructure Bank".

Warren Buffet recently put 5 million bucks into the Bank of America. Do you think he did this because he sees BoA as a good investment? Maybe, but I believe he's done it to ward off the "nationalization" of one of America's banks by the current White House.

What is "nationalization"? I can best describe it by a cartoon I saw when Fidel Castro was at the height of his power in Cuba. He had just hit a fly ball to the outfield. Before it could be caught he shouted, "Quick, nationalize the outfield!"

Janet Kavinoky, director of what is being called "infrastructure issues at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce", believes the best incentive for "job growth" in the short term is for Congress to pass long-stalled bills to fund aviation and highway programs. She goes on to say we're one of the few large countries that lack a "central source of low-cost financing for constructon projects". Hmmm, does that translate to "union" jobs and central planning?

Who else is on board while there are continued attempts to move our nation to communism?
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. is one of 'em. He's already sponsoring an infrastructure bank bill. Spouting a leftist theory, he says such an endeavor would have moola flowing as early as next year.

Michael Likosky is a senior fellow at the NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, an impressive-sounding title. He's written "Obama's Bank: Financing a Durable New Deal." He says that states with transportation agencies, like California and New York, are frothing at the mouth as they wait for Uncle Sam to come up with the money. What am I missing here? He's talking about the same federal government that has NO money? Abracadabara....

A slick endeavor such as what will be proposed is another step towards the socialization of America in the guise of a new banking system that would be controlled by the Federal Government. Uh uh!

We can expect our government-controlled media to fully support this not-so-blatant attempt to nationalize our economy. If one reads between the lines we can see it's another small-step by the federal government towards "seizing" capital that is now unreachable, i.e., pension funds, private equity funds and sovereign wealth funds that are reportedly worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

For the little money I have, I'm waiting until the election of 2012 is over. The outcome will either make us or break us. A better approach will be to encourage capital to flow back into the U.S. by creating every incentive available to allow it. The federal government has to get out of the way, not create avenues to control more of what's left of our economy and free-enterprise system.

Our system of government and economy is what produced the greatest nation in history. To quote President Reagan, "Government is not the answer. Government is the problem."

Fairness Doctrine - an attempt to control thought

2011-08-30T03:38:00.001-07:00

The on-going Socialist agenda - copy and paste

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/22/fcc-to-drop-fairness-doctrine/

You want this America? Vote for him again in 2012. It won't be long before my opinion won't be seen by anyone.

On Being Noble

2011-08-20T12:09:00.000-07:00

According to Encarta, the proclaimed World English Dictionary, the definition of the word noble is:

1: "having excellent moral character: possessing high ideals or excellent moral character;
2: aristocratic: belonging or relating to an aristocratic social or political class
3: relating to high moral principles: based on high ideals or revealing excellent moral character."

With that being said, I believe the fall of the Irish clan system of government and their leaders, the O'Neills, O'Donnells, O'Sullivans, et al, are perhaps due to the the failure of the Irish people themselves.

Ask the Irish and most, if they are being honest and/or knowledgeable, will tell you the Irish are a jealous of another's success. Perhaps this comes from having been divided against ourselves. We certainly didn't need the English to do it but they saw this flaw in our character and exploited it.

In reading Beara to Breifne, edited by Donal O Siodhachain, I was surprised to learn of the attacks on Donal O'Sullivan Beare as he fled Dunboy Castle in Castletownbeare. One usually thinks of the English being the sole cause for their 600 year rule of Ireland. To read of the attacks on O'Sullivan by other Irish clans was an education.

Were these attacks a case of the "have nots" wanting to be "haves?" Or was it because of the wealth of the English and the 'thirteen pieces of silver" they always seemed to have to compensate their Irish informer and cement their power in Ireland?

Perhaps it the abject failure of clan leaders to stay in touch with their own people. Did they ensconse themselves in relative richness and luxury while the populace did not share in the wealth? Were Irish agrarian families too large for this to be possible?

Some years back I met James O'Sullivan of Castletownbeare. He had traveled with his daughter and son-in-law to Staten Island, New York for the commissioning of the new U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer, USS The Sullivans. He was there by invitation because he was The O'Sullivan Beare. Who made the late James the O'Sullivan Beare you ask? He assumed the title as it had been vacated and no one was holding it. In my mind's eye that made him a true clan leader. It wasn't wealth or good looks or social standing or his personal lobbying. It was the re-assumption of a title for which no O'Sullivan had claimed AND the apparent acknowledgement of the O'Sullivan Beare clan for him to possess the title.

Bringing that knowledge back home here to Ohio got me thinking. If James had assumed the vacated title in Ireland, and no one had assumed and/or created the title in America, I would do it.

Since my grade school years I had always yearned for knowledge of where we had come from. I have spent a lifetime (I'm currently 68 years old) seeking my genealogical roots, beginning with the Sullivan line. It has naturally expanded to learning about the history of our family both here in the U.S., in Ireland and in lands before Ireland.In the process, being a Sullivan in America has defined me. And I am grateful that it has.

To be of noble birth, in my book, is to honor those who I am a part of and therefore are alive in me. I know of no foul or evil deeds of any of my Sullivan/O'Sullivan ancestors. Perhaps they are there but I am not aware of any. I am not a saint nor do I pretend to be. I'm not the author of "Patrick was a Saint, I ain't!" but it is a favorite I like to use.

Being a third-generation Irish-American Sullivan, I spent many years trying to be somebody I wasn't. Perhaps it was due in part to spending the 7th through High School grades in a Hungarian neighborhood in Cleveland. It was only when I belatedly recognized and accepted my Irishness, and perhaps that which is "noble" in my ancestry, did I accept who I am.

I do not hold myself to be better than anyone else. However, I am nobody's fool either. I am a lifelong seeker of knowledge of the Sullivan/O'Sullivan lineage and continue to build on it.
y leadership as The O'Sullivan in America.

I invite the reader and members of the International O'Sullivan Clan and others to opine.

Sgt. Dennis Kancler, USMC, Brecksville, Ohio

2011-08-09T04:58:00.000-07:00

What's that you say, starvation in Somalia?

2011-08-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

I've seen them on the TV networks. Women with skinny kids who look like they're starving. I don't see any men though? Where are they? In uniform? Isn't this one of the nations in Africa where the men rape women indiscriminately?

Somali warlords control the nation. They also control what food comes in so it only goes to where they want it to go. It ain't a democracy folks! They've learned from Washington - politics first.

Maybe the men have left there and come to the American heartland. Why are they here? Who knows. Many of 'em have left and gone to train to be terrorists.

Yes, I'm jaundiced about what's going on, and rightly so. It IS time for a change.

TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT

2011-06-13T15:43:00.000-07:00

For some time now, like other Americans, I've been following the reporting of civilian deaths in the oil barrel that is the Middle East. Specifically, the reporting of government forces there killing civilians who are rioting. Our newspapers here in the U.S. have universally taken the attitude,"Bad government, good civilians."

Think about America. Now what are we to do if gangs of people attempt to burn down the White House; or burn down a city; or blow up a neighborhood; or kill Christians? If our security forces responded with force, wouldn't they be "killing civilians"?

I've been reading about gangs of youth around the nation swarming into shopping districts and stores and grabbing and running. Aren't the owners of these businesses, and our own security forces, authorized to protect their property? Well, we can't "kill civilians" now,can we? The funny thing about all that is going on in the cities is IT'S NOT BEING REPORTED! I must ask myself, why?

In Illinois, for example, there was a call to activate the National Guard in Chicago to stop this type of violence. I'm wondering if the Illinois NG. was even in-country.

I guess the question is who's gonna talk about all this and what should be the proper response before it gets out of control?

I'm showing my age!

2011-06-12T18:16:00.000-07:00

I went to a noon Mass today with two of our granddaughters. I'm thinking of not going again.

In the "old days" it would be inconceivable for a man or woman to show up in church wearing shorts and sandals. Even the lector, who did the first and second readings, was wearing shorts. To top it off, he walked on and off the altar as if he was going to the store. No sign of respect to the tabernacle and being in the house of God; not even a bow of his head. What's next, a priest in shorts and tank top?

Across the aisle was another adult in shorts. He wasn't the only one in church wearing what must be called a "summer 'uniform". Now I accept youngsters in shorts or jeans but adults?

Afterwards I communicated my displeasure to a family member. She said those were the reasons she doesn't go to that church anymore.

Wouldn't you think the parish bulletin would outline a dress code? It should go without saying but when nobody says anything....well, guess what you get.

I'm showing my age!

2011-06-12T18:13:00.000-07:00

I went to a noon Mass today with two of our granddaughters. I'm thinking of not going again.

In the "old days" it would be inconceivable for a man or woman to show up in church wearing shorts and sandals. Even today's lector, who did the first and second readings, was wearing shorts. To top it off, he walked on and off the altar as if he was going to the store. No sign of respect to the tabernacle and being in the house of God; not even a bow of his head.

Across the aisle was another grown man in shorts. He wasn't the only one in church wearing what must be called a "summer 'uniform". Now I accept youngsters in shorts or jeans but adults?

Afterwards I communicated my displeasure to a family member. She said those were the reasons she doesn't go to that church anymore.

Thomas Jefferson, author unknown.

2011-05-16T03:46:00.000-07:00

THOMAS JEFFERSON

At 5, began studying under his cousins tutor.

At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.

At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.

At 16, entered the College of William and Mary..

At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.

At 23, started his own law practice.

At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America "
and retired from his law practice.

At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence ..

At 33, took three years to revise Virginia's legal code and wrote a Public
Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.

At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.

At 40, served in Congress for two years.

At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with
European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.

At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.

At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American
Philosophical Society.

At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican
Party.

At 57, was elected the third president of the United States ..

At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.

At 61, was elected to a second term as President.

At 65, retired to Monticello ..

At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine..

At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its
first president.

At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of
Independence.

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation. At that time he made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

An American Tragedy, Kent State University, May, 1971.

2011-05-07T05:42:00.000-07:00

The month of May in Ohio ushers in the blossoming of flowers and long-awaited warmer Spring breezes. In 1971, however, May Day began a series of events that turned ugly and forever branded Kent State University.

On Friday May 1, a drunken downtown mixture of students, transients, bikers and others began a rampage. The Mayor declared an emergency and called in Ohio’s National Guard. Thus began the tragedy of Kent State and a May memory we would rather not have.

On Saturday, National Guard troops were activated in response to rioting on campus. They arrived at 10:00 pm, too late to prevent the burning of one of the three buildings housing the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). On Sunday a curfew was established in an attempt to prevent more violence.

Attempts to disperse a Monday on campus-crowd by the National Guard resulted in the killing of four students and wounding of others. Kent State University has never been the same.

In the aftermath, some students would “open our windows and play CSNY Four Dead in OHIO. Through this writers eye, it was nothing to sing about. However, if you HAD to, a more appropriate Crosby Stills, Nash and Young tune to play would have been “Teach Your Children.”

American families have suffered war losses since our founding. The Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Spanish-American War, WWI (nobly called the war to end all wars), WWII, et al. My family argues that war is NOT the natural state. Unfortunately, I believe it IS, but does not have to be.

Were I to sing a song today it would be for ALL families throughout the world who have suffered, and do suffer, because of war - Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” I would sing it for our servicemen and women, for our children, our grandchildren and for We, the living.

Lest I be criticized for my views, I have paid my dues to say so. I AM an honorably-discharged American veteran who carried a gun for this nation here and overseas.

Local School Board Levy Failure

2011-05-05T05:57:00.000-07:00

I note the remarks made by School Board Superintendent Wayne Blankenship (News Leader 05/04/11). He is “tremendously hurt” because of the school levy failure. If I may speak on behalf of the voters who rejected it, we are tremendously galled that you have run up a deficit of almost four million dollars. Just when did you think the chickens would come home to roost?
Blankenship is right about one thing though, the students don’t deserve this.

The School Board deficit is reflective of a larger problem, that of local, state and national government overspending without any thought to who is going to pay for it. If we voters had the same spending attitudes we’d be on the street because we couldn’t pay our debts. I’m reminded of the line in the movie Top Gun; “Son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t cash.”

Perhaps one possible solution to the problem might be a combination of reduced local, state and federal spending and reduced/eliminated billion dollar so-called “foreign aid” to governments who are taking We, the Taxpayers, for a ride

Investment in America?

2011-04-06T03:12:00.000-07:00

The United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the world - 35%. It doesn't take a financial genius to understand what this means - money (capital) goes where money gets. And it's not going, or remaining, in the United States.

General Electric paid no U.S. taxes last year. Budget recommendations currently being proposed closes loopholes,like those G.E. has received.

FOX News contributor Charles Krauthammer recommends eliminating loopholes and then, with the money we get from that, lower tax rates across the board to 8%,15% and 23%. It's called "broadening the base." This is something even the President's own Deficit Commission recommends.

I recently heard an argument that Google's operation in Ireland funnels profits there to a bank in the Netherlands. From there it is moved to an offshore bank, in the Bahamas as I recall. Why do I bring this up? Because the U.S. is getting 35% of nothing.

There's no reason that we can't be getting a percentage of SOMETHING. What do you think might happen if we coupled lowered tax rates to reduced government spending? Might we see a return to American prosperity and investment in America?

Take a look at a Sunday newspaper from the 1960s. Scroll to the Employment Ads. Compare what you see there to the same today. Get the picture?.

The Sad State of Social Security - the betrayal of the American Middle Class

2011-04-03T06:07:00.000-07:00

Although the piece below blames Social Security's woes on the Democrats, Republicans must share in the betrayal. I have not checked ALL of these points with snopes.com or others. If you find any untruths please advise and I will amend my post.

SUBJECT: HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD

Forwarded from Pete Hannon. Author unknown.

"Your Social Security

Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn't know this. It's easy to check out, if you don't believe it. Be sure and show it to your kids. They need a little history lesson on what's what and it doesn't matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts!!!
Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the message was removed.[9]

An old Social Security card with the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message.
Our Social Security

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised: If you go to the Social Security Administration government website you'll find that Social Security is a Voluntary program, and only the SSA can require you to give a Social Security Number for the purposes of identification. No American is required to pay into this federally setup Social Security Insurance program, Nor is any American required to apply for or obtain a SSN from the SSA.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_social_security_voluntary#ixzz1ISsQUfa7

No longer Voluntary http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_social_security_voluntary

1) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program,

Now 7.65% on the first $90,000

2.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year,

No longer tax deductible

3.) That the money the participants put into the independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program, and,

Under Johnson the money was moved to The General Fund and Spent

4.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.

Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month -- and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to 'put away' -- you may be interested in the following:

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Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?

A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.

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Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

A: The Democratic Party.

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Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?

A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the 'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US

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Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?

AND MY FAVORITE:

A: That's right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!

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Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn't so.

But it's worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?

Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.

AND CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES 100% RETIREMENT FOR ONLY SERVING ONE TERM!!!
(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_congressman_receive_lifetime_pension_for_1_term_in_congress)

"Tyranny of the Minortiy" - In the interest of truth I add the link below.

2011-04-03T05:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.usmm.org/nmu.html Here's a little info on the "Union refusal" to work. You may want to pass it along. ---Fran

Tyranny of the Minority

2011-03-31T14:09:00.000-07:00

in Wisconsin, judicial fiddling is thwarting the will of the majority. With Republicans in power, democratic Leftists are not about to go without a fight. And, we can expect the same in Ohio.

Judging by the antics of the minority in Ohio and Wisconsin, you wouldn't know thee had been an election throwing the Democrats out of power. The left has fallen back on their tried and true - getting a Leftist Judge to back them up.

A fight is looming, not only in Ohio and Wisconsin, but across the nation as labor unions pour money into the alphabet networks. The spin? Why, those who are calliing for an end to the insanity of govenment ot-of-control spending are out to eliminate the middle class. Did you ever hear such bunk in your life?

Unions have a stranglehold on their membership. Anybody who has followed the history of French labor understands what is going on here. Did you know that during a Pacific battle in WWII union workers on an ammunition ship refused to unload? This happened in the middle of an island batrtle. The Marines unloaded the ship themselves, after throwing the union members overboard.

At stake here is whether elections will be what they have always been or whether the Left will continue to corrupt what has been our American way of life.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer this past week used the story of the 1911 shirt factory fire in New York City to support the need for unions. Only a butthead would dispute that labor was exploited grievously. But to use that example to justify what is going on today defies logic.

J. Edgar Hoover wrote a book called "The Big Lie." It's being practiced here openly.

Do You Know How Much Crap is on Shopping Cart Handles?

2011-03-21T17:10:00.000-07:00

Commenting on a newspaper article I had just read regarding the amounts and types of bacteria found on shopping cart handles, I said I now disinfect both my hands and the handles of the cart with the anti-bacterial wipes provided by the store.

One of the parties I was speaking with asked me my age. When I told her she commented something to the affect that I had lived this long without using anti-bacterial wipes and we’re becoming, in her opinion, a world of people who overuse anti-biotics and thereby are less able to resist infections.

While there may be some truth in her unnecessarily sarcastic retort, I was nonetheless offended by her inferring that what I was now doing was ridiculous and pointless.

My Fight with Caveman

2011-03-12T08:22:00.000-08:00

Just this week I had been thinking of updating a story I had previously written about when my family moved from the west side of Cleveland to the east side. When I wrote it JC was TJ to protect the guilty. I submitted "We're Moving to the East Side?" to the editor of the Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine. They had previously published "My First Flight". The new editor however had rejected this one, saying it appeared "contrived". Thinking about him this week for some reason, it was my intention to trim the original story and just post the part about my fight with "Caveman." In this morning's Plain Dealer is "Caveman's", Addison Anderson's, obituary.

In 1954, midway through the 7th grade, our family moved to the Buckeye Road area of Cleveland. I went from a mostly Irish-Catholic grade school to one that was primarily Hungarian. Why we moved is another story.

As far as I was concerned, the east side was the other side of the world. I was uncomfortable with the thought of moving again after only four years. I had plenty of good friends, was a Boy Scout, the catcher on the CYO baseball team and a guard on the basketball team. The new school had no sports teams at all. I would miss it all: school, friends, neighborhood and sports.

The house we were renting was smaller than our west side home and it sat in the rear of a front house. While the family was busy settling in, my education was restarted at St. Margaret of Hungary grade school.

Wanting to make my best and baddest impression on my first day at school, I carefully scanned the available supply of the clean clothes that were unpacked. The choices were pretty limited. Being the third of nine children of a Cleveland cop never allowed a budget for new and fashionable clothes. Hand-me-downs were the order in our family. I selected my favorite and best pair of trousers to wear, the pair that fit me best. Black with a gray stripe down the side, the cuffs were 'pegged', considerably smaller than the legs. A non-descript shirt completed my ensemble and, with growing feelings of uneasiness and dread, I headed off to begin the new day.

The 7th grade teacher, Sister Mary Broken Knuckles, was beyond the golden years. Halfway through the morning the school bell clanged loudly. A Fire Drill? Air raid? What, we get a recess? Now here was something different from St. Vincent De Paul - recess. Probably for the teachers' mental health rather than anything we students might gain. A fifteen-minute break to be spent outside in the playground. Great. The line out to recess was surprisingly orderly. Once out in the playground I was approached by a classmate.

"Hi, my name is Addison Anderson. When did you move here?"

Trouble began right away for what I heard was, "Hi, my name is Anderson Anderson." A little confused at meeting someone with the same first and last names, I repeated my question. "What's your first name?"

"Anderson," I again heard repeated.

"And what's your LAST name?"

"Anderson."

Still confused, I repeated the first question. "What did you say your FIRST name is?"

"ANDERSON, MY NAME IS ANDERSON ANDERSON" he exploded. "You a wise guy or something? You wanna fight me?"

I wasn't a wimp but I didn't want to fight anybody. The last fight I was pushed into was at St. V's. That one was with Gary Dixon, the class bull’s hitter who deserved to get knocked around a bit. That one was a draw. I was average in height and thin, but wiry. Now, faced with a fight on my first day at school, I hadn't any idea how to extricate myself from the challenge. I was also the new kid on the block. To back out of a fight would mean that I was 'chicken', a label that any red-blooded school kid feared being applied to him. Following my base instincts I scowled, "Name the time and place."

"In the lavatory, right after school," Anderson quickly responded, still angry with me for what he perceived as my attempt to make him look like foolish. Anderson had another name too - Caveman. Not a bad moniker for someone about to engage in a fight. Kind of intimidates the opposition right away. The word about the fight got around. The lavatory after school was crowded with guys trying to get ringside seats to witness the fracas.

Caveman and I immediately began the time-honored tradition of warrior dialogue as we slowly circled each other. "Come-on, wiseass, make a move."

“Besides being ugly I notice you don't use deodorant."

That was enough to begin the first and only round. We pounced on each other, trading headlocks, hammerlocks and half nelsons, finally rolling on the floor clutched in hand-to-hand combat. Caveman was the home team, cheered on all his partisan supporters. The fight probably lasted only about five minutes with no bloodshed. We tired quickly and, to my recollection, the fight was deemed a standoff, nobody losing, and winning each other's respect. Caveman might have had a different recollection of who won!

During the 7th and 8th grade Addison had the greatest birthday parties at home. His mother cleared out his bedroom and allowed us to have pillow fights in the dark, with refreshments served afterwords. It was great fun until the year we broke a bedroom window and his Mom freaked a bit about it.

In later years while I was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, someone wrote me with his address in El Paso. He invited me to his "humble abode" but I was never able to scrape together the necessary $$ to get there. We lost touch after that. I'd heard he went to Viet Nam and,like so many returned veterans, suffered some issues afterwards. He apparently lived in plain sight here in the Cleveland area but we could never locate him for class reunions and breakfast get-togethers. I was saddened to learn he was right under our noses the whole the time.

I will see you on the other side Anderson Anderson.

Thank you, again, Dr. Cosby, or What Would Abraham Lincoln Think Today?

2011-03-10T07:02:00.000-08:00

All, it's about time somebody said it!

BILL HAS DONE IT AGAIN.

'They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English.

I can't even talk the way these people talk:

Why you ain't,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be...

And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk.
Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth. In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living.

People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.

The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what? And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.

I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.
Where were you when he was 2? Where were you when he was 12? Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol? And where is the father? Or who is his father?

People putting their clothes on backward: Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong?

People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something?

Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?

What part of Africa did this come from??

We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa .....

I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying they are European-American. That is totally stupid.

I was born here, and so were my parents and grand parents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany , Scotland , England , Ireland , or the Netherlands . The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa . So stop, already! ! !

With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap ......... And all of them are in jail.

Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

We have got to take the neighborhood back.

People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight different 'husbands' -- or men or whatever you call them now.

We have millionaire football players who cannot read. We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs. We, as black folks have to do a better job.

Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us. We have to start holding each other to a higher standard. We cannot blame the white people any longer.'

Dr.. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed..D.

WELL SAID, BILL
It's NOT about color...

It's about behavior!!!

Media manipulation in the United States

2011-03-07T06:41:00.000-08:00

The most recent televised scenes out of Libya showed a crowd of little kids holding up signs in English. There were also adults with their faces covered up. I could just imagine the people behind the camera orchestrating events for American and World press.

The powerful television interests in the United States can be said to contribute to the success or failure of coups and changes in government throughout the world. I am old enough to recall the so-called 'students' in Iran when the Shah (our friend and ally) was deposed. I, too, remember the American hostages that were taken by the same group, protected by Marines without any ammo in their M-14s.

So, what's my point in all this? Simply that I don't believe what I see coming from our White House. I don't believe what I hear coming from our White House. And I certainly don't believe it when it's filtered and spun via NBC, CBS and ABC.

I am bracing myself for another attempt - that of untold millions/billions of American dollars being sent to these countries to foster "democracy". Dare I say I'm also bracing for hundreds of thousands of 'refugees' from political persecution?

In the American midwest there are Somalis working in meat packing plants. What's wrong with this picture?

I note New York's Peter King will hold hearings on radical Islam. Already the "crowd" of protesters are out in front of the television cameras. Makes it looks like most Americans are opposed to these hearings. King is being portrayed here as a hateful man.

Are we getting the right picture here?

WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH

2011-03-02T15:44:00.000-08:00

Our Supreme Court has called it their right to spew their hate speech at the funerals of our fallen. They're calling it free speech. But it's not. It's hate speech. And I thought we had laws against it.

Another example of our government speaking with a forked tongue.

We, the majority.

2011-03-01T05:16:00.000-08:00

Talk about crafting a mass mindset....Cleveland's only daily, the Plain Dealer, is the master.

They have revealed a recent "poll" that says we Americans would rather raise taxes than cut benefits to public workers in order to reduce state budget deficits. My first thought was, "Hmmm, whose poll is THIS?"

Taking a closer look was not a "eureka" moment. No surprise, they quoted a New York Times/CBS Poll. But, that's not all. On their OPINION page we find a letter from a Lyndhurst, Ohio reader that thinks all of us here must bail out the State of Ohio. Really?

The thinking of some people reflect two possible realities. The first, and probably the most accurate, is that years of Leftist/Liberal/Progressive editorial spin in the broadcast and print media have honed the minds of the masses. I recall seeing it on the blank faces of Iraqi prisoners of war who were being questioned. One half of their brain had never been exercised.

A second and possible reality is thinkers like the Lyndhurst resident are walk-a-ways from confinement in an Ohio Department of Mental Health facility.

It's payback time, but not from Ohio's taxpayers. Those with the excessive sick and vacation days, non-contributory pensions and no-cost-to-them medical coverage plans, are the recipients of benefits the majority of Ohioans have not had. Let them pay their own way, like the rest of us do.

♬The Eyes of Egypt are Upon Us♬ or Without A Doubt, The Rage HAS Come.

2011-02-18T08:18:00.000-08:00

So thinks Plain Dealer writer Phillip Morris. For the reactionary and left-leaning readers of this blog, let me begin by saying unions were formed for good purposes. Take miners for example - paid by company script that could only be spent in company stores - where prices were artificially high. As Tennessee Ernie Ford sang, "I owe my soul to the company store."

With that out of the way I now turn my attention to the headline of today's Cleveland Plain Dealer, our only 8-( daily. I knew it would be coming, as it will come in all the major cities where the liberal Left control newspaper editorial boards.

Ohio, like other states, is attempting to bring ridiculous, runaway spending under control. We Buckeyes are attempting to create Right to Work laws in the state. This would be the end of collective bargaining for public employees - you know, the ones who are herding to state capitols across the nation. And the major city newspapers are dutifully pandering to union interests.

What are they missing here? Phillip Morris' column today headlined "Without a doubt, the rage is coming." He tries to fool us by saying it's "spontaneous rage." Oh yeah, like it's not orchestrated by unions? Talk about drawing a major premise from a minor premise...something I learned about in Chris Bunsey's English 101 class at Cleveland State University.

No, Mr. Morris, my headline is "Without A Doubt, The Rage HAS Come." That's why we elected conservatives to represent us throughout the nation. You can draw the major premise from that major premise.

So, let unions parade and Leftist writers pander to them. Have they forgotten how many people are OUT OF WORK in Ohio and elsewhere? We're not going to forget.

My First Flight

2011-02-17T07:09:00.001-08:00

A REAGAN WHITE HOUSE STORY

2011-02-09T08:17:00.000-08:00

This week saw a lot of splash in the media about the 100th birthday of President Ronald Reagan and his Presidency. During those years I was a Public Policy Spokesperson for him in the then-14th Ohio Congressional District (Summit County). Because of this, I had been to the White House on two occasions. The last time there the President was leaving for his California ranch.

Standing at the back door of the White House we watched the U.S. Marine helicopter descend on the landing pod. A Marine in dress blue uniform came out of the helicopter door and stood there at attention. When the President and his wife emerged from the White House they both headed for helicopter. We had been warned that no cameras would be allowed. Sheesh, at that moment all the associates with me pulled out their cameras and snapped away. I, playing by the rules, had left mine in the car. The Marine saluted as the President approached and entered the helicopter.

President Reagan turned around and waved, just as I had seen him do on evening television news on many occasions. As the helicopter took off we all chatted a bit then prepared to leave. Just then an identical helicopter hovered into view and landed in the spot where the first one had taken off from. A different Marine in dress blue uniform (different to my eyes) emerged and stood by. Soon an entourage emerged from the White House carrying various pieces of luggage and headed to the helicopter. When this occurred a female behind me who did not recognize that it was a different marine, hence a different helicopter, said, in all seriousness, “Oh, they forgot their luggage.”

EGYPT'S 'PROTESTERS" HAVE ALREADY WON

2011-02-03T21:33:00.000-08:00

CBS News interviewed the new Egyptian Vice President today. He promised the military would not harm the protesters, just what the Obama administration wants. This, after seeing the protesters climbing all over military vehicles in Cairo. As the cartoons say, "That's all folks."

Does anybody believe this is truly "the people" revolting? It's not as if it's a grass-roots movement like America's Tea Party. If it's not organized then who's behind it? Even Fox News is taking the bait and doesn't think the Muslim Brotherhood is the impetus behind what's going on there. If that's the case then why is it also happening in Tunisia, Jordan, Yemen and elsewhere in the region?

Can we soon expect to see Iranian-style governments hostile to American interests in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and in every nation in the region? The answer, I opine, is yes. And our American government will have aided and abetted their victory. Initially we'll hear it's a democracy, a wonderful thing for Egypt after the bad, bad Mubarak is gone. And at some point in time soon afterwards the Muslim Brotherhood in some guise will seize power.

Earlier generations of Americans and Europeans, post World Wars I and II, conceived the League of Nations and the United Nations. Both concepts were ideals. Well, the League of Nations died and the UN has become a tool of those who hate us. Too bad, as the situations (read people) in Iran and Egypt cry out for intercession by the good guys, those right-thinking nations who wish to preserve the peace.

Alas, Camelot went temporarily out the window when John F. Kennedy was murdered and those opposed to American idealism, within and without, seized and began to fill the vacuum created in our shocked nation.

I hold out little hope that leftist and liberal governments like that currently in power in the U.S., will do the right thing. Rather, they are joining the chorus of those chanting the Mubarak bad guy theme.

Lead by American media's creation of "pop thought", events will follow what they are telling the American people is happening. Those who see through it seem to be few and far between. Or maybe it's just their voices are not being heard....just like in today's Egypt and Iran.

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

2011-01-31T18:14:00.000-08:00

A brotherhood. Sounds innocuous enough. Akin to the brothers of the Ancient Order of Hibernians whose motto is Friendship, Unity and True Christian Charity? I don't think so.

Egypt is in danger of becoming a 'democracy'.....something the White House and their admirers wish to see. One man - one vote. Even if they became a constitutional republic, like the United States, their Republic wouldn't last.

Does anybody really think a government run by the so-called Muslim Brotherhood would play fair for their own people, let alone other people? Aren't these the people who blow up and kill Christian Churches and Christians? Who blow up their own people? Aren't these the people who believe it's their way or no way?

The problem, as I see it, is their use of terrorism to seize and keep power. If they don't like you they kill you. How many dead bodies until good people are afraid to speak out? It's how they control populations. During World War II Russia's Joe Stalin and Germany's Adolf Hitler were masters at it....until matters got out of their control. The Muslims in control of Iran are masters at it, thanks to former President Jimmy Carter. When will matters there get out of control, just like matters now in Egypt.

With the Muslim Brotherhood in power, we can expect them to agitate politically throughout the Arab world. Remember, these are the guys who didn't know what oil was until we taught 'em. These are the guys who overcame Sicily and most of Spain. These are the guys who are visible through the U.S. at gas stations, carry out stores, small hotels/motels etc. Am I missing anything here?

I'd like to believe that the words Muslim Brotherhood really meant something. Oh, it sounds so nice, as if they were practicing Friendship, Unity and true Muslim Charity. I'd like to believe they are a positive influence for people everywhere. But I've witnessed nothing of the kind. And I don't believe I ever will.

I'm from Missouri - "show me"!

Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran et al - the Domino Theory

2011-01-26T16:54:00.000-08:00

We're witnessing orchestrated "riots" in Egypt and Lebanon, purportedly to change government. The Tunisian President/Prime Minister was recently forced from office, as was a pro-American Prime Minister in Lebanon. The 'rioters' are all young, Muslim men. The United States and our allies will continue to stand idly by while the enemies and freedom and Christianity seize power.

At one time we supported the leadership of Iran. Under President Jimmy Carter, we copped out on the Shah of Iran and thereby created the situation we are faced with today. The irony is the Iranian people, like those in North Korea, are enslaved. The people of Tunisia and Lebanon are next.

Our old CIA was demonized by the leftist American media. In the 'old days' the CIA was an organization that used to keep/put good guys in power. Our safety wasn't threatened by people who

I'm wondering when the people of France, Spain, Saudi Arabia et al will become enslaved, like what happened to Iranians did when we turned our back on our friend the Shah.

MIXING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WITH LEGAL

2011-01-18T05:36:00.000-08:00

I'm quite positive that discerning Americans can see through it - the attempt by the American Left, via major media outlets, to make it appear that the American Right opposes immigration. I remain troubled, however, by non-discerning Americans. If they believe the pop thought being created by the Left, we on the RIGHT oppose immigration. Period.

Every American, and, yes, even native Americans, have come to the North American continent from somewhere. None of us were hatched from an egg here and can claim we're the Chosen Ones. We recognize our roots and the contributions of our ancestors to the building of this nation.

we do not oppose immigration, We oppose ILLEGAL immigration. My fervent hope is that non-discerning Americans have their thought formed news from other than Leftist sources.

FOOTBALL, DISCOUNTED TATOOS AND ROSE COLORED GLASSES

2010-12-24T08:05:00.000-08:00

by

JC Sullivan

Five Ohio State football players have been suspended for five games next season for selling autographs, OSU sports paraphenalia, i.e., rings, uniform parts,etc. Feedback has been from two sides - the "So what, it's not like they were selling drugs or buying hookers" to "they have classes about NCAA rules yet they broke them."

If these college guys have been caught breaking the rules for money, what can we expect from them as players in the National Football League? That's big money, not sporting goods. Games and money can be won and lost.

The late Joseph J. "Sport" Sullivan was the guy who talked several 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" players into throwing the World Series. Ah, but then, I hear readers saying "Why, that can't happen today?" And didn't we recently see an NBA referee named Donaghy make calls to benefit one team over another?

Many professional fans today believe that some select NFL games are run by Las Vegas interests. This writer doesn't like to think it but, "It ain't true,is it, Joe?

Sullivan is an internationally-published writer residing in northeast Ohio.

Controlling the Internet - another Obama Administration Power Grab

2010-12-23T06:11:00.000-08:00

Instead of singing "Here Comes Santa Claus" at this Christmastide, 2010, I am singing "Here Comes Uncle Sam". He used to be jolly, like St. Nick. But I no longer trust him....I've seen too much.
I wrote about the dangers of government intrusion into another arena of our life - the Internet!
(see
http://throughsullivanseye.blogspot.com/2010/04/setting-scene-for-government-control-of.html

Crack the door open now…..kick it open later…..just like Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Cleveland Plain Dealer write Kevin O'Brien wrote a column regarding the same topic. In his December 23, 2010 column he didn’t mention government thought control. The blogosphere is where folks get alternate opinion.

Pop thought has been force-fed to the masses, formed by major publications and broadcast media. Eliminate sources of free thought and you eliminate expression of free thought.

The majority of people in our nation don’t know about Radio Free Europe and the “jamming” of the radiowaves by Communists, er I mean Progressives. People who thought freely were arrested.

Is our nation going to have to go through the same hoops? I have great hope that the recent revolution in America will extend through the upcoming Congress. Oh, the media is already spinning the President as the "comback kid." That's to be expected....anywhere they can 'mine' a nugget to keep him in power through the next election cycle. Now we understand an alternate intrepretation of "Ching Ching Chinaman sitting on a fence, trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents."

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

2010-12-19T04:55:00.000-08:00

Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.

DEAR EDITOR:

I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

VIRGINIA O'HANLON, 115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

The intriguing story about how I broke my collarbone

2010-11-14T05:12:00.000-08:00

We had just checked in to Buccia's Vineyard B & B, Conneaut, Ohio, for a special weekend together, compliments of our daughters. As we entered, to the right was a large room where guests were wine-tasting Buccia's finest. While Karen freshened up in our room, I headed for the wine.

The conversation amongst the guests was being monopolized by a boring guy who was relating in great and lengthy detail about his Jet Ski accident and subsequent injuries. When a momentary break took place in his not-so-captivating conversation, I seized the moment by proclaiming, "I broke my collarbone once." When the laughter subsided I continued.

"I had a towel wrapped around my neck and trailing down my back, Superman style. I jumped off our front porch with my eyes closed, twirled around in mid-air, and unexpectedly hit the ground hard. Wimpering, I got up and ran into the house and laid down on my bed." Now you know, as I relate this story, I was talking about when I was a kid. Right?

Not missing a beat, Al Bucci, our genial proprietor, asked, "Was alcohol involved?"

CBS News spin on Google's profits.

2010-10-22T13:51:00.000-07:00

CBS News ran a story the other night about how Google has an operation in Ireland. The profits from there go the Netherlands. From there they go to an offshore bank in the Bahamas. CBS pointed out all the tax money the U.S. was missing because of this. And, yes, you guessed it. The Bahamas has no Corporate sales tax. You know Google isn't the only company doing this. I see things a bit differently than CBS News.

Instead of going to the Bahamas, what if those profits came back to, for example, Ohio? Would we have a huge need to immediately TAX those profits, like CBS thinks? Would it not be good enough if banks in Ohio just HAD THE MONEY? It might make a difference for private enterprise, no?

Look in your newspaper's Want Ads from, let's say, the 1960s. Compare it to the Want Ads from today. See any difference?

This election, and the 2012 election, are points of no return. Let's hope American voters, young and not so young, vote for a return to prosperity.

"Homophobia" - is Carl Paladino right?

2010-10-20T04:27:00.000-07:00

Carl Paladino is a New York American running for political office. He happens to be Catholic and a Republican. Recently he spoke out against homosexuality and is being nailed to the cross by the liberal American media. Poor Carl, like Joseph McCarty, he has no idea of the forces being garnered against him. I'm surprised French strikers haven't gone to the streets to protest his statements.

But is Paladino right?

“One’s own religious views can come into this issue. I respect that…I have my own views as a practicing Catholic…but I keep them to myself, and I don’t think bigotry and hatred belong in a debate about who’s going to be the next governor.” Paladino expressed another legitimate concern he has - that of a perception being created that it's OK to be homosexual. I concur with him. It's not!

Why, in recent history, has the fact that one is a homosexual become a political and media issue? The question beggars an answer. Dare I opine by saying that it is part of an agenda to craft and glue together several artificial "minorities" to create an artificial "majority"? Unions, blacks, women et al, and now homosexuals?

Recently I attended the funeral of a friend. One of the sons is a very handsome young man. As I chatted with him and shook his hand I commented, "You've got the best looks of all your brothers." He recoiled by pulling his hand away from mine in a shocked fashion. What? Did he think I was gay by paying the guy a compliment?

I'm aware of gays in my extended family. I don't condemn them for being that way - it's what happened tothem. However, I do condemn the act. That's how it is for you, I understand. But don't try to tell me it's normal behavior and it's OK to be gay. And don't think you're special because you are gay. Where'd you get that idea? From the American liberal media?

White Men Count

2010-10-07T04:22:00.000-07:00

I heard a term this week that hasn't been mentioned in a long time - "white men". Oh, we're still around?

The agenda of "Progressives" has excluded us in favor of their artificially-created "majority". I don't need to tell you who their coalition is. But, it's got me to thinking about we, "white men".

White men have:

Written and adopted the Constitution of the United States and create the most successful (until now) government in history.
Given women the right to vote.
Given the Negro race their freedom in America after their own had sold them into slavery.
Educated their daughters.
Educated their sons.
Invented the automobile that women drive around today.

Have any of these actions been mistakes?

Now, I expect to hear from Progressives and Leftists about all the things bad white men have done without hearing about all the bad things that women, blacks, and the rest have done. Just the things they like to headline.

Just wanted to remind some readers about what's been done for you.

White Men Count

2010-10-07T04:18:00.000-07:00

I heard a term this week that hasn't been mentioned in a long time - "white men". Oh, we're still around?

The agenda of "Progressives" has excluded us in favor of their artificially-created "majority". I don't need to tell you who their coalition is. But, it's got me to thinking about we, "white men".

White men have:

Written and adopted the Constitution of the United States and create the most successful (until now) government in history.
Given women the right to vote.
Given the Negro race their freedom in America after their own had sold them into slavery.
Educated their daughters.
Educated their sons.
Invented and manufactured the cars women drive around today.

Have any of these actions been mistakes?

Now, I expect to hear from Progressies and Leftists about all the things bad white men have done without hearing about all the bad things that women, blacks, and the rest have done. Just the things they like to headline.

THEY MUST BE WORRIED.

2010-10-03T09:51:00.000-07:00

They gathered on the Washington Mall this weekend calling themselves "One Nation Working Together. What they shout is what's expected.They're Leftists afterall.

They call those with "Tea Party" values "intolerant and racist". MSNBC was there, apparently despite their dead rankings. Not many folks watching them these days. According to the Plain Dealer, MSNBC guy Ed Schulz called those of us who support Conservative values are holding them back. 'Them' means Democrats, blacks, Teachers, union members et al.

We note the NAACP is apparently funding students to go into High Schools and register 18 year olds as good,liberal-voting Leftists. Others present at the rally were the usual list of suspects - civil rights protection for gays and lesbians, citizenship for illegal aliens, sheesh, where do I stop?

And, as you would expect, anybody who watches FOX News (and that's a majority of us) are preachers and spewers of hate who are brainwashing Americans. We are about "as bad as it gets."

All of this nonsense is to be expected given the political climate in Europe. When they don't get their way they attempt to shutdown everyday life for everyone.

Is it any wonder why there are no college professors who hold conservative values. It's because they hire themselves. In his book, "Blacklisted by History", author M Stanton Evans names the names of the infiltration of the U.S. Department of State by Leftists. How have they done it? Read Evans' and find out. It's easy to guess - they occupy the positions that hire. Like the hiring of left-leaning professors, they hire themselves.

All the spewing of hate from the Left tells me they're desperate. We should be more desperate as they are dangerous.

"Tis the season....."

2010-10-02T03:42:00.000-07:00

I am utterly sick of the creepy and negative radio and TV ads that are being run these days. I can't wait until Election Day passes. The mud-slinging for blatant political purposes defies belief.

In Ohio, Congressional candidate Tom Ganley is being smeared by a woman alleging he groped her. Do we smell money here? Or is it a whiff of "politics as usual"? Do we wonder why good men and women do not run for office anymore? I mean, Patrick was a Saint, I ain't.

Ganley is a millionaire car dealer. Does anyone really THINK he would risk it all for something as stupid as what is being alleged? A clue to the answer is in the failed mediation that attempted to settle matters. Defense Counsel offered $500.00 to make it go away. Now, don't you think that if there was REALLY any merit to all this that a little more than $500.00 buckaroos would have been offered to settle and keep matters silent from the public and media? Tis the Season.

In California it has been revealed by a crying former housemaid/illegal alien that a Senatorial candidate employed her while she was illegal and treated her like dirt. I think she was treated like dirt for about 8 years. I saw her dabbling her eyes and cheeks with a tissue. I didn't see any tears though. She kept dabbing a dry face. Tis the Season.

ARE YOU READY??????

2010-09-29T13:29:00.000-07:00

No, I'm not talking Monday Night Football. I'm talking s-t-r-i-k-e-s, work stoppages and violent demonstrations. Europe gets these crowds out in a flash. Even without Conservatives re-taking control again in the U.S., we're beginning to see it here.

Remember when Barack Obama went to Germany post-election? They turned out by the thousands to cheer him. I saw it for what it was - a Leftist media show. Now, when European government fiscal conservatives are attempting to cut spending and balance the books, what are we seeing? That's right - the Leftist media show making their usual noises.....and the cameras of the world are right there.

I've been hearing more lately about the entitlements Europeans have come to expect from their governments. Those countries are entitlement economies. President Sarkozy of France is attempting to make Frenchmen work two more years before they are eligible to retire (from 60 to 62). You have seen their reaction, right? Taking to the streets for the cameras and selective strikes to shut down various parts of their nation.

This week we now have seen Greece and Belgium's Leftists taking to the cameras, I mean the streets. Who's next? Looks like American union members are feeling sympathy pains.

Now the Service Employees International Union's members will converge at the U.S. Capitol. Will all their shouting and sign-waving make a difference in this upcoming election? Why are they sympathetic? Dare I opine American taxpayer money?

Union leadership across the board are SELFISH. Their interests are self-serving. To hell with average American people. They don't want an independent economy - they want to be in control of the money printing presses. It's also called POWER. Verstehe?

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

2010-09-21T16:36:00.000-07:00

As a U.S. Army veteran, I'd like to address this issue.

When I served, there were men in my unit that we suspected were "gay". I even hung out with a couple of them. They were "effiminate" but I always thought of them as "soft" men, not the macho type. I gave no thought to whether they were "gay".

Don't ask don't tell - why are "Gays" supposed to be a protected group? They never bothered me during my service years and I didn't bother them.

Quite frankly, I have more respect for a person who says they are gay than those who hide it. I don't condone it and I think gays are pathetic characters. I even know there some in my "family".

Don't ask, don't tell? If you're gay, what makes you think you a protected species? It's political only.

It's part of the ongoing attempt to divide us - hispanic, gay, black, etc.

Get the picture?

The Patience of the Left

2010-09-18T04:32:00.000-07:00

We Americans still don't get it. Communists, leftists and liberals are very patient when it comes to getting their way. It appears there will be a big change in November, 2010 at election time. That's when conservatives and those on the right appear to be headed towards a majority once again. But hold on.

The rise of the grass roots movement known as the Tea Party threatens to split the vote of the right. What do I mean? Well, when somebody runs in-between the Democrats and Republicans as an Independent, they split the vote. It will be the vote on the right that will suffer.

Long ago I encouraged Republican leaders to listen to the Tea Partyers and absorb their anger into the Republican platform. They didn't do it yet I remain hopeful they are not damaged come election day.

The current occupant of the White House does not care one iota about getting reelected. Their agenda is to harm America and our economy and divide our people. The damage will have been done no matter if they are reelected or not. And that's perfectly all right with them.

Statement on the Proposed “Cordoba House” Mosque near Ground Zero

2010-09-10T04:53:00.000-07:00

Newt Gingrich

July 21, 2010 6pm

There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over.

The proposed "Cordoba House" overlooking the World Trade Center site where a group of jihadists killed over 3000 Americans and destroyed one of our most famous landmarks - is a test of the timidity, passivity and historic ignorance of American elites.

For example, most of them don’t understand that “Cordoba House” is a deliberately insulting term. It refers to Cordoba, Spain – the capital of Muslim conquerors who symbolized their victory over the Christian Spaniards by transforming a church there into the world’s third-largest mosque complex.

Today, some of the Mosque’s backers insist this term is being used to
"symbolize interfaith cooperation" when, in fact, every Islamist in the world recognizes Cordoba as a symbol of Islamic conquest. It is a sign of their contempt for Americans and their confidence in our historic ignorance that they would deliberately insult us this way.
Those Islamists and their apologists who argue for "religious toleration" are arrogantly dishonest. They ignore the fact that more than 100 mosques already exist in New York City. Meanwhile, there are no churches or synagogues in all of Saudi Arabia. In fact no Christian or Jew can even enter Mecca. And they lecture us about tolerance.

If the people behind the Cordoba House were serious about religious
toleration, they would be imploring the Saudis, as fellow Muslims, to
immediately open up Mecca to all and immediately announce their intention to allow non-Muslim houses of worship in the Kingdom. They should be asked by the news media if they would be willing to lead such a campaign.

We have not been able to rebuild the World Trade Center in nine years.

Now we are being told a 13 story, $100 million megamosque will be built within a year overlooking the site of the most devastating surprise attack in American history.

Finally where is the money coming from? The people behind the Cordoba House refuse to reveal all their funding sources.
America is experiencing an Islamist cultural-political offensive
designed to undermine and destroy our civilization. Sadly, too many of
our elites are the willing apologists for those who would destroy them
if they could.

No mosque.
No self deception.
No surrender.
The time to take a stand is now - at this site on this issue.

If, after reading this, you agree with it, please pass it on to others. This is the most clearly stated, sensible, and historically accurate statement that I’ve read on this issue (and I’ve read a lot
of them).

Why can’t we have a President as intelligent, educated,
and patriotic as this former Speaker of the House?

Just one reason I intensely dislike our current President and His Policies

2010-09-09T04:22:00.001-07:00

Editor's note - I could not find any reference to this on snopes.com. I did find, however, he said “And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world”

President Barack Obama said in Turkey : "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."

I found this very interesting.
Do you know the Preamble for your state? . .

Be sure to read the message at the bottom!

Alabama 1901, Preamble
We the people of the State of Alabama , invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution..
Alaska 1956, Preamble We, the people of Alaska , grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land.
Arizona 1911, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arizona , grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
Arkansas 1874, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arkansas , grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...
California 1879, Preamble We, the People of the State of California , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...
Colorado 1876, Preamble We, the people of Colorado , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe...
Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy.
Delaware 1897, Preamble Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences...
Florida 1885, Preamble We, the people of the State of Florida , grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution...
Georgia 1777, Preamble We, the people of Georgia , relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
Hawaii 1959, Preamble We , the people of Hawaii , Grateful for Divine Guidance ... Establish this Constitution.
Idaho 1889, Preamble We, the people of the State of Idaho , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings.
Illinois 1870, Preamble We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil , political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
Indiana 1851, Preamble We, the People of the State of Indiana , grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government.
Iowa 1857, Preamble We, the People of the St ate of Iowa , grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings, establish this Constitution.
Kansas 1859, Preamble We, the people of Kansas , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges establish this Constitution.
Kentucky 1891, Preamble.. We, the people of the Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties..
Louisiana 1921, Preamble We, the people of the State of Louisiana , grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy.
Maine 1820, Preamble We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity .. And imploring His aid and direction.
Maryland 1776, Preamble We, the people of the state of Maryland , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...
Massachusetts 1780, Preamble We...the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction
Michigan 1908, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Michigan , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, establish this Constitution.
Minnesota, 1857, Preamble We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings:
Mississippi 1890, Preamble We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.
Missouri 1845, Preamble We, the people of Missouri , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness . Establish this Constitution...
Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution ...
Nebraska 1875, Preamble We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom . Establish this Constitution.
Nevada 1864, Preamble We the people of the State of Nevada , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, establish this Constitution...
New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.
New Jersey 1844, Preamble We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
New Mexico 1911, Preamble We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty..
New York 1846, Preamble We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.
North Carolina 1868, Preamble We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those...
North Dakota 1889, Preamble We , the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...
Ohio 1852, Preamble We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common.
Oklahoma 1907, Preamble Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty, establish this
Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I Section 2. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences
Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance....
Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing...
South Carolina, 1778, Preamble We, the people of he State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
South Dakota 1889, Preamble We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties ...
Tennessee 1796, Art. XI..III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...
Texas 1845, Preamble We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.
Utah 1896, Preamble Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution.
Vermont 1777, Preamble Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ..
Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other
Washington 1889, Preamble We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution
West Virginia 1872, Preamble Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ...
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility...
Wyoming 1890, Preamble We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties, establish this Constitution...

After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal courts are wrong! If you found this to be 'Food for thought, send to as many as you think will be enlightened as I hope you were.

(Please note that at no time is anyone told that they MUST worship God.)

GOD BLESS AMERICA

"and their fellow travelers."

2010-08-13T04:33:00.000-07:00

Upon hearing the name of Joe McCarthy, a columnist for a major American newspaper said to me, "Shhh. Saying something nice about Joe McCarthy can get you in a LOT of trouble." Are you kidding me? He died in 1957!

For younger readers, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) accused the American government, in particular the State Department, of hiring American communists and Soviet spies. American media at that time vilified and demonized McCarthy. The guy didn't realize the immense forces working against him.

"For my mother Josephine Stanton Evans who knew it all along and for Tierney McCarthy wherever she may be." With those words, M. Stanton Evans dedicated his immense work, "Blacklisted by History", or as Evans puts it, "The untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy and his fight against America's enemies". It's a detailed account of America's pre and post-World War Two years that that names names, something that American media quashed during the McCarthy era.

The influence of Moscow's penetration of our government continues to this day. In 2010 Russian spies were exchanged for an alleged American spy and American media immediately dumped the story. Nobody calls them communists anymore. They're now identified as the Left, Socialists or liberals.

Have you ever driven on a four lane road when all the traffic is in the right lane, leaving the left lane open? Swinging into the left lane, you have an open road before you. Suddenly a car pulls out from the left lane in front of you, slows down, and blocks your progress. I compare the workings of American leftists, liberals and communists to that car.

The interests of the communists in this country are not for we the people but for their international interests and their own pocketbooks. It's quite OK for their "fellow travelers" to financially benefit from government. It's not OK for the rest of us to benefit financially from free enterprise.

Of particular interest to the Polish community is Evans' documentation of the sellout of the Polish government-in-exile during WWII by our own President Roosevelt. It also includes the purloining of reports of Polish-American US Army officers who, as German POWs, witnessed the aftermath of the Katyn Forest massacre of Polish officers/Intellectuals. Their reports, that have since disappeared from our National Archives, directly blamed the Soviets (read Russians).

Unlike Joe McCarthy, it appears Americans are beginning to recognize those forces and their subsequent policies at work against us. Those policies are emanating from our own White House, aided and abetted by their fellow travelers.

It's my fervent hope that the wave I'm beginning to see from right-thinking Americans is able to overcome the immensely powerful forces of propaganda at work against us from within and without our shores.

Unlike Joe McCarthy, it appears Americans are beginning to recognize those forces and their subsequent policies at work against us. Those policies are emanating from our own White House, aided and abetted by their fellow travelers.

Prosperity, yes, but for who?

2010-08-12T04:27:00.000-07:00

Ya gotta love those Democrats today - they speak with a forked tongue.

Howza 'bout a campaign theme - "If you don't want to prosper, vote for the Left, unless you're a teacher or union member." They're prospering by virtue of a Leftist President funding them from our tax dollars.

One has to read that prosperity via taxpayer money is apparently good for them but prosperity via private enterprise is not good for us.

We have to change the old quote to now read "Black man speaks with forked tongue."

A MOSQUE AND MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTER AT GROUND ZERO?

2010-08-08T04:34:00.000-07:00

The descendants of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia have a street called Monument Avenue. Along this street are statues, or monuments, honoring their Civil War ancestors.

Several years ago a debate raged there when the black community in Richmond successfully waged a war to have a monument to one of their own built there - a black homosexual tennis player named Arthur Ashe, Jr. Not to diminish his professional talent and achievements, but how utterly inappropriate to build a statue to him in that particular location.

City officials in New York City have given their blessing to the construction of a mosque and so-called muslim cultural center at or very near Ground Zero. How utterly inappropriate to build one at that particular location.

Both of the above instances are nothing less than power plays, or as some like to call it, the game of "who's on top?" Unfortunately, neither example took in the feelings of those who opposed it on the grounds of the location being inappropriate. It's kind of like building a McDonalds in a church parking lot.

I can only hope the honest American tradesmen of NYC don't allow this to occur.

Where's the American flag Mr. President?

2010-06-24T03:31:00.000-07:00

Comedian Dennis Miller says the background for the President's press conferences look like a shower curtain. He's right. What Miller didn't ask was where's the American flag Mr. President?

Maybe he left it in Berlin after his election when he addressed Europeans as if his election was a victory for them.

You asked for it folks.

PUTTING AMERICANS OUT OF WORK

2010-05-29T02:54:00.000-07:00

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS FUNDING TWENTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS--LET ME REPEAT THAT AMOUNT... SO YOU UNDERSTAND IT $ 24,000,000.00 DOLLARS FOR NEW ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS PROCESSING FOR OUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS !!

THEY ARE OBTAINING THESE FUNDS, AND I QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY WEBSITE..."THIS MONEY WILL BE COMING FROM THE SAVINGS TO BE GENERATED
FROM WITHHOLDING "COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR 2010 & 2011 In SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND A $2.00 INCREASE ON ALL MEDICARE RX BENEFIT CO-PAY".

They're calling the monies they're taking from our pockets "Savings."

It's going to cost my dentist $58,000.00 to digitize all his medical records. He says he'll probably close up shop and go work for somebody else.

And you wonder why jobs have fled overseas. To quote our late, great President Ronald Reagan, "Government is not the solution. Government is the problem."

Obama's political strategy

2010-05-04T03:01:00.000-07:00

There he was on television articulating his political strategy. He was appealing to blacks, latinos and women, who apparently are his base. It's the latter that puzzles me.

I realize that about 90% of black voters voted for him in the last election. Surprising, 'cause I thought there were more black middle class voters than that.

Latinos? Why not. The illegals are future Democrats aren't they. That's why he'll attempt to legitimize them.

Women? He must be talking about black and latino women. He doesn't specify which. That's the biggest puzzle. Unless he knows that white women will again betray the white middle class and white men in the next election by voting for him. It's the only thing I can figure.

As a white man, if can now articulate a political strategy that encompasses the black middle class, latinos who are legal residents and/or citizens and white people, the only ones who would call me racist would be CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN.

President Obama - talking crap.

2010-04-24T18:03:00.000-07:00

Copy and paste

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRy-QlQyUw&feature=fvw

SETTING THE SCENE FOR GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE INTERNET

2010-04-24T07:11:00.001-07:00

As reported in the April 13th issue of USA Today by David Lieberman, ”… the options are how much consumers pay for broadband, how fast their services will be and possibly whether millions of people will be able to get it at all.” The FCC wants the power to tell us what the rules will be. They smell the money and their pretense will be ‘equal opportunity for all”, i.e. free internet service for everyone.

We are beginning to see the trend – local communities providing free Internet service to a wide area around them. The way I see it, that means they can eventually control what’s on the Internet and omit what they don’t want to allow on it. Today, besides FOX News, blogs seem to be the only method of communication where we get an alternate perspective. With control of the Internet, the government, like the alphabet networks, would control what thought is permitted and what thought is sliced out. Sounds like a one-part system, huh?

Success in reclassfying broadband is one giant leap for the government. The Internet is becoming THE way to go for media, communications and business. The so-called ‘reclassification” is another clever, government-inspired attempt to take power from cable and phone companies and redefine the Internet as a regulated common carrier service. Danger, danger, danger.

You Really Ought to be Paying Attention

2010-04-06T18:39:00.000-07:00

Author Unknown

Lord, help us!!

Don't want to be bothered with "Political stuff?" You'd better read this one. It will come as a huge shock to you if you aren't informed as to what Obama is up to, and it has already passed one hurdle. It will take very little now to put it into actual law!! YOU'D BETTER WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!

So you think you live in a free country.

Boy have you got a surprise coming.

A License Required for your HOUSE?

If you own your home you really need to check this out. At the end of this email is the Google link to verify. If the country thinks the housing market is depressed now, wait until everyone sees this. No one will be buying homes in the future.

We encourage you to read the provisions of the Cap and Trade Bill that has passed the House of Representatives and are being considered by the Senate. We are ready to join the next march on Washington ! This Congress and their "experts" are truly out to destroy the middle class of the U.S.A.

A License will be required for your house...no longer just for cars and mobile homes....Thinking about selling your house? Take a look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and Trade bill). This is unbelievable! Home owners take note and tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!

Beginning one year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this "Cap & Trade" bill, passed by the House of Representatives. If it is also passed by the Senate, it will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced.

The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure that these voters will get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. And Mrs. Middle Class have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else..

But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year from now you won't be able to sell your house without some bureaucrat's OK. Yes, you read that right.

The caveat (there always is a caveat) is that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes ("mobile homes") are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.

To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be required to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act, to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements.

Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a "label" in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don't get a high enough rating, you can't sell.

And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he/she alone determines to be in the government's best interest. Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress. Then the Administrator can set new standards every year.

The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 - Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America.

Beginning one year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with its energy and water efficiency standards. You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (expen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody!

The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements IF you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as "can't have an income of more than $50K per year", "home selling price can't be more than $125K", or anything else to target the upper middle class (that includes YOU?) and prevent you from qualifying for the grants.

Most of us won't get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more "change you can believe in." Sect. 204 - Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for "at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act."

This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help the EPA. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year...

Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe every year.

But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time.Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California? It would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate.

Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304 - Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d) that one year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.

CHECK OUT a few of the sites;

Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home http://www.nachi. org/forum/ f14/cap-and- trade-license- required- your-home- 44750/

HR2454 American Clean Energy & Security Act: http://www.govtrack .us/congress/ bill.xpd? bill=h111- 2454

Cap & Trade A license required for your home: http://www.prisonplanet.com/cap-and-trade-a-license-required-for-your-home.html

Cap and trade is a license to cheat and steal:
http://www.sfexamin er.com/opinion/ columns/oped_ contributors/ Cap-and-trade- is-a-license- to-cheat- and-steal- 45371937. html
Cap and Trade: A License Required for your Home: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2393940/posts

Thinking about selling you House? Look at HR 2454:

http://www.federalobserver.com/2009/10/01/thinking-about-selling-your-house-a-look-at-h-r-2454-cap-and-trade-bill/

"Political Drivel"

2010-04-02T05:23:00.000-07:00

I note a comment on Facebook that it's not the place to post "political drivel". He's right and I will no longer do it. But, it describes a mentality in America that is dangerous and is exactly why this nation is in the critical stage.

Except for few exceptions, average American political knowledge has been "off the shelf" politics. YOu know, "I'm a Democrat" or "I'm a Republican" or whatever. It's convenient, just like off the shelf religion. And the prevailing attitude has been "I don't like to talk politics" or it's "political drivel."

Oh yes, Americans are becoming engaged as they see the socialist agenda being forced on them. They don't like it and they are not believing what they hear coming out of the White House. But, don't talk to me about it, it's "political drivel."

Sad, sad, sad. Some Americans still aren't paying attention.

PROGRESS STRATEGY by Dave Pritash

2010-03-27T15:17:00.000-07:00

PROGRESSIVE STRATEGY

If you don’t know what the progressive strategy is - it's the nullification of the Constitution by any means, preferably legislation like the just-passed Health Care bill. More is coming and they will push it as fast as they can. And in my opinion, "Immigration" is the one they want the most. Maybe even more than they did Health Care. But don't get me wrong, Health Care was important to them. I just think it was done first to soften us up, and fortunately it took longer than they thought because of Conservatives. The Tea Party movement was not anticipated by them and now that they have to deal with it, they have no choice but to try by any means to discredit us.

We cannot let them succeed at this and even if they put "plants" in our demonstrations, we must continue the fight. We need to win over the rest of the country that has not yet seen the light. Make sure that at any future demonstration that everyone knows to act civilly, even when provoked. I would say that this should include actively stopping anyone that is doing anything that would harm the Conservative Movement in the eyes of our fellow citizens. If you see someone (plant) doing these things we are accused of, STOP THEM. Talk some sense into them if you can. If you think that they maybe possibly be a "plant", get pictures of them so they can be exposed for who they are. One other thing is we should assume these bad people are plants. We have no reason to believe they are conservatives unless "proven" otherwise. Do not accept that any trouble makers are conservatives.
Now this is one of the things that I think they may be trying to do using "Immigration Reform".

In the next couple of months, if they can get an amnesty bill through the House and Senate that grants immediate amnesty to anyone in the country, then it might be possible for Obama to issue an Executive Order granting them citizenship. That would give the Progressives a huge vote advantage that might prevent them from losing seats in November, 2010. Even if they can't get this done by November they can still try to get it done for 2012. I think this is now their main objective. Stopping Immigration Reform must be our top priority. The Health Care battle is not lost but it's in the courts now.

But there is one other thing they can do and that is to create an incident, real or contrived, that will give Obama the excuse to declare "Martial Law" and suspend the November elections. They have been setting the stage for this ever since they were elected. Remember last year when Janet Napolitano put out warnings that returning war veterans should be watched as possible terrorists? Ever since, the media has been putting out the message, directly or indirectly, that we veterans are bigots, homophobic, racists, hateful, wrong-thinking, bitter people that could be terrorists. They will not let up on this and, in fact, will be pushing this very hard trying to get us to do something stupid. Don't do it no matter how hard they try. For now follow what Jesus said in his Sermon on the Mount speech, "Turn the other cheek."

Not reacting to the Progressive hate will infuriate them more and cause them to react negatively, which will get harder and harder for the media to cover up. So let’s demonstrate as often as we can and fund those we support to the best that we can and play it very cool. Let them make fools of themselves and the result will be that the majority of the citizens will end up on our side, not theirs. If we can do this we have a chance to take back the Senate and House. The "Fire Pelosi" slogan is good and that should be a goal for 2010.

David Pristash PO Box 41298 Brecksville-Ohio 44141 Voice 440740 1068 Fax 440740 1073
Cell 162724583

Ready to lose control of your investments?

2010-03-27T13:03:00.000-07:00

CONVERTING 401 Ks & IRAs to GOV'T BACKED ANNUITIES?

Request for Public Comment- by May 3, 2010

The Federal Register http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-2028.htm

The Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury (the "Agencies") are currently reviewing the rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the plan qualification rules under the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to determine whether, and, if so, how, the Agencies could or should enhance, by regulation or otherwise, the retirement security of participants in employer- sponsored retirement plans and in individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) by facilitating access to, and use of, lifetime income or other arrangements designed to provide a lifetime stream of income after retirement. The purpose of this request for information is to solicit views, suggestions and comments from plan participants, employers and other plan sponsors, plan service providers, and members of the financial community, as well as the general public, on this important issue.

Comments must be submitted on or before May 3, 2010.

You may submit written comments to any of the addresses specified below. Any comment that is submitted to either Agency will be shared with the other Agency and made public. Please do not submit duplicates.

All submissions received must include the agency name and Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) for this rulemaking. Persons submitting comments electronically are encouraged not to submit paper copies. Department of Labor. Comments to the Department of Labor, identified by RIN 121 0-AB33, by one of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions. E- mail: e-ORI@dol.gov. Include RIN 1210-AB33 in the subject line of the message. Mail: Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Room N-5655, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Lifetime Income RFI. Internal Revenue Service. Comments to the IRS, identified by REG- 148681-09, by one of the following methods: Mail: CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG-148681-09), Room 5205, Internal Revenue Service, P.O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie L. Ward or Luisa Grillo-Chope, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), (202) 693-8500 or Peter J. Marks, Office of Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities), Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, at (202) 622-6090. These are not toll-free numbers.

Hollywood Filmmakers and the Left

2010-03-25T05:25:00.000-07:00

I've just watched two movies, "The Ghostwriter" and "Lambs for Lions", the latter starred Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. In both movies, I could see it coming early on.

The Redford name alone should be a signal for a leftist view and he carried in that tradition. The movie, of course, chastizes President Bush and our invovement in Iraq and Afghanistan in a slick way, as Hollywood is able to do.

The other movie, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor, paints the CIA as an enemy of the people, even to the point of calling waterboarding torture
http://throughsullivanseye.blogspot.com/2009/05/you-want-torture.html.
I couldn't help thinking that if the old CIA were still around, today we wouldn't be facing the problems of Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela and the like.

Was Joe McCarthy right?

"Congress shall make no law....."

2010-03-22T15:52:00.001-07:00

Author unknown.

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn't pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that is being considered...in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop. This is a good way to do that. It is an idea whose time has come.

If each of you who agree will contact a minimum of twenty people on your e-mail address list, and in turn ask each of those to do likewise.. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ".

The Heart of American People and the Danger to America

2010-03-14T06:00:00.000-07:00

While I have never supported Barack Obama, I believe the sentiment expressed below misses an import mark - the heart of the American people.

The American people, God bless 'em, are traditionally open-hearted and generous. In ur lifetimes we have witnessed first-hand prejudices of all sorts, including that of race. While we discriminate daily in our individual choices, discrimination based on race is illegal.

The American people chose a mixed-race man to become their President and for this they are to be congratulated for being open minded. However, in their zeal to demonstrate that they were not racially-prejudiced, feel-good politics if you will, they did not pay particular attention to the policies of his crowd, i.e., the Left. And therein lies the rub. Americans are discovering too late that the policies of his Administration are out of playbooks that do not work.

THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING IS UNKNOWN

The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to an electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.” -- Author Unknown

Apocalyptic Literature

2010-03-12T03:55:00.000-08:00

This was written by a pastor's wife in biblical prose as a commentary of current events. It is
brilliant.
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And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land called America , having lost their morals, their initiative, and their will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that person known as "The One."

He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you." My lack of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my association with evil doers are of no consequence. I shall save you with hope and Change. Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the land that he who preceeded me is evil, that he has defiled the nation, and that all he has built must be destroyed. And the people rejoiced, for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had promised that it was good; and they believed.

And "The One" said " We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change everything about it!" And the people said, "Hallelujah! Change is good!" Then He said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats." And the people said "Sock it to them!" "And redistribute their wealth." And the people said, "Show us the money!" And then he said, " redistribution of wealth is good for everybody."

And Joe the plumber asked, " Are you kidding me? You're going to steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One" ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized. One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was
banished from the kingdom!

Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having zero military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with radical terrorists?" And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with them and talk with them and show them how nice we really are; and they will forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people said, "Hallelujah!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons into free cars for the people!" Then "The One" said "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes."

And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One" said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!" And the people said, "Hallelujah! Show us the money!"

Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell your homes!" And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed.

And He said. "I shall mandate employer-funded health care for every worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every person unlimited healthcare and medicine and transportation to the clinics." And the people said, "Give me some of that!"

Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas." And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"

Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, Not to worry. If your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out. Just sign up with the ACORN and your troubles are over!"

Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing..." And the people said, "Hallelujah!" and they made him king!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy sank like unto a rock dropped from a cliff. The bank banking industry was destroyed. Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. And more of the people were without a means of support. Then "The One" said, "I am the "the One"- The Messiah - and I'm here to save you! We shall just print more money so everyone will have enough!"

But our foreign trading partners said unto Him. "Wait a minute. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have to pay more... And "The One" said, "Wait a minute. That is unfair!!" And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic programs you have embraced. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules!"

And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea verily, it was too late. The people set upon The One and spat upon him and stoned him, and his name was dung. And the once mighty nation was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or
shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was as like unto a poison that had destroyed them and like a whirlwind that consumed all that they had built.

And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish, "give us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!" But it was too late, and their homeland was no more.

You may think this a fairy tale, but it's not. It's happening RIGHT NOW.

The Continuing betrayal of Social Security

2010-03-09T05:37:00.000-08:00

According to the Trustees for the Social Security Administration, " There will not be a cost of living increase for the next two years in SS benefits." Additionally, our co-pay for RX Medicare benefits will be raised.

They are also funding 24 million dollars for new electronic medical records processing for Congress. The funds are being obtained, and we quote from the SS website, "This money will be coming from the savings to be generated from withholding "cost of living increases for 2010 and 2011 in SS benefits for the elderly and a $2.00 increase on all medicare RX beneft co-pay."

Op ed letter to Indianapolis Star re government control of 1/6th of our economy

2010-03-07T03:58:00.001-08:00

This letter appeared in the Indianapolis Star (which is owned by the same people who own the Arizona Republic) and was sent to a very popular Indiana Senator. This just goes to show everyone what pressure these Democrats are currently under, so continue to let them know how you feel about the healthcare bill.

An Indianapolis doctor's letter to Sen. Bayh about the Bill ( Note: Dr. Stephen E. Frazer, MD practices as an anesthesiologist in Indianapolis , IN ) Here is a letter I sent to Senator Bayh.. Feel free to copy it and send it around to all other representatives. -- Stephen Fraser

Senator Bayh,

As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the government's proposed involvement in the patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous and certainly not helpful in designing a health care system that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our health care system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if passed.

I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens.

Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self-insure!!

Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.

Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!

Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC benefits for you. You have no choice!

Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise.

Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals' finances & a 'National ID Health card' will be issued! (Papers please!)

Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfer. (Time for more cash and carry)

Page 65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations: (ACORN).

Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the 'Exchange.'

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans -- The Govt will ration your health care!

Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)

Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups (i.e. ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. (AARP members - your health care WILL be rationed!)
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. ( No choice.)

Page 12 4 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt monopoly.

Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Govt will tell YOU what salary you can make.

Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan. (NO choice!)

Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part-time employees AND their families. (Employees shouldn't get excited about this as employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits, and wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense.)

Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option will pay 8% tax on all payroll! (See the last comment in parenthesis.)
Page 150 Lines 9-13: A business with payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn't provide public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll .

Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.

Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes . (Americans will pay.) (Like always)

Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Admin.. will have access to ALL Americans' finances and personal records. (I guess so they can 'deduct' their fees)

Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." (Yes, it really says that!) ( a 'fee' instead)
Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors. (Low-income and the poor are affected.)

Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors: It doesn't matter what specialty you have trained yourself in -- you will all be paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that's not Socialism!)

Page 253 Line 10-18: The Govt sets the value of a doctor's time, profession, judgment, etc. (Literally-- the value of humans.)

Page 265 Sec 1131: The Govt mandates and controls productivity for "private" HC industries.

Page 268 Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the rental and purchase of power driven wheelchairs.

Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever the Govt deems preventable (i.e...re-admissions).

Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -- the Govt will penalize you.

Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. (The Govt tells doctors what and how much they can own!)

Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion. (The Govt is mandating that hospitals cannot expand.)
Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)

Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates establishment of=2 outcome-based measures. (HC the way they want -- rationing.)
Page 341 Lines 3-9: The Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. (Forcing people into the Govt plan)

Page 354 Sec 1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of 'special needs people!' Unbelievable !

Page 379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more bureaucracy via a "Tele-Health Advisory Committee." (Can you say HC by phone?)

Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates "Advance-Care Planning Consult." (Think senior citizens end-of-life patients.)

Page 425 Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. (And it's mandatory !)
Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt provides an "approved" list of end-of-life resources; guiding you in death. (Also called 'assisted suicide.') (Sounds like Soylent Green to me.)

Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for orders on "end-of-life." (The Govt has a say in how your life ends!)

Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced-care planning consultant" will be used frequently as a patient's health deteriorates.

Page 429 Lines 10-12: An "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans.. (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?!?)

Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order.. (I wouldn't want to stand before God after getting paid for THAT job!)

Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end-of-life! (Again -- no choice!)

Page 469: Community-Based Home Medical Services = Non-Profit Organizations. (Hello? ACORN Medical Services here!?!)

Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover marriage and family therapy. (Which means Govt will insert itself into your marriage even.)

Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, and rationing those services.

Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating.

Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor-patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.

Respectfully,

Stephen E. Fraser, MD

Dear Reader,
I urge you to use the power that you were born with (and the power that may soon be taken away) and circulate this email to as many people as you can reach. The Power of the People can stop this from happening to us, our parents, our grandparents, our children, and to following generations.

Have You Heard?

2010-03-04T02:28:00.000-08:00

No, not song popularized by the Tokens, the 1960s Doo Wop group. I'm speaking of the four Muslim soldiers who have been discharged from the U.S. Army. Why? For threatening to poison the food in a Fort Bragg Mess Hall. Have you heard about it?

I don't believe any of the state-controlled media, the alphabet networks, have yet to report it. The Army got smart and discharged them. Perhaps they prevented another Fort Hood style massacre.

I've read about the attempts to bring free Internet to communities. Doesn't that sound wonderful?Why, no one in the United States will have to pay for it. Well, at least the some folks won't have to pay. When that happens you won't see any news about incidents at Fort Bragg. It's called getting the door opened a crack and then kicking it wide open. And you know what happens when things are "free" and the government gets a hold of it.

Once the Internet is collectively-owned say good-bye to the blogosphere. If communities own it they have the right to control the content. And if they don't want you to know about it, you won't'. Just like our major TV networks in the U.S.

CITGO Gas Stations changing their name to PETRO EXPRESS

2010-03-01T09:42:00.000-08:00

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Subject: Fw: Citgo is changing their name

Subject: Citgo is changing their name
IN ORLANDO LAST WEEK, AT A CITGO STATION, REGULAR GAS WAS PRICED AT$2.82 PER GALLON, AND NO CUSTOMERS.

HOWEVER, ACROSS THE STREET FUEL WAS SELLING FOR $2.85 PER GALLON AND ALL PUMPS THERE HAD CARS WAITING TO FUEL UP. What's going on? Word is getting around!!!!! Read on:

Have you noticed how the CITGO signs have disappeared in the past 7-8 months? A very clever move by Chavez.. But guess what, "CITGO" IS CHANGING ITS NAME, too...
This is serious, Americans,....make sure you read this very carefully..

NEWS FLASH:
Chavez is NOW getting a Russian Weapons Factory built by Putin. The RUSSIANS are building an AK -47 Kalashnikov Assault Rifle factory in Venezuela , to give armament support to Communist Rebel groups throughout the Americas .

Chavez NOW has IRANIANS operating his oil refineries in Venezuela for him. It is likely only a matter of time, if not already, before Chavez has Iranian built LONG RANGE missiles, with a variety of warhead types aimed at: Guess Who?

CITGO is NOW in the process of Changing Its Name to "PETRO EXPRESS" due to the loss of gasoline sales in the USA ......due to the recent publicity of ownership by Chavez of Venezuela.

Every dollar you spend with ''CITGO" or "PETRO EXPRESS" gasoline will be used against you, your basic human rights, and your freedoms. He will start wars here in the Americas that will probably be the death of millions.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT because Chavez is starting to feel the loss of revenue from his holdings. HE OWNS "CITGO". This is a very important move that everyone should be aware of.

ANNOUNCED JUST RECENTLY: "CITGO", BEING AWARE THAT SALES ARE DOWN DUE TO U.S. CUSTOMERS NOT WANTING TO BUY FROM 'CITGO-CHAVEZ', HAVE STARTED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF SOME OF THEIR STORES TO: 'PETRO EXPRESS'. DO NOT BUY FROM "PETRO EXPRESS" EITHER!!! 'PETRO EXPRESS' IS ALSO 100% OWNED BY "CHAVEZ."

KEEP THIS MEMO GOING SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
BOTTOM LINE,-- BOYCOTT "CITGO" & "PETRO EXPRESS please!!

Cleveland's TV5 News smears Cuyahoga Co. Prosecutor

2010-02-15T16:04:00.000-08:00

Anybody see Cleveland's TV5 News (ABC) at 6:00 tonight? An attorney from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office, Reno Oradini, Jr., was arrested in No. Royalton on a DWI charge. His problem and his alone, right? Not!

In tonight's story, TV5 News linked Oradini to an incident a couple of weeks ago when Oradini's boss, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, was being driven home by a City of Parma Councilman named Regas. Both had a few glasses of wine that night. Mason was a PASSENGER when Councilman Regas was arrested for DUI but you would have thought Mason was the one was driving the car.

In reaction to that incident, the Cleveland Plain Dealer daily newspaper began a smear campaign against Prosecutor Mason. Now it appears TV5 news is in bed with the Plain Dealer.

How dare TV5 and ABC bring Bill Mason's name into tonight's totally unrelated news story! Oradini, Jr. works for the Prosecutors Office. Yes, we are to infer Mason is a drunk and not fit to be reelected? Are we also to infer that EVERYONE who works for Bill Mason is a drunk? This is classic Psych. 101 - draw a major premise from a minor premise. And TV5 did it with a straight face!

There's an obvious political conspiracy to smear a good man's name in the hopes of using collective powers to create negative mass pop thought against Mason. It's obvious they wish to see another Cuyahoga County resident (infer from this what you will) to the Office of Prosecutor in the next election.

"You can fool some of the people....."

"It don't cost nuthin to be nice."

2010-02-15T13:53:00.000-08:00

At a Touchdown Club meeting many years before his death, Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant told the following story:

I had just been named the new head coach at Alabama and was off in my old car down in South Alabama recruiting a prospect who was supposed to have been a pretty good player and I was having' trouble finding the place. Getting hungry I spied an old cinder block building with a small sign out front that simply said "Restaurant." I pull up, go in and every head in the place turns to stare at me. Seems I'm the only white fella in the place. But the food smelled good so skip a table and go up to a cement bar and sit. A big ole man in a tee shirt and cap comes over and says, "What do you need?" I told him I needed lunch and what did they have today?

He says, "You probably won't like it here, today we're having chitlins, collared greens and black eyed peas with cornbread. I'll bet you don't even know what chitlins are, do you?"(small intestines of hogs prepared as food in the deep South)

I looked him square in the eye and said, "I'm from Arkansas , I've probably eaten a mile of them. Sounds like I'm in the right place."

They all smiled as he left to serve me up a big plate. When he comes back he says, "You ain't from around here then?"

I explain I'm the new football coach up in Tuscaloosa at the University and I'm here to find whatever that boy's name was, and he says, "Yeah I've heard of him, he's supposed to be pretty good." And he gives me directions to the school so I can meet him and his coach.

As I'm paying up to leave, I remember my manners and leave a tip, not too big to be flashy, but a good one and he told me lunch was on him, but I told him for a lunch that good, I felt I should pay. The big man asked me if I had a photograph or something he could hang up to show I'd been there. I was so new that I didn't have any yet.. It really wasn't that big a thing back then to be asked for, but I took a napkin and wrote his name and address on it and told him I'd get him one. I met the kid I was looking' for later that afternoon and I don't remember his name, but do remember I didn't think much of him when I met him.

I had wasted a day, or so I thought. When I got back to Tuscaloosa late that night, I took that napkin from my shirt pocket and put it under my keys so I wouldn't forget it. Back then I was excited that anybody would want a picture of me. The next day we found a picture and I wrote on it, "Thanks for the best lunch I've ever had."

Now let's go a whole buncha years down the road. Now we have black players at Alabama and I'm back down in that part of the country scouting an offensive lineman we sure needed. Y'all remember, (and I forget the name, but it's not important to the story), well anyway, he's got two friends going to Auburn and he tells me he's got his heart set on Auburn too, so I leave empty handed and go on to see some others while I'm down there. Two days later, I'm in my office in Tuscaloosa and the phone rings and it's this kid who just turned me down, and he says, "Coach, do you still want me at Alabama ?"

And I said, "Yes I sure do." And he says OK, he'll come. And I say, "Well son, what changed your mind?"

And he said, "When my grandpa found out that I had a chance to play for you and said no, he pitched a fit and told me I wasn't going nowhere but Alabama , and wasn't playing for nobody but you. He thinks a lot of you and has ever since y'all met."

Well, I didn't know his granddad from Adam's housecat so I asked him who his granddaddy was and he said, "You probably don't remember him, but you ate in
his restaurant your first year at Alabama and you sent him a picture that he's had hung in that place ever since... That picture's his pride and joy and he still tells everybody about the day that Bear Bryant came in and had chitlins with him..."
"My grandpa said that when you left there, he never expected you to remember him or to send him that picture, but you kept your word to him and to Grandpa,
that's everything. He said you could teach me more than football and I had to play for a man like you, so I guess I'm going to."

I was floored. But I learned that the lessons my mama taught me were always right. It don't cost nuthin' to be nice. It don't cost nuthin' to do the right thing most of the time, and it costs a lot to lose your good name by breaking your word to someone.

When I went back to sign that boy, I looked up his Grandpa and he's still running that place, but it looks a lot better now; and he didn't have chitlins that day, but he had some ribs that would make Dreamland proud and I made sure I posed for a lot of pictures; and don't think I didn't leave some new ones for him, too, along with a
signed football.. I made it clear to all my assistants to keep this story and these lessons in mind when they're out on the road. If you remember anything else from me, remember this. It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable. ~ Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

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Editor's Note: Coach Bryant was in the presence of these few gentlemen for only minutes, and he defined himself for life. Regardless of our profession, we do define ourselves by how we treat others, and how we behave in the presence of others, and most of the time, we have only minutes or seconds to leave a lasting impression... We can be rude, crude, arrogant, cantankerous, or we can be nice.
Nice is always a better choice.

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"I expect to pass through the world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it, for I
shall not pass this way again."

Memorial Service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers, 101st Airborne Infantry

2010-02-15T07:05:00.000-08:00

by

Chuck Yeager, Major General (Ret.)

We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services. I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers.

Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel , you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them.

I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle," the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat.

Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made.

Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945 .. . . " at which point my heart skipped.

At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . do you know where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped.

I told him "yes, I know exactly where Normandy is, and I know what D-Day was." At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland , into Arnhem ...." I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . .. and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day..

I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France , and he said "Yes. And it's real sad because, these days, so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say.

I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach.

He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and who still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this.

Shifty died on June 17, 2009 after fighting cancer. There was no parade. No big event in Staples Center ..No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage. No weeping fans on television. And that's not right.

Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way. Please forward this email to everyone you know. Especially to the veterans.

Rest in peace, Shifty.

Chuck Yeager, MajGen. [ret.]

Obama's Internationalist Financial Interests

2010-02-08T10:32:00.001-08:00

You asked for him.

"Today, even though President Obama is against off-shore drilling for our country, he signed an executive order to loan 2 Billion of our taxpayers dollars to a Brazilian Oil Exploration Company (which is the 8th largest company in the entire world) to drill for oil off the coast of Brazil ! The oil that comes from this operation is for the sole purpose and use of China and NOT THE USA ! Now here's the real clincher...the Chinese government is under contract to purchase all the oil that this oil field will produce, which is hundreds of millions of barrels of oil". (Fox News)

We have absolutely no gain from this transaction whatsoever!

Wait, it gets more interesting. Guess who is the largest individual stockholder of this Brazilian Oil Company and who would benefit most from this? It is American BILLIONAIRE, George Soros, who was one of President Obama's most generous financial supporter during his campaign.

If you are able to connect the dots and follow the money, you are probably as upset as I am. Not a word of this transaction was broadcast on any of the other news networks!

Forward this factual e-mail to others who care about this country and where it is going. Also, let all of your Government representatives know how you feel about this.

Below is the Wall street Journal article to confirm this.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html

African American History Month and the Obama Administration

2010-02-03T05:54:00.000-08:00

"Overcoming today's challenges will require the same dedication and sense of urgency that enabled past generations of African Americans to rise above the injustices of their time. That is why my Administration is laying a new foundation for long-term economic growth that helps more than just a privileged few. We are working hard to give small businesses much-needed credit, to slash tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, and to give those same breaks to companies that create jobs here at home. We are also reinvesting in our schools and making college more affordable, because a world class education is our country's best roadmap to prosperity.....Nearly 100 years after the Civil War, African Americans still faced daunting challenges and indignities. Widespread racial prejudice inhibited their opportunities, and institutional discrimination such as black codes and Jim Crow laws denied them full citizenship rights. Despite these seemingly impossible barriers, pioneering African Americans blazed trails for themselves and their children. They became skilled workers and professionals. They purchased land, and a new generation of black entrepreneurs founded banks, educational institutions, newspapers, hospitals, and businesses of all kinds."

The words above have been written in 2010 by the Obama Administration. At first glance those worlds sound as if the little guy is being protected. It is clear to this writer that while those truths about slavery are self-evident, the leftist policies of this administration are designed to favor his own.

If you're buying this crap America, shame on you. If you continue to buy it the ship will continue to go down. It's sinking rapidly and in the next three years this administration will continue to torpedo all that has been good in America. It's taking from your pocket and putting it into someone else's pocket. Remember his words to Joe the Plumber? Remember his words to his Internationalist audience in Berlin?

This administration is not about America - it's about worldwide socialism and those who benefit from it. It's certainly not about American patriots and those who believe in free enterprise, which is what made America prosperous.

If you don't think American exceptionalism is worth saving then continue to do nothing and continue to watch prosperity become a hollow word. The house will come down.

CENSUS TO BEGIN - READ AND UNDERTAND THERE IS LITTLE REQUIRED INFO YOU MUST GIVE.

2010-01-31T09:43:00.001-08:00

With the  U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft.  The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country.  Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the  United States  and will gather information about every person living at each address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant data.

The big question is - how do you tell the difference between a  U.S.  Census worker and a con artist?  BBB offers the following advice:

**If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a badge, a handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality notice.  Ask to see their identification and their badge before answering their questions.  However, you should NEVER invite anyone you don't know into your home.

**Census workers are currently only knocking on doors to verify address information.  Do NOT give your Social Security number, credit card or banking information to anyone, even if they claim they need it for the

U.S.

  Census.

REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ASK, YOU REALLY ONLY NEED TO TELL THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS.

While the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, such as a salary range, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.  The Census Bureau will not ask for Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will employees solicit donations.  Any one asking for that information is NOT with the Census Bureau.

AND REMEMBER, THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS DECIDED NOT TO WORK WITH ACORN ON GATHERING THIS INFORMATION.  No Acorn worker should approach you saying he/she is with the Census Bureau.

Eventually, Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in person at home.  However, the Census Bureau will not contact you by E-mail, so be on the lookout for E-mail scams impersonating the Census.

Never click on a link or open any attachments in an E-mail that are supposedly from the U.S. Census Bureau.

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Britain wants to contribute millions of dollars to a fund to buy off Taliban gunmen..."

2010-01-28T07:03:00.000-08:00

I declare that I will go to Southern Afghanistan to fight British troops unless they pay me off.

File: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London.

Britain is ready to contribute millions of dollars to a fund to buy off Taliban gunmen who are fighting British troops in southern Afghanistan.