to pass out stimulus dollars to all our foreign friends and in some cases even our Enemies (hamas) ? We Americans cant even support ourselves during this time of economic crisis !
(March 30) - Actress Angie Harmon dislikes the way President Barack Obama is running the country, calling him more "inexperienced" than Sarah Palin. While some are calling her racist, Harmon says ethnicity has nothing to do with it.
"If I have anything to say against Obama it's not because I'm a racist, it's because I don't like what he's doing as President and anybody should be able to feel that way, but what I find now is that if you say anything against him you're called a racist,"
> Early voting will take place April 30 - May 5 from 7 am to 7 pm; > > May 6 from noon to 6 pm; May 7 - May 8 from am to 7 pm. > > Election Day is May 12 from 7 am to 7 pm. >
> > This is important. Be sure and vote for this in May even if you aren't > 65 yet. You will be there one day and you would want this for yourself > then. Please read and pass on to all your Texas email friends as this > applies to all voters. You must vote in May to keep the Homestead tax > cap for 65 and over, even if you are not 65 yet. If you are a Texas > homeowner then this is important to you. If not, it is important to > your friends who are. I am sending this email to everyone on my email > address list that lives in Texas . I want to be sure you are aware of a > constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot at the May election. > > It is an amendment to correct an error made by the lawmakers when they > voted for a reduction in school property taxes in 2005. When the > lawmakers voted for a one-third reduction in school property taxes > beginning in 2006 and to be completed this year, they forgot about the > homestead exemption for senior citizens and people with disabilities. > The state constitution caps school property taxes for homeowners 65 > years and older and those who are disabled. However, they DID NOT get > the same reduction when the property tax cut for schools was voted on > two years ago. > > So an amendment is on the May ballot to correct this error. The problem > is that most voters who are younger than 65 or not disabled probably > won't even notice the amendment or care. PLEASE get out and vote for > this amendment if not for yourself, then for your parents, grandparents, > aunts, uncles, and friends. We would really appreciate your getting > the word out to all your friends and families to vote for this > amendment. The fear is that with a low voter turnout, the amendment > could very well not pass. So, please, please pass the word and VOTE for > the constitutional amendment. > > Early voting will take place April 30 - May 5 from 7 am to 7 pm; > > May 6 from noon to 6 pm; May 7 - May 8 from7am to 7 pm. > > Election Day is May 12 from 7 am to 7 pm.
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, placed an amendment in the "stimulus" bill that allowed for banks bailed out with taxpayer money - including A.I.G. - to hand out huge bonuses without any government oversight or regulation, as long as those bonuses were issued before February 11.
> >>> Mr. Wood has articulated exactly what a great many people have felt all > >>> along. Unfortunately, "a great many" was not enough at election time. As > >>> the next couple of years go by, many of those who voted for Obama may > >>> come > >>> to see things differently. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> *Chilling* > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> *SOMETHING OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS IS HAPPENING*....By Tim Wood > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I am a student of history. Professionally. I have written 15 books in > >>> six > >>> languages, and have studied it all my life. I think there is something > >>> monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is just a banking > >> crisis, > >>> or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes these exist, but they are > >>> merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming > >>> into > >> a > >>> sharper focus. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I > >>> know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to > >>> it. > >>> Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening > >> within > >>> our country that has been evolving for about ten - fifteen years. The > >>> pace > >>> has dramatically quickened in the past two. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make > >>> massive loans to people we know they can never pay back. Why? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> We learn just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no > >> real > >>> oversight by anyone, has 'loaned' two trillion dollars (that is > >>> $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to > >>> whom > >>> or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine. And > >>> that > >> is > >>> three times the 700B we all argued about so strenuously just this past > >>> September. Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms > >>> unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it? I thought this > >>> was > >> a > >>> government of 'we the people,' who loaned our powers to our elected > >> leaders.. > >>> Apparently not. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our > >>> economy. Why? We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our > >>> history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are > >> exceptional, > >>> and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, > >>> think > >>> critically, read, or articulate.. Parents are not revolting, teachers are > >> not > >>> picketing, and school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> We have now established the precedent of protesting every close > >>> election, > >>> now violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial > >> that > >>> it wants marriage to remain between one man and one woman. Did you ever > >>> think such a thing possible just a decade ago? We have corrupted our > >> sacred > >>> political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that > >> radically > >>> change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN > >>> and > >>> others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what > >>> purpose? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free > >>> fall, > >>> major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of > >>> collapse, social security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our > >> entire > >>> government, our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college > >>> and > >>> know precisely what I am talking about) the list is staggering in its > >>> length, breadth, and depth. It is potentially 1929 x ten. And we are at > >> war > >>> with an enemy we cannot name for fear of offending people of the same > >>> religion, who cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they > >> have > >>> the opportunity to do so. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> And now we have elected a man no one knows anything about, who has never > >> run > >>> so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla, Alaska. > >>> All > >> of > >>> his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen > >> fields > >>> of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is > >>> unsettling if not downright scary. Surely you have heard him speak about > >> his > >>> idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than > >> our > >>> military for use inside our borders. No? Oh, of course. The media would > >>> never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. > >>> Sarah > >>> Palin's pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe is more important. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Mr. Obama's winning platform can be boiled down to one word: change. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Why? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am > >> now! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, > >>> ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide > >>> us > >>> along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the > >> pieces > >>> into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And > >> when > >>> it comes, you will never see the same nation again. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> And that is only the beginning. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> And I thought I would never be able to experience what the ordinary, > >>> moral > >>> German felt in the mid-1930s. In those times, the savior was a former > >>> smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average > >> German > >>> knew next to nothing. What they did know was that he was associated with > >>> groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they > >>> disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great > >>> oratory > >>> and promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he > >> was > >>> a great speaker. And he smiled and waved a lot. And people, even > >> newspapers, > >>> were afraid to speak out for fear that his 'brown shirts' would bully > >>> them > >>> into submission. And then, he was duly elected to office, a > >>> full-throttled > >>> economic crisis at hand [the Great Depression]. Slowly but surely he > >> seized > >>> the controls of government power, department-by-department, > >>> person-by-person, bureaucracy-by-bureaucracy. The kids joined a Youth > >>> Movement in his name, where they were taught what to think. How did he > >>> get > >>> the people on his side? He did it promising jobs to the jobless, money > >>> to > >>> the moneyless, and goodies for the military-industrial complex. He did > >>> it > >> by > >>> indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for > >>> all, > >>> better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again > >>> in > >>> the country, across Europe, and across the world. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> He did it with a compliant media. Did you know that? And he did this all > >> in > >>> the name of justice and . . .. change. And the people surely got what > >>> they > >>> voted for. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> (Look it up if you think I am exaggerating.) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Read your history books. Many people objected in 1933 and were shouted > >> down, > >>> called names, laughed at, and made fun of. When Winston Churchill > >>> pointed > >>> out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in > >>> England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and > >>> called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Don't forget that Germany was the most educated, cultured country in > >> Europe > >>> .. It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and > >>> universities. And in less than six years 'a shorter time span than just > >> two > >>> terms of the U.. S. presidency' it was rounding up its own citizens, > >> killing > >>> others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and > >> neighbors > >>> against neighbors. All with the best of intentions, of course. The road > >>> to > >>> Hell is paved with them. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I > >> have > >>> a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of evidence > >>> tell > >> me > >>> (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history > >>> is > >>> shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope I > >>> am > >>> wrong by closing my eyes, having another latte, and ignoring what is > >>> transpiring around me. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Some people scoff at me, others laugh, or think I am foolish, naive, or > >>> both. Perhaps I am.. But I have never been afraid to look people in the > >>> eye > >>> and tell them exactly what I believe, and why I believe it. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. >
> The London Times reports... > What do you bet that when our troops all get sent home that our new > President is going to take all the credit???? Ready for a shock? > Below is an article from the London Times about our military. > Interesting, it is! > Our media coverage is shameful! > > Winning Isn't News!! > > By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY > > ( Iraq : What would happen if the U.S. won a war but the media > didn't tell the American public? Apparently, > we have to rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've > defeated the last remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq . > London's Sunday Times called it ' the culmination of one of the most > spectacular victor ies of the war on terror.' A terrorist force that > once numbered more than 12,000, with strongholds in the west and > central regions of Iraq, has in over two years been reduced to a mere > 1,200 fighters, backed ag ainst the wall in the nor the rn city of > Mosul .The destruction of al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) is one of the most > unlikely and unforeseen events in the long history of American > warfare. > We can thank President Bush's surge Strategy, in which he bucked both > Republican and Democratic leaders in Washington by increasing our > forcesC2 the re instead of surrendering. We can also thank > the leadership of the new general he place d in charge the re, David > Petraeus, who may be the foremost expert in the world on > counter-insurgency warfare. And we can thank those serving in our > military in Iraq who engaged local Iraqi tribal leaders and > convinced the m America was the ir friend and AQI the ir enemy. > > Al-Qaida's loss of the hearts and minds of ordinary Iraqis began in > Anbar Province, which had been written off as a basket case, and spread > out from the re. Now, in Operation Lion's Roar the Iraqi army and > the U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment is destroying the fraction > of terrorists who are left. More than 1,000AQI operatives have already > been apprehended. Sunday Times (London) reporter Marie Colvin, > traveling with Iraqi forces in Mosul, found little AQI presence even in > bullet-ridden residential areas that were once insurgency strongholds, > and reported that the terrorists have lost control of its Mosul urban > base, with what is left of the organization having fled south into > the countryside. > > Meanwhile, the State Department reports that Iraqi Prime Minister > Nouri al-Maliki's government has achieved 'satisfactory' progress on 15 > of the 18 political benchmarks 'a big=2 0change for the bette > r from a > year ago.' Things are going so well that Maliki has even for the first > time floated the idea of a timetable for withdrawal of American > forces. He did so while visiting the United Arab Emirates , which > over the weekend announced that it was forgiving almost $7 billion of > debt owed byBaghdad, an impressive vote of confidence from a fellow > Arab state in the future of a free Iraq . > > But where are the headlines and the front-page stories about all this > good news? As the MediaResearch Center pointed out last week, ' > the CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and CNN'sAnderson Cooper 360 > were silent Tuesday night about the benchmarks 'that signaled > political progress.' The war in Iraq has been turned around 180 > degrees both militarily and politically because President Bush stuck to > his guns. Yet apart from IBD, Fox News Channel and parts of > the foreign press, the media don't seem to consider this historic > event a big story. > > Copyright 2008 Investor's Business Daily. All Rights Reserved. > > Addendum: The reason you haven't seen this on American television or > read about it in the American press is simple--journalism is 'dead' in > this country. They are controlled by Liberal Democrats who would ra the > r see our troops defeated than recognize a successful Republ > ican > initiated response to 9/11. Media probably were holding 'til after > coronation of BHO in order to give him credit. God bless our troops, > God bless President Bush and God bless the U.S.A.
The latest one contends that many top officials in Obama's administration are involved in a clandestine global cabal bent on creating a one-world government that supersedes the United States.
For decades, conspiracy theorists have viewed the Bilderberg group, an international organization made up of political, financial, academic and military heavyweights that comes together annually to discuss world affairs, as similar to the Trilateral Commission or the Council on Foreign Relations -- two groups comprised of influential movers and shakers who, some say, control world events from behind the scenes.
And now, some in the Obama administration who have taken part in Bilderberg conferences in the past are gaining attention for their alleged involvement in a secret bid for worldwide domination.
All The Media is A buzz over AIG's loser Practices of Rewarding the Losers at the toop with Bonus Money ! Sorry BUT if You Run Your company into the RED then I dont believe Bonuses are due ! NO If your company loses money then it should come out of your pay for those loss ! NOT be rewarding those who are responsible for these losses ! Pardon Me but werent the bonuses to be paid for successfully bringing the company into the profitable side of life ! Yes that would be something bones money could be paid . What a Concept .. Lets Hire Smart People to Conduct our bisiness and reward such success with "Bonus" money hey .. that might work !
(March 14) - Suspicious images that emerged last month showing what some believed to be a legendary giant snake in Borneo have been proven to be fakes.
The Daily Mail reported that the image below had sparked local villagers' fears that the mythical Nabau, a 100-foot-long serpent, had returned. But online investigators tracked down the real photo, identical to the image that created a frenzy but without the serpent figure.
Spending like a Crazy Man , Living the "High" life of someone with money ! This morning , as You are waking up, The members of the Democrate government are already at work discussing politics as usual .. NO they arent . Instead this one group is talking about the latest of overnight speeches and talk shows that said something "Bad" about anyone of the Obama Osama gang and discussing what they are going to do to retaliate ! The "Hit" squad is vigorously digging up anything they can find as "Dirt" that could be used to attack Back at anyone who says anything "Bad" about the Dem Party ! Jack Booted Nazi Thugs are wearing Demoncrate stickers on thier shirts that read "I support" Obama Bin Laden ! and will "Kill" you if You disagree ! It appears that the Total world domination will Not come in the Name of Free Enterprize but rather from these Demoncrates which declare "Get in line or Die" ... Get in line with what ? 1 That Global warming is for real and you better do what we say is "Green" or else ! .. Hello Orsen Wells .. How are You Today ? "Wack" upside the head !
You Dumbass ! clinton and greenspan changed the laws which enabled the bubble .. Paul Vokker told greenspan and Clinton this bubble burst would ceome of it ! dumbass Sooner .. Check your facts before Spewing your vial and hatefilled Speeck (free speech at that) !
1947 Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, a little over 60 years ago, witnesses claim that an unidentified flying object (UFO) with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell , New Mexico . This is a well known incident that many say has long been covered up by the U.S. Air Force and other federal agencies and organizations.
I’ll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven’t called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn’t inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am.. Given the economy, there’s no retirement in sight, and I’m tired. Very tired.
I’m tired of being told that I have to “spread the wealth around” to people who don’t have my work ethic. I’m tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy or stupid to earn it.
I’m tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to “keep people in their homes.” Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I’m willing to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the leftwing Congresscritters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them—with their own money. I’m tired of being told how bad Americais by leftwing millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and Hollywoodentertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities Americaoffers. In thirty years, if they get their way, the United Stateswill have the religious freedom and women’s rights of Saudi Arabia , the economy of Zimbabwe , the freedom of the press of China , the crime and violence of Mexico , the tolerance for Gay people of Iran , and the freedom of speech of Venezuela . Won’t multiculturalism be beautiful?
I’m tired of being told that Islam is a “Religion of Peace,” when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family “honor;” of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren’t “believers;” of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for “adultery;” of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur’an and Shari’a law tells them to.
I believe “a man should be judged by the content of his character, not by the color of his skin.” I’m tired of being told that “race doesn’t matter” in the post-racial world of President Obama, when it’s all that matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment of US Senators from Illinois. I think it’s very cool that we have a black president and that a black child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincolnwrote the emancipation proclamation. I just wish the black president was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and less in an all-knowing government.
I’m tired of a news media that thinks Bush’s fundraising and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think Obama’s, at triple the cost, were wonderful. That thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to control weight and stress, that picked over every line of Bush’s military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his, that slammed Palin with two years as governor for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three years as senator as potentially the best president ever.
Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox News? Get a clue. I didn’t vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004.
I’m tired of being told that out of “tolerance for other cultures” we must let Saudi Arabiause our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in America , while no American group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabiato teach love and tolerance.
I’m tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore’s, and if you’re greener than Gore, you’re green enough. I’m tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses while they tried to fight it off? I don’t think Gay people choose to be Gay, but I damn sure think druggies chose to take drugs. And I’m tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never tried marijuana.
I’m tired of illegal aliens being called “undocumented workers,” especially the ones who aren’t working, but are living on welfare or crime.. What’s next? Calling drug dealers, “Undocumented Pharmacists”? And, no, I’m not against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic and it’s been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my religion. I’m willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic person who can speak English, doesn’t have a criminal record and who is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our military. Those are the citizens we need..
I’m tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better people then themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty years—and still are? Not even close.. So here’s the deal. I’ll let myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims who tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we’ll compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.
I’m tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on corruption. Read the papers—bums are bi-partisan. And I’m tired of people telling me we need bi-partisanship. I live in Illinois , where the “Illinois Combine” of Democrats and Republicans has worked together harmoniously to loot the public for years. And I notice that the tax cheats in Obama’s cabinet are bi-partisan as well.
I’m tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I’m tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.
Speaking of poor, I’m tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn’t have that in 1970, but we didn’t know we were “poor.” The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.
I’m real tired of people who don’t take responsibility for their lives and actions. I’m tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever for their problems.
Yes, I’m damn tired. But I’m also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I’m not going to get to see the world these people are making. I’m just sorry for my granddaughter.
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusettsstate senate. He blogs atwww.tartanmarine.blogspot.com
NBC anchor says request for positive stories has hit ‘incredible nerve’
Evan Agostini / AP
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams asked viewers to send in their suggestions for good news to lift the recent dreary newscasts, and the response has been overwhelming.
Julianne Hough plays ‘Love Game’ Julianne Hough was reluctant to return to the eighth season of "Dancing With the Stars" until producers cast her boyfriend Chuck Wicks as her dancing partner.
NEW YORK - Between the drumbeat of bad economic stories, two wars and a winter that won't quit, NBC's Brian Williams knows he's been anchoring a depressing "Nightly News" for a depressed audience.
These ass wipes that are responsible for our present economic ILLs .. Some heads would be rolling and on a stick ! Bush did have an arm that reached out and caught these stupid crooks just ask Enron ! If you can find any of them !
Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House. One is from Chicago , another is from Tennessee , and the third is from Minnesota ..
