How can this be? We are arguably in one of the coldest winters nationally in half a century. Englamd is experiencing their coldest winter in 100 years! Record snow falls have been experienced throughout the world. And yet, in his infinite wisdom, President Obama insists that he believes that global warming exists because of "the overwhelming preponderence of the evidence". Maybe he just refuses to acknowledge that the evidence was tampered with and manipulated. Stubborn, stubborn!
But during the past few months of winter storm after winter storm, we haven't heard much from Al Gore. Could it be Ol' Al is holed up in his cozy little mansion, sitting by a nice crackling fire in his thick cardigan sweater and comfortable tweed jacket, sipping a glass of cognac to keep warm? You think he might be a tad bit embarassed that he tried to "snow" us all with bad data for personal gain? Don't count on it. He'll be back - just as soon as he can dig his way out of the hole he's in.
Stay Focused America! There's More Work Ahead!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Will You Contact Your Congressmen And Congresswomen?
The time is ripe for some real change. Never before in my lifetime have so many people been politically engaged and felt compelled to affect change in Washington. So I am asking you all to contact your Senators and Representatives currently in office and require them to pass legislation reform that will prevent ear marks (by ANY name) in the future. In my view, and I hope yours, all legislation should pass or fail on it's own merits, not because someone is "buying" someone else's vote or because someone is getting a favor for their state or district. I am also asking that you research how new candidates in your district feel about this issue, and ask them for a specific response on their position so we know how they will vote on this issue when it gets to the floor.
Make no mistake, elected officials in Washington have heard us loud and clear, and they are very worried about the future of their careers. And well they should be. Many are retiring becuase the heat has gotten to hot! If enough of us contact our Congressmen, they will have no option but to propose this bill on the floor for a vote. And when they do, we will know exactly who is part of the 'spending problem" in Washington. We'll know exactly who is unable to commit to a balanced budget, and who is and is not serious about reducing our debt and our deficit.
Who Supports Real Budget Reform?
February 5, 2010
It's time to get serious about reducing federal spending and we believe Republicans need to lead by example.
That is why Senator Jim DeMint, chairman of the Senate Conservatives Fund, sponsored a spending reduction package this week that includes two common-sense budget reforms:
1.Ban congressional earmarks for at least one year so lawmakers can begin to break their addiction to pork-barrel spending.
2.Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forcing Congress to balance the federal budget each year.
You would think that these two common-sense solutions would be supported by all Republicans. Unfortunately, many Republicans are still addicted to earmarks and will do whatever it takes to keep the congressional favor factory open for business. And believe it or not, there are still some who won't support a Balanced Budget Amendment.
That is why the Senate Conservatives Fund is keeping a list of the Senators who agree to cosponsor both of these important measures. We're not going to reduce spending until we force Congress to end its earmark addiction and we're not going to balance the budget without a mechanism that forces lawmakers to make tough choices.
Please contact your Senators and urge them to cosponsor S.J.Res. 27, the Balanced Budget Amendment, and S.2990, the earmark moratorium.
We're also keeping track of Senate candidates who support these reforms, which will be a factor in future candidate endorsements.
These bills are a start, but they don't go far enough. Our country is in grave jeopardy, and the peril is worsening with each dollar our government spends. We don't have the money! There's lot's of work ahead of us America. Stay on course!!
Make no mistake, elected officials in Washington have heard us loud and clear, and they are very worried about the future of their careers. And well they should be. Many are retiring becuase the heat has gotten to hot! If enough of us contact our Congressmen, they will have no option but to propose this bill on the floor for a vote. And when they do, we will know exactly who is part of the 'spending problem" in Washington. We'll know exactly who is unable to commit to a balanced budget, and who is and is not serious about reducing our debt and our deficit.
Who Supports Real Budget Reform?
February 5, 2010
It's time to get serious about reducing federal spending and we believe Republicans need to lead by example.
That is why Senator Jim DeMint, chairman of the Senate Conservatives Fund, sponsored a spending reduction package this week that includes two common-sense budget reforms:
1.Ban congressional earmarks for at least one year so lawmakers can begin to break their addiction to pork-barrel spending.
2.Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forcing Congress to balance the federal budget each year.
You would think that these two common-sense solutions would be supported by all Republicans. Unfortunately, many Republicans are still addicted to earmarks and will do whatever it takes to keep the congressional favor factory open for business. And believe it or not, there are still some who won't support a Balanced Budget Amendment.
That is why the Senate Conservatives Fund is keeping a list of the Senators who agree to cosponsor both of these important measures. We're not going to reduce spending until we force Congress to end its earmark addiction and we're not going to balance the budget without a mechanism that forces lawmakers to make tough choices.
Please contact your Senators and urge them to cosponsor S.J.Res. 27, the Balanced Budget Amendment, and S.2990, the earmark moratorium.
We're also keeping track of Senate candidates who support these reforms, which will be a factor in future candidate endorsements.
These bills are a start, but they don't go far enough. Our country is in grave jeopardy, and the peril is worsening with each dollar our government spends. We don't have the money! There's lot's of work ahead of us America. Stay on course!!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Democrats Illuminated
Well, once again it's happened. - the Democrats have passed a bill not becuase it's best for America, but because they have the mojorities in the House and Senate. The Democrats have just passed a vote to raise the debt limit - this time adding 2 TRILLION more dollars to the cap. ARE THESE PEOPLE INSANE?
Every Republican voted against the bill, along with a handful of Democrats who can see the writing on the wall. The Democrats (in general) continue to call the Republican Party the "party of no!", they keep saying that "Americans want to see some agreement". But in my view, there is nothing wrong with saying "no" when the bills are WRONG! I don't want to see agreement for the sake of agreement! Period.
I encourage, and in fact I expect, the conservative members of Congress to vote against the insanity that has gripped Washington for the past 20+ years, but has become terminal since Obama took office.
So, now that the Democrats have illuminated their bias, does it signal their demise in the future? You'll decide!
Come On America - Call Your Senators and Representatives. Keep the momentum going in our favor - not that of the progressives.
Every Republican voted against the bill, along with a handful of Democrats who can see the writing on the wall. The Democrats (in general) continue to call the Republican Party the "party of no!", they keep saying that "Americans want to see some agreement". But in my view, there is nothing wrong with saying "no" when the bills are WRONG! I don't want to see agreement for the sake of agreement! Period.
I encourage, and in fact I expect, the conservative members of Congress to vote against the insanity that has gripped Washington for the past 20+ years, but has become terminal since Obama took office.
So, now that the Democrats have illuminated their bias, does it signal their demise in the future? You'll decide!
Come On America - Call Your Senators and Representatives. Keep the momentum going in our favor - not that of the progressives.
Act Of Disgrace!
You may recall pictures of Obama that surfaced during his Presidential Campaign depicting him listening to the Pledge of Allegiance but without his hand over his heart. You may recall his decision not to wear the American Flag pin on his lapel. Well, here's the latest act of disgrace by the man who claims the position of President. Amazing, that this was not on TV!
This picture is taken at Fort Hood, TX on November 11th 2009 at a ceremony to honor the thirteen dead Soldiers slain by Nidal Hassan. Obama refused to salute, place his hand over his heart, or even stand at attention as the Honor Guard passes at the Memorial Service for those killed by a fellow terrorist (ahem)...
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this is something new that Obama's introduced to America. You know, more of that change he's always touting... the crotch salute! Nah, can't be....
If this guy hasn't offended you yet, you must be comatose! He's such a moron!
There's Work To Do America! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote!....
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this is something new that Obama's introduced to America. You know, more of that change he's always touting... the crotch salute! Nah, can't be....
If this guy hasn't offended you yet, you must be comatose! He's such a moron!
There's Work To Do America! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote!....
Freedom... A Powerful, Living, Emotional Concept, And One Worth Dying Over
Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?
Did you know his trial is over?
Did you know he was sentenced?
Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV/Radio?
Didn't think so.
Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.
Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say.
His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his "allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah," defiantly stated "I think I ought not apologize for my actions," and told the court "I am at war with your country."
Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below, a stinging condemnation of Reid in particular and terrorists in general:
January 30, 2003, United States vs. Reid: Judge Young: Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you. On counts 1, 5, and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison, in the custody of the United States Attorney General.
On counts 2, 3, 4, and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutive with the other. That's 80 years. On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines. The Court imposes upon you the $800 special assessment.
The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further. This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence. Let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist coconspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is all too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, where we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether it is the officers of government who do it or your attorney who does it, or that happens to be your view, you are a terrorist ... And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice. So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and where the TV crews were and he said you're no big deal.
You're no big deal.
What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very winds carry >>> freedom. They carry it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.
We are about it. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bare any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. Day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure. Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. You know it always will.
Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
So, how much of this Judges comments did you hear on our TV sets? We need more judges like Judge Young, but that's another subject. Pass this around. Everyone should and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that strike home.
What's Your Freedom Worth To You? Time To Get To Work America!
Did you know his trial is over?
Did you know he was sentenced?
Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV/Radio?
Didn't think so.
Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.
Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say.
His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his "allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah," defiantly stated "I think I ought not apologize for my actions," and told the court "I am at war with your country."
Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below, a stinging condemnation of Reid in particular and terrorists in general:
January 30, 2003, United States vs. Reid: Judge Young: Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you. On counts 1, 5, and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison, in the custody of the United States Attorney General.
On counts 2, 3, 4, and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutive with the other. That's 80 years. On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines. The Court imposes upon you the $800 special assessment.
The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further. This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence. Let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist coconspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is all too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, where we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether it is the officers of government who do it or your attorney who does it, or that happens to be your view, you are a terrorist ... And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice. So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and where the TV crews were and he said you're no big deal.
You're no big deal.
What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very winds carry >>> freedom. They carry it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.
We are about it. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bare any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. Day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure. Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. You know it always will.
Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
So, how much of this Judges comments did you hear on our TV sets? We need more judges like Judge Young, but that's another subject. Pass this around. Everyone should and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that strike home.
What's Your Freedom Worth To You? Time To Get To Work America!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The Wizard Of DC
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain", or in this case the podium. At least that's what he wants us to do, as he continually makes fundamental change to America and her resposnibilities and former policies in the dark of the night, behind closed doors. Only through vigilant investigation do we find out about these things. Here's the latest moronic decision made by The Wizard of DC.
Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers
Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 06:41 PM Article Font Size
By: Bradley A. Blakeman
Without the ingenuity of America’s brightest minds and the investment of U.S. taxpayer dollars, there would be no Internet, as we now know it today.
Now, the Obama administration has moved quietly to cede control of the Web from the United States to foreign powers.
Some background: The Internet came into being because of the genius work of Americans Dr.Robert E. Kahn and Dr. Vinton G. Cerf. These men, while working for the Department of Defense in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in the early 1970s, conceived, designed, and implemented the idea of "open-architecture networking."
This breakthrough in connectivity and networking was the birth of the Internet.
These two gentlemen had the vision and the brainpower to create a worldwide computer Internet communications network that forever changed the world and how we communicate in it.
They discovered that providing a person with a unique identifier (TCP/IP)that was able to be recognized and interact through a network of servers would allow users to communicate with others.
The servers woulduse a series of giant receivers to recognize the identifier and connect networks to networks, passing on information from computer to computer in a seamless real-time exchange of information. This new process of communication became know as the "information super highway," aka, the Internet.
Now for the bad news: In an effort to show the world how inclusive, sharing, cooperative, and international America can be, the Obama administration set off on a plan to surrender control and key management of the Internet by the U.S. Department of Commerce and its agents.
The key to the control America has over the Internet is through the management of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the giant servers that service the Internet.
Domain names are managed through an entity named IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. The IANA, which operates on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is responsible for the global coordination of the DNS, IP addressing, and other Internet protocol resources.
In short, without an IP Address or other essential Internet protocols, a person or entity would not have access to the Internet.
For years, the international community has been pressuring the United States to surrender its control and management of the Internet. They want an international body such as the United Nations or even the International Telecommunications Union, (an entity that coordinates international telephone communications), to manage all aspects of the Internet in behalf of all nations.
The argument advanced for those seeking international control of the Internet is that the Internet has become such a powerful, pervasive, and a dependent form of international communications, that it would be dangerous and inequitable for any one nation to control and manage it.
Just this past spring, within months of Obama's taking office, his administration, through the Department of Commerce, agreed to relinquish some control over IANA and their governance. The Obama administration has agreed to give greater representation to foreign companies and countries on IANA.
This amounts to one small step for internationalism and one giant leap for surrendering America's control over an invention we have every right and responsibility to control and manage.
It is in America's economic and national security interests not to relinquish any control. We are responsible for the control, operation, and functionality of one of the modern world's greatest inventions and most powerful communications network.
What better country to protect the Internet than the United States?
We invented it, and we paid for the research and implementation that made it possible. We are the freest, most tolerant nation on earth, we believe in the fundamental right of free speech, and we practice a free market of commerce and ideas.
America has always been against censorship and has shared its invention with the world without fee or unreasonable or arbitrary restriction. The user fee to operate on the Internet is not one paid to the U.S. government; a consumer pays it to private Internet companies, who provide access to the Internet through servers for their subscribers.
Look no further than China's recent move against Google to censor the Internet, and you can envision what can happen when other nations less free than the United States seek to control the Internet beyond even their own borders.
America needs to wake up. If we lose control over the management of the Internet, we have given away one of our nation's greatest assets with nothing in return to show for it.
The Obama administration's actions will set in motion a slow and complete takeover of the Internet by the United Nations or some other equally U.S.-hostile and unfriendly international body. And once it is gone, it will be gone forever.
The surrender of the Internet will spell disaster for our nation, financially, as well as for safety, security and our standing as a great power that values freedom and the free exchange of ideas and information.
As far as I am concerned, America is still the last best hope for a more peaceful and prosperous world and our president should not be looking for ways to weaken us. Rather, his job is to work to strengthen us and protect our nation's greatest asset our people's creativity and ingenuity.
Bradley A. Blakeman, who was a deputy assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001-2004, teaches public policy and politics and international affairs at Georgetown University.
Time To Get To Work America! Curb This Imbicile's Power - Vote Out EVERY Progressive You Can Identify!
Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers
Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 06:41 PM Article Font Size
By: Bradley A. Blakeman
Without the ingenuity of America’s brightest minds and the investment of U.S. taxpayer dollars, there would be no Internet, as we now know it today.
Now, the Obama administration has moved quietly to cede control of the Web from the United States to foreign powers.
Some background: The Internet came into being because of the genius work of Americans Dr.Robert E. Kahn and Dr. Vinton G. Cerf. These men, while working for the Department of Defense in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in the early 1970s, conceived, designed, and implemented the idea of "open-architecture networking."
This breakthrough in connectivity and networking was the birth of the Internet.
These two gentlemen had the vision and the brainpower to create a worldwide computer Internet communications network that forever changed the world and how we communicate in it.
They discovered that providing a person with a unique identifier (TCP/IP)that was able to be recognized and interact through a network of servers would allow users to communicate with others.
The servers woulduse a series of giant receivers to recognize the identifier and connect networks to networks, passing on information from computer to computer in a seamless real-time exchange of information. This new process of communication became know as the "information super highway," aka, the Internet.
Now for the bad news: In an effort to show the world how inclusive, sharing, cooperative, and international America can be, the Obama administration set off on a plan to surrender control and key management of the Internet by the U.S. Department of Commerce and its agents.
The key to the control America has over the Internet is through the management of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the giant servers that service the Internet.
Domain names are managed through an entity named IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. The IANA, which operates on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is responsible for the global coordination of the DNS, IP addressing, and other Internet protocol resources.
In short, without an IP Address or other essential Internet protocols, a person or entity would not have access to the Internet.
For years, the international community has been pressuring the United States to surrender its control and management of the Internet. They want an international body such as the United Nations or even the International Telecommunications Union, (an entity that coordinates international telephone communications), to manage all aspects of the Internet in behalf of all nations.
The argument advanced for those seeking international control of the Internet is that the Internet has become such a powerful, pervasive, and a dependent form of international communications, that it would be dangerous and inequitable for any one nation to control and manage it.
Just this past spring, within months of Obama's taking office, his administration, through the Department of Commerce, agreed to relinquish some control over IANA and their governance. The Obama administration has agreed to give greater representation to foreign companies and countries on IANA.
This amounts to one small step for internationalism and one giant leap for surrendering America's control over an invention we have every right and responsibility to control and manage.
It is in America's economic and national security interests not to relinquish any control. We are responsible for the control, operation, and functionality of one of the modern world's greatest inventions and most powerful communications network.
What better country to protect the Internet than the United States?
We invented it, and we paid for the research and implementation that made it possible. We are the freest, most tolerant nation on earth, we believe in the fundamental right of free speech, and we practice a free market of commerce and ideas.
America has always been against censorship and has shared its invention with the world without fee or unreasonable or arbitrary restriction. The user fee to operate on the Internet is not one paid to the U.S. government; a consumer pays it to private Internet companies, who provide access to the Internet through servers for their subscribers.
Look no further than China's recent move against Google to censor the Internet, and you can envision what can happen when other nations less free than the United States seek to control the Internet beyond even their own borders.
America needs to wake up. If we lose control over the management of the Internet, we have given away one of our nation's greatest assets with nothing in return to show for it.
The Obama administration's actions will set in motion a slow and complete takeover of the Internet by the United Nations or some other equally U.S.-hostile and unfriendly international body. And once it is gone, it will be gone forever.
The surrender of the Internet will spell disaster for our nation, financially, as well as for safety, security and our standing as a great power that values freedom and the free exchange of ideas and information.
As far as I am concerned, America is still the last best hope for a more peaceful and prosperous world and our president should not be looking for ways to weaken us. Rather, his job is to work to strengthen us and protect our nation's greatest asset our people's creativity and ingenuity.
Bradley A. Blakeman, who was a deputy assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001-2004, teaches public policy and politics and international affairs at Georgetown University.
Time To Get To Work America! Curb This Imbicile's Power - Vote Out EVERY Progressive You Can Identify!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Economics For Dummies (Congress, Are You Paying Attention?)
Ok, so you're in good shape. You take home $50,000.00 a year - awesome! Uh oh, you just did your 2010 budget. With all your utility and household bills, your discretionary spending for entertainment, clothing, household projects, and charity contributions, and your grocery bill you realize you need $55,000.00 for the year. Crap, you're on a fixed salary. Now what? Well, you have 3 options.
1. Get a second job.
2. Reduce your expenses
3. Borrow the extra $5000.00
Well, #1 is off the table. You can't get a second job, because your commitments won't allow it. And #2 can't be considered because you like the amount and types of food you eat, the entertainment choices you make, and the clothes you buy! And you certainly can't get a less expensive car! Well, that's ok, let's borrow the money! Awesome!
Uh oh, that's gonna add another bill to your monthly expenses. Oh well, let's not worry about that right now. We'll figure it out as we go. Maybe we'll need to borrow more money to help pay our additional bills down the line, we'll see. Yeah, that's a plan! Ok, I feel better now.
Does this sound like good fiscal management? Then why are we allowing our government to do it?
Time To Get Up America! We Have Work To Do!!!
1. Get a second job.
2. Reduce your expenses
3. Borrow the extra $5000.00
Well, #1 is off the table. You can't get a second job, because your commitments won't allow it. And #2 can't be considered because you like the amount and types of food you eat, the entertainment choices you make, and the clothes you buy! And you certainly can't get a less expensive car! Well, that's ok, let's borrow the money! Awesome!
Uh oh, that's gonna add another bill to your monthly expenses. Oh well, let's not worry about that right now. We'll figure it out as we go. Maybe we'll need to borrow more money to help pay our additional bills down the line, we'll see. Yeah, that's a plan! Ok, I feel better now.
Does this sound like good fiscal management? Then why are we allowing our government to do it?
Time To Get Up America! We Have Work To Do!!!
Monday, February 1, 2010
President Barack Obtuse
He just doesn't get it. Is he defiant, or just oblivious? He has just sent Congress the 2011 Budget. As you may recall, he ran up record deficits last year - to the tune of $1.41 TRILLION!! Well, he's at it again. The deficit for 2010 will surpass that - coming in at $1.56 TRILLION, and who knows what it will end up being in 2011. The budget he submitted for 2011 is nearly $4 Trillion, so it stands to reason that the deficit will continue to skyrocket.
This guy has no idea how to be fiscally responsible. He has no idea how to balance a budget. He is a community organizer, and what he knows is how to raise and spend other people's money. He's good at it. He has no regard for the consequences. He's like a kid who won the lottery and just spends and spends.
And no matter how many times he says in a speech "I'm going to freeze spending" or "I'm going to go through the budget line by line" or "I'm going to cut programs that are unnecessary", he doesn't have the discipline to do it properly (if at all). Enough is enough Barack Obtuse! Stop the spending!
And here's a thought for today...
When Ronald Reagan was President, we still had Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now that Obama is President, we have no Hope and no Cash.
Come On America, There's Work To Do!
This guy has no idea how to be fiscally responsible. He has no idea how to balance a budget. He is a community organizer, and what he knows is how to raise and spend other people's money. He's good at it. He has no regard for the consequences. He's like a kid who won the lottery and just spends and spends.
And no matter how many times he says in a speech "I'm going to freeze spending" or "I'm going to go through the budget line by line" or "I'm going to cut programs that are unnecessary", he doesn't have the discipline to do it properly (if at all). Enough is enough Barack Obtuse! Stop the spending!
And here's a thought for today...
When Ronald Reagan was President, we still had Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now that Obama is President, we have no Hope and no Cash.
Come On America, There's Work To Do!
Friday, January 29, 2010
The Change America Wanted
How arrogant of the Obama Administration to think that what America was thinking and what Obama was selling with his "Change" rhetoric was the same thing. We can't have that level of miscommunication between Washington and the American People. And to think that his arrogance continues just proves that miscommunication between his administration and the American People is alive and well. So here's what we REALLY want Obama.
We want change - yes! But the change we want has nothing to do with dragging us towards a socialistic oligarchy. We want a change in Washington! We want our elected officials to govern with honor and integrity in a way that clearly demonstrates that the interest of the country is the first priority - not their own, nor that of any lobby group with deep pockets! We want to see our elected officials eliminate the corruption and congressional perks that have become standard fare in Washington. We want to see 2000 page, lawyer-speak bills that can't be understood by anyone (including the politicians in Washington) eliminated from congressional business! We want to hear our politicians take a sincere stand on an issue so we know exactly where they stand and why. We want our politicians to speak loudly of why we are the greatest nation on earth, and to inspire us to be even better - all the while increasing our feelings of patriotism. We want the change that will allow us to remember where we came from, why we fought and died for two centuries, and how we will continue to successfully be the beacon of liberty that all peoples around the world need and want.
So yes, Obama, many Americans voted for change. But the change you've provided (and continue to want to provide) is NOT what they voted for. Your rhetoric is stale, your agenda and policies are stolen from past administrations, and your presidency is a wisp of what it should be.
Wake Up Mr. President; You Have A Lot Of Work To Do To Set Things Right!
We want change - yes! But the change we want has nothing to do with dragging us towards a socialistic oligarchy. We want a change in Washington! We want our elected officials to govern with honor and integrity in a way that clearly demonstrates that the interest of the country is the first priority - not their own, nor that of any lobby group with deep pockets! We want to see our elected officials eliminate the corruption and congressional perks that have become standard fare in Washington. We want to see 2000 page, lawyer-speak bills that can't be understood by anyone (including the politicians in Washington) eliminated from congressional business! We want to hear our politicians take a sincere stand on an issue so we know exactly where they stand and why. We want our politicians to speak loudly of why we are the greatest nation on earth, and to inspire us to be even better - all the while increasing our feelings of patriotism. We want the change that will allow us to remember where we came from, why we fought and died for two centuries, and how we will continue to successfully be the beacon of liberty that all peoples around the world need and want.
So yes, Obama, many Americans voted for change. But the change you've provided (and continue to want to provide) is NOT what they voted for. Your rhetoric is stale, your agenda and policies are stolen from past administrations, and your presidency is a wisp of what it should be.
Wake Up Mr. President; You Have A Lot Of Work To Do To Set Things Right!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
What's The National Debt?
Even our politicians don't know. This morning John McCain claimed it was $40,000 per citizen. Last night in his Response to the State of the Union speech Gov. Robert McDonnell said it was $100,000 per person, and the debt clock has it at $347,000 per person. So do our politicians even know? Are they all using different parameters to make their determinations? And if so, what are we to believe? What is the real truth? I for one am using the debt clock - it's been around a long while! Given that, the outlook for Americans is not good in terms of how much debt is attributed to each of us. It's time not for a "spending freeze" - it's time to cut programs and let Americans get back on their feet on their own! It's time to reduce the government and get them completely out of our lives! Free small businesses to build a job base, take people off dependent government programs, and let the country soar once again! The politics and programs of the past 50 years are not working! How long are we going to use them before we ALL realize that?
Get Up America! There's A Lot Of Work Ahead!!
Get Up America! There's A Lot Of Work Ahead!!
Chicago Political Thuggery Still Quite Evident
In Obama's State of the Union Address last night, he once again resorted to the strong-arm and blame-game tones that he has used repeatedly during his first year in office. He scolded the Democrats for "running for the hills", blamed the past Administrations for "the hole he found himself in", and in an unprecedented abuse of his position as President he inappropriately scolded the Supreme Court for a ruling they made last week that didn't go his way. He threatened that Congress would "fix" that decision with some form of legislation. His attempt to intimidate the Supreme Court, undermine their decision, and influence future rulings is a direct attack on the Constitution of the United States as our Founding Fathers wrote it, and intended it to be.
So, the leopard couldn't hide his spots after all. His agenda remains the same - healthcare reform, Cap & Trade legislation, green jobs, bigger government, and more government spending. I'm relieved that he was unable to present a "different" Barack Obama. I think most people remain with the same opinion of him that they had prior to the speech.
Let's Go America; We Have More Work To Do!
So, the leopard couldn't hide his spots after all. His agenda remains the same - healthcare reform, Cap & Trade legislation, green jobs, bigger government, and more government spending. I'm relieved that he was unable to present a "different" Barack Obama. I think most people remain with the same opinion of him that they had prior to the speech.
Let's Go America; We Have More Work To Do!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Here's Our Future; Believe It, Or Don't
Please take the time to read these two related stories. The first link is to a speech given in New York on September 11th 2008, by a democratically elected Dutch parliamentarian and chairman of Holland’s Freedom Party, Geert Wilders.
The second link is from February 28, 2009, barely 5 months after he presented his speech.
We sit in our insulated little worlds, many of us hardly able to get up enough energy to get out and vote in our own country. We don't look further than the boundaries of our own yard, or at best our own neighborhood. So what will you do 25-30 years from now when you (or your children or grandchildren) are fighting for pure survival? What will your world look like then? What will it look like if you choose not to fight? You need to start thinking about this stuff now. The term "Islamic Extremist" is misleading. ALL of Islam is extreme. The Muslims themselves may hold degrees of moderation, but Islam is an EXTREME ideology. And anyone who believes in Islam is, and will continue to be, a huge problem for America. And that problem will get bigger and more unmanageable over time.
Ten days or so ago I posted videos of what is occurring with Islamic children - how they are being brought up to be little fighting Jihadist machines. The first video is no longer working; must have been pulled from the source I got it. But it is a documented fact none-the-less. So keep hiding your heads in the sand, and we'll find ourselves like Europe - fighting for our heritage against an enemy who migrates, not to assimilate, but to settle and take over.
Read on...
http://www.netanyahu.org/spofgewichpa.html
http://article.nationalreview.com/386976/the-continuing-saga-of-geert-wilders/deroy-murdock
Wake Up America! There's Work To Do!!!!
The second link is from February 28, 2009, barely 5 months after he presented his speech.
We sit in our insulated little worlds, many of us hardly able to get up enough energy to get out and vote in our own country. We don't look further than the boundaries of our own yard, or at best our own neighborhood. So what will you do 25-30 years from now when you (or your children or grandchildren) are fighting for pure survival? What will your world look like then? What will it look like if you choose not to fight? You need to start thinking about this stuff now. The term "Islamic Extremist" is misleading. ALL of Islam is extreme. The Muslims themselves may hold degrees of moderation, but Islam is an EXTREME ideology. And anyone who believes in Islam is, and will continue to be, a huge problem for America. And that problem will get bigger and more unmanageable over time.
Ten days or so ago I posted videos of what is occurring with Islamic children - how they are being brought up to be little fighting Jihadist machines. The first video is no longer working; must have been pulled from the source I got it. But it is a documented fact none-the-less. So keep hiding your heads in the sand, and we'll find ourselves like Europe - fighting for our heritage against an enemy who migrates, not to assimilate, but to settle and take over.
Read on...
http://www.netanyahu.org/spofgewichpa.html
http://article.nationalreview.com/386976/the-continuing-saga-of-geert-wilders/deroy-murdock
Wake Up America! There's Work To Do!!!!
How Many Actually Die When A Single American Soldier Is Slain?
My Hero. My Love. Lance Corporal Eric A. Palmisano
I Lost My Life on April 2, 2006
On that day the man I loved, the man I planned to marry and grow old with, died in Iraq. Seven marines and one sailor died in the same accident. Who knows how many of us back home lost our lives that day? Most of us are still here, breathing and going through the motions of living. But we’ll never be the same.
Every morning I wake up to the hope that it’s all a bad dream, that somehow, somehow… I’ve conjured up a thousand different scenarios with ultimately happy endings. But I cling to hope less and less as time passes, as the terrible reality of “never again” cuts deeper into what’s left of me.
Lance Corporal Eric A. Palmisano was a marine for less than a year. He enlisted in the corps because it was the toughest and he wanted to be the best. He was. In boot camp he was Scribe and Squad Leader, and within a few weeks of deployment to Iraq he was up for a meritorious commendation. He wore the uniform with pride and determination and the same courageous spirit I’d fallen in love with 8 years before. Unlike me, Eric never thought about avoiding confrontation. He was outspoken, outrageously funny and childishly optimistic, even when everything seemed to be working against him.
Eric read voraciously, and he had a mind that retained all the details for later reference. He was a man who loved words, and used them cleverly, like an artist painting his quirky view of the world in ways that filled me with laughter. No one saw things the way Eric did. His head was perpetually filled with humor and irony. On the rare occasions when I said something funny, he would put on a stern face and remind me, “I’m in charge of jokes in this relationship.”
There was never a boring moment when Eric was around. He would start games on a moment’s notice, making up the rules as he went along, “Okay, you have to bounce the ball, jump over the couch, and make the basket standing on the coffee table….” Since we were both fierce competitors, I would actually score at times. Then he’d change the rules. Every time we played Scrabble, he’d go to great lengths defending a word that wasn’t a word.
Eric was the only person I’ve ever known who looked forward to growing old. “We’ll sit on the front porch, side by side in our rocking chairs,” he’d say, “watching the grandchildren…” Over and over he wrote to me about the wonderful life God was planning for us… someday.
The last time I saw him, over Christmas, 2005, we talked about the house we were going to buy – not a mansion, just a cute little house with a basement and a yard for the kids. “We don’t need to worry about furniture,” he told me. “All we need is a bed where we can sleep, eat, play Scrabble, and watch movies. Just a big, comfortable bed. …And a grill.” That was our American dream.
Eric’s love spilled over me with the flowers he always gave me – many of them plucked from a neighbor’s yard – with notes that made me laugh and cards that made me cry, with a diamond necklace and an air hockey table, both of which were far beyond his means.
I loved him back with high tech gadgets he delighted in, but could rarely afford for himself, admonitions on eating right and not smoking, and a fiscally responsible plan for our future. Eric was the impulsive romantic, I was the planner. We were a perfect match. As ridiculous as it sounds now, I took for granted that we had all the time in the world to plan our future, and do it right.
I’ve heard that people die of broken hearts. They’re the lucky ones. I’ve gone on living but I’ve lost the life I was supposed to have, a life filled with dreams, and love, and laughter.
It’s been two years and four months. I made it through my birthday, his birthday, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day, trying to pretend they were just ordinary days, all the while feeling a vital part of myself slipping away. Joy was real when Eric was my future.
People assure me that I’ll “move on,” that I’m young, and I’ll “find someone else.” They don’t understand that Eric and I were pieces of the same puzzle, locking together to complete the panorama of life as it was meant to be, body and soul, heart and mind.
I’m not afraid of never finding a replacement. I’m afraid of forgetting the sound of his voice, and the feelings I had when he held me in his arms, or simply looked at me, and I knew the miracle of his love, sweet, boundless, and tender. I’m afraid of growing old without joy, pretending that I’m looking forward to tomorrow.
I lost my life on April 2, 2006. I’m not alone. I’m just one of countless casualties of war.
By Eric’s fiancé Claire Kohake
Posted using ShareThis
I Lost My Life on April 2, 2006
On that day the man I loved, the man I planned to marry and grow old with, died in Iraq. Seven marines and one sailor died in the same accident. Who knows how many of us back home lost our lives that day? Most of us are still here, breathing and going through the motions of living. But we’ll never be the same.
Every morning I wake up to the hope that it’s all a bad dream, that somehow, somehow… I’ve conjured up a thousand different scenarios with ultimately happy endings. But I cling to hope less and less as time passes, as the terrible reality of “never again” cuts deeper into what’s left of me.
Lance Corporal Eric A. Palmisano was a marine for less than a year. He enlisted in the corps because it was the toughest and he wanted to be the best. He was. In boot camp he was Scribe and Squad Leader, and within a few weeks of deployment to Iraq he was up for a meritorious commendation. He wore the uniform with pride and determination and the same courageous spirit I’d fallen in love with 8 years before. Unlike me, Eric never thought about avoiding confrontation. He was outspoken, outrageously funny and childishly optimistic, even when everything seemed to be working against him.
Eric read voraciously, and he had a mind that retained all the details for later reference. He was a man who loved words, and used them cleverly, like an artist painting his quirky view of the world in ways that filled me with laughter. No one saw things the way Eric did. His head was perpetually filled with humor and irony. On the rare occasions when I said something funny, he would put on a stern face and remind me, “I’m in charge of jokes in this relationship.”
There was never a boring moment when Eric was around. He would start games on a moment’s notice, making up the rules as he went along, “Okay, you have to bounce the ball, jump over the couch, and make the basket standing on the coffee table….” Since we were both fierce competitors, I would actually score at times. Then he’d change the rules. Every time we played Scrabble, he’d go to great lengths defending a word that wasn’t a word.
Eric was the only person I’ve ever known who looked forward to growing old. “We’ll sit on the front porch, side by side in our rocking chairs,” he’d say, “watching the grandchildren…” Over and over he wrote to me about the wonderful life God was planning for us… someday.
The last time I saw him, over Christmas, 2005, we talked about the house we were going to buy – not a mansion, just a cute little house with a basement and a yard for the kids. “We don’t need to worry about furniture,” he told me. “All we need is a bed where we can sleep, eat, play Scrabble, and watch movies. Just a big, comfortable bed. …And a grill.” That was our American dream.
Eric’s love spilled over me with the flowers he always gave me – many of them plucked from a neighbor’s yard – with notes that made me laugh and cards that made me cry, with a diamond necklace and an air hockey table, both of which were far beyond his means.
I loved him back with high tech gadgets he delighted in, but could rarely afford for himself, admonitions on eating right and not smoking, and a fiscally responsible plan for our future. Eric was the impulsive romantic, I was the planner. We were a perfect match. As ridiculous as it sounds now, I took for granted that we had all the time in the world to plan our future, and do it right.
I’ve heard that people die of broken hearts. They’re the lucky ones. I’ve gone on living but I’ve lost the life I was supposed to have, a life filled with dreams, and love, and laughter.
It’s been two years and four months. I made it through my birthday, his birthday, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day, trying to pretend they were just ordinary days, all the while feeling a vital part of myself slipping away. Joy was real when Eric was my future.
People assure me that I’ll “move on,” that I’m young, and I’ll “find someone else.” They don’t understand that Eric and I were pieces of the same puzzle, locking together to complete the panorama of life as it was meant to be, body and soul, heart and mind.
I’m not afraid of never finding a replacement. I’m afraid of forgetting the sound of his voice, and the feelings I had when he held me in his arms, or simply looked at me, and I knew the miracle of his love, sweet, boundless, and tender. I’m afraid of growing old without joy, pretending that I’m looking forward to tomorrow.
I lost my life on April 2, 2006. I’m not alone. I’m just one of countless casualties of war.
By Eric’s fiancé Claire Kohake
Posted using ShareThis
The Obama Tenet
We saw it all during the campaign, and we've seen it constantly during his first year in office. And here it is:
He believes that "If He Says It, We Will Believe".
And so he tells us the same thing over, and over and over again. It's been a clear marketing tool for years, and is a successful strategy practiced by management personnel in small to mid-sized businesses everywhere. Say it, say it, say it...
The difference is that when marketers and businesses employ this tactic they are doing so sincerely and in most cases truthfully. That is not the case with Obama. In his case, it's all about passing a progressive agenda through the use of vocal smoke and mirrors.
He may be a smart individual, but his narcissism, and defiance and arrogance expose him as shallow, manipulative and just plain wrong for America. Don't fall for the acting that he, Pelosi and Reid are engaged in this week (and the weeks ahead). Their agenda is still their agenda regardless of what they say. The chameleons can change their color, but they can't change their nature.
Stay Focused America! We Still Have Work To Do!
He believes that "If He Says It, We Will Believe".
And so he tells us the same thing over, and over and over again. It's been a clear marketing tool for years, and is a successful strategy practiced by management personnel in small to mid-sized businesses everywhere. Say it, say it, say it...
The difference is that when marketers and businesses employ this tactic they are doing so sincerely and in most cases truthfully. That is not the case with Obama. In his case, it's all about passing a progressive agenda through the use of vocal smoke and mirrors.
He may be a smart individual, but his narcissism, and defiance and arrogance expose him as shallow, manipulative and just plain wrong for America. Don't fall for the acting that he, Pelosi and Reid are engaged in this week (and the weeks ahead). Their agenda is still their agenda regardless of what they say. The chameleons can change their color, but they can't change their nature.
Stay Focused America! We Still Have Work To Do!
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