Welcome to “Little Fish”, as she expounds on Patriotism
in her own way. DebV
I became
familiar with this site thru the Big Kahuna.
He has become a friend and mentor.
My goal is to someday become as eloquent in writing as he is. I shall sign myself "little fish riding
in the Big Kahuna's wave".
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Updated 06/08/08
Is anyone besides me confused about the gas
problem? Watching the weekend news and listening to different opinions, I don't
know what to believe. Some say higher prices will help eventually bring the
price down. Some say that isn't the answer. I say, will we all live thru this until
the right answer is found? I don't understand how people can afford the gas to
go as high as $7.00 a gallon. Will it get so expensive people will not be able
to drive to work? What happens to the Nation then? They say to car pool, walk,
take a bus, etc. What if you live in an area that that isn't possible? We live
in a town, 20 miles from Indianapolis and there is no public transportation to
get to Indianapolis. Well, perhaps the Greyhound Bus line, but i don't think it
runs 8-5 everyday!!!
Sam had an idea the other day. Set the price at say $3.00 a gallon or
less and never let it go higher. Also your local gas station manager or owner
must be sold that gas at a cost that they can afford to live. if somebody takes
a hit, let it be the gas cartel people give up some profits. We manage to
live on an income that does not net millions. How is your bank account?
Little Fish
I
agree...................What about you?
545 People
By Charlie Reese -- former columnist
of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper
Politicians are the only people in
the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both
the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all
the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and
high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal
budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the
Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of
Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code,
Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy,
Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary
policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435
congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices -- 545 human beings
out of the 300 million -- are directly, legally, morally, and individually
responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the
Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress.
In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency
to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests
and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.
They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do
one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician
1-million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or
reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's
responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of
their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They
cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a
normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being
would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for
creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He
cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the
supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of
Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party.
She and fellow House members, not
the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes
it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a
nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by
present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a
single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545
people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the
power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what
they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's
because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's
because they want it in the red.
If the Marines are in IRAQ , it's
because they want them in IRAQ ..
If they do not receive social
security, but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's
because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government
problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift
the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to
lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they
give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above
all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied
mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or
"politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone,
are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the
power.
They, and they alone, should be held
accountable by the people who are their bosses -- provided the voters have the
gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of
office and clean up their mess!
I could be wrong, but IMHO I look for Hillary to take
Indiana. From what I am hearing from people. They are voting for her because
they don't want Obama. They don't want Hillary either but McCain will
automatically win the Republican vote.
Many of these people will vote for McCain in November. It is the same
way Hillary won Texas and some of Ohio. A few don't want McCain because of his
age. Also the anti Bush campaign. Employment is down in Indiana in our
factories and President Bush is getting blamed. Also the gas prices. I am not
sure if it is in the President's power to lower the gas prices or not at this
time, like a state of emergency or marshal law thing or removing the taxes.
Like McCain suggested. Like HELLOOOOO, what happened to that plan???? It would
be nice to see the price of gas go down. I keep putting a small amount of gas
in the tank in hopes that tomorrow the price will be down. Can't remember when
I actually filled the tank!!! Everyone has a plan, but I see no action. I just
think Congress needs to get off their behinds, write and present a bill to the
President ........ASAP. Guess I could start working out and walk to Wal-Mart!!
Oh, come on people, get on with your big bad selves!!!
Like Obama and Hillary or not, they both can sing a pretty song. My Hit
Parade list will be for McCain in November. Some of my favorite people are 60+.
I think that includes me!!!
I received an email today from a friend warning
me of an email with the title "TAGGED". It appears real - a
friend's address. Says it is from your friend and says something about am
I your real friend. If you click on it to open. it has a virus or worm or
something. SO BEWARE. Fortunately my friend found out about it in time to
notify people, including me. Sure enough I did receive the Tagged email. So I
deleted it
immediately. I know sometimes these things are hoaxes but this one must be
real.
I don't know why some evil people want to make time to do this kind of crap.
Also will take the time to tell you about an experience yesterday. Tuesday
night I checked out gas prices in my town. They were running about $3.64 a
gallon. Wednesday on the way to an appointment (cortisone shot in my shoulder.....OUCH)
the price was still the same. After my appointment, I stopped at the Shell
station for gas. I swiped my bank card, punched in the debit # and nothing
happened. I checked my "secret card #" and I used the correct code,
so I lifted the handle and the voice from inside came on the speaker and said
"You will have to wait. I am changing the price". I responded with a
very UN-ladylike, "THAT SUCKS". Then I waited and he changed it. .Now
the new price
was now $3.84. I looked at the speaker and said, "That is so ridiculous
and I am not paying that much". i cleared the pump and got in my car and
drove away. Went down the road to Swifty's and got gas for $3.63 a gallon and I
put in $50.00 worth of gas, which filled it. Should have seen the line there!!
Last night I took Katie to her dance lesson and went thru town, usually go a
back way. All the gas was $3.84, except Swifty. It was $3.83. The cheapest was
Wal-Mart at $3.79 and they were the highest in the morning. This is so stupid.
I don't know how but we all must revolt. Anybody got any good ideas? Evidently
Congress doesn't. Oh they have ideas, but guess their writing hands don't work
or they are too busy out on the campaign trail. Hey, what would happen if
nobody voted in November? That would never happen but wouldn't it be funny???
Where is my medicine? Did I take it this morning?
Just
to share part of an email with you between Sam and I. People have lost jobs,
including Sam last year, and it's all Bush's fault??? Just read on about one
company in Indiana that used to be one of Sam's customers. My darling friends,
yes things are a mess, but not everything is the President's fault. Don't take
my word. Check on how your senators and congressmen are voting.
Remember
during Clinton's run for office and how we all heard it was Reagan's trickled
down REAGANOMICS that was at fault? Well, so we must be fair then and call this
Clintonomics???? Or could it be the reign of Clinton has caught up? Hey, I
don't know this stuff. I just know what I hear, read and how bad our bank
account got and how many of Sam's customers started closing and what Sam said
was the reason. Maybe Sam was lying and Hillary and Obama are telling the
truth???? All I know for sure is God Bless the soldiers protecting me and those
in this Country that aren't soldiers but still doing a job protecting us that
is not making the news. You know who you are. I will vote for McCain because if
we get nuked will any of these other issues matter? Also because Hillary and
Obama have promised us they will raise taxes. Raise taxes.....we are just now
starting to catch up and save money again. If more money is taken from Sam's
check, will Wal-Mart close because I can't go there anymore? I mean, it is
within walking distance from me.........well for those walkers. I try only to
do that when we are in Gatlinburg!!! The Democrats wouldn't lie, would
they?
READ
ON:
Sam, didn't Magna -Quench used to be a customer
of yours? Hillary accused Bush of being able to stop them from moving to China
and didn't. According to Fox, Bill Clinton could have and didn't stop the
selling of the company in the 90's and they didn't move until the 2000's.
Answer:
Hillary is full of crap as usual. They were owned
by Delco and were sold off when the whole Delphi thing happened (95-96). The
fact of the matter is that their largest customer was China and that is why
they were sold to them. Nobody here wanted to buy them. Oh, by the way the
President of the United States cannot stop the sale of a company unless it
threatens national security in time of war. That is the job of the Federal
Trade Commission and the U.S Congress.
I
don't know if this made the national news or not or in your home town but this
happened in the Indianapolis area recently.
First
of all it is illegal for a woman to abort a child in her 5th month of
pregnancy. She can be charged with murder. A guy was robbing a bank and shot a
teller. She was 5 months pregnant with twins. She had to have surgery to save
her life and in the process, after they were removed from her, the babies died
within a couple of days of each other. The mother lived. If they ever catch the
thief, he will not be charged with murder or even attempted murder. I forget
the crime but it is low on the scale of crimes. In a pregnancy, the mother has
to be 7 months or more before he could be charged with murder of the babies.
Now the Indiana Congress is talking about changing the law next session. That
would not affect this case or any case before the law. Certain groups are
waiting on this to be sure the accused rights will not be violated or that is
doesn't effect any abortion laws or rights of a person who wants an abortion.
Test your knowledge -
Do you remember what to do?
What If
There's An Earthquake?
Not a joke
...what to do in case of an earthquake . You may be surprised. I was.
Click here: quake2
McCain's Heritage
Regardless of your political persuasion, this from a man who
wants to be our president, is WELL worth the read.
Meridian, Miss - U.S.
Senator John McCain delivered the following remarks during the first stop of
his "Service to America" tour.
Thank
you. It's good to be back in Meridian. As you might know, I was once a flight
instructor here at the air field named for my grandfather during my long past
and misspent youth. And it's always good to be in Mississippi, which you could
call my ancestral home.
Generations
of McCain's were born and raised in Carroll County, on land that had been in
our family since 1848. The last McCain to live on the property,
which the family called Teoc, was my grandfather's brother, Joe McCain. I
spent a couple summers here as a young boy, and enjoyed it immensely.
I
had never had a permanent address because my father's naval career required us
to move frequently. But here, in the care of my very likeable Uncle Joe, I
could imagine, with a little envy, what it must have been like for the McCain's
who came before me to be so connected to one place; to be part of a community
and a landscape as well as a family.
By all accounts, the McCain's of Carroll County were devoted to one another and
their traditions; a lively, proud and happy family on the Mississippi Delta.
Yet, many McCain's left here as young men to pursue careers in what has long
been our family's chosen profession -- the United States Armed Forces.
My
great-grandfather was the sheriff and never left. But his brother, Henry
Pinkney McCain, was a major general in the Army, and organized the draft in
World War One. Camp McCain in Grenada, Mississippi is named for him. My great
uncle, William McCain, was known as "Wild Bill" for his "dynamic"
personality -- he was reputed to have ridden his horse onto his future
father-in-law's porch to ask him for his daughter's hand.
He
chased Pancho Villa with General Pershing, was an artillery officer in World
War One, and retired a Brigadier General. Both men are buried at Arlington
National Cemetery, as are my father and grandfather.
We
trace my family's martial heritage back to the Revolution. A distant ancestor
served on General Washington's staff, and it seems my ancestors fought in most
wars in our nation's history. All were soldiers -- both Henry and Bill McCain
were West Pointers -- until my grandfather broke family tradition and entered
the Naval Academy in 1902. He was succeeded there by my father, then me, and
then my son.
As I noted, the naval air field here is named for my grandfather, who had an
illustrious career in the Navy, and who remained proud of his Mississippi roots
until the end of his life. I have only very early memories of him. I was just
nine when he died.
But
he was an unforgettable man, a lively, colorful, though infrequent, presence in
our lives. To spend time in his company was as much fun as a young boy could
imagine. He loved his family, and we were spellbound by him. He was a slight
man and gaunt, but he filled any room with his deep voice and high spirits.
He
was devoted to the Navy, but in personal comportment, he was anything but
regulation.
He
was a rumpled, informal man, who wore a crushed cap with the crown removed that
the wife of one of his aviators had given him; kept his shoes off when he
worked in an office; tobacco leavings were always scattered about him, as he
rolled his own with one hand; possessed a mischievous sense of humor, and was
unusually close to sailors and junior officers who served under him, and
revered him. They called him, "Popeye;" his family called him,
"Sid;" and his fellow officers, "Slew," for reasons I never
learned.
After graduating from the Naval Academy, he sailed around the Philippine
Islands on a gunboat captured from the Spanish, the executive officer to the
great Chester Nimitz. He returned to the United States on the U.S.S.
Connecticut, the flagship of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet.
He
served on an armored cruiser in the First World War, escorting wartime convoys
across the U-boat infested Atlantic.
In
1935, after the Navy ordered that all aircraft carrier skippers must themselves
have earned their wings, he trained as a pilot. He was 52 years old at the
time, and a Navy Captain. By his own admission, he never learned to fly well. A
subordinate recalled later, "the base prayed for his safe return each time
he flew." But he managed to earn his wings, and left Pensacola to command
the naval air station in the Panama Canal Zone, where I was born.
My father, Jack McCain, was an officer at a submarine base there, one of the
few occasions in his adult life when he lived in close proximity to the man he
admired above all others. Though they lived far apart for decades, no father
and son could have been closer. My father described his father as "a very
great leader and people loved him. ... the blood of life flowed through his
veins& a man of great! moral and physical courage." He had learned
everything about leadership from his father, he said.
Both
were highly individualistic men with outsize personalities, but were completely
dedicated to the United States Navy. Neither ever wanted any other life, and
while both were guilty of more than a few regulation infractions, and shared a
few vices, they adhered strictly to the code father had taught son: never lie,
steal or cheat.
Both
took a great interest in the views and well-being of the men who served under
them. They believed military leaders learned as much from the people they
commanded as they taught them. They were demanding, but fair and compassionate
commanders.
"We
are responsible for our men," my father once said, "not the other way
around. That's what forges trust and loyalty." They shirked no duty,
braved extraordinary dangers, and were exceptional leaders. They were the first
father and son to become four star admirals.
My grandfather commanded the fast carrier task force in the Pacific under
Admiral Halsey, and devised many of the tactics that were employed by carriers
for many years after. He was instrumental in Japan's defeat, and was given a
privileged place on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri to witness the signing of
the unconditional surrender that ended the war.
My
father commanded a submarine in the Pacific during the war, survived several
harrowing experiences, and had brought a Japanese submarine into Tokyo Harbor
at the time of the surrender ceremony.
Both
were exhausted at war's end, but happy to have the opportunity for a brief
reunion. They met onboard a submarine tender, and spent a couple of hours
together. My grandfather was worn out and obviously ill. Years later, my father
recalled the last words my grandfather had ever spoken to him. "Son, there
is no greater thing than to die& for the country and principles that you
believe in."
After
father and son parted that afternoon, my grandfather began the long trip home
to Coronado. Not long after he arrived, at a homecoming party, he turned to my
grandmother, and announced he did not feel well. He died a moment later of a
heart attack. He had fought his war and died in service to the country he
believed in.
My father could not return to the States in time for the funeral. My mother
found him waiting for her to return to California from the funeral in
Washington, weeping on the airport tarmac.
In
time, my father, the son of a legendary naval leader, would rise to an even
greater command than his father had. During the Vietnam War, he commanded all
U.S. forces in the Pacific, at the top of a chain of command that included,
near the bottom, his son, a naval aviator on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf,
and later a prisoner of war in Hanoi. My father seldom spoke of my captivity to
anyone outside the family, and never in public. He prayed on his knees every
night for my safe return.
He
would spend holidays with the troops in Vietnam, near the DMZ. At the end of
his visit, he would walk alone to the base perimeter, and look north toward the
city where I was held. Yet, when duty required it, he gave the order for B-52s
to bomb Hanoi, in close proximity to my prison.
I have lived a blessed life, and the first of my blessings was the family I was
born into. I had not only the example of my distinguished male relations, and
their long tradition of military service. I was fortunate to grow up under the
influence of strong, capable, accomplished women.
First
among them, my mother, the formidable Roberta McCain; her identical twin,
Rowena; my strict and imposing paternal grandmother, Catherine; and equally
impressive maternal grandmother, Myrtle.
For
much of my childhood, my mother was the parent who raised me, my sister and
brother. My father was often at sea, and she bore all the responsibilities of
both parents. She moved us from base to base, often driving us across country
on her own; managed our household; paid the bills; saw to our education and
religious upbringing; and made of our itinerant childhood, an interesting,
exciting time, rich with fascinating experiences.
She
was and is a resilient woman, extroverted, uncomplaining, forthright and determined,
who greets every challenge as an opportunity to measure one's strength of
character and learn about the wider world beyond our immediate environment.
The family I was born to, and the family I am blessed with now, made me the man
I am, and instilled in me a deep and abiding respect for the social institution
that wields the greatest influence in the formation of our individual character
and the character of our society.
I
may have been raised in a time when government did not dare to assume the responsibilities
of parents. But I am a father in a time when parents worry that threats to
their children's well-being are proliferating and undermining the values they
have worked to impart to them.
That
is not to say that government should dictate to parents how to raise their
children or assume from parents any part of that most personal and important
responsibility. No government is capable of caring for children as attentively
and wisely as the mother and father who love them.
But
government must be attentive to the impact of its policies on families so that
it does not through inattention or arrogance make it harder for parents to have
the resources to succeed in the greatest work of their lives -- raising their
children. And where government has a role to play, in education, in combating
the threats to the security and happiness of children from online predators, in
helping to make health care affordable and accessible to the least fortunate
among us, it must do so urgently, effectively and wisely.
Tax policy must not rob parents of the means to care for their children and
provide them the opportunities their parents provided them. Government spending
must not be squandered on things we do not need and can't afford, and which
don't address a single American's concern for their family's security.
Government
can't just throw money at public education while reinforcing the failures of
many of our schools, but should, through choice and competition, by rewarding
good teachers and holding bad teachers accountable, help parents prepare their
children for the challenges and opportunities of the global economy.
Government
must be attentive to the impact on families of parents who have lost jobs in our
changing economy that won't come back. Our programs for displaced workers are
antiquated, repetitive and ineffective. Many were designed for a time when
unemployment was seasonal or a temporary consequence of an economic downturn,
not for a time when systemic changes wrought by the growing global economy
have, while promising undreamt of opportunities for ourselves and many
historically poor societies, have cost too many parents the jobs they had
assumed would be theirs for life.
With
the loss of work and the resources it provides families, come just as injurious
losses to the emotional health of families. Work provides more than an income.
It is a source of self-worth, pride and sense of purpose. Children learn as
much from observation as instruction. The mother or father who has lost hope
along with their job can unintentionally impart that hopelessness to their
children. A welfare check can't give a parent a sense of purpose. And among the
most important things children can inherit from their parents is a sense of
purpose, and an aspiration to be part of something bigger than themselves.
My parents taught me that, and I will always be indebted to them. But like many
young people, I didn't understand the lesson very well until later in life when
I needed it most. As a boy, my family legacy, as fascinating as it was to me,
often! felt like an imposition. I knew from a very early age that I was
destined for Annapolis and a career in the Navy.
In
reaction, I often rebelled in small and petty ways to what I perceived as an
encroachment on my free will. I concede that I remember the unruly passions of
youth, and how they governed my immature sense of honor and self-respect. As I
grew older, and the challenges to my self-respect grew more varied and serious,
I was surprised to discover that while my sense of honor had matured, its
defense mattered even more to me than it did when it was such a vulnerable
thing that any empty challenge threatened it.
Like most people, when I reflect on the adventures and joys of youth, I feel a
longing for what is lost and cannot be restored. But though the happy pursuits
of the young prove ephemeral, something better can endure, and endure until our
last moment of life. And that is the honor we earn and the love we give when we
work and sacrifice with others for! a cause greater than our self-interest.
For
me that cause has long been our country. I am a lucky, lucky man to have found
it, and am forever grateful to those who showed me the way. What they gave me
was much more valuable and lasting than the tribute I once paid to vanity.
I am the son and grandson of admirals. My grandfather was an aviator; my father
a submariner. They were my first heroes, and their respect for me has been one
of the most lasting ambitions of my life.
They
gave their lives to their country, and taught me lessons about honor, courage,
duty, perseverance and leadership that I didn't fully grasp until later in
life, but remembered when I needed them most.
I
have been an imperfect servant of my country for many years. But I am their
son, and they showed me how to love my country, and that has made all the
difference for me, my friends, all the difference in the world.
This
is one I haven't heard before. Might have to try it. Isn't it nice to know if a
"skeeter" does bite you, he died with good smelling breath!!!
Mosquito
spray.....
I can't wait to try this in the summer!
I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball
biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with
Listerine, and the little demons disappeared.
The next year I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my
seat whenever I saw mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well. It worked at a
picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing
area, and the standing water nearby.
During the summer, I don't leave home without it.....Pass it on.
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OUR FRIEND'S COMMENTS:
I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact,
it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and
it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so
it is not as expensive to use as the can of spray you buy that doesn't
last 30 minutes. So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days.
Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray
around the frame. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house
Editor’s Note: I received this from multiple sources – Rose
was the first to send it. After
researching the original source, I did indeed discover a link to the first
portion of the article on the New York Sun’s website, but due to the article’s
age and the way the Sun handles its archives, finding the rest of it proved
fruitless. I did not pursue it beyond
this original source. Since the article
appears to have “different” endings in those received from my own sources, I
will not attribute the whole article to Mr. Blackwell, but I agree that it is
important enough to publish it here. DebV
Rose included the
following disclaimer:
This one can't
be proven false or true as it is one man's opinion and the man is Ken
Blackwell, a columnist for the New York Sun. He is also black which doesn't
really shouldn't make a difference...
Original
Source
Beyond Obama's Beauty
By KENNETH BLACKWELL
February 14, 2008
—
Robert D. Kaplan in the December 2001 issue of the Atlantic Monthly
It's
an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a
year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate;
the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first
frontrunning freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a
first.
We
won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every
candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no
longer talk about skin color or gender.
Now
that Barack Obama steps to
the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and
start talking about his policies and his politics.
Continued
The
reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until
August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the
frontrunner, and it’s time America takes a closer and deeper look at him.
Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the
next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.
Because the truth is, Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the
entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders,
or Mrs. Clinton. Never in my life have I seen a presidential
frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale
promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military
weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and
he lost.
Yet Mr. Obama is
promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why?
Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty
pageant. Mr. Obama talks about getting past party,
getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined
strokes of who he is underneath this superficial "beauty."
Start with national security, since the president's most important duties are
as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading
Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions
with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another
Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but
emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists -
something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear
weapons in the 1940s.
Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those
remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national
security at risk.
Next, consider
economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the
strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton
as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that
even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a
generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on "the
rich."
How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes.
How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes.
Prescription drugs? Raise taxes.
Free college? Raise taxes.
Socialize medicine? Raise taxes.
His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on
steroids, funded by your paycheck.
Finally, look at
the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by
saying, "All praise and glory to God!" but says that Christian
leaders speaking for life and marriage have "hijacked" - hijacked - Christianity.
He is pro-partial birth abortion, and promises to appoint Supreme Court
justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional.
He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates
of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage,
and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote
against a statewide ban - on all handguns in the state.
These are radical left, Hollywood, and San
Francisco
values, not Middle America values.
The real Mr. Obama
is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher
opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind
his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of "bringing America
together" means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for
America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means
adopting his liberal agenda and abandoning
any conflicting beliefs.
But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is
and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors
on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda
sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.
It's time to talk
about the real Barack Obama.
In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who
is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global
civilizational war.
According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ is:
The
anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive
the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like
appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will
promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy
everything. Is it OBAMA??
I STRONGLY URGE each one of you to repost this as many times as you
can!
Each opportunity that you have to send it to a friend or media outlet ... do
it!
If you think I am crazy… I’m sorry but I refuse to take a chance on the
"unknown" candidate.
Yeah,
let's all beware of the big bad wolf, George W. Bush. I am really going to miss
my Texas cowboy. I think he has done a great job considering all the problems
his administration took in the first years. The biggest problem I do believe
was the beating he took by all the anti Bush haters and his lazy
Republican Congress he had for 6 years. But what do I know? I am just an
old woman living in a red state and consider myself a right wing conservative.
They only thing I seem to get so radical about is the lies the leftist like to
say about us.
The
biggest argument I seem to find myself in is the war and abortion. I guess I
just like feeling the troops are protecting me and if not for them would I be
here to care about the economy, taxes, or any of the other issues??? I am glad
my mother and I did believe in pro life. How about you?
Here are some statistics you might just find
interesting..I'm really not sure of there validity but if they are accurate it
is pretty stunning..I got this off a blog site for a survey about the
democratic battle for the Whitehouse..Pass it around......
Do you really think the Dems do better?
You think we were better off before Bush?
These are some rather eye-opening facts:
Since the start of the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, the sacrifice has
been enormous. In the time period from the invasion of Iraq in March 2003
through now, we have lost over 3000 military personnel to enemy action and
accidents. As tragic as the loss of any member of the Armed Forces is, consider
the following statistics:
The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed
forces from 1980 through 2006:
1980 .......... 2,392
1981 ......... 2,380
1984 .......... 1,999
1988 .......... 1,819
1989 .......... 1,636
1990 ......... 1,508
1991 .......... 1,787
1992 .......... 1,293----------------------------------------------------
1993 ......... 1,213
1994 .......... 1,075
1995 ...........2,465
1996 ......... 2,318 8 Clinton years @13,417 deaths
1997 .......... 817
1998 ......... 2,252
1999 .......... 1,984 -------------------------------------------------
2000 .......... 1,983
2 001 ......... 890
2002 .......... 1,007 7 BUSH years @ 9,016 deaths
2003 .......... 1,410
2004 .......... 1,887
2005 ......... 919
2006.......... 920 ------------------------------------------------------------
If you are confused when you look at these figures...so was I.
Do these figures mean that the loss from the two latest conflicts in the Middle
East are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Mr. Clinton's
presidency; when America wasn't even involved in a war? And, I was even more
confused; when I read that in 1980, during the reign of President (Nobel Peace
Prize) Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US military fatalities!
These figures indicate that many of our Media & Politicians will pick and
choose. They present only those 'facts' which support their agenda-driven
reporting. Why do so many of them march in lock-step to twist the truth. Where
do so many of them get their marching-orders for their agenda?
Our Mainstream Print and TV media, and many Politicians like to slant; that
these brave men and women, who are losing their lives in Iraq, are mostly minorities!
Wrong AGAIN--- just one more media lie!
The latest census, of Americans, shows the following distribution of American
citizens, by Race:
European descent (White) ...... 69.12%
Hispanic ...................................... 12.5%
Black.............................................. 12.3%
Asian ............................................... 3.7%
Native American ......................... 1.0%
Other ............................................... 2.6%
Now... here are the fatalities by Race; over the past three years in Iraqi
Freedom:
European descent (white) ..... 74.31%
Hispanic ..................................... 10.74%
Black ............................................ 9.67%
Asian .......................................... . 1.81%
Native American ......................... 1.09%
Other .............................................. . 33%
Like i said eye opening huh???
This
is the financial ranking of all the different countries in the world from the
CIA. Interesting! A negative sign means the amount of debt the country has.
Congratulations! You are a citizen of the most indebted nation in the
world!
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Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html |
Based on using the actual tax tables
(see link below), here are some examples on what the taxes were/are on various
amounts of income for both singles and married couples. So let's see if the
Bush tax cuts only helped the rich....
www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Taxes
under Clinton
1999
Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax
$8,400 Single
making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax
$14,000 Single making 50K - tax
$12,500
Single making 75K - tax
$23,250 Single making 75K - tax
$18,750
Married making 60K - tax
$16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax
$21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax
$38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250
If you want to know just how effective the
mainstream media is, it is amazing how many people that fall into the
categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest
President ever. If any democrat is elected, ALL of them say they will
repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the
categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The
Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even
know what happened.
This is our granddaughter, Katie. She won the American Legion Essay
Award at her school for writing about the American flag. The American Legion
offers this to one girl and one boy in the fourth grade in each
of the county schools. Then the winners are picked to be the county winner and
I think it goes up to the national level and then that winner receives a
savings bond. Right now Katie is just very happy to win at her school. She's smart, she's talented and she's
pretty. I think she got the best chromosomes of every one on both sides of
her family!!! But what I love most about her is the way she says
" I love you, Grandma" followed by a sweet hug and kiss!!!
JUST
LIKE A MARINE - Semper Fidelis
As I came out of the supermarket that sunny day, pushing my cart of groceries
towards my car, I saw an old man with the hood of his car up and a lady sitting
inside the car, with the door open. The old man was looking at the engine. I
put my groceries away in my car and continued to watch the old gentleman from
about twenty-five feet away. I saw a young man in his early twenties with a
grocery bag in his arm, walking towards the old man. The old gentleman saw him
coming too and took a few steps towards him. I saw the old gentleman point to
his open hood and say something. The young man put his grocery bag into what
looked like a brand new Cadillac Escalade and then turn back to the old man and
I heard him yell at the old gentleman saying, "You shouldn't even be
allowed to drive a car at your age." And then with a wave of his hand, he
got in his car and peeled rubber out of the parking lot.
I saw the old gentleman pull out his handkerchief and mop his brow as he went
back to his car and again looked at the engine. He then went to his wife and
spoke with her and appeared to tell her it would be okay. I had seen enough and
I approached the old man. He saw me coming and stood straight and as I got near
him I said, "Looks like you're having a problem." He smiled
sheepishly and quietly nodded his head. I looked under the hood myself and knew
that whatever the problem was, it was beyond me. Looking around I saw a gas
station up the road and told the old gentleman that I would be right back. I
drove to the station and went inside and saw three attendants working on cars.
I approached one of them and related the problem the old man had with his car
and offered to pay them if they could follow me back down and help him. The old
man had pushed the heavy car under the shade of a tree and appeared to be
comforting his wife. When he saw us he straightened up and thanked me for my
help. As the mechanics diagnosed the problem (overheated engine) I spoke with
the old gentleman. When I shook hands with him earlier he had noticed my Marine
Corps ring and had commented about it, telling me that he had been a Marine
too. I nodded and asked the usual question, "What outfit did you serve
with?" He had mentioned that he served with the first Marine Division at
Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal.
He had hit all the big ones and retired from the Corps after the war was
over.
As we talked we heard the car engine come on and saw the mechanics lower the
hood. They came over to us as the old man reached for his wallet, but was
stopped by me and I told him I would just put the bill on my AAA card. He still
reached for the wallet and handed me a card that I assumed had his name and
address on it and I stuck it in my pocket. We all shook hands all around again
and I said my goodbye's to his wife. I then told the two mechanics that I would
follow them back up to the station. Once at the station I told them that they
had interrupted their own jobs to come along with me and help the old man. I
said I wanted to pay for the help, but they refused to charge me. One of them
pulled out a card from his pocket looking exactly like the card the old man had
given to me. Both of the men told me then, that they were Marine Corps
Reservist. Once again we shook hands all around and as I was leaving, one of
them told me I should look at the card the old man had given to me and I said I
would and drove off. For some reason I had gone about two blocks when I pulled
over and took the card out of my pocket and looked at it for a long, long,
time. The name of the old gentleman was on the card in golden leaf and under
his name......... "Congressional Medal of Honor Society."
I sat there motionless looking at the card and reading it over and over. I looked up from the card and smiled to no
one but myself and marveled that on this day, four Marines had all come
together, because one of us needed help. He was an old man alright, but it felt
good to have stood next to greatness and courage and an honor to have been in
his presence.
America is not at war. The U.S. Military is at war. America is at the Mall.
Semper Fi
Let it be known I have NO problem with ANYONE believing in Christ, as I
do. Community is important because you worship there or live there and you want
the best for yourself and friends and family. As for heritage (culture), church
heritage, yes, I want to know the history of my church. As for the heritage of
the membership that doesn't matter to me. Sometimes it is interesting. Like our
son-in-law, Carlos was born in Cuba. His mother has told me some history of
before and after Castro. It is interesting but did not determine what feelings
I have for the Garcia family. The other two guys have more of a German
background. As for our daughters, there is so many different bloodlines, I just
call them mutts. Sorry ladies!!! Their strongest bloodline, one fourth, would
be Italian. Also some German. So are they descendants of Mussolini and Hitler?
Only their dad is when I am angry with him!!! Your parents gave you a
birthright. Use it wisely.
Rose
Also why is the
CCC okay but not the KKK......oh just joking!!! No one should like hate and
violence. Well unless it is a Clint Eastwood movie!!!
When our
youngest daughter was in kindergarten, I helped the teacher with a fund raiser
to try to raise money for her to get a carpet in her room and we succeeded. I
named it the Kindergarten Karpet Kaper. I was not allowed to use the
abbreviation even then in 1978. My true belief is to worship where you are comfortable
and the church that believes most like you do. Same as electing politicians.
Vote for the candidate that believes in things the most like you do, if you can
find one in this upcoming election or as I like to say
2008
****** The Run For The Outhouse.
I have friends
that are white, friends that are black and friends that are Spanish and I would
not trade any of them for anything. They are my friends because of who and they
are, not because if the color of their skin or their heritage.
Obama’s
Church:
Obama
mentioned his church during his appearance with Oprah. It's the Trinity
Church of Christ. I found this interesting.
Please read and go to this church's website and read what is written
there. It is very alarming.
Barack Obama is a member of this church and is running for President
of the U.S. If you look at the first page of their website, you will learn
that this congregation has a non-negotiable commitment to! Africa. Nowhere
is AMERICA even mentioned. Notice too, what color you will need to be if
you should want to join Obama's church... B-L-A-C-K!!! Doesn't look like his
choice of religion has improved much over his (former?) Muslim
upbringing.
Are you aware that Obama's middle name is Mohammed? Strip away his nice looks,
the big smile and smooth talk and what do you get? Certainly a racist, as
plainly defined by the stated position of his church! And possibly a
covert worshiper of the Muslim faith, even today. This guy desires to rule
over America while his loyalty is totally vested in a Black Africa!
I cannot believe this has not been all over the TV and newspapers. This is
why it is so important to pass this message along to all of our family
& friends. To think that Obama has even the slightest chance in the
run for the presidency, is really scary.
Click on the link below:
This is the web page for the church Barack Obama belongs to:
On the
church's web site in their magazine there is an article glorifying Louis
Farrakan which enforces my concern about Obama's Muslim ties.
Don't forget to
remember and honor our troops fighting the war for us at Christmas and every
day.
Perhaps
someday it will come to light how many other attempts there were before and
after 9-11 to attack this country. It didn't start with President Bush. Have
people forgotten the Clinton disasters??? He had chances to catch Bin Laden.
Certain people of certain agencies need to spill the beans. So many of them
know truths and honor their jobs and will never talk, which I
respect. At this point it would just be an accusation of someone trying to
smear Hillary or the Democrats.
Anyone
running for office that says the troops have to come home and we have to get
out and stay out of other countries, scares me. Did they not learn from
history????
Actually,
I think if George H.W. Bush had stayed in Iraq longer and went after Saddam
back in the early 90's, we might not have had a 9-11. I also can't believe
people don't realize those WMD could be hidden in tunnels in the sand or
Saddam had plenty of time to get rid of them, thank you United
Nations. Don't people remember the pictures of the semi trucks? I think Colin
Powell was not as smart as people think. He wanted out of the Gulf War too
early. Schwarzkopf should have been listened to. There have always been
war protestors. We used to lock them up for treason. Now why in the hell did we
quit doing that?????
My
husband says I am a war monger. OOO-RAH. He says with pride, that is not a
bad thing. Sally Field can stand up before the people who watch the Emmys
and shout and nearly cry all she wants, but she forgot about the mothers that
had a fallen child from war and proudly buried their child or children. Those
are the mothers that DO rule the world.
I don't
think I am a war monger. I do think I am smart enough to realize freedom comes
at a cost. Sometimes the cost is someone's death. That I honor as I honor
anyone that has a job that protects me, soldiers, policemen. firefighters,
special government agencies, etc.
I also
believe in Jesus Christ. I believe His hand is in all that happens and
sometimes we just don't know why yet, if ever.
Be
thankful and kind. Have a Merry Christmas readers and a great New
Year.
Deb, I am
so happy your site is back. You are someone who gives us a chance to air our
feelings and opinions as humble as they might be. Thank you.
Little Fish
Our friend, a
retired Marine sent this. Might have to read this on Christmas Eve!!!
If my
printer were working I would need to copy this and send it out next
Christmas instead of cards!!! Well come to think of it, to those I don't send
cards to, consider this your card and Sam and I say
Merry Christmas
OOO-RAH
To:
ALL Marines
From:
Goode, U. B., Commanding Officer
Reference:
Operation Order 12-15-07 for: Official Visit of Lieutenant General Santa Claus
1. An official
staff visit by Lieutenant General Claus is expected at your house on 25
December. The following directives govern activities of all Marines, during the
visit.
a. Not a
creature will stir without permission. This includes warrant officers and mice.
Marines may obt