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-- Thomas JeffersonAlmtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-54713568407739318592011-03-31T13:58:00.002-06:002011-03-31T14:02:32.147-06:00Medal of Honor recipient talks about torture and Obama<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUjIGv2FjPILZExmzCNTesQzmYcVKrwYAYADBi11Z5FXewFrCIIK7c71UOR6xp_KEpc2dzYVdAPTk-0pfRMhNl8ozHXAONGK8OhRsnbSKyIodfZbkHBp-EZhEINjI2hYfr7FaoTyOE68/s1600/bud-day.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUjIGv2FjPILZExmzCNTesQzmYcVKrwYAYADBi11Z5FXewFrCIIK7c71UOR6xp_KEpc2dzYVdAPTk-0pfRMhNl8ozHXAONGK8OhRsnbSKyIodfZbkHBp-EZhEINjI2hYfr7FaoTyOE68/s1600/bud-day.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">"Bud" Day, Medal Of Honor Recipient</span></i></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
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George Everett "Bud" Day(born February 24, 1925) is a retired</span></i></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the</span></i></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
Vietnam War. He is often cited as being the most decorated </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">U.S.</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
Service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having</span></i></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
Received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions</span></i></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
In combat. Day is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.</span></i></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got shot down over </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">North Vietnam</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in 1967, a Sqdn. Commander. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After I returned in 1973...I published 2 books that dealt a lot</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> w</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ith "real torture" in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanoi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Our make-believe president is</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> b</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">randing our country as a bunch of torturers when he has</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> n</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o idea what torture is.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for me, I was put thru a mock execution because I would not respond...p</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">istol whipped on the head....same event.. Couple of days later...h</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ung by my feet all day. I escaped and a couple of weeks later, I got</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> s</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hot and recaptured. Shot was OK...what happened afterwards was not.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They marched me to Vinh...put me in the rope trick, trick...almost</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> p</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ulled my arms out of the sockets. Beat me on the head with a</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> l</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ittle wooden rod until my eyes were swelled shut, and my unshot,</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> u</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nbroken hand a pulp.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next day hung me by the arms...rebroke my right wrist...wiped</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> o</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ut the nerves in my arms that control the hands....rolled my fingers</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> u</span></span></span>p into a ball. Only left the slightest movement of my left forefinger. S<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o I started answering with some incredible lies.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sent me to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanoi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> strapped to a barrel of gas in the back of a truck.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hanoi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">..on my knees....rope trick again. Beaten by a big fool. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Into leg irons on a bed in Heartbreak Hotel.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much kneeling--hands up at Zoo.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really bad beating for refusing to condemn Lyndon Johnson.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Several more kneeling events. I could see my knee bone thru</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> k</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">neeling holes.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was an escape from the annex to the Zoo. I was the Senior </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Officer of a large building because of escape...they started a mass</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">torture of all commanders.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it was </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">July 7, 1969</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...they started beating me with a car fanbelt.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In first 2 days I took over 300 strokes...then stopped counting</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because I never thought I would live thru it.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They continued day-night torture to get me to confess to a non-existent</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">part in the escape. This went on for at least 3 days. On my knees...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> f</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">an belting...cut open my scrotum with fan belt stroke. Opened up</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">both knee holes again. My fanny looked like hamburger...I could not</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> l</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ie on my back.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They tortured me into admitting that I was in on the escape...and</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that my 2 room-mates knew about it.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day I denied the lie.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They commenced torturing me again with 3- 6- or 9 strokes of</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> t</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he fan belt every day from about July 11 or 12th..to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14 October</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1969</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. I continued to refuse to lie about my roommates again.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, the point of this is that our make-believe</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">President has declared to the world that we (U.S..) are a bunch of</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">orturers...Thus it will be OK to torture us next time when they</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">atch us...because that is what the U.S. does.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our make-believe president is a know nothing fool who thinks</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> t</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hat pouring a little water on some one's face, or hanging a pair of</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">women's pants over an Arabs head is TORTURE.. He is a meathead.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just talked to MOH holder Leo Thorsness, who was also in my squadron,</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> i</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">n jail...as was John McCain...and we agree that McCain does</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not speak for the POW group when he claims that Al Gharib was</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Torture...or that "water boarding" is torture.</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our president and those fools around him who keep bad mouthing</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">our great country are a disgrace to the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">United States</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Please pass</span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this info on to Sean Hannity. He is free to use it to point out the</span></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">stupidity of the claims that water boarding...which has no after</span></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">effect...is torture.</span></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If it got the Arab to cough up the story about how he planned the attack on the twin towers in NYC ...</span></span><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="ecxyiv547215886apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Look at the picture above and you can see where this driver broke through the guardrail, on the right side of the culvert, where the people are standing on the road, pointing.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The pick-up was traveling about 75 mph from right to left when it crashed through the guardrail.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">It flipped end-over-end bounced off and across the culvert outlet and landed right side up on the left side of the culvert, facing the opposite direction from which the driver was traveling.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The 22-year-old driver and his 18-year-old passenger were unhurt except for minor cuts and bruises.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Just outside </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Flagstaff</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arizona</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> on </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">U.S. Hwy</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 100.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now look at the second picture below...</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1666384404msonormal"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If God isn’t done with you, God isn’t done with you….</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1666384404msonormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span> </div></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-5634406228885743792011-03-10T10:19:00.001-06:002011-03-10T10:23:53.137-06:00History Lesson from General Dwight Eisenhower<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>When I was a kid, I couldn't understand why Eisenhower was so popular. Maybe this will explain why.</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>General Eisenhower warned us.</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 36pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></i></b></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><i><b><i><div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">It is a matter of history </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.<br />
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He did this because he said in words to this effect:<br />
</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
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Recently, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.<br />
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It is now more than 65 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This is being posted as a memorial chain, in memory of the, six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved, beaten, experimented on and humiliated' while many in the world looked the other way!<br />
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Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.</span> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimn1V_4QxHWMQPMy5Nx_8fE9nDTOyDqHEG8i-HEBtcqjnShLhm7EKuPckv_937fQYCszCANrCpTKNeWAWYyI-hVlUGmAtoKKhqEfk0yaLLqiR6IGax732XIDvwvS1BPMigUfApPWbGA8o/s1600/image003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimn1V_4QxHWMQPMy5Nx_8fE9nDTOyDqHEG8i-HEBtcqjnShLhm7EKuPckv_937fQYCszCANrCpTKNeWAWYyI-hVlUGmAtoKKhqEfk0yaLLqiR6IGax732XIDvwvS1BPMigUfApPWbGA8o/s1600/image003.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center <br />
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'NEVER HAPPENED',</span> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLmeRgR8NlDtb7yvOlWEatXTgQfR3N6Uz5puc5nenlxyOPkfMQLSi5J7N2puEPGgQrQ9s0j9b4JAMuRLev2thRVDbV2MQYokT5nh6fejQkRiRKqESVGiA7s4NRPeiM3TF72VciUOCwqs/s1600/image004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLmeRgR8NlDtb7yvOlWEatXTgQfR3N6Uz5puc5nenlxyOPkfMQLSi5J7N2puEPGgQrQ9s0j9b4JAMuRLev2thRVDbV2MQYokT5nh6fejQkRiRKqESVGiA7s4NRPeiM3TF72VciUOCwqs/s1600/image004.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">because it offends some Muslim???</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; font-size: 24pt;"><br />
</span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: #a00000; font-size: 16pt;">FREEDOM ISN'T FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR IT!</span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcgf89n4Eei551NSUPU5F4W_HUDQSlPF5tmQbAvmlMjMtZFGgNWLGPZ9bscHO_JzY18Pv5Vnf7wc4EEKzqI6fcmMoFBi0VFhiW4lyanf-MAjj8UUfIO_nwr6zwKUxCGbbymCfzOBaAWc/s1600/image005.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcgf89n4Eei551NSUPU5F4W_HUDQSlPF5tmQbAvmlMjMtZFGgNWLGPZ9bscHO_JzY18Pv5Vnf7wc4EEKzqI6fcmMoFBi0VFhiW4lyanf-MAjj8UUfIO_nwr6zwKUxCGbbymCfzOBaAWc/s320/image005.gif" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a00000;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">In God We Trust</span></span></i></b></span></span></i></b></span></div><div><div></div></div></i></b></i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-90921773446208553122011-03-07T15:55:00.000-06:002011-03-07T15:55:46.670-06:00To Save America, We Must Dethrone King Obama<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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<div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Incredibly, Obama continues to boldly go where no other president has gone before. Apparently, none of the rules apply to him. Without consequence, at will, Obama ignores laws and the Constitution to implement his progressive/socialist agenda.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">America's first black president has morphed into America's first king. All hail King Obama, our supreme ruler. Think about this folks, King Obama has put together his royal court of an unprecedented 32 czars who only answer to him. His czars consist of people who have socialist and communist leanings, many simply do not like America. King Obama's czars, without congressional over sight, set new rules and regulations for our lives; boldly ignoring laws and the U.S. Constitution.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Given Obama's unprecedented government overreaches, when we vote him out in 2012, will His Royal Obamaness surrender the Oval Office? Just kidding. Such a concern is a bit over the top. Right? Right?</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, displaying an amazing total disregard for the sanctity of freedom, guess who cheers on Obama's every unprecedented lawless “power grab” and dis of the Constitution; the despicable liberal media.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of the mainstream media are liberals promoting their progressive/socialist agenda while calling it journalism. A liberal black presidential candidate was their dream come true. Obama's skin color was a gift from the liberal gods; the ultimate political trump card.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Left exploits Obama's black skin color as their “Weapon of Mass Intimidation”; a coat of armor insulating him from all opposition and reasonable critique.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any supplicant daring to question or oppose His Royal Obamaness is forced to endure the liberal media's “shock and awe” battery of accusations of racism and violent intentions.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is it unfair to say Obama governs more like our king rather than our president? You be the judge.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCz1Z7NH58X2ePrqPoanadgZCJzN9AxsAMgDUnBv8sgEkKZ6Mk2ucw49qpHMyhJ3mvlg3nlaGufxq9Y9WcUEIhFvorpaMWBhVnXzumupbSNpEjVCtf4p63uMFO-zO_BdquQLFHLuMFyRY/s1600/safe_image.php.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCz1Z7NH58X2ePrqPoanadgZCJzN9AxsAMgDUnBv8sgEkKZ6Mk2ucw49qpHMyhJ3mvlg3nlaGufxq9Y9WcUEIhFvorpaMWBhVnXzumupbSNpEjVCtf4p63uMFO-zO_BdquQLFHLuMFyRY/s1600/safe_image.php.jpeg" /></span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obamacare was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. King Obama basically said “screw that! I'm implementing it anyway”.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) is the law. King Obama said “I don't like that law and we are not defending its constitutionality”. </span><a href="http://nation.foxnews.com/newt-gingrich/2011/02/25/gingrich-obama-sparks-constitutional-crisis-raises-impeachment-specter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://nation.foxnews.com/newt-gingrich/2011/02/25/gingrich-obama-sparks-constitutional-crisis-raises-impeachment-specter</span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A federal ruling said King Obama's deep offshore drilling moratorium in Louisiana is illegal and ordered it lifted. Again, King Obama simply ignored the federal ruling.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Federal immigration law is much tougher than Arizona's new Law. The Arizona law says if someone is stopped for a traffic violation or suspected of a crime, they must show proper ID. Well dah! All Americans are required to show ID in such situations. King Obama wants members of a special ethnic group to be protected from such inquiry. Thus, King Obama has declared the Arizona law racist and is suing Arizona for enforcing “federal law”. King Obama views illegals as potential future new democrat voting supplicants.</span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/statehouse-in-santa-ana/federal-immigration-law-is-much-tougher-than-arizona-s-new-law" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.examiner.com/statehouse-in-santa-ana/federal-immigration-law-is-much-tougher-than-arizona-s-new-law</span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">King Obama wants to force health workers to perform abortions whether they like it or not. The “Conscience Rule” protects health workers who refuse to participate in abortions or other medical procedures that go against their moral and religious beliefs. King Obama is working on rescinding that law.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If we have learned nothing else from the passing of Obamacare against the will of 70% of the American people we learned, legal processes be damned, whatever King Obama wants, King Obama gets.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, let us not forget that King Obama fired the CEO and took over a private sector auto company. Thus, the birth of King Obama Motors.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And what about King Obama's seige of the banking industry. After accepting TARP money, a bank chairman read the tea leaves of things to come; government running his business and dictating salaries. He requested to pay back the TARP money with interest. King Obama denied the bank chairman's request and threatened "adverse" consequences if he persisted.</span><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123879833094588163.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123879833094588163.html</span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new Black Panther Party is guilty of voter intimidation in Philadelphia. King Obama refuses to press charges against the new Black Panthers; now get this folks, because they are black. His royal enforcer, Attorney General, Eric Holder, who is black, told the House Appropriations subcommittee that the New Black Panther voter intimidation case demeans “my people.”</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Holder went on to explain that the suffering of African Americans seeking the right to vote in the South in the 60s far surpass the intimidation white voters recently endured in Philadelphia. So much for any pretense of King Obama dispensing equal justice to all Americans. We're talkin' Affirmative Action justice.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">King Obama is systematically taking control of every aspect of our lives. Cramming Obamacare down our throats was a huge step toward achieving his goal. Please read, “20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms”.</span><a href="http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2010/03/22/20-ways-obamacare-will-take-away-our-freedoms/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2010/03/22/20-ways-obamacare-will-take-away-our-freedoms/</span></a></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exempting themselves, liberals are notorious for making rules for us supplicants. Queen Michelle Obama recently feasted on high calorie greasy bar-b-que spareribs while seeking to federally mandate/regulate menus and portion sizes in schools, restaurants and etc.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bottom line, King Obama is out of control. In 2012, We The People MUST raise up with pitchforks of votes to end King Obama's tyrannous reign. American as we know and love it could be lost. Defeat is not an option.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Vice Chair of The Campaign to Defeat Obama in 2012, I sincerely covet your support.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are gathering “One Million People To Defeat Barack Obama 2012”. Please join us!</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-3026966115639656942011-03-06T13:20:00.000-06:002011-03-06T13:20:55.825-06:00How much treason does it take to be charged with Treason?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><big style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you think about it there are many things that make this executive branch memorable, none of them elicit favorable images</strong>.</big></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Just 5 of many reasons)</div><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">Obama’s Eric Holder dismisses charges against men who have already been found guilty because their skin color is the same as his and he says they are “his people.” He also sends investigators to Arizona to harass officials of the law who are doing the job he refuses to do – defending the border against criminals.</li>
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</ul><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">We have an agency called the TSA who thinks it is alright to sexually assault little girls and little old ladies in the name of their relentless search for terrorists, none of whom have ever been in either of the these groups. The same agency also makes pornographic nude videos of everyone who boards an airplane. For what purpose?</li>
</ul><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">We have an EPA that has shut down a full 1/3 of the the entire nation’s fruits and vegetables produced by American Farmers in Central CA. This action caused a 50% farm unemployment there and most of our vitamin rich foods to be imported from South America. The same agency has ruled the gas we exhale (CO2) to be a pollutant and is replacing safe tungsten light bulbs with poisonous ones filled with mercury.</li>
</ul><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are the most richly endowed country on earth in terms of energy (coal, oil, natural gas, etc.), but our executive branch has denied our own energy companies the right to drill new wells or pump from existing wells while we import millions of barrels of oil from the Communist and Muslim terrorist countries who hate us and vow to murder us all.</li>
</ul><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Exactly what does it take for this country to understand what Obama is doing? How long will we tolerate treason before we rise up and act?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRu2RF-39iDDJ8KHR-YJ6txnsQu4VEWi5o9Z1Eu5ijAiU1hqXop3U1jsoIe6q31HIES-91I2So86oWTG9hh3ROr4orgeJvyRQQk-54IZHFk-PUUMt_rjpgXnwpBJGGFh0of6Z1IjlbaQ/s1600/obamas-secret-message.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRu2RF-39iDDJ8KHR-YJ6txnsQu4VEWi5o9Z1Eu5ijAiU1hqXop3U1jsoIe6q31HIES-91I2So86oWTG9hh3ROr4orgeJvyRQQk-54IZHFk-PUUMt_rjpgXnwpBJGGFh0of6Z1IjlbaQ/s1600/obamas-secret-message.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Obama's secret message to you!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Several private billboard signs beside a major highway near Chehalis, Washington that fairly well explains it like it is.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In WWII, Japan 's highest ranking naval officer was Isoruku Yamamoto. Although he was Japanese, and his loyalties were unquestionably with The Empire, he studied for many years in America, graduating from Harvard University. There is an oft-repeated (and sometimes disputed) quote attributed to him regarding the possibility of any nation taking a war to American soil: "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."<br />
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America's Hunters. The World's Largest Army.<br />
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The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That's great, considering there were over 600,000 hunters that got permits this year. Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two months, the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms than Iran; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods of a single American state to keep the deer population under control. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in the woods of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pennsylvania this week. Michigan's 700,000 hunters have now returned home. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.</span><br />
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And that is just FOUR states (and Texas alone has more than those four combined).</span><br />
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The total population of registered hunters in America today ranges from 23 million to 43.7 million individuals. (Based on annual data provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.) As long as the American Hunter retains his right to bear arms, America will forever be safe from foreign invasion of troops.<br />
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Hunting - it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I might also add that a large number of those same hunters are veterans that have been highly trained by the U.S. military. AMM</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-8009935242638180632011-02-11T10:53:00.002-06:002011-02-11T10:59:42.677-06:00Relevant Statistics<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two years ago, Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States. Are you better off today than you were two years ago? Numbers don't lie, and here are the data on the impact he has had on the lives of Americans:</span><br />
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<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$43.48</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$99.02</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">127.7%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$38.74</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$91.38</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">135.9%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Gold: London (per troy oz.)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$853.25</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$1,369.50</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">60.5%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$3.56</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$6.33</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">78.1%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$9.66</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$13.75</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">42.3%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$13.37</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$35.39</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">164.7%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">7.6%</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">9.4%</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">23.7%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Unemployment rate, blacks</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">12.6%</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">15.8%</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">25.4%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Number of unemployed</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">11,616,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">14,485,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">24.7%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2,779,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2,840,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2.2%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Real median household income (2008 v 2009)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$50,112</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$49,777</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">-0.7%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">4</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">31,983,716</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">43,200,878</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">35.1%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">5</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">7,526,598</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">9,193,838</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">22.2%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">6</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Number of long-term unemployed</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">2,600,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">6,400,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">146.2%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">3</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">13.2%</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">14.3%</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">8.3%</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">4</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">39,800,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">43,600,000</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">9.5%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">4</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">5</span></div></div></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">9</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">n/a</span></i></div></td><td style="min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">10</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">29.9</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">23.5</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">-21.4%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">11</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
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<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">8,310.9</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">8,852.3</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">6.5%</span></i></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #efd3d2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">13</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
<tr style="min-height: 0.3in;"><td style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">National debt, in trillions</span></div></div></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$10.627</span></div></div></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">$14.052</span></div></div></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #b8cce4; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">32.2%</span></i></div></td><td style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; min-height: 0.3in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in;"><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><sup><span style="color: #943634; font-size: 10pt;">14</span></sup></div></div></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more than 27 times as fast</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as during the rest of our entire nation's history. Over 27 times as fast! Metaphorically, speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">65 MPH</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and a car rockets past you in the left lane </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27 times faster</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> . . . it would be doing </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1,755 MPH</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! This is a disaster!</span></div></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sources:</span></div></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury</span></div><div class="yiv1309365526MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Birthplace: </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/new-york-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/new-york-city"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York City</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/new-york-state" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/new-york-state"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York</span></span></span></a></span></strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Raised in </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/montreal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/montreal"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Montreal</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/canada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/canada"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Canada</span></span></span></a></span></strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Attended </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/mcgill-university" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/mcgill-university"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mc Gill University</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/harvard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/harvard"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Harvard Medical School</span></span></span></a></span></strong></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/1972" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/1972"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1972</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> diving accident left him paralyzed from the neck on down.</span></span></span></strong></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Directed </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/psychiatry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/psychiatry"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">psychiatric</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> research for the </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/jimmy-carter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/jimmy-carter"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Carter</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> administration</span></span></span></strong></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">7.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Began writing career in </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/1981" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/1981"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1981</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> with </span></span></span></strong><em><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The New Republic</span></span></span></b></em></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8.</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Helped develop the "</span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/ronald-reagan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/ronald-reagan"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reagan</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Doctrine</span></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">" in the </span></span><a href="http://www.mahalo.com/1980s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.mahalo.com/1980s"><span style="color: #003366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">80's</span></span></span></a></span></strong></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Krauthammer is frequently on the Fox News Channel. He is an M.D., a lawyer and is paralyzed from the neck down. A friend went to hear Charles Krauthammer. He listened with 25 others in a closed room. What he says here, is NOT 2nd-hand but 1st. The ramifications are staggering for us, our children and their children. </span></span></span></strong></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b1155; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: #0b1155;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last Monday was a profound evening, Dr. Charles Krauthammer spoke to the Center for the American Experiment. He is a brilliant intellectual, seasoned & articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views. He is a fiscal conservative, and has received a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He is a frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the Washington Post. </span></span></strong></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The entire room was held spellbound during his talk. I have summarized his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally. </span></span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Even 2 Dems at my table agreed with everything he said! If you feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded and have not drunk the Kool-Aid, feel free...</span></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></div><strong><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><u><span style="color: maroon;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summary of his comments</span></span></span></u></strong><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span></strong></span></div></strong><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's behind the mask.The taking down of the Clinton dynasty was an amazing accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time. </span></span></strong></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></strong></span></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b1155;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton. </span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He has a way of making you think he's on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. </span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pay no attention to what he SAYS; rather, </span></span></strong></span></b><em><b><u><span style="color: maroon; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">watch what he DOES!</span></span></span></u></b></em><em><b><u><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></u></b></em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><em><b><u><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></u></b></em></span></div></span></b><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3.</span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Obama has a ruthless quest for power</span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to </span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">change everything, including dismantling capitalism</span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. He can't be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along.</span></span></strong></span></b><strong><span style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with income redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada. </span></span></span></strong></span></div></b><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b1155; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: #0b1155;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4. His three main goals are to control </span></span></strong></span></b><em><b><u><span style="color: maroon; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government.</span></span></span></u></b></em><strong><i><span style="color: maroon;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></i></strong><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He doesn't care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof. </span></span></span></strong><em><b><u><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada .</span></span></span></u></b></em><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></strong><em><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">God forbid! </span></span></span></b></em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><em><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></em></span></div></span></b><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5.</span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types.</span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can't work in the long run. </span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Obama is not a socialist; rather he's a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution</span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. He ran as a moderate, </span></span></strong></span></b><em><b><u><span style="color: maroon; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but will govern from the hard left</span></span></span></u></b></em><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.</span></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></strong></span></div></b><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6. Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the United States, but more as a ruler over the world. </span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate & coordinate various countries and their agendas. </span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He sees moral equivalency in all cultures. His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors. </span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!</span></span></u></em></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></u></em></span></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b1155;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not come due until after he is reelected in 2012. He would like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Dr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.</span></span></strong></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></strong></span></b></span></div><strong><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8.. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. Republicans are pining for another Reagan, but there will never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in February) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and info if she is to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and state's rights.</span></span></strong></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></strong></span></b></span></div></strong><em><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and outrageous. </span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We are spending trillions that we don't have. </span></span></strong></span></b><em><b><u><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This could lead to hyperinflation, depression or worse</span></span></span></u></b></em><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></strong><em><b><u><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity.</span></span></span></u></b></em><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't work, nor will the stimulus package. </span></span></span></strong><em><b><u><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama's allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.</span></span></span></u></b></em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><em><b><u><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></u></b></em></span></div></em></span></b><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed, fear and panic swept in, </span></span></strong><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. </span></span></u></em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The people are in pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act emotionally. </span></span></strong><em><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising it was as close as it was</span></span></span></u></em><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></u></em></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><em><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></u></em></span></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b1155;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #0b1155;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to roll. If it's between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all be about the economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about what's</span></span></strong></span></b><strong><span style="color: #002060;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">happening in Washington and Congress. </span></span></span></strong><em><b><u><span style="color: maroon; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There is a left-wing revolution going on</span></span></span></u></b></em><strong><span style="color: #0b1155;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we're right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it's far too late.</span></span></span></strong></span></div></span></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-73692991426437037042011-02-04T12:46:00.001-06:002011-02-04T12:50:10.959-06:00Obama's 'deeply personal' prayer breakfast speech: 3 theories<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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My only thoughts about Obama's prayer breakfast speech is: "He's lying as usual"! AMM<br />
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<blockquote>The president spoke about his own faith and journey to God at Thursday morning's National Prayer Breakfast. What was behind this surprisingly emotional move?</blockquote><blockquote>POSTED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2011, AT 12:28 PM</blockquote><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><blockquote>President Obama delivered an<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/03/remarks-president-national-prayer-breakfast" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">unusually personal speech</span></a> at Thursday morning's National Prayer Breakfast. The president joined spiritual leaders and guests including Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at the annual gathering, and emphasized his own path to religion. "Like all of us, my faith journey has had its twists and turns," he told guests. "And let me tell you, these past two years, they have deepened my faith. The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray." Since the president is not known for wearing his religion on his sleeve, the "<a href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20110203/obama-to-elaborate-on-his-faith-at-prayer-breakfast/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">deeply personal</span></a>" nature of Obama's speech surprised commentators. What's behind the move? (<a href="http://video.theweek.com/video/Obamas-morning-prayer;Most-Recent-Videos" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Watch Obama's comments</span></a>)</blockquote><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong><br />
<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Theory # 1:</span> He is playing the faith card:</strong> This is just the latest manifestation of "Barack Obama 2.0," <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/02/another_two_steps_in_the_obama.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">says Ed Lasky at </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">American Thinker</span></span></a>. Having "barely attended any religious services in the last two years," Obama is now attempting a "public baptism" to attract the Christian vote in 2012. "Talk about religious hucksters..."</blockquote></strong><br />
<blockquote><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/02/another_two_steps_in_the_obama.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Another two steps in the Obama extreme makeover"</a></blockquote><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong><br />
<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Theory # 2:</span> He is silencing the conspiracy theorists: </strong>This most "public affirmation" of Obama's religion was clearly aimed at the two-thirds of Americans who claim to be unaware of his Christianity, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/03/barack-obama-christianity" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">says Richard Adams at </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The Guardian</span></span></a>. And at a time when many Americans are "under the illusion that he might be a covert Muslim," it makes sense to "clarify his religious affiliation."</blockquote></strong><br />
<blockquote><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/03/barack-obama-christianity" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Barack Obama affirms his Christianity"</a></blockquote><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong><br />
<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Theory # 3:</span> He is sending a message to the GOP:</strong> Obama was "seeking to short circuit conservative critiques" ahead of 2012, <a href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/02/03/the-political-subtext-in-obamas-national-prayer-breakfast-address/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">says Michael Scherer at </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Time</span></span></a>. The State of the Union emphasized his belief in American exceptionalism, and this speech was "an attempt to claim his own Christianity" in case others suggest he lacks religious conviction. Take heed, GOP: Obama "will not allow others to define his own beliefs for him." </blockquote></strong><br />
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</span></span></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Missouri</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'s approach to the problem of illegal immigration appears to be more advanced, sophisticated, strict and effective than anything to date in Arizona.</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do the loonies in San Francisco, or the White House, appreciate what Missouri has done? When are our fearless President and his dynamic Attorney General going to take action to require Missouri start accepting illegal immigrants once again?</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So, why doesn't Missouri receive attention?</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Answer: There are no Mexican illegals in Missouri to demonstrate.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The "Show Me" state has once again shown us how it should be done.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There needs to be more publicity and exposure regarding what Missouri has done.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In 2007, Missouri placed on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri. In November, 2008, nearly 90% voting in favor! Thus, English became the official language for ALL governmental activity in Missouri. No individual has the right to demand government services in a language OTHER than English.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In 2008, a measure was passed that required the Missouri Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be in Missouri illegally. Missouri law enforcement offices receive specific training with respect to enforcement of federal immigration laws.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In Missouri, illegal immigrants do NOT have access to taxpayers benefits such as food stamps and health care through Missouri HealthNET.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In 2009, a measure was passed that ensures Missouri's public institutions of higher education do NOT award financial aid to individuals who are illegally in the United States.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In Missouri, all post-secondary institutions of higher education to annually certify to the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they have NOT knowingly awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully present in the United States.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So while Arizona has made national news for its new law, it is important to remember, Missouri has been far more proactive in addressing this horrific problem.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Missouri</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> has made it clear that illegal immigrants are NOT welcome in the state and they will certainly NOT receive public benefits at the expense of Missouri taxpayers.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We need all 50 states to comply with the way Missouri has handled this situation.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Taken from: "The Ozarks Sentinel" Editorial - Nita Jane Ayres, May 13, 2010.</i><br />
If the link does not work, just type in "The Ozarks Sentinel - Nita Jane Ayres" in Google.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 1in;"><div class="yiv1371714153MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is the link to confirm: Be sure to read the readers' comments too. </span></span><br />
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It's time that Obama stepped down from office as being a extremely inefficient leader that is alienating this country to the point of being on the verge of another American Revolution. We are seeing other countries in this mode now that Obama is backing. His leadership and economic polices are simply not working or non-existent. On Job Training should never be taken in when one is elected to the higher office in the land. AMM<br />
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<blockquote>By the time President Obama finished giving his State of the Union message, he had failed leadership 101 and convinced the nation that he is incapable of successfully leading it, especially in a time of crisis.</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>He was afforded a wonderful opportunity to rally his defeated fellow countrymen and lead them up the hill to storm the enemy's fortifications. But he couldn't even inspire his troops enough to get them to climb out of their foxholes, let alone charge and overrun the enemy positions. Clearly crisis leadership is not in his repertoire.</blockquote><blockquote>Anyone can lead when things are going right and there is not a dark cloud on the horizon. But it takes a leader like Washington, Lincoln or Churchill to take command in the middle of a national crisis, squarely face the enemy, rally the troops, crush the enemy and lead the nation to victory.</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>Can you imagine Obama drilling Washington's army in the dead of winter at Valley Forge, or leading a charge up Little Round Top at Gettysburg, or breaking through the Nazi lines as Patton did at Bastogne? Today, if you were fighting the Russians would you be comfortable with Obama having your back?</blockquote><blockquote>If you want to know how a real leader thinks and talks, re-read Lincoln's Second Inaugural address. As I sat and watched Obama give his State of the Union message on TV, I desperately listened for the words of encouragement that President Lincoln might have given.</blockquote><blockquote>He may have said something like, "Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray that this mighty economic scourge may speedily pass away ... Yet if God wills that it continue ... the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."</blockquote><blockquote>I was listening in hopes of hearing Obama give a closing that summed up the ravages our soldiers and their families are suffering because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Something like, "Let us strive on to finish these wars we are in, to bind up the nation's wounded, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."</blockquote><blockquote>The words of Lincoln's are the words of a true leader and of a great President which were so lacking in Obama's State of the Union. Let us all fervently pray that he will either quickly grow into the job, or decide not to run again for the office of president. Our nation deserves better than he is giving us.</blockquote><blockquote>Notice that in his Second Inaugural Address Lincoln didn't even mention political parties or his political opponents. This was because he realized that the real struggle the nation was involved in was not between those who would destroy the nation and those who would save it. But it was between the idea of enslaving fellow men or granting them the freedom of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that all Americans had the right to enjoy.</blockquote><blockquote>So, today, the struggle is not between Democrats and Republicans. It is between those who would pile debt upon debt until the nation is crushed beneath its obscene weight, and those who would see the government live within its means until it can devise a way to pay off its debts, restrict the size and expenditures of government, and balance the budget and keep it balanced.</blockquote><blockquote>Unfortunately President Obama seems unable to, or is incapable of understanding that now is the time for him to demonstrate real presidential economic leadership, that it is time for him to quit wandering around in the "inside the beltway" political jungle.</blockquote></div></div><div style="display: block; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; width: 510px;"><blockquote><hr /></blockquote><i><blockquote><i>Major Gen. Jerry R. Curry (US Army Ret.) Ph.D. is a decorated combat veteran, Army Aviator, Paratrooper and Ranger who has served his country both in the military and as a Presidential appointee in three administrations. He is also the author of "From Private to General" (Believe Books) </i></blockquote></i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-26099146467222940672011-01-30T14:50:00.000-06:002011-01-30T14:50:24.681-06:00Obama's Visit to Manitowoc<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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Green Energy Company That Lost $4.8 Million Last Year">Figures… Obama Delivers Weekly Address From Green Energy Company That Lost $4.8 Million Last Year</a></h2><blockquote>Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, January 29, 2011, 11:25 PM</blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: Technical; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"></div><blockquote>Barack Obama – He Knows Business.</blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial;"><blockquote>Today Barack Obama gave his Weekly Address from Manitowoc, Wisconsin at Orion Energy Systems.</blockquote><strong><blockquote><strong>Obama said he went to Orion because they are showing us the way forward. </strong></blockquote></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><blockquote>Here is <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/29/weekly-address-america-will-win-future-out-innovating-out-educating-and-"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">what Obama said</span></a> about the Orion manufacturing plant.</blockquote></span><br />
<blockquote style="font-family: Papyrus;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m speaking to you today from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where I’m at an innovative company called Orion Energy Systems.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a few years ago, this was an empty warehouse. A major employer had shut down this factory, moved its operations abroad, and took a lot of jobs away from this town.</span></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But today, as you can see behind me, this is a thriving enterprise once more. You are looking at a factory where 250 workers are building advanced clean energy systems – state-of-the-art technologies that use solar power and energy efficiency to save farms and businesses thousands of dollars on their utility bills.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m here because this business and others like it are showing us the way forward.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And in the coming days, I’ll be shining a spotlight on innovators across America who are relying on new technologies to create new jobs and opportunities in new industries.</span></blockquote><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s what companies like Orion are doing. And that’s how America will win the future – by out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building our competitors. We’ll win the future by being the best place on Earth to do business. That is what we are called to do at this moment. And in my state of the union, I talked about how we get there.</span></blockquote></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: Technical; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>But, unfortunately, just like we’ve seen so many times before, there’s much more to the story.</b></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial;"><blockquote><a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9hQdp-VlsSEJ:maciverinstitute.com/2011/01/green-jobs-at-what-cost/+Orion+Energy+Systems+government+money&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">MacIver Institute</span></a> reported the rest of the story on Orion.</blockquote></span><br />
<blockquote style="font-family: Papyrus;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite millions in government grants and subsidies, the Manitowoc company President Barack Obama called a glimpse of the future lost $4.2 million last year and cannot promise shareholders it will be profitable in the foreseeable future.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even Orion Energy Systems admits there are a lot of risks and uncertainties in the green energy industry.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Many technologies do not become commercially profitable products, applications or services despite extensive development and commercialization efforts,”the company stated in its most recent 10-K SEC filing on June 14, 2010.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last five years have been a rollercoaster for Orion. It lost a total of $3.9 million in 2005 and 2006, made $4.3 million in the next three years, and then finally lost $4.2 million in the 2010 fiscal year.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We may continue to incur further net losses and there can be no assurance that we will be able to increase our revenue, expand our customer base or be profitable,” the report indicates.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investors have responded to the company’s volatility, and Orion stock has plummeted in the past four years. It closed 2007 at $18.82 a share. By the end of 2010 it was $3.34.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regardless, President Obama is putting his, and the U.S. taxpayers’, money on companies like Orion.</span></blockquote></blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: Technical; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><big><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">You’d think that we’d have at least one honest news network in the country that would have reported this, but sadly that is not the case. Once again the former community organizer gets a complete pass from the state-run media.</span></b></big></div><div><big><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This is what it did to the plane...</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yZJZqlNYjl__ml44IAxSywlz1H7Rln32bHsx4FOdrT4FyiWPWwWsrtbTzvyuSUKjDN6Vpa5leKy_76UvFjgJQdXXx4p8fAazAV4emFoNASKvJV6TgJRaW4Uwe_Sbvtl5WYBeOk_z1PI/s1600/plane1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yZJZqlNYjl__ml44IAxSywlz1H7Rln32bHsx4FOdrT4FyiWPWwWsrtbTzvyuSUKjDN6Vpa5leKy_76UvFjgJQdXXx4p8fAazAV4emFoNASKvJV6TgJRaW4Uwe_Sbvtl5WYBeOk_z1PI/s640/plane1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PaSkTxU5T3qQUU0BMOd5c5GGIIBGWUtYNgJhr5Jrj2wWOAOmWp4pvEodNBTVxYuP-QI6SOrkLcv7vxtl7-9KRtsHllsXvjj33X3l_407JR_6qOMRWLc4_OmyT_ieWSlhEexyL3TZfHM/s1600/plane2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PaSkTxU5T3qQUU0BMOd5c5GGIIBGWUtYNgJhr5Jrj2wWOAOmWp4pvEodNBTVxYuP-QI6SOrkLcv7vxtl7-9KRtsHllsXvjj33X3l_407JR_6qOMRWLc4_OmyT_ieWSlhEexyL3TZfHM/s640/plane2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieujNIaXu7-HhK7bIARvza4nsGF93gAZfThwXNFPgvEWlnqhVm9KpeaJd2O5n3KkuhQlGCoCRYcHEl7Y53OuWSsWFtAHBuW24cxc5ZpVug_9wzTLJZevDMPnLX31qn9faBMhPflVJlnqQ/s1600/plane3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieujNIaXu7-HhK7bIARvza4nsGF93gAZfThwXNFPgvEWlnqhVm9KpeaJd2O5n3KkuhQlGCoCRYcHEl7Y53OuWSsWFtAHBuW24cxc5ZpVug_9wzTLJZevDMPnLX31qn9faBMhPflVJlnqQ/s640/plane3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzO3xDsiCsps18HitG6h-nIS6KS3cX-O6fds6anuygOSttEMtWF0O3rolYFmlppwU3l-XIg6SbuU69hEW7siAAtjnLCJrEiXxeoc6duoMke_X5-kHn7G9YxXAlfT0N_6dg_N4NoDnmEQ/s1600/plane4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzO3xDsiCsps18HitG6h-nIS6KS3cX-O6fds6anuygOSttEMtWF0O3rolYFmlppwU3l-XIg6SbuU69hEW7siAAtjnLCJrEiXxeoc6duoMke_X5-kHn7G9YxXAlfT0N_6dg_N4NoDnmEQ/s640/plane4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The pilot used his radio and had another pilot b</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ring him two new tires, three cases of duct tape, a</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>nd a supply of sheet plastic. He then patched t</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>he plane together, and........ FLEW IT HOME!</b></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jO6SCs_IZzsqtKQz7dAHwy9Am59WLcsTPXSlSV344Dtn53YhpUrwBVqlXoJfD3qiilDevhLEUddZ4GpC1-DbO3PBGlq5TT1i3Dvxtsu7VXjo1ayzFCUbAiAftxBfdnV_EWnW2Gcrth8/s1600/plane5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jO6SCs_IZzsqtKQz7dAHwy9Am59WLcsTPXSlSV344Dtn53YhpUrwBVqlXoJfD3qiilDevhLEUddZ4GpC1-DbO3PBGlq5TT1i3Dvxtsu7VXjo1ayzFCUbAiAftxBfdnV_EWnW2Gcrth8/s640/plane5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZZPr-K0BnCfpqNCDN-9WFSityDzpNq-hu218E9lyKJWFZie5Sz5jNMdJp8vkSnL1MaGsoI8eYcLvz_1jWqLnh1-pprsSor2_shDMnZtfabKM6cA3jPXY-P9HRd8z36ENiKFFLnuHZ88/s1600/plane6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZZPr-K0BnCfpqNCDN-9WFSityDzpNq-hu218E9lyKJWFZie5Sz5jNMdJp8vkSnL1MaGsoI8eYcLvz_1jWqLnh1-pprsSor2_shDMnZtfabKM6cA3jPXY-P9HRd8z36ENiKFFLnuHZ88/s640/plane6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span style="color: #e10000; font-size: 18pt;">Duct tape. Never leave home without it...</span></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-50239119592754892942011-01-23T19:28:00.001-06:002011-01-24T13:47:52.754-06:00Huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THIS IS NOT A PYTHON!</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="ecxyiv1454558949msonormal" style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a 15 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake - the largest ever caught on record, in fact. This snake was found Near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes subdivision just south of Jacksonville , FL.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="ecxyiv1454558949msonormal" style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One bite from a snake of this size would contain enough venom to kill over 40 full grown men. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The head of this snake alone is larger than the hand of a normal sized man. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bite from those fangs would be comparable to being stabbed by two curved, 1/4 inch diameter screwdrivers. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The knife being used to draw out the fangs for the bottom picture has a blade around 4 inches long. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This snake is estimated to have weighed over 170 pounds. (How much do you weigh?) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notice the girth of this snake as compared to the cop’s leg in the first picture (and he is not a small man). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A snake of this size could easily swallow a 2 year-old child (and dogs, pigs, etc). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A snake this size has an approximately 5 1/2 foot accurate striking distance. (The distance for an average size rattlesnake is about 2 feet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This snake has probably been alive since 1984/86</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451228573301592412.post-67928200827864216772011-01-23T16:04:00.003-06:002011-01-23T16:04:39.444-06:00Fiscal Humor: California vs. North Dakota<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The articles that I post is because I think they are of interest to someone else. By posting these articles doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with every—or any—opinion in the posted article. ~~~~</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">California:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the Governor.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. He calls animal control . Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness program" for residents of the area. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The State spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit against the State. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North Dakota: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Governor of North Dakota is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks his dog. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote. </span><span style="color: #9a0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: #9a0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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The chances of a military strike against <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iran" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Iran">Iran</a> this year are receding because of the success of a joint Israeli-US cyberattack on the country's nuclear facilities, according to officials and analysts with knowledge of the clandestine operation.<br />
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The New York Times reported that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/israel" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Israel">Israel</a>, with US help, had set up a model of the Iranian nuclear process at Dimona, the Israeli nuclear arms development centre in the Negev desert, to test a sophisticated destructive programme.<br />
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A computer worm, Stuxnet, was known last year to have been inserted into the Iranian nuclear operation and Iran admitted its programme had been delayed.<br />
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What is new is the role of Dimona, where the Israelis are reported to have been spinning nuclear centrifuges virtually identical to Iran's nuclear plant at Natanz, and the extent of involvement by US researchers and intelligence agencies. The centrifuges are used to enrich uranium.<br />
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Last year, rumours of military action began to be heard louder round Washington, with diplomats and officials warning that this year would be the year of decision on whether to launch a military strike. But the mood has changed.<br />
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An official told the Guardian that the military option is now less likely, citing not only the cyberattack, but also the synchronised assassination last year of two Iranian nuclear scientists, attributed to Israel.<br />
A leading analyst, Avner Cohen, the Washington-based author of Israel and the Bomb and Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb, also told this newspaper: "In the short term, it surely makes military action less likely. In fact, I do not see any military action against Iran anytime soon. It takes the pressure off. It does not mean military action is off the table, but it is not a short-term concern."<br />
Cohen, from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, said he believed reports about testing the Stuxnet on centrifuges at Dimona and the involvement of the US were largely accurate.<br />
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"It makes good sense to me. It fits what I heard and knew," Cohen said.<br />
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The work at Dimona was carried out over the last two years, though neither Israel nor the US has admitted this.<br />
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The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said last November that malicious software had created problems in some of Iran's centrifuges, though he insisted the problems had been solved.<br />
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Meir Dagan, head of the Mossad, the Israeli overseas intelligence agency, gave an unusually upbeat assessment of progress on Iran in a report earlier this month, on the eve of his retirement. He said Iran's nuclear programme had been delayed by at least a year. The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, echoed this but she attributed the delay to economic sanctions.<br />
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According to the New York Times, the Stuxnet worm included one component designed to send Iran's centrifuges spinning out of control and another to record normal operations at the nuclear plant and then play them back so that everything would appear normal while the centrifuges were tearing themselves apart.<br />
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If true, it would be the biggest cyberattack yet launched anywhere in the world, outstripping those attributed to Russia and China.<br />
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The idea may have developed from work at the Idaho National Laboratory, part of the US energy department that deals with nuclear arms, which teamed up with international companies such as the German company Siemens to look at the risk from cyberattack.<br />
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Cohen attributed the close co-operation between Israel and the US to Dagan, who insisted that on the Iranian nuclear issues Israel must co-operate with intelligence organisations such as the CIA and MI6.<br />
President George Bush, before leaving office in 2009, approved $300m (£189m) on joint covert projects aimed at Iran, and the Stuxnet was apparently a priority. It may have been responsible for destroying more than 900 centrifuges at Natanz.<br />
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The combination of the apparent intelligence successes and economic sanctions has increased western diplomats' confidence in talks with Iran this week, which have in the past invariably ended in deadlock.<br />
Cohen said: "For the long run, while it is impossible to predict, my gut feeling is that Iran will not have the full bomb.The only thing that would push Iran to the bomb would be an attack on Iran. I think Iran would ultimately emerge smart enough to avoid confrontation with the world but would insist to keep themselves very close to the bomb, still within the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) claiming the right to a fuel cycle. Whether the west and Israel would be able to live with that, I don't know."<br />
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A pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear sites by the US would likely provoke retaliatory attacks by Iranian "sleepers".<br />
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The London-based thinktank the Legatum Institute, in a report published today, warns that a military strike against Iran could result in retaliation. "In any strike, Iran would likely retaliate against US soldiers and assets in Afghanistan and Iraq, and might activate sleeper cells to launch al-Qaida-like attacks against the US homeland and in Europe."<div class="blogger-post-footer">RSS feed</div>Almtnmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15278840639833758856noreply@blogger.com0