Our Leaders want Socialism

This is really unbelievable...but it is in their own words...

Jon McNaughton

I really enjoy this guy's paintings, he seems to capture the political feelings of the day, and the paintings, themselves, are very well done, very nice...

See what you think:

Insanity in the White House

The very definition of insanity...
"Doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result each time"

When Bush declared the need for bail-outs and stimulus, the democrats declared it was a bad idea and that it wouldn't work.
Republicans Should Vote Against the Bailout
When Obama declared the need to continue and expand the bail-outs and stimulus, the democrats declared it was a good idea...
Dems' Downfall: Obama's "Unpopular but Necessary" Bailouts?
Now, we know that the bail-outs have largely failed, some of the banks that have received bail-out money have collapsed anyway, Freddie and Fannie are asking for MORE bail-out money...
One more bailout
Jobs continue to be lost:
Obama to Comment Friday on Jobless Report
Employment Situation Summary
And things are only getting worse...
'Recovery Summer' Ends With Economic Pothole

Ok, so what have we learned? Bail-outs and Stimulus DO NOT WORK.
Is that why Obama is planning more stimulus?
White House considering emergency economic stimuli

Therefore, we can conclude one (or more) of several things:
1) Obama and the Democrat Congress are Insane
2) Obama and the Democrat Congress do not learned from History, so they are Doomed to Repeat it
3) Obama and the Democrat Congress is out to destroy America financially, on purpose
4) Obama and the Democrat Congress are simply bone stupid

A little on how bad censorship is getting...

ReWriting History:

The United States Constitution, while over 200 years old, was an inspired document. One that lays out the organization and faoundation of our Government and our Country. It is the current rulling document in our Great Nation, and should be an object of study for anyone and everyone.
Unless you are a Publishing Company with an agenda:
"This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work." (© Wilder Publications 2008)
Now, why would someone want to "warn" people about reading the Constitution?
Something is seriously wrong with that.
I believe we should read the Constitution and other founding documents. To that end, I would suggest this site, Constituting America.

Not only do we have to contend with people putting warning labels on even the very important documents of our society, but there are other peoples who want to edit and remove other parts of our "reality"...

Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden carried a Seven-Point Creed given to him by his father, Joshua, upon his graduation from grammar school, these are the pints it contained:

Be true to yourself
Make each day your masterpiece
Help others
Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible
Make friendship a fine art
Build a shelter against a rainy day
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day

This is how it was reported by ESPN.

However, the New York Times reported it thusly:

Be true to yourself
Make each day a masterpiece
Help others
Drink deeply from good books
Make friendship a fine art
Build a shelter against a rainy day

Now, you might say that the NYT just "edited it for space", but the article is 3 pages long! Not to mention, they don't use any editing marks, like ellipses or any other indication of them having changed the article...in other words, this smells like they are purposefully withholding information from the reader; i.e. being deceptive or being less than honest.
I'll leave that for you to ponder.

It doesn't just stop there. There is a text book in use in Virginia that has actually edited the Declaration of Independence:

"On Glenn Beck’s May 25 episode, he furiously discussed how history is being rewritten to be politically correct. He pointed to a Virginia State McDonald Publishing History textbook that discussed the Declaration of Independence and said, 'The declaration expanded these ideas that all men are created equal and they are endowed … with certain unalienable rights.' The words 'by their Creator' were removed and replaced by ellipses."

There is a common thread here, the things being removed are the ones with religious meaning! Why is it so important for the liberals to remove religion from our lives and from the history of our great nation?

If you are interested in learning more about this topic, you can take a look at this book:
Forged in Faith: How Faith Shaped the Birth of the Nation

And to top it all off, a Statue of Stalin has been erected as a "monument" at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Say What? Wait, didn't Stalin's killing machine slaughtered more people than Adolph Hitler and the Nazis did?

The "cherry on top" of my little rant here, is the building of a Muslim Mosque on Ground Zero in New York.
The detractors are calling it a "victory mosque", the symbol of the victory of our enemies. We fight terrorism over seas, yet we allow something like this to happen at home.
My last thought on this:
Here in America, we have religious freedom. Muslims are free to come here, to live, to work, and to worship. Most of them are great people. But if we wanted to go to their country and worship, it would be impossible, unless we are Muslim. They do not allow Christian Churches to be built (for the most part) and they do not recognize "religious freedom".
Shouldn't we be using this as leverage with the Muslim countries around the world? Ask for like treatment? A symbol of peace and cooperation? Why are all the positive aspects AND the negative implications being ignored by the mainstream media?

This is something akin to Censorship.

Finally Victorious, Joseph Raymond McCarthy, Vindicated!

Some of you will remember Joseph McCarthy, of the Red Scare era.
You may also know that he was thoroughly discredited, disgraced.

Well, um, Really?
Russian Spies Return: It's Not the First Time

Talks on a Rapid End to Russian Spy Case

8In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents

Alleged Russian spy ring members led typical American lives

Holder: Russian Spies Were "Certainly a Threat"

Painting the Town 'Red'? More Russian Spies in U.S. Now Than Ever, Report Says

Looks like McCarthy was just warning us of the very real fact that we had been infiltrated by Communist or Russian Spies.

Amerika the new Communist Society?

Ezra Taft Benson, when speaking about his conversation with Mr. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, said the following:

"As we talked face to face he indicated that my grandchildren would live under communism. After assuring him that I expected to do all in my power to assure that his and all other grandchildren would live under freedom he arrogantly declared in substance - You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands."

Where are we today?

A conversation about Lotto

A US Government report concludes that a Lottery doesn't actually work, and in fact, harms the poor, un/under-educated and the minority groups:
Yet, this doesn't stop the Liberals/Progressives from demanding a lottery to "benefit education"...oh, and other studies report how most if any of the money received from lotteries does not benefit education:

The following is a real conversation between me and a "libtard":

Libtard:
"Yah, but your 'government report' is more than 13 years old. Better Luck Next Time!"

Me:
I really wish your earlier statement that my sources are "not current with modern gambling" was true, it might have prevented you from sounding like an idiot:

The following is 5 years old. It proves the 13 year old study is still correct and valid today:
Does the Illinois Lottery pay for education? Well, sort of ...

"Sure, Lottery money does fund education. But that just frees up other cash to be spent elsewhere."

==> Lotteries do not give more money to Education!

"Time to debunk one of the longest running myths in state government ... millions of dollars from losing Illinois Lottery tickets go to fund public education ... There was no requirement the lottery money be on top of what was already there. So, as lottery money comes in, it frees up other state tax money to spend elsewhere. How much education gets in the end is up to the annual political whims of state lawmakers and the governor."

==> i.e, for the slower of the Lemmings here, this means that Lotteries makes no difference to the total dollars spent on education.

The following is only 3 years old. It proves the 13 year old study is still correct and valid today:
Is The Lottery Shortchanging Schools?

"... in Illinois, where the state spends $6.5 billion a year on education, only $619 million, or one-tenth, comes from the lottery. In California, with an $84 billion education budget, the lottery funds only about $1.2 billion, or one-seventieth. In Florida, lottery proceeds cover one-twentieth of state education spending. In New Jersey, it's one-thirtieth; in Texas, one-fiftieth."

==> Lottery does not bring in as much as you would like to think.

"'We thought that it would be a windfall' says Michael Johnson, executive director of the Illinois Association of School Boards. He says the idea that lottery money adds to education funding is a myth.
'The general public -- they were fooled by this,' he says. 'The belief that that's additional money, above and beyond what we would normally get, that's the part that's not true.'"

==> Lottery was sold using a Myth. It is a lie.

"'Well, it's certainly one of the worst votes I ever made,' says former Illinois State Senator Dawn Netsch.
Netsch, whose vote helped pass the Illinois lottery in the 1970s, says lottery money simply replaces tax dollars legislators might spend on education, but instead spend on other projects.
'The lottery becomes part of the big pot of money that funds the basic functions of state government,' Netsch said. "

==> The people "benefiting" from the Lottery and the people who Passed it are both telling you, "it isn't true".

"In Florida, where lottery proceeds are a billion dollars a year, spending per pupil…has dropped nine spots from 37th to 46th in the nation since voters approved a lottery 20 years ago."

==> Spending per pupil decreases, even with a Lottery.

"In fact, our investigation of government spending in the 24 states that dedicate lottery funds for education yields a stunningly bad report card. The percentage of state spending on education is down or flat in 21 of those states from coast to coast."

==> Spending on Education decreased in nearly HALF the states with Lotteries, or did not increase at all.

"In Florida, former governor Lawton Childs, once called the lottery 'A great hoax on the people.'”
"This year, as he floated a proposal to privatize his state’s lottery, Illinois Governor Rod Blagovich called the lottery a 'shell game.'”
"... Dawn Netsh, who now teaches at Northwestern Law School, agrees. 'Many people, at least, still think of the lottery as being sort of an add-on, a supplement,' says Netsch. 'It never was that. It was a shell game from the beginning.'"

==> "Hoax", "Shell Game"... the words used to describe the Lottery.

The following is only 3 years old. It proves the 13 year old study is still correct and valid today:
For Schools, Lottery Payoffs Fall Short of Promises

"...North Carolina’s governor, Mike Easley, finally delivered on his promise to start a lottery...some voters...were persuaded by his argument that North Carolina’s students were missing out on as much as $500 million in aid annually as residents crossed the border to buy lottery tickets elsewhere."

==> I have heard this argument on this forum.

"Pitches like this have become popular among lawmakers who...have sold gambling as a savior for cash-starved public schools..."

==> Are you one of these "lawmakers" trying to persuade us toward the lottery.

"...a New York Times examination of lottery documents, as well as interviews with lottery administrators and analysts, finds that lotteries accounted for less than 1 percent to 5 percent of the total revenue for K-12 education last year in the states that use this money for schools."

==> Very small numbers.

"In reality, most of the money raised by lotteries is used simply to sustain the games themselves, including marketing, prizes and vendor commissions...nearly every state has increased, or is considering increasing, the size of its prizes — further shrinking the percentage of each dollar going to education and other programs."

==> I wonder what the Lottery administrators make per year? We hear about exxon executives and huge bonuses in the banking industry, but no one ever mentions how much the people running the lotteries walk away with. What about fraud and waste in these programs?

"In some states, lottery dollars have merely replaced money for education."

==> In other words, they reduce TAX spending on education and replace the lost revenue with Lottery money. The total spent on education does not change.

"...states eager for more players are introducing games that emphasize instant gratification and more potentially addictive forms of gambling."

==> The Camel's nose under the tent, so-to-speak. Is this where we want to go? Turn Utah into another Nevada?
The rest of that article is also very telling about the goals and uses of Lottery monies. Percentages used by schools are shrinking, Lottery monies being diverted away from Schools to the General fund (to cover short-falls), the misconceptions, misunderstandings and lies that accompany Lotteries...
Sounds great! (not!)

The following is only 2 years old. It proves the 13 year old study is still correct and valid today:
COLUMN: Lottery’s problems outweigh its merits

"Oklahomans voted in favor of the Oklahoma Education Act in 2004, which introduced the lottery to supplement funding of public education from pre-kindergarten to the university level. With such an innocuous and noble sounding title, people were misled into thinking the lottery would solve Oklahoma’s funding woes through generating money by joining the 42-state bandwagon that has a state lottery."

==> i.e. Oklahoma is full of Lemmings.

"Such funding is similar to using cigarette taxes to fund a cancer hospital ... "
"Using the lottery to fund public education is similar to taxing the poor over the rich."
"Educated people typically do not play the lottery since they understand extremely poor odds."

==> What do you do for funding after everyone is educated and not playing the Lottery?

"Rich people typically do not play the lottery since they already have plenty of money."
"Lottery players who buy tickets on a regular basis are typically people with low incomes hoping for that elusive bit of luck."

==> i.e. Lotteries prey on the Poor.

"Since the Oklahoma lottery has already fallen short of the projected $300 million, Oklahoma could not compete with a higher payout and another neighbor seeking the money of jackpot hunters."
"... the revenue for the latest fiscal year was $14.6 million below projections."

==> i.e. Lotteries do not stop people from going across state lines and buying Lottery Tickets in other states. Lotteries may not meet expectations.

"Of course, schools always need money, but the trouble comes with how the money is handled, not how it is spent ... the question is not whether there is enough money, but whether it is being spent wisely."

==> NOW we get down to the real question. If the money is being wasted and/or misused, having a Lottery will NOT fix that. It will only mean there is more money to waste or misuse.

The following is only 2 years old. It proves the 13 year old study is still correct and valid today:
This is only 5 years old, and is an official Florida Financial Report
In a report from "The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida" entitled, "FLORIDA LOTTERY FACTS – WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?", (I have the PDF if you want it) you can read the following;

"Lottery proceeds have not been an enhancement to education because they have essentially just replaced a portion of the general revenue dollars that were allocated to education prior to the creation of the state lottery. Instead of receiving additional funds to provide increased educational opportunities, school districts are forced to use lottery funds for daily operating activities to make up for the reduction in general revenue allocations."

==> Lotteries do not give Education "more money".

Not to mention these other articles:
Laney warns against using lottery to fund education

"'It's not going to change the amount of money that goes to education, except that it may decrease it,'" said Laney, D-Hale Center.

==> Might be the only Democrat in Texas to Oppose the Lottery.

" ... the people of Texas want the lottery proceeds dedicated [to education] because voters believed the money would be going to education when they approved the lottery."

==> The people of Texas were LIED to, so that the Lottery would pass.

"Sen. Teel Bivins, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, said he wouldn't oppose dedicating lottery profits even though doing it would not result in more money for schools."

==> Even with the money dedicated to education, "it would not result in more money for schools"...

1 in 3 Lottery Winners Broke Within 5 Years
and
Winning Big Can Lead To Folks Filing Bankruptcy
==> You have a better chance at losing everything AFTER you win the Lottery than before.

Why poor people win the lottery

"... studies show that the heaviest lottery players -- the 20% of players who contribute 82% of lottery revenue -- disproportionately are low-income, minority men who have less than a college education."

==> Lotteries negatively affect the poor, un/under-educated, minorities. So, if you are a Rich, Elitist, Racist Snob, you will support a Lottery.

"'It really is government undercutting what government's role should be, which is encouraging people in financial straits to be responsible with their money', says Tom Grey of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling."

==> The deception doesn't stop at "educational lottery" when lottery dollars may or may not fund education, it also permeates personal financial responsibility. Are you more personally financially responsible if you play lottery or save your money (pay your bills, feed your kids, see a doctor, etc)?

"In a 1999 survey by the Consumer Federation of America and financial services firm Primerica, 40% of Americans with incomes between $25,000 and $35,000 -- and nearly one-half of respondents with an income of $15,000 to $25,000 -- thought winning the lottery would give them their retirement nest egg. Overall, 27% of respondents said that their best chance to gain $500,000 in their lifetime is via a sweepstakes or lottery win, the survey said.
Consider this: If you take that $150 a year and put it into a 401(k) or IRA at age 30, you'll have $28,000 by age 65, assuming a reasonable 8% rate of return, says Jim Holtzman, an accountant and certified financial planner with Legend Financial Advisors, in Pittsburgh. That figure doesn't even consider the added boost of contributing to a plan in which a company matches contributions. (See "Start investing with just $100.")
To save that $500,000 nest egg, you'd have to tuck away a little less than $100 a month starting at age 21. What's more likely: that you can find an extra $100 a month -- or that the 1-in-several-million odds of even the smallest seven-figure jackpot suddenly tilt in your favor?"

==> Only idiots would play the lottery to provide their retirement.

And what are some of the other side effects of a Lottery? You cannot just proclaim that "it will fund schools" without considering the rest of the impact on people in Utah. They do "impact studies" for new construction, so lets do an "impact study" for a Lottery:
Illinois Lottery: The Poor Play More

"John Brown started buying lottery tickets the day he turned 18...'On average, I’d say [I spend] about $25 a day,' said Brown, now 36, a laid-off laborer."

==> Ok, so he is using his unemployment checks to play the lottery. I wonder how the rest of the people in Illinois feel about having their tax dollars spend on gambling?

“'Lotteries are, in essence, a form of regressive taxation that distributes wealth and resources away from those who can least afford to pay,' said Paul Street, vice-president for research and planning at the Chicago Urban League. He said he was not surprised by the Reporter’s findings. '[Lotteries] especially extract wealth from communities of color, and most particularly from African Americans.'"

==> A lottery seems to be a "racist tax". Are you a racist "wolverine"? Would you like to institute a "racist tax" in Utah and call it a "lottery"?

"'The state’s deficits approached or even surpassed $1 billion this past year,' she said. 'Had the lottery not transferred $555 million to the state, the budget shortfall could have been significantly larger.'”

==> What is to stop the State Government from using lottery money like the Federal Government does with Social Security? Borrow against it? Reallocate it? The $555 MILLION here didn't even make it to the "schools" or for "education" of any kind.

State lotteries prey upon poor

"Proponents of a state lottery in Tennessee love to talk about well-funded schools, college scholarships and an end to state budget problems."

==> Sounds like some people in this forum, right?

"According to a recent Duke University study African-Americans, high school dropouts and people in the study's lowest income category spend the most money per capita on lottery tickets."

==> A high price on the people who cannot afford it.

"A few--very few--poor customers might even get lucky, strike it rich and turn their lives around."

==> We will discuss this in a minute. It isn't true.

"The odds against winning are astronomical, though, and for every lucky soul who spends the last few dollars of each month's paycheck to buy a handful of lottery tickets and wins millions, thousands more are just throwing their last dollars down the drain. Those extra few dollars could have bought Junior a good meal or a warm hat to wear on the long walk to school each morning."

==> Too high a price to pay. The "uneducated" and "destitute" are given a false "hope" with the Lottery.

There are some solutions, however, that might work, if we could find our way to them:
1) Reduce the number of administrators in the school districts
2) Increase the number of charter schools (the boards and administrators are mostly volunteers)
3) Consolidate school districts (no more of the city and county...just use county borders or state borders...)
4) Do not allow illegals into school system
5) Increase burden on families with more children
6) Reduce Legislator salaries and put excess back into Education
7) Reduce Legislator staff and other state/city/county staff, end "double dipping" and put all the savings into Education
8) All lobbyist "bribes" go into the general Education fund
9) Education budget as a percentage of the overall budget, and can only be increased
10) Normalize School Districts (spread the wealth)
and if you get really ambitious...
11) Do matching dollars. For every dollar donated to schools via private individuals and companies, the government matches those funds
12) Set up "public options" for education. Allow individuals and businesses to purchase "shares" of a school or school system
13) Get government out of education all together
(Disclaimer, I may or may not advocate some or all of these solutions.)

I am not a "liberal" but I sure wouldn't want to do what these liberals on this list are suggesting; it even goes against their core philosophy:

"In the nineteenth century, the excesses of unbridled capitalism created a change in liberal doctrine, which began to view government’s role not only as protecting individual liberties but also as regulating business and assisting the poor."

I have even compared the addition of a Lottery to the addition of a Cigarette Tax (or any Sin Tax):

The other side of the Lottery coin is New Taxes; something like a cigarette tax.
Now, how does a cigarette tax differ from a Lottery?

* They are both "voluntary" forms of "taxation". No one is forcing anyone to smoke, no one is forcing anyone to buy cigarettes.
* Lotteries mainly affect the Poor, Utah's poverty rate is around 10%. The smoker rate in Utah is about 9%, so taxing Cigarettes affects fewer people.
* I would assume the "drop-out" rate for High School is about 12% because the Graduation Rate is at 88%. So only about 12% of Utahans are "uneducated" or "under-educated".
* Like the lottery, the poor and uneducated are more likely to smoke.
* Minorities (especially African Americans) are more likely to play the lottery.
* And it appears that whites are more likely to smoke.

I realize that things are more complicated than this, and especially since the population of Utah is about 58% LDS, (they "normally" don't smoke or gamble), so there is far more study to do on this issue than simple numbers -- but if you look at what is listed here, and the way that Liberals, especially those on this list, reacted to the Cigarette Tax; you have to ask yourself, why are they so "for" a Lottery when it will affect a similar cross-section of our state in a similar way?

For the liberals to support a lottery but not a cigarette tax is what is called "Hypocrisy" (and/or racism).
**It is OK to tax the poor, uneducated minorities with a Lottery, but not to tax the poor, uneducated whites with a Cigarette Tax.**
I guess they justify it with something like, "it is ok as long as it benefits education".
If that is the justification, then why not earmark the cigarette tax money for education, then they can violate their core philosophy in equity of both races.

http://www.deseretnews.com
http://www.jointogether.org
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13162519
http://www.eurekalert.org
http://www.americanheart.org
http://www.chicagoreporter.com
http://science.slashdot.org


But, as I have said before, it isn't about money for schools, it is about power and control.

Absolute Proof Obama's Birth Certificate is a Fake

I don't even have to post photographs, or photoshopping, or anything...
I can give it to you in just a few words...

Pres. Obama was born to the name Barack Hussein Obama jr. But at one point, he was known as Barry Soetoro, then again as Barack...
Any time you legally change your name (for passports, for school registrations, for social security, for jobs, etc...) you must file changes to the Birth Certificate.

Where are those changes that were filed for his Birth Certificate?

This is assuming, of course, that Obama wasn't committing fraud...

The GAO says, we're financially doomed

I borrowed this from "Conservatives for Change", I hope they don't mind...

Former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker on The Federal Fiscal Crisis:

David Walker spent his life working for the GAO and keep the books on the federal government. He was their top accountant and he quit that post to warn the American people of the fiscal nightmare that is coming to our country....I think it is about time to listen to what he is telling everyone.

The GAO is the "Government Accountability Office"

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars...

...Our Mission is to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. We provide Congress with timely information that is objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, nonideological, fair, and balanced...

...We support congressional oversight by

- auditing agency operations to determine whether federal funds are being spent efficiently and effectively;
- investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities;
- reporting on how well government programs and policies are meeting their objectives;
- performing policy analyses and outlining options for congressional consideration; and
- issuing legal decisions and opinions, such as bid protest rulings and reports on agency rules.

We advise Congress and the heads of executive agencies about ways to make government more efficient, effective, ethical, equitable and responsive.

Our work leads to laws and acts that improve government operations, saving the government and taxpayers billions of dollars.

When you are Enlightened, you see throught the Lies

We are constantly fed a lot of BS by the Government. They tell us "everything is fine" and "we are 'on top of it'"... but the more we think we know, the less we actually know. There is something going on here, and we have no clue about it.

Some of the points to consider:
Why is it so hard to plug the oil spill in the Gulf?
Why does it seem that Obama isn't taking that seriously?
Why does the government not take nuclear power seriously?
Why does the government not take alternative fuels seriously?
Why would we do "cap and trade" and "carbon credits" which allow us to ignore helping the environment and put the burden on other people in other countries?
Why are we spending money we don't have?
Why are we so in debt?
Why is the deficit getting bigger?
Why do we talk about "sustainability" with the environment but not with fiscal policy?
Why is the recession continuing?
How are there banks that are "too big to fail" when there are 4000+ banks in the USA?
With the stimulus and bail-out programs failing, why are we continuing them?
The bail-outs and stimulus were a "bad idea" under Bush, so why are they a "good idea" under Obama?

Anyway, I think you get the idea... we need to be asking more questions than these, and we need the answers...

In case you were wondering, we are getting smart to what is going on, and it is scaring the "powers that be"...

Brzezinski Decries “Global Political Awakening” During CFR Speech

When we start to see through the fog, the constant "spin" and "distraction" that our government keeps giving us, when we start to ask questions, we become "enlightened" and their lies are exposed.

No-one foresaw the internet. Information travels faster than light and the truth is set free. It is our most powerful weapon against the disinformation and misdirection that we get from the mainstream media.

Do yourself a favor. Don't take my word for it, LOOK IT UP YOURSELF. Get educated. Learn BOTH SIDES. Then you can make informed and intelligent decisions.

Global Cooling Confirmed

Remember back a while when I said that "global warming is a myth"? Well, I have also been reading on other science and learning about AWG (as the progressives and liberals call it), and how it fits into Climate Change...
Well, there is way too much information to go into in a single post here, but you can search and read the posts I have made...
Here is one of the latest fiascos in the Climate Change debate:

The Mystery of Global Warming's Missing Heat

Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years.

Really? According to the IPCC this shouldn't be happening.

"There has been a very slight cooling, but not anything really significant," Willis says. So the buildup of heat on Earth may be on a brief hiatus. "Global warming doesn't mean every year will be warmer than the last. And it may be that we are in a period of less rapid warming."

This is just as good as the other excuses I have heard; "just because we have 'global warming' doesn't mean the earth actually gets warmer!"
He even contradicts himself, "THERE HAS BEEN A VERY SLIGHT COOLING" and "LESS RAPID WARMING"? It is either one or the other.

ANyway, I am sure we will get more information as time goes on...but I thought you would like to see that science isn't something you get by "consensus", you get it by testing and observations.

Bail-Outs and the Money Machine

If you though to yourself, "Self, these bail-outs seem too good to be true...and what is it with this 'too big to fail thing'?"

Then you aren't alone.

Take a look at who is making the money off your tax dollars, not just in the "bail-out" gifts, but in the resulting "financial disaster"...

Obama, a Dictator?

Some say it is impossible, and no one in the Government would seriously consider something so radical, but consider for a moment, what some people are saying...

Lets start with Woody Allen, yes, the Actor/Director.

“I am pleased with Obama. I think he’s brilliant. The Republican Party should get out of his way and stop trying to hurt him.”
"it would be good…if he could be a dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly."

Or how about Rosey O'Donnell?

“Seize their assets today. Take over the country, I don’t care. Issue and executive order. Say BP guess what…call it socialism, call it communism, call it anything you want. Lets watch Rush Limbaugh explode…on TV when he talks….SEIZE THE ASSETS, take over BP.”

Hmmm. If we have "normal people" talking about making Obama into a dictator, what are some of the Media Pundits saying?
How about Ed Schultz at MSNBC?

“Mr. President, I want to see the boot on the neck of BP tonight. I want to see some finger-pointing whether it's in your personality or not and it's OK tonight to act kind of like a dictator and call the shots saying this is the way it's going to be. BP has lied to the citizens of this country long enough. It's been one misstep after another. One lie, one half-truth after another. It's time for the President of the United States to lay it out there in full force for the citizens of the United States and make it very clear that BP is going to make us whole, whole again and whole for a long time.”
“Don't you think this is a moment where President Obama has to make sure that he lets everybody know that he's calling the shots, and almost in words of maybe a dictator, that this is the way we're going to do it? And when I hear reported today by Chuck Todd here on MSNBC that the Obama administration is negotiating with BP over a third independent party as to whether they're going to oversee the claims process, it just makes me think that BP is calling the shots and not the American people.”

Ouch. Are there any in the Political arena that support or think of Obama as a Dictator?
Lets ask Representative Sam Johnson (R-Tex.), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, who broke up the House decorum by speaking the truth. He denounced President Obama as a "fascist dictator," something that, previously, only Lyndon LaRouche had the balls to say in public. It is all becoming that obvious! Johnson's remarks were delivered during a tumultuous mark-up and were heard by an LPAC representative who was in the hearing.

Maybe I should describe to you what constitutes a "Dictator", the following is from Wikipedia

"A dictator is a ruler (e.g. absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power (sometimes but not always with military control) but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency (see Roman dictator and justitium)."
"The term 'dictator' is comparable to, but not synonymous with, the ancient concept of a tyrant; initially 'tyrant', like 'dictator', did not carry negative connotations. A wide variety of leaders coming to power in a number of different kinds of regimes, such as military juntas, single-party states and civilian governments under personal rule, have been described as dictators. For example, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Kim Jong-il."

We have a process in this country for making laws and setting policies. This process is specifically designed to prevent a Dictatorship or Tyranny. It is supported by our "separation of powers" which means that one man, the President, or any one group, the House, Senate or SCOTUS, cannot "dictate" law.
Yet, Obama is circumventing this process with things like "executive orders" and flat out "abuses of power", see the following examples:

1) EO 13524 ammends EO 12425, Dec 16, 2009, whereby an international police ‘Force’ is authorized to act within the U.S. that is no longer subject to 4th Amendment Search and Seizure (expanding the ‘Force’ and disarming Americans).

2) "The use of executive power came to a head this week when Mr. Obama confronted Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, about nominations held up in the Senate. In a meeting with Congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday, Mr. Obama turned to Mr. McConnell and vowed to use his power to appoint officials during Senate recesses if his nominations were not cleared."

3) "Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens. Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), eight Senators addressed a letter to the President asking for answers to questions about a plan that would allow DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to provide an amnesty if they can't secure enough votes for a bill in the Senate."


For Obama to take upon himself the sole responsibility of making these changes makes him a Dictator. Even if he does not accomplish anything by it, he would be a Dictator in word and desire, if not in actuality.

Not only that, but he has lied about several things related to the abuse of power:

"Already, Mr. Obama has had to reconcile his campaign-trail criticism of Mr. Bush for excessive use of so-called signing statements to bypass parts of legislation with his own use of such tactics. After a bipartisan furor in Congress last year, Mr. Obama stopped issuing such signing statements, but aides said last month that he still reserves the right to ignore sections of bills he considers unconstitutional if objections have been lodged previously by the executive branch."

If you remember, he said he wouldn't do it, it was an abuse of power...but now...the student has become the master.

Similar in severity is Obama's promise to not have any lobbyists in his White House...and recently, in the state of the union address he said:

"[W]e’ve excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions."

Well, the truth is much scarier. One of the hallmarks of a corrupt government is to put "your people" into positions of power. Look at the (and growing) list of Policy Makers that have been lobbyists within the CURRENT White House:

•Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed].

•Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.

•William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.

•William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.

•David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.

•Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.

•Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.

•Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.

•Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

•Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.

•Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.

•Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president's assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.

•Jocelyn Frye, who used to lobby on employment and gender discrimination, became director of policy and projects for Michelle Obama

He is now being called out by several people on "the hill" for what he is, a liar:
When he makes the statement in the State of the Union Address;

"With all due deference to separation of powers, last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections. I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests or, worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people. And I urge Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps correct some of these problems."

Judge Alito says, "Not True".
And we all remember the "You Lie" shout out during a speech by Obama in which he said the new Health Care bill would not subsidize illegal immigrants. Here are some concerns at the time Sen. Wilson made his remark:

"Critics say there is no way to enforce the ban on subsidies for undocumented workers, since the Democratic majority in the House turned back a Republican effort to explicitly stiffen citizenship checks."
"Some Republicans argue that the measure has left a loophole for undocumented relatives of legal residents to be covered. But Treadwell disputes that, telling CNN that based on her reading of the bills, "There is no loophole currently."

The fact of the matter is, if an illegal immigrant steps into an emergency room at any hospital and receives care that they then do not pay for, YOU AND I GET STUCK WITH THE BILL. Hospitals CANNOT turn away anyone needing care.
Read the references below, but understand that Sen. Wilson was responding truthfully at the time; right after the Dems killed the amendments that would have prevented illegals from sucking the system. It was later corrected, but at the time, he was correct, the President had lied:
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/obamas-state-of-the-union-address/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/alito-not-true_n_439672.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/10/obama.heckled.speech/index.html
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/27/cnn-truth-squad-will-health-bill-pay-for-illegal-immigrants-an-update/?fbid=UbVmYZ9KoK5
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obamacare-wont-cover-illegal-immigrants--55021087.html

Now, back to one of my original assertions about a Dictator;
another individual, Rep. Barney Frank, clearly states that there is no such thing as "too much regulation". What do you think, America? Can we have too much regulation? How does "no such thing as too much regulation" fit within a FREE society?

Then there is the power he continues to ascribe to himself, via Congress. He can now decide, all by himself, to shut down access to the internet. Shouldn't that be left up to the workings of Congress? Why would we give one man such powers?
The same thing is happening with Cap&Trade, Offshore Drilling Ban, and other bits of legislation. If he continues down this road, the next president could continue the practice, and so on, till we have no use of a Congress, the president will simply have all the power, i.e. he will be a dictator.

And don't forget, more circumvention of the system, with secret appointments of people...
Obama Bypasses Senate to Install Controversial “Rationing Czar” at Medicare Center
Hmmm... didn't the conservatives say that Rationing would happen? They called them "death panels", but they did say there wouldn't be enough money, so someone would have to choose who gets service and who does not.
Score one for the good guys...but because there is NOTHING to stop the Bad Guys (with that super majority and all) it doesn't mean much now...

These are scary times, and we should be vigilant in our watch of the Government. With so many people wanting to regulate us and control us and circumvent the process...it is only a matter of time before we fall under that list of infamous Dictators...

Ideas actually can make a difference

I have been conversing with people on several discussion boards, some full of liberals who don't seem to have any idea how to make changes. They come up with a single idea, regardless of how bad it is, or how obviously it will fail.
I keep encouraging people to come up with new ideas, and one person did. They suggested that maybe, to save some money, to improve our social services, we should require drug testing for people using the social services.

Of course, the liberals cried about that idea. The bleeding hearts...

I took a lot of these ideas and passed them along. I tried to give credit, but with names like they are on the internet, I am afraid I couldn't be very accurate.
Or, because I do encourage people to put their ideas in the hands of those that can make change, they may have sent it in themselves. It really doesn't matter, it was a good idea and, well, read on...

The better news is, the Tea Party is having an effect, people in Washington seem to be doing some listening...

Hatch proposes drug testing for welfare, unemployment recipients

We should support this idea. It would help.

How bad at math can one be?

Have you ever wondered how the RIAA and the MPAA and the other orgs come up with those numbers on piracy?
How someone who downloads 1000 songs (songs that sell for $0.99 each) can suddenly owe $250,000 or several millions of dollars in damages?
There is definitely something wrong with their math...well, the DOJ and GOA are wondering the same thing:

Study Claims $41.5 Billion In Portable Game Piracy Losses Over Five Years

Feds raise questions about big media's piracy claims

EU Piracy Estimates — Just How Inaccurate?

Feds hampered by incomplete MPAA piracy data

What I don't understand is how the win some of the cases, with math that is so obviously flawed.

Made in China

You would have thought that after the LEAD in the paint on children's toys and in dinnerware was well above LEGAL tolerance, we would have stopped importing crap from China.
However, I guess we haven't learned our lesson...
McDonalds, Cadmium, and Thermo Electron Niton Guns

So just remember, when you want cheap crap, you get what you pay for!

This world is falling apart

Literally...

In the last little while there have been some fantastic things happen...like earth quakes (Haiti and Chile), flooding, odd weather, harsh winters, and more...
Take a look at this one:
Giant Guatemalan 'Sinkhole' Is Worse Than We Thought

Not only are things bad, but the Governments aren't telling us just how bad...
With the Oil leaking into the Gulf, it makes you wonder just how bad it really is, what with Obama on vacation and all...maybe it isn't as bad as he would like us to think?
Or is it worse?

Watch or Economy Fail

There are 2 things here:
#1 - Obama keeps telling us that things are improving, yet all we see is how things are getting worse...
First, the new taxes on small businesses to support Obamacare
Second, joblessness continues to increase, yet funding for those families is being cut
Third, the stock market continues to decline
Fourth, the government is still making bad decisions
Fifth, the dollar continues to lose value

#2 - To top it all off, investors are saying that a "safe investment" is T-Bonds and Notes?

Sorry people! If you want your investments SAFE you need to start investing in hard investments like Gold and other precious metals. Or real-estate. Or any number of other things. But your investments should be more diverse or you will go down with the sinking ship.
I am worried about my retirement investments...they have been doing ok, but if the economy keeps going in this direction, it will be worthless within the next ten years.

Immigration v. Illegal Immigration and the LDS

Some Latino Mormons Say Church Should Take A Stand On Immigration

"Some Utah Latinos, who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, are calling for President Thomas S. Monson to take an official, public position on immigration."

The LDS Church already has, in the 12th Article of Faith:
"We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law."

And in the 13th Article of Faith:
"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men..."

The article continues:
“The church needs to have a position in favor or opposed to Latinos,”

Huh? The Church takes no stand for or against any ethnic group or nationality. They take a position for all people, or it wouldn't be a GLOBAL Church.
The only position the Church CAN take is to support, honor, and obey the LAW of the LAND in which the Church is operating.
It has nothing to do with being in favor of or opposed to Latinos.
All are welcome into the LDS Church. But if people are here illegally, and if they are using stolen identities and working illegally in the US THEN there is an issue that needs to be discussed within the Church: maybe the Church should remind these people that if they break the law, they can lose their Church membership, or at a minimum, their temple recommend.

The LDS Church will always side with "what is true and right", not with what someone wants to be right, when it clearly isn't.

Conservativism is back

It seems that Texas isn't the only place tired of the Godless Liberals...

Time to start to rethink some strategy, liberals...progressivism isn't the path that people want.

Intelligent design to be taught in Queensland schools under national curriculum

The dawn of the Conservative is at hand.