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You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door.  Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers. At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way. With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick up your shotgun. You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and open it.  In the darkness, you make out two shadows.
One holds something that looks like a crowbar. When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, you raise the shotgun and fire. The blast knocks both thugs to the floor. One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front door and lurches outside. As you pick up the telephone to call police, you already know that you're in trouble.

In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the few that are privately owned are so stringently regulated as to make them useless. Yours was never registered. Police arrive and inform you that the second burglar has died. They arrest you for 1st Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of a Firearm. When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to worry: authorities will probably plea the case down to manslaughter. "What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask. "Only ten-to-twelve years," he replies, as if that's nothing. "Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."

The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local newspaper. Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two men you shot are represented as choirboys. Their friends and relatives can't find an unkind word to say about them. Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims" have been arrested numerous times. But the next day's headline says it all: "Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to Die." The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin
Hood-type pranksters. As the days wear on, the story takes wings. The national media
picks it up, then the international media. The surviving burglar has become a folk hero.
Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably  win. The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their lack of effort in apprehending the suspects. After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that you would be prepared next time. The District  Attorney uses this to allege that you were lying in wait for the burglars.

 A few months later, you go to trial. The charges haven't been reduced, as your lawyer had so confidently predicted. When you take the stand, your anger at the injustice of it all works against you. Prosecutors paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man. It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you of all charges.

The judge sentences you to life in prison.


This case really happened. On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England killed one burglar and wounded a second. In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now
serving a life term.

How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British Empire ?

It started with the Pistols Act of 1903. This seemingly reasonable law  forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handguns sales were to be made only to those who had a license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only handguns but all firearms except shotguns. Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns. Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the
Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw. When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead. The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control", demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately owned
handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.) Nine years later, at Dunblane Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public school. For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable, or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearm still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released. Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying,
"We cannot have people take the law into their own hands. "All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no fear of the consequences. Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars.  When the Dunblane Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given three months to turn them over to local authorities. Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't were visited by  police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they didn't comply. Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from
private citizens. How did the authorities know who had handguns? The guns had been
registered and licensed. Kinda like cars.

Sound familiar?


WE MUST WAKE UP AMERICA , THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE 2nd AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION. WHERE IT SHOULD REMAIN!!!!

 It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." --Samuel Adams

Each Presidential candidate is giving his rendition of the changes he wants for America. Here are a few I believe all American wants.

• Limit Congress from serving more than 2 terms. That's all the Presidents are allowed.
• Stop Congress from voting for their own raises. How did that get started?
• Stop paying for law makers' high priced-insurance premiums. After all they are only part time employees'. They might pass some law changes on the insurance company's if they had to find one.
• Stop paying lawmakers their full salary after serving just 1 term, or at retirement. We need to get rid of that pension plan: they've allowed other company's to get rid of theirs. You were lucky to get 40% to 50% of your salary after working somewhere for 35yrs, but they get 100%?
• Make Congress pay into the social security system. They make the laws for it. If they payed into the system with their "own" money they might be interested in making it solvent.
• Stop handing out aid to illegal aliens. If we did then Medicaid and food stamp program would have enough money to aid the aged and poor.
• Secure the border.
• Stop allowing baby's born to illegal aliens here in the United States automatic US citizenship.
• Stop the abuse of our benevolent welfare system. We feed children free meal 3 times a day until they are 17. Churches give away good, clean clothes.Company's buy and donate school supplies. Emergency rooms provide health care at tax payer expense, and the food stamp program is buying food at home. What are parents doing for their children?
• Have a computer program that cross checks social security numbers with finger prints and stop fraud on many fronts. They can use it on voter registration too!
• Stop bailing out mortgage company's and banks that gives loans to people who can not afford them.
• Stop company's from paying CEO's and other executives outrageous salaries and bonuses while doing away with workers pensions.
• STOP all unnecessary spending so we will have the money for our nations security, and to help needy and elderly AMERICANS.

• Stop permitting anyone from having a photo with their face covered on drivers licenses.

The Presidency will not be able to make these changes. No matter what he would tell you. Only members of Congress can effect these type of changes for they are the law makers. I do not think that Congress is wanting to make any kind of change as they so vehemently want you to believe. Do you?

I know its a bit lengthy but PLEASE its well worth the read. nativephoenician

Mr. Obama,
   Given  the  uproar  about  the  simple  question  asked  you by Joe the plumber,  and  the persecution that has been heaped on him because he dared
to question you, I find myself motivated to say a few things to you myself.
While   Joe  aspires to start a business someday, I already have started not
one,  but  4 businesses.  But first, let me introduce myself.  You can call
me  'Cory  the well driller'.   I am a 54 year old high school graduate.  I
didn't  go  to  college like you, I was too ready to go 'conquer the world'
when  I  finished  high  school.   25 years ago at age 29, I started my own
water  well drilling business at a time when the economy here in East Texas
was  in a tailspin from the crash of the early 80's oil boom.  I didn't get
any  help  from  the government, nor did I look for any.  I borrowed what I
could  from  my  sister,  my  uncle,  and even the pawn shop and managed to
scrape  together  a  homemade drill rig and a few tools to do my first job.
My  businesses did not start as a result of privilege.  They are the result
of  my  personal  drive, personal ambition, self discipline, self reliance,
and  a  determination to treat my customers fairly.  From the very start my
business  provided  one  other (than myself) East Texan a full time job.  I
couldn't  afford  a  backhoe  the  first  few  years  (something every well
drilling business had), so I and my helper had to dig the mud pits that are
necessary  for  each  and  every job with hand shovels.  I had to use my 10
year  old, 1/2 ton pickup truck for my water tank truck (normally a job for
at least a 2 ton truck).
   A  year  and  a half after I started the business, I scraped together a
20% down payment to get a modest bank loan and bought a (28 year) old, worn
out,  slightly  bigger  drilling  rig to allow me to drill the deeper water
wells  in  my area.  I spent the next few years drilling wells with the rig
while  simultaneously  rebuilding  it  between jobs.  Through these years I
never  knew  from one month to the next if I would have any work or be able
to  pay the bills.  I got behind on my income taxes one year, and spent the
next  two  years paying that back (with penalty and interest) while keeping
up  with  ongoing  taxes.   I  got  behind  on  my water well supply bill 2
different  years (way behind the second time... $80,000.00), and spent over
a  year  paying  it  back  (each  time) while continuing to pay for ongoing
supplies  C.O.D..   Of  course,  the  personal stress endured through these
experiences  and  years  is hard to measure.  I do have a stent in my heart
now to memorialize it all.
   I  spent the next 10 years developing the reputation for being the most
competent  and most honest water well driller in East Texas .  2 years along
the  way,  I  hired another full time employee for the drilling business so
that we could provide full time water well pump service as well as the well
drilling.   Also,  3  years  along  the  path, I bought a water well screen
service machine from a friend, starting business # 2.  5 years later I made
a business loan for $100,000.00 to build a new, higher production, computer
controlled  screen service machine.  I had designed the machine myself, and
it  didn't  work out for 3 years so I had to make the loan payments without
the  benefit  of  any  added  income  from  the new machine.  No government
program  was  there  to  help  me with the payments, or to help me sleep at
night as I lay awake wondering how I would solve my machine problems or pay
my  bills.   Finally,  after  3  years,  I  got  the screen machine working
properly,  and that provided another full time job for an East Texan in the
screen service business.
   2  years  after  that,  I  made  another  business  loan, this time for
$250,000.00, to buy another used drilling rig and all the support equipment
needed  to  run  another,  larger, drill rig.  This provided another 2 full
time jobs for East Texans.  Again, I spent a couple of years not knowing if
I  had  made a smart move, or a move that would bankrupt me.  For the third
time  in  13  years,  I  had placed everything I owned on the line, risking
everything, in order to build a business.
   A  couple  of  years  into this, I came up with a bright idea for a new
kind  of  mud pump, a fundamentally necessary pump used on water well drill
rigs.  I spent my entire life savings to date (just $30,000.00), building a
prototype  of the pump and took it to the national water well convention to
show  it off.  Customers immediately started coming out of the woodworks to
buy  the  pumps,  but there was a problem.  I had depleted my assets making
the prototype, and nobody would make me a business loan to start production
of  the  new  pumps.   With  several  deposits for pump orders in hand, and
nowhere  to  go,  I  finally  started applying for as many credit card as I
could  find  and  took  cash withdrawals on these cards to the tune of over
$150,000.00  (including  modest  loans from my dear sister and brother), to
get this 3rd business going.
   Yes, once again, I had everything hanging over the line in an effort to
start  another  business.   I had never manufactured anything, and I had to
design  and  bring  into  production  a  complex  hydraulic machine from an
untested  prototype  to  a  reliable production model (in six months).  How
many  nights I lay awake wondering if I had just made the paramount mistake
of  my life I cannot tell you, but there were plenty.  I managed to get the
pumps  into  production, which immediately created another 2 full time jobs
in   East Texas .  Some of the models in the first year suffered from quality
issues  due to the poor workmanship of one of my key suppliers, so I and an
employee  (another  East Texan employed) had to drive across the country to
repair  customers'  pumps, practically from coast to coast.  I stood behind
the product, and made payments to all the credit cards that had financed me
(and  my  brother  and  sister).   I  spent  the next 5 years improving and
refining  the  product, building a reputation for the pump and the company,
working  to  get  the pump into drill rig manufacturers' product lines, and
paying  back  credit  cards.   During all this time I continued to manage a
growing water well business that was now operating 3 drill rig crews, and 2
well  service  crews.  Also, the screen service business continued to grow.
No  government  programs were there to help me, Mr. Obama, but that's ok, I
didn't  expect  any,  nor  did I want any.  I was too busy fighting to make
success happen to sit around waiting for the government to help me.
   Now,  we have been manufacturing the mud pumps for 7 years, my combined
businesses  employ  32  full  time  employees, and distribute $5,000,000.00
annually  through  the  local  economy.   Now, just 4 months ago I borrowed
$1,254,000.00,  purchasing computer controlled machining equipment to start
my  4th  business,  a production machine shop.  The machine shop will serve
the  mud  pump company so that we can better manufacture our pumps that are
being shipped worldwide.  Of course, the machine shop will also do work for
outside  companies  as  well.   This  has already produced 2 more full time
jobs,  and  2  more  should develop out of it in the next few months.  This
should  work  out,  but if it doesn't it will be because you, and the other
professional  politicians  like yourself, will have destroyed our countrys'
(and  the  world)  economy  with  your meddling with mortgage loan programs
through  your liberal manipulation and intimidation of loaning institutions
to  make sure that unqualified borrowers could get  mortgages.  You see, at
the  very time when I couldn't get a business loan to get my mud pumps into
production,  you were working with Acorn and the Community Reinvestment Act
programs  to  make  sure that unqualified borrowers could buy homes with no
down  payment,  and  even  no  credit  or  worse yet, bad credit.  Even the
infamous,  liberal, Ninja loans (No Income, No Job or Assets).  While these
unqualified  borrowers  were enjoying unrealistically low interest rates, I
was  paying  22%  to  24%  interest  on the credit cards that I had used to
provide  me  the  funds for the mud pump business that has created jobs for
more  East  Texans.   It's  funny, because after 25 years of turning almost
every dime of extra money back into my businesses to grow them, it has been
only in the last two years that I have finally made enough money to be able
to  put a little away for retirement, and now the value of that has dropped
40%  because  of  the  policies  you  and  your ilk have perpetrated on our
country.
   You  see, Mr. Obama, I'm the guy you intend to raise taxes on.  I'm the
guy  who  has  spent  25 years toiling and sweating, fretting and fighting,
stressing  and risking, to build a business and get ahead.  I'm the guy who
has  been  on  the very edge of bankruptcy more than a dozen times over the
last  25  years,  and  all  the  while creating more and more jobs for East
Texans who didn't want to take a risk, and would not demand from themselves
what  I  have  demanded  from myself.  I'm the guy you characterize as 'the
Americans who can afford it the most' that you believe should be taxed more
to  provide  income redistribution 'to spread the wealth' to those who have
never toiled, sweated, fretted, fought, stressed, or risked anything.   You
want  to characterize me as someone who has enjoyed a life of privilege and
who  needs  to  pay  a  higher  percentage of my income than those who have
bought into your entitlement culture.  I resent you, Mr. Obama, as I resent
all  who  want  to  use  class warfare as a tool to advance their political
career.   What's  worse,  each  year  more  Americans buy into your liberal
entitlement  culture, and turn to the government for their hope of a better
life  instead  of themselves.  Liberals are succeeding through more than 40
years  of  collaborative  effort between the predominant liberal media, and
liberal  indoctrination  programs  in  the public school systems across our
land.
   What  is so terribly sad about this is this.   America was made great by
people  who  e mbr aced  the one-time American culture of self reliance, self
motivation,  self determination, self discipline, personal betterment, hard
work,  risk taking.  A culture built around the concept that success was in
reach  of  every  able  bodied American who would strive for it.  Each year
that  less  Americans  e mbr ace  that  culture, we all descend together.  We
descend  down  the  socialist  path  that has brought country after country
ultimately  to  bitter  and  unremarkable  states.  If you and your liberal
comrades  in  the  media and school systems would spend half as much effort
cultivating  a  culture of can-do across America as you do cultivating your
entitlement  culture,  we  could  see  Americans  at  large  e mbr acing  the
conviction  that  they  can elevate themselves through personal betterment,
personal achievement, and self reliance.  You see, when people e mbr ace such
ideals,  they  act  on them.  When people act on such ideals, they succeed.
All  of America could find herself elevating instead of deteriorating.  But
that  would  eliminate  the  need for liberal politicians, wouldn't it, Mr.
Obama?   The  country  would not need you if the country was convinced that
problem  solving  was best left with individuals instead of the government.
You  and all your liberal comrades have got a vested interested in creating
a  dependent  class in our country.  It is the very business of liberals to
create  an  ever  expanding dependence on government.  What's remarkable is
that  you,  who have never produced a job in your life, are going to tax me
to  take  more of my money and give it to people who wouldn't need my money
if  they  would  get  off  their  entitlement  mentality  asses  and  apply
themselves  at  work,  demand  more  from  themselves,  and quit looking to
liberal politicians to raise their station in life.
You see, I know because I've had them work for me before.  Hundreds of them
over  these  25 years.  People who simply will not show up to work on time.
People  who just will not work 5 days in a week, much less, 6 days.  People
always  looking for a way to put less effort out.  People who actually tell
me that they would do more if I just would first pay them more.  People who
take  off work to sit in government offices to apply to get free government
handouts  (gee,  I wonder how things would have turned out for them if they
had  spent that time earning money and pleasing their employer?).  You see,
all of this comes from your entitlement mentality culture.
Oh,  I  know  you  will  say I am uncompassionate.  Sorry, Mr. Obama, wrong
again.   You  see, I've seen what the average percentage of your income has
been  given to charities over the years of 2000 to 2004 (ignoring the years
you   started   running   for  office  -  can  you  pronounce  'politically
motivated'),  you  averaged  less than 1% annually.  And your running mate,
Joe  Biden,  averaged  less  than  ¼%  of  his  annual income in charitable
contributions  over  the  last 10 years.  Like so many liberals, the two of
you  want  to give to the needy, just as long as it is someone else's money
you  are  giving  to them.  I won't say what I have given to charities over
the  last  25  years, but the percentage is several times more than you and
Joe  Biden…  combined (don't you just hate goggle?).  Tell me again how you
feel my pain.
In  short, Mr. Obama, your political philosophies represent everything that
is  wrong  with  our  country.   You  represent  the  culture of government
dependence  instead  of  self  reliance;   Entitlement mentality instead of
personal  achievement;   Penalization  of  the  successful  to  reward  the
unmotivated;   Political  correctness  instead  of open mindedness and open
debate.    If   you   are  successful,  you  may  preside  over  the  final
transformation  of   America  from  being the greatest and most self-reliant
culture  on  earth,  to  just another country of whiners and wimps, who sit
around  looking  to  the  government  to solve their problems.  Like all of
western Europe.  All countries on the decline.  All countries that, because
of  liberal  socialistic  mentalities,  have a little less to offer mankind
every year.
God help us...
Cory Miller
just a ordinary, extraordinary American, the way a lot of Americans used to
be.
P.S. Yes, Mr. Obama, I am a real American...  www.cmillerdrilling.com

I dont care what party your affiliated with....THIS IS FUNNY!!!!!!!

Political Spinning...


DEFINITION:Judy Wallman, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that Hillary Clinton's great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889.

The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture is this inscription: 'Remus Rodham; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1883, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted, and hanged in 1889.'

Judy e-mailed Hillary Clinton for comments. Hillary's staff sent back the following biographical sketch:

 

 'Remus Rodham was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory . His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave in 1887 to resume his dealings with the railroad. Subsequently, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor, when the platform on which he was standing collapsed.'

And that is how it's done, folks!

 this is why we call it ***POLITICS***!!!!!!!

Now, anybody out there ready for some REAL CHANGE?

May I suggest a different ticket? How about voting "IPA"

NADER/GONZALES 2009

Independent Party of America

Cant be any worse than the two clowns currently running for President.

With the difference being that Nader has NOT SOLD OUT TO CORPORATE LOBBISTS like Obama and McCain have.

Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it.  They failed and it closed.

 

Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits who couldn't make money running a BLEEP house and selling booze?

How very sad

Last month the US government bailed out insurance giant AIG.  85 billion worth of taxpayer dollars spent.  Well, it turns out that right after the governent rescue kicked in, executives of the failed company kicked back.  They held a week long get together at the St. Regis Monarch Beach...where rooms start at more than 400 bucks a night.  AIG's bill for the week -- 500 thousand dollars...including 20 grand for the spa.



Thank-you Congress for giving these poor B A S T A R D S the much needed vacation they obviously needed. I cant wait to see what else the bail-out bill will be affording them. I suspect we can look forward to much of the same from the other financial institutes we as taxpayers CAN buy for them.

BOTTOM LINE IS I REALLY CAN'T WAIT VOTE YOU OUT OF OFFICE

Shouldn't some big CFO's and over paid scam artists be in jail for this financial fall? There should be some serious jail time's handed out.

Most people cannot even envision what $700 BILLION of their tax dollars means.  Here's an example:
 
If you were to amass a fortune of $700 BILLION, you would have to win or earn over 1 million dollars EVERY DAY for ..............

2000 years.
 
Breath takingly SCARY isn't it? 

THE JOB - URINE TEST:

I HAVE TO PASS A URINE TEST FOR MY JOB...SO I AGREE 100%. Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem. What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their BLEEP, doing drugs, while I work...Can you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check? Something has to change in this country -- and soon.

The government announced today that its changing its national logo symbol to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while your actually being screwed. Damn it just doesn't get more actuate than that..

'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening?  Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder.  We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course'

Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned 'Titanic' I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'

You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.

The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poems' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the 'America' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?

I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have.

The Biggest 'C' is Crisis !

Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis.  It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself.  It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.

On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A Hell of a Mess. So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.  Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is  being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership.

But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.

Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it?

Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.
I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break.  Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?

Had Enough?

Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope; I believe in America   In my lifetime I've had the privilege of living through some of America's greatest moments I've also experienced some of our worst crises: the 'Great Depression', 'World War II', the 'Korean War', the 'Kennedy Assassination',  the 'Vietnam War', the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this:

'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a call to 'Action' for people who, like me, believe in America It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's  shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had 'enough.'

believe it or not this comes from Lee Iaccoca, yes the same Lee Iaccoca that brought Chrysler out of demise.

The hypocrisy of the US and NATO - currently occupying Afghanistan, for 7 years now, previously Serbia, where they carved out Kosovo - and the US, currently occupying Iraq, for 4 years now - is astounding. As well as the hate the US / Israeli supremacists have for Russia.The fact is Russia voluntarily gave up its empire (kudos!) and was promised that NATO would not expand into its former territory. These promises have all been broken by the LIARS in the US. This expansion fundamentally threatens Russia - which has been invaded horrifically by France and Germany, the primary NATO members, 3 times, and by the US and many other NATO countries on a smaller scale during the Bolshevik Revolution. Moreover Russia, which has a declining population, has a great number of ethnic Russians separated from her due to the border-crossing that occurred during the Soviet Empire days, and desires to protect them.This is Russia back yard. Russia is not the enemy. The Neo-cons are the enemy. These are the same type of neo-communist ideologues that brought Communism to Russia, and that are bringing us Big Brother, War of Terror, and the New World Order, in the meantime replacing Christian / Republican values with communist / materialist utilitarianism, ego-centrism and greed.The Neo-cons are the single biggest threat to humanity. They don't mind risking a nuclear war since they have underground cities to scurry into if things go bad. Do you?

A woman, married three times, walked into a bridal shop one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking for a for her 4th wedding.wedding gown

 'Of course, madam,' replied the sales clerk, 'exactly what type and color are you looking for?'

 

 The bride to be said: 'A long frilly white dress with a veil.'

The sales clerk hesitated a bit, then said, 'Please don't take this the wrong way, but gowns of that nature are considered more appropriate for brides who are being married the first  time - for those who are a bit more innocent, if you know what I mean?  Perhaps ivory or sky blue would be nice?'

 

 'Well,' replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk's directness, 'I can assure you that a white gown would be quite appropriate.  Believe it or not, despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as a first time bride...

 

You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding, he died as we were checking into our hotel...

 

 My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the limo on our way to our honeymoon that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again.'

 

 'What about your third husband?' asked the sales clerk.

 

 

 

'That one was to a Democrat,' said the woman, 'and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed and told me how good it was going to be......

but nothing ever happened...'

I don't know who wrote it but they should have signed it. Some powerful words. This woman should run for president.   Written by a housewife from New Jersey and sounds like it!  This is one ticked off lady!!   "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we?" " Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 
2001? "   Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania ? !   Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?   And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was 'desecrated' when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?...Well, I don't. I don't care at all.   I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.   I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia   I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for chopping off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.   I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.   I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide.   I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.   In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.   When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured: I don't care.   When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I don't care...   When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed 'special' food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts: I don't care.   And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.' Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and-you guessed it-I don't care !!   If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!   If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great Country! And may I add:
'Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem' -- Ronald Reagan   I have another quote that I would like to add AND.......I hope you forward all this.   'If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.' Also by.. Ronald Reagan   One last thought for the day:   In case we find our selves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during a recent interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America , he said: 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... and how many want out.'   The last thing, by the way, that we should do is to elect a person of muslim blood as President of the United States, someone who claims to love America yet, does NOT salute the flag, does NOT want to pledge allegience to our flag, and sat in a church listening to a 'pastor' that damns America! Are you Freakin' kidding me?   Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:   1. Jesus Christ   2. The American G. I.   One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. MAY I ADD THAT A VOTE FOR OBAMA IS A VOTE FOR ISLAM AND I QUITE FRANKLY DO NOT WANT TO LIVE WITH SHIRA-LAW

 

TAXES Proposed changes in taxes after the 2008 General  election:
  
CAPITAL GAINS  TAX

MCCAIN         
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not  propose any change in existing home sales income  tax.


OBAMA   
28% on profit  from ALL home  sales
              
How does this affect you?  If you sell your home and make a profit,  you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement  and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28%  of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will  adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes  as part of their retirement  income.   
 
DIVIDEND  TAX

MCCAIN        15% (no change)
 
OBAMA         39.6%
       
How will this affect you? If  you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds,  life insurance,  retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests  dividends, you will now be  paying nearly 40% of the money earned on  taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax  rates  on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet  do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.'

INCOME  TAX

MCCAIN          (no changes)
 
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K  - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax  $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax  $31,250
 
OBAMA  (reversion to pre-Bush tax  cuts)
 
Single making 30K - tax $8,400  
Single making 50K  - tax $14,000  
Single making 75K - tax $23,250  
Married  making 60K - tax $16,800  
Married making 75K - tax $21,000   
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
   
Under Obama, your  taxes  could almost double!
            
INHERITANCE  TAX

MCCAIN    0%     (No change, Bush repealed this  tax)
 
OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax Many families have lost businesses,  farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations  because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their  assets to loved ones will only lose them to these  taxes.
 

NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY  OBAMA
 
New government taxes  proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet.
 
New  gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)
 
New taxes  on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water,   electricity)
 
New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not  least....
 
New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can  receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!  

You can verify  a lot of the above at the following web sites:  


http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/election/2008/in
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ndex.html>
 


http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.taxe
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http://elections.foxnews.com/?s=proposed+taxes
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http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/article
s/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.htmla> <http://bulletn.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/article
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candida
tes/barack_obama/ <http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candid
ates/barack_obama/>
 

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candida
tes/john_mccain/ <http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candid
ates/john_mccain/>