tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66982965463753692452024-03-13T03:57:31.488-07:00Speak Up For AmericaContemporary views and opinions concerning vital matters of America.
"Vox Populi"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-58338110928813792612013-03-04T20:45:00.000-08:002013-03-04T20:45:21.975-08:00There once was a place called America<span class="paragraph-0">
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"There once was a place called America," our children's children
will one day write, "a bright and shining city on a hill, divinely
placed by God to serve as a beacon of hope to the entire world. A land
filled with generous-hearted souls who showered the needy the world over
with their abundant blessings."<br />
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You see, America was founded by a handful of God-fearing patriots
who didn't always agree, but believed certain things like life, liberty
and the personal pursuit of happiness were worth dying for. And to
ensure their ideas would survive the ages, they crafted one of the most
revered documents ever put to paper, the United States Constitution.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It wasn't long before this exceptional nation became the envy of
those who thirsted for freedom and the enemy of those who despised it.
Some loathed America to the point of making threats while others
declared war. But a certain few understood defeat was increasingly less
likely and instead devised a plan to take down America from within, one
small step at a time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The leader of the former Soviet Union Communist Party, Nikita
Khrushchev promised his beloved communism would bury the capitalistic
West without declaring war. The plan was outlined in a fascinating book
called "The Naked Communist," written in 1958 by a man named Cleon
Skousen who accurately warned Americans of troubles to come unless
things changed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Skousen laid out the dangers Americans faced, point by point,
almost as a Communist roadmap to America's demise: Progressives captured
the Democratic Party (goal number 15), civil rights actions were taken
in courts to "weaken basic American institutions" (16), the educational
system was infiltrated (17), rioting like the Occupy movement was
encouraged (19), the press was infiltrated (20), domination of the big
screen and television waves (21), cultural standards of morality were
broken down (25), homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity were
presented as "normal" (26), churches were infiltrated by those promoting
social justice (27) and prayer in schools was eliminated (28).
Moreover, the Constitution and Founding Fathers were discredited (29 and
30) and American culture belittled by those promoting "cultural
sensitivity training" seminars similar to one recently uncovered by a
video showing employees pounding on tables while chanting anti-American
rants led by a man representing the organization, Souder, Betances, and
Associate, reaping more than $3.3 million taxpayer funds, according to <a href="http://usaspending.gov/">USASpending.gov</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Skousen may have been a prophet, seeing that most of his
predictions came to pass. Too clever to be labeled Communists, they
chose the name "Progressive" and in the name of change set out to
dismantle the Constitution, piece by piece. Progress was slow but
steady, that is until their savior, Barack Obama, arrived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And no one was outraged because the Communist mission was
complete. As former KGB agent, Yuri Besmenov so eloquently described,
without war or bloodshed, America and her people were demoralized, no
longer having the reasoning ability to distinguish right from wrong, or
to comprehend the immensity of the treasure they'd buried just outside
the gates of Hell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>This is an original piece by Susan Stamper Brown.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>It is reprinted with the authors permission </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>email: writestamper@gmail.com</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Confidence men know that their
victim -- "the mark" as he has been called -- is eventually going to
realize that he has been cheated. But it makes a big difference whether he
realizes it immediately, and goes to the police, or realizes it after the confidence
man is long gone.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">So part of the confidence racket
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what is happening. This delaying process has been called "cooling out the
mark."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The same principle applies in
politics. When the accusations that led to the impeachment of President Bill
Clinton first surfaced, he flatly denied them all. Then, as the months passed,
the truth came out -- but slowly, bit by bit. One of Clinton's own White House
aides later called it "telling the truth slowly."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">By the time the whole truth came
out, it was called "old news," and the clever phrase now was that we
should "move on."<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>It was a successful "cooling
out" of the public, keeping them in uncertainty so long that, by the time
the whole truth came out, there was no longer the same outrage as if the truth
had suddenly come out all at once. Without the support of an outraged public,
the impeachment of President Clinton fizzled out in the Senate.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We are currently seeing another
"cooling out" process, growing out of the terrorist attack on the
American consulate in Benghazi on September 11th this year.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>The belated release of State
Department e-mails shows that the Obama administration knew, while the attack
on the American consulate was still underway, that it was a coordinated, armed
terrorist attack. They were getting reports from those inside the consulate who
were under attack, as well as surveillance pictures from a camera on an
American drone overhead.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>About an hour before the attack,
the scene outside was calm enough for the American ambassador to accompany a
Turkish official to the gates of the consulate to say goodbye. This could
hardly have happened if there were protesting mobs there.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Why then did both President Obama
and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice keep repeating the story that this was a
spontaneous protest riot against an anti-Islamic video in America?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The White House knew the facts --
but they knew that the voting public did not. And it mattered hugely whether
the facts became known to the public before or after the election. What the
White House needed was a process of "cooling out" the voters, keeping
them distracted or in uncertainty as long as possible.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Not only did the Obama
administration keep repeating the false story about an anti-Islamic video being
the cause of a riot that turned violent, the man who produced that video was
tracked down and arrested, creating a media distraction.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>All this kept the video story
front and center, with the actions and <span style="font-size: small;">inaction's</span> of the Obama administration kept
in the background.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The White House had to know that
it was only a matter of time before the truth would come out. But time was what
mattered, with an election close at hand. The longer they could stretch out the
period of distraction and uncertainty -- "cooling out" the voters --
the better. Once the confidence man in the White House was reelected, it would
be politically irrelevant what facts came out.</span></span></span></div>
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<![endif]--> <u><b>NOTE: I didn't compose or write this letter, but it expresses my feelings exactly.</b></u></div>
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<u><b>/roger</b></u></div>
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<span style="color: black;">So you voted for Barrack Obama, again, to be our President
and you're celebrating your victory today. You're emailing and calling all your
Conservative friends and rubbing it in, as if it were a sporting event in which
you each supported different teams. But it's not a sporting event, it's the
fate of our country that hung in the balance of this election. You made your
choice against traditional American values as outlined by the Constitution and
Declaration of Independence, but in doing so you have also earned the
responsibility to explain your decision to your children and grandchildren.<br />
</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Someday you must explain to your children and
grandchildren why over 70% of their earnings are being confiscated by
the federal government to pay for health care and other social programs.
Additionally, you will have to explain to them why their grandparents and
great-grandparents are being rationed to death by a health care system that now
allows bureaucrats to choose who lives and who dies. You must explain why as
Americans, even if we had the money, we can no longer travel anywhere abroad
for fear of being kidnapped and murdered by Islamic extremists. You must tell
your children and grandchildren that the decision you made in the 2012
Presidential election has lead to the terrorist attacks they now have to
endure as they live their daily lives. </span><span style="color: #1f497d;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Your children and grandchildren will know that it was your
decision to re-elect Barack Obama that has caused a high percentage of their
peers to be without work most of their adult lives, requiring them to live off
a tiny pittance provided by the government. You will have to explain to your
children and grand-children that in the free days of their country, people had
access to as much energy as they wanted, anytime they wanted it and didn't
have their energy rationed to them by the federal government. You, and you
alone, will have to explain to your children and grandchildren why, when the
liberty that heroes of the past spilled their blood to defend, you couldn't
summon enough courage to vote in defense of that liberty. You will
have to explain to your progeny why you chose the empty promises of a
nanny-state over the liberty and prosperity of an opportunity
society.<br />
</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black;">Someday, if your ignorance hasn't completely
blunted your senses, you will realize that this one decision will have
had dire consequences that will span generations. You will have to explain
to your children and grand-children that the liberty and prosperity enjoyed by
over 200 years of Americans, was voted away by you for purely short-term and
selfish reasons. God help you when your children and grand-children look at you
with despair in their eyes and ask why you condemned them to a dark and
desperate future where their only subsistence depends, not on their own
ambition and drive, but on crumbs from an ever-expanding government. </span><span style="color: #1f497d;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">This is the country and the world you have left, not only
for your own descendants, but for the descendants of all Americans. So
celebrate your grand accomplishment. How does it feel?</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Recently, a family member graduated from high school and will
soon be on her way to college. She is a very charming and intelligent person. I
like her a lot and wish her only the brightest future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">As a gift, I decided to risk giving her two books, both New
York Times bestsellers, that I thought might help her define leadership and see
what possibly is in store for her future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I have subsequently learned that it is highly unlikely either
book will ever be read because they likely are “political.”</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">What is “being political</span></u><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Everything about our country, if not the entire World, is
political and controlled by politicians. Every private individual, independent
business, media outlet and both private and public schools and the military are
operated within a corral defined by the current controlling political strategy.
So the core of the matter is: <u>Everything is Political</u>. As time goes by,
politics and politicians change the shape of the political corral … and the
future of our country.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Generally speaking, the nation’s President, political
leaders, and everything associated with it, define not only the current
operating environment, but also the outlook for the future. Every four years a
major election is held and the results of that election will mean something
between continuing status quo, general improvement or total chaos. The voters
choose.</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">How do intelligent voters choose</span></u><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">?</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Some choose because they want to vote for the person or party
that seems to promise the most “benefits” to them for the least cost or effort.
That group seems to be growing exponentially. Right now the current “Party de
Jour” is actually running public ads suggesting that to sign up for more free
benefits, i.e., Food Stamps and by doing so, they will actually “become more
beautiful.” <u>Really</u>! Like they say, “Beauty is in the eye of the
Beholder.” In this case, the “Beholder,” it appears, is the current political
party, trying to tie more people to the “Give-away, apron strings” … and votes.
Dirty pool!</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Some choose because a candidate tells them that the country
is financially out-of-control and benefits and excess spending must be cut
back. The people paying for the “freebies” will vote for this person and the
recipients of the “freebies,” will vote against that person. <u>What a way to
run a railroad</u>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">And there are a hundred other reasons, too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Here is where Political Rubber Meets The Road: How do you
know what is happening? Does the person receiving excessive (and possibly
undeserved) benefits really care who pays for the freebies? Do they really care
if the money must be borrowed from China. Do many give a hoot if the country is
falling off the cliff, as long as the iPhone, iPad, Twitter and Facebook are
running smoothly? I have my opinion, what’s yours: _____________________?</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Who cares, if you don’t run a business, that excessive
government regulations are strangling businesses, both large and small. Who
cares if the 10%’ers are paying 90% of the taxes and virtually 50% of the
population is paying no taxes, yet receive the same benefits of those that do
pay. Anyone care … expect the 10%’ers?</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">So: Back to the question, what is “being political?” I think
“being political” is being very aware of what both opposing parties are up to.
What are they saying “they will do,” or what will “those scoundrels” do. Unless
you are aware of both sides of the argument, you are in no position to make
good sound and rational choices.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">With the World in such disorder as it is now, it is NO TIME
to make your choice based upon skin color, eloquent speeches, the quantity of
government handouts, what a TV “talking head,” Facebook buddies or college
professors say. Anything less than a cursory open-mind peek into “The Real
World,” as it is now is, in my opinion, less than acceptable. If it were a
school grade, it would be a “D”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Read, Listen, Ask, Question: Both sides of the political
arguments … then make up your mind and vote. Anything less than that … <u>don’t
vote</u>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">In other words: <u>BE POLITICAL</u>. Unless you and as many
people as you can help make rational decisions, based upon realism, Life as we
now know it, will not be the same in a very few years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Ignore now at your own and the future generations peril.</span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">“Killing Lincoln,” By Bill O’Reilly (Great book!)</span></div>
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Many have been “King of the Hill” for a brief period of time before they either tripped and fell or were pushed off by the next “aspirant politique’’<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:windowtext">The current point leader is Rick Santorum. He seems like a really nice guy, but do we really need a “nice guy” in the White House, next year? This leads me to the Brokered Convention. (A brokered convention is where no one seems to be a great choice and an otherwise undeclared candidate is nominated from the floor and negotiated to the status of The Republican Candidate.) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:windowtext">On Wednesday, it was reported that Donald Trump and Gov. Chris Christie were dining together in New York. Hmmm … do you suppose they were talking basketball or maybe Lady Gaga (Who was a nobody, until Trump promoted her.)? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:windowtext"> Just for fun, think about this: What would happen if one, or both, rode in on White Horses at the Republican Convention ?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; color:windowtext"> I have my idea … I can imaging the ROAR now!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-90906864615259560892012-02-09T19:09:00.000-08:002012-02-09T19:11:11.278-08:00Who's On First?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif][if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> 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Terrible Times. It's 9%.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: You just said 9%.</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: 9% Unemployed.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: Right 9% out of work.</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: Okay, so it's 16% unemployed.</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: No, that's 9%...</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 9% or 16%?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: 9% are unemployed. 16% are out of work.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: IF you are out of work you are unemployed.</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: No, you can't count the "Out of Work" as the unemployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: BUT THEY ARE OUT OF WORK!!!</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: No, you miss my point.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: What point?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Someone who doesn't look for work, can't be counted with those who look for work. It wouldn't be fair.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: To who?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: The unemployed.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: But they are ALL out of work.</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work...</strong><br /><strong> Those who are out of work stopped looking.</strong><br /><strong> They gave up.</strong><br /><strong> And, if you give up, you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: So if you're off the unemployment roles, that would count as less unemployment?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you don't look for work?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That's how you get to 9%. Otherwise it would be 16%. You don't want to read about 16% unemployment do ya?</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: That would be frightening.</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Absolutely.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means they're two ways to bring down the unemployment number?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Two ways is correct.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Correct.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop looking for a job?</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Bingo.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down, and the easier of the two is to just stop looking for work.</strong><br /><br /><strong>ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like an economist.</strong><br /><br /><strong>COSTELLO: I don't even know what the hell I just said!</strong></span></i></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Now you know why Obama's unemployment figures are improving, and you should now understand the State of the Union.</span></strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"></span></p> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br style="mso-special-character:line-break"> <br style="mso-special-character:line-break"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-58485630138348714002011-11-30T12:02:00.000-08:002011-11-30T12:07:24.924-08:00Joys of a Muslim Woman<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">Joys of a Muslim Woman</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"20 years from now, I will be in Heaven"</span><br /><br />This was written by a woman born in Egypt as a Muslim.<br />By Nonie Darwish<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br />In the Muslim faith a Muslim man can marry a child as young as 1 year old and have sexual intimacy with this child. Consummating the marriage by 9.<br />The dowry is given to the family in exchange for the woman (who becomes his slave) and for the purchase of the private parts of the woman, to use her as a toy.<br /> <br />Even though a woman is abused she can not obtain a divorce. To prove rape, the woman must have (4) male witnesses. Often after a woman has been raped, she is returned to her family and the family must return the dowry. The family has the right to execute her (an honor killing) to restore the honor of the family. Husbands can beat their wives 'at will' and he does not have to say why he has beaten her.<br /> <br />The husband is permitted to have (4 wives) and a temporary wife for an hour (prostitute) at his discretion.<br /> <br />The Shariah Muslim law controls the private as well as the public life of the woman.<br /> <br />In the West World (America) Muslim men are starting to demand Shariah Law so the wife can not obtain a divorce and he can have full and complete control of her. It is amazing and alarming how many of our sisters and daughters attending American Universities are now marrying Muslim men and submitting themselves and their children unsuspectingly to the Shariah law.<br /> <br />By passing this on, enlightened American women may avoid becoming a slave under Shariah Law.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ripping the West in Two.</span><br />Author and lecturer Nonie Darwish says the goal of radical Islamists is to impose Shariah law on the world, ripping Western law and liberty in two.<br /> <br />She recently authored the book, Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law.<br /> <br />Darwish was born in Cairo and spent her childhood in Egypt and Gaza before immigrating to America in 1978, when she was eight years old. Her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel . He was a high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza .<br /> <br />When he died, he was considered a "shahid," a martyr for jihad. His posthumous status earned Nonie and her family an elevated position in Muslim society.<br /> <br />But Darwish developed a skeptical eye at an early age. She questioned her own Muslim culture and upbringing.. She converted to Christianity after hearing a Christian preacher on television.<br /> <br />In her latest book, Darwish warns about creeping sharia law - what it is, what it means, and how it is manifested in Islamic countries.<br /> <br />For the West, she says radical Islamists are working to impose sharia on the world. If that happens, Western civilization will be destroyed. Westerners generally assume all religions encourage a respect for the dignity of each individual. Islamic law (Sharia) teaches that non-Muslims should be subjugated or killed in this world.<br /> <br />Peace and prosperity for one's children is not as important as assuring that Islamic law rules everywhere in the Middle East and eventually in the world.<br /> <br />While Westerners tend to think that all religions encourage some form of the golden rule, Sharia teaches two systems of ethics - one for Muslims and another for non-Muslims. Building on tribal practices of the seventh century, Sharia encourages the side of humanity that wants to take from and subjugate others..<br /> <br />While Westerners tend to think in terms of religious people developing a personal understanding of and relationship with God, Sharia advocates executing people who ask difficult questions that could be interpreted as criticism.<br /> <br />It's hard to imagine, that in this day and age, Islamic scholars agree that those who criticize Islam or choose to stop being Muslim should be executed. Sadly, while talk of an Islamic reformation is common and even assumed by many in the West, such murmurings in the Middle East are silenced through intimidation.<br /> <br />While Westerners are accustomed to an increase in religious tolerance over time, Darwish explains how petro dollars are being used to grow an extremely intolerant form of political Islam in her native Egypt and elsewhere.<br /> <br />(In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. To elect the President by themselves! Rest assured they will do so... You can look at how they have taken over several towns in the USA .. Dearborn Mich. Is one... And there are others...)<br /> <br />I think everyone in the U.S. Should be required to read this, but with the ACLU, there is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!<br /> <br />It is too bad that so many are disillusioned with life and Christianity to accept Muslims as peaceful.. some may be but they have an army that is willing to shed blood in the name of Islam.. the peaceful support the warriors with their finances and own kind of patriotism to their religion.<br /><br />While America is getting rid of Christianity from all public sites and erasing God from the lives of children the Muslims are planning a great jihad on America.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-15378746727518219802011-11-25T21:18:00.000-08:002011-11-25T21:22:56.523-08:00<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >The current Occupy Wall Street movement is the best illustration to date of what President Barack Obama's America looks like. It is an America where the lawless, unaccomplished, ignorant and incompetent rule. It is an America where those who have sacrificed nothing pillage and destroy the lives of those who have sacrificed greatly.<br /><br />It is an America where history is rewritten to honor dictators, murderers and thieves. It is an America where violence, racism, hatred, class warfare and murder are all promoted as acceptable means of overturning the American civil society.<br /><br />It is an America where humans have been degraded to the level of animals: defecating in public, having sex in public, devoid of basic hygiene. It is an America where the basic tenets of a civil society, including faith, family, a free press and individual rights, have been rejected. It is an America where our founding documents have been shredded and, with them, every person's guaranteed liberties.<br /><br />It is an America where, ultimately, great suffering will come to the American people, but the rulers like Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, liberal college professors, union bosses and other loyal liberal/Communist Party members will live in opulent splendor.<br /><br />It is the America that Obama and the Democratic Party have created with the willing assistance of the American media, Hollywood , unions, universities, the Communist Party of America, the Black Panthers and numerous anti-American<br />foreign entities.<br /><br />Barack Obama has brought more destruction upon this country in four years than any other event in the history of our nation, but it is just the beginning of what he and his comrades are capable of.<br /><br />The Occupy Wall Street movement is just another step in their plan for the annihilation of America .<br /><br />"Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">By Dr. Thomas Sowell</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a libertarian perspective. He is currently a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of high school, and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He had received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1959. In 1968, he earned his doctorate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Dr. Sowell has served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell and University of California, Los Angeles, and worked for "think tanks" such as the Urban Institute. Since 1980 he has worked at the Hoover Institution. 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scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet ms;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America ’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America ’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><br /><b style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:red">~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006!</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: courier new;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: courier new;"> </span></p> <br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-423248987729595472011-11-19T19:14:00.000-08:002011-11-19T19:17:14.312-08:00Free Stuff<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The folks who are GETTING the free stuff don't like the folks who</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">are PAYING for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The folks who are PAYING for the free stuff, want the free stuff to stop,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and the folks who are GETTING the free stuff, want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Now...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The people who are forcing the people who pay for the free stuff, have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff, that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So...the people who are GETTING the free stuff, have been convinced they</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff, by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff, and giving them the free stuff in the first place.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Now understand this: All great democracies have committed financial suicide</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for electing them.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[Think: Italy, Greece, France, UK, Spain, Iceland, US ... and on and on.]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 231 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff. We have one chance to change that in 2012.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Failure to change that spells the end of the United States as we</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">know it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[If you doubt that, then ignore the warnings and see what happens ...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> much quicker than you ever imagined. [Think: "Occupy ... whatever."]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ELECTION 2012 IS COMING!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-49152242774086345502011-06-27T20:24:00.001-07:002011-06-27T20:25:46.275-07:00QUOTE OF THE DAY<div class="gmail_quote"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><strong>QUOTE OF THE CENTURY</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><em>"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable<br />of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far<br />easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to<br />restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved<br />electorate willing to have such a man for their president.<br /><br />The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should<br />not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their<br />prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all,<br />merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such<br />as those who made him their president</em>."<br /><br />... from the Czech Republic!<br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-70224220332756003142011-05-01T11:59:00.001-07:002011-05-01T11:59:44.250-07:00Quote of The Day<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br />If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you're not a racist,</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >you'll have to vote for someone else in 2012,<br />to prove you're not an idiot.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-27074963421764433692011-04-26T20:11:00.000-07:002011-04-26T20:15:10.074-07:00Why I Voted Democratic<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">1. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> gas at 15% isn't</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">2. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">3. I voted Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">4. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers, rapists,</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> and thieves.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">5. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">6. I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">7. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">8. I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrats see fit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">9. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> get their agendas past the voters.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">10. I voted Democrat because I think that it's better to pay billions to people who hate us for their oil, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle or gopher.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">11. I voted Democrat because while we live in the greatest, most wonderful country in the world, I was promised "HOPE AND CHANGE".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">12. I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my @$$, it's unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-65262768778567107462011-01-08T10:58:00.000-08:002011-01-09T09:53:23.829-08:00OUTRAGE!<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Tucson, AZ</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >1/8/2011</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >This sort of thing should not be happening in the US ...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >It's NOT the gun ... it's the gunman.</span><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-73947342095047578452011-01-07T09:54:00.000-08:002011-01-07T09:57:34.755-08:00The Ghost of Thanksgiving Yet to Come<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Ghost of Thanksgiving Yet to Come</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">"Winston, come into the dining room, it's time to eat," Julia yelled to her husband. "In a minute, honey, it's a tie score," he answered. Actually Winston wasn't very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and Washington . Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football for its "unseemly violence" and the "bad example it sets for the rest of the world," Winston was far less of a football fan than he used to be. Two-hand touch wasn't nearly as exciting.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Yet it wasn't the game that Winston was uninterested in. It was more the thought of eating another Tofu Turkey. Even though it was the best type of Veggie Meat available after the government revised the American Anti-Obesity Act of 2018, adding fowl to the list of federally-forbidden foods, (which already included potatoes, cranberry sauce and mince-meat pie), it wasn't anything like real turkey. And ever since the government officially changed the name of "Thanksgiving Day" to "A National Day of Atonement" in 2020 to officially acknowledge the Pilgrims' historically brutal treatment of Native Americans, the holiday had lost a lot of its luster.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Eating in the dining room was also a bit daunting. The unearthly gleam of government-mandated fluorescent light bulbs made the Tofu Turkey look even weirder than it actually was, and the room was always cold. Ever since Congress passed the Power Conservation Act of 2016, mandating all thermostats-which were monitored and controlled by the electric company-be kept at 68 degrees, every room on the north side of the house was barely tolerable throughout the entire winter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Still, it was good getting together with family. Or at least most of the family. Winston missed his mother, who passed on in October, when she had used up her legal allotment of live-saving medical treatment. He had had many heated conversations with the Regional Health Consortium, spawned when the private insurance market finally went bankrupt, and everyone was forced into the government health care program. And though he demanded she be kept on her treatment, it was a futile effort. "The RHC's resources are limited," explained the government bureaucrat Winston spoke with on the phone. "Your mother received all the benefits to which she was entitled. I'm sorry for your loss."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Ed couldn't make it either. He had forgotten to plug in his electric car last night, the only kind available after the Anti-Fossil Fuel Bill of 2021 outlawed the use of the combustion engines-for everyone but government officials. The fifty mile round trip was about ten miles too far, and Ed didn't want to spend a frosty night on the road somewhere between here and there.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Thankfully, Winston's brother, John, and his wife were flying in. Winston made sure that the dining room chairs had extra cushions for the occasion. No one complained more than John about the pain of sitting down so soon after the government-mandated cavity searches at airports, which severely aggravated his hemorrhoids. Ever since a terrorist successfully smuggled a cavity bomb onto a jetliner, the TSA told Americans the added "inconvenience" was an "absolute necessity" in order to stay "one step ahead of the terrorists." Winston's own body had grown accustomed to such probing ever since the government expanded their scope to just about anywhere a crowd gathered, via Anti-Profiling Act of 2022. That law made it a crime to single out any group or individual for "unequal scrutiny," even when probable cause was involved. Thus, cavity searches at malls, train stations, bus depots, etc., etc., had become almost routine. Almost.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Supreme Court is reviewing the statute, but most Americans expect a Court composed of six progressives and three conservatives to leave the law intact. "A living Constitution is extremely flexible," said the Court's eldest member, Elena Kagan. " Europe has had laws like this one for years. We should learn from their example," she added.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Winston's thoughts turned to his own children. He got along fairly well with his 12-year-old daughter, Brittany, mostly because she ignored him. Winston had long ago surrendered to the idea that she could text anyone at any time, even during Atonement Dinner. Their only real confrontation had occurred when he limited her to 50,000 texts a month, explaining that was all he could afford. She whined for a week, but got over it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">His 16-year-old son, Jason, was another matter altogether. Perhaps it was the constant bombarding he got in public school that global warming, the bird flu, terrorism or any of a number of other calamities were "just around the corner," but Jason had developed a kind of nihilistic attitude that ranged between simmering surliness and outright hostility. It didn't help that Jason had reported his father to the police for smoking a cigarette in the house, an act made criminal by the Smoking Control Statute of 2018, which outlawed smoking anywhere within 500 feet of another human being. Winston paid the $5000 fine, which might have been considered excessive before the American dollar became virtually worthless as a result of QE13. The latest round of quantitative easing the federal government initiated was, once again, to "spur economic growth." This time they promised to push unemployment below its years-long rate of 18%, but Winston was not particularly hopeful.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Yet the family had a lot for which to be thankful, Winston thought, before remembering it was a Day of Atonement. At least he had his memories. He felt a twinge of sadness when he realized his children would never know what life was like in the Good Old Days, long before government promises to make life "fair for everyone" realized their full potential. Winston, like so many of his fellow Americans, never realized how much things could change when they didn't happen all at once, but little by little, so people could get used to them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">He wondered what might have happened if the public had stood up while there was still time, maybe back around 2010, when all the real nonsense began. "Maybe we wouldn't be where we are today if we'd just said 'enough is enough' when we had the chance," he thought.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Maybe so, Winston. Maybe so.</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-354302735924772472011-01-01T07:36:00.000-08:002011-01-01T08:34:05.398-08:00Misinformation?During this Christmas/Holiday Season the Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has been putting out the word that "intelligence" points to a strong possibility that terrorists were planning several operation.<br /><br />We were told by Homeland Security that although there were "strong indications," we should not be overly concerned and "not to change Holiday plans or trips."<br /><br />Think about this: If these "strong indications" of terrorists activities during the holidays were actually truthful, where would expect the Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano bo be located? Well ... dah ... she would be in the Control Center at the HS Headquarters. Right?<br /><br />Well, that is not how it worked out. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was in Afganistan. Hmmm ...<br /><br />Here we are on 1/1/2011 and no terrorist activities ... which is very good!<br /><br />Bottom Line: We were told there was "strong indications" of big trouble and none happened. Sounds like the Department of Homeland Security worked well and "protected us from the bad guys."<br /><br />There is an obvious hint that maybe the terrorist alerts from the HS department were designed more to enhance the prestige of Homeland Security, rather than protecting us from any actual threats.<br /><br />JMHOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-69459263158727683922010-12-17T15:22:00.000-08:002010-12-17T15:26:25.559-08:00A Short Story<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">considered herself to be very liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative, a feeling she </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">what he thought should be his.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying. Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey doing?” She replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.”</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">Her wise father asked his daughter, “Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.” The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, “That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!”</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, “Welcome to the conservative side of the fence.”</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If anyone has a better explanation of the difference between conservative and liberal or progressive or neocon, I'm all ears.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">of course!)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">that provides it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">A liberal will delete it because he's "offended."</span><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-11245098957166446862010-01-10T18:25:00.000-08:002010-01-10T18:33:33.155-08:00What More Could I Have done?<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">This is a great video and one that I recommend as: </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;">Must See!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;color:#800080;" ><span class="453440902-11012010"><a title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZs8k4pJcyk" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZs8k4pJcyk" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZs8k4pJcyk"><span id="lw_1263153298_1" title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZs8k4pJcyk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZs8k4pJcyk</span></span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: trebuchet ms;">Reminds me of an old story:<br /><br /></span></span></span><style type="text/css">P { MARGIN: 0px } </style><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">One night, a runner came by a family's house, pounding on the door and yelling, "Get out! The dam has broken and you'll be washed away."</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"No," said the man of the house, (why couldn't it have been the woman of the house?) "I don't think it will affect us."</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Soon, the Sheriff's truck with a loudspeaker came by, screaming, " The dam has broken, evacuate immediately!"</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">The man of the house said, "I don't see any water, we'll be OK."</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Soon, the water began to rise in the house ... quickly it was almost four feet deep.</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Along came a man in a boat. "Jump in," he said, "before you're swept away."</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The man of the house said, "I think this is about as high as it will get ... we're staying"</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The water quickly rose higher, now almost to the ceiling, which forced the family up onto the roof.</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Along came a helicopter and rescue crew said, "We here to get you to safe ground, get in now, before it's too late."</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The man of the house said, "We safe here on the roof, it won't get any worse."</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Sure enough, the water rose, swept the house way, and drown the whole family!</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"></span> </div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">At St. Peter's Gate, the man bemoaned, "Lord, how could you have let this happen? My whole family died?"</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"How did I let it happen?" The Lord asked.</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">I tried to save you:<br /></span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">I sent a runner ...</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">I sent the Sheriff ...</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">I sent a boat ...</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">I sent a helicopter ..."</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="968065101-11012010"><span style="font-size:85%;">What more could I have done???"</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-79397590413856447552009-12-29T06:51:00.000-08:002009-12-30T06:25:33.258-08:00PC Air Announces New Flights<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As President of PC Air (Politically Correct Airlines), I have instituted a new flight policy based upon Privacy Concerns.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many people and groups have objected to the use of our new full-body scanning devices and other non-disclosed security procedures we have implemented at our airline check-in locations. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We feel your concerns and are doing something about it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Starting January 1, 2010, PC Air will have frequent flights to popular locations with "relaxed" security procedures. To board these flights, you will only need a valid ticket. NO scanning or screening of any kind will be required. Neither you nor your baggage will be subjected to any security procedures. These flights can be identified by the the initials "PC" following the flight number. For example: The morning flight from New York to Las Vegas will be identified as Flight 345PC.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No advance reservation will be required for these flights and for your convenience, with a valid ticket, you may simply walk-on prior to departure. Many seats are usually available.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">NOTE: Flight schedules are not reliable and travelers should be prepared for delays, sometimes in excess of several hours or days. The reason for these delays is due to problems in obtaining flight crews willing to work on these "relaxed" flights.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"PC Air Will Get You There ... Usually"</span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-52261278499936647972009-12-18T07:19:00.000-08:002009-12-18T07:32:17.893-08:00Ho - Ho - Ho (Are You Laughing?)<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Do I have this correct:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Obama is hammering congress to vote on a massive health care bill </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">NOT LATER THAN CHRISTMAS.*</span><br /><br /><ul style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><li>Most have never seen the bill.</li><li>No one has any idea how much it costs.</li><li>No one knows if it will really improve health care.</li><li>The majority of people do not want it.</li><li>And it does not go into effect for TEN YEARS!</li></ul><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Is this the "Change We Can Believe In?"</span><br />.<br />.<br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">*Or should I be PC and say "The Holidays?"</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-81211662645108025362009-12-08T21:01:00.000-08:002009-12-08T21:04:46.099-08:00Drowning In A Sea of Words<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Mr. Obama is Drowning In A Sea Of Words. Not much action, just words ... and more words.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The "American People" are Catching On ... and not soon enough.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-11403839378743364442009-11-23T08:35:00.001-08:002009-11-23T08:54:55.306-08:00WATERLOO!<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>HOLDING TERRORISTS TRIALS IN NEW YORK CITY</strong></span><br /><br />In my opinion, this bru-ha-ha over the terrorists trials in NYC will end up being our "Well-Spoken-Community-Organizer's" Waterloo. Surely, no one, even on first hearing about this dumb-headed decision, would doubt how stupid this is!<br /><br />Today, it is being reported that the Terrorists have stated they will use the trial as a forum to tell why they brought down the WTC.<br /><br />Excuse me: <strong>Tell WHY they did it? Why they killed 2000+ people?</strong><br /><br />One other "minor complication:" There is little doubt that someone will make a threat against NYC during this trial. (Dah ...!) The government has few choices in response, but one that is #1 on the list is to screen EVERYONE coming into the city. This means an airport type inspection at every port of entry: Every train; Every bus; Every subway; Every car; Every walk-in person! Need anyone explain the ramifications of this?<br /><br />It is EXACTLY what everyone has been saying: DO NOT HOLD THE TRIALS IN NEW YORK CITY! Kapish? (Google it!)<br /><br />Footnote: This whole thing is so obviously an asinine decision that, god help us, the dumb-asses will realize they screwed-up BigTime and will finesse their way out of this morass in some equally stupid way.<br /><br />JMHOUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-91590369965606381422009-10-20T09:31:00.000-07:002009-10-20T09:56:28.507-07:00Changes ....<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our President, nee "Community Organizer" has been in office for about nine months. We are continuing to hear the familiar mantra: "We inherited a mess from George Bush."</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Frankly, even the Liberal Democrats are beginning to say they are tired of the continual blaming of George Bush. Sooner or later, (and hopefully sooner) the administration will realize they are in charge and responsible for what is happening. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Stimulus Bill was rammed down our throats "to prevent unemployment from going over 8%," and fell flat, with unemployment going well over 9% and climbing! We now have revelelations the money was largely spent where it shouldn't have gone.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What has Obama actually done? In my opinion and the opinion of others, virtually nothing ... except create:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>"A Legend In His Own Mind."</strong></span><br /></span><br /><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OwiiQcdFrDM/St3nSs-ej4I/AAAAAAAAA6M/A2qFjLaLw4I/s1600-h/Obama+change.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394722237156593538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OwiiQcdFrDM/St3nSs-ej4I/AAAAAAAAA6M/A2qFjLaLw4I/s320/Obama+change.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-59013940137743135382009-10-09T19:48:00.000-07:002009-10-09T20:19:24.613-07:00OBAMA: Nobel Peace Prize Winner!<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Now Obama joins such prestigious Luminaries as Jimmy Carter, as a Noble Prize winner.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you put his Award in perspective, the depth of his achievements become very apparent!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">G. W. Bush freed 20 Million people from the murderous captivity and terror of Saddam and the Taliban. His government gave more money to Africa health problems than any other government in the world ... Ever. No Nobel Prize.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ronald Regan liberated millions of Middle European people from being butchered by Serbs. He also brought down the Berlin Wall. No Nobel Prize.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well, here comes Obama and his accomplishments, which are ..... hmmm. (Well, maybe some later.) Oh, I forgot: He made a vain attempt to bring the Olympics (a.k.a Grab The Money) to his Chicago buds. Fell Flat On His Face!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All truth aside, this "Peace Award," is nothing less than an unabashed liberal endorsement for Mr. O and a restatement of "We Hate Anything Conservative." Another way it might be stated: "Obama you are doing a great job of dividing the US and destroying it's very fabric. Great Job! Keep Up The Good Work!"</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">JMHO</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">/roger</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6698296546375369245.post-80471996993695912862009-10-02T09:07:00.000-07:002009-10-02T09:12:45.818-07:00Roger's Road To Common Sense Healtcare<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><strong>(This piece is based upon twenty years in the individual and group health insurance sales business and an increasing need to get some common sense in this wildly out-of-control health insurance debacle.)<br /></strong></em><br /><strong>PRIMARY QUESTION:</strong> Why is health insurance centered around group health insurance policies provided by the employer or as proposed, the government?</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />It makes no sense! Health insurance is a personal matter. Once the insurance is provided by a business or large entity, it becomes necessary to include treatment for every possible malady known to man and to allow treatment by any and all “practitioners” who can demonstrate any benefit, however slight.<br /><br />Many people are not interested in pregnancy coverage, drug rehab coverage, acupuncture coverage, aroma therapy coverage, overweight counseling or tribal medicine man coverage.<br /><br />As it is now, payments for such coverage is being, or will be, forcibly extracted from our bank account, whether we want it or not … It is simply part and parcel of “group coverage.” Employer provided Group Insurance must provide a benefit for every goofy treatment available or else someone will complain that their favorite (and always “effective”) health practitioner is being discriminated against. I have seen through the years, coverage’s added to group policies for every and any sort of health practitioner that can present a good story. As each useless benefit is added, the cost is added to everyone’s policy.<br /><br />I have long held that the most cost effective health insurance policy is an individually owned policy. The purchaser of an individual policy can select from a list of benefits that most closely applies to their situation. For example, would a 55-year old couple, well established in life select pregnancy or drug rehab coverage? Probably not. These two coverage’s are among the most expensive. The cost for a policy without pregnancy or drug rehab benefits would therefore be much more affordable.<br /><br />Until now, obtaining a reasonably priced individual policy is elusive. The reason is two-fold: First, at this time, each policy is individually underwritten because, as a whole, individual policies are few, in relation to the vast group, employer provided policies. If you have any condition that might result in a potential claim, the applicant is either denied coverage or has a rated up premium. Second: State insurance laws favor the selective underwriting PLUS it restricts sales to those policies approved by the State Insurance Commissioner. (See any possible conflict of interest here?)<br /><br />This whole problem can be eliminated by “National Underwriting,” in other words, any and all companies and policies that are financially sound, can be offered with NO underwriting and NO denial for preexisting conditions. In addition, for example, pregnancy and drug rehab can be offered as options, much like air-conditioning and power steering in the auto industry. Thus the policy would be priced accordingly. As time and circumstances change, options can be added or deleted, as appropriate.<br /><br />The thought has been advanced that individuals are not “smart enough” to sort through all the “insurance language” and select a policy suitable for their situation. Baloney! If they can do their income tax, they can select an insurance policy. Not only that, a whole new industry of insurance consultants will spring forth to clearly promote the benefits of their offering. An individual can select from an inexpensive, high-deductable, catastrophic coverage only policy, to a near-zero deductible, total coverage policy with premiums proportionate to the selected coverage. The choice is up to the purchaser.<br /><br />Another benefit of the individually owned policy is it is fully transportable, that is, it goes with the individual no matter where the person works … or even doesn’t work.<br /><br />Since employers would be freed from the extremely high cost of their employee’s health insurance, they would be required to pass those savings down to their employees through increased wages. The tax benefits attributed to the employers would be similarly invested in the individual. The net effect would be “no-loss-no-gain” for the employer and a “win-win” situation for the employee.<br /><br /><strong>BOTTOM LINE:</strong> “Roger’s Road To Common Sense Healthcare” is simply a no-nonsense way to provide healthcare for EVERYONE in a simple, cost-effective, transportable manner. Needless to say there is “fine print” that needs to be ironed out, but no “show-stoppers” are apparent.<br /><br />(Roger say’s: If this sounds reasonable to you, pass it around … especially to your Congressman.)<br /></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0