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For Christian American readers of this blog:


I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

I must admit that I do not check authenticity of my posts. If anyone can tell me of a non-biased arbitrator, I will attempt to do so more regularly. I know of no such arbitrator for the internet.











Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Jack Plymale w- good Portsmouth OH post

Sam, twice in my mistake prone life I have let imposed prejudices almost cheat me out of two of my best friends. They were fish-eaters( catholics) and I wasn't. Just before WWII ended June 1945, I was sworn in the navy and admitted to the V-5 pre-flight training unit at Denison U,(Granville,O). One of my three roommates was Capt. of Central Catholics Titans, football, in the 1944 season. Dick Diehl.----- OSU after the war I pledged a fraternity that was going broke. Another Portsmouth guy( Sam Ware) and I were made co rush chairmen to save us with the dues of new members. This we did! With most of the new members being from Portsmouth. One was Capt. of Central catholic Titans football 1943, Rodney Kinskey. Rod and Dick both remain good, good friends. Jim Fout and I visited with Dick in the assissted living facility about six weeks ago ln Ports.Rod has retired to Ariz. having sold a vast commercial empire in the NW U.S. to a subsidiary of Kroger. Included 116 convenience stores. Some he had acquired from 7-11. Both these guys were excellent athletes and friends. Life has treated me very kindly in it's provision of good firends. Jack P


Jack P.

Nasty fall in Georgia ... Thanks Anon Ymous!

It is too bad about Tyrone's injuries.  ;) I hope the slob was arrested and I hope he doesn't win a law suit against the store.






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skegley.blogspot.com Index 7-1 thru 10-26, 2011

This is long; however, it shows the posts to my SamKat blog over the last four months.  You cannot activate the posts as links here; however you may by coming to the blog and searching a little or by writing and asking me to present the item you may be interested in again.  It is easy to see that I am conservative and that I have no use for the criminals currently running our wonderful country.  I also love Portsmouth Ohio and the University of Kentucky, my alma mater.

SamKat aka Sam Kegley    

skegley@columbus.rr.com


Recent SamKat Blog


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10-26-2011 Conservqative Christian Bolg

To Bloggers Everywhere

We Tea Partiers must peacefully resist the 'Occupy Wall Street'

mobs. Be sure to vote in 2012.

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Contents

Best joke of year ... Thanks Pat Whitehead! 15

The school reunion Thanks Clay Vice! 16

Social Security Checks Aug. 3, 2011 ... Thanks Marge! 18

Thanks you Dawood Kahn aka Dave Kaelin! 19

Healing miracle for burns ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 20

Catching pigs ... Thanks Dan Baird! 22

NASA data confirms clamate change to cold era ... Thanks Alma

Holl! 23

Remember this guy? Thanks John & Yvette! 27

Amen to this ... Right on, Mr. Massey! 29

House approves and Senate rejects - Newsmax.com 29

Federal judge throws out atheist law suit vs. Gov. Perry 34

The Columbus Dispatch 07/30/2011- Larry Larson 36

Medicare coverage in a nutshell ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 39

Little girl on an airplane ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 40

Obamacare explained by Trump ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 41

Xenos- Means "hospitality" SamKat 42

Hell for three leaders ... Thanks Marge! 43

Blessed Re-Cycle ... Thanks friend, Clay Vice! 44

o agrees with two trillion dollar Debt Deal- Newsmax.com 46

Shot and killed in Columbus- Desmond Allison- (Long) 49

CO2 emissions and volcanic erruption Thanks Sarah and Alma! 59

Aug 1 to Sept 1 ... Seek to Avoid Chinese goods! 63

Smart meters are "Big Brother" spies 65

Quote of the Decade- Senator Barack Obama- 2006 67

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Tea Party should never vote for Biden-o: Sam Kegley 68

From: George F. Will's Debt-ceiling debate was instructive 69

Prayer Circle ... Thanks Judi Cole! 70

Catholic Saint ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 70

Sex and grammar ... Thanks Clay! 71

A blog post ... Thanks Beau and Nicole Hummel and Dr.

Hovermale! 72

Cancer is a strange cell ... Thanks Ron Walters! 75

Friday, August 05, 2011 76

Friday, August 05, 2011 78

From an anonymous friend ... Kalula Airlines So. Africa 80

New assistant for Jesse Jackson ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 85

A polite way ... Thanks Bob Looney! 85

About profanity ... From friend, Dawood Kahn 86

2011 08 08 3:21 AM Thanks Bob Looney! 92

The truth about Dorothy ... Thanks Bob Looney! 95

Best Quotes ... Thanks Dan Baird! 95

Thoughts to ponder ... thanks Dan Baird! 100

Afternoon sex ... Funny, Clay! 102

Re- The Decade of the forties ... Thanks Sonny Hoskins! 103

History Lesson Your social security Thanks Ron Walters! 104

Tolerance, Australian Thanks friend! 108

My blog might retain its innocence without these darts, Clay! ;) 109

Newsmax- obama engineering America's destruction 110

The pickle jar ... Thanks Bob Looney! 113

1940's, very well done. 118

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Gotta read this one ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 120

Recession is hurting everybody ... thanks Lyle shover! 124

Twenty dollars 125

Well spoken American ... Thanks Clay Vice! 127

Acorn fined for election fraud in Nevada Radio this AM 133

Aug. 10 2011 Post from Tim Wildmon, AFA 134

Tom sowell is a notable black conservative economist 134

Cost of Illegal aliens in USA ... Thanks Clay! 137

Hanging by my ____ ... thanks Sonny H.! 141

Green ... Thanks John & Yvette! 143

o and Texas wisdom 144

ABC bans wearing of flag lapel pins Thanks John & Yvette! 145

Don't laugh. ...Thanks Ron Walters! 146

Green Bay Packers Thanks Ron Walters! 147

Obituary- Important for Americans to understaand! 148

Children are quick ... Right on, Carol & Clay! 151

Nero by black gentleman in World Net (WND) Thanks Marge! 154

Math- Big and little- Beyond my scope- SamKat 156

Christians and government Xenos teacher- Ryan Lowery 156

Cancer update- Johns Hopkins- Thanks Clay Vice! 157

Bill Cosby does it again! Thanks Judi Cole! 163

The honeymoon is over ... Thanks John Massey! 166

Fact vs. fiction You could have heard a pin drop 168

Raising the national debt limit? 171

Columbus Dispatch- Forum A11-2011 08 17 173

Why I am so depressed ... Thanks Nita Elliott! 174

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Disgusted with NBC ... Thanks Judi Cole! 175

Be what you see for yourself ... Thanks Bob Looney! 176

A long but wonderful dog story Thanks Terry Krause! 177

Change your underwear ... From a good Dension co-worker 182

Saturday, August 20, 2011 183

Roadside traps ... Thanks Marge Rusnak! 183

Irish jokes ... Thanks Clay Vice! 186

Happy Sunday Morning! Thanks Pat Whitehead! 189

Preamble to state constitutions >>> Thanks John Massey! 193

Grey-haired brigade! Thanks Nita Elliott! 197

It is no secret what God can do ... Thanks Nita Eelliott! 198

Fawn rescued ... Thanks Marge Rusnak and Nana! 201

Fun- Transferred to Detroit Thanks Clay! 202

Darling, we are growing old ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 203

George Will Dispatch forum page today- NJ Christie 207

Weddding ring and watch in repair ... Thanks Doug 210

Dispatch Forum page 2011 08 25 Cal Thomas 211

Returning home ... Thanks Tom & Carolybn Lynch! 211

English language ... thanks John & Yvette Massey! 215

The Gingham Dress ... Thanks Sarah DuPuy Rapp! 216

Driving inm the rain ... thanks Tom & Carolyn! 217

Friday, August 26, 2011 220

" ... There's a mousetrap in the house ..." Thanks Marge! 221

Darius Miller back from China Kentuckysportsradio.com 230

"Gray-Haired Brigade" ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 231

Message removed- A town called Pilsen, Czek 233

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Thanks Marge Rusnak ... A reminder of God 234

News you can use ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 237

A prayer request ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 237

Dog's loyalty to his Seal master upon his death ... thanks Dr.

Hove... 237

Re- Seal Team 6 and treason ... Thanks Ron Walters! 239

What we have learned in 2,064 years- Dr. Hovermale! 240

Lifespan Calculator by Northwestern Mutual Life 241

Awesome photography around the world 241

Little Duncan A new favorite ... Thanks Pat whitehead! 242

... Poster Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 243

... a good one ... thanks Sarah Rapp! 244

Women ... Thanks to a good anonymous friend! 244

Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 246

Only funny ... thanks to another anonymous friend! 248

Health advice ... thanks Lyle Shover! 249

Maine's new governor LePage ... thanks Sonny! 249

Foreign aid ... thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins! 254

Fundamental liberal philosophy ... Yep, friend! 257

PHS 1950 Necrology since our 60th reunion 258

Oh to be six again ... Thanks Terry Krause! 258

Bruce Thomas Metallurgical Engineer 259

Tata- India- Air car ... Thanks Sonny! 260

Translations ... Thanks John & Yvette Massey! 261

Football jokes ... thanks Sonny Hoskins! 263

Hats off to Sherry! Thanks Lyle Shover! 275

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APOLOGY ... Sherry Hacket did not write "We Noticed" 280

Facebook post Frank Hunter 283

Fox News report on the Republican debate last night 283

Dallas traffic problem solution ... Thanks Ron Walters! 286

Barack Bingo! Thanks John Massey! 287

Perry-Rubio sounds good, John & Yvette Massey! 288

Thanks Dan! ... France to rule on Noriega's extradition to

Panama 290

5 best sentences ... Thanks Doug! 292

Doctor's visit ... thanks Terry Krause! 293

USA Today 9-8-2011 Headline story 294

Greedy Non-Representatives of our Partnership Republic 294

"It's his fault! o speaks again! More money for the rat hole. 296

Biden, Hoffa, & o- O'Reilly-Thanks John Massey! 298

Shell Oil co. Warnings- Gas tank filling Thanks Ramey! 301

Immigration letter Thanks Carol & Clay Vice! 303

Prayer ... thanks Carol and Clay Vice! 306

Should Christians support obama? Thanks Sarah Rapp! 306

the obama cult ... thanks Ramey! 309

The Tea Party email 9-11-2011 315

Interesting ... Thanks Sonny! 316

Voting on 2nd amendment rights ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 323

Right foot direction Thanks Marge Rusnak! 324

Outstandingly re-cyclable, Sarah Rapp! For ALL! 324

Flat tax and Tort Reform 329

2012 o stimulous package Thanks anonymous friend! 329

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Hubris ... Well put, Mr. Walters! 330

I am so happy to know good P'Town people like Carol and Clay

Vice! 331

Great Quote! Probably a repeat, but so apropos, Sarah Rapp! 332

Police stop at 1 AM ... Thanks Lyle Shover! 333

When your hut is burning ... Thanks good friend! 333

Thanks Judi Cole ... Author dave Barry describes his

colonoscopy 334

Tradition ... Thanks Clay Vice! 338

Check your vehicle door handles ... thanks Terri Kusner! 340

New way of stealing ... thanks Ralph! 342

Thomas Jefferson ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale! 346

New Poster Thanks Sonny! 350

911 Pentagon Marines act 351

Jokes you can tell in church ... Thanks Judi cole! 353

German parade floats ... Thanks Leswinner! 360

For the ladies! Thanks Lyle! 361

Cecil Adams ... Denison Hydraulics! Thanks Jim and Barbara

Walker! 363

Panetta's biggest fear ... Thanks Sonny! 364

"I'm Tired" Good, but Not Bill Cosby ... Thanks Nita! 367

A beef with McDonalds ... thanks good friend, Sarah Rapp! 370

A OBAMA Democratic supporter who is a Muslim speaks out in

Canada -... 373

Monday, September 19, 2011 373

Quotes from obama from his books Thanks Ramey Sonny

Hoskins! 375

Cartoons getting tougher ... Thanks Luis! 377

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National day of prayer ... thanks Nita Elliott! 379

Constitutional- Proposed 28th amendment. Thanks Ron

Walters! 382

Justice for self-protection ... thanks Sonny! 384

Baptizing a drunk ... Thanks John Bob! 391

John Voight; This took guts...career Over? 393

Where did the shirt come from, Bob? 393

Portsmouth's Coach Bill Rohr ... Thanks Blaine Bierley! 394

Apologies for my computer problems ... Sam Kegley 396

Recycled and worth it ... Thanks Dan Baird! 396

Cabinet ... Thanks Alma Holl! 397

Actor Morgan Freeman calls the tea Party "racist" 399

Nothing wrong with new stamp's glue ... Thanks Lyle! 402

He's my brother ... Thanks Mr. Shover! 402

Mitch Albom's "the five people you meet in heaven" 403

Non-Representatives of 'We the People' Thanks Dan! 403

To my friend ... Thanks Pat Whitehead! 411

obama's illegal internet takeover ... Thanks Sarah Rapp! 413

Mathematics ... thanks Lou! 417

Poorest junk bond towns ... thanks John & Yvette Massey! 418

Enjoy reading this ... Thanks Bob Looney! 422

Bus Ride ... Oh Margie! Toupee or not toupee ;) 422

Friday, September 30, 2011 423

A fly in the toilet ... thanks tom & Carolyn Lynch! 425

Campaign Poster ... Thanks John & Yvette! 426

New federal golf rules ... Thanks John Massey! 427

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What if he's right? Thanks Luis Flores! 428

Coach Cal says "You Kentucky fans are 'crazy' " 432

The lawyers' party Thanks Sarah Rapp! 439

Kentucky plane crash ... Thanks Bob Looney! 444

God's 26 guards ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 446

Waking a sleeping giant ... Thanks Luis Flores! 449

Googled Gary Hubbell- SamKat 452

"Cooler Corn" ... thanks Luis Flores! 454

Irony ... thanks 456

Ramey's interpretation of 'Daughter gone bad!' Me too! 457

Selfishness betrayed in a non-representative republic 457

obama's czars ... Thanks for a worthy re-cycle, Ron walters! 460

Golf help ... thankis Luis Flores! 463

This is STAND BY ME like you've never heard it! 463

Happenings in fresno, CA ... Thanks Ramey! 463

He is the great I Am ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 467

Can of worms sermon & Maxine ,,, Thanks Lyle Shover! 471

Quote by a Navy Seal ... thanks Dr. Hovermale! 472

High School Principal's speech ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 473

Pics from "You Know You Are From Portsmouth IF" 475

You're the one ... Thanks Clay Vice! 476

Fear of the Lord ... Dr. Jeff Gordon Xenos Cafe' 477

Snopes fan's rebuttal to "principal'sSpeech" authenticity 478

My omission of comment replies- I apologize 479

Highway Patrol Sergant speaks - Google alert about Portsmouth 479

Back when we were negroes ... Thanks Sarah! 480

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An eagle kissed by God ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 482

Shocking obamacare items ... thanks Luis! 487

Why go to church? Thanks Dave Miller! 490

Thursday, October 06, 2011 491

Thanks Marge Rusnak- Never look down on someone unless

you are help... 491

Mars or Venus? Oh doctor- What a perspective! 493

obama's objectionable acts ... thanks Ramey! 494

Hooray for Florida ... and you, too, Dr. Hovermale! 496

Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Address 497

Halal meat in the US ... Thanks Doug Brooke! 504

Threat and reply ... Thanks Ramey! The lady has guts! 506

Worthy repeat, Ramey! 510

A simple message ... Thanks Clay! 517

Watch your receipts- scam ... Thanks Dan Baird! 517

Down in El Paso ... Thanks Luis Flores! 520

Cancer is a strange cell Thanks Clay Vice! 521

A Class Act ... Thanks Luis! 522

Truth about Sarah Palin ... thanks Ramey Hoskins! 524

Child writes the Bible in a nutshell ... Thanks Ramey! 528

Words ... Thanks TJ and Sarah duPuy! 530

Portsmouth's Municipal Stadium ... Thanks Frank Hunter! 531

About Herman Cain ... Thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins 532

Occupy Wall Street is a play ... thanks Judi ! 534

I back! Our little granddaughter, Tobey and my computer outage 536

Cutest ... Thanks Joyce and Jim Smallwood! 537

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Go to Newsmax.com for these stories- SamKat 538

Is this a great country or what? Yeah, Luis Flores! 539

Universal laws ... thanks Luis Flores! 540

Social Security ... thanks Luis Flores! 542

Breaking news ... Thanks Bob Looney! 545

So thoughtful, Bob Looney! Quality time 545

Cowboy Bob- Do you know Mr. Looney, Clay? 546

Small business analysis from a friend 548

Thanks for being my friend ... Thanks Sarah Taylor! 551

Planning ahead for 2012 ... thanks Ramey! 553

Bible study ... thanks Ramey! 554

Haloween moon from our friend, Clay Vice 557

Over 19,000 hits now to this SamKat Blog 557

Another Haloween Greeting from a good friend ... thanks Ron

walters! 558

reat repeat- World's largest army... Thanks Nita Elliott! 559

Slow Dance Thanks Bob Looney! 559

Senior Health ... Thanks Bob Looney! 566

Splinter removal ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins! 567

A follow-up to Ramey's Splinter removal- SamKat 569

My SamKat blog vs. Daily Newspaper circulation 569

Good Morning ... Thanks Judi Cole! 575

Among Best Quotes ever ... Thanks Ron Walters! 576

Ineptocracy ... A good word, Luis Flores! 576

Very Un-Presidential behavior ... Thanks Luis Flores! 577

A good chuckle ... Thanks Dave Miller! 578

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85 Thanks Dave Miller! 579

Just home from church at Xenos- SamKat 583

Chaplains refuse Pentagon directions ... Thanks Sonny! 584

Flat tax by politicians- I'm for it! SamKat 585

Winter Coming and Clay sends such a thoughtful message 587

SamKat on "Comments" section of the blog- 587

The boss explains "Wall Street" for us who have been

employees 587

So, so recyclable! Thanks for another diamond, Pat whitehead! 593

A bar tab to end all bar tabs ... Thanks Anon Ymous! 594

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 596

Free Stuff- Said plainly and well, Luis Flores! 598

Old Paths- Thanks Pat Whitehead! 600

Book Signing in Portsmouth Newberry's Nov. 5 603

Cain more like us blacks than obama- Newsmax.com 604

Man Without a Country ... Google Wikipedia 608

Moose Hunting camp ... Thanks Clay! 612

USA Today feature article "The Fading Middle Class" 613

Just a shotgun ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins!

This is a rather long read but very informative. After reading the following narrative, then check out the attachment.



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 know 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 First 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 handgun 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-au tom atic 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 sidearms 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. Kind of like cars. Sound familiar?





WAKE UP AMERICA ; THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN OUR CONSTITUTION.



"...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









If you think this is important,



please forward to everyone you know.







You had better wake up, because Obama is doing this very same thing, over here, if he can get it done.







And there are stupid people in congress and on the street that will go right along with him.



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Washington Post article about obama Thanks Ramey!

Extremely well written and appropriate article. It’s amazing that the Wash. Post would actually print this.



Washington Post article about Obama.



The Washington Post

August 18, 2011 Obama: The Affirmative Action President by Matt Patterson (columnist - Washington Post, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner)



Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages. How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?



Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life: ushered into and through the Ivy League despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer"; a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present") ; and finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions. He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator.



And then there is the matter of his troubling associations: the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor"; a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor. It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking: how on Earth was such a man elected president?



Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal:



To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers, would have lasted a single day. But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberaldom to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass.



Let that sink in: Obama was given a pass -- held to a lower standard -- because of the color of his skin. Podhoretz continues:



And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?



Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon -- affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.



Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back. Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow. Liberals don't care if these minority students fail; liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action. Yes, racist.



Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin -- that's affirmative action in a nutshell, and if that isn't racism, then nothing is. And that is what America did to Obama.



True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be? As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental; he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois; he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate. All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary. What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks?



In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people -- conservatives included -- ought now to be deeply embarrassed. The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clichés, and that's when he has his teleprompter in front of him; when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all. Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth -- it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that has failed over and over again for 100 years.



And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?



In short: our president is a small and small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job. When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense. It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office.

Car Brand loyalty

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After watching loyalty fade for a decade, automakers are using technology to keep you addicted to their brand

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After a decade of watching brand loyalty fade away, automakers are trying to hook customers into long-term relationships by offering them technology they can't live without.



Doug Scott, senior vice president of GfK Automotive, a market research group, says automakers who can give their buyers all-encompassing access to music, Internet search and GPS will make their customers feel like they are still at home. And that gives the carmaker a better shot at keeping those customers next time they're in the market for a car.



"At home, you're using your Facebook page, checking your email," Scott said. "People are going to want to hop in their car and be exactly where they were when they were connected in their breakfast nook or home office. It's the Apple experience."



Brand loyalty used to be a much bigger part of car buying. Families identified themselves as Ford or Chevy buyers (or some other brand) and that's the brand they stuck with, until they had enough money to move up the chain into a Lincoln or a Cadillac.



But that's changed.



Gen Y, the youngest generation buying cars today, buys from the same automaker only 32% of the time. That's compared with 55% of Baby Boomers, and 62% of pre-Boomers.



Kelley Blue Book recently released its top automotive loyalty rankings. Hyundai came in first, followed by Toyota, Subaru, Kia and Ford. Ford has been working diligently at offering consumers a bevy of in-car entertainment and connectivity, so it's no surprise it is the one domestic car manufacturer to make this list.



Consumers shouldn't mourn the loss of loyalty, though. When automakers could rely on a certain percentage of its customer base just coming back year after year, they got complacent and started making bad cars. That opened up the market to foreign brands like Toyota, which came in and started listening to consumers and making cars they wanted.



Younger customers don't feel the need to just buy the same thing they bought before. But Scott says they could get hooked on a brand if it offers them what they want.



And brands who have the best social media strategy may be the ones who are best at getting younger customers into the dealership. Getting them in the door is a huge step towards selling them a car.



A generation ago, buyers knew very little about a car before going to the dealership. So they relied on dealers to get 80% of the information crucial to buying their next vehicle from the dealer.



"The buyer experience is going to be dictated by how connected I was prior to going to the dealership," Scott said.

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Thank Heaven for people like this keeping us safe........... Teacher arrested



A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General Eric Holder said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.

He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.

'Al-Gebra is a problem for us', the Attorney General said. 'They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.' They use secret code names like "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns" but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."

When asked to comment on the arrest, President Obama said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes." White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.

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