I stubbornly ignore the authentication sites because they are so left-leaning. This is ingenious Ron. I have a retired secret service friend who may already know, but there are some clever ways to deal with problems. God bless the Waddington employees. Jeanette's maiden name is Weddington.
Sam
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This is fascinating.
Verification:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/monopoly-game.htm
http://www.snopes.com/military/monopoly.asp
(You’ll never look at the game, Monopoly, the same way again)
Starting in 1941, an increasing number of British Airmen found themselves as the involuntary guests of the Third Reich, and the Crown was casting about for ways and means to facilitate their escape...
Now obviously, one of the most helpful aids to that end is a useful and accurate map, one showing
not only where stuff was, but also showing the locations of 'safe houses' where a POW on-the-lamb could go for food and shelter.
Paper maps had some real drawbacks --they make a lot of noise when you open and fold them, they wear out rapidly, and if they get wet, they turn into mush.
Someone in MI-9 (similar to America's OSS but dedicated to assisting prisoners) got the idea of printing escape maps on silk. It's durable, can be scrunched-up into tiny wads, and unfolded as many times as needed, and makes no noise whatsoever.
At that time, there was only one manufacturer in Great Britain that had perfected the technology of printing on silk, and that was John Waddington, Ltd. When approached by the government, the firm was only too happy to do its bit for the war effort.
By pure coincidence, Waddington was also the U.K. Licensee for the popular American board game, Monopoly. As it happened, 'games and pastimes' was a category of item qualified for insertion into 'CARE packages', dispatched by the International Red Cross to prisoners of war.
Under the strictest of secrecy, in a securely guarded and inaccessible old workshop on the grounds of Waddington's, a group of sworn-to-secrecy employees began mass-producing escape maps, keyed to each region of Germany or Italy where Allied POW camps were regional system). When processed, these maps could be folded into such tiny dots that they would actually fit inside a Monopoly playing piece.
As long as they were at it, the clever workmen at Waddington's also managed to add:
1. A playing token, containing a small magnetic compass
2. A two-part metal file that could easily be screwed together
3. Useful amounts of genuine high-denomination German, Italian, and French currency, hidden within the piles of Monopoly money!
British and American air crews were advised, before taking off on their first mission, how to identify a 'rigged' Monopoly set -- by means of a tiny red dot, one cleverly rigged to look like an ordinary printing glitch, located in the corner of the Free Parking square.
Of the estimated 35,000 Allied POWS who successfully escaped, an estimated one-third were aided in their flight by the rigged Monopoly sets. Everyone who did so was sworn to secrecy indefinitely, since the British Government might want to use this highly successful ruse in still another, future war.
The story wasn't declassified until 2007, when the surviving craftsmen from Waddington's, as well as the firm itself, were finally honored in a public ceremony.
It's always nice when you can play that 'Get Out of Jail' Free' card!
I realize most of you are (probably) too young to have any personal connection to WWII (Dec. '41 to Aug. '45), but this is still interesting.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Israel's new airport security ... Thanks Ramey Hoskins!
Israel’s new ‘Cutting Edge’ Airport Security
TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners. It's an armored booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person.
Israel sees this as a win-win situation for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It will also eliminate the costs of long and expensive trials.
You're in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter, an announcement: “Attention to all standby passengers, El Al is proud to announce a seat available on flight 670 to London. Shalom!”
ISN’T THIS BRILLIANT. !!!
TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners. It's an armored booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person.
Israel sees this as a win-win situation for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It will also eliminate the costs of long and expensive trials.
You're in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter, an announcement: “Attention to all standby passengers, El Al is proud to announce a seat available on flight 670 to London. Shalom!”
ISN’T THIS BRILLIANT. !!!
Guess what this is ... thanks Clay Vice!
COKE MACHINE...RIGHT!..........WRONG.!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess What This Is?
Hint: The picture was taken in 1956.
Answer below...
It's a hard disk drive back in 1956... With 5 MB of storage.
In September 1956, IBM launched the 305 RAMAC,
The first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).
The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a 'whopping' 5 MB of data.
Do you appreciate your 32 GB memory stick a little more now?
Guess What This Is?
Hint: The picture was taken in 1956.
Answer below...
It's a hard disk drive back in 1956... With 5 MB of storage.
In September 1956, IBM launched the 305 RAMAC,
The first 'SUPER' computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).
The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a 'whopping' 5 MB of data.
Do you appreciate your 32 GB memory stick a little more now?
Judge Judy tape removed by CBS
Judge Judy tape removed by CBS
this will piss you off..... somewhere in time elected officials put all of this in place. Those people need to get gone......
This is what our tax dollars go to pay for?
http://revolutionarypolitics.
The Judge was correct in saying she should send this clip to Congress.
Multiply these morons by many millions and you get the picture of those ACORN types that our Community Organizer supports and who supports him.
this will piss you off..... somewhere in time elected officials put all of this in place. Those people need to get gone......
OUR COUNTRY IS GOING BROKE ON COSTLY ENTITLEMENTS
CBS removed this video from YouTube, but another copy was found. Watch it quick before it's gone, and send to all.
You have to watch this video of Judge Judy before it's removed.
This is what our tax dollars go to pay for?
http://revolutionarypolitics.
The Judge was correct in saying she should send this clip to Congress.
Multiply these morons by many millions and you get the picture of those ACORN types that our Community Organizer supports and who supports him.
Where but in Alaska? Thanks Lyle Shover!
Where but in Alaska?
The photo was taken at the entrance to Katlian Bay at the end of the road in Sitka, Alaska ... The whale is coming up to scoop up a mouthful of herring......... (the small fish seen at the surface around the kayak). The kayaker is a local Sitka Dentist. He apparently didn't sustain any injuries from the terrifying experience. The whale was just around the corner from the ferry terminal, and all the kayaker could think at that moment in time was: "Paddle Man - really fast!"
The whale's mouth is fully open with the bottom half under the boat. If the whale had closed his mouth before he furiously paddled away - He might have been LUNCH!!! Look at the picture again - He is in the whale’s MOUTH!
The photo was taken at the entrance to Katlian Bay at the end of the road in Sitka, Alaska ... The whale is coming up to scoop up a mouthful of herring......... (the small fish seen at the surface around the kayak). The kayaker is a local Sitka Dentist. He apparently didn't sustain any injuries from the terrifying experience. The whale was just around the corner from the ferry terminal, and all the kayaker could think at that moment in time was: "Paddle Man - really fast!"
The whale's mouth is fully open with the bottom half under the boat. If the whale had closed his mouth before he furiously paddled away - He might have been LUNCH!!! Look at the picture again - He is in the whale’s MOUTH!
What happens in Heaven when we pray Thanks Jack H.!
WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN WHEN WE PRAY?
This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen :
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.
The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed.
"How is it that there is no work going on here? I asked."
"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments."
"How does one acknowledge God's blessings? "I asked.
"Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord."
"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.
"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy, and if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."
"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness.. You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day."
"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... You are ahead of 700 million people in the world."
"If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world."
"If your parents are still alive and still married.... you are very rare."
"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair......."
"Ok," I said. "What now? How can I start?"
The Angel said, "If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all."
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are..........
ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it."
If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on?
I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends.
Just be yourself.
Everyone else is taken.
Jack P.
This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen :
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.
The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed.
"How is it that there is no work going on here? I asked."
"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments."
"How does one acknowledge God's blessings? "I asked.
"Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord."
"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.
"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy, and if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."
"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness.. You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day."
"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... You are ahead of 700 million people in the world."
"If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world."
"If your parents are still alive and still married.... you are very rare."
"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair......."
"Ok," I said. "What now? How can I start?"
The Angel said, "If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all."
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are..........
ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it."
If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on?
I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends.
Just be yourself.
Everyone else is taken.
Jack P.
Twas the night before elections,
And all thru' the town,
Tempers were flaring
Emotions ran up and down.
I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap,
Had shut off the TV,
tired of political crap.
When all of a sudden,
There arose such a noise,
I peered out my window,
Saw Obama and his boys
They had come for my wallet,
They wanted my pay
To hand out to others
Who had not worked a day!
He snatched up my money,
And quick as a wink,
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink.
He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart.
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!
On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, on Pelosi'
He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause,
And as they flew out of sight,
I heard him laugh at a nation
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!
So I leave you to think
On this one final note...
IF YOU DON'T WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND VOTE !!!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA, OUR ONLY HOPE.....
WAVE OUR FLAG HIGH!!!
World power swings back to America ... Thanks Dr. Hovermale!
Monday 31 October 2011
Interesting,just came in from an old friend.
Regards,
Ralph
Dr. H, I wish I understood all I know about "money and the world". This sounds good from the British "Telegraph".
Sam
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World power swings back to America
The American phoenix is slowly rising again. Within five years or so, the US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have closed the labour gap with China in a clutch of key industries. The current account might even be in surplus.
The making of computers, electrical equipment, machinery, autos and other goods may shift back to the US from China. Photo: AP By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor
5:53PM BST 23 Oct 2011
1782 Comments
Assumptions that the Great Republic must inevitably spiral into economic and strategic decline - so like the chatter of the late 1980s, when Japan was in vogue - will seem wildly off the mark by then.
Telegraph readers already know about the "shale gas revolution" that has turned America into the world’s number one producer of natural gas, ahead of Russia.
Less known is that the technology of hydraulic fracturing - breaking rocks with jets of water - will also bring a quantum leap in shale oil supply, mostly from the Bakken fields in North Dakota, Eagle Ford in Texas, and other reserves across the Mid-West.
"The US was the single largest contributor to global oil supply growth last year, with a net 395,000 barrels per day (b/d)," said Francisco Blanch from Bank of America, comparing the Dakota fields to a new North Sea.
Total US shale output is "set to expand dramatically" as fresh sources come on stream, possibly reaching 5.5m b/d by mid-decade. This is a tenfold rise since 2009.
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"Made in America, Again" - a report this month by Boston Consulting Group - said Chinese wage inflation running at 16pc a year for a decade has closed much of the cost gap. China is no longer the "default location" for cheap plants supplying the US.
A "tipping point" is near in computers, electrical equipment, machinery, autos and motor parts, plastics and rubber, fabricated metals, and even furniture.
"A surprising amount of work that rushed to China over the past decade could soon start to come back," said BCG's Harold Sirkin.
The gap in "productivity-adjusted wages" will narrow from 22pc of US levels in 2005 to 43pc (61pc for the US South) by 2015. Add in shipping costs, reliability woes, technology piracy, and the advantage shifts back to the US.
The list of "repatriates" is growing. Farouk Systems is bringing back assembly of hair dryers to Texas after counterfeiting problems; ET Water Systems has switched its irrigation products to California; Master Lock is returning to Milwaukee, and NCR is bringing back its ATM output to Georgia. NatLabs is coming home to Florida.
Boston Consulting expects up to 800,000 manufacturing jobs to return to the US by mid-decade, with a multiplier effect creating 3.2m in total. This would take some sting out of the Long Slump.
As Cleveland Fed chief Sandra Pianalto said last week, US manufacturing is "very competitive" at the current dollar exchange rate. Whether intended or not, the Fed's zero rates and $2.3 trillion printing blitz have brought matters to an abrupt head for China.
Fed actions confronted Beijing with a Morton's Fork of ugly choices: revalue the yuan, or hang onto the mercantilist dollar peg and import a US monetary policy that is far too loose for a red-hot economy at the top of the cycle. Either choice erodes China's wage advantage. The Communist Party chose inflation.
Foreign exchange effects are subtle. They take a long to time play out as old plant slowly runs down, and fresh investment goes elsewhere. Yet you can see the damage to Europe from an over-strong euro in foreign direct investment (FDI) data.
Flows into the EU collapsed by 63p from 2007 to 2010 (UNCTAD data), and fell by 77pc in Italy. Flows into the US rose by 5pc.
Volkswagen is investing $4bn in America, led by its Chattanooga Passat plant. Korea's Samsung has begun a $20bn US investment blitz. Meanwhile, Intel, GM, and Caterpillar and other US firms are opting to stay at home rather than invest abroad.
Europe has only itself to blame for the current “hollowing out” of its industrial base. It craved its own reserve currency, without understanding how costly this “exorbitant burden” might prove to be.
China and the rising reserve powers have rotated a large chunk of their $10 trillion stash into EMU bonds to reduce their dollar weighting. The result is a euro too strong for half of EMU.
The European Central Bank has since made matters worse (for Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France) by keeping rates above those of the US, UK, and Japan. That has been a deliberate policy choice. It let real M1 deposits in Italy contract at a 7pc annual rate over the summer. May it live with the consequences.
The trade-weighted dollar has been sliding for a decade, falling 37pc since 2001. This roughly replicates the post-Plaza slide in the late 1980s, which was followed - with a lag - by 3pc of GDP shrinkage in the current account deficit. The US had a surplus by 1991.
Charles Dumas and Diana Choyleva from Lombard Street Research argue that this may happen again in their new book "The American Phoenix".
The switch in advantage to the US is relative. It does not imply a healthy US recovery. The global depression will grind on as much of the Western world tightens fiscal policy and slowly purges debt, and as China deflates its credit bubble.
Yet America retains a pack of trump cards, and not just in sixteen of the world’s top twenty universities.
It is almost the only economic power with a fertility rate above 2.0 - and therefore the ability to outgrow debt - in sharp contrast to the demographic decay awaiting Japan, China, Korea, Germany, Italy, and Russia.
Europe's EMU soap opera has shown why it matters that America is a genuine nation, forged by shared language and the ancestral chords of memory over two centuries, with institutions that ultimately work and a real central bank able to back-stop the system.
The 21st Century may be American after all, just like the last.
Interesting,just came in from an old friend.
Regards,
Ralph
Dr. H, I wish I understood all I know about "money and the world". This sounds good from the British "Telegraph".
Sam
__________________________________________________________
World power swings back to America
The American phoenix is slowly rising again. Within five years or so, the US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have closed the labour gap with China in a clutch of key industries. The current account might even be in surplus.
The making of computers, electrical equipment, machinery, autos and other goods may shift back to the US from China. Photo: AP By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor
5:53PM BST 23 Oct 2011
1782 Comments
Assumptions that the Great Republic must inevitably spiral into economic and strategic decline - so like the chatter of the late 1980s, when Japan was in vogue - will seem wildly off the mark by then.
Telegraph readers already know about the "shale gas revolution" that has turned America into the world’s number one producer of natural gas, ahead of Russia.
Less known is that the technology of hydraulic fracturing - breaking rocks with jets of water - will also bring a quantum leap in shale oil supply, mostly from the Bakken fields in North Dakota, Eagle Ford in Texas, and other reserves across the Mid-West.
"The US was the single largest contributor to global oil supply growth last year, with a net 395,000 barrels per day (b/d)," said Francisco Blanch from Bank of America, comparing the Dakota fields to a new North Sea.
Total US shale output is "set to expand dramatically" as fresh sources come on stream, possibly reaching 5.5m b/d by mid-decade. This is a tenfold rise since 2009.
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"The implications of this shift are very large for geopolitics, energy security, historical military alliances and economic activity. As US reliance on the Middle East continues to drop, Europe is turning more dependent and will likely become more exposed to rent-seeking behaviour from oligopolistic players," said Mr Blanch.
Meanwhile, the China-US seesaw is about to swing the other way. Offshoring is out, 're-inshoring' is the new fashion.
"Made in America, Again" - a report this month by Boston Consulting Group - said Chinese wage inflation running at 16pc a year for a decade has closed much of the cost gap. China is no longer the "default location" for cheap plants supplying the US.
A "tipping point" is near in computers, electrical equipment, machinery, autos and motor parts, plastics and rubber, fabricated metals, and even furniture.
"A surprising amount of work that rushed to China over the past decade could soon start to come back," said BCG's Harold Sirkin.
The gap in "productivity-adjusted wages" will narrow from 22pc of US levels in 2005 to 43pc (61pc for the US South) by 2015. Add in shipping costs, reliability woes, technology piracy, and the advantage shifts back to the US.
The list of "repatriates" is growing. Farouk Systems is bringing back assembly of hair dryers to Texas after counterfeiting problems; ET Water Systems has switched its irrigation products to California; Master Lock is returning to Milwaukee, and NCR is bringing back its ATM output to Georgia. NatLabs is coming home to Florida.
Boston Consulting expects up to 800,000 manufacturing jobs to return to the US by mid-decade, with a multiplier effect creating 3.2m in total. This would take some sting out of the Long Slump.
As Cleveland Fed chief Sandra Pianalto said last week, US manufacturing is "very competitive" at the current dollar exchange rate. Whether intended or not, the Fed's zero rates and $2.3 trillion printing blitz have brought matters to an abrupt head for China.
Fed actions confronted Beijing with a Morton's Fork of ugly choices: revalue the yuan, or hang onto the mercantilist dollar peg and import a US monetary policy that is far too loose for a red-hot economy at the top of the cycle. Either choice erodes China's wage advantage. The Communist Party chose inflation.
Foreign exchange effects are subtle. They take a long to time play out as old plant slowly runs down, and fresh investment goes elsewhere. Yet you can see the damage to Europe from an over-strong euro in foreign direct investment (FDI) data.
Flows into the EU collapsed by 63p from 2007 to 2010 (UNCTAD data), and fell by 77pc in Italy. Flows into the US rose by 5pc.
Volkswagen is investing $4bn in America, led by its Chattanooga Passat plant. Korea's Samsung has begun a $20bn US investment blitz. Meanwhile, Intel, GM, and Caterpillar and other US firms are opting to stay at home rather than invest abroad.
Europe has only itself to blame for the current “hollowing out” of its industrial base. It craved its own reserve currency, without understanding how costly this “exorbitant burden” might prove to be.
China and the rising reserve powers have rotated a large chunk of their $10 trillion stash into EMU bonds to reduce their dollar weighting. The result is a euro too strong for half of EMU.
The European Central Bank has since made matters worse (for Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France) by keeping rates above those of the US, UK, and Japan. That has been a deliberate policy choice. It let real M1 deposits in Italy contract at a 7pc annual rate over the summer. May it live with the consequences.
The trade-weighted dollar has been sliding for a decade, falling 37pc since 2001. This roughly replicates the post-Plaza slide in the late 1980s, which was followed - with a lag - by 3pc of GDP shrinkage in the current account deficit. The US had a surplus by 1991.
Charles Dumas and Diana Choyleva from Lombard Street Research argue that this may happen again in their new book "The American Phoenix".
The switch in advantage to the US is relative. It does not imply a healthy US recovery. The global depression will grind on as much of the Western world tightens fiscal policy and slowly purges debt, and as China deflates its credit bubble.
Yet America retains a pack of trump cards, and not just in sixteen of the world’s top twenty universities.
It is almost the only economic power with a fertility rate above 2.0 - and therefore the ability to outgrow debt - in sharp contrast to the demographic decay awaiting Japan, China, Korea, Germany, Italy, and Russia.
Europe's EMU soap opera has shown why it matters that America is a genuine nation, forged by shared language and the ancestral chords of memory over two centuries, with institutions that ultimately work and a real central bank able to back-stop the system.
The 21st Century may be American after all, just like the last.
Dan Hovermale's comments in Columbus Dispatch
Dr. Hovermale,
I don't like the political debates because they tear at each other. Perhaps in the long run, it will help in the election run. The debates have helped Cain and I also like Herman Cain, but there must be the absolute surest candidate to get this would-be dictator, o, out of office. I believe o is scared that he will be ousted and then found out for the real damage he has done to America. o should become the 'man without a country' unless Kenya or another country accepts him. Governor Huckabee said in his recent program that we should not take personal shots at o's background, but I personally resent that such an ill-conceived orator creation has been voted into our highest office.
Thanks for the article! Barbara surely added to your son's intelligence.
Sam
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The administration of Gov. John Kasich is...
By Joe Vardon
The Columbus Dispatch Sunday October 30, 2011 10:16 AM
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Herman Cain topped the most-recent Quinnipiac University poll of Ohio GOP respondents.
Long before Herman Cain’s surprising meteoric rise to the top of Republican presidential polls nationally and in Ohio, Cain had the endorsement of another budding conservative politician.
Joe the Plumber.
“I’ve known Herman for about three years now,” Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher told The Dispatch in a phone interview. “I met him at an event after I had gained notoriety, and he gave me advice. He didn’t try to use me. I know the character of the man ... and he’s running for the right reasons.”
Wurzelbacher, the average Joe who gained attention by engaging then-candidate Barack Obama over economics during the 2008 election on the Democrat’s visit to the Toledo area, knows something about trying to squeeze staying power out of 15 minutes of fame. He’s running next year for the U.S. House in the new district formed by combining those of Democrats Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich up north.
Cain’s task is much larger and must be accomplished on a much-grander scale, but the basic sentiment is the same. He is indeed the flavor of the month in this topsy-turvy GOP presidential primary, but can the former president and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, who has never held political office, become a legitimate contender for the supreme office in the land?
The Cain campaign did not return a message seeking comment. But to illustrate the challenge
ahead, consider what happened last week.
Already generating national buzz with his rise to the top of more than one major poll, his 9-9-9 tax plan and his campaign commercial featuring his cigarette-smoking chief of staff, Cain was the top vote-getter in Quinnipiac University’s poll of Ohio voters, picking up support from 28 percent of GOP respondents.
But the Ohio Democratic Party ignored Cain and spent the week picking on the second-place candidate in Ohio, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The party went so far as to send out a news release stating, in part, that Romney would attend last night’s Ohio-State-Wisconsin football game in Columbus but would refuse to pick a team to cheer for, a play on Romney’s refusal to endorse Issue 2 and Issue 3 during a visit to a suburban Cincinnati GOP call center on Tuesday.
“Herman Cain is a fringe candidate who won’t win the nomination,” said Chris Redfern, chairman of the state Democratic Party. “We wish he would win, but the nominee is going to be Mitt Romney or (Texas Gov.) Rick Perry.”
Cain polled at 7 percent in Ohio in Quinnipiac’s poll last month and had been languishing nationally behind Romney, Perry and others while some prominent Republicans — including Ohio Gov. John Kasich — were urging New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to run, in part because of dissatisfaction with the GOP field.
In addition to surging to the lead in Ohio in October, Cain also took first place in recent national polls by CBS/ New York Times, NBC/ Wall Street Journal and Fox News.
Yet when asked by The Dispatch about Cain’s polling success in Ohio and his viability as a candidate, Ohio Republican Chairman Kevin DeWine would say only, “Herman Cain needs to show voters that earned media and poll numbers can translate to effective fundraising and then, ultimately, a strong organization.”
“Mitt Romney and Rick Perry have already proven that they can accomplish this among a handful of nominating states,” DeWine added in an email. He also said that the Quinnipiac Poll “lends credibility to the argument that the race for the Republican nomination remains fluid.”
That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement for the current GOP front-runner to take on President Obama next year. But for Cain to have climbed as high as he has in polls, somebody has to be supporting Cain out there, even if prominent Republicans aren’t buying Cain’s folksy style, track record, or chances next year.
For some of the campaign supporters reached by The Dispatch, the more they hear Cain speak during the numerous Republican debates or on TV, the more they like him.
Vince Tornero, a 23-year-old student at Ohio State University, said he switched his support from U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of
Minnesota to Cain in late August.
“I feel like I can completely relate with Mr. Cain,” Tornero said in an email. “His speaking style is legitimate, and it does not seem like he is ‘holding back’ or being disingenuous.”
Daniel Hovermale, a
44-year-old commercial helicopter pilot from Circleville, Ohio, said Cain is the “anti-Obama” and has “a message that resonates with the electorate.”
And Mary Gehrmann, 72, living in Danville, Calif., said in an email that she believes Cain has staying power.
“The reason is the people,” Gehrmann said. “Never underestimate the power of the people. We are tired of what has happened to this country. I know there are many, especially the media, that are shaking their heads and still wondering ... how ... he is still so high in the polls. They just don’t get it yet.”
Wurzelbacher, for what it’s worth, echoed Gehrmann’s thoughts about Cain’s staying power.
And what was the advice Cain gave Wurzelbacher, anyway?
“He told me to always be yourself; don’t let anybody change you.”
jvardon@dispatch.com
I don't like the political debates because they tear at each other. Perhaps in the long run, it will help in the election run. The debates have helped Cain and I also like Herman Cain, but there must be the absolute surest candidate to get this would-be dictator, o, out of office. I believe o is scared that he will be ousted and then found out for the real damage he has done to America. o should become the 'man without a country' unless Kenya or another country accepts him. Governor Huckabee said in his recent program that we should not take personal shots at o's background, but I personally resent that such an ill-conceived orator creation has been voted into our highest office.
Thanks for the article! Barbara surely added to your son's intelligence.
Sam
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The administration of Gov. John Kasich is...
By Joe Vardon
The Columbus Dispatch Sunday October 30, 2011 10:16 AM
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Herman Cain topped the most-recent Quinnipiac University poll of Ohio GOP respondents.
Long before Herman Cain’s surprising meteoric rise to the top of Republican presidential polls nationally and in Ohio, Cain had the endorsement of another budding conservative politician.
Joe the Plumber.
“I’ve known Herman for about three years now,” Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher told The Dispatch in a phone interview. “I met him at an event after I had gained notoriety, and he gave me advice. He didn’t try to use me. I know the character of the man ... and he’s running for the right reasons.”
Wurzelbacher, the average Joe who gained attention by engaging then-candidate Barack Obama over economics during the 2008 election on the Democrat’s visit to the Toledo area, knows something about trying to squeeze staying power out of 15 minutes of fame. He’s running next year for the U.S. House in the new district formed by combining those of Democrats Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich up north.
Cain’s task is much larger and must be accomplished on a much-grander scale, but the basic sentiment is the same. He is indeed the flavor of the month in this topsy-turvy GOP presidential primary, but can the former president and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, who has never held political office, become a legitimate contender for the supreme office in the land?
The Cain campaign did not return a message seeking comment. But to illustrate the challenge
ahead, consider what happened last week.
Already generating national buzz with his rise to the top of more than one major poll, his 9-9-9 tax plan and his campaign commercial featuring his cigarette-smoking chief of staff, Cain was the top vote-getter in Quinnipiac University’s poll of Ohio voters, picking up support from 28 percent of GOP respondents.
But the Ohio Democratic Party ignored Cain and spent the week picking on the second-place candidate in Ohio, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The party went so far as to send out a news release stating, in part, that Romney would attend last night’s Ohio-State-Wisconsin football game in Columbus but would refuse to pick a team to cheer for, a play on Romney’s refusal to endorse Issue 2 and Issue 3 during a visit to a suburban Cincinnati GOP call center on Tuesday.
“Herman Cain is a fringe candidate who won’t win the nomination,” said Chris Redfern, chairman of the state Democratic Party. “We wish he would win, but the nominee is going to be Mitt Romney or (Texas Gov.) Rick Perry.”
Cain polled at 7 percent in Ohio in Quinnipiac’s poll last month and had been languishing nationally behind Romney, Perry and others while some prominent Republicans — including Ohio Gov. John Kasich — were urging New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to run, in part because of dissatisfaction with the GOP field.
In addition to surging to the lead in Ohio in October, Cain also took first place in recent national polls by CBS/ New York Times, NBC/ Wall Street Journal and Fox News.
Yet when asked by The Dispatch about Cain’s polling success in Ohio and his viability as a candidate, Ohio Republican Chairman Kevin DeWine would say only, “Herman Cain needs to show voters that earned media and poll numbers can translate to effective fundraising and then, ultimately, a strong organization.”
“Mitt Romney and Rick Perry have already proven that they can accomplish this among a handful of nominating states,” DeWine added in an email. He also said that the Quinnipiac Poll “lends credibility to the argument that the race for the Republican nomination remains fluid.”
That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement for the current GOP front-runner to take on President Obama next year. But for Cain to have climbed as high as he has in polls, somebody has to be supporting Cain out there, even if prominent Republicans aren’t buying Cain’s folksy style, track record, or chances next year.
For some of the campaign supporters reached by The Dispatch, the more they hear Cain speak during the numerous Republican debates or on TV, the more they like him.
Vince Tornero, a 23-year-old student at Ohio State University, said he switched his support from U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of
Minnesota to Cain in late August.
“I feel like I can completely relate with Mr. Cain,” Tornero said in an email. “His speaking style is legitimate, and it does not seem like he is ‘holding back’ or being disingenuous.”
Daniel Hovermale, a
44-year-old commercial helicopter pilot from Circleville, Ohio, said Cain is the “anti-Obama” and has “a message that resonates with the electorate.”
And Mary Gehrmann, 72, living in Danville, Calif., said in an email that she believes Cain has staying power.
“The reason is the people,” Gehrmann said. “Never underestimate the power of the people. We are tired of what has happened to this country. I know there are many, especially the media, that are shaking their heads and still wondering ... how ... he is still so high in the polls. They just don’t get it yet.”
Wurzelbacher, for what it’s worth, echoed Gehrmann’s thoughts about Cain’s staying power.
And what was the advice Cain gave Wurzelbacher, anyway?
“He told me to always be yourself; don’t let anybody change you.”
jvardon@dispatch.com
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Pro-Gun Argument ... Thanks Sarah Rapp!
THIS IS THE BEST WORDED PRO-GUN ARGUMENT THAT I HAVE EVER READ.
As the Supreme Court hears arguments for and against the Chicago, IL, Gun Ban, I offer you another stellar example of a letter (written by a Marine), that places the proper perspective on what a gun means to a civilized society.
Interesting take and one you don't hear much... Read this eloquent and profound letter and pay close attention to the last paragraph of the letter.....
"The Gun Is Civilization"
By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society. But, a firearm makes it easier for an armed mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat - it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed.
People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.
People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force, watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier, works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.
The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply would not work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation...And that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act !!
By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret.)
As the Supreme Court hears arguments for and against the Chicago, IL, Gun Ban, I offer you another stellar example of a letter (written by a Marine), that places the proper perspective on what a gun means to a civilized society.
Interesting take and one you don't hear much... Read this eloquent and profound letter and pay close attention to the last paragraph of the letter.....
"The Gun Is Civilization"
By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that's it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we'd be more civilized if all guns were removed from society. But, a firearm makes it easier for an armed mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger's potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat - it has no validity when most of a mugger's potential marks are armed.
People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that's the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then there's the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.
People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don't constitute lethal force, watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier, works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.
The gun is the only weapon that's as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply would not work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn't both lethal and easily employable.
When I carry a gun, I don't do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I'm looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don't carry it because I'm afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn't limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation...And that's why carrying a gun is a civilized act !!
By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret.)
From "Political cartoons" ... Thanks Judi Cole!
Vote the libs out in 2012!
Sam
After a long night of making love, the guy notices a photo of another man on the
woman's nightstand by the bed. He begins to worry. 'Is this your husband?' he
nervously asks.
No, silly,' she replies, snuggling up to him. 'Your boyfriend, then?' he continues.
No, not at all,' she says, nibbling away at his ear. 'Is it your dad or your brother?
he inquires, Hoping to be reassured.
No, no, no! You are so hot when you're jealous!' She answers.
Well, who in the hell is he, then?' he demands. She whispers in his ear
That's me before the surgery.' ....
___________________________________________________________
Uh oh, Dan. You make me realize how much older and slower I am. I did not expect this diverse of a conclusion.
Sam
woman's nightstand by the bed. He begins to worry. 'Is this your husband?' he
nervously asks.
No, silly,' she replies, snuggling up to him. 'Your boyfriend, then?' he continues.
No, not at all,' she says, nibbling away at his ear. 'Is it your dad or your brother?
he inquires, Hoping to be reassured.
No, no, no! You are so hot when you're jealous!' She answers.
Well, who in the hell is he, then?' he demands. She whispers in his ear
That's me before the surgery.' ....
___________________________________________________________
Uh oh, Dan. You make me realize how much older and slower I am. I did not expect this diverse of a conclusion.
Sam
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Romantic dinner ... thanks Bob Looney!
Romantic dinner
A man and woman were having a quiet, romantic dinner in a fine restaurant. They were gazing lovingly at each other and holding hands.
Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed the man slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman acted unconcerned.
The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table.
Still, the woman appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware her dining companion had disappeared.
The waitress went over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table."
The woman calmly looked up at her and said, "No, he didn't. He just walked in the door."
A man and woman were having a quiet, romantic dinner in a fine restaurant. They were gazing lovingly at each other and holding hands.
Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed the man slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman acted unconcerned.
The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his chair and out of sight under the table.
Still, the woman appeared calm and unruffled, apparently unaware her dining companion had disappeared.
The waitress went over to the table and said to the woman, "Pardon me, ma'am, but I think your husband just slid under the table."
The woman calmly looked up at her and said, "No, he didn't. He just walked in the door."
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This blog is full of ideas from the mind of Dawood. Sometimes, I'm musing. Sometimes, I'm marveling. Sometimes, I'm thinking aloud. Life isn't static and neither are our opinions, feelings and beliefs. Who I am now may not be who I am a month, a year or a decade from now.
I believe that individuals can not be judged by the actions of an ethnicity, a race, a nation or any other group. People are complex constructs. None of us believe the same as all of us and all of us can not hope to encapsulate the beliefs, ideals of any one individual.
Large groups are dangerous. The Mob is dangerous. This has been known throughout the ages.
Please remember this when reading my opinion. An individual Christian or Muslim is not the same being as the Islamic World. He or she may have individual ideas about life, religion, spirituality. An individual Democrat or Republican or Tea Party member can not be treated as if he or she is the embodiment of any of those organization. Each of us is unique.
With that in mind. Please enjoy my blog. If it offends you or makes you think or merely entertains you, I will be happy for it entertains me, it offends me and it certainly makes me think and I am it's creator.
Peace and blessings to you all...Dave aka Dawood
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This post by my friend priompted my foregoing response:
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Did BushCo allow bin Laden to Succeed?
In Afghanistan, Middle East, Politics, Quotes, thinking out loud, Useful Information, Vietnam, War on October 29, 2011 at 7:52 am
Recently, a question was asked: “Do you really believe what you are saying or do you think FDR and Bush were begging and pleading for Japan and Bin Laden to attack us so we could enter a war? Seriously?”
On the question of Japan, undoubtedly FDR was courting an attack as justification for entering the War in Europa. Anyone who has read the history of the build up to World War II knows that FDR was looking for a way to get the American people on a war footing. Embargoes are a mother!
As for bin Laden. BushCo were strangely oblivious of bin Laden prior to 9-11. I do not put it past the Gov’t and especially one guided by the likes of Cheney and Rummy to allow an attack to occur so as to “lead” the nation to war.
Why did we NEED to go to Iraq? The answer is that we DID NOT. Yet, 9-11 and the GWOT were used as an excuse to take us into that war. They definitely “shaded the truth” to get the war that they wanted.
The Spanish American War was yet another contrived war as was the Mexican War and the Vietnam War. When one looks at the Korean War, it is a war into which we either secretly goaded North Korea or into which Truman simply blundered like a blind fool.
American spheres of influence were stated loudly to the World. South Korea lay JUUUUUUUSSSSSST outside of the line. Leading NK, China and the USSR to believe that we’d stand by and do nothing.
From the internet:
In June 1950, after Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared Korea to be outside of America’s sphere of influence, the North Koreans invaded South Korea and attempted to reunify the country under communist rule. President Truman immediately declared Korea a “global police action” and attempted to drive the North Koreans out of South Korea. In fact, the United States secret larger goal in the Korean war was to defeat North Korean communism and create a unified Korea under American domination and control. Korea was supposed to be the first major effort to rollback global communism. However, communist China, feeling threatened that aggressive American actions against North Korea would be followed by American attempts to undermine Chinese communism, entered the Korean war against the United States and its South Korean ally. The Korea war quickly proved to be a deadly stalemate between the United States and communist China. Only in 1953, after President Eisenhower secretly threatened to drop atomic bombs on China, did the Chinese agree to an end to the war, leaving North and South Korea divided just as they were at the beginning of the war.
The Korean war, as many American leader later said, seem to justify America’s global crusade against Soviet communism. It convinced many Americans of the truth of the United States governments warning that the Soviet were plotting to take over the world and impose communist domination over the free world. The Korean war would further justify American creation of the “nuclear umbrella” to shield the free world from Soviet expansion. As described by Secretary of State Dean Acheson in 1949, the nuclear umbrella was the American threat to wage nuclear war against the Soviet Union if the communists threatened any country in the free world. An attack on any member of the free world, thus, would be treated as an attack against the United States, which would lead America to wage nuclear war against the aggressor.
Also, Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman: mission and power in American foreign policy By Anne Rice Pierce PG 248 (Google Books)
As well as the following:
After World War II, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. divided Korea into spheres of influence—the Soviets backed Communist-ruled North Korea and the U.S. backed the South Korean dictatorship. Both Koreas had threatened to invade the other. When U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared that South Korea was no longer part of the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia, the North invaded the South.
Do I think that a US President and/or the US Political and Military Leadership are capable of allowing an attack or incident to happen so as to lead us into war? Definitely. It’s been done several times.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
REMEMBER THE MAINE!
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
9-11! NEVER AGAIN!
THE LUSITAINE!
FORT SUMTER! (As Lincoln stated; “The North must not be seen as the aggressor.)
The Tonkin Gulf Incident
Leaving the Koreas outside of our “sphere of influence.”
What did Madame Ambassador say to Saddam Hussein when he asked how the US would view aggression against Kuwait?
Known faulty intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in ’03.
The War of 1812 and lust for Canada.
Hawaii, the US Marines and Dole Fruit
Gautamala and United Fruit
Nicaragua/Panama ~ We needed a Canal passage.
Pinochet ~ Nixon and Henry Kissinger
Nixon, Cambodia and Laos
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Did BushCo allow bin Laden to Succeed?
In Afghanistan, Middle East, Politics, Quotes, thinking out loud, Useful Information, Vietnam, War on October 29, 2011 at 7:52 am
Recently, a question was asked: “Do you really believe what you are saying or do you think FDR and Bush were begging and pleading for Japan and Bin Laden to attack us so we could enter a war? Seriously?”
On the question of Japan, undoubtedly FDR was courting an attack as justification for entering the War in Europa. Anyone who has read the history of the build up to World War II knows that FDR was looking for a way to get the American people on a war footing. Embargoes are a mother!
As for bin Laden. BushCo were strangely oblivious of bin Laden prior to 9-11. I do not put it past the Gov’t and especially one guided by the likes of Cheney and Rummy to allow an attack to occur so as to “lead” the nation to war.
Why did we NEED to go to Iraq? The answer is that we DID NOT. Yet, 9-11 and the GWOT were used as an excuse to take us into that war. They definitely “shaded the truth” to get the war that they wanted.
The Spanish American War was yet another contrived war as was the Mexican War and the Vietnam War. When one looks at the Korean War, it is a war into which we either secretly goaded North Korea or into which Truman simply blundered like a blind fool.
American spheres of influence were stated loudly to the World. South Korea lay JUUUUUUUSSSSSST outside of the line. Leading NK, China and the USSR to believe that we’d stand by and do nothing.
From the internet:
In June 1950, after Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared Korea to be outside of America’s sphere of influence, the North Koreans invaded South Korea and attempted to reunify the country under communist rule. President Truman immediately declared Korea a “global police action” and attempted to drive the North Koreans out of South Korea. In fact, the United States secret larger goal in the Korean war was to defeat North Korean communism and create a unified Korea under American domination and control. Korea was supposed to be the first major effort to rollback global communism. However, communist China, feeling threatened that aggressive American actions against North Korea would be followed by American attempts to undermine Chinese communism, entered the Korean war against the United States and its South Korean ally. The Korea war quickly proved to be a deadly stalemate between the United States and communist China. Only in 1953, after President Eisenhower secretly threatened to drop atomic bombs on China, did the Chinese agree to an end to the war, leaving North and South Korea divided just as they were at the beginning of the war.
The Korean war, as many American leader later said, seem to justify America’s global crusade against Soviet communism. It convinced many Americans of the truth of the United States governments warning that the Soviet were plotting to take over the world and impose communist domination over the free world. The Korean war would further justify American creation of the “nuclear umbrella” to shield the free world from Soviet expansion. As described by Secretary of State Dean Acheson in 1949, the nuclear umbrella was the American threat to wage nuclear war against the Soviet Union if the communists threatened any country in the free world. An attack on any member of the free world, thus, would be treated as an attack against the United States, which would lead America to wage nuclear war against the aggressor.
Also, Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman: mission and power in American foreign policy By Anne Rice Pierce PG 248 (Google Books)
As well as the following:
After World War II, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. divided Korea into spheres of influence—the Soviets backed Communist-ruled North Korea and the U.S. backed the South Korean dictatorship. Both Koreas had threatened to invade the other. When U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared that South Korea was no longer part of the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia, the North invaded the South.
Do I think that a US President and/or the US Political and Military Leadership are capable of allowing an attack or incident to happen so as to lead us into war? Definitely. It’s been done several times.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
REMEMBER THE MAINE!
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
9-11! NEVER AGAIN!
THE LUSITAINE!
FORT SUMTER! (As Lincoln stated; “The North must not be seen as the aggressor.)
The Tonkin Gulf Incident
Leaving the Koreas outside of our “sphere of influence.”
What did Madame Ambassador say to Saddam Hussein when he asked how the US would view aggression against Kuwait?
Known faulty intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in ’03.
The War of 1812 and lust for Canada.
Hawaii, the US Marines and Dole Fruit
Gautamala and United Fruit
Nicaragua/Panama ~ We needed a Canal passage.
Pinochet ~ Nixon and Henry Kissinger
Nixon, Cambodia and Laos
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Response to my good American friend in Afghanistan
Dave Kaelin aka Dawood Kahn is my good friend in Afghanistan. He is a civilian for the US Army and is teaching Afghanistans ways of maintaining civil law. He has called himsel a "Blue Heretic" as a fellow Kentucky fan. A heretic would proclaim no one religious belief and might search among the many. I believe he still has awe for our Almighty God, in spite of his own strong opinions which he might declare otherwise. His recent piece in his blog led me to this response ansd I will present it afterwards for any of my readers perspective who care to read:
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Cannot disagree with you more, good friend!
The progressives or leftists have been goading America toward dictatorship/socialism throughout the twentieth century and into this twenty-first century. Yours is a distorted presentation in this instance.
The world has not known a successful endeavor such as the American Republic before. But it has been written that no democracy succeeds more than a couple of hundred years. When the politicians discover that they can keep shoving dollars into their pockets here and there without full public scrutiny, you bet the selfish such will. As such this country is thought to be ripe for picking by the islamic terrorists, or at least they think so. Our supposed representatives are representing themselves to the extent that the American citizen has been forgotten. These are rich Cats. Now George Soros and his ilk, of which I hope my good friend Dawood Kahn doesn’t become a lackey, would like to destroy capitalism.
Most of this nation believes in a higher being, but not one who encourages “killing the infidels”. In fact even our liberal media polings show that eighty-six per cent of our citizens are God believers. The ACLU and strong mafia-connected union leaders (selfish power seekers) sought more and more for themselves and have not a thing to make us proud.
Come on Dave! You have a rich history of life in seeing how the Middle East operates. Is it a haven for anything?
Leading leftist reps all agreed that Hussein had WMD and supported the Iraqui invasion until they made it Bush’s war.
This United States of America has many faults. Roosevelt did not care for the checks and balances of the American government and he wanted to stack the supreme court with more numbers, kind of like gerry-mandering a branch with appointees he could control.
I was just a kid during WW II. I, my family and friends considered him a hero because he was so excellent a fireside orator. I do credit him with being a war leader along with Winston Churchill in keeping our families from learning the goose-step or working rice for the Japanese Emperor.
Hitler thought his Germany, with all of its genious and his own misguided control could take the whole world. The Japanese thought they could put a lot of rice paddies between the Pacific and the Mississippi River and we were looking weak militarily. I was a witness to great strides of patriotism for this country. Factories converted quickly to war goods from civilian goods to help our troops. Moms went to work to replace the soldiers who left the factories. We had a united and greater cause and we quickly debveloped superior fighting forces with the English and other allies who undrstood the causes.
Dave, I am a Tea Party guy, as in the Boston Harbor when the British were overtaxing and otherwise attempting to make us part of their empire, Americans said no! The Revolutionary War led to our independence and we exceeded even the economic imperialism of Britain.
You and I know too many hard working and loyal citizens of this country who will literally fight to defend the good that is here. You are far too mentally sharp to be duped.
Please don’t give me that speil. I have never bought into your claim of being a heretic and I certainly do not believe in the current group of progressives who would let us become a dictatorship under thes current “orator only”. He moves his mouth smoothly but doesn’t say a thing of value except to his leftist ilk, which is hardly good American creed. America is far from perfect, but it is still worhty of fitting Ronald Reagan’s “Ctiy on a Hill” description.
God, please bless my good friend, Dave Kaelin.
Sam Kegley … aka SamKat
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SamKat
29 October 2011 at 12pm
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Cannot disagree with you more, good friend!
The progressives or leftists have been goading America toward dictatorship/socialism throughout the twentieth century and into this twenty-first century. Yours is a distorted presentation in this instance.
The world has not known a successful endeavor such as the American Republic before. But it has been written that no democracy succeeds more than a couple of hundred years. When the politicians discover that they can keep shoving dollars into their pockets here and there without full public scrutiny, you bet the selfish such will. As such this country is thought to be ripe for picking by the islamic terrorists, or at least they think so. Our supposed representatives are representing themselves to the extent that the American citizen has been forgotten. These are rich Cats. Now George Soros and his ilk, of which I hope my good friend Dawood Kahn doesn’t become a lackey, would like to destroy capitalism.
Most of this nation believes in a higher being, but not one who encourages “killing the infidels”. In fact even our liberal media polings show that eighty-six per cent of our citizens are God believers. The ACLU and strong mafia-connected union leaders (selfish power seekers) sought more and more for themselves and have not a thing to make us proud.
Come on Dave! You have a rich history of life in seeing how the Middle East operates. Is it a haven for anything?
Leading leftist reps all agreed that Hussein had WMD and supported the Iraqui invasion until they made it Bush’s war.
This United States of America has many faults. Roosevelt did not care for the checks and balances of the American government and he wanted to stack the supreme court with more numbers, kind of like gerry-mandering a branch with appointees he could control.
I was just a kid during WW II. I, my family and friends considered him a hero because he was so excellent a fireside orator. I do credit him with being a war leader along with Winston Churchill in keeping our families from learning the goose-step or working rice for the Japanese Emperor.
Hitler thought his Germany, with all of its genious and his own misguided control could take the whole world. The Japanese thought they could put a lot of rice paddies between the Pacific and the Mississippi River and we were looking weak militarily. I was a witness to great strides of patriotism for this country. Factories converted quickly to war goods from civilian goods to help our troops. Moms went to work to replace the soldiers who left the factories. We had a united and greater cause and we quickly debveloped superior fighting forces with the English and other allies who undrstood the causes.
Dave, I am a Tea Party guy, as in the Boston Harbor when the British were overtaxing and otherwise attempting to make us part of their empire, Americans said no! The Revolutionary War led to our independence and we exceeded even the economic imperialism of Britain.
You and I know too many hard working and loyal citizens of this country who will literally fight to defend the good that is here. You are far too mentally sharp to be duped.
Please don’t give me that speil. I have never bought into your claim of being a heretic and I certainly do not believe in the current group of progressives who would let us become a dictatorship under thes current “orator only”. He moves his mouth smoothly but doesn’t say a thing of value except to his leftist ilk, which is hardly good American creed. America is far from perfect, but it is still worhty of fitting Ronald Reagan’s “Ctiy on a Hill” description.
God, please bless my good friend, Dave Kaelin.
Sam Kegley … aka SamKat
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SamKat
29 October 2011 at 12pm
Friday, October 28, 2011
Citizens' rights vs non-citizens' rights ... Thanks Judi cole!
This will make you sick!
JOE vs. JOSE
You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California...
Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.
Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Ready? Now pay attention....
Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00 per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.
Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or $31,200.0 0 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $24,031.00.
Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and local clinics and emergency hospitals at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps, WIC and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe Legal now has 9,631..00.
Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month Federal Rent Subsidy. Jose Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $ 31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for car insurance. Some of that is uninsured motorist insurance. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00.
Jose Illegal says, "We don't need no stinkin' insurance!" and still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc.
Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month.
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same elementary school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches, while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch. Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.
Now, when they reach college age, Joe Legal's kids may not get into a State School and may not qualify for scholarships, grants or other tuition help, even though Joe has been paying for State Schools through his taxes, while Jose Illegal's kids "go to the head of the class" because they are a minority.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Do you understand, now?
If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens... you are part of the problem!
It's time to take a stand for America and Americans!
JOE vs. JOSE
You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California...
Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.
Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Ready? Now pay attention....
Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00 per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.
Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or $31,200.0 0 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $24,031.00.
Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and local clinics and emergency hospitals at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps, WIC and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe Legal now has 9,631..00.
Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month Federal Rent Subsidy. Jose Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $ 31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for car insurance. Some of that is uninsured motorist insurance. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00.
Jose Illegal says, "We don't need no stinkin' insurance!" and still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc.
Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month.
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same elementary school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches, while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch. Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children go home.
Now, when they reach college age, Joe Legal's kids may not get into a State School and may not qualify for scholarships, grants or other tuition help, even though Joe has been paying for State Schools through his taxes, while Jose Illegal's kids "go to the head of the class" because they are a minority.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Do you understand, now?
If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens... you are part of the problem!
It's time to take a stand for America and Americans!
WW II Trivia ... Thanks Judi Cole!
WW II Trivia
This is from Col D. G. Swinford, USMC, Ret. and a history
buff. You would really have to dig deep to get this kind of ringside
seat to history:
1. The first German serviceman killed in WW II was killed by the
Japanese ( China , 1937), the first American serviceman killed was
killed by the Russians ( Finland 1940); highest ranking American
killed was Lt Gen Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So
much for allies.
2. The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He
was wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his
age. His benefits were later restored by act of Congress.
3... At the time of Pearl Harbor , the top US Navy command was called
CINCUS (pronounced 'sink us'), the shoulder patch of the US Army's
45th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler's private train
was named 'Amerika.' All three were soon changed for PR purposes.
4. More US servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps.
While completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being
killed was 71%.
5. Generally speaking, there was no such thing as an average fighter
pilot. You were either an ace or a target. For instance, Japanese
Ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa shot down over 80 planes. He died while a
passenger on a cargo plane.
6. It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th
round with a tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake.
Tracers had different ballistics so (at long range) if your tracers
were hitting the target 80% of your rounds were missing. Worse yet
tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which
direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of
tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of
ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the
enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate
nearly double and their loss rate go down.
YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THIS ONE...
7. When allied armies reached the Rhine , the first thing men did was
pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to
Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it) and Gen. Patton (who
had himself photographed in the act).
8. German Me-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City , but
they decided it wasn't worth the effort.
9. German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
10. Among the first 'Germans' captured at Normandy were several
Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until
they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the
Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to
fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army.
AND HER IS THE BEST FOR LAST...
11. Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 United States and
Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands, 21
troops were killed in the assault on the island. It could have been
worse if there had been any Japanese on the island.
This is from Col D. G. Swinford, USMC, Ret. and a history
buff. You would really have to dig deep to get this kind of ringside
seat to history:
1. The first German serviceman killed in WW II was killed by the
Japanese ( China , 1937), the first American serviceman killed was
killed by the Russians ( Finland 1940); highest ranking American
killed was Lt Gen Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So
much for allies.
2. The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He
was wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his
age. His benefits were later restored by act of Congress.
3... At the time of Pearl Harbor , the top US Navy command was called
CINCUS (pronounced 'sink us'), the shoulder patch of the US Army's
45th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler's private train
was named 'Amerika.' All three were soon changed for PR purposes.
4. More US servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps.
While completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being
killed was 71%.
5. Generally speaking, there was no such thing as an average fighter
pilot. You were either an ace or a target. For instance, Japanese
Ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa shot down over 80 planes. He died while a
passenger on a cargo plane.
6. It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th
round with a tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake.
Tracers had different ballistics so (at long range) if your tracers
were hitting the target 80% of your rounds were missing. Worse yet
tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which
direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of
tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of
ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the
enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate
nearly double and their loss rate go down.
YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THIS ONE...
7. When allied armies reached the Rhine , the first thing men did was
pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to
Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it) and Gen. Patton (who
had himself photographed in the act).
8. German Me-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City , but
they decided it wasn't worth the effort.
9. German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
10. Among the first 'Germans' captured at Normandy were several
Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until
they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the
Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to
fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army.
AND HER IS THE BEST FOR LAST...
11. Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 United States and
Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands, 21
troops were killed in the assault on the island. It could have been
worse if there had been any Japanese on the island.
OmegaLetter Thanks Alma Holl!
I gave this a five star ranking, Alma!
Sam
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Psalms 147 : 6
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Open Text: Exact Phrase:
The Omega Letter Intelligence Digest
Vol: 121 Issue: 27 - Thursday, October 27, 2011
''The Most Transparent Dictatorship in US History''
During the campaign, then-candidate Obama promised the American people that, if they elected him, they would have "the most ethical and transparent administration in American history."
Don't take my word for it. Take his.
If you took the time to watch the linked video, you heard him accuse every preceding administration, going all the way back to the Founders, of being less ethical and less transparent than his.
"We have put in place the toughest ethics laws and toughest transparency rules of any administration in history. By the way, this is the first administration since the FOUNDING of our country where all of you can find out who visits the White House. . . the first time in history, and that's just one example of how we're trying to constantly open up the process. So long as I am president, I won't stop fighting to cut waste and abuse in Washington, to eliminate what we don't need to pay for what we do."
Finally, the obligatory shot at George W. Bush. . .
". . . to rein in exploding deficits that have been accumulating, not just in the last year, but in the last ten."
That was then. This is now. . .
Dateline October 14, 2011: Politico "The Obama administration is appealing a judge's ruling that Secret Service records of visitors to the White House complex are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Justice Department filed a formal notice of appeal Friday afternoon regarding U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell's August ruling rejecting arguments that the so-called WAVES records belong to the White House even though they are maintained and used by the Secret Service."
So much for the promise to open up the records so that the American people can see who is visiting the White House. (And, to quote the president, "that's just one example.")
Politico, which makes no pretense about its left-leaning worldview, went so far as to note that the position being taken by Obama was "essentially the same one" taken by the Bush administration. (Ouch! That's gotta hurt!)
While appealing the court ruling requiring it to be more transparent, the administration is also demonstrating how ethical and honest it is by sending out Joe Biden to warn that unless Congress ponies up $30 billion for the teacher's unions and $5 billion for the police and firefighter's unions, then rapes and murders will "continue to increase."
Biden claimed the city of Flint, Michigan was literally under siege by criminals; rapes had tripled and murders were not far behind, according to the Veep.
Even the Obama-friendly Annenberg Foundation's Factcheck.org couldn't find a polite way of calling Biden a liar:
". . . the vice president misrepresented the extent of the city’s crime problem — flagrantly so, in the case of rapes. He also ignored the fact that crime this year is down, based on the city’s own crime figures, despite cuts in the police force and in direct contradiction with his larger point that Flint’s staffing cuts resulted in rising crime."
That covers the administration's exceptional honesty. Now what about its claim to be the "most ethical" in history?
A Human Events reporter, Jason Mattera, managed to get close enough to Biden to ask him a question, to wit: "Do you regret using a rape reference to describe Republican opposition to the president's bill?"
Biden's response? First, he lied, denying that he had made any such reference. Then he doubled-down on his first lie, reiterating that rapes and murders had tripled, only seconds after denying he had even said that.
“I didn’t use — no, no, no,” Biden told Mattera amid a crowd of onlookers on Capitol Hill. “What I said — let’s get it straight, guy, don’t screw around with me. Let’s get it straight.”
“I said rape was up three times in Flint, [Mich.],” Biden continued. “There are the numbers. Go look at the numbers. Murder’s up, rape is up and burglary’s up. That’s exactly what I said.”
After Mattera's question exposed Biden as an unrepentant liar, the most honest, ethical and transparent administration in history demanded that Mattera's press credentials be investigated and if possible, revoked.
But according to all observers, Mattera never misrepresented himself. He told Biden staffers who he was and who he worked for. And in the videotaped exchange, Mattera's press credentials were clearly visible the entire time.
But Mattera questioned the Dear Leader. How dare he?
Assessment:
"Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?" (Psalms 94:20)
In addition to being the most ethical and honest administration ever to bless America with its benevolence, Obama also promised that it would be the most transparent.
In keeping with that promise, the Department of Justice is seeking a law that would allow it to reply to Freedom of Information requests by lying about the documents being sought.
Mike German, Policy Counsel with the ACLU, authored a lengthy letter to the Justice Department expressing the ACLU's opposition:
"It's shocking that you would twist what is supposed to be a statute -- that's supposed to give people access to what the government is doing -- in a way that would allow the government to actually mislead the American public."
Shocking? Absolutely not, says the director of the DoJ's Office of Information Policy. According to the DoJ, "the entire consideration process for the proposal" (to lie to the public when convenient for the government) "has been open and transparent."
(I'm not kidding -- read down to the sixth paragraph from the end).
"To ensure that the integrity of the exclusion is maintained, agencies must ensure that their responses do not reveal the existence of excluded records," noted the DoJ's Melanie Pustay.
In other words, in order to lie effectively, it is necessary in their responses not to reveal that they are lying.
Carried to the extreme, this would allow the government to withhold evidence that might exonerate the innocent or cover up evidence that might convict the guilty.
All that is necessary is for some government official (even if he is the one under investigation) to classify the information as "too sensitive" to release and the Freedom of Information Act is effectively suspended. Not to mention the Constitution.
"For the mystery of iniquity [lawlessness] doth already work: only He who now letteth will let, until He be taken out of the way." (2 Thessalonians 2:7)
The only thing truly transparent about this administration is its lawlessness, which it doesn't even try to hide. When questioned, they either criticize the questioner or they lie.
Last week, Obama announced that he "can't wait" for the Congress to pass new stimulus programs so he has decided to ignore the Congress and rule by decree.
“I’m here to say to all of you and to say to the people of Nevada and the people of Las Vegas, we can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job. Where they won’t act, I will,” Obama said.
And not just one time, either. Obama announced his intention to simply ignore the Congress whenever he found it convenient.
“I’ve told my administration to keep looking every single day for actions we can take without Congress, steps that can save consumers money, make government more efficient and responsive, and help heal the economy. And we’re going to be announcing these executive actions on a regular basis . . ."
Can he do that? Legally, I mean? Well, if he DID have the authority to take action, then why did he wait as long as he did? The answer is obvious. He does NOT have the Constitutional authority, or he would have.
The Washington Times published an editorial entitled "Obama's One Man Show" that succinctly summarized the issue in its' subtitle: "President Unveils Lawless Scheme To Bypass Congress With Executive Orders";
"President Obama officially declared Congress irrelevant on Monday. Instead of following the proper legislative process, he’s going to rule by executive orders issued once per week for the rest of the year. “We don’t have to wait for Congress, we’re just going to go ahead and act on our own,” said Mr. Obama. "
"The president is upset that his Democratic Senate balked at his $467 billion American Jobs Act both as a whole and broken up into smaller tax-and-stimulus bills. So he’s going to bypass democracy and try to rule by fiat."
Rather than being the most ethical, honest and transparent administration in the history of the United States, what we ended up with was the most lawless.
Obama unlawfully used TARP money so that the government obtained ownership interests in Chrysler and General Motors. He ignored the War Powers Act in deploying the military machine to Libya. When Congress refused to pass the DREAM Act, he implemented portions of it via executive order.
His contempt for the rule of law has had a trickle-down effect into federal administrative bureaucracies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Labor Relations Board. Even his Department of Justice has shown contempt for the rule of law.
There are members of Congress advocating for more lawbreaking because they know they have a president who is willing to break -- indeed, has broken -- the law governing his office and limiting its powers. So much for our system of checks and balances.
They also know that the patsy liberal media don't care about these things unless the unconstitutional lawbreaking is done by Republicans.
The Constitution is broad in its sweep, but is specific about certain functions of government. Congress makes the laws. When Congress doesn't pass a law, the president can't pick up his bat and ball like an angry juvenile.
Obama's unqualified embrace of the lawless "Occupy Wall Street" movement is another demonstration of the administration's contempt for the rule of law.
Why else would he applaud it while he repeatedly slammed the Tea Party demonstrations that obtained lawful permits, behaved in a lawful manner, and even cleaned up after themselves?
After all, it was Obama that gave them their marching orders. Obama was the one to call for class warfare against the "fat cats" on Wall Street, the millionaires, greedy corporations and their Republican allies, etc.
A dictatorship is defined as "an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a leader or leadership unrestricted by law, constitutions or other social or political factors within the state.
By that definition, America officially became a dictatorship on Monday.
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Psalms 147 : 6
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Open Text: Exact Phrase:
The Omega Letter Intelligence Digest
Vol: 121 Issue: 27 - Thursday, October 27, 2011
''The Most Transparent Dictatorship in US History''
During the campaign, then-candidate Obama promised the American people that, if they elected him, they would have "the most ethical and transparent administration in American history."
Don't take my word for it. Take his.
If you took the time to watch the linked video, you heard him accuse every preceding administration, going all the way back to the Founders, of being less ethical and less transparent than his.
"We have put in place the toughest ethics laws and toughest transparency rules of any administration in history. By the way, this is the first administration since the FOUNDING of our country where all of you can find out who visits the White House. . . the first time in history, and that's just one example of how we're trying to constantly open up the process. So long as I am president, I won't stop fighting to cut waste and abuse in Washington, to eliminate what we don't need to pay for what we do."
Finally, the obligatory shot at George W. Bush. . .
". . . to rein in exploding deficits that have been accumulating, not just in the last year, but in the last ten."
That was then. This is now. . .
Dateline October 14, 2011: Politico "The Obama administration is appealing a judge's ruling that Secret Service records of visitors to the White House complex are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Justice Department filed a formal notice of appeal Friday afternoon regarding U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell's August ruling rejecting arguments that the so-called WAVES records belong to the White House even though they are maintained and used by the Secret Service."
So much for the promise to open up the records so that the American people can see who is visiting the White House. (And, to quote the president, "that's just one example.")
Politico, which makes no pretense about its left-leaning worldview, went so far as to note that the position being taken by Obama was "essentially the same one" taken by the Bush administration. (Ouch! That's gotta hurt!)
While appealing the court ruling requiring it to be more transparent, the administration is also demonstrating how ethical and honest it is by sending out Joe Biden to warn that unless Congress ponies up $30 billion for the teacher's unions and $5 billion for the police and firefighter's unions, then rapes and murders will "continue to increase."
Biden claimed the city of Flint, Michigan was literally under siege by criminals; rapes had tripled and murders were not far behind, according to the Veep.
Even the Obama-friendly Annenberg Foundation's Factcheck.org couldn't find a polite way of calling Biden a liar:
". . . the vice president misrepresented the extent of the city’s crime problem — flagrantly so, in the case of rapes. He also ignored the fact that crime this year is down, based on the city’s own crime figures, despite cuts in the police force and in direct contradiction with his larger point that Flint’s staffing cuts resulted in rising crime."
That covers the administration's exceptional honesty. Now what about its claim to be the "most ethical" in history?
A Human Events reporter, Jason Mattera, managed to get close enough to Biden to ask him a question, to wit: "Do you regret using a rape reference to describe Republican opposition to the president's bill?"
Biden's response? First, he lied, denying that he had made any such reference. Then he doubled-down on his first lie, reiterating that rapes and murders had tripled, only seconds after denying he had even said that.
“I didn’t use — no, no, no,” Biden told Mattera amid a crowd of onlookers on Capitol Hill. “What I said — let’s get it straight, guy, don’t screw around with me. Let’s get it straight.”
“I said rape was up three times in Flint, [Mich.],” Biden continued. “There are the numbers. Go look at the numbers. Murder’s up, rape is up and burglary’s up. That’s exactly what I said.”
After Mattera's question exposed Biden as an unrepentant liar, the most honest, ethical and transparent administration in history demanded that Mattera's press credentials be investigated and if possible, revoked.
But according to all observers, Mattera never misrepresented himself. He told Biden staffers who he was and who he worked for. And in the videotaped exchange, Mattera's press credentials were clearly visible the entire time.
But Mattera questioned the Dear Leader. How dare he?
Assessment:
"Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?" (Psalms 94:20)
In addition to being the most ethical and honest administration ever to bless America with its benevolence, Obama also promised that it would be the most transparent.
In keeping with that promise, the Department of Justice is seeking a law that would allow it to reply to Freedom of Information requests by lying about the documents being sought.
Mike German, Policy Counsel with the ACLU, authored a lengthy letter to the Justice Department expressing the ACLU's opposition:
"It's shocking that you would twist what is supposed to be a statute -- that's supposed to give people access to what the government is doing -- in a way that would allow the government to actually mislead the American public."
Shocking? Absolutely not, says the director of the DoJ's Office of Information Policy. According to the DoJ, "the entire consideration process for the proposal" (to lie to the public when convenient for the government) "has been open and transparent."
(I'm not kidding -- read down to the sixth paragraph from the end).
"To ensure that the integrity of the exclusion is maintained, agencies must ensure that their responses do not reveal the existence of excluded records," noted the DoJ's Melanie Pustay.
In other words, in order to lie effectively, it is necessary in their responses not to reveal that they are lying.
Carried to the extreme, this would allow the government to withhold evidence that might exonerate the innocent or cover up evidence that might convict the guilty.
All that is necessary is for some government official (even if he is the one under investigation) to classify the information as "too sensitive" to release and the Freedom of Information Act is effectively suspended. Not to mention the Constitution.
"For the mystery of iniquity [lawlessness] doth already work: only He who now letteth will let, until He be taken out of the way." (2 Thessalonians 2:7)
The only thing truly transparent about this administration is its lawlessness, which it doesn't even try to hide. When questioned, they either criticize the questioner or they lie.
Last week, Obama announced that he "can't wait" for the Congress to pass new stimulus programs so he has decided to ignore the Congress and rule by decree.
“I’m here to say to all of you and to say to the people of Nevada and the people of Las Vegas, we can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job. Where they won’t act, I will,” Obama said.
And not just one time, either. Obama announced his intention to simply ignore the Congress whenever he found it convenient.
“I’ve told my administration to keep looking every single day for actions we can take without Congress, steps that can save consumers money, make government more efficient and responsive, and help heal the economy. And we’re going to be announcing these executive actions on a regular basis . . ."
Can he do that? Legally, I mean? Well, if he DID have the authority to take action, then why did he wait as long as he did? The answer is obvious. He does NOT have the Constitutional authority, or he would have.
The Washington Times published an editorial entitled "Obama's One Man Show" that succinctly summarized the issue in its' subtitle: "President Unveils Lawless Scheme To Bypass Congress With Executive Orders";
"President Obama officially declared Congress irrelevant on Monday. Instead of following the proper legislative process, he’s going to rule by executive orders issued once per week for the rest of the year. “We don’t have to wait for Congress, we’re just going to go ahead and act on our own,” said Mr. Obama. "
"The president is upset that his Democratic Senate balked at his $467 billion American Jobs Act both as a whole and broken up into smaller tax-and-stimulus bills. So he’s going to bypass democracy and try to rule by fiat."
Rather than being the most ethical, honest and transparent administration in the history of the United States, what we ended up with was the most lawless.
Obama unlawfully used TARP money so that the government obtained ownership interests in Chrysler and General Motors. He ignored the War Powers Act in deploying the military machine to Libya. When Congress refused to pass the DREAM Act, he implemented portions of it via executive order.
His contempt for the rule of law has had a trickle-down effect into federal administrative bureaucracies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Labor Relations Board. Even his Department of Justice has shown contempt for the rule of law.
There are members of Congress advocating for more lawbreaking because they know they have a president who is willing to break -- indeed, has broken -- the law governing his office and limiting its powers. So much for our system of checks and balances.
They also know that the patsy liberal media don't care about these things unless the unconstitutional lawbreaking is done by Republicans.
The Constitution is broad in its sweep, but is specific about certain functions of government. Congress makes the laws. When Congress doesn't pass a law, the president can't pick up his bat and ball like an angry juvenile.
Obama's unqualified embrace of the lawless "Occupy Wall Street" movement is another demonstration of the administration's contempt for the rule of law.
Why else would he applaud it while he repeatedly slammed the Tea Party demonstrations that obtained lawful permits, behaved in a lawful manner, and even cleaned up after themselves?
After all, it was Obama that gave them their marching orders. Obama was the one to call for class warfare against the "fat cats" on Wall Street, the millionaires, greedy corporations and their Republican allies, etc.
A dictatorship is defined as "an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by a leader or leadership unrestricted by law, constitutions or other social or political factors within the state.
By that definition, America officially became a dictatorship on Monday.
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Genius ... thanks John Massey!
Subject: Fw: GENIUS?
Is this man truly a genius?
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan"..
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A...
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.
As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on)
Remember, there is a test coming up. The 2012 elections.
Is this man truly a genius?
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan"..
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A...
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.
As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on)
Remember, there is a test coming up. The 2012 elections.
Government investigates rancher ... Thanks John & Yvette Massey!
John & Yvette Massey
Subject: Government Investigates Rancher
The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.
GOV'T AGENT: "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them."
RANCHER: "Well, there's my hired hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.
Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here.
He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
GOV'T AGENT: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one."
RANCHER: "That would be me."
Subject: Government Investigates Rancher
The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.
GOV'T AGENT: "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them."
RANCHER: "Well, there's my hired hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.
Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here.
He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
GOV'T AGENT: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one."
RANCHER: "That would be me."
Hi Lord ... Thanks Nita Elliott!
~~Hi Lord ~~~Simple but true.
Hi Lord, it’s me.
We are getting older and things are getting bad here.
Gas prices are too high, no jobs, food and heating costs too high.
I know some have taken you out of our schools, government and even
Christmas, but Lord I'm asking you to come back and re-bless America .
We really need you!
There are more of us who want you than those who don't!
Thank You Lord,
I Love you.
If you agree, send it on---if not just delete. Only you and the Lord will know.
AMEN
A really cute one ... Thanks Judi Cole!
These are cute!
*I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots.
Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.*
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*I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.*
* *
*I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be
driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family
and work.*
* *
*I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.*
* *
*I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.*
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*I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.*
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*Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.*
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*One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!*
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*I may have been in Continent, and I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing.*
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*I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots.
Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.*
* *
*I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.*
* *
*I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be
driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family
and work.*
* *
*I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.*
* *
*I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.*
* *
*I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.*
* *
*Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.*
* *
*One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!*
* *
*I may have been in Continent, and I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing.*
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
General Petraeus retires ... thanks Judi Cole!
Thanks Judi!
I wonder if any media were there.
Sam
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He has earned his place in history. It is shameful that the Commander-in-Chief he honorably served, did not show up. SHAMEFUL.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: An old soldier who won’t fade away
Obama is outclassed and outsmarted by retiring Gen. Petraeus:
Gen. David H. Petraeus closed his phenomenal 37-year Army career this week with a joint review at Fort Myer in Arlington . Service members from every branch were present, and flags of all 50 states fluttered in the breeze. A substantial crowd had come to hear the general's farewell address. Many were classmates from the West Point Class of 1974, smartly attired but enthusiastic and occasionally whooping like they were cadets. Others were people with whom he had served over his storied career, whom he recognized from the dais during his speech. The morning was sunny and clear, and the general was his usual affable, ebullient self.
In his remarks, Gen. Petraeus recalled the days when he entered the military, when the Vietnam War was winding down and the armed services were being pared down to the "hollow forces" of the 1970s. "The Army I joined as a second lieutenant had suffered enormously," he said. "In the wake of our involvement in Vietnam , our Army and much of our military were grappling with a host of very serious challenges." The senior leaders who first wore the uniform in those dark days were not discouraged. They began their careers with a sense of mission. "I know I speak for many when I say that we came away from that period vowing to never let our forces get to such a point ever again." Through his efforts, and those of countless other visionaries in and out of uniform, the hollow forces were transformed once again into the finest fighting force in the world. Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided over the ceremony with William J. Lynn, deputy secretary of defense. Notably absent were Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, whose former position as CIA director is Gen. Petraeus' next assignment, and President Obama. Their non-appearance did not sit well with some. "Obama should have been here," a warrior who served under Gen. Petraeus told The Washington Times. "And he should have invited [former President George W.] Bush. The general saved their bacon. Twice.
"Everyone has forgotten that in 2007 we as a nation had said, 'OK, we are going to lose Iraq .' And President Bush said, 'Well what if we win?' Petraeus rode into town and assembled an extraordinary team. His personal drive, his charisma, his optimism, his can-do spirit, all of that is what gave us hope that we could in fact turn Iraq around," our source explained. "And by September of '07, the progress had been dramatic enough that it became common knowledge to the American people that things were turning around in Iraq . Eight months earlier, a lot of people, including Obama, wanted to tuck tail and have another Vietnam ."
That's not all. "Here is the guy who saved our reputation as a nation. Seriously, who's missing this? And then he went to [Central Command] and was doing great things. And Obama asked him to take a functional demotion and go back to Afghanistan and save our bacon again," we were told. "To leave his family, to step down from a regional command, to take on that burden. And he said yes, and he did it. Petraeus was the right guy at the right time, he answered the call, and now he's being yanked out before we're ready, just like the troops are being yanked out before Afghanistan is ready."
So what's the reason for the White House about-face? "They are sending him to the CIA to keep him quiet during the 2012 election. It shows how small and scared they are. He is an honorable man, he has never expressed political ambition. But they saw him as a threat. He is an independent thinker, the finest military mind of his generation," our source posits. "What he suffers from is that he is more excellent than almost anyone he meets, to include the president. The troops love him. Strong people surround themselves with the most excellent people they can find, even those brighter and more capable than themselves. Weak people don't."
There is a shameful indignity in how this hero was treated. "The president couldn't find the time in his schedule, nor could the [defense secretary] find the time to look him in the eye and say thank you in person," this warrior told The Washington Times. "It's one thing to say 'we support the troops' and trot out your first lady to do that, but this is where it counts. It would have been an appropriate gesture to come here to recognize the professional and personal sacrifice of this extraordinary man. It would have been the dignified thing to do."
The hero remained above it all. The cannons boomed and the crowd cheered and Gen. Petraeus stood smiling in the sun.
Copyright 2011 The Washington Times, LLC.
Honor Gen. Petraeus by sending this to those who will care.
I wonder if any media were there.
Sam
______________________________________________________
He has earned his place in history. It is shameful that the Commander-in-Chief he honorably served, did not show up. SHAMEFUL.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: An old soldier who won’t fade away
Obama is outclassed and outsmarted by retiring Gen. Petraeus:
Gen. David H. Petraeus closed his phenomenal 37-year Army career this week with a joint review at Fort Myer in Arlington . Service members from every branch were present, and flags of all 50 states fluttered in the breeze. A substantial crowd had come to hear the general's farewell address. Many were classmates from the West Point Class of 1974, smartly attired but enthusiastic and occasionally whooping like they were cadets. Others were people with whom he had served over his storied career, whom he recognized from the dais during his speech. The morning was sunny and clear, and the general was his usual affable, ebullient self.
In his remarks, Gen. Petraeus recalled the days when he entered the military, when the Vietnam War was winding down and the armed services were being pared down to the "hollow forces" of the 1970s. "The Army I joined as a second lieutenant had suffered enormously," he said. "In the wake of our involvement in Vietnam , our Army and much of our military were grappling with a host of very serious challenges." The senior leaders who first wore the uniform in those dark days were not discouraged. They began their careers with a sense of mission. "I know I speak for many when I say that we came away from that period vowing to never let our forces get to such a point ever again." Through his efforts, and those of countless other visionaries in and out of uniform, the hollow forces were transformed once again into the finest fighting force in the world. Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided over the ceremony with William J. Lynn, deputy secretary of defense. Notably absent were Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, whose former position as CIA director is Gen. Petraeus' next assignment, and President Obama. Their non-appearance did not sit well with some. "Obama should have been here," a warrior who served under Gen. Petraeus told The Washington Times. "And he should have invited [former President George W.] Bush. The general saved their bacon. Twice.
"Everyone has forgotten that in 2007 we as a nation had said, 'OK, we are going to lose Iraq .' And President Bush said, 'Well what if we win?' Petraeus rode into town and assembled an extraordinary team. His personal drive, his charisma, his optimism, his can-do spirit, all of that is what gave us hope that we could in fact turn Iraq around," our source explained. "And by September of '07, the progress had been dramatic enough that it became common knowledge to the American people that things were turning around in Iraq . Eight months earlier, a lot of people, including Obama, wanted to tuck tail and have another Vietnam ."
That's not all. "Here is the guy who saved our reputation as a nation. Seriously, who's missing this? And then he went to [Central Command] and was doing great things. And Obama asked him to take a functional demotion and go back to Afghanistan and save our bacon again," we were told. "To leave his family, to step down from a regional command, to take on that burden. And he said yes, and he did it. Petraeus was the right guy at the right time, he answered the call, and now he's being yanked out before we're ready, just like the troops are being yanked out before Afghanistan is ready."
So what's the reason for the White House about-face? "They are sending him to the CIA to keep him quiet during the 2012 election. It shows how small and scared they are. He is an honorable man, he has never expressed political ambition. But they saw him as a threat. He is an independent thinker, the finest military mind of his generation," our source posits. "What he suffers from is that he is more excellent than almost anyone he meets, to include the president. The troops love him. Strong people surround themselves with the most excellent people they can find, even those brighter and more capable than themselves. Weak people don't."
There is a shameful indignity in how this hero was treated. "The president couldn't find the time in his schedule, nor could the [defense secretary] find the time to look him in the eye and say thank you in person," this warrior told The Washington Times. "It's one thing to say 'we support the troops' and trot out your first lady to do that, but this is where it counts. It would have been an appropriate gesture to come here to recognize the professional and personal sacrifice of this extraordinary man. It would have been the dignified thing to do."
The hero remained above it all. The cannons boomed and the crowd cheered and Gen. Petraeus stood smiling in the sun.
Copyright 2011 The Washington Times, LLC.
Honor Gen. Petraeus by sending this to those who will care.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Fastpitcj softball from Riley Tana, Jon's little lady
Attago, Riley! I love it! It was so much fun for Jeanie and I to watch you
young girls play softball! You are fine young athletes!
Sam
_________________________________________________________
.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fast-pitch softball (also known as fast pitch or fastpitch without the hyphen or "fastball") is a form of softball played commonly by women and men, though coed fast-pitch leagues also exist. The International Softball Federation (ISF) is the international governing body of softball. The ISF recognizes three pitching styles: fast pitch, "modified" fast pitch, and slow pitch. Fast pitch is considered the most competitive form of softball. It is the form of softball that was played at the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. The fast pitch style is also used in college softball and international competition.
Pitchers throw the ball with an underhand motion at speeds up to 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) for women and up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) for men. Considering the distance between the pitcher and batter (40 to 43 feet (12 to 13 m)), the equivalent batter reaction time in baseball would be to a 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) pitch from 60 feet (18 m). An allstar major league baseball team once played an exhibition game against Eddie Feigner of the barnstorming softball team "The King and His Court". The only major league player to make contact with a pitch was Rod Carew who hit a foul ball. The game was cut short after four innings due to the major league players embarrassment and the exhibitions never happened again. The reason for this is that a fastball can move up or down in a strike zone and baseball players are only used to seeing a ball that goes down or straight and therefore they will have diffeculties hitting a ball that rises.
Source
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young girls play softball! You are fine young athletes!
Sam
_________________________________________________________
.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fast-pitch softball (also known as fast pitch or fastpitch without the hyphen or "fastball") is a form of softball played commonly by women and men, though coed fast-pitch leagues also exist. The International Softball Federation (ISF) is the international governing body of softball. The ISF recognizes three pitching styles: fast pitch, "modified" fast pitch, and slow pitch. Fast pitch is considered the most competitive form of softball. It is the form of softball that was played at the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. The fast pitch style is also used in college softball and international competition.
Pitchers throw the ball with an underhand motion at speeds up to 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) for women and up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) for men. Considering the distance between the pitcher and batter (40 to 43 feet (12 to 13 m)), the equivalent batter reaction time in baseball would be to a 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) pitch from 60 feet (18 m). An allstar major league baseball team once played an exhibition game against Eddie Feigner of the barnstorming softball team "The King and His Court". The only major league player to make contact with a pitch was Rod Carew who hit a foul ball. The game was cut short after four innings due to the major league players embarrassment and the exhibitions never happened again. The reason for this is that a fastball can move up or down in a strike zone and baseball players are only used to seeing a ball that goes down or straight and therefore they will have diffeculties hitting a ball that rises.
Source
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USA Today feature article "The Fading Middle Class"
USATODAY- 10-26-2011
See the front page feature article in today's USA Today I have been thinking of writing about 'everybody digging in my pile' for quite a while. Congress, business, whatever and whenever! They want what the USA's middle class has accumulated. We are very aware of the myriad taxes. When it accumulates to 100 %, there is nothing, nada, zilch left. we are getting there in this republic and they all keep coming after more. I endorse the most helpful flat tax that can be devised. We seniors have had no COLA's under this pusa.
Personally, it is hard to keep up! We had to have a new air conditioner in the house. My very reliable Prius is in the shop for $500 repairs. I pay for my "hobby" of writing books. There is literally too much to mention and I am sure that I am one of the more fortunate ones.
We have a pusa who rose from who knows where, who is circumventing our constitution wherever possible. The president and his ilk are cheerleading the left to rise up and riot against us of the Tea Party ilk. He just dreads losing his power for the plethora of mistakes he has made. A good lawyer should find him culpable of felonious mistakes.
Yet, I believe that the greater One is in control and that should last for us of the latter ilk!
See the front page feature article in today's USA Today I have been thinking of writing about 'everybody digging in my pile' for quite a while. Congress, business, whatever and whenever! They want what the USA's middle class has accumulated. We are very aware of the myriad taxes. When it accumulates to 100 %, there is nothing, nada, zilch left. we are getting there in this republic and they all keep coming after more. I endorse the most helpful flat tax that can be devised. We seniors have had no COLA's under this pusa.
Personally, it is hard to keep up! We had to have a new air conditioner in the house. My very reliable Prius is in the shop for $500 repairs. I pay for my "hobby" of writing books. There is literally too much to mention and I am sure that I am one of the more fortunate ones.
We have a pusa who rose from who knows where, who is circumventing our constitution wherever possible. The president and his ilk are cheerleading the left to rise up and riot against us of the Tea Party ilk. He just dreads losing his power for the plethora of mistakes he has made. A good lawyer should find him culpable of felonious mistakes.
Yet, I believe that the greater One is in control and that should last for us of the latter ilk!
Moose Hunting camp ... Thanks Clay!
Hunt Camp
Four guys have been going to the same moose camp for many years. Two days before the group is to leave, Ron's wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn't going.
Ron's friends are very upset that he can't go, but what can they do.
Two days later the three get to the camping site
only to find Ron sitting there with a tent set up, firewood gathered, and dinner cooking on the fire.
"Dang man, how long you been here, and how did you talk your wife into letting you go?"
"Well, I've been here since yesterday."
"Yesterday evening, I was sitting in my chair at home and my wife came up behind me and put her hands over my eyes and said. 'guess Who?' I pulled her hands off, and she was wearing a brand new nightie.
She took my hand and pulled me to our bedroom. The room had candles and rose petals all over. On the bed she had handcuffs, and ropes!
She told me to tie and cuff her to the bed, and I did. And then she said, "Do whatever you want."
So, here I am.
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Not to be confused with A Man Without a Country.
For other uses, see The Man Without a Country (disambiguation).
"The Man Without a Country" is a short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published anonymously in The Atlantic in December 1863.[1] It is the story of American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for treason and is consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word of news about the United States. Though the story is set in the early 19th century, it is an allegory about the upheaval of the American Civil War and was meant to promote the Union cause.
Contents
1 Plot summary
2 Effectiveness
3 Background
4 Adaptations
5 References
6 External links
[edit] Plot summaryThe protagonist is a young United States Army lieutenant, Philip Nolan, who develops a friendship with the visiting Aaron Burr. When Burr is tried for treason (historically this occurred in 1807), Nolan is tried as an accomplice. During his testimony, he bitterly renounces his nation, angrily shouting, "Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!" The judge, on convicting him, icily grants him his wish: he is to spend the rest of his life aboard United States Navy warships, in exile, with no right ever again to set foot on U.S. soil, and with explicit orders that no one shall ever mention his country to him again.
The sentence is carried out to the letter. For the rest of his life, Nolan is transported from ship to ship, living out his life as a prisoner on the high seas, never once allowed back in a home port. None of the sailors in whose custody Nolan remains are allowed to speak to him about the U.S., and his newspapers are censored. Nolan is unrepentant at first, but over the years becomes sadder and wiser, and desperate for news. One day, as he is being transferred to another ship, he beseeches a young sailor never to make the same mistake that he had: "Remember, boy, that behind all these men... behind officers and government, and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother...!"
Deprived of a homeland, Nolan slowly and painfully learns the true worth of his country. He misses it more than his friends or family, more than art or music or love or nature. Without it, he is nothing. Dying, he shows his room to an officer named Danforth; it is "a little shrine" of patriotism. The Stars and Stripes are draped around a picture of George Washington. Over his bed, Nolan has painted an eagle, with lightning "blazing from his beak" and claws grasping the globe. At the foot of his bed is a dated map of the old territories. Nolan smiles, "Here, you see, I have a country!" Nolan dies content after Danforth finally tells him all that has happened to the U.S. since his sentence was imposed. Nolan asks him to have them bury him in the sea and have a gravestone placed in memory of him, at Fort Adams, Mississippi, or at New Orleans.
[edit] EffectivenessAs Hale had intended, the short story created substantial support for the US as a country, identifying the priority of the Union over the individual states, and thus pressuring readers to view Southern secession negatively. In so doing, he convinced many individuals to join, or at least support the North's effort to, as Abraham Lincoln put it, "preserve the Union."
In the story, Hale skillfully convinced many readers that Nolan was an actual figure, thus increasing the story's effectiveness as a piece of patriotic literature. He achieved this realism through verisimilitude, creating an "air" of reality. By frequently mentioning specific dates and places and using numerous contemporary references, Hale grounds his story in a firm foundation of history and makes the story seem like a record of actual events. Furthermore, Hale makes the narrator, Frederick Ingham, seem a strongly reliable individual. Throughout the text, Ingham often acknowledges his mistakes and identifies possible lapses in his memory. For this reason, readers believe Ingham's sense of honesty, and automatically deem him a trustworthy and, to some extent, an accurate narrator. Finally, Hale uses a plain style, maintaining an unstilted and almost colloquial feel. Thus he makes the story easy to relate to, and the patriotic moral accessible to readers.
[edit] BackgroundThough "The Man Without a Country" is considered historical fiction, like many tales within the genre, it is based on historical events.[citation needed] Philip Nolan was an actual historical figure on whom the tale is loosely based. "The Nolan House" is an antebellum structure located in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, near the community of Pickneyville where Phillip Nolan once lived. There is also a Mississippi State Historical marker entitled "The Man Without a Country" at nearby Fort Adams where Nolan served in the U.S. Army under General James Wilkinson. Mention is also made of Nolan in the museum at the Historic Jefferson College State Historic site near Natchez in Adams County, where Aaron Burr and his co-conspirators were first brought to trial.
In 1863, Democratic Congressman and Copperhead leader Clement Vallandigham was arrested by Major General Ambrose Burnside, who was in charge of the Department of the Ohio, for making seditious speeches against the war. Lincoln was faced with a dilemma due to the fact that the Congressman was doing what Burnside said he was doing, but that Burnside's actions made the Congressman a possible political martyr. Vallandigham spent a number of months in Toronto, Canada West before sneaking back into the U.S. It is believed that this incident led Hale to write the story, and late in it Vallandigham is mentioned with several contemporary Confederates in the story.
This bit of American history was documented by Robert Ripley in his Believe it or Not comic strip some time after 1931 (Believe it or Not Omnibus) but before 1942 (Series 2 or Series 3). Ripley used existing documentation of the case—so it is possible that the US National Archive system may have been consulted in the process.
It is unclear whether this fictional story influenced the case of the officer.
Edward Everett Hale penned the book on Mackinac Island at Mission House.[citation needed]
[edit] Adaptations"The Man Without a Country" has been adapted for film several times, starting in 1917 with The Man Without a Country starring Florence La Badie, a 1918 film My Own United States and another Man Without a Country starring John Litel and Gloria Holden and released by Warner Brothers in 1937.
In 1973, a made-for-television movie titled The Man Without a Country was directed by Delbert Mann and written by Sidney Carroll. It featured Cliff Robertson as Philip Nolan, Beau Bridges as Frederick Ingham, Peter Strauss as Arthur Danforth, Robert Ryan as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan, Walter Abel as Col. A.B. Morgan, Geoffrey Holder as one of the slaves on a slave ship, Shepperd Strudwick as the Secretary of the Navy, John Cullum as Aaron Burr and Patricia Elliott as Mrs. Graff.
There were other movies made in 1925 and another slated for distribution in 2008.
An opera of the story, also entitled The Man Without a Country, was composed by Walter Damrosch and premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1937.
A four-part dramatization was recorded in June 1947 and issued by Decca on two coupled 12" 78 rpm discs. Bing Crosby provided the narration and Frank Lovejoy portrayed Philip Nolan.
On May 8, 1977, a three-act radio play was broadcast as an episode of famous radio man Himan Brown's The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater. The venerable Russell Horton performed the part of Nolan. Tom Bosley, Howard Cunningham of TV's Happy Days, was host of the series.
[edit] References1.^ "The Atlantic Monthly Volume 0012 Issue 73 (December 1863)". digital.library.cornell.edu. 2009. http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABK2934-0012-89. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
John R. Adams, Edward Everett Hale (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977),
Melinda Lawson; "'A Profound National Devotion': The Civil War Union Leagues and the Construction of a New National Patriotism." Civil War History . Volume: 48. Issue: 4. : 2002. Pp 338+.
[edit] External linksOriginal 1863 magazine
The Man Without a Country and Other Tales at Project Gutenberg
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2009)
Not to be confused with A Man Without a Country.
For other uses, see The Man Without a Country (disambiguation).
"The Man Without a Country" is a short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published anonymously in The Atlantic in December 1863.[1] It is the story of American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for treason and is consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word of news about the United States. Though the story is set in the early 19th century, it is an allegory about the upheaval of the American Civil War and was meant to promote the Union cause.
Contents
1 Plot summary
2 Effectiveness
3 Background
4 Adaptations
5 References
6 External links
[edit] Plot summaryThe protagonist is a young United States Army lieutenant, Philip Nolan, who develops a friendship with the visiting Aaron Burr. When Burr is tried for treason (historically this occurred in 1807), Nolan is tried as an accomplice. During his testimony, he bitterly renounces his nation, angrily shouting, "Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!" The judge, on convicting him, icily grants him his wish: he is to spend the rest of his life aboard United States Navy warships, in exile, with no right ever again to set foot on U.S. soil, and with explicit orders that no one shall ever mention his country to him again.
The sentence is carried out to the letter. For the rest of his life, Nolan is transported from ship to ship, living out his life as a prisoner on the high seas, never once allowed back in a home port. None of the sailors in whose custody Nolan remains are allowed to speak to him about the U.S., and his newspapers are censored. Nolan is unrepentant at first, but over the years becomes sadder and wiser, and desperate for news. One day, as he is being transferred to another ship, he beseeches a young sailor never to make the same mistake that he had: "Remember, boy, that behind all these men... behind officers and government, and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother...!"
Deprived of a homeland, Nolan slowly and painfully learns the true worth of his country. He misses it more than his friends or family, more than art or music or love or nature. Without it, he is nothing. Dying, he shows his room to an officer named Danforth; it is "a little shrine" of patriotism. The Stars and Stripes are draped around a picture of George Washington. Over his bed, Nolan has painted an eagle, with lightning "blazing from his beak" and claws grasping the globe. At the foot of his bed is a dated map of the old territories. Nolan smiles, "Here, you see, I have a country!" Nolan dies content after Danforth finally tells him all that has happened to the U.S. since his sentence was imposed. Nolan asks him to have them bury him in the sea and have a gravestone placed in memory of him, at Fort Adams, Mississippi, or at New Orleans.
[edit] EffectivenessAs Hale had intended, the short story created substantial support for the US as a country, identifying the priority of the Union over the individual states, and thus pressuring readers to view Southern secession negatively. In so doing, he convinced many individuals to join, or at least support the North's effort to, as Abraham Lincoln put it, "preserve the Union."
In the story, Hale skillfully convinced many readers that Nolan was an actual figure, thus increasing the story's effectiveness as a piece of patriotic literature. He achieved this realism through verisimilitude, creating an "air" of reality. By frequently mentioning specific dates and places and using numerous contemporary references, Hale grounds his story in a firm foundation of history and makes the story seem like a record of actual events. Furthermore, Hale makes the narrator, Frederick Ingham, seem a strongly reliable individual. Throughout the text, Ingham often acknowledges his mistakes and identifies possible lapses in his memory. For this reason, readers believe Ingham's sense of honesty, and automatically deem him a trustworthy and, to some extent, an accurate narrator. Finally, Hale uses a plain style, maintaining an unstilted and almost colloquial feel. Thus he makes the story easy to relate to, and the patriotic moral accessible to readers.
[edit] BackgroundThough "The Man Without a Country" is considered historical fiction, like many tales within the genre, it is based on historical events.[citation needed] Philip Nolan was an actual historical figure on whom the tale is loosely based. "The Nolan House" is an antebellum structure located in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, near the community of Pickneyville where Phillip Nolan once lived. There is also a Mississippi State Historical marker entitled "The Man Without a Country" at nearby Fort Adams where Nolan served in the U.S. Army under General James Wilkinson. Mention is also made of Nolan in the museum at the Historic Jefferson College State Historic site near Natchez in Adams County, where Aaron Burr and his co-conspirators were first brought to trial.
In 1863, Democratic Congressman and Copperhead leader Clement Vallandigham was arrested by Major General Ambrose Burnside, who was in charge of the Department of the Ohio, for making seditious speeches against the war. Lincoln was faced with a dilemma due to the fact that the Congressman was doing what Burnside said he was doing, but that Burnside's actions made the Congressman a possible political martyr. Vallandigham spent a number of months in Toronto, Canada West before sneaking back into the U.S. It is believed that this incident led Hale to write the story, and late in it Vallandigham is mentioned with several contemporary Confederates in the story.
This bit of American history was documented by Robert Ripley in his Believe it or Not comic strip some time after 1931 (Believe it or Not Omnibus) but before 1942 (Series 2 or Series 3). Ripley used existing documentation of the case—so it is possible that the US National Archive system may have been consulted in the process.
It is unclear whether this fictional story influenced the case of the officer.
Edward Everett Hale penned the book on Mackinac Island at Mission House.[citation needed]
[edit] Adaptations"The Man Without a Country" has been adapted for film several times, starting in 1917 with The Man Without a Country starring Florence La Badie, a 1918 film My Own United States and another Man Without a Country starring John Litel and Gloria Holden and released by Warner Brothers in 1937.
In 1973, a made-for-television movie titled The Man Without a Country was directed by Delbert Mann and written by Sidney Carroll. It featured Cliff Robertson as Philip Nolan, Beau Bridges as Frederick Ingham, Peter Strauss as Arthur Danforth, Robert Ryan as Lt. Cmdr. Vaughan, Walter Abel as Col. A.B. Morgan, Geoffrey Holder as one of the slaves on a slave ship, Shepperd Strudwick as the Secretary of the Navy, John Cullum as Aaron Burr and Patricia Elliott as Mrs. Graff.
There were other movies made in 1925 and another slated for distribution in 2008.
An opera of the story, also entitled The Man Without a Country, was composed by Walter Damrosch and premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1937.
A four-part dramatization was recorded in June 1947 and issued by Decca on two coupled 12" 78 rpm discs. Bing Crosby provided the narration and Frank Lovejoy portrayed Philip Nolan.
On May 8, 1977, a three-act radio play was broadcast as an episode of famous radio man Himan Brown's The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater. The venerable Russell Horton performed the part of Nolan. Tom Bosley, Howard Cunningham of TV's Happy Days, was host of the series.
[edit] References1.^ "The Atlantic Monthly Volume 0012 Issue 73 (December 1863)". digital.library.cornell.edu. 2009. http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABK2934-0012-89. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
John R. Adams, Edward Everett Hale (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977),
Melinda Lawson; "'A Profound National Devotion': The Civil War Union Leagues and the Construction of a New National Patriotism." Civil War History . Volume: 48. Issue: 4. : 2002. Pp 338+.
[edit] External linksOriginal 1863 magazine
The Man Without a Country and Other Tales at Project Gutenberg
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
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