Thanks Judi Cole!
This has been around before but well worth a re read.
I recommend you read this account. I hope you never need it, but it could
give you or someone you knowthe info you need to make sense of symptoms you
would not expect.
*NURSE'S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCE
*This has been passed on from an ER nurse and is the best description of
this event that she had ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and send it
on!
*FEMALE HEART ATTACKS
*
I was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is the best
description I've ever read.
Women and heart attacks (Myocardial Infarction). Did you know that women
rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart
attack ... you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat,
grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we see in the movies. Here
is the story of one woman's experience with a heart attack.
I had a heart attack at about 10 :30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prior
emotional trauma that on e would suspect might've brought it on.
I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my
lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually
thinking, 'A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy
Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.
A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you've been
in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of
water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed a golf ball
going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You
realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more
thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down
to the stomach. This was my initial sensation---the only trouble was that I
hadn't taken a bite of anything since about 5:00 p.m.
After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing
motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my
aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my
sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering
CPR).
This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into
both jaws. 'AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening -- we all
have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an
MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to20myself and the cat, 'Dear God, I
think I'm having a heart attack!'
I lowered the footrest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step
and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this is a heart
attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the phone is or
anywhere else ... but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will know that
I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in moment.
I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next
room and dialed the Paramedics . I told her I thought I was having a heart
attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my
jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said
she was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was
near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on the floor
where they could see me when they came in.
I unlocked the door and then lay down on the floor as instructed and lost
consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in, their examination,
lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the
call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we
arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical
blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He
was bending over me asking questions (probably something like & nbsp;'Have
you taken any medications?'' but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he
was saying, or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until
the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram
balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they
installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right coronary artery.
I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at
least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took
perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude
are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already to go to
the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped
somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stents.
Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want
all of you to know what I learned first hand.
1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not the
usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum
and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than men die of
their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were having one and
commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn
preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feel better in the morning when
they wake up ... which doesn't happen.
My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise
you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you've
not felt before.
It is better to have a 'false alarm' visitation than to risk your life
guessing what it might be!
2. Note that I said *''Call the Paramedics*.'' And if you can, take an
aspirin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!
Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER you are a hazard to others on
the road.
Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking
anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road.
Do NOT call your doctor -- he doesn't know where you live and if it's at
night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or
answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry
the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do,
principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.
3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal
cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated
reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably high and/or
accompanied by high blood pressure). MI's are usually caused by long-term
stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly
hormones into your system to sludge things up in there.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we
could survive.
*
A cardiologist says, if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people,
you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
**Please be a true friend and send this article to all the friends (male &
female) you care about!***
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Re: Social Security Representative Pat Tiberi reply to inquiry
John,
Forgive me, good friend, but I requested comments after forwarding this to Representative Pat Tiberi from our Congressional District. Mr. Tiberi votes a closely conservative ticket, as you probably know. His reply shows that the Congressional people receive the same retirement benefits as the federal civil servaants, I.e., CSRS or FERS. I was part of FERS over my civil service years. It is a decent plan and each participant is free to invest in it as they work for the federal government.
The message you forwarded to me has been around a while. It was debunked by Snopes, but I personally don't regard Snopes, with their definite liberal bias, as authorative.
I share with you the abhorence fo ObamaCare and its protagonists who are trying to shove it down our throats.
Respectfully,
Sam Kegley
----- Original Message -----
----- Original Message -----
From: Congressman Pat Tiberi
To: skegley@columbus.rr.com
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:11 PM
Subject: Reply from Congressman Pat Tiberi
August 10, 2009
Mr. Samuel R. Kegley
428 Illinois Avenue
Westerville, OH 43081-2639
Dear Mr. Kegley,
Thank you for contacting my office about the retirement system in which Members of Congress participate. I welcome this opportunity to correspond with you.
Members of Congress take part in either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). These are the same retirement plans that federal civil servants participate in. You may be interested to know both CSRS and FERS require contributions from those who participate.
Before 1984, all federal employees were covered by CSRS. This system was designed as a comprehensive retirement and disability system that did not include payment of Social Security taxes or eligibility for Social Security benefits. The 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act required all Members, as well as new federal employees, to be covered under Social Security as of January 1984. Having mandated Social Security coverage, a new retirement system was developed for federal employees - FERS - that had Social Security coverage as its foundation. In fact, I contribute to Social Security, and will not be able to draw full Social Security retirement benefits until I reach 67 years of age.
As your Representative, constituent input is a vital element in best serving the 12th Congressional District of Ohio. Additional information and details about the FERS and CSRS systems is available via the Office of Personnel Management at www.opm.gov. Thanks again for taking a moment to share your thoughts with me. Please let me know if I may be of further assistance to you.
Sincerely,
Patrick J. Tiberi
Representative to Congress
PJT/AF
From: John Massey
To: John & Yvette Massey
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:45 AM
Subject: Fw: SOCIAL SECURITY:
>
> SOCIAL SECURITY:
>
> (This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.)
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years.
>
> Our Senators and Congressmen and women do not pay into Social
> Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.
>
> You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of
> their rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a
> special plan for themselves So, many years ago they voted in their
> own benefit plan.
>
> In more recent years, no congress person has felt the need to change
> it. After all, it is a great plan.
>
> For all practical purposes their plan works like this:
>
> When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die.
> Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living
> adjustments. ....
>
> For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives
> may expect to draw $7, 800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-
> Hundred Thousand Dollars), with their wives drawing $275, 000.00
> during the last years of their lives.
> This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two
> Dignitaries.
>
> Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive much
> more during the rest of their lives.
>
> Their cost for this excellent plan is $0.00. NADA!!! ZILCH!!!
>
> This little perk they voted for themselves is free to them. You and
> I pick up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement
> plan come directly from the General Funds;
>
> "OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"!
>
> From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have
> paid) into, every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by
> our employer), We can expect to get an average of
> $1,000.. per month after retirement.
>
> Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000
> monthly benefits for 68 years and one (1) month to equal Senator
> Bill Bradley's benefits!
>
> Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.
>
> That change would be to.....
>
> Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and
> Congressmen and women. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest
> of us
>
> Then sit back.....
>
> And see how fast they would fix it!
>
> If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be
> planted and maybe good changes will evolve.
>
>
Forgive me, good friend, but I requested comments after forwarding this to Representative Pat Tiberi from our Congressional District. Mr. Tiberi votes a closely conservative ticket, as you probably know. His reply shows that the Congressional people receive the same retirement benefits as the federal civil servaants, I.e., CSRS or FERS. I was part of FERS over my civil service years. It is a decent plan and each participant is free to invest in it as they work for the federal government.
The message you forwarded to me has been around a while. It was debunked by Snopes, but I personally don't regard Snopes, with their definite liberal bias, as authorative.
I share with you the abhorence fo ObamaCare and its protagonists who are trying to shove it down our throats.
Respectfully,
Sam Kegley
----- Original Message -----
----- Original Message -----
From: Congressman Pat Tiberi
To: skegley@columbus.rr.com
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:11 PM
Subject: Reply from Congressman Pat Tiberi
August 10, 2009
Mr. Samuel R. Kegley
428 Illinois Avenue
Westerville, OH 43081-2639
Dear Mr. Kegley,
Thank you for contacting my office about the retirement system in which Members of Congress participate. I welcome this opportunity to correspond with you.
Members of Congress take part in either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). These are the same retirement plans that federal civil servants participate in. You may be interested to know both CSRS and FERS require contributions from those who participate.
Before 1984, all federal employees were covered by CSRS. This system was designed as a comprehensive retirement and disability system that did not include payment of Social Security taxes or eligibility for Social Security benefits. The 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act required all Members, as well as new federal employees, to be covered under Social Security as of January 1984. Having mandated Social Security coverage, a new retirement system was developed for federal employees - FERS - that had Social Security coverage as its foundation. In fact, I contribute to Social Security, and will not be able to draw full Social Security retirement benefits until I reach 67 years of age.
As your Representative, constituent input is a vital element in best serving the 12th Congressional District of Ohio. Additional information and details about the FERS and CSRS systems is available via the Office of Personnel Management at www.opm.gov. Thanks again for taking a moment to share your thoughts with me. Please let me know if I may be of further assistance to you.
Sincerely,
Patrick J. Tiberi
Representative to Congress
PJT/AF
From: John Massey
To: John & Yvette Massey
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:45 AM
Subject: Fw: SOCIAL SECURITY:
>
> SOCIAL SECURITY:
>
> (This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.)
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years.
>
> Our Senators and Congressmen and women do not pay into Social
> Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.
>
> You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of
> their rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a
> special plan for themselves So, many years ago they voted in their
> own benefit plan.
>
> In more recent years, no congress person has felt the need to change
> it. After all, it is a great plan.
>
> For all practical purposes their plan works like this:
>
> When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die.
> Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living
> adjustments. ....
>
> For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives
> may expect to draw $7, 800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-
> Hundred Thousand Dollars), with their wives drawing $275, 000.00
> during the last years of their lives.
> This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two
> Dignitaries.
>
> Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive much
> more during the rest of their lives.
>
> Their cost for this excellent plan is $0.00. NADA!!! ZILCH!!!
>
> This little perk they voted for themselves is free to them. You and
> I pick up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement
> plan come directly from the General Funds;
>
> "OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"!
>
> From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have
> paid) into, every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by
> our employer), We can expect to get an average of
> $1,000.. per month after retirement.
>
> Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000
> monthly benefits for 68 years and one (1) month to equal Senator
> Bill Bradley's benefits!
>
> Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.
>
> That change would be to.....
>
> Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and
> Congressmen and women. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest
> of us
>
> Then sit back.....
>
> And see how fast they would fix it!
>
> If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be
> planted and maybe good changes will evolve.
>
>
AARP walks out of meeting
AARP are liberal hacks and lackeys and are for any left sided points.
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Brown
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:51 PM
Subject: Fw: [Norton AntiSpam] AARP officials walk out of meeting, refuse questions concerning ObamaCare from angry seniors
For years now, I have DESPISED AARP because these money-grubbing hypocrites are constantly selling out the very members who support them - in pension benefits, Medicare prescriptions and now in socialized Obama so-called health care package which will immediately and directly harm people 55 and older. Please take the two minutes to send them the e-mail outlined here if you agree. And thank you. Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: AFA Action Alert
To: jackieb@earthlink.net
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:05 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] AARP officials walk out of meeting, refuse questions concerning ObamaCare from angry seniors
Donald E. Wildmon
Founder and
Chairman
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire e-mail list of family and friends.
AARP officials walk out of meeting, refuse questions concerning ObamaCare from angry seniors
Watch this must-see video! AARP supports government controlled health care!
August 7, 2009
Dear Jacqueline,
Senior citizens who went to a meeting sponsored by AARP were left to themselves after the AARP hostess walked out. The seniors were trying to get answers concerning ObamaCare and why AARP would support a government controlled health system that many believe would lead to euthanasia and rationing of health care. Watch the video.
Why would AARP, the nation's largest seniors group, supposedly working for the elderly, support an ObamaCare bill? Here is what Dick Morris, former advisor to President Clinton, said: "The interest groups that usually speak up for the elderly, particularly AARP, are in Obama's pocket, hoping to profit from his program by becoming one of its vendors. Just as they backed Bush's prescription drug plan because they anticipated profiting from it, so they are now helping Obama gut the medical care of their constituents."
Like the National Education Association, AARP has been taken over by liberals. With millions of members, AARP is using its clout to push ObamaCare on the elderly, even if it includes euthanasia. AARP supported homosexual marriage by opposing Prop 8 in California.
Take Action!
• Send your e-mail to AARP. If you are a member, do what the lady in Dallas did — cancel your membership. AARP is going to use membership dues to help push ObamaCare.
• Forward this information to others so they can see how AARP is spending their dues in promoting ObamaCare.
• American Seniors Association (ASA) is an alternative we suggest you check out. AFA does not officially endorse ASA, but simply offers it as an alternative to AARP. We think you'll be pleased with what you see.
Thank you for caring enough to get involved. If you feel our efforts are worthy of support, would you consider making a small tax-deductible contribution to help us continue?
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association Donate with confidence to AFA
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Thanks Jackie Brown! I haven't belonged to AARP for years due to their obvious liberal biases.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Brown
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:51 PM
Subject: Fw: [Norton AntiSpam] AARP officials walk out of meeting, refuse questions concerning ObamaCare from angry seniors
For years now, I have DESPISED AARP because these money-grubbing hypocrites are constantly selling out the very members who support them - in pension benefits, Medicare prescriptions and now in socialized Obama so-called health care package which will immediately and directly harm people 55 and older. Please take the two minutes to send them the e-mail outlined here if you agree. And thank you. Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: AFA Action Alert
To: jackieb@earthlink.net
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:05 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] AARP officials walk out of meeting, refuse questions concerning ObamaCare from angry seniors
Donald E. Wildmon
Founder and
Chairman
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire e-mail list of family and friends.
AARP officials walk out of meeting, refuse questions concerning ObamaCare from angry seniors
Watch this must-see video! AARP supports government controlled health care!
August 7, 2009
Dear Jacqueline,
Senior citizens who went to a meeting sponsored by AARP were left to themselves after the AARP hostess walked out. The seniors were trying to get answers concerning ObamaCare and why AARP would support a government controlled health system that many believe would lead to euthanasia and rationing of health care. Watch the video.
Why would AARP, the nation's largest seniors group, supposedly working for the elderly, support an ObamaCare bill? Here is what Dick Morris, former advisor to President Clinton, said: "The interest groups that usually speak up for the elderly, particularly AARP, are in Obama's pocket, hoping to profit from his program by becoming one of its vendors. Just as they backed Bush's prescription drug plan because they anticipated profiting from it, so they are now helping Obama gut the medical care of their constituents."
Like the National Education Association, AARP has been taken over by liberals. With millions of members, AARP is using its clout to push ObamaCare on the elderly, even if it includes euthanasia. AARP supported homosexual marriage by opposing Prop 8 in California.
Take Action!
• Send your e-mail to AARP. If you are a member, do what the lady in Dallas did — cancel your membership. AARP is going to use membership dues to help push ObamaCare.
• Forward this information to others so they can see how AARP is spending their dues in promoting ObamaCare.
• American Seniors Association (ASA) is an alternative we suggest you check out. AFA does not officially endorse ASA, but simply offers it as an alternative to AARP. We think you'll be pleased with what you see.
Thank you for caring enough to get involved. If you feel our efforts are worthy of support, would you consider making a small tax-deductible contribution to help us continue?
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association Donate with confidence to AFA
(gifts are tax-deductible)
Please take a few minutes and invite your friends to AFA ActionAlert.
Thanks Jackie Brown! I haven't belonged to AARP for years due to their obvious liberal biases.
Sam
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A Letter- Not a fairy tale
Thanks Terry Krause!
Subject: Fw: A letter
The following was written by a preacher's wife in biblical prose as a commentary of current events. It is brilliant.
And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land called America, having lost their morals, their initiative, and their will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that person known as "The One".
He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you. My lack of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my association with evil doers are of no consequence. For I shall save you with Hope and Change. Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the land that he who preceded me is evil, that he has defiled the nation, and that all he has built must be destroyed." And the people rejoiced, for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had promised that it was good; and they believed. And "The One" said "We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change everything about it!" And the people said, "Hallelujah! Change is good!"
Then He said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats." And the people said "Sock it to them!" "And redistribute their wealth." And the people said, "Show us the money!" And then He said, "Redistribution of wealth is good for everybody"
And Joe the plumber asked, "Are you kidding me? You're going to steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One" ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized.
One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was banished from the kingdom!
Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having zero military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with radical terrorists?" And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with them and talk with them and show them how nice we really are; and they will forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people said, "Hallelujah!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons into free cars for the people!"
Then "The One" said, "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes." And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One" said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!" And the people said, "Hallelujah!! Show us the money!"
Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell your homes!" And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed.
And He said, "I shall mandate employer- funded health care for EVERY worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every person unlimited health care and medicine and transportation to the clinics." And the people said, "Give me some of that!"Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas." And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"
Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, "Not to worry. If your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out. Just sign up with ACORN and your troubles are over!"
Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical
care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing..." And the people said, "Hallelujah!!" And they made him King!
And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy sank like unto a rock dropped from a cliff. The banking industry was destroyed.
Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. And more of the people were without a means of support.
Then "The One" said, "I am the "The One"- The Messiah - and I'm here to save you! We shall just print more money so everyone will have enough!"
But our foreign trading partners said unto Him, "Wait a minute.. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have to pay more..." And the people said, "Wait a minute. That is unfair!!" And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic programs you have embraced. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules!"
He then traveled to foreign lands and proclaimed that America is not a Christian nation and that his Muslim background and his Muslim name Barak Hussein Obama makes him their blood brother who understands their wrath against America.
And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea verily, it was too late. The people set upon "The One" and spat upon him and stoned him, and his name was dung. And the once mighty nation was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was as like unto a poison that had destroyed them and like a whirlwind that consumed all that they had built. And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish, "Give us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!" But it was too late, and their homeland was no more.
You may think this is a fairy tale, but it's not. It's happening RIGHT NOW !!!
Subject: Fw: A letter
The following was written by a preacher's wife in biblical prose as a commentary of current events. It is brilliant.
And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land called America, having lost their morals, their initiative, and their will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that person known as "The One".
He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you. My lack of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my association with evil doers are of no consequence. For I shall save you with Hope and Change. Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the land that he who preceded me is evil, that he has defiled the nation, and that all he has built must be destroyed." And the people rejoiced, for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had promised that it was good; and they believed. And "The One" said "We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change everything about it!" And the people said, "Hallelujah! Change is good!"
Then He said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats." And the people said "Sock it to them!" "And redistribute their wealth." And the people said, "Show us the money!" And then He said, "Redistribution of wealth is good for everybody"
And Joe the plumber asked, "Are you kidding me? You're going to steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One" ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized.
One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was banished from the kingdom!
Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having zero military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with radical terrorists?" And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with them and talk with them and show them how nice we really are; and they will forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people said, "Hallelujah!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons into free cars for the people!"
Then "The One" said, "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes." And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One" said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!" And the people said, "Hallelujah!! Show us the money!"
Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell your homes!" And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed.
And He said, "I shall mandate employer- funded health care for EVERY worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every person unlimited health care and medicine and transportation to the clinics." And the people said, "Give me some of that!"Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas." And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"
Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, "Not to worry. If your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out. Just sign up with ACORN and your troubles are over!"
Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical
care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing..." And the people said, "Hallelujah!!" And they made him King!
And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy sank like unto a rock dropped from a cliff. The banking industry was destroyed.
Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. And more of the people were without a means of support.
Then "The One" said, "I am the "The One"- The Messiah - and I'm here to save you! We shall just print more money so everyone will have enough!"
But our foreign trading partners said unto Him, "Wait a minute.. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have to pay more..." And the people said, "Wait a minute. That is unfair!!" And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic programs you have embraced. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules!"
He then traveled to foreign lands and proclaimed that America is not a Christian nation and that his Muslim background and his Muslim name Barak Hussein Obama makes him their blood brother who understands their wrath against America.
And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea verily, it was too late. The people set upon "The One" and spat upon him and stoned him, and his name was dung. And the once mighty nation was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was as like unto a poison that had destroyed them and like a whirlwind that consumed all that they had built. And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish, "Give us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!" But it was too late, and their homeland was no more.
You may think this is a fairy tale, but it's not. It's happening RIGHT NOW !!!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Obama and Stalinst tactics
This long and scary for our traditionally free country. The things our fighting men and women fought and died or were maimied for are being stolen right from under our noses. The liberal media isn't concerned. After all they won the election and their win is the country's loss.
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Can the unthinkable actually be happening? Is the Obama Administration employing Stalinist tactics of thuggery and intimidation against average Americans who oppose ObamaCare?
Consider the following incident.
When Barack Hussein Obama rolled into town for his - by invitation only - town hall meeting in Bristol Virginia, average citizens, desperate to make their voices heard, gathered on sidewalks and curbs along the route of Obama's motorcade holding homemade signs opposing ObamaCare.
One of the peaceful citizen protesters sent this shocking eyewitness report to the Internet blog, TheGatewayPundit.com:
"There were several vehicles following the limo that contained the secret service. The vehicles had all the windows rolled down, and back hatches open on the SUVs with the men holding their, I assume=2
0assault rifles, machine guns, drawn on everyone lining the streets. Needless to say, it took my breath away at the sight of them, and made my friends and I dizzy with fear.... I turned on a local talk radio program as we were leaving and all the calls were about witnessing the guns being pointed at them."
Of course, we don't want to jump to any conclusions. There might have been a legitimate reason behind what appears to otherwise be an excessive show of force... we simply don't know.
But even if the intent of the Obama Administration was not to oppressively stifle 1st Amendment rights... the message that was left is nonetheless chilling.
Rosslyn Smith with AmericanThinker.com put the incident in perspective:
"Whatever it was, the message was poison. Only handpicked supporters were going to get into the carefully orchestrated media event at a Kroger deli that had Obama jetting in and out of the community. That all those who were left to peacefully demonstrate outside had been held at gunpoint is not going to be forgotten anytime soon by those in attendance."
Thuggery? ... Veiled threat? ... Paranoia on the part of Team Obama? ... Legitimate and necessary safeguards to protect the life of the President against a real threat?
We may never know.
But there is one thing that we do know. Proponents of ObamaCare are showing a detestable contempt for the
American people.
They don't want to hear from you. They don't want to hear what you have to say when it comes to the government takeover of the health care system and they don't care what you have to say.
Essentially, they are trying to tune you out.
But it doesn't have to be that way. You can make them listen... right here and right now.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does not work, use this hyperlink .
Union Thuggery... Maoist Moms... Or Making Mountains Out Of Molehills?
On Thursday, the left-wing Huffington Post published an article, "Unions To Take On Conservative Groups Health Care Town Hall."
"The nation's largest federation of labor organizations has promised to direct
ly engage with boisterous conservative protesters at Democratic town halls during the August recess."
"In a memo sent out on Thursday, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney outlined the blueprint for how the union conglomerate would step up recess activities on health care reform and other topics pertinent to the labor community. The document makes clear that Obama allies view the town hall forums as ground zero of the health care debate. ... 'The principal battleground in the campaign will be town hall meetings and other gatherings with members of Congress in their home districts,' reads the memo."
"Directly engage?" ... "ground zero?" ... "principal battleground?"
We can only hope that Sweeney is talking about pristine political activity.
But there's something else.
A video posting by Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, on the White House blog on Tuesday has people wondering....
Is the Obama Administration recruiting Maoist Moms? Is Big Brother recruiting people to spy on their friends and neighbors?
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you
get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."
Of course, what really makes Douglass' posting downright scary is the fact that no one is spreading any "disinformation" when it comes to Obama's so called "health care reform."
Douglass says: "For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them."
But what Obama says and what is spelled out (in black-and-white) in the so-called "health care reform" legislation making its way through Congress are diametrically opposed.
To put it bluntly... Barack Hussein Obama is telling a whopper... a big one... and the response of the White House is to encourage their liberal shock-troops to report people who are telling the truth when it comes to ObamaCare?
That's the stuff that nightmares are made of.
Are these incidents molehills or mountains... coincidences or well-thought-out attempts to suppress your 1st Amendment rights?
We can at least say this; the proponents of ObamaCare are showing extreme - almost surreal - contempt for the American people.
They don't care what you want... they don't care what you think.
But you can force them to listen. You can flood the fax machines of our elected offic
ials... it's a message they cannot ignore.
And now is the time to act because ObamaCare will radically change your live... it will radically change the lives of your children and grandchildren... speak up now or forever hold your peace.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does not work, use this hyperlink .
Extreme Malice Directed Against The American People Or Depraved Indifference...?
At this point there is no telling just how far the extreme-left will go in its quest to ram ObamaCare down the throats of the American people.
But there can be no doubt that Obama and Nancy Pelosi and their minions are willing to play dirty.
And we're not talking about playing hard-ball with the political
opposition... we're talking about political hard-ball waged against average Americans... the people they are sworn to serve.
No lie is too great... no tactic is too under-handed.
In California, seven retirees who were deeply concerned about health care went to Senator Diane Feinstein’s West Los Angeles office wanting to speak with her.
Instead of welcoming the seniors, Feinstein's office called the police.
Senior Citizens a threat? Right.
Nancy Pelosi recently had this to say of hard-working American taxpaying citizens who have actually taken the time to speak out against ObamaCare.
"They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare."
Uh... Madame Speaker... we hate to break this to you... but if people were indeed carrying handmade signs with swastikas... it's not because they were advocating the atrocities committed by the NAZIs... it's because they were comparing the tactics of the proponents or ObamaCare to the tactics of the NAZIs.
Perhaps, the analogy goes too far, but average citizens do have the right to express an opinion.
Maybe this is one of those times that Pelosi should ask the question that good liberals typically ask when confronted by enemies of the United States... "What could we have done to make them so mad at us."
Or does Pelosi consider ene
mies of the United States to be her friends and patriotic Americans to be her enemies?
But here's the icing on the cake... elected officials are now actively attempting to cut the lines of communication with the American public.
According to CNS News, some Members of Congress, are now holding their town hall meetings by telephone in an attempt to avoid "angry and persistent questioners."
And one Congressman, Brad Miller (D-NC), has cancelled town hall meetings altogether.
Expect more Members of Congress to follow suit.
They may not want to hear from you but you can do something to make them hear you loud and clear right now.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does20not work, use this hyperlink .
Alice In Obamaland: Spontaneous Opposition Is "Manufactured" and Rent-A-Mob Protests Are Spontaneous.
Americans are starting to feel like Alice plummeting down the rabbit-hole.
For the first time in a good long while, average Americans, many who have never been politically involved before (small business owners... mothers... retirees), are taking part in the political process and are desperately trying to make their views known to our elected officials in Washington.
It's a largely spontaneous movement - complete with homemade signs - and yet, some of these extremely liberal proponents of ObamaCare are actually pointing fingers at boogie men that don't exist... claiming that public indignation has been "manufactured."
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs:
“[T]here are groups that spread out people across the country to get people to go [to] these things and to specifically generate videos that can be posted on the Internet so that people can watch.”
"Manufactured" opposition.... "Groups that spread out people across the country?" It's a fairy-tale... the latest liberal talking point.
It's also hugely ironic when you consider that the left has traditionally relied on "community activist groups" like ACORN, labor unions and "rent-a-mobs" for years.
Bussing in protesters is Standard Operating Procedure for leftist organi
zations. Leftist organizations employee people full-time for the express purpose of rounding-up warm bodies.
Liberal organizations (Greenpeace is just one example) maintain "training camps" for liberal activists.
And Obama knows that... he was a "community organizer" for years.
But now that average Americans are now taking part in the political process, liberals have the audacity to claim that these protests are being "manufactured" and "engineered?"
Who are they trying to fool?
The hypocrisy is staggering.
Of course the bottom line is that some of our elected officials just don't want to listen.
You can make them listen... right now.
Unless, of course, you fear that exercising your 1st Amendment rights might be construed to be "manufactured opposition."
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the America
n people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does not work, use this hyperlink .
Liberal Denial-Of-Reality Is The Disease. You Are The Cure.
And just how far does liberal denial-of-reality on ObamaCare go? Just how deep is the rabbit-hole?
Speaking on ObamaCare, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered this delusion to CNS News:
“The American people favor what we’re doing by almost a 70 percent margin.”
Not reading legislation is bad enough but it's obvious Reid isn't reading polls either.
According to FOX News, a whopping 86% of Americans are satisfied with their current health care and according to Rasmussen, a majority of Americans now oppose ObamaCare and the number is rapidly climbing.
And while we're on the subject of denying reality, let's take another look at Douglass' posting to the White House blog mentioned earlier?
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation."
"Rumors?" "Disinformation?"
"End of life care" ... "control of your finances" ... "the eradication of your private insurance" ... T
hose issues are specifically addressed in the 1019 page monster of a bill... legislation that Obama has - by his own admission - not read.
Do you think that if Obama would actually read the legislation, the White House would change its tune?
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
CNS News again:
"Asked if the president would read the 1,000-plus health care bill, [White House Press Secretary Robert] Gibbs said 'I assume the president will study the details of the proposal, and will be – he’s a highly informed individual.'”
"The reporter followed, 'But he won’t take time to read it front to back?' Gibbs responded, 'I don't know what his vacation plans are currently.'”
It's the epitome of arrogance. ObamaCare will radically change our lives and our future and Obama won't even take the time to read the legislation.
Then to add insult to injury, the White House claims that provisions specifically addressed in the legislation - in black-and-white - aren't actually there... just "rumors" and "disinformation."
So why, in the name of all that is holy, is the White House sending our a directive soliciting others to report those who are speaking the truth about this legislation.
What does that sound like to you? I know what it sounds like to us.
And it must be stopped
.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
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Can the unthinkable actually be happening? Is the Obama Administration employing Stalinist tactics of thuggery and intimidation against average Americans who oppose ObamaCare?
Consider the following incident.
When Barack Hussein Obama rolled into town for his - by invitation only - town hall meeting in Bristol Virginia, average citizens, desperate to make their voices heard, gathered on sidewalks and curbs along the route of Obama's motorcade holding homemade signs opposing ObamaCare.
One of the peaceful citizen protesters sent this shocking eyewitness report to the Internet blog, TheGatewayPundit.com:
"There were several vehicles following the limo that contained the secret service. The vehicles had all the windows rolled down, and back hatches open on the SUVs with the men holding their, I assume=2
0assault rifles, machine guns, drawn on everyone lining the streets. Needless to say, it took my breath away at the sight of them, and made my friends and I dizzy with fear.... I turned on a local talk radio program as we were leaving and all the calls were about witnessing the guns being pointed at them."
Of course, we don't want to jump to any conclusions. There might have been a legitimate reason behind what appears to otherwise be an excessive show of force... we simply don't know.
But even if the intent of the Obama Administration was not to oppressively stifle 1st Amendment rights... the message that was left is nonetheless chilling.
Rosslyn Smith with AmericanThinker.com put the incident in perspective:
"Whatever it was, the message was poison. Only handpicked supporters were going to get into the carefully orchestrated media event at a Kroger deli that had Obama jetting in and out of the community. That all those who were left to peacefully demonstrate outside had been held at gunpoint is not going to be forgotten anytime soon by those in attendance."
Thuggery? ... Veiled threat? ... Paranoia on the part of Team Obama? ... Legitimate and necessary safeguards to protect the life of the President against a real threat?
We may never know.
But there is one thing that we do know. Proponents of ObamaCare are showing a detestable contempt for the
American people.
They don't want to hear from you. They don't want to hear what you have to say when it comes to the government takeover of the health care system and they don't care what you have to say.
Essentially, they are trying to tune you out.
But it doesn't have to be that way. You can make them listen... right here and right now.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does not work, use this hyperlink .
Union Thuggery... Maoist Moms... Or Making Mountains Out Of Molehills?
On Thursday, the left-wing Huffington Post published an article, "Unions To Take On Conservative Groups Health Care Town Hall."
"The nation's largest federation of labor organizations has promised to direct
ly engage with boisterous conservative protesters at Democratic town halls during the August recess."
"In a memo sent out on Thursday, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney outlined the blueprint for how the union conglomerate would step up recess activities on health care reform and other topics pertinent to the labor community. The document makes clear that Obama allies view the town hall forums as ground zero of the health care debate. ... 'The principal battleground in the campaign will be town hall meetings and other gatherings with members of Congress in their home districts,' reads the memo."
"Directly engage?" ... "ground zero?" ... "principal battleground?"
We can only hope that Sweeney is talking about pristine political activity.
But there's something else.
A video posting by Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, on the White House blog on Tuesday has people wondering....
Is the Obama Administration recruiting Maoist Moms? Is Big Brother recruiting people to spy on their friends and neighbors?
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you
get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."
Of course, what really makes Douglass' posting downright scary is the fact that no one is spreading any "disinformation" when it comes to Obama's so called "health care reform."
Douglass says: "For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them."
But what Obama says and what is spelled out (in black-and-white) in the so-called "health care reform" legislation making its way through Congress are diametrically opposed.
To put it bluntly... Barack Hussein Obama is telling a whopper... a big one... and the response of the White House is to encourage their liberal shock-troops to report people who are telling the truth when it comes to ObamaCare?
That's the stuff that nightmares are made of.
Are these incidents molehills or mountains... coincidences or well-thought-out attempts to suppress your 1st Amendment rights?
We can at least say this; the proponents of ObamaCare are showing extreme - almost surreal - contempt for the American people.
They don't care what you want... they don't care what you think.
But you can force them to listen. You can flood the fax machines of our elected offic
ials... it's a message they cannot ignore.
And now is the time to act because ObamaCare will radically change your live... it will radically change the lives of your children and grandchildren... speak up now or forever hold your peace.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does not work, use this hyperlink .
Extreme Malice Directed Against The American People Or Depraved Indifference...?
At this point there is no telling just how far the extreme-left will go in its quest to ram ObamaCare down the throats of the American people.
But there can be no doubt that Obama and Nancy Pelosi and their minions are willing to play dirty.
And we're not talking about playing hard-ball with the political
opposition... we're talking about political hard-ball waged against average Americans... the people they are sworn to serve.
No lie is too great... no tactic is too under-handed.
In California, seven retirees who were deeply concerned about health care went to Senator Diane Feinstein’s West Los Angeles office wanting to speak with her.
Instead of welcoming the seniors, Feinstein's office called the police.
Senior Citizens a threat? Right.
Nancy Pelosi recently had this to say of hard-working American taxpaying citizens who have actually taken the time to speak out against ObamaCare.
"They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare."
Uh... Madame Speaker... we hate to break this to you... but if people were indeed carrying handmade signs with swastikas... it's not because they were advocating the atrocities committed by the NAZIs... it's because they were comparing the tactics of the proponents or ObamaCare to the tactics of the NAZIs.
Perhaps, the analogy goes too far, but average citizens do have the right to express an opinion.
Maybe this is one of those times that Pelosi should ask the question that good liberals typically ask when confronted by enemies of the United States... "What could we have done to make them so mad at us."
Or does Pelosi consider ene
mies of the United States to be her friends and patriotic Americans to be her enemies?
But here's the icing on the cake... elected officials are now actively attempting to cut the lines of communication with the American public.
According to CNS News, some Members of Congress, are now holding their town hall meetings by telephone in an attempt to avoid "angry and persistent questioners."
And one Congressman, Brad Miller (D-NC), has cancelled town hall meetings altogether.
Expect more Members of Congress to follow suit.
They may not want to hear from you but you can do something to make them hear you loud and clear right now.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does20not work, use this hyperlink .
Alice In Obamaland: Spontaneous Opposition Is "Manufactured" and Rent-A-Mob Protests Are Spontaneous.
Americans are starting to feel like Alice plummeting down the rabbit-hole.
For the first time in a good long while, average Americans, many who have never been politically involved before (small business owners... mothers... retirees), are taking part in the political process and are desperately trying to make their views known to our elected officials in Washington.
It's a largely spontaneous movement - complete with homemade signs - and yet, some of these extremely liberal proponents of ObamaCare are actually pointing fingers at boogie men that don't exist... claiming that public indignation has been "manufactured."
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs:
“[T]here are groups that spread out people across the country to get people to go [to] these things and to specifically generate videos that can be posted on the Internet so that people can watch.”
"Manufactured" opposition.... "Groups that spread out people across the country?" It's a fairy-tale... the latest liberal talking point.
It's also hugely ironic when you consider that the left has traditionally relied on "community activist groups" like ACORN, labor unions and "rent-a-mobs" for years.
Bussing in protesters is Standard Operating Procedure for leftist organi
zations. Leftist organizations employee people full-time for the express purpose of rounding-up warm bodies.
Liberal organizations (Greenpeace is just one example) maintain "training camps" for liberal activists.
And Obama knows that... he was a "community organizer" for years.
But now that average Americans are now taking part in the political process, liberals have the audacity to claim that these protests are being "manufactured" and "engineered?"
Who are they trying to fool?
The hypocrisy is staggering.
Of course the bottom line is that some of our elected officials just don't want to listen.
You can make them listen... right now.
Unless, of course, you fear that exercising your 1st Amendment rights might be construed to be "manufactured opposition."
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the America
n people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does not work, use this hyperlink .
Liberal Denial-Of-Reality Is The Disease. You Are The Cure.
And just how far does liberal denial-of-reality on ObamaCare go? Just how deep is the rabbit-hole?
Speaking on ObamaCare, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered this delusion to CNS News:
“The American people favor what we’re doing by almost a 70 percent margin.”
Not reading legislation is bad enough but it's obvious Reid isn't reading polls either.
According to FOX News, a whopping 86% of Americans are satisfied with their current health care and according to Rasmussen, a majority of Americans now oppose ObamaCare and the number is rapidly climbing.
And while we're on the subject of denying reality, let's take another look at Douglass' posting to the White House blog mentioned earlier?
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation."
"Rumors?" "Disinformation?"
"End of life care" ... "control of your finances" ... "the eradication of your private insurance" ... T
hose issues are specifically addressed in the 1019 page monster of a bill... legislation that Obama has - by his own admission - not read.
Do you think that if Obama would actually read the legislation, the White House would change its tune?
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
CNS News again:
"Asked if the president would read the 1,000-plus health care bill, [White House Press Secretary Robert] Gibbs said 'I assume the president will study the details of the proposal, and will be – he’s a highly informed individual.'”
"The reporter followed, 'But he won’t take time to read it front to back?' Gibbs responded, 'I don't know what his vacation plans are currently.'”
It's the epitome of arrogance. ObamaCare will radically change our lives and our future and Obama won't even take the time to read the legislation.
Then to add insult to injury, the White House claims that provisions specifically addressed in the legislation - in black-and-white - aren't actually there... just "rumors" and "disinformation."
So why, in the name of all that is holy, is the White House sending our a directive soliciting others to report those who are speaking the truth about this legislation.
What does that sound like to you? I know what it sounds like to us.
And it must be stopped
.
Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.
Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.
Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.
If button above does not work, use this hyperlink .
Floyd Brown
ExposeObama.com
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Bob and the Blonde
BOB & THE BLONDE
Bob, a handsome dude, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down next to a blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV.
The 10 PM news was coming on. The news crew was covering the story of a man on the ledge of a large building preparing to jump.
The blonde looked at Bob and said, "Do you think he'll jump?"
Bob said, "You know, I bet he'll jump."
The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't."
Bob placed a $20 bill on the bar and said, "You're on!"
Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge did a swan dive off the building, falling to his death.
The blonde was very upset, but willingly handed her $20 to Bob, saying,
"Fair's fair. Here's your money."
Bob replied, "I can't take your money. I saw this earlier on the 5 PM
news, and so I knew he would jump."
The blonde replied, "I did too, but didn't think he'd do it again."
Bob took the money...
Bob, a handsome dude, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down next to a blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV.
The 10 PM news was coming on. The news crew was covering the story of a man on the ledge of a large building preparing to jump.
The blonde looked at Bob and said, "Do you think he'll jump?"
Bob said, "You know, I bet he'll jump."
The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't."
Bob placed a $20 bill on the bar and said, "You're on!"
Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge did a swan dive off the building, falling to his death.
The blonde was very upset, but willingly handed her $20 to Bob, saying,
"Fair's fair. Here's your money."
Bob replied, "I can't take your money. I saw this earlier on the 5 PM
news, and so I knew he would jump."
The blonde replied, "I did too, but didn't think he'd do it again."
Bob took the money...
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Uncle Sam's Plantation- Star Parker
Truer words, etc.... Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Truer words, etc.... Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Truer words, etc.... Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Truer words, etc.... Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Truer words, etc.... Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Jett
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@mx-isp-outbound2.npgco.com
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Fw: Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
.
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.
A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"
Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.
The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.
Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.
I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed 50 percent.
I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism.
But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction.
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.
Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."
Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.
There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.
In an op-ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Mr. Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus.
"This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, healthcare, and education."
Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."
Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the SynfuelsCorporation, and the Department of Education.
Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty."
Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births.
It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.
Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?
"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
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