Brazillian owned Embraer to get AF contract

--- On Sun, 1/1/12, keith brooker wrote: From: keith brooker Subject: Fw: Brazilian owned Embraer likely to get US Air Force contract To: Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012, 9:03 PM ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ted Hart To: Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 7:06 PM Subject: Brazilian owned Embraer likely to get US Air Force contract Many times when I see news like this, I just shake my head at his idiocy, but this time, I look upon this action as a direct slap in the face of the American people. It is just another example that obama does nothing that is not a payback for a political favor. CM "Any president whose actions so consistently refute his own words must have deep contempt for the intelligence of the American public." The Obama administration told U.S. owned Hawker Beechcraft earlier this week they are being excluded from bidding on the US Air Force contract for a light attack aircraft. That leaves Brazilian owned Embraer as the likely recipient of the lucrative deal. I found this one hard to believe so I did a little research. It was tough because this was completely ignored by the main stream media. The information is out there on several conservative sites. Please see the two articles linked below. This is a double slap in the face of the United States. At a time when jobs, the economy, and security are the most critical priorities for our country, the Obama administration decides to send a defense contract to a foreign owned company. This has to be the stupidest thing this administration has done to date. This is not just a dumb decision, it is a perfect example of why this president is such a poor leader. He talks about wanting jobs. He says we need to force companies to repatriate billions of dollars that Americans keep overseas. He wants to raise taxes so he can spend billions on stimulus that does nothing to stimulate anything. And when it’s time to act, he sends our tax dollars overseas at the expense of American jobs and income for an American company. This is nothing more than a Chicago-style political pay back; but this time it is at the expense of our national security. How much more damage will obama be allowed to do in the next 14 months? One of the lead stories in the media this week blasted congress for insider trading. If this contract goes to Embraer it will be a huge pay off to another George Soros company. When will the 4th estate do it’s constitutionally protected job and expose the real obama to the American people? Article from REDSTATE Posted by Ben Howe Monday, November 21st at 6:00AM EST: Obama Administration Sends Weapons Contract to Foreign Company with Ties to Iran Article from WORLDPRESS By Gary P Jackson| NOVEMBER 22, 2011 · 4:17 PM Hawker-Beechcraft Denied Big Air Force Contract in Favor of Brazilian Company With Soros Connections Article from A Time For Choosing · Just another WordPress.com http://www.kansas.com/2011/11/23/2112778/hawker-requests-gao-review-of.html We can no longer depend on the media to pass on any news that might be construed as negative towards the democrats. Please pass these articles to your friends to insure they get the information lacking from so much of today’s liberal press.

Where are the three who brought Wall Street down?

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Surprise.... Answer The three who brought down Wall Street. Here's a quick look into the three former Fannie Mae executives who brought down Wall Street. Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregularities in Fannie Mae's accounting activities. Raines left with a "golden parachute valued at $240 Million in benefits. The Government filed suit against Raines when the depth of the accounting scandal became clear. Tim Howard - was the Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae. Howard "was a strong internal proponent of using accounting strategies that would ensure a "stable pattern of earnings" at Fannie. Investigations by federal regulators and the company's board of directors since concluded that management did manipulate 1998 earnings to trigger bonuses. Raines and Howard resigned under pressure in late 2004. Howard's Golden Parachute was estimated at $20 Million! Jim Johnson - A former executive at Lehman Brothers and who was later forced from his position as Fannie Mae CEO. Investigators found that Fannie Mae had hidden a substantial amount of Johnson's 1998 compensation from the public, reporting that it was between $6 million and $7 million when it fact it was $21 million." Johnson is currently under investigation for taking illegal loans from Countrywide while serving as CEO of Fannie Mae. Johnson's Golden Parachute was estimated at $28 Million. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? FRANKLIN RAINES? Raines works for the Obama Campaign as his Chief Economic Advisor. TIM HOWARD? Howard is a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama under Franklin Raines. JIM JOHNSON? Johnson was hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee. Kinda makes you sick to your stomach.

Old and new The ant and the grasshopper

The NEW Ant and the Grasshopper Story The ANT AND THEGRASSHOPPER This one is a little different .... Two Different Versions ... Two Different Morals OLD VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold. MORAL OF THE OLD STORY: Be responsible for yourself! MODERN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshoppercalls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while he is cold and starving. CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN,and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next toa video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Kermit the Frog appears on Oprahwith the grasshopperand everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not EasyBeing Green...' ACORN stages a demonstration in front of the ant'shouse where the news stations film the SEIUgroup singing, We shall overcome. Then Rev. Jeremiah Wright has the group kneel down to pray for thegrasshopper's sake, while he damns the ants. President Obama condems the ant and blames President Bush 43, President Bush 41, President Reagan, Christopher Columbus, and the Pope for the grasshopper's plight. Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share. Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Actretroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate numberof green bugs and,having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government GreenCzarand given to the grasshopper. The story ends as we see the grasshopper and his free-loading friends finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which, as you recall, just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around them because the grasshopper doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow, never to be seen again. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident, and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the ramshackle, once prosperous and peaceful, neighborhood. The entire Nation collapses bringing the rest of the free world with it. MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2012. I've sent this to you because I believe that you are an ant not a grasshopper! Make sure that you pass this on to other ants. Don't bother sending it on to any grasshoppers because they wouldn't understand it, anyway.

Merry Christmas to my female friends ... thanks Lyle!

Subject: Merry Christmas to my female friends

Have a BLESSED Christmas and New Year Merry Christmas To My Female Friends If I were ol' Santa, you know what I'd do I'd dump silly gifts that are given to you And deliver some things just inside your front door Things you have lost, but treasured before. I'd give you back all your maidenly vigor, And to go along with it, a neat tiny figure. Then restore the old color that once graced your hair Before rinses and bleaches took residence there. I'd bring back the shape with which you were gifted So things now suspended need not be uplifted. I'd draw in your tummy and smooth down your back Till you'd be a dream in those tight fitting slacks. I'd remove all your wrinkles and leave only one chin So you wouldn't spend hours rubbing grease on your skin. You'd never have flashes or queer dizzy spells, And you wouldn't hear noises like ringing of bells. No sore aching feet and no corns on your toes, No searching for spectacles when they're right on your nose. Not a shot would you take in your arm, hip or fanny, From a doctor who thinks you're a nervous old granny. You'd never have a headache, so no pills would you take. And no heating pad needed since your muscles won't ache. Yes, if I were Santa, you'd never look stupid, You'd be a cute little chick with the romance of a cupid. I'd give a lift to your heart when those wolves start to whistle, And the joys of your heart would be light as a thistle. But alas! I'm not Santa. I'm simply just me, The matronest of matrons you ever did see. I wish I could tell you all the symptoms I've got, But I'm due at my doctor's for an estrogen shot. Even though we've grown older, this wish is sincere, Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New Year.

Contract 2012 ... thanks Clay!

There were probably many, many times this year when I may have... Disturbed You, Troubled You, Pestered You, Irritated You, Bugged You, Or got on your Nerves!! So today, I just wanted to tell you:

Suck it up, Cupcake!! Cause there AIN'T NO CHANGES Planned for 2012 Happy New Year

I've learned ... thanks Deloris Salyers!

Please
read all the way to the bottom:

Written
by Andy Rooney , a man who has the gift of saying so much with so

few

words.

I've
learned.... That
the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.


I've
learned.... That
when you're in love, it shows.

I've
learned.... That
just one person saying to me, 'You've made
my day!' makes my day.


I've
learned ....
That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most
peaceful feelings in the world.

I've
learned ....
That being kind is more important than being right.


I've
learned ....
That you should never say no to a gift from a child.


I've
learned ....
That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to
help him in some other way.

I've
learned ....
That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone
needs a friend to act goofy with.

I've
learned ....
That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to
understand.

I've
learned ....
That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights
when I was a child did wonders for me as
an adult.

I've
learned ....
That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the
end, the faster it goes.

I've
learned ...
. That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.


I've
learned ....
That money doesn't buy class.

I've
learned ....
That it's those small daily happenings that make life so

spectacular.

I've
learned ...
That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be
appreciated and loved.

I've
learned ....
That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.


I've
learned ....
That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting

that

person continue to hurt you.

I've
learned ....
That love, not time, heals all wounds.

I've
learned ....
That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround

myself

with people Smarter than I am.

I've
learned ....
That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.


I've
learned ..
That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.


I've
learned ...
That life is tough, but I'm tougher.

I've
learned ....
That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you
miss.

I've
learned ....
That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.


I've
learned ....
That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time
before she passed away.

I've
learned ....
That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because

tomorrow

he may have to eat them.

I've
learned ....
That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.


I've
learned ....
That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his
little fist, that you're hooked for life.


I've
learned ....
That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the
happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.


I've
learned ....
That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

To
all of you ....
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.

It's
National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send
this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it
back to the person who sent it to you. If it comes back to you, then
you'll know you have a circle of friends. HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO
YOU!!!!!!

YOU
ARE MY FRIEND, AND I AM HONORED!

--
life is a lesson, you'll learn it when you're through

Gentle reminders ... thanks Lyle Shover!

Subject: Gentle Reminders

A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience;
with a raised glass of water, and everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, 'half empty or half full?'..... she
fooled them all... "How heavy is this glass of water?", she inquired with a smile.

Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a
problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each
case it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

She continued, "and that's the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden
becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on."

"As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we
can carry on with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time practiced.

So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night...
pick them up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life is
short. Enjoy it and the now 'supposed' stress that you've conquered!"


1 * Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue!

2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

4 * Drive carefully... It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker..

5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague

6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it..

7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

8 * Never buy a car you can't push.

9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

10 * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.

13 * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

15 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird
names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

19 * Have an awesome day and know that someone thought about you today.

20 * It was me, your friend! *Save the earth..... It's the only planet with chocolate !*

Life is Too short to eat vanilla ice cream!!!