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For Christian American readers of this blog:


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

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


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

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

Thanks Jack!

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











Monday, July 30, 2012

Charlie Reese's last column ... Thanks Lou F.!



Charlie Ressee's Final Column


“The best argument against democracy is a five minute discussion with the average voter.” Winston Churchill
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> He has been a journalist for 49 years.
> He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.
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> Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.
>
> This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or democrat. Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day. It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
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> 545 vs. 300,000,000 People
>
>
> -By Charlie Reese
>
> Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
>
> Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
>
> Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
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> You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
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> You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
>
> You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
>
> One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
>
> I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
>
> I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
>
> Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
>
> What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
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> The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
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> It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
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> If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
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> If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
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> If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
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> If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
>
> There are no insoluble government problems.
>
> Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
>
> Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
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> They, and they alone, have the power.
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> They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
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> Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...
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> We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
>
> Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
>
> What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.
> This might be funny if it weren't so true.
> Be sure to read all the way to the end:
>
> Tax his land,
> Tax his bed,
> Tax the table,
> At which he's fed.
>
> Tax his tractor,
> Tax his mule,
> Teach him taxes
> Are the rule.
>
> Tax his work,
> Tax his pay,
> He works for
> peanuts anyway!
>
> Tax his cow,
> Tax his goat,
> Tax his pants,
> Tax his coat.
>
> Tax his ties,
> Tax his shirt,
> Tax his work,
> Tax his dirt.
>
> Tax his tobacco,
> Tax his drink,
> Tax him if he
> Tries to think.
>
> Tax his cigars,
> Tax his beers,
> If he cries
> Tax his tears.
>
> Tax his car,
> Tax his gas,
> Find other ways
> To tax his ass.
>
> Tax all he has
> Then let him know
> That you won't be done
> Till he has no dough.
>
> When he screams and hollers;
> Then tax him some more,
> Tax him till
> He's good and sore.
>
> Then tax his coffin,
> Tax his grave,
> Tax the sod in
> Which he's laid...
>
> Put these words
> Upon his tomb,
> 'Taxes drove me
> to my doom...'
>
> When he's gone,
> Do not relax,
> Its time to apply
> The inheritance tax.
>
> Accounts Receivable Tax
> Building Permit Tax
> CDL license Tax
> Cigarette Tax
> Corporate Income Tax
> Dog License Tax
> Excise Taxes
> Federal Income Tax
> Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> Fishing License Tax
> Food License Tax
> Fuel Permit Tax
> Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
> Gross Receipts Tax
> Hunting License Tax
> Inheritance Tax
> Inventory Tax
> IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
> Liquor Tax
> Luxury Taxes
> Marriage License Tax
> Medicare Tax
> Personal Property Tax
> Property Tax
> Real Estate Tax
> Service Charge Tax
> Social Security Tax
> Road Usage Tax
> Recreational Vehicle Tax
> Sales Tax
> School Tax
> State Income Tax
> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
> Telephone Federal Excise Tax
> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
> Telephone State and Local Tax
> Telephone Usage Charge Tax
> Utility Taxes
> Vehicle License Registration Tax
> Vehicle Sales Tax
> Watercraft Registration Tax
> Well Permit Tax
> Workers Compensation Tax
>
>
> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
> Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
> We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
>
> What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
>
> I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!
>
> GO AHEAD. . . BE AN AMERICAN!!!
>
>



Chicago Style ... thanks Alma H.!


Overhead in Chicago:

My father was a staunch conservative and voted straight line Republican until the day he died.
Now he votes Democrat.

Palin eats Chick-fil-A in TX- Newsmax



Monday July 30, 2012
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Palins Show Support to Chick-fil-A With Texas Visit

Saturday, 28 Jul 2012 03:54 PM
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Sarah Palin dropped by a Chick-fil-A in Texas to show her support for the embattled restaurant chain after it drew criticism for its president’s statements in opposition to gay marriage.

Palin tweeted photographs of herself at a Chick-fil-A in "The Woodlands," a suburban community about 35 miles northwest of downtown Houston after appearing at a rally in support of Republican Senate primary challenger Ted Cruz.

One photograph shows the former Republican vice presidential candidate giving a thumbs-up alongside her husband Todd as they both hold Chick-fil-A bags of food. That photograph, which she posted on her Facebook page, generated more than 229,000 “likes” (and counting), was shared more than 17,000 times and tallied more than 18,000 comments.

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Sarah and Todd Palin at the Woodland, Texas Chick-fil-A. (Facebook)

Accompanying the photograph, Palin wrote, “Stopped by Chick-fil-A in The Woodlands to support a great business.”

The Chick-fil-A controversy began when the restaurant’s president Dan Cathy told the Baptist Press that the company, which puts faith ahead of profits by closing on Sundays, was “guilty as charged” for backing the “biblical definition of a family.”

Another photograph showed Palin with a group of adults and children in the restaurant.  “Great to visit with the Sassy Feet dance squad at the Chick-fil-A in The Woodlands, TX,” Palin wrote accompanying the picture.

One commenter on Palin’s Facebook page wrote, “I'm sure you made their day by posing for photos and taking the time to speak with them. You are a wonderful person with a terrific family,” and another wrote, “I applaud Chick-fil-A and Sarah Palin.”

“The only hate and intolerance I've seen in these comments,” wrote another commenter, “is from those who favor same sex marriage. Apparently we all have a ‘duty’ to believe in the politically correct theme of the moment. Millions of people believe what the Bible says about the institution of marriage.”

Other commenters blasted the former Alaskan governor for supporting the restaurant chain.

At the Cruz rally, Palin spent most of her 20-minute remarks criticizing President Barack Obama and what she called “the permanent political class” in Washington, theHouston Chronicle reported. She called Cruz’s election “a come-to-Jesus moment.”

“There is good news,” she said, according to the Chronicle, “and that is, there is nothing wrong with America that a good, ol’ fair election can’t fix.”

The Chronicle reported that Palin said Cruz is “a proven, common-sense constitutional conservative, and he’s a fighter and he will bring new leadership to the United States Senate. He will shrink government, he will be putting government back on the side of the American working man and he will defend the Constitution.”

“Ted is not going to D.C. to make nice with the foo-foo, chi-chi cocktail crowd,” she said. “He’s going to do the heavy lifting to rein in our out-of-control government.”
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RUSH: Edward Klein has a book called The Amateur. Yeah. I think it's called The Amateur. Here are some quotes from the book by Edward Klein. Bill Clinton: "Obama doesn't know how to be president. I mean, he doesn't even know how the world works. He's incompetent." Page 11. "Caroline Kennedy, who supported Obama over Hillary Clinton, on page 153: 'I can't stand to hear his voice anymore. He's a liar, and worse.'" Caroline Kennedy talking about Obama. "David Scheiner, MD, Barack Obama's former doctor. 'By which I mean he's academic, lacks passion and feeling, doesn't have the sense of humanity that I expected.'"
In fact, I've got that story right here, folks. Right here it is: "President Obama's Former Doctor Claims the President Lacks Passion, Feeling, and Humanity." Quote from the story in Human Events: "Obama is not the political machine that people fear, but an amateur with a messianic complex who is completely out of his depth. In an exclusive preview of The Amateur by Human Events, Obama’s longtime physician reveals the lack of humanity in Obama’s character and carelessness with which he enacted the entirely politicized health insurance reform ... often called Obamacare."
"The doctor fears that if the health care plan is 'the failure' he believes it will be, because of runaway costs and other problems, then any health reform will be set back for years to come." This is "Dr. David Scheiner, MD, who blasts the president’s health care plan and says that President Obama has an 'academic detachment...'" This is exactly the way I've thought of Obama! It's exactly what I've said. He's a theoretician. He's one of these faculty lounge guys who sits around talking with other theoreticians who happen to be smart (in their own minds).
They're socialist-utopian kind of guys who think they've got all the answers. This country's unjust and immoral, unfair from the days of its founding. "In an exclusive preview of The Amateur by Human Events, Obama’s longtime physician reveals the lack of humanity in Obama’s character and carelessness with which he enacted" the health care plan. "Lack of humanity." What would that be?
"Sometimes even I forget the depth of the recession," (paraphrasing) as Obama said in Seattle.
Here are some other quotes from the book. "Businessman and early financial supporter Steven Rogers: 'What you have with Barack Obama is a lack of character.'" There's a much, much more colorful quote from Rogers that precedes this one, but that was on page 33. "A famous historian, who'd rather not be named, after an off-the-record meeting with Obama at the White House: 'He hasn't been able to bring together the best and brightest talents. Not to put a too-fine point on it, but he's in over his head.'"
Oprah Winfrey in this book is quoted as saying, "Michelle hates fat people, doesn't want me waddling around the White House." That's page 143. That's Oprah Winfrey quoted in Ed Klein's new book, The Amateur: "Michelle hates fat people and doesn't want me waddling around the White House." "A major Obama donor, speaking about Valerie Jarrett, on page 92: 'I expected her to be smarter. She ain't no Karl Rove. Karl Rove would eat her for breakfast.'" Here: Bill urged Hillary to quit the cabinet and run in the primaries, this year. Bill Clinton, because Obama's an amateur, wanted her to run.
He said the country's going to hell, the economy stinks... I mean, Clinton in this book rips Obama to shreds. Barack Obama, Bill Clinton said, is an "amateur." "[A]ccording to the book, Bill Clinton unloaded on Obama and pressed Hillary to run against her boss during a gathering in the ex-president’s home office in Chappaqua last August that included longtime friends ... Obama, Bill Clinton said, 'doesn't know how to be president' and is 'incompetent.' But Hillary resisted the entreaties, according to two of the guests interviewed for the book.
"'Why risk everything now?' a skeptical Hillary told her husband, emphasizing that she wanted to leave a legacy as secretary of state. 'Because,' Bill replied, his voice rising, 'the country needs you! The country needs us!' added Bill. He later even joked about the prospect of having two Clinton presidential libraries..." Now, it says here that Clintons are denying this and the White House is denying all these quotes, but this is a lot of people. It's not just Bill Clinton being quoted as calling Obama an amateur and incompetent and ruining the economy.
He wanted Hillary to run because he thinks it would be easy to save economy.
Clinton thinks it would be easy to revive this economy and get all the credit in the world for it and be one of the greatest presidents ever.  He's got a point.  There's a way out of this.  It does involve getting rid of everything Obama's done and reinstituting capitalism, getting rid of every reform.  Get rid of everything Obama's done and simply go back to America the way it was.  Clinton says this is a sitting duck.  This economy, anybody could revive it. Just stop everything Obama's doing and then you get credit for being one of the greatest presidents ever.  And that's why he wanted Hillary to do it, and he also wanted to be involved, according to Ed Klein in the book entitled, The Amateur. 
But I have to tell you, if the quotes are accurate, it's just possible that old Bill doesn't quite understand Obama.  Because if Clinton doesn't believe that this is the way Obama wants it to be, economically -- I mean when you say Obama's an amateur, you're basically saying he's in over his head, doesn't know what he's doing, my contention is just the opposite.  He knows exactly what he's doing.  He's got a chip on his shoulder about this country.  He's doing exactly what he wants to this country.  He is causing the economic decline that he wants.  And if Clinton's out there thinking that all this is happening 'cause Obama's really trying to get the economy going, but is just an amateur, doesn't know what he's doing, is incompetent, over his head, I don't think Clinton understands who Obama is.  Again, this is all based on whether the quotes in the book are accurate. 
But I'll just proceed on the basis that they are.  In that case, Clinton can't get his arms around the fact how opposed to this county, as it's always been, Obama is.  And I must tell you, folks, as you and I watch these events and this economic destruction happen each and every day, I do ask, is there not one Democrat out there who doesn't like what's going on, just for the sake of his party?  Is this really what they want this country to be?  I know that a lot of Democrats do.  Is there just one, I'm asking.  I know that the Democrat Party's totally gone now to radical, radical statists, Marxists, but isn't there one somewhere, I mean in a position of power and authority within the party structure who has an understanding here of what's being done and that there's not gonna be much left for anybody, including them? 
And if the quotes are true, why is Clinton out campaigning for Obama now?  Which he is.  Clinton is out campaigning for Obama.  But if these quotes are true, then why do that?  Party loyalty, of course, yes.  But that's not putting the country first.  If you're running around actively advocating the reelection of somebody you think is an amateur and an incompetent, then why?
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