Hey Folks,
Just wanted to let you know - today I received my 2013 Social Security Stimulus Package. It contained two tomato seeds, cornbread mix, two discount coupons to KFC, an 'Obama Hope & Change' bumper sticker, a prayer rug, a machine to blow smoke up my ass and a 'Blame it on Bush' poster for the front yard. The directions were in Spanish. Yours should arrive soon.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Hunters in America ... Thanks Clay V.!
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obama theatre ... Newsmax
"It's feeling very much to me like an optical meeting than a substantive meeting," said Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, noting that it was not a sign of urgency to set a meeting for mid-afternoon with a deadline just days away.
"Any time you announce a meeting publicly in Washington, it's usually for political theater purposes," Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on Thursday on Fox News.
"When the president calls congressional leaders to the White House, it's all political theater or they've got a deal. My bet is all political theater," said Graham, adding that he did not believe an agreement could be reached before the deadline. With taxes on all Americans set to rise when rates established under former President George W. Bush expire on Dec. 31, lawmakers would be able to come back in January and take a more politically palatable vote to cut some of the tax rates.
U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping 0.48 percent as investors fretted about the lack of certainty.
But some in the market were resigned to Washington going beyond the New Year's Day deadline, as long as a serious agreement on deficit reduction comes out of the talks in early January.
"Regardless of whether the government resolves the issues now, any deal can easily be retroactive. We're not as concerned with Jan. 1 as the market seems to be," said Richard Weiss, a Mountain View, California-based senior money manager at American Century Investments.
The new factor in the mix was involvement by Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who held conversations with Obama this week and said he expected a new proposal from the president that he would consider.
Urgent: Will Raising Taxes Help or Hurt America? The White House spent much of Thursday stifling expectations for any new offer from Obama, beyond the limited fallback plan he outlined in vague terms on Dec. 21, which would protect what he described as "middle class Americans" from the tax hikes, extend unemployment insurance and lay the "groundwork for further work" on deficit reduction and tax reform.
The major sticking point on taxes is Republican opposition to hikes on anyone, particularly in the absence of heavy cuts in spending for so-called entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the government-run health programs for senior citizens and the poor.
Democrats in Congress want to keep lower tax rates for most Americans but raise them on those earning above $250,000 a year.
"The wealthy have got to kick in," Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, said Friday on CNN. "The tough part is in the House, where they have taken this very extreme position" of "protecting the wealthy at all costs," she said.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
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Chicago- 446 school age children shot this year ... thanks Sarah R.!!
Chicago: 446 school age children shot so far this year with strongest gun laws in country - media silent!
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Chicago: 446 school age children shot so far this year with strongest gun laws in country – media silent !
The
cesspool known as Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the country, yet
despite all the shootings, murders, and bloodshed, you never hear a
peep about this from the corrupt state run media. In Chicago, there have
been 446 school age children shot in leftist utopia run by Rahm Emanuel and that produced Obama, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, etc. 62
school aged children have actually been killed by crazed nuts in
Chicago so far this year with almost two weeks to go. So why isn’t this
news worthy? Is it because it would embarrass those anti second
amendment nuts who brag about Chicago’s tough gun laws? Is it because
most of the kids who were shot and killed were minorities? Or is it
because the corrupt media doesn’t want to show Chicago in a bad light?
THE LIST OF MURDERED SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN 2012
18 YEARS OLD- 15
18 YEARS OLD- 15
17 YEARS OLD- 16
16 YEARS OLD- 16
15 YEARS OLD- 6
14 YEARS OLD- 4
13 YEARS OLD- 2
12 YEARS OLD- 1
7 YEARS OLD- 1
6 YEARS OLD- 1
446 School Age Children Shot in Chicago so Far This Year
THE LIST OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SHOT IN 2012
THE LIST OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SHOT IN 2012
18 year old- 110
17 year old- 99
16 year old- 89
15 year old- 62
14 year old- 39
13 year old- 21
12 year old- 10
11 year old- 2
10 year old- 3
9 year old- 1
7 year old- 3
6 year old- 2
5 year old- 1
4 year old- 1
3 year old- 1
1 year old- 2
Thomas Jefferson Wow! Thanks Pidge F.!
This is
amazing.
*
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Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early
in life and never stopped.*
*
At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.*
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At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.*
*
At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.*
*
At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.*
*
At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.*
*
At 23, started his own law practice.*
*
At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.*
*
At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British
America ” and retired from his law practice.*
*
At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.*
*
At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .*
*
At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code and wrote a Public
Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.*
*
At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.
*
*
At 40, served in Congress for two years.*
*
At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial
treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.*
*
At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.*
*
At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American
Philosophical Society.*
*
At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of
Republican Party.*
*
At 57, was elected the third president of the United States .*
*
At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.*
*
At 61, was elected to a second term as President.*
*
At 65, retired to Monticello .*
*
At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.*
*
At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served
as its first president.*
*
At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of
Independence along with John Adams.*
*
Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed
attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God,
his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most
understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to
lead us in the future:*
*
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the
brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This
is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time
in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
*
*
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall
become as corrupt as Europe ." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are
willing to work and give to those who would not."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A
principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from
too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear
arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
government."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of
patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which
he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:*
*
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties
than standing armies.*
*
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of
their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and
corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of
all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their
fathers conquered."*
*
I wish we could get this out to everyone!
I'm doing my part. Please do yours
*
*
Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early
in life and never stopped.*
*
At 5, began studying under his cousin's tutor.*
*
At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.*
*
At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.*
*
At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.*
*
At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.*
*
At 23, started his own law practice.*
*
At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.*
*
At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British
America ” and retired from his law practice.*
*
At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.*
*
At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .*
*
At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code and wrote a Public
Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.*
*
At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.
*
*
At 40, served in Congress for two years.*
*
At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial
treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.*
*
At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.*
*
At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American
Philosophical Society.*
*
At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of
Republican Party.*
*
At 57, was elected the third president of the United States .*
*
At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.*
*
At 61, was elected to a second term as President.*
*
At 65, retired to Monticello .*
*
At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.*
*
At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served
as its first president.*
*
At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of
Independence along with John Adams.*
*
Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed
attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God,
his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most
understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to
lead us in the future:*
*
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the
brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This
is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time
in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
*
*
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall
become as corrupt as Europe ." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are
willing to work and give to those who would not."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A
principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from
too much government." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear
arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
government."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of
patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson*
*
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which
he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-- Thomas Jefferson*
*
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:*
*
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties
than standing armies.*
*
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of
their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and
corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of
all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their
fathers conquered."*
*
I wish we could get this out to everyone!
I'm doing my part. Please do yours
LHL-JT- There's big games, and then there's Kentucky vs.Louisville
There's big games, and then there's Kentucky vs. Louisville
Published: December 27, 2012 Updated 5 hours ago
Of course, the game at Louisville on Saturday is nothing
new. Kentucky has been playing big games for a long time. Hype builds.
Nerves tingle. Stakes rise. Margins for error shrink.
Former UK All-American Frank Ramsey recalled such a game at the end of the 1953-54 season. UK needed only a victory over LSU to achieve the program's first unbeaten season since 1912.
Apparently, the students took victory for granted in those days because their sections in Memorial Coliseum were largely empty at tipoff.
"We were behind at halftime," Ramsey said. "We came out for the second half and the whole student section was filled up."
Even with the student cavalry riding to the rescue from nearby dorms, victory did not come easily. Looking back almost 60 years, Ramsey remembered Adolph Rupp venting during a second-half timeout.
"Just go out there and lose the game!" Rupp snapped at the players.
Said Ramsey: "First time I ever heard him say something like that."
Kentucky rallied to a 63-56 victory to complete what remains UK's last unbeaten season.
As UK fans know so well, there are big games. And then there are games against Louisville.
"Emotions are probably higher in a Louisville game than any other game the whole year," another former UK All-American, Kenny Walker, said. "It's a very tricky game."
Walker recalled the buildup to any UK-U of L game as relentless and omnipresent.
"You knew everywhere you went, you couldn't escape it," he said. "Whether it be the barber shop, the grocery store, the car wash."
Whatever happens in the Yum Center on Saturday surely will pale by comparison to the Kentucky-Louisville game in the 1983 NCAA Tournament. Though separated by no more than 80 miles and each a nationally prominent program, the teams had not played since the 1959 NCAA Tournament. A regular-season UK-U of L game hadn't happened since 1922.
Like North and South Korea arguing about the shape of the table to be used in peace talks, UK and U of L would not — or could not — seriously discuss playing a game.
UK would not recognize U of L as a worthy rival. An unwritten "policy" prevented games against any in-state team, UK Coach Joe B. Hall and Athletics Director Cliff Hagan said.
The NCAA intervened. Two straight years. In 1982, UK's first-round loss to Middle Tennessee prevented a second-round game against U of L. Thankfully, for anyone interested in watching history in the making, Kentucky and Louisville stayed on course in 1983 for a game in the Mideast Region finals at — of all places — Tennessee's quirky Stokely Center.
"After going through the season and having a pretty good year, you think you've seen everything," said Walker, then a freshman. "I hadn't seen anything like that."
Then Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown showed up wearing a sports coat that was half blue and half red.
"Man, this guy is really confused with what he's trying to do," Walker remembered thinking. "I was a freshman. I was just getting used to how much basketball meant to people in Kentucky."
Even media nerves frayed. A television camera man nudged Dirk Minniefield out of the way when the UK guard tried to get in place to inbounds a ball.
Looking back, Walker thanked "older brothers" like Sam Bowie, Melvin Turpin, Jim Master, Derrick Hord, Charles Hurt and Minniefield for helping him deal with the emotional setting.
UK's 80-68 overtime loss left Walker in need of counseling. "I was more shocked," he said. "I was more in disbelief than anything."
On Saturday, No. 4 Louisville will be the only team with older brothers. Walker cited the first five minutes as an indicator of Kentucky's growth as a team and a gauge on the benefits reaped by the so-called Camp Cal experience.
"Emotionally, you don't know what you're going to get with a young team," Walker said of UK. "This is a team trying to find their identity.
"I hope Coach Cal (John Calipari) will convince the players — and I think he will — that all the pressure is on Louisville."
Former UK All-American Frank Ramsey recalled such a game at the end of the 1953-54 season. UK needed only a victory over LSU to achieve the program's first unbeaten season since 1912.
Apparently, the students took victory for granted in those days because their sections in Memorial Coliseum were largely empty at tipoff.
"We were behind at halftime," Ramsey said. "We came out for the second half and the whole student section was filled up."
Even with the student cavalry riding to the rescue from nearby dorms, victory did not come easily. Looking back almost 60 years, Ramsey remembered Adolph Rupp venting during a second-half timeout.
"Just go out there and lose the game!" Rupp snapped at the players.
Said Ramsey: "First time I ever heard him say something like that."
Kentucky rallied to a 63-56 victory to complete what remains UK's last unbeaten season.
As UK fans know so well, there are big games. And then there are games against Louisville.
"Emotions are probably higher in a Louisville game than any other game the whole year," another former UK All-American, Kenny Walker, said. "It's a very tricky game."
Walker recalled the buildup to any UK-U of L game as relentless and omnipresent.
"You knew everywhere you went, you couldn't escape it," he said. "Whether it be the barber shop, the grocery store, the car wash."
Whatever happens in the Yum Center on Saturday surely will pale by comparison to the Kentucky-Louisville game in the 1983 NCAA Tournament. Though separated by no more than 80 miles and each a nationally prominent program, the teams had not played since the 1959 NCAA Tournament. A regular-season UK-U of L game hadn't happened since 1922.
Like North and South Korea arguing about the shape of the table to be used in peace talks, UK and U of L would not — or could not — seriously discuss playing a game.
UK would not recognize U of L as a worthy rival. An unwritten "policy" prevented games against any in-state team, UK Coach Joe B. Hall and Athletics Director Cliff Hagan said.
The NCAA intervened. Two straight years. In 1982, UK's first-round loss to Middle Tennessee prevented a second-round game against U of L. Thankfully, for anyone interested in watching history in the making, Kentucky and Louisville stayed on course in 1983 for a game in the Mideast Region finals at — of all places — Tennessee's quirky Stokely Center.
"After going through the season and having a pretty good year, you think you've seen everything," said Walker, then a freshman. "I hadn't seen anything like that."
Then Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown showed up wearing a sports coat that was half blue and half red.
"Man, this guy is really confused with what he's trying to do," Walker remembered thinking. "I was a freshman. I was just getting used to how much basketball meant to people in Kentucky."
Even media nerves frayed. A television camera man nudged Dirk Minniefield out of the way when the UK guard tried to get in place to inbounds a ball.
Looking back, Walker thanked "older brothers" like Sam Bowie, Melvin Turpin, Jim Master, Derrick Hord, Charles Hurt and Minniefield for helping him deal with the emotional setting.
UK's 80-68 overtime loss left Walker in need of counseling. "I was more shocked," he said. "I was more in disbelief than anything."
On Saturday, No. 4 Louisville will be the only team with older brothers. Walker cited the first five minutes as an indicator of Kentucky's growth as a team and a gauge on the benefits reaped by the so-called Camp Cal experience.
"Emotionally, you don't know what you're going to get with a young team," Walker said of UK. "This is a team trying to find their identity.
"I hope Coach Cal (John Calipari) will convince the players — and I think he will — that all the pressure is on Louisville."
Jerry Tipton: (859) 231-3227.Twitter: @JerryTipton.Blog: ukbasketball.bloginky.com
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