A MESSAGE FOR AMERICA

Be sure to click the header. You'll like it. This one is about a couple of pages I found at other blogs. I agree with them wholeheartedly and will help pass them along. Maybe our Congress will see them and do something to help us. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I was reading a copy of NM Stockman last night and came to the obits. Four entries read ages 83, 86, 92 and 101. And the fifth one read; Robert N. Krentz, 58, murdered on his ranch. That just ain't right. If you agree with the letter and movement below, please support them by filling out the comment form on the site. This is not some lame "sign this e-mail petition and forward" nonsense" - your comment really will help.You don't have to be a cattleman, live in the southwest or even in the states to voice your support. Contrary to what the usual dissenters are shrieking, murder, crime and national security matters are not racist issues. Don't let the PC abusers silence your voice this time. I don't usually forward e-mails to my whole e-mail list, but we need some help here in Southwestern NM and Southeastern Arizona. The Arizona Cattle Growers has come up with a plan to secure the southern border. This plan was developed with the help of local ranchers and property owners living along the border and expanded to include all the states along the border. Unfortunately, our elected officials are not listening to the handful of voters that live along the border. Only the elected representatives and senators whose constituents are being directly impacted by the increasing drug and human smuggling are alarmed. The rest of the House of Representatives and Senate have been convinced by a handful of activists this is a racial issue. It's NOT!! All Arizona is trying to do is get rid of the criminal elements that have immigrated into our border states. Their law mirrors the federal law that is not being enforced!!If you agree our borders should be secured, please sign on to this plan and forward this to others that agree. Please help us press our elected officials - nation-wide - to SECURE OUR BORDERS!! Thank you. Judy Keeler. _________________________________________________________________ If you are interested, would you please go to the web site below and endorse the Restore Our Border (ROB) plan named for Rob Krentz who was murdered by an illegal alien on his own land? The Arizona Cattle Growers need lots of endorsements. Thank you for your consideration. ROB Plan-endorsement-form http://www.azcattlemensassoc.org/rob-plan-endorsement-form.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++From: "David LaBonte" My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by sending it out on the Internet. Pass it along if you feel so inclined. Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register: ___________________________________________________________________ Dear Editor: So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry. Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home. They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan . They were defending the United States of America as one people. When we liberated France, no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German- American or the Irish-American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl. And here we are with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags. And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet. (signed) Rosemary LaBonte __________________________________________________________________ KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING. FOR THE WRONG THINGS TO PREVAIL THE RIGHTFUL MAJORITY NEEDS TO REMAIN COMPLACENT AND QUIET!! LET THIS NEVER HAPPEN!! I sincerely hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across the nation! __________________________________________________________________ And please have an early, peaceful and thankful Memorial Day.

GLEN BECK MUST BE SATAN

The Header. Click the dang header. ------------------------------- The reason for this picture? Simple, really. I saw a comparison between Obamacare and the true meaning of his Health Care Plan. -------------------------------- And I haven't been able to figure that out, either. Every time I take a look at the plan (should that be a capital P?), My head starts swimming with all the potential dangers that are on almost every single page. ----------------------------------- It's sort of like inviting that hairy, tattooed guy with the bad teeth to join you at your dinner table. And stay overnight. For a week or two. Mr. President Obama apparently doesn't see it my way. He thinks (maybe?) that this disaster of a piece of legislation has a chance. He is so sold on this farce (of which, by the way, he did not write a paragraph) that he has sent one of his minions, the Reverend Jim Wallis (of whom, U.S. News and World Report said, "In more than three decades in the capital, the 60-year-old Wallis has never been much in demand.") He was apparently so liberal that, in the early 1970s, he faced pressure to leave Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois because of his anti-Vietnam War activism. Oh. I'm sure there are other things he found most people would not accept, but that's not the reason for this blog. In an interview between Glen and Pat some of the conversation went like this: GLENN: "Yes. The Reverend Jim Wallis." PAT: "Oh, that Christian blogger. And by the way, did they mention that he's an advisor, a spiritual advisor to the president of the United States, Barack Obama?" But do we care about a far left evangelical, attacking a loud mouthed, often unthinking, right wing commentator? Nah. But what I see here is a man in a position of great power, stooping to squeeze a pimple when he has no need to behave this way. I see our President acting like the school bully in an attempt to discredit a man who can handle that chore himself. He can do a numer on himself. What I see is a man who has the power to destroy the world, behaving like a spoiled brat and trying to harm a citizen of his own country. Trying to harm an equally legitimate citizen who has a right to his own opinion. And that use of power scares me.

MY MIND IS MADE UP

Click the header. Please? (I found it very interesting.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide is that considered a hostage situation? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A few days ago, I came across something that might explain this picture: "THE BUDGET SHOULD BE BALANCED, THE TREASURY SHOULD BE REFILLED, PUBLIC DEBT SHOULD BE REDUCED, THE ARROGANCE OF OFFICIALDOM SHOULD BE TEMPERED AND CONTROLLED, AND THE ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN LANDS SHOULD BE CURTAILED LEST ROME BECOME BANKRUPT. PEOPLE MUST AGAIN LEARN TO WORK, INSTEAD OF LIVING ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE". CICERO, 55 BC How did Cicero know this might happen? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- While I'm at it, here's a look into the poor level of our schools when it comes to teaching English. "Among the proposals are a quarter-cent increase in the gross receipts tax and a 50-cents-a-package increase in cigarette the tax (sic). Another measure will reinstate a portion of the gross receipts tax on food." Now, that could have been done in several locations while preparing for print media. But nobody caught it. Here's something else: "Lawmakers Consider Sales Tax Increase" was the headline. The thing is that New Mexico does NOT have a sales tax. Never has had a sales tax. But I find this kind of thing in common usage here. Does it indicate the schools are not doing their job in teaching our State economics to the kids? You betcha dupa it does. Not a big deal? Open to argument. But it is symptomatic of the erosion and destruction of knowledge going on in our schools. Just sayin'.

ITS ALL MINE, SHE SAID

Don't forget to click the header. Whatever happened to Preparations A through G? ------------------------------------------ In AOL's mail system, anytime you type the name "Obama" it is automatically underlined in red, which indicates a misspelling. Do they know something we don't? ------------------------------------------- For those interested in Zero Tolerance Rules, here's a few selections seen recently: Patrick Timoney, 9, was playing with Legos at lunch time at Public School 52 on Staten Island, N.Y. He particularly liked the policeman figure, since his father is a retired cop. But the boy was hauled into the principal's office for possession of a gun -- the tiny plastic one held by the Lego policeman. "They made me sign a statement," the tear-stained fourth-grader said. "She told me to write that I had a gun," he said. "She said, 'A gun is a gun'." The boy's mother had something to say about that. "This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44. "Why didn't anyone step up with an ounce of common sense and put an end to the harassment of my child?" (New York Daily News) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexa Gonzalez, 12, was doodling on her desk with an erasable marker at Junior High School 190 in Queens, N.Y., when officials called in police, who arrested her and took her to the precinct house in handcuffs, detaining her for several hours. "I made two little doodles," she said later. "It could be easily erased. I started crying, like, a lot." Once reporters got on the story, school officials backpedaled. "Based on what we've seen so far, this shouldn't have happened," said City Education Department spokesman David Cantor. "Even when we're asked to make an arrest, common sense should prevail," agreed police spokesman Paul Browne. Still, the girl was suspended from school for several days, and she was sentenced to eight hours of community service. (New York Daily News) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW DID WE SURVIVE?? No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,WE ARE AWESOME ! OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF ! TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then, after that, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes. Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes made with lard, and we had white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank FLAV-OR-AID made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight. WHY? Because we were always outside playing...that's why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We did not have Play stations, Nintendo' s and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! We knew the penalties involved if we talked back to out teachers and we learned to respect them and listen to what we were told. The alternative was detentions after school. These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. What can kids today do besides push buttons? We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good (?). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay Leno: "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of H1N1 flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KINDLES AND NOOKS I was gonna buy one of these things. At least until I thought about it and reflected on my reading habits. Well, I like to curl up on the sofa, with a cup of coffee or tea while I read. Balancing acts are not in my repertoire. I like to notate on the pages of the books I read, as various thoughts, awoken by the author, enter my mind. I like to dog ear my pages (yeah, I know, but I still do it).It's handy to throw at the dog for getting into mischief. My cat loves to curl up with me, sometimes helping to turn the pages. I sometimes snooze off while reading. The sound of a book falling on the carpet is barely noted by my ears. I'm pretty sure a "Clunk!" would wake me. It's never a problem for me to loan a book to a friend. I have noticed that books do not contribute to the radiation belts we all live in. I like that. When my butt gets sore, its an easy matter to move to a more comfortable position. Not sure how that works with a hunk of metal (or, gasp, plastic) in your hands. I know there are other reasons, too. But as for me, I like my style of reading, better than this electronic one. Oh, yes, the name "Kindle" sounds like something I should use in knitting. And "Nook" sounds almost indecent to me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is primarily a heads up, guys. While all of the news outlets have been focusing on Obama and the health care debate, the US government has been hiring some rather weird people for important tasks.

According to John Dvorak (a long time columnist for PC Magazine -- a well known commentator in the business and computer fields), the government has hired a couple of phonies to head up some programs.

The lead character is now the US Chief of Information, named Vivek Kundra. Read the article to get the details but it appears his resume is largely phony. Degrees claimed are either completely bogus or not as claimed. Dvorak has spent a great deal of time in Washington and frankly, this scares the crap out of me more than any health care debate.

Consider, personal privacy is up from grabs these days due to the constant flood of user data that flows on the web. We need some very sharp, knowledgeable people running the system and this guy is certainly not it.

Get this: the Recovery.com website the US government put together, apparently under this guy, cost 18 million dollars. Say what? What sort of freaking website cost 18 million dollars, TO PROGRAM!?!

That's right. the cost was for PROGRAMMING the site. Not for hardware like servers.Please, go to the following site and read up on it.

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me see if I understand all this...

If you cross the North Korean border you get 12 years hard labor.

If you cross the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely.

If you cross the Afghan border illegally you get shot.

But, if you cross the U.S. border illegally, you get a driver's licence, social security card, welfare, food stamps, a place to live and free health care.

Oh well, sure. That makes sense.

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JUST SAYIN', MR PRESIDENT

There's one under the header today.

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And I used to use War and Peace to put me to sleep at night. I just don't know if I can afford the toner to print out that "health" bill. Wonder if I could get a grant from the White House? I'm tired of the Dems calling the 'Pubs names. And vice versa. Cat fights suck. And the man who was elected to bring us all together acting like a teenager. For some reason I have the feeling that he is still learning what we require of him. All this political infighting is the result of none of us thinking where the costs are and what can be done to halt the spiral. Apparently it is easier for the shallow minded to call names and be vicious, than to offer some alternatives. (I object to things like a surgeon charging $2,000+ for a minimally invasive 15 minute operation. I object to anestheologists who charge $2,400+ for the same operation. I resent $1,000 a day hospital rooms. And lots more rip off charges.) Here's a few alternatives I think might be accomplished to help stop us feeding on ourselves: 1. Doctors (including all medical practitioners), but primarily surgeons who overcharge need to be reined in. Anesthesiologists who overcharge for the same operation must suffer the same fate. These kinds of charges are an insult to patients. Knowing they have you in a lock (no pay, no operation) these practitioners are free to charge what ever they choose. So you get to pay it. Or your insurance company does. Or the government does. Eventually, it comes from your pocket. 2. Hospitals (all of them, every single one) have cute ways of charging fees that are eating up medicare and insurance money. Not just having a big bite, but wolfing it down in what seems to be a "pig out" contest. A couple examples: $2,000 a night for a shared room at a state university hospital. $300 for a television set that doesn't work properly. Tests never performed but charged for. Food never delivered but charged for. Medicines charged for but never given. 3. Insurance companies aren't going broke. Their rates and exclusions have, instread, broken more than one family's finances. Arbitrary limitations put more money in management pockets and the raising of their "operating costs" eat up your dollars. 4. The failure of medicare and medicade to challenge the bills they pay (with your money) to the "get rich quick gang" is an inherent fault which guarantees overcharging and theft. When any payee function that does not have an adequate oversight committee to catch the cheaters and make them pay fines and assessments, guess whose signature will be on the check signing line? 5. The insatiable greed of the drug companies wanting to swallow each other whole so that one will emerge as the omnipotent source for all the chemicals we consume via our medical orders. Until caps are put on their owners and salaries (across the board), it will continue to keep Americans poor. I also believe they should not be allowed to advertise their habit forming products any more than cigarette companies and liquor dealers. After all, the drug companies products have the same effects on the majority of us. 6. A government that wants change, but takes the wrong road, will meet with resistance from a section of its commonwealth. A government that cannot see how such an undertaking (altering health care costs without adequate policing) will open the bureaucratic doors to wild growth and the resultant over staffing (and secreting of those who could help the populace), of good people who become afraid to be known lest they loose their overpaid positions are non-arguable facts. Examine any government agency. Whistleblowers, instead of being protected to the fullest extent of the law, are most often moved to bland, boring jobs, or told to find work elsewhere. 7. A final (perhaps it should be first) need: ALL elected officials, their families and staff must also use the same system of health care that we, the people, use. Our Constitution and Bill of Rights are aimed at one man's life being as valuable as anothers. We do NOT need elitists in our country. We are neither China nor Russia...yet.

There are other, even more stringent plans available with more money saving, but as the man said: "This is a start". Let's keep America American.

CENSORSHIP IS CENSORSHIP

Click the header...it's a wonderful world.

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Censoring anything in America today should raise a flag warning of the dangers.

But apparently there are some people who think everything we do, from buying guns to going to the toilet, should be government knowledge.

Cameras invade our privacy whether they help solve crimes (and are ignored at sentencing time) or simply spy on everyday activities. As you can see from the picture above, they even interfere with our perversions. (Shuckie durn.)

But it is NOT funny in reality. Not at all.

When I attended college (even though it was considered a very liberal school), spying on one's neighbor was considered an evil and something not to be done.

But our Congress (some of it, anyway) is considering a bill that a whacked out Senator from West (by God) Virginia is sponsoring. Personally I have less than "no time" for this clown.

Have a read:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326614/posts

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This bill, as frightening as it is, could also open the door for our thoughtful and fair government clerks deciding what information you must disclose and when the government would exercise control over your computer(s) or network.

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A word of advice: "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.

It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." - William Pitt,

I'M SCARED...VERY SCARED

Click the header. It's from the glory days.

Is it all downhill? -------------------------------------- "ABC and NBC have refused to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan." So say the headlines from web "newspapers". (http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/28/abc-and-nbc-refuse-to-run-ad-critical-of-obama-health-care/?icid=mainhtmlws-maindl5link5http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F08%2F28%2Fabc-and-nbc-refuse-to-run-ad-critical-of-obama-health-care2F You can see the videohere.) As I see it, this is no longer a matter of wanting or not wanting either a "changed system" nor "Obama Care" in these United States. It has, instead, become something alien to our way of life and thinking. It is the undesirable way of knuckling under to the class bully. Did the Axis win WW II and we are about to enter into a totalitarian nightmare? The lame answers from these two networks (ABC and NBC) indicate something I never thought would be seen in the United States. It no longer matters whether one is for or against the Obama "Health Care" program. The only thing that matters is whether one is for or against the freedoms America stands for. It is blatantly apparent that these once proud networks have knuckled under to pressure from the White House and its minions. We must rise up and say we will not accept your weakling cowardice nor sorry excuses. We are smarter than you think we are. The United States was not built, nor can it long survive, without freedom of speech (read dissent). For anyone, anyone, to assume that only his way is right and force the rest of the country to follow his decisions will be fatal to our way of life. It is not a case of "I think he's right" nor "I think he's wrong". It is a case of much greater existence than that. It concerns the great freedoms in our once and still proud country. Your forebears, who gave their blood and lives to keep us one country and to protect that country, would not want us to surrender one inch of the freedoms they fought so valiantly for. Censorship is alien to the United States. Fight it at the polling booths. Don't surrender, America.

MONTANA NEWS

Montana town hall meeting, Obama town hall, August 14, 2009, SEIU thugs, White House control, Press restricted the Town Hall meeting orchestrated by the Obama camp on August 14, 2009: “Things are not always what they seem”. Hello All, By now you have probably heard that President Obama came to Montana last Friday. However, there are many things that the major news has not covered. I feel that since Joe and I live here and we were at the airport on Friday I should share some facts with you. Whatever you decide to do with the information is up to you. If you chose to share this email with others I do ask that you DELETE my email address (ed. Done) before you forward this on. On Wednesday, August 5th it was announced locally that the President would be coming here. There are many groups here that are against his healthcare and huge spending so those groups began talking and deciding on what they were going to do. The White House would not release ANY details other than the date. On about Tuesday Joe found out that they would be holding the “Town Hall”at the airport. (This is only because Joe knows EVERYONE at the airport). Our airport is actually located outside of Belgrade (tiny town) in a very remote location. Nothing is around there. They chose to use a hangar that is the most remotely located hangar. You could not pick a more remote location, and you can not get to it easily. It is totally secluded from the public. FYI: We have many areas in Belgrade and Bozeman which could have held a large amount of folks with sufficient parking. (gymnasiums/auditoriums). All of which have chairs and tables, and would not have to be SHIPPED IN!! $$$$$ During the week, cargo by the TONS was being shipped in constantly. Airport employees could not believe how it just kept coming. Though it was our President coming, several expressed how excessive it was, especially during a recession. $$$$$ Late Tuesday/early Wednesday the 12th, they said that tickets would be handed out on Thursday 9am at two locations and the president would be arriving around 12:30 Friday. Thursday morning about 600 tickets were passed out. However, 1500 were printed at a Local printing shop per White House request. Hmmmm……900tickets just DISAPPEARED. This same morning someone called into the radio from the local UPS branch and said that THOUSANDS of Dollars of Lobster were shipped in for Obama. Montana has some of the best beef in the nation!!! And it would have been really wonderful to help out the local economy. Anyone heard of theRecession?? Just think…with all of the traveling the White House is doing. $$$$$ One can only imagine what else we are paying for. On Friday Joe and I got out to the airport about 10:45am. The groups that wanted to protest Obama’s spending and healthcare had gotten a permit to protest and that area was roped off. But that was not to be. A large bus carrying SEIU (Service Employees International Union) members drove up onto the area (illegal) and unloaded right there. It was quite a commotion and there were specifically 2 SEIU men trying to make trouble and start a fight. Police did get involved and arrested the one man but they said they did not have the manpower to remove the SEIU crowd.The SEIU crowd was very organized and young. About 99% were under the age of 30 and they were not locals! They had bullhorns and PROFESSIONALLY made signs. Some even wore preprinted T-shirts. Oh, and PlannedParenthood folks were with them…..professing abortion rights with their T-shirts and preprinted signs. (BTW, all these folks did have a permit to protest in ANOTHER area) Those against healthcare/spending moved away from the SEIU crowd to avoid confrontation. They were orderly and respectful. Even though SEIU kept coming over and walking through, continuing to be very intimidating and aggressive at the direction of the one SEIU man. So we had Montana folks from ALL OVER the state with their homemade signs and their DOGS with homemade signs. We had cowboys, nurses, doctors you name it. There was even a guy from Texas who had been driving through. H efound out about the occasion, went to the store, made a sign, and came to protest. If you are wondering about the press…..Well, all of the major networks were over by that remote hangar I mentioned. They were conveniently parked on the other side of the buildings FAR away. None of these crowds were even visible to them. I have my doubts that they knew anything about the crowds. We did have some local news media around us from this state and Idaho. Speaking of the local media…they were invited. However, all questions were to be turned into the White House in advance of the event. Wouldn’t want anyone to have to think off the top of their head. It was very obvious that it was meant to be totally controlled by the White House. Everything was orchestrated down to the last detail to make it appear that Montana is just crazy for Obama and government health care. Even those people that talked about their insurance woes……..the WhiteHouse called our local HRDC (Human Resource and Development Committee) and asked for names. Then the White House asked those folks to come. Smoke and mirrors…EVERYTHING was staged!!!!!!!!!!! I am very dismayed about what I learned about our current White House. The amount of control and manipulation was unbelievable. I felt I was not living in the United States of America, more like the USSR!! I was physically nauseous. Joe and I have been around when Presidents or Heads of State visit. It has NEVER been like this. I am truly very frightened for our country. America needs your prayers and your voices. If you care about our country please get involved. Know the issues. And let Congress hear your voices again and again!! If they are willing to put forth so much effort to BULLY a small town one can only imagine what is going on in Washington DC. Scary!!” !#12 - Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:52 AM MDT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. - David Broder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q - What did the palm tree say to the coconut tree as Hurricane Bill approached? A - Hang onto your nuts, this ain't going to be an ordinary b j.

SHERIFF GRADY JUGG - A HERO?

Don't forget to click the header.

POLK COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF GRADY JUDD

An illegal alien in Polk County Florida who got pulled over in a routine traffic stop ended up "executing" the http://www.hdtvinfoport.com/TV-Antenna.htmldeputy who stopped him.

The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed.

A state wide manhunt ensued. The murderer was found hiding in a wooded area with his gun. After he shot at them, SWAT team officers opened fire and hit the guy 68 times.

Now here's the kicker: Naturally, the liberal media went nuts and asked why they shot the poor undocumented immigrant 68 times.

Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel: (Talk about an all-time classic answer.)

"Because that's all the ammunition we had."

MEL & BEA HELLER

_____________________________________________________________ The Perfect Solution to Senior Health Care

While discussing the upcoming Universal Health Care Program with my sister-in-law the other day, I think we have found the solution.

I am sure you have heard the ideas that if you're a senior you need to suck it up and give up the idea that you need any health care.

A new hip? Unheard of. We simply can't afford to take care of you anymore.

You don't need any medications for your high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems, etc. Lets take care of the young people. After all, they will be ruling the world very soon.

So here is the solution. When you turn 70, you get a gun and 4 bullets. You are allowed to shoot 2 senators and 2 representatives.

Of course, you will be sent to prison where you will get 3 meals a day, a roof over your head and all the health care you need! New teeth, great! Need glasses, no problem.

New hip, knee, kidney, lung, heart? Well, bring it on. And who will be paying for all of this? The same government that just told you that you are too old for health care. And, since you are a prisoner, you don't have to pay any income tax.

I really think we have found a Perfect Solution!

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There are reasons to pack:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-me-mexico-drug-war14-2009aug14,0,3338943.story

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And an interactive map:

http://projects.latimes.com/mexico-drug-war/#/interactive-map

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The saddest part of these LA Times stories is that they are also running an opinion piece by a reporter who worked at this collapsing trade for 30 years. He deplores the states that have carry laws and even those that don't have them, but do allow their citizens to have guns.

I wish I could point out to him that San Diego is only a few hours drive from downtown LA.

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SUPERMAN AND KRYPTONITE

There's something new under the header that proves some of us have too much money and too much free time.

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There's been guesses that seem to imply BO is running into a flaw in his plan to neutralize (some say Moslemize) America.

And we all know Superman is rendered ineffective by Kryptonite. What we did not know is that kryptonite might just be made up of senior citizens.

BO's "Town Hall" meetings seem to be going against his administration. We all know that kind of meeting is old American institution and serves to bring our citizens into contact with elected officials and what the people want by way of laws and leadership. A way to let them know we are, or aren't happy with their actions and what we would like to see enacted for our benefit.

There's been a lot of commentary and vociferation about and during the President and his minions talks.

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Here's an example from a 77 year old man:

Gentlemen: A few minutes ago, I heard the President explain how the Health Plan would affect the elderly. It was most illuminating.

He essentially told us that in cases of serious illness to the elderly that, if in the judgment of those in charge, this was a situation where the possibility of recovery was low, the patient would be given the medication necessary to keep them comfortable.

No discussion about keeping them alive. Surgery, or some other exotic form of expensive work, would not make sense. Being 77 years old, I don't think I care for that course of treatment. Sort of reminded me of the old time American Plains Indians who gave their elderly a small package of food and left him or her to die, alone, quietly in the wilderness.

It also brought to mind the Nazis who would require a disabled (mentally or physically) child to be brought to a hospital for treatment and then would make sure he was killed as he did not represent a productive citizen of the country and should, therefore, be removed from society. Sweethearts, weren't they?

We let our parents die but give life to an Arab who has just slit someone's throat on TV because he didn't believe as they felt he should. Your support for the President is appalling. If you do not abandon your support for the President's health plan, I will send a copy of a letter to the 585 members of my club in Florida and 250 members to my club in NJ asking them to make sure to drop their membership in AARP when up for renewal. I spoke to several members and they told me that they would rather call and demand a refund! I also would go to our next town council meeting and ask for their repudiation of this plan and have it placed in the newsletter that goes out every month to 9000 citizens. Also, a letter to Governor Corzine, who needs every vote he can get, telling him of the true position of we, the elderly. It is outrageous and morally reprehensible that you support a bill that would deny me medical treatment simply because I am past a certain age (treatment I might desire and have the means to purchase and that might prolong my life), despite decades of being a productive citizen and duly paying my yearly taxes, but would direct those resources to treat illegal aliens who haven't contributed a penny to the public coffers!

A country cannot survive when it rewards the takers and punishes the givers. A people cannot flourish when bureaucracies decide who shall live and who shall die. Very truly yours,

M. Johnson

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Another comment (unsigned)

For those in the know, it's evident Obama wants to bankrupt America starting with his health plan to deny older people care, "As their life is nearly over, and not as important as the youthful ones." What's really pathetic is that your state and all the millions who voted for him are in shock and disbelief! I certainly didn't vote for him, and would never vote for anyone like him. Blame it on the morons.

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Again:

"...although I agree with your sensibilities, I have found that, over a few years the bureaucrats hide behind other bureaucrats, behind others and so on until the responsible SOB can no longer be found, nor will that person even deign to speak to you. "I use the VA for my medical services and over the past three or four years, they seem to be edging into the "give 'em a pill to ease the problem, but keep the doctors on a schedule where no patients get the really required care. Because we all know the old vets will die off and solve this problem themselves." I have a modest suggestion however. Since this thing is a brain child of the present administration, let us start with the three branches of government.

Each of the three must refuse extra or special caretaking for parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, brothers, sisters, or immediate family members of any and everyone serving in any of the three branches of government.

These relatives will receive medications and services that will (we hope) prolong their lives. They are not to receive transplants, blood in excess of three pints, oxygen in more than two C tanks per day.

Major operations, hip replacements and/or the myriad of operations people need as they grow older will not be scheduled immediately but in due course.

They may, however, have face lifts, tummy tucks and plastic surgery to improve the way they look so we younger people will see them as good looking oldsters. These older people may not have surgeries performed by surgeons with more than three such operations under their belts. After all, the new doctors need practice, too. All of this must start with any and all relatives of those people in the Executive Branch with the other two branches being added over a three month period. Please note, in keeping with the growth of bureaucracy, those who hold this power of life and death will never be exposed to the public's scrutiny. Their presence will be denied and no reference to such offices will be allowed to be made. One more note: The relatives of the POTUS are to be excluded from this act. As are the relatives of multi millionaires and their hanger ons. As long as they can pay for it.

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It is not just the poorly planned health care plan, nor its doomed to failure clauses. It is an accumulation of frustrations. To name a few:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akjbUdlowd9c&refer=home

and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qITAyiyY4FE&NR=1

and finally:

http://news.aol.com/article/the-point-anti-obama-kiosk-at-concord/594189?icid=mainhtmlws-maindl3link5http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-point-anti-obama-kiosk-at-concord%2F594189

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I can't resist some fun in this diatribe:

After both the Chief Justice John Roberts and President Barack Obama couldn't quote the Constitution correctly, the thought occurred to me that we might not have seen the last of President Bush.

THE FLY, EMAIL, STRANGE FORMAT

I thought you might like to be reminded of a few months ago. So there you are, shovel and all.

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Don't forget, click the header.

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I get email. I mean lots of email. Lots and lots and lots. Some of it I have even asked to receive.

Among the requested missives are a number of highly desired communications.

(I also have an variety of names I have signed up with and an infinite number of passwords that vary from 9 to 14 keyboard clicks. (Thank heavens for Roboform.)

I get upset when I have to scroll through a drop down menu to identify which state I live in. (A simple box for me to type it into would suffice. New Mexico is way down on the list.)

I rarely use my real phone number (the Do Not Call list only works once in a while, and no, I have not insured my car against uninsured breakdowns).

The space where it asks for my phone number? Well, 505-555-1212 works in those little boxes.

Yes, I'm a bit irritable where some obscure company wants me to tell them anything about what I am or do. (I've also been a Doctor, President of a famous computer magazine, head of the English Department at an Ivy League College, an automobile mechanic with more than 86 mechanics working under me, a kid in his second year of college and on and on. I have a lot of personal fun on the internet. But none of my poses hurt anyone.

Back to what started all this: I get a regular email from a newsy sort of company and the messages are difficult to read for a couple of reasons. Some have strange or out of place characters in them and/or broken lines where there should not be broken lines. I'll try to show it here, but with the vagaries of Blogger, you never know what you'll get.

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[0]sherl0k writes "[1]Opera 10.0, dubbed Opera Unite, has been

released. Built into the Web browser is a full-fledged Web

server, complete with nifty little gadgets such

as a 'fridge' that people can post notes onto, a chat room, a widget to stream your music library anywhere, and a

built-in

file-sharing mechanism.

It also scores 100/100 on the

[2]Acid3test."

Readers [3]fud

reporter and TLS point to [4]The Register's report

on the new release and a [5] 5-minute video demo, respectively. Update:

06/16 15:18 GMT by [6]T: Roar Lauritzse

of Opera Software writes to

point out that "release" isn't quite the right word here; though you can

download it, version 10.0 is still in beta, and the version with Unite is

a labs

(experimental) release.

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Now, this only happens with their email, not the web site. Weird, huh?

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You might be interested in this news flash that was put out by the once famous AP wire service...and then reprinted in newspapers and web home pages on the internet:

Obama Kills Fly During Interview

AP

comments: 2439filed under: National News, Political NewsPrintShareText

SizeAAAWASHINGTON (June 16) -

Talk about flying at your own risk.

President Barack Obama, nettled by a fly during a TV interview at the White House, took matters into his own hands Tuesday.

Skip over this content(sic?) Said Obama to the persistent fly: "Get out of here."

But it didn't.

So Obama waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked the fly dead in one try.

Without missing a beat, the president said to CNBC correspondent John Harwood: "Now, where were we."(sic)

Well, maybe one more second to gloat.

Said Obama: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."

The camera crew was still rolling in the East Room. Obama didn't mind. He pointed to the vanquished insect on the ground and said, "You want to film that?"

CNBC did.

That fly is history.

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I am so glad to bring that information to you, fellow Americans. Talk about BO saving the nation from that fly's offspring should warm the cockles of your hearts.

Hurrah, Mr. President.

Is there any chance of your either starting or keeping us out World War III? I know that's a petty question after the astounding news of your triumph over musca domestica.

But we'd kinda like to know.

THE JAWS ARE WAITING FOR YOU

The header needs to be clicked.

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I found a web site the other day that had me going from one thing to another. More than interesting, it had me riveted, from its quality and ease of use, to the very American messages it had on its pages. I urge you to look it over (but take your time, 'cause it's very graphics heavy). I am humbly giving you my opinion on three pages that should not be missed.

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Page 1: Wonderful World

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Page 2: http://apathetic-usa.com/

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Page 3: http://apathetic-usa.com/mission.htm

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Feel free to send any of these clips around the web, with the usual credits.