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&amp;nbsp;&lt;img height=&quot;600&quot; id=&quot;ecxecxecxMA1.1262739421&quot; src=&quot;http://f655.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f4805936%5fADoJDUwAAP5WS1PUswpj2md7xf8&amp;amp;pid=2&amp;amp;fid=Inbox&amp;amp;inline=1&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormalTable&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style=&quot;padding: 0in;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;HOW TO STAY YOUNG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Throw out nonessential numbers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;This includes age, weight and height. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay &#39;them&#39; &lt;br /&gt;
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2. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Keep only cheerful friends. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;The grouches pull you down.&lt;br /&gt;
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3. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Keep learning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Never let the brain idle. &#39;An idle mind is the &lt;span id=&quot;lw_1263840094_8&quot;&gt;devil&#39;s workshop&lt;/span&gt;.&#39; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;And the&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; devil&#39;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;name is &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;lw_1263840094_9&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Alzheimer&#39;s&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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4. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Enjoy the simple things..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; Laugh &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;often, long and loud. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Laugh until you gasp for breath.&lt;br /&gt;
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6. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The tears happen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Endure, grieve, and move on. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Be ALIVE while you are alive. &lt;br /&gt;
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7. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Surround yourself with what you love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt; , &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;whether it&#39;s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;hobbies, whatever. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Your home is your refuge&lt;u&gt;.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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8. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cherish your health: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;If it is good, preserve it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;If it is unstable, improve it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. &lt;br /&gt;
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9. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t take guilt trips.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.&lt;br /&gt;
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10.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; Tell the people you love that you love them &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: green;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: green;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: green; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: green; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;at every opportunity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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AND ALWAYS REMEMBER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: navy; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;but&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;by the moments that take our breath away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/1178757824602270929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/1178757824602270929' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/1178757824602270929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/1178757824602270929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2010/01/this-is-excellent-and-contains-superb.html' title='This is excellent and contains superb advice!'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-4378126145332090711</id><published>2010-01-02T16:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T16:29:38.288-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="economy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fixing the fence...  Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White  House"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="muslim president"/><title type='text'>How Shoud We Fix The Economy?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;ecxecxecxecxMsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &#39;Bookman Old Style&#39;; font-size: 18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1262478452_69&quot; style=&quot;-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;The Fix&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &#39;Bookman Old Style&#39;; font-size: 18pt;&quot;&gt;There recently was an article in the&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1262478452_70&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;St. Petersburg, Fl&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on:&amp;nbsp; &quot;How Would You Fix the Economy?&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
I think this guy nailed it! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; _____ &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dear Mr. President, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please find below my suggestion for fixing America&#39;s&amp;nbsp;economy&amp;nbsp; Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the &quot;Patriotic &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1262478452_71&quot; style=&quot;-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Retirement Plan&lt;/span&gt;&quot;: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force.&amp;nbsp; Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) They MUST retire.&amp;nbsp; Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) They MUST buy a new American CAR.&amp;nbsp; Forty million cars ordered – Auto Industry fixed. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage – &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1262478452_72&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Housing Crisis&lt;/span&gt; fixed. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It can&#39;t get any easier than that!! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes.. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mr. President, while you&#39;re at it, make Congress retire on &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1262478452_73&quot; style=&quot;-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer;&quot;&gt;Social Security and Medicare&lt;/span&gt;. I&#39;ll bet both programs would be fixed pronto! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; If not, please disregard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/4378126145332090711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/4378126145332090711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4378126145332090711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4378126145332090711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-shoud-we-fix-economy.html' title='How Shoud We Fix The Economy?'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-3021228927267605295</id><published>2009-07-22T15:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T15:01:53.509-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="congress retirement plan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="POLITICIANS ON SOCIAL SECURITY"/><title type='text'>START A BILL TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOCIAL SECURITY</title><content type='html'>LET US SHOW OUR LEADERS IN WASHINGTON &quot;PEOPLE POWER&quot; AND THE POWER OF THE INTERNET. LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE WITH ME ON THIS BY FORWARDING TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT DOESN&#39;T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KEEP IT GOING!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Propose this in 2009:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;START A BILL TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOCIAL SECURITY&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOCIAL SECURITY:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perh aps we are asking the wrong questions during election years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of their rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a special plan for themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. After all, it is a great plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all practical purposes their plan works like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die.&lt;br /&gt;Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may expect to draw $7, 800,000.00 (that&#39;s Seven Million, Eight-Hundred Thousand Dollars), with their wives drawing $275, 000.00 during the last years of their lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two Dignitaries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive much more during the rest of their lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their cost for this excellent plan is $0.00. NADA..! ZILCH...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This little perk they voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General Funds;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK &quot;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into, every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by our employer). We can expect to get an average of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$1,000 per month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After retirement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one (1) month to equal Senator Bill Bradley&#39;s benefits! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That change would be to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and Congressmen.. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then sit back.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And see how fast they would fix it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many people CAN you send this to?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/3021228927267605295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/3021228927267605295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3021228927267605295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3021228927267605295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/07/start-bill-to-place-all-politicians-on.html' title='START A BILL TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOCIAL SECURITY'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-6462478277021735906</id><published>2009-07-22T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T13:10:40.214-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="death michael jackson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="michael jackson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="military deaths"/><title type='text'>We&#39;ve Suffered A Great Loss!</title><content type='html'>With no disrespect intended to the  Jackson family, this sure does reveal the shallowness of our value system in this country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This puts things into perspective:&lt;br /&gt;While the focus today, tomorrow and for the next God-knows-how- many-days will be the death of a pop culture icon; while many will mourn, wail and quite literally make fools of themselves over it and while as many will speak endlessly about it, allow me, if only for a moment, to remind us all that others have died this month; others whose lives were cut short; others who leave behind loved ones and whose families will dearly miss them; families who&#39;ll suffer with much more dignity and honor than we&#39;ll be exposed to on the tube in the coming days. &lt;br /&gt;Yes... it&#39;s true... we&#39;ve suffered a great loss... but forgive me while I tell you that I&#39;m not talking about the king of pop music.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These American military members died in  Iraq this month:&lt;br /&gt;Sergeant Justin J. Duffy&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Christopher M. Kurth&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Charles D. Parrish&lt;br /&gt;Lance Corporal Robert D. Ulmer&lt;br /&gt;Staff Sergeant Edmond L. Lo&lt;br /&gt;Sergeant Joshua W. Soto&lt;br /&gt;Captain Kafele H. Sims&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Chancellor A. Keesling&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And these members of our U.S.&lt;br /&gt;Armed Forces died in  Afghanistan this month:&lt;br /&gt;Sergeant Jones, Ricky D.&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Munguia Rivas, Rodrigo A.&lt;br /&gt;Command Master Chief Petty Officer Garber, Jeffrey J.&lt;br /&gt;1st Sergeant Blair, John D.&lt;br /&gt;Sergeant Smith, Paul G.&lt;br /&gt;Staff Sergeant Melton, Joshua&lt;br /&gt;Sergeant 1st Class Dupont, Kevin A.&lt;br /&gt;Specialist O&#39;Neill, Jonathan C.&lt;br /&gt;Chief Warrant Officer Richardson Jr., Ricky L.&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Silva, Eduardo S.&lt;br /&gt;Lance Corporal Whittle, Joshua R.&lt;br /&gt;Major Barnes, Rocco M.&lt;br /&gt;Major Jenrette, Kevin M.&lt;br /&gt;Staff Sergeant Beale, John C.&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Jordan, Jeffrey W.&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Griemel, Jarrett P.&lt;br /&gt;Specialist Hernandez I, Roberto A.&lt;br /&gt;Sergeant Obakrairur, Jasper K.&lt;br /&gt;Staff Sergeant Hall, Jeffrey A.&lt;br /&gt;Private 1st Class Ogden, Matthew D.&lt;br /&gt;Private 1st Class Wilson, Matthew W.&lt;br /&gt;Let&#39;s remember and honor this day those whose deaths are truly impacting our Freedom and  Liberty .</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/6462478277021735906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/6462478277021735906' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6462478277021735906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6462478277021735906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/07/weve-suffered-great-loss.html' title='We&#39;ve Suffered A Great Loss!'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-3339002815864465373</id><published>2009-07-22T13:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T13:07:50.218-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CEO"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="economy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="income"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="layoffs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="president"/><title type='text'>How to Lay Off People In This Economy</title><content type='html'>LETTER FROM THE BOSS.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that&lt;br /&gt;Barack Obama is our President, and that our taxes, and government fees&lt;br /&gt;will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices&lt;br /&gt;would have to increase by about 10%. Since we cannot increase our prices right&lt;br /&gt;now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off six of&lt;br /&gt;our employees instead. This has really been bothering me, since I believe we&lt;br /&gt;are family here and I didn&#39;t know how to choose who would have to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found six&lt;br /&gt;Obama bumper stickers on our employees&#39; cars and have decided these folks will&lt;br /&gt;be the ones to let go. I can&#39;t think of a more fair way to approach this&lt;br /&gt;problem. They voted for change; I gave it to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/3339002815864465373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/3339002815864465373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3339002815864465373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3339002815864465373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-lay-off-people-in-this-economy.html' title='How to Lay Off People In This Economy'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-1694882937854224320</id><published>2009-03-05T10:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T10:21:27.463-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fixing the fence...  Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White  House"/><title type='text'>Fixing the fence...  Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White  House</title><content type='html'>Fixing the fence...&lt;br /&gt; Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White&lt;br /&gt; House. One is from Chicago , another is from Tennessee , and&lt;br /&gt; the third is from Minnesota .&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; All three go with a White House official to examine the&lt;br /&gt; fence. The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and&lt;br /&gt; does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.&lt;br /&gt; &quot;Well,&quot; he says, &quot;I figure the job will run&lt;br /&gt; about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100&lt;br /&gt; profit for me.&quot;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and&lt;br /&gt; figuring, then says, &quot;I can do this job for $700: $300&lt;br /&gt; for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for&lt;br /&gt; me.&quot;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Chicago contractor doesn&#39;t measure or figure, but&lt;br /&gt; leans over to the White House official and whispers,&lt;br /&gt; &quot;$2,700.&quot;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The official, incredulous, says, &quot;You didn&#39;t even&lt;br /&gt; measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a&lt;br /&gt; high figure?&quot;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The Chicago contractor whispers back, &quot;$1000 for me,&lt;br /&gt; $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the&lt;br /&gt; fence.&quot;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &quot;Done!&quot; replies the government official.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; And that, my friends, is how the new stimulus plan will&lt;br /&gt; work.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/1694882937854224320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/1694882937854224320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/1694882937854224320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/1694882937854224320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/03/fixing-fence-three-contractors-are.html' title='Fixing the fence...  Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White  House'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-5853083352179219163</id><published>2009-03-02T10:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T10:52:29.513-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cut the pork"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reduce deficit"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reduce government waste"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="smaller government"/><title type='text'>THE PROPOSAL</title><content type='html'>THE PROPOSAL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I have no idea if the figures are correct (actually don&#39;t care about the&lt;br /&gt;math)  but I have to say I like the spirit of this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Proposal:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to&lt;br /&gt;happen is they reduce their staff and workers.  The remaining workers need&lt;br /&gt;to find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be&lt;br /&gt;eliminated as well.  Wall street, and the media normally congratulate the&lt;br /&gt;CEO for making this type of &quot;tough decision&quot;, and his board of directors&lt;br /&gt;gives him a big bonus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel our government should not be immune from similar risks.  I would love&lt;br /&gt;to see the following cuts to be implemented by the current administration!&lt;br /&gt;(TALK ABOUT CHANGE!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reduce the House of Representatives from the current&lt;br /&gt;435 members to&lt;br /&gt;218 members and Senate members from 100 to 50 (one per State).  Also reduce&lt;br /&gt;remaining staff by 25%. Accomplish this over&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the next 8 years.  (two steps / two elections) and of course this would&lt;br /&gt;require some redistricting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some yearly monetary gains include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$44,108,400 for elimination of base pay for congress.  (267 members X&lt;br /&gt;$165,200 pay / member / yr.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$97,175,000 for elimination of the above people&#39;s staff.&lt;br /&gt;(estimate $1.3 Mil in staff per each member of the House, and $3 Mil in&lt;br /&gt;staff per each member of the Senate every year)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$240,294 for the reduction in remaining staff by 25%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$7,500,000,000 reduction in pork barrel ear-marks each year.  (those members&lt;br /&gt;whose jobs are gone. Current estimates for total government pork earmarks&lt;br /&gt;are at $15 Billion / yr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The remaining representatives would need to work smarter and would need to&lt;br /&gt;improve efficiencies.  It might even be in their best interests to work&lt;br /&gt;together for the good of our country?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We may also expect that smaller committees might lead to a more efficient&lt;br /&gt;resolution of issues as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It could even be easier, if done correctly, to keep track of what the&lt;br /&gt;representative is doing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congress has more tools available to do their jobs than it had back in&lt;br /&gt;1911 when the current number of representatives was established.&lt;br /&gt;(telephone, computers, cell phones to name a few)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: Congress did not hesitate to jump on a train for home this week when&lt;br /&gt;it was a holiday, when the nation needed a real fix to the economic&lt;br /&gt;problems.  Also, we have 3 senators that have not been doing their jobs for&lt;br /&gt;the past 18+ months (on the campaign trail) and still they all have been&lt;br /&gt;accepting full pay.  These facts alone support a reduction in senators &amp;&lt;br /&gt;representatives .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary of opportunity:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$44,108,400 reduction of congress members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$282,100,000 for elimination of the reduced house member staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$150,000,000 for elimination of reduced senate member staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$59,675,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining house members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$37,500,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining senate members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$7,500,000,000 reduction in pork added to bills by the reduction of congress&lt;br /&gt;members.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$8,073,383,400 per year, estimated total savings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big business does these types of cuts all the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Congresspersons were required to serve 20 years (like everyone else) in&lt;br /&gt;order to collect retirement benefits ,  there is no telling how much we&lt;br /&gt;would save.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF you are happy with how our government is right now, just delete this&lt;br /&gt;message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF you are not happy, I assume you know what to do.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/5853083352179219163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/5853083352179219163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/5853083352179219163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/5853083352179219163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/03/proposal.html' title='THE PROPOSAL'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-7104156047163470797</id><published>2009-01-29T20:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T20:58:31.455-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="kennedy assassination"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lincoln assanation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="president assanation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="president assasanation"/><title type='text'>Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.</title><content type='html'>Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.&lt;br /&gt;John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.&lt;br /&gt;John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.&lt;br /&gt;Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.&lt;br /&gt;Both Presidents were shot in the head&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it gets really weird.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lincoln &#39;s secretary was named Kennedy.&lt;br /&gt;Kennedy&#39;s Secretary was named Lincoln .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both were assassinated by Southerners.&lt;br /&gt;Both were succeeded by Southerne rs named Johnson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.&lt;br /&gt;Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.&lt;br /&gt;Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born&lt;br /&gt;in 1939.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both assassins were known by their three names.&lt;br /&gt;Both names are composed of fifteen letters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now hang on to your seat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lincoln was shot at the theater named &#39;Ford&#39;.&lt;br /&gt;Kennedy was shot in a car called &#39; Lincoln &#39; made by &#39;Ford&#39;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.&lt;br /&gt;Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here&#39;s the kicker...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland&lt;br /&gt;A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isnt this weird..........</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/7104156047163470797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/7104156047163470797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/7104156047163470797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/7104156047163470797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/01/have-history-teacher-explain-this-if.html' title='Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-5378480625268031134</id><published>2009-01-08T16:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T16:29:01.063-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="o.j simpson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oj goes to jail"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oj goes to the white house"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oj simpson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="whitehouse"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="whos going to the big house"/><title type='text'>Many believed this day would never come</title><content type='html'>In a few short days, an African American man will move from his private residence into a much larger and infinitely more expensive one owned not by him but by the taxpayers. A vast lawn, a perimeter fence and many well trained security specialists will insulate him from the rest of us but the mere fact that this man will be residing in this house should make us all stop and count our blessings - because it proves that we live in a nation where anything is possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        Many believed this day would never come. Most of us hoped and prayed that it would, but few of us actually believed we would live to see it. Racism is an ugly thing in all of its forms and there is little doubt that if this man had moved into this house fifteen years ago, there would have been a great outcry - possibly even rioting in the streets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Today, we can all be both grateful and proud that no such mayhem will take place when this man takes up residency in this house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        This man, moving into this house at this time in our nation&#39;s history is much more than a simple change of addresses for him - it is proof of a change in our attitude as a nation. It is an amends of sorts - the righting of a great wrong. It is a symbol of our growth, and of our willingness to &quot;judge a man, not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        There can be little doubt now that the vast majority of us truly believe that this man has earned both his place in history and his new address. His time in this house will not be easy - it will be fraught with danger and he will face many challenges. I am sure there will be many times when he asks himself how in the world he ended up here and like all who have gone before him, the experience will age him greatly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   But I for one will not waste an ounce of worry for his sake - because in every way a man can, he asked for this. His whole life for the past fifteen years appears to have been inexorably leading this man toward this house. It is highly probable that that in the past, despite all of his actions, racism would have kept this man out of this house.   Today, I thank the lord above that I am an American and that I live in a nation where wrongs are righted, where justice matters and where truly anything is possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Who is this man?  you ask.  You think you know, don&#39;t you?&lt;br /&gt;   See below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zlWLiOTQ3p4/SWaZOeo-YkI/AAAAAAAAADE/u8CeowLh-ac/s1600-h/untitled+mnn.bmp&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 276px;&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zlWLiOTQ3p4/SWaZOeo-YkI/AAAAAAAAADE/u8CeowLh-ac/s320/untitled+mnn.bmp&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289083286415368770&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/5378480625268031134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/5378480625268031134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/5378480625268031134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/5378480625268031134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-few-short-days-african-american-man.html' title='Many believed this day would never come'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zlWLiOTQ3p4/SWaZOeo-YkI/AAAAAAAAADE/u8CeowLh-ac/s72-c/untitled+mnn.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-8312394627206281507</id><published>2009-01-02T21:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-02T21:49:10.209-08:00</updated><title type='text'>You are blessed and highly favoured  THIS SAYS IT ALL</title><content type='html'>You are blessed and highly favoured&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS SAYS IT ALL:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time passes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life happens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Distance separates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children grow up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs come and go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love waxes and wanes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Men don&#39;t do what they&#39;re supposed to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hearts break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parents die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colleagues forget favors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Careers end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BUT.........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sisters are there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no matter how much time and how&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;many miles are between you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A girl friend is never farther away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;than needing her can reach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will be on the valley&#39;s rim, cheering you on,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;valley&#39;s end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;beside you...Or come in and carry you out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;family, all bless our life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The world wouldn&#39;t be the same without women, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;neither would I. When we began this adventure called&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;would need each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every day, we need each other still.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pass this on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to all the women who help make your life meaningful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send this message to ten of your friends&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;including me and to men who appreciate women.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/8312394627206281507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/8312394627206281507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/8312394627206281507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/8312394627206281507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/01/you-are-blessed-and-highly-favoured.html' title='You are blessed and highly favoured  THIS SAYS IT ALL'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-7792409039786860400</id><published>2009-01-02T21:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-02T21:47:28.133-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is this what we can look forward to?</title><content type='html'>Good reading...&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Is this what we can look forward to?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Australian  Gun  Law  Update&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Here&#39;s  a thought to warm some of your hearts . .  ..&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  From:    Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Hi  Yanks, I thought you all would like to see the now  available&lt;br /&gt;&gt; data from Down Under.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  It  has now been one year (12 months) since gun owners in&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Australia were forced&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  By  a new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be&lt;br /&gt;&gt; destroyed by&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Our  own government, a program costing Australia  taxpayers more&lt;br /&gt;&gt; than $500 million  dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  The  first year results are now available:&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Australia-wide,  homicides are up 6.2 percent;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Australia-wide,  assaults are up 9.6 percent;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Australia-wide,  armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44&lt;br /&gt;&gt; percent);&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  In  the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms  are now&lt;br /&gt;&gt; up 300 percent as compared with the last one  year period when&lt;br /&gt;&gt; private ownership of a firearm was  legal.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  (NB:  the law-abiding citizens did turn in their personal&lt;br /&gt;&gt; firearms, the criminal element did not and thus  criminals&lt;br /&gt;&gt; inAustralia still possess their  guns.)&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  While  data for the 25 years preceding the  confiscation of&lt;br /&gt;&gt; privately owned guns showed a steady  decrease in armed robbery&lt;br /&gt;&gt; with firearms, this has  changed drastically upward in the past 12&lt;br /&gt;&gt; months  as criminals now are assured their victims  will be unarmed.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  There  has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and&lt;br /&gt;&gt; assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at  home.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Australian  politicians are at a loss to explain how public&lt;br /&gt;&gt; safety  has decreased, after such monumental effort and  expense&lt;br /&gt;&gt; was expended in &#39;successfully ridding  Australian society of guns.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  This  story of well intentioned government intervention in  the&lt;br /&gt;&gt; rights of lawful individuals to own and possess  firearms won&#39;t be&lt;br /&gt;&gt; seen in the mainstream US media  or on the American evening&lt;br /&gt;&gt; news.    Senator Obama who  advocates a similar confiscation in&lt;br /&gt;&gt; the US will not be  reporting any of this to you.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  But,  the Australian experience speaks for  itself.    Guns in&lt;br /&gt;&gt; the hands of  honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,&lt;br /&gt;&gt; gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding  citizens.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  Americans  may want to take note before it&#39;s too  late!&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; FORWARD  TO EVERYONE ON YOUR EMAIL LIST.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  DON&#39;T  BE A MEMBER OF THE SILENT MAJORITY.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;  BE  A PARTICIPANT IN THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO DOESN&#39;T  WANT TO SEE&lt;br /&gt;&gt; WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTRALIA HAPPEN IN THE  US !&lt;br /&gt;&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/7792409039786860400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/7792409039786860400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/7792409039786860400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/7792409039786860400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-this-what-we-can-look-forward-to.html' title='Is this what we can look forward to?'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-210426620533706776</id><published>2009-01-02T21:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-02T21:45:42.462-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Doctors vs Gunowners</title><content type='html'>Doctors vs Gunowners&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doctors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(A)   The number of physicians in the U.S. is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;700,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(B)   Accidental deaths caused by Physicians&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;per year are   120,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(C)   Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Health and Human Services.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now think about this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(A)   The number of gun owners in the U.S.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is 80,000,000.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Yes, that&#39;s 80 million)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(B)   The number of accidental gun deaths&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;per year, all age groups, is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1,500.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(C)   The number of accidental deaths&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;per gun owner is    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.000188.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statistics courtesy of FBI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, statistically, doctors are approximately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, &#39;Guns don&#39;t kill people, doctors do.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FACT:   NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please alert your friends  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;alarming threat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We must ban doctors  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of concern for the public at large,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I withheld the statistics on  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  lawyers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for fear the shock would cause  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;people to panic and seek medical help</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/210426620533706776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/210426620533706776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/210426620533706776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/210426620533706776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/01/doctors-vs-gunowners.html' title='Doctors vs Gunowners'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-2984022812213214317</id><published>2009-01-02T21:43:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-02T21:43:35.184-08:00</updated><title type='text'>THE YEAR 1908  This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!  The year is 1908.  One hundred years ago.  What a difference a century makes!</title><content type='html'>THE YEAR 1908&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! &lt;br /&gt;The year is 1908. &lt;br /&gt;One hundred years ago. &lt;br /&gt;What a difference a century makes! &lt;br /&gt;Here are some statistics for the Year 1908 :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;************ ********* ********* ******&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The average life expectancy was 47 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles&lt;br /&gt;Of paved roads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, &lt;br /&gt;A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!&lt;br /&gt;Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which&lt;br /&gt;Were condemned in the press AND the government as &#39;substandard. &#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sugar cost four cents a pound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used&lt;br /&gt;Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from&lt;br /&gt;Entering into their country for any reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five leading causes of death were:&lt;br /&gt;1. Pneumonia and influenza &lt;br /&gt;2. Tuberculosis &lt;br /&gt;3. Diarrhea &lt;br /&gt;4. Heart disease &lt;br /&gt;5. Stroke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The A American flag had 45 stars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The population of Las Vegas , Nevada, was only 30!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea&lt;br /&gt;Hadn&#39;t been invented yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was no Mother&#39;s Day or Father&#39;s Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two out of every 10 adults couldn&#39;t read or write.&lt;br /&gt;Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, &#39;Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.&#39; ( Shocking? DUH! )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eighteen percent of households had at least&lt;br /&gt;One full-time servant or domestic help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE ! U.S.A. !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing&lt;br /&gt;It myself, and sent it to you and others all over Canada &amp; U.S.A&lt;br /&gt;Possibly the world, in a matter of seconds!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.&lt;br /&gt;IT STAGGERS THE MIND!!!!!!!!!!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/2984022812213214317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/2984022812213214317' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/2984022812213214317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/2984022812213214317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/01/year-1908-this-will-boggle-your-mind-i.html' title='THE YEAR 1908  This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!  The year is 1908.  One hundred years ago.  What a difference a century makes!'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-8265725953474239345</id><published>2009-01-02T21:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-02T21:38:53.007-08:00</updated><title type='text'>If you don&#39;t know GOD, don&#39;t make stupid remarks!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>God&#39;s Busy--- (good one)&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;If you don&#39;t know GOD, don&#39;t make stupid remarks!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments.&lt;br /&gt;He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan . One of the courses had a&lt;br /&gt;professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;One day the professor shocked the class when he came in he looked to the&lt;br /&gt;ceiling and flatly stated, &#39;God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me&lt;br /&gt;off this platform. I&#39;ll give you exactly 15 minutes.&#39; The lecture room fell&lt;br /&gt;silent. You could hear a pin drop.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, &#39;Here I am God. I&#39;m still&lt;br /&gt;waiting&#39; It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of&lt;br /&gt;his ch air, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him, knocking him off the&lt;br /&gt;platform. The professor was out cold.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students&lt;br /&gt;were shocked, stunned, and sat there looking on in silence. The professor&lt;br /&gt;eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, &#39;What the&lt;br /&gt;heck is the matter with you? Why did you do that?&#39; The Marine calmly replied,&lt;br /&gt;&#39;God was too busy today protecting American soldiers who are protecting your&lt;br /&gt;right to say stupid stuff and act like an idiot. So, He sent me.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;THIS IS GOOD. KEEP IT GOING</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/8265725953474239345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/8265725953474239345' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/8265725953474239345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/8265725953474239345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2009/01/if-you-dont-know-god-dont-make-stupid.html' title='If you don&#39;t know GOD, don&#39;t make stupid remarks!!!!!!!'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-6762000715333725619</id><published>2008-11-27T19:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T19:30:59.867-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Barack Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lay off six of our employees"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poor economy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="taxes and government fees"/><title type='text'>Fellow Business Executives:     As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people</title><content type='html'>Fellow Business Executives:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that with Barack Obama as our next President, our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.  To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Clients will have to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8%;  but since we cannot increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has really been eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here and I didn?t know how to choose who will have to go.  So, this is what I did. I strolled thru our parking lot and found 8 Obama bumper stickers on our employees? cars and have decided these folks will be the first to be laid off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can?t think of a more fair way to approach this problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; If you have a better idea, let me know.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/6762000715333725619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/6762000715333725619' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6762000715333725619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6762000715333725619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/11/fellow-business-executives-as-cfo-of.html' title='Fellow Business Executives:     As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-6625309304266054583</id><published>2008-11-27T19:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T19:26:58.713-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Allah"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beliefs of religion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jesus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="muslim president"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="muslim religion"/><title type='text'>Allah or Jesus? Interesting post</title><content type='html'>Allah or Jesus? By Rick Mathes &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The Muslim religion in the fastest growing religion per &lt;br /&gt;capita in the United States , especially in the minority &lt;br /&gt;races!!! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Last month I attended my annual training session &lt;br /&gt;that&#39;s required for maintaining my state prison &lt;br /&gt;security clearan ce. During the training session there was &lt;br /&gt;a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman &lt;br /&gt;Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths, who explained each &lt;br /&gt;of their beliefs. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I was particularly interested in what the Islamic Imam &lt;br /&gt;had to say. The Man gave a great presentation of the basics &lt;br /&gt;of Islam, complete with a video. After the presentations, &lt;br /&gt;time was provided for questions and answers. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;When it was my turn, I directed my question to the Imam &lt;br /&gt;and asked: &quot;Please, correct me if I&#39;m wrong but I &lt;br /&gt;understand that most Islmams and clerics of Islam have &lt;br /&gt;declared a holy jihad [Holy war] against the infidels of &lt;br /&gt;the world and, that by killing an infidel, (which is a &lt;br /&gt;command to all Muslims) they are assured of a place in &lt;br /&gt;heaven. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;If that&#39;s the case, can you give me the definition of &lt;br /&gt;an infidel?&quot; There was no disagreement with my &lt;br /&gt;statements and, without hesitation, he replied, &lt;br /&gt;&quot;Non-believers!&quot; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I responded, &quot;So, let me make sure I have this &lt;br /&gt;straight. All followers of Allah have been commanded to &lt;br /&gt;kill everyone who is not of your faith so th ey can have a &lt;br /&gt;place in Heaven. Is that correct?&quot; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The expression on his face changed from one of authority &lt;br /&gt;and command to that of &quot;a little boy who had just been &lt;br /&gt;caught with his hand in the cookie jar.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;He sheepishly replied, &quot;Yes.&quot; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I then stated, &quot;Well, sir, I have a real problem &lt;br /&gt;trying to imagine Pope &lt;br /&gt;John Paul commanding all Catholics to kill those of your &lt;br /&gt;faith or Dr. &lt;br /&gt;Stanley ordering all Protestants to do the same in order &lt;br /&gt;to guarantee them &lt;br /&gt;a place in Heaven. The Imam was speechless. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I continued, &quot;I also have problem with being your &lt;br /&gt;&#39;friend&#39; when you and &lt;br /&gt;your brother clerics are telling your followers to kill &lt;br /&gt;me! Let me ask you &lt;br /&gt;a question. Woul d you rather have your Allah, who tells &lt;br /&gt;you to kill me in &lt;br /&gt;order for you to go to Heaven, or my Jesus who tells me &lt;br /&gt;to love you because &lt;br /&gt;I am going to Heaven and He wants you to be there with &lt;br /&gt;me?&quot; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;You c ould have heard a pin drop as the Imam hung his &lt;br /&gt;head in shame. &lt;br /&gt;Needless to say, the organizers and/or promoters of the &lt;br /&gt;&#39;Diversification&#39; &lt;br /&gt;training seminar were not happy with Rick&#39;s way of &lt;br /&gt;dealing with the Islamic &lt;br /&gt;Imam and exposing the truth about the Muslims&#39; &lt;br /&gt;beliefs. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the &lt;br /&gt;U.S. To elect the &lt;br /&gt;President! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I think everyone in the US should be required to read &lt;br /&gt;this but with the &lt;br /&gt;liberal justice system, liberal media, and the ACLU, &lt;br /&gt;there is no way this &lt;br /&gt;will be widely publicized. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Please pass this on to all your e-mail contacts. This is &lt;br /&gt;a true story and &lt;br /&gt;the author, Rick Mathes, is a well known leader in prison &lt;br /&gt;ministry.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/6625309304266054583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/6625309304266054583' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6625309304266054583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6625309304266054583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/11/allah-or-jesus-interesting-post.html' title='Allah or Jesus? Interesting post'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-4925859977992776214</id><published>2008-11-15T16:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T16:28:20.032-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="auto bailout"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bad investments"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fannie mae bailout"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mortgage backed securities"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mortgage bailout"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wall street criminals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wall street scam"/><title type='text'>Mortgage Backed Securities are like Boxes of Chocolates?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mortgage Backed Securities are like boxes of chocolates. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Criminals on Wall Street stole a few chocolates from the boxes and replaced them with turds. Their criminal buddies at Standard &amp;amp; Poor rated these boxes AAA Investment Grade chocolates. These boxes were then sold all over the world to investors. Eventually somebody bites into a turd and discovers the crime. Suddenly nobody trusts American chocolates anymore worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hank Paulson now wants the American taxpayers to buy up and hold all these boxes of turd-infested chocolates for $700 billion dollars until the market for turds returns to normal. Meanwhile, Hank&#39;s buddies, the Wall Street criminals who stole all the good chocolates, are not being investigated, arrested, or indicted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mama always said, &#39;Sniff the chocolates first, Forrest.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;Quote of the day from a fund manager:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;This is worse than a divorce... I&#39;ve lost half of my net worth and I still have my wife..&quot;&lt;br /&gt;The bailout, a different perspective&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits who couldn&#39;t make money running a whore house and selling booze?&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/4925859977992776214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/4925859977992776214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4925859977992776214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4925859977992776214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/11/mortgage-backed-securities-are-like.html' title='Mortgage Backed Securities are like Boxes of Chocolates?'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-3091290737051812033</id><published>2008-11-08T07:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T07:07:05.488-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="arock obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="democrats beliefs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="joe the plumber"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="political humor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="raising taxes"/><title type='text'>Joe The Plumber in the future</title><content type='html'>Joe The Plumber in the future&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FROM THE FUTURE (a story about)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;JOE THE PLUMBER&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barrack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Joe the Plumber to come and fix it. Joe drives to Obama’s house, which is located in a very nice neighborhood where it’s obvious that all the residents make well over $250,000 per year. Joe arrives and takes his tools into the house. Joe is led to the room that contains the leaky pipe under a sink. Joe assesses the problem and tells Obama, who is standing near the door, that it’s an easy repair that will take less than 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama asks Joe how much it will cost. Joe immediately says, “$9,500.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“$9,500?” Obama asks, stunned. “But you said it’s an easy repair!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Yes, but what I do is charge a lot more to my clients who make more than $250,000 per year so I can fix the plumbing of everybody who makes less than that for free,” explains Joe. “It’s always been my philosophy. As a matter of fact, I lobbied government to pass this philosophy as law, and it did pass earlier this year, so now all plumbers have to do business this way. It’s known as ‘Joe’s Fair Plumbing Act of 2008.’ Surprised you haven’t heard of it, senator.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In spite of that, Obama tells Joe there’s no way he’s paying that much for a small plumbing repair, so Joe leaves. Obama spends the next hour flipping through the phone book looking for another plumber, but he finds that all other plumbing businesses listed have gone out of business. Not wanting to pay Joe’s price, Obama does nothing. The&lt;br /&gt;leak under Obama’s sink goes without repair for the next several days. A week later the leak is so bad that Obama has had to put a bucket under the sink. The bucket fills up quickly and has to be emptied every hour, and there’s a risk that the room will flood, so Obama calls Joe and pleads with him to return. Joe goes back to Obama’s house, looks at the leaky pipe, and says “Let’s see – this will cost you about $21,000.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“A few days ago you told me it would cost $9,500!” Obama quickly fires back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe explains the reason for the dramatic increase. “Well, because of the ‘Joe’s Fair Plumbing Act,’ a lot of rich people are learning how to fix their own plumbing, so there are&lt;br /&gt;fewer of you paying for all the free plumbing I’m doing for the people who make less than $250,000. As a result, the rate I have to charge my wealthy paying customers rises every day. “Not only that, but for some reason the demand for plumbing work from the group of people who get it for free has skyrocketed, and there’s a long waiting list of those who need repairs. This has put a lot of my fellow plumbers out of business, and they’re not being replaced – nobody is going into the plumbing business because they know they won’t make any money. I’m hurting now too – all thanks to greedy rich people like you who won’t pay their fair share.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama tries to straighten out the plumber: “Of course you’re hurting, Joe! Don’t you get it? If all the rich people learn how to fix their own plumbing and you refuse to charge the poorer people for your services, you’ll be broke, and then what will you do?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe immediately replies, “Run for president, I guess.&quot;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/3091290737051812033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/3091290737051812033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3091290737051812033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3091290737051812033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/11/joe-plumber-in-future.html' title='Joe The Plumber in the future'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-442051475800700399</id><published>2008-11-04T20:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T20:54:06.864-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Republican John McCain concedes the presidential race to Barack Obama</title><content type='html'>PHOENIX – Republican John McCain concedes the presidential race to Barack Obama, saying the Democrat has achieved a &quot;great thing&quot; for himself and the country with his historic victory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McCain — with wife Cindy on one side and running-mate Sarah Palin on the other — urged his supporters to put aside partisan differences and work to get &quot;the country moving again.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking from outside the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, McCain told his supporters: &quot;It&#39;s natural tonight to feel some disappointment. Though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you ask me neither one of these two presidential candidates are up to the challenge of running this country! &quot;politicians&quot; is all they are ,its a sad day today.......we keep believing all the bull sh*t</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/442051475800700399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/442051475800700399' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/442051475800700399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/442051475800700399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/11/republican-john-mccain-concedes.html' title='Republican John McCain concedes the presidential race to Barack Obama'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-3705902504959282698</id><published>2008-11-01T16:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T16:52:35.082-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="arock obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="election"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mccain"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poll results"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="presidential election"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="voting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="who will you vote for"/><title type='text'>Who are you voting for in the Presidential election, and why?</title><content type='html'>Who are you voting for in the Presidential election, and why? I personally dont think either one of them will make a good president. This country is certainly heading in the wrong direction,but I dont think either one will make a difference. My wife says she is voting for me,I am going to be a write in on the ballot,lol. I think I will vote for me too...&lt;br /&gt;If your interested in my opinions about the presidential race search this blog and check it out also post a response here so we can see who will win.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/3705902504959282698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/3705902504959282698' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3705902504959282698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/3705902504959282698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/11/who-are-you-voting-for-in-presidential.html' title='Who are you voting for in the Presidential election, and why?'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-6952755541050708577</id><published>2008-10-15T20:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T20:30:18.508-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In Just one year - - -</title><content type='html'>In Just one year - - -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This email comes in three parts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In just one year. Remember the election in 2006?  Thought you might like to read the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little over one year ago:&lt;br /&gt;1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;&lt;br /&gt;2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;&lt;br /&gt;3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:&lt;br /&gt;1) Consumer confidence plummet;&lt;br /&gt;2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;&lt;br /&gt;3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);&lt;br /&gt;4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);&lt;br /&gt;5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;&lt;br /&gt;6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!&lt;br /&gt;Remember, it&#39;s Congress that makes law not the President.&lt;br /&gt;He has to work with what&#39;s handed to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quote of the Day........&quot;My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world.  I hope you&#39;ll join with me as we try to change it.&quot; -- Barack Obama&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part 2:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html &lt;http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taxes under Clinton                     Taxes under Bush 2008&lt;br /&gt;Single making 30K - tax $8,400               Single making 30K - tax $4,500&lt;br /&gt;Single making 50K - tax $14,000             Single making 50K - tax $12,500&lt;br /&gt;Single making 75K - tax $23,250             Single making 75K - tax $18,750&lt;br /&gt;Married making 60K - tax $16,800           Married making 60K- tax $9,000&lt;br /&gt;Married making 75K - tax $21,000           Married making 75K - tax $18,750&lt;br /&gt;Married making 125K - tax $38,750         Married making 125K - tax $31,250&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates&lt;br /&gt;It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above&lt;br /&gt;think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest&lt;br /&gt;President ever.  If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they&lt;br /&gt;will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that&lt;br /&gt;fall into the categories above can&#39;t wait for it to happen. This is&lt;br /&gt;like the movie, The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of&lt;br /&gt;some money and they don&#39;t even know what happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PART 3:&lt;br /&gt;You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?  Read this:&lt;br /&gt;Boy, am I confused.  I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS. I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again&lt;br /&gt;until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them.  I have included the URL&#39;s for verification of all the following facts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.  $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!&lt;br /&gt;verify at:  http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.  $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.  $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.  30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.  $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &amp;amp; social services by the American taxpayers.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.  The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that&#39;s two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.  During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border; also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.  Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: Homeland Security Report:  http://tinyurl.com/t9sht&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.  The National Policy Institute, &quot;estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of  between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13.  In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14.  &quot;The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Are we THAT stupid? If this doesn&#39;t bother you then just delete the message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every legal resident in the country including every representative in Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to restore some semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/6952755541050708577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/6952755541050708577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6952755541050708577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/6952755541050708577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/10/in-just-one-year.html' title='In Just one year - - -'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-4980995021589848585</id><published>2008-10-15T20:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T20:21:01.951-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="democrat"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="independent"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="liberal democrat"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="president"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="republican"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="run for president"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="woman president"/><title type='text'>She said She wanted to be President someday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I was talking to a neighbor&#39;s little girl, and she said she wanted to be President some day.&lt;br /&gt;Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, &#39;If you were President what would be the first thing you  would do?&#39;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; She replied, &#39;I&#39;d give houses to all the homeless people.&#39;&lt;br /&gt; &#39;Wow - what a worthy goal.&#39; I told her, &#39;You  don&#39;t have to wait until you&#39;re  President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and  sweep my yard, and I&#39;ll pay you $50. Then I&#39;ll take you over to the grocery  store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward a new house.&#39;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; She thought that over for a few seconds &#39;cause she&#39;s only 6. And while her  Mom glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, &#39;Why doesn&#39;t  the homeless guy come over and do the work , and you can just pay him the $50?&#39;&lt;br /&gt; And I said, &#39;Welcome to the Republican Party.&#39;&lt;br /&gt; Her folks still aren&#39;t talking to me. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Oh well!&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/4980995021589848585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/4980995021589848585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4980995021589848585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4980995021589848585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/10/she-said-she-wanted-to-be-president.html' title='She said She wanted to be President someday!'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-4823751403530451657</id><published>2008-10-13T07:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T07:06:33.556-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Are you"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="democrat"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="independent"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="redneck"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="republican"/><title type='text'>Are you a Democrat, Republican, or Redneck</title><content type='html'>Are you a Democrat, Republican, or Redneck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Here is a little test that will help you decide. The&lt;br /&gt;&gt; answer can be found&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   by posing the following question:&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   POLITICAL TEST:&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   You&#39;re walking down a deserted street with your wife&lt;br /&gt;&gt; and two small&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   children. Suddenly, a terrorist with a huge knife comes&lt;br /&gt;&gt; around the&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Allah, raises&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   the knife, and charges at you.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   You are carrying a Kimber 1911 cal. 45 ACP (BIG pistol),&lt;br /&gt;&gt; and you are an expert shot.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your&lt;br /&gt;&gt; family. What do you&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   do?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   THINK CAREFULLY AND THEN SCROLL DOWN:&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Democrat&#39;s Answer :&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Well, that&#39;s not enough information to answer the&lt;br /&gt;&gt; question!&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Does the man look poor or oppressed?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him&lt;br /&gt;&gt; to attack?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Could we run away?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   What does my wife think?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   What about the kids?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the&lt;br /&gt;&gt; knife out of&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   his hand?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   What does the law say about this situation?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Does the pistol have appropriate safety built into it?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of&lt;br /&gt;&gt; message does&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   this send to society and to my children?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Is it possible he&#39;d be happy with just killing me?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be&lt;br /&gt;&gt; content just to wound&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   me?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family&lt;br /&gt;&gt; get away while&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   he was stabbing me?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Should I call 9-1-1?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Why is this street so deserted?&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and&lt;br /&gt;&gt; make this a&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   happier, healthier street that would discourage such&lt;br /&gt;&gt; behavior.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some&lt;br /&gt;&gt; friends for&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   few days and try to come to a consensus.&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Republican&#39;s Answer:&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   BANG!&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Redneck&#39;s Answer:&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&gt;   BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG !&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Click..... (Sounds of reloading)&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Click&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Daughter: &#39;Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Winchester Silver Tips&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   or Hollow Points?!&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Son: &#39;Can I shoot the next one?!&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;   Wife: &#39;You ain&#39;t taking that to the&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Taxidermist!&#39;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/4823751403530451657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/4823751403530451657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4823751403530451657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/4823751403530451657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/10/are-you-democrat-republican-or-redneck.html' title='Are you a Democrat, Republican, or Redneck'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076433393177875673.post-5923418400394255207</id><published>2008-10-13T06:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T07:01:36.887-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="401k plan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="aig stock"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="buying stocks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fannie mae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lehman bros"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="retirement plans"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rh donelley"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="washington mutual"/><title type='text'>New Retirement Plan, the 401 Keg Plan</title><content type='html'>New Retirement Plan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; If you had purchased $1,000.00 of AIG stock one year ago, it would now be worth $56.91. With Washington Mutual, you would have $120.36 left of the original $1,000.00 With &#39;Fannie Mae&#39;, you would have $11.34 left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Lehman Bros one year ago it would now be almost worthless; less than $.86. If you had purchased RH Donelley, you would have $45.69 left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund you would have $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. This is called the 401-Keg Plan.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/feeds/5923418400394255207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/8076433393177875673/5923418400394255207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/5923418400394255207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8076433393177875673/posts/default/5923418400394255207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://electedpresidentoftheunitedstates.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-retirement-plan-401-keg-plan.html' title='New Retirement Plan, the 401 Keg Plan'/><author><name>Richard W.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10830638795678884030</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg51DpQi1CPJie96vBpwGprpIm75SAsrDQBORtmfRgJxZSTTNK2nPpXovp-8RyURFn7P0NyTpoTsPnYiQa1l2sB8Z4sBxlW_zfiLFEDhLZoTfaYDrcG6ouwsojtcKgINM/s150/c635.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>