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Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the&amp;nbsp;Democratic Party&amp;nbsp;represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the&amp;nbsp;Republican Party&amp;nbsp;represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel&amp;nbsp; any&amp;nbsp;political party or representative in&amp;nbsp; Washington &amp;nbsp;represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Instead, we are burdened with Congressional Dukes and Duchesses who think they know better than the citizens they are supposed to represent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight: normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're&amp;nbsp; willing to fight for our&amp;nbsp;Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would feel so horribly disenfranchised by both&amp;nbsp;major political parties. What kind of nut-job am I? Well, these briefly are the views and issues for which I seek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font color=blue face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;representation:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;One,&amp;nbsp; illegal immigration.&amp;nbsp;I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and&amp;nbsp; secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels.. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution.&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color=blue&gt;&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;&amp;nbsp;P.S., I'm not a racist. This is not to be confused with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;&amp;nbsp;legal&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&amp;nbsp;immigration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Two, the STIMULUS bill.&amp;nbsp;I want it&amp;nbsp; repealed&amp;nbsp;and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you No, but you did it anyway... I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Three: Czars.&amp;nbsp;I want the circumvention of our&amp;nbsp; constitutional&amp;nbsp;checks and balances&amp;nbsp;stopped immediately.&amp;nbsp; Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution, and honor it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Four, cap and trade.&amp;nbsp;The debate on&amp;nbsp;global warming&amp;nbsp;is not over. There are many conflicting opinions and it is too soon for this radical legislation. Quit&amp;nbsp;throwing our nation&amp;nbsp;into politically-correct quicksand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision that will burden me, my children, and grandchildren.&amp;nbsp; Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night without even reading it.&amp;nbsp;Slow down!&amp;nbsp; Fix only what is broken -- we have the best health care system in the world -- and test any new program in one or two states first.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Six, growing government control.&amp;nbsp;I want&amp;nbsp; states rights&amp;nbsp;and sovereignty&lt;font color=blue&gt;&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;fully restored.&amp;nbsp; I want less government in my life, not more. More is not better!&amp;nbsp;Shrink it down. Mind your own business.&amp;nbsp; You have enough to take care of with your real [Constitutional] obligations. Why don't you start there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census.&amp;nbsp;I want them investigated.&amp;nbsp; I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes&amp;nbsp;-- how did they pull that one off?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates&amp;nbsp;pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census with our taxpayer money. I don't trust the! m with a my of our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them.&amp;nbsp; If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies.&amp;nbsp; You work for us, the people. Investigate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Eight, redistribution of wealth.&amp;nbsp;No, no, no. I work for my money.&amp;nbsp; It is mine..&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs&amp;nbsp;-- and that is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person! Why do you want me to hate my employers? And what do you have against shareholders making a profit?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Nine, charitable contributions.&amp;nbsp;Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources.&amp;nbsp; Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Ten, corporate bailouts.&amp;nbsp;Knock it off. Every company must sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. (Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid?) We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Eleven, transparency and accountability.&amp;nbsp;How about it? No, really, how about it?&amp;nbsp; Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk.. Please stop trying to manipulate and&amp;nbsp;appease me with clever wording.. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for.&amp;nbsp; Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Twelve, unprecedented quick spending.&amp;nbsp; Stop it now&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;Take a breath.&amp;nbsp; Listen to the people. Slow down and get some input from nonpoliticians and experts on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed-reading our bills into law. I am not an activist.. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person.! I am a parent and a grandparent.. I work. I'm busy.&amp;nbsp; I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business&amp;nbsp;of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;I entrusted you with&amp;nbsp; upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened?&amp;nbsp;You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face.&amp;nbsp; I am not laughing at your&amp;nbsp; arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children.&amp;nbsp; We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could.&amp;nbsp;I am sure that we still cannot. There is needless urgency and recklessness in all of your recent spending of&amp;nbsp; our&amp;nbsp;tax dollars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'&gt;From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane.. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans?&amp;nbsp; We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style='background:yellow'&gt;You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that&amp;nbsp; you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on bringing our concerns to Washington .&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Our president often knows all the right buzzwords like unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words.&amp;nbsp; Stop treating us like we're morons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and&amp;nbsp; do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done.&amp;nbsp; You work for us&amp;nbsp;and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented.. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you?&amp;nbsp; We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work, pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone... and we are now looking&amp;nbsp;at you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;You have awakened us, the patriotic freedom spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long.&amp;nbsp; You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you.&amp;nbsp;For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured.&amp;nbsp; They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will&amp;nbsp; represent us&amp;nbsp;or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us who will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this.. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us&amp;nbsp; Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our&amp;nbsp; Constitution, and that is all that matters to us now.&amp;nbsp; We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power.&amp;nbsp; It is ours&amp;nbsp;and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it.&amp;nbsp; You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear?&amp;nbsp;We no longer care about your political parties.&amp;nbsp; You need to be loyal to us, not to them.. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font color=blue face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;&amp;nbsp;We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font color=blue face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'&gt;&lt;font size=3 face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'&gt;&amp;nbsp;Listen. Because we are coming.&amp;nbsp;We the people&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&amp;nbsp; are coming.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-7712703513038340445?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;                &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Love  This Comeback                 !!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;                         &lt;br /&gt;                  &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;One                  of my sons serves  in  the military. He is                 still stateside, here in    California  ..... He                 called me yesterday to let me  know how warm and welcoming                 people were to him and his  troops everywhere he goes,                 telling me how people shake  their hands and thank them                 for being willing to serve  and fight for not only our own                  freedoms,  but  so that others may have                 them  also. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                &lt;span style=""&gt;But  he also told                 me about an incident in the grocery store  he stopped at                 yesterday on his way home from the base.  He said that                 ahead of several people in front of him  stood a woman                 dressed in a  burkha. &lt;br /&gt;                He  said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked                  about the &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;U.S. flag                  lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier                  reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, 'Yes,                  I always wear it and probably always                  will.' &lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                The woman in the burkha then  asked the cashier when she                 was going to stop bombing her  countrymen, explaining that                 she was  Iraqi. &lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                A gentleman standing behind my  son stepped   forward.  Putting                  his arm around my son's shoulders and nodding towards my                  son, he said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi                  woman:  'Lady,  hundreds of thousands of                 men and women like this young  man have fought and died so                 that YOU could stand here,  in MY country and accuse a                 check-out cashier of bombing  YOUR countrymen. It is my                 belief that had you been this  outspoken in YOUR own                 country, we wouldn't need to be  there today. But, hey, if                 you have now learned how to  speak out so loudly and                 clearly, I'll gladly buy you a  ticket and pay your way back                 to Iraq so you can  straighten out the mess in YOUR                 country that you are  obviously here in MY country to                 avoid. 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The first phase of the 2010         U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses         of households across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S.         Census workers will count every person in the United         States and will gather information about every person living at         each address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant         data.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;The         big question is - how do you tell the difference between a U.S. Census         worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;**&lt;span style="background: rgb(191, 223, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"&gt; If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your         door, they will have a badge, a handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas         bag, and a confidentiality notice. Ask to see their identification and         their badge before answering their questions.  However, you should         never invite anyone you don't know into your home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;        ** &lt;span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 128) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"&gt;Census workers are currently         only knocking on doors to verify address information&lt;/span&gt;.  &lt;span style="background: rgb(255, 191, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"&gt;Do not give your Social Security number,         credit card or banking information to anyone, even if they claim they         need it for the U.S. . Census.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 128) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ASK, YOU REALLY ONLY         NEED TO TELL THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE AT YOUR  ADDRESS..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;While         the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, such as a         salary range, &lt;span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 128) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"&gt;YOU DON'T HAVE TO         ANSWER ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION&lt;/span&gt;.  &lt;span style="background: rgb(255, 191, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"&gt;The Census Bureau will not ask for Social         Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will employees         solicit donations.  Any one asking for that information is NOT         with the Census Bureau&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;        AND REMEMBER, THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS DECIDED NOT TO WORK WITH ACORN ON GATHERING         THIS INFORMATION..  No Acorn worker should approach you saying         he/she is with the Census Bureau.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;Eventually,         Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in person at         home. However, the &lt;span style="background: rgb(255, 191, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"&gt;Census Bureau         will not contact you by Email, so be on the lookout for Email scams         impersonating the Census.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 128) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;Never click on a link or open any attachments in an         Email that  are supposedly from the U.S. Census Bureau.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;PLEASE         SHARE THIS INFO WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;div style="margin-left: 3.75pt;"&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;      &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/blockquote&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10pt;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-3013116126794833371?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This             totally &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:blue;"  &gt;non-partisan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt; poll asks but one question.  The question             is stated very simply... and, to the point.  No tricks. No             hidden messages.  No nothing. JUST A SINGLE, SIMPLE             QUESTION.  I don't know why this hasn't been done before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;             &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;I'm  impressed with the fact that the question is             NOT "phrased" in a way that it can be interpreted             later...to fit someone else's desired answer.   &lt;a href="http://js.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quiziframe.php?poll_id=46067" target="_blank" title="http://js.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quiziframe.php?poll_id=46067"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#2a5db0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); font-weight: bold;"&gt;http://js.polls.yahoo.com/quiz/quiziframe.php?poll_id=46067&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;             &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;NOTE: After you vote, you will see a second page that             shows the running total and what these voters opinions are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;             &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;Then pass it on..so others may cast their vote.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;             &lt;/td&gt;            &lt;/tr&gt;           &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;           &lt;/td&gt;          &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;      &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;     &lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-2691914969225800478?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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With that thought in mind, read the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good idea ... one light bulb at a time . . . ..&lt;br /&gt;Check this out I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments . They were all made in China The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose&lt;br /&gt;attachments there. They were made in USA . Start looking ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job . So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track . Let's get behind her!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;My grandson likes Hershey's candy . I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now.. I do not buy it any more.&lt;br /&gt;My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico ... now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything ..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets . I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value . " I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats -&lt;br /&gt;they were the same except for the price .. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in&lt;br /&gt;a company in Cleveland , Ohio .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here ..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets . .. . yep, you guessed it, bounce cost more money and is made in Canada . The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA ! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"&gt;for years and at almost half the price!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;(We should have awakened a decade ago .. . .. . . . )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;Let's get with the program . . . .. help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U . S . A ..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;I Passed this on ......... will you ???????&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-5338510022159924443?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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By Ben Stein&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why is President Barack Obama in such a hurry to get his&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;socialized medicine bill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;passed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because he and his cunning circle realize some basic truths:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The American people in their unimaginable kindness and trust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;voted for a pig in a poke in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They wanted so much to believe Barack Obama was somehow better&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;and different from other ultra-leftists that they simply took him on faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They ignored his anti-white writings in his books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They ignored his&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;quiet acceptance of hysterical anti-American diatribes by his minister,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;Jeremiah Wright.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They ignored his refusal to explain years at a time of his life as a student.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They ignored his ultra-left record as a "community organizer,"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;Illinois state legislator, and Senator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The American people ignored his total zero of an academic record as&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;a student and teacher, his complete lack of scholarship when he was&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;being touted as a scholar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why were we duped, you ask? Because it is in the character and personality of an ego-centered Narcissist to be believed. They accept no contrary opinions. They have a 100% conviction in their own opinion and beliefs. They typically are well spoken and have a certain amount of charisma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:navy;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;They are adept at twisting and spinning any thought into their own mold. He rallied much of the non-Caucasian and youth vote. Why? Because he preached change. This element of voters either feel they needed change, or in the case of the young voters, they didnt have enough experience to fully understand change from and to what but the charisma and rhetoric sold this load of poles.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, the American people are starting to wake up to the truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;Barack Obama is a super likeable super leftist, not a fan of this country,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;way, way too cozy with the terror ist leaders in the Middle East ,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;way beyond naoveti, all the way into active destruction of our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;interests and our allies and our future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;The American people have already awakened to the truth that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;the stimulus bill -- a great idea in theory -- was really an immense&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;bribe to Democrat interest groups, and in no way an effort to help&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;all Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, Americans are waking up to the truth that ObamaCare basically&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;means that every time you are sick or injured, you will have a clerk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;from the Department of Motor Vehicles telling your doctor what he&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;can and cannot do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The American people already know that Mr. Obama's plan to lower health costs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;while expanding coverage and bureaucracy is a myth, a promise of something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;that never was and never will be -- a bureaucracy lowering costs in a free society.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;Either the costs go up or the free society goes away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are perilous times.. Mrs. Hillary Clinton, our Secretary of State,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;has given Iran the go-ahead to have nuclear weapons, an unqualified betrayal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;of the nation. Now, we face a devastating loss of freedom at home in health care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;It will be joined by controls on our lives to "protect us" from global warming,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;itself largely a fraud if believed to be caused by man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Obama knows Americans are getting wise and will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;stop him if he delays at all in taking away our freedoms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;There is his urgency and our opportunity. Once freedom is lost,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;America is lost. Wake up, beloved America .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;Beverly Hills and Malibu . He writes "Ben Stein's Diary"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;"  &gt;for every issue of The American Spectator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';color:blue;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10;color:blue;"   &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-3330951145512337114?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Barrett;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking &amp;amp; squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence &amp;amp; clarity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Barrett;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on it's way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water &amp;amp; spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they'll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing water from freezing! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Barrett;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors &amp;amp; rub it in with a paper towel.  The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Barrett;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield &amp;amp; wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Barrett;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key &amp;amp; the lock &amp;amp; the problems solved! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Barrett;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;Hope these hints help even just one time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;color:black;"   &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-6065582476620740414?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Oklahoma did it anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to get a green card and become an American citizen. &amp;nbsp;They all scattered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#000061" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#000061'&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;HB 1804. &amp;nbsp;Hope we didn't send any of them to your state. &amp;nbsp;This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said &amp;nbsp;it would be a mistake. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Guess what............ Oklahoma did it anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Recently we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;illegals&lt;/span&gt; to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. &amp;nbsp;Pelosi said it was unconstitutional.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#000061" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#000061'&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;SB 1102&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Guess what......... Oklahoma &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;did it anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government directives. &amp;nbsp;Joining &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Texas , Montana and Utah as the only states to do so. &amp;nbsp;More states are likely to follow: &amp;nbsp;Louisiana, Al &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;abama&lt;/span&gt;, Georgia, the Carolina's, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, Florida. &amp;nbsp;Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. &amp;nbsp;HJR 1003&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#000061" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#000061'&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;Oklahoma, a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. &amp;nbsp;I'm sure that was a &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;set back&lt;/span&gt; for the criminals (and &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Obamaites&lt;/span&gt;). Liberals didn't like it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#000061" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#000061'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#000061" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#000061'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'&gt;But .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#000061" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#000061'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#000061" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#000061;font-weight:bold'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black; font-weight:bold'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Guess what............ Oklahoma did it anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Just this month, my state has voted and passed a law that ALL driver's license exams will be printed in English, and only English, and no other language. &amp;nbsp;We have been called racist for doing this, but the fact is that ALL of our road signs are in English only. &amp;nbsp;If you want to drive in Oklahoma , you must read and write English. &amp;nbsp;Really simple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;By the way, Obama does not like any of this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Guess what....who cares... 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WE THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT ELECTION.&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;For those who need a picture,&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;To the Congress:&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - you have had 234 years to get it right; it is broke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Social Security was established in 1935 - you have had 74 years to get it right; it is broke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Fannie Mae was established in 1938 - you have had 71 years to get it right; it is broke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The &amp;quot;War on Poverty&amp;quot; started in 1964 - you have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to &amp;quot;the poor&amp;quot;; it hasn't worked and our entire country is broke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 - you've had 44 years to get it right; they are broke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - you have had 39 years to get it right; it is broke.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Trillions of dollars were spent in the massive political payoffs called TARP, the &amp;quot;Stimulus&amp;quot;, the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009... none show any signs of working, although ACORN appears to have found a new source: the American taxpayer.&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;And finally, to set a new record:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;quot;Cash for Clunkers&amp;quot; was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009! It took cars (that were the best some people could afford) and replaced them with high-priced and less-affordable cars, mostly Japanese. A good percentage of the profits went out of the country. And the American taxpayers take the hit for Congress' generosity in burning three billion more of our dollars on failed experiments.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12.0pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;So with a perfect 100% failure rate and a record that proves that &amp;quot;services&amp;quot; you shove down our throats are failing faster and faster, you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system?&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;20% of our entire economy?&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;With all due respect,&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Are you crazy?&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; Please forward this to 20 people you know!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#403152" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#403152'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-6804490093194884741?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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He must&amp;nbsp;commit suicide if he does. So next&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'&gt;Saturday at 4 PM Eastern&amp;nbsp;Time, all American women are asked to walk out of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'&gt;their&amp;nbsp;house completely naked to help weed out any&amp;nbsp;neighborhood terrorists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;Circling your block for one hour is&amp;nbsp;recommended for this anti-terrorist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;effort.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; All patriotic men are&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'&gt;to&amp;nbsp;position themselves in lawn chairs in front of their house to prove they&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'&gt;are not Muslims, and to demonstrate they think its okay to see nude women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'&gt;other than their wife, and to show support for all American women.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;Since Islam also does not approve of alcohol, a cold 6-pack at&amp;nbsp;your side is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;further proof of your anti-Muslim sentiment. The American government&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;appreciates your efforts to root out terrorists and applauds your&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'&gt;participation in this&amp;nbsp;anti-terrorist activity.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; God bless&amp;nbsp; America !&lt;br&gt; It is your patriotic duty to pass this on. If you&amp;nbsp;don't send this to at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;least 5 people you're a terrorist-sympathizing, lily-livered coward and are&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=navy face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:navy'&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;in&amp;nbsp;the position of posing as a national&amp;nbsp;threat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-3152603744096579008?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I meant that something was ridiculous, or idiotic or a half truth or just stupid. It covered any number of negative formats.. The dictionary defines it as: nonsense; especially : foolish insolent talk... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'&gt;I have decided that I no longer will use either of those expressions in the future. When I have a need to express such feelings, I will use the word &amp;quot;Pelosi&amp;quot;. Let me use it in a sentence; &amp;quot;That's a bunch of &amp;quot;Pelosi&amp;quot;. I encourage you to do the same. It is such a nasty sounding word, it really packs a punch, we are no longer being vulgar and it clearly expresses our feelings. If enough of us use it, perhaps the word could be entered into the dictionary. When on a ranch watch your step and don't step in &amp;quot;Pelosi.&amp;quot; It will get on the bottom of your boot and won't go away until next election...What a fitting and descriptive legacy for the Speaker of the House!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'&gt;PASS IT ON TO AT LEAST 10,000,000 PEOPLE OR YOUR HARRY REID WILL FALL OFF. DO NOT BREAK THIS CHAIN OR YOU'LL GET MORE &amp;quot;PELOSI&amp;quot; THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A BULL AT..........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'&gt;Hey, that is kind of cool!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#403152" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#403152'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-6471249833584713226?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;MOBILE PHONES &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;One woman has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen containing her cell phone, credit cards, wallet, etc. 20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking about our Pin number and I replied a little while ago.' &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list and hubby sent back their Pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;Moral of the lesson: Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc.... &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoPlainText&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=Consolas&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.5pt'&gt;When you receive text messages from friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet 'family and friends' who text you. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#403152" face=Arial&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#403152'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8834494462118260385-8735290565669577073?l=soapbox.stolen-jokes.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'&gt;Very interesting the University is standing by their professor and not bowing down to special interest groups!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#003399"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt; color:#003399;font-weight:bold'&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wichman..asp" target="_blank" title="http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wichman..asp"&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wichman..asp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=6 color="#75b570" face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:24.0pt;color:#75B570;font-weight:bold'&gt;Professor &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Wichman&lt;/span&gt; E-mail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Claim:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color="#0000a0"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#0000A0;font-weight: bold'&gt;A&amp;nbsp; Michigan professor sent an e-mail telling Muslim students to leave the country..&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Status:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style='font-style: italic'&gt;True.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;The story begins at Michigan State University with a mechanical engineering professor named &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Indrek&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Wichman&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;font size=3 face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;span class=SpellE&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight: bold'&gt;Wichman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt; sent an e-mail to the Muslim Student's Association..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;The e-mail was in response to the students' protest of the Danish cartoons that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;The group had complained the cartoons were 'hate speech'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Enter Professor &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Wichman&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;In his e-mail, he said the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Dear Muslim Association,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;As a professor of Mechanical Engineering here at MSU I intend to protest your protest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;I am offended not by cartoons, but by more mundane things like beheadings of civilians, cowardly attacks on public buildings, suicide murders, murders of Catholic priests&amp;nbsp;(the latest in&amp;nbsp;Turkey), burnings of Christian churches, the continued persecution of Coptic Christians in&amp;nbsp;Egypt, the imposition of &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Sharia&lt;/span&gt; law on non-Muslims, the rapes of Scandinavian girls and women&amp;nbsp;(called 'whores' in your culture), the murder of film directors in&amp;nbsp;Holland,&amp;nbsp;and the rioting and looting in Paris France.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;This is what offends me, a soft-spoken person and academic, and many, many of my colleagues..I counsel you dissatisfied, aggressive, brutal, and uncivilized slave-trading Muslims to be very aware of this as you proceed with your infantile 'protests.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;If you do not like the values of the West - see the 1st Amendment - you are free to leave.. I hope for God's sake that most of you choose that option&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=navy&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Please return to your ancestral homelands and build them up yourselves instead of troubling Americans..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Cordially,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;I. S. &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Wichman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Professor of Mechanical Engineering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;As you can imagine,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;the Muslim group at the university didn't like this too well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;They're demanding that &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Wichman&lt;/span&gt; be reprimanded and the university impose mandatory diversity training for faculty.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;And mandate a seminar on hate and discrimination for all freshmen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;background:yellow;font-weight:bold'&gt;Now the local chapter of CAIR has jumped into the fray&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=black&gt;&lt;span style='color:black'&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, apparently doesn't believe that the good professor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;had the right to express his opinion..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;For its part, the university is standing its ground in support of Professor &lt;span class=SpellE&gt;Wichman&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;saying the e-mail was private, and they don't intend to publicly condemn his remarks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Send this to your friends, and ask them to do the same.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;Tell them to keep passing it around until the whole country gets it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;background:yellow;font-weight:bold'&gt;We are in a war.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;font-weight:bold'&gt;This political correctness crap is getting old and killing us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=ecxmsonormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'&gt;If you agree with this,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt; 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Eventually, more than&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the U.S. and will&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;gather information about every person living at each address including&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;name, age, gender, race, and other relevant data.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;The big question is - how do you tell the difference between a U.S.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;Census worker and a con artist?&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;BBB offers the following advice:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;-If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a badge, a&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;notice.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;-Ask to see their identification and their badge before answering their&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;questions.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;However, you should never invite anyone you do not know into&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;your home.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;-Census workers are currently only knocking on doors to verify address&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;information.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Do not give your Social Security number, credit card or&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;banking information to anyone, even if they claim they need it for the&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;U.S. Census.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ASK, YOU REALLY ONLY NEED TO TELL THEM HOW&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;MANY PEOPLE LIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;While the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, such&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;as a salary range, you don't have to answer anything at all about your&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;financial situation.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Census Bureau will not ask for Social&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will employees&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;solicit donations.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Any one asking for that information is NOT with the&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;Census Bureau.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;And remember, the Census Bureau has decided not to work&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;with Acorn on gathering this information.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;No Acorn worker should&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;approach you saying he/she is with the Census Bureau.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Eventually,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in person at home.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;However, the Census Bureau will not contact you by Email, so be on the&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;lookout for Email scams impersonating the Census.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Never click on a link&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;or open any attachments in an Email that are supposedly from the U.S.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;Census Bureau.&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(prlog.org)&lt;span style='mso-spacerun:yes'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;For more information, see the official&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;website for the census at &lt;a   href="http://2010.census.gov/2010census/" target="_blank"&gt;http://2010.census.gov/2010census/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre   style='background:white'&gt;&lt;tt&gt;&lt;font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;span   style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 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 &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;   &lt;blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;   margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'&gt;   &lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;div id=yiv502885877&gt;   &lt;div&gt;   &lt;p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div id="EC_EC_AOLMsgPart_2_d962309c-e72d-4b82-85f1-51d3751eb645"&gt;   &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0&gt;    &lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;     &lt;blockquote style='margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'&gt;     &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;div id="EC_EC_yiv163189348"&gt;     &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0&gt;      &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;       &lt;blockquote style='margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:       5.0pt'&gt;       &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;div id="EC_EC_yiv1947565271"&gt;       &lt;div&gt;       &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0&gt;        &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;         &lt;div&gt;         &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:         "Garamond","serif"'&gt;Take the three minutes to read this. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;div&gt;         &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:         "Garamond","serif"'&gt;Maybe he is wrong. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;div&gt;         &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:         "Garamond","serif"'&gt;What if he is right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0          style='margin-left:10.5pt'&gt;          &lt;tr&gt;           &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;           &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0            style='margin-left:10.5pt'&gt;            &lt;tr&gt;             &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;             &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0              width="100%" style='width:100.0%'&gt;              &lt;tr&gt;               &lt;td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'&gt;               &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0&gt;                &lt;tr&gt;                 &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;                 &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0                  cellpadding=0&gt;                  &lt;tr&gt;                   &lt;td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'&gt;                   &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3                    cellpadding=0&gt;                    &lt;tr&gt;                     &lt;td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt 0in .75pt'&gt;                     &lt;table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3                      cellpadding=0&gt;                      &lt;tr&gt;                       &lt;td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt 0in .75pt'&gt;                       &lt;div&gt;                       &lt;div&gt;                       &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:18.0pt;                       font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;David Kaiser is a                       respected historian whose published works have covered a                       broad range of topics, from European Warfare to American                       League Baseball. Born in 1947, the son of a diplomat,                       Kaiser spent his childhood in three capital cities:                       Washington D.C. , Albany , New York , and Dakar , Senegal                       .. He attended Harvard University , graduating there in                       1969 with a B.A. in history. He then spent several years                       more at Harvard, gaining a PhD in history, which he                       obtained in 1976. He served in the Army Reserve from 1970                       to 1976.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:18.0pt;                       font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;He                       is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of                       the United States Naval War College . He has previously                       taught at Carnegie Mellon, Williams College and Harvard                       University . Kaiser's latest book,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span                       style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;The Road to                       Dallas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;,                       about the Kennedy assassination, was just published by                       Harvard University Press.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:                       "Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Dr.                       David Kaiser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;History                       Unfolding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;I                       am a student of history. Professionally, I have written                       15 books on history that have been published in six                       languages, and I have studied history all my life. I have                       come to think there is something monumentally large                       afoot, and I do not believe it is simply a banking                       crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes                       these exist, but they are merely single facets on a very                       large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper                       focus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;                       &lt;div&gt;                       &lt;div&gt;                       &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:18.0pt;                       font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Something                       of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it                       because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like,                       and how people react to it. Yes, a perfect storm may be                       brewing, but there is something happening within our                       country that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen                       years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past                       two.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";                       background:#DBEEF3'&gt;We demand and then codify into law                       the requirement that our banks make massive loans to                       people we know they can never pay back? Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;We                       learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has                       little or no real oversight by anyone, has                       &amp;quot;loaned&amp;quot; two trillion dollars (that is                       $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will                       not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is                       our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the                       $700 billion we all argued about so strenuously just this                       past September. Who has this money? Why do they have it?                       Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it?                       Who authorized it? I thought this was a government of                       &amp;quot;we the people,&amp;quot; who loaned our powers to our                       elected leaders. Apparently not.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";                       background:#DBEEF3'&gt;We have spent two or more decades                       intentionally de-industrializing our economy.. Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";                       background:#DBEEF3'&gt;We have intentionally dumbed down our                       schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our                       founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we                       are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write,                       think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not                       revolting, teachers are not picketing, school boards continue                       to back mediocrity. Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;We                       have now established the precedent of protesting every                       close election (violently in California over a                       proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants                       marriage to remain defined as between one man and one                       woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a                       decade ago?) We have corrupted our sacred political                       process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that                       radically change our way of life, and then mainstream                       Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting                       system into a banana republic. To what purpose?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Now                       our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are                       in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking                       system is on the verge of collapse, social security is                       nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire                       government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I                       teach college and I know precisely what I am talking                       about) - the list is staggering in its length, breadth,                       and depth.. It is potentially 1929 x &amp;nbsp;ten...&lt;span                       style='background:#DBEEF3'&gt;And we are at war with an                       enemy we cannot even name for fear of offending people of                       the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the                       throats of your children if they have the opportunity to                       do so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;And                       finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows                       anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy                       Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla , Alaska . All                       of his associations and alliances are with real radicals                       in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we                       learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not                       downright scary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style='background:                       #DBEEF3'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;(Surely                       you have heard him speak about his idea to create and                       fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our                       military for use inside our borders? No?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span                       style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Oh, of course.                       The media would never play that for you over and over and                       then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter                       and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";                       background:#DBEEF3'&gt;Mr. Obama's winning platform can be                       boiled down to one word: Change. Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span                       style='background:#DBEEF3'&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;I                       have never been so afraid for my country and for my                       children as I am now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;This                       man campaigned on bringing people together, something he                       has never, ever done in his professional life. In my                       assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical                       lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces                       into a new and different power structure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span                       style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:#DBEEF3'&gt;Change                       is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see                       the same nation again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;And                       that is only the beginning..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";                       background:#DBEEF3'&gt;As a serious student of history, I                       thought I would never come to experience what the                       ordinary, moral German must have felt in the mid-1930s In                       those times, the &amp;quot;savior&amp;quot; was a former                       smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom                       the average German knew next to nothing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span                       style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;What they should                       have known was that he was associated with groups that                       shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they                       disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage                       through great oratory. Conservative &amp;quot;losers&amp;quot;                       read it right now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;And                       there were the promises. Economic times were tough,                       people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And                       he smiled and frowned and waved a lot. And people, even                       newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his                       &amp;quot;brown shirts&amp;quot; would bully and beat them into                       submission. Which they did - regularly. And then, he was                       duly elected to office, while a full-throttled economic                       crisis bloomed at hand - the Great Depression. Slowly,                       but surely he seized the controls of government power,                       person by person, department by department, bureaucracy by                       bureaucracy. The children of German citizens were at                       first, encouraged to join a Youth Movement in his name                       where they were taught exactly what to think. Later, they                       were required to do so. No Jews of course, &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";                       background:#DBEEF3'&gt;How did he get people on his side? He                       did it by promising jobs to the jobless, money to the                       money-less, and rewards for the military-industrial                       complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children,                       advocating gun control, health care for all, better                       wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride                       once again in the country, across Europe , and across the                       world. He did it with a compliant media - did you know                       that? And he did this all in the name of justice and ....                       . .. change. And the people surely got what they voted                       for.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;If                       you think I am exaggerating, look it up. It's all there                       in the history books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;So                       read your history books. Many people of conscience                       objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names,                       laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed                       out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the                       House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime                       Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy                       troublemaker. He was right, though. And the world came to                       regret that he was not listened to.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";                       background:yellow'&gt;Do not forget that Germany was the                       most educated, the most cultured country in Europe . It                       was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories,                       and universities. And yet, in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span                       style='background:yellow'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span                       style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;less than six                       years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span                       style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;(a shorter time                       span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency) it was                       rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating                       its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors                       against neighbors.. All with the best of intentions, of                       course. The road to Hell is paved with them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;As                       a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional                       decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the                       objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make                       me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is                       shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or                       I can hope I am wrong by closing my eyes, having another                       latte, and ignoring what is transpiring around me..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;I                       choose to believe the evidence. No doubt some people will                       scoff at me, others laugh, or think I am foolish, naive,                       or both. To some degree, perhaps I am. But I have never                       been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them                       exactly what I believe-and why I believe it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;I                       pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. Perhaps the only                       hope is our vote in the next elections.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;David                       Kaiser &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;Jamestown                       , Rhode Island&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;                       &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'&gt;United                       States &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;                       &lt;div&gt;                       &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:13.5pt;                       color:#660000'&gt;I HOPE THIS IF NOTHING ELSE GETS YOU TO                       THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND WHAT MAY LAY                       AHEAD? IF IT CAUSES THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF CONCERN, PASS IT                       ON TO OTHERS TO READ AND REPOST IT BEFORE THERE IS                       NOTHING LEFT FOR US TO DO. 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This lady should run for President! She is right on the money, and she's not afraid to take credit for it either, leaving her name and phone number at the end!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                      This letter you are about to read was written by a 4th grade teacher this past week. We are in dire need of more true American citizens who are proud of OUR United States of America .. WAKE UP AMERICA .. . . please . . . before it is too late!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                      April 27, 2009&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;The White House&lt;br /&gt;1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW&lt;br /&gt;Washington , DC 20500&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;Mr. Obama:&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;    I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative of the United States of America collectively or of me personally. You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that you have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United States of America . You are responsible to the citizens of the United States .&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;    You are not responsible to the peoples of any other country on earth. I personally resent that you go around the world apologizing for the  United States telling Europeans that we are arrogant and do not care about their status in the world. Sir, what do you think the First World War and the Second World War were all about if not the consideration of the peoples of Europe ? Are you brain dead? What do you think the Marshall Plan was all about?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Do you not understand or know the history of the 20th century? Where do you get off telling a Muslim country that the United States does not consider itself a Christian country? Have you not read the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States?  This country was founded on Judeo-Christian ethics and the principles governing this country, at least until you came along, come directly from this heritage. Do you not understand this?&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;    Your bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia is an affront to all Americans. Our President does not bow down to anyone, let alone the king of Saudi Arabia. You don't show Great Britain, our best and one of our oldest allies, the respect they deserve yet you bow down to the king of Saudi Arabia . How dare you, sir! How dare you!&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;    You can't find the time to visit the graves of our greatest generation because you don't want to offend the Germans but make time to visit a mosque in Turkey . You offended our dead and every veteran when you give the Germans more respect than the people who saved the German people from themselves. What's the matter with you?&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;    I am convinced that you and the members of your administration have the historical and intellectual depth of a mud puddle and should be ashamed of yourselves, all of you. You are so self-righteously offended by the big bankers and the American automobile manufacturers yet do nothing about the real thieves in this situation, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Frank, Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelic, the Fannie Mae bonuses, and the Freddie Mac bonuses. What do you intend to do about them? Anything? I seriously doubt it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    What about the U.S. House members passing out $9.1 million in bonuses to their staff members -- on top of the $2.5 million in automatic pay raises that lawmakers gave themselves? I understand the average House aide got a 17% bonus. I took a 5% cut in my pay to save jobs with my employer.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;    You haven't said anything about that. Who authorized that? I surely didn't! Executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be receiving $210 million in bonuses over an eighteen-month period, that's $45 million more than the AIG bonuses. In fact, Fannie and Freddie executives have already been awarded $51 million -- not a bad take. Who authorized that and why haven't you expressed your outrage at this group who are largely responsible for the economic mess we have right now.&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;    I resent that you take me and my fellow citizens as brain-dead and not caring about what you idiots do. We are watching what you are doing and we are getting increasingly fed up with all of you. I also want you to know that I personally find just about everything you do and say to be offensive to every one of my sensibilities.  I promise you that I will work tirelessly to see that you do not get a chance to spend two terms destroying my beautiful country. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;Every Real American&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;P.S... I rarely ask that emails be 'passed around'.............&lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;                      &lt;br /&gt;PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR EMAIL LIST. 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