SKIPS BITZ

Rant - Me - Family - Retirement - Socail Security

2012-02-17T19:27:00.000-08:00

I love this guy!

2012-02-16T10:26:00.000-08:00

COMCAST YOU SUCK!

2012-02-15T11:32:00.000-08:00

Dentists Suck (Part 2)

2012-02-14T15:41:00.001-08:00

A Few Choice Words

2012-02-14T11:10:00.000-08:00

Subject: Words From The Wise * I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we've been voting for boobs long enough. ~ Clarie Sargent , Arizona senatorial candidate * The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~Henry Cate, VII * We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop * If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~Will Rogers * Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato * Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev * When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow * Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author Unknown * If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno * Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton * Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar Ameringer * The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ~P.J. O'Rourke * I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. ~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952 * A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~Texas Guinan * Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~Gore Vidal * I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle * Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson * Don't vote, it only encourages them. ~Author Unknown * There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators. ~Will Rogers -- Thomas Jefferson correctly identified that the downfall of the United States will come from the judiciary — the one branch that has no accountability.

Dentists Suck

2012-02-13T13:58:00.001-08:00

Debtors Prison making a return

2012-02-09T12:13:00.000-08:00

Commentary The Return of Debtors’ Prison? April 1, 2008 Wendy McElroy The Freeman H. Beatty Chadwick, a former corporate lawyer, has been imprisoned in a Pennsylvania county jail for over 13 years even though he has never been arrested, criminally accused, or tried. Chadwick is imprisoned on contempt-of-court charges that sprang from a contentious divorce. His case dramatizes a continuing debate over the use and misuse of civil-contempt imprisonment. Many people view contempt of civil court as an uncommon and relatively benign sanction that is flexed only to enforce court orders or respect for the court. If the sanction is seen to have bite, it is usually in connection with high-profile cases in which journalists refuse to reveal their sources and so are imprisoned until they relent or it is clear that further imprisonment will not compel compliance. In reality such imprisonment seems to be commonplace and it can devastate lives. Arguably, the most common form of civil imprisonment is for nonpayment of child support. When a “deadbeat” parent is jailed for nonpayment by a family-court judge, the actual charge is contempt of civil court. How many “deadbeats” are imprisoned each year is unknown because family courts are not required to maintain such records and rarely do so. This means that family-court judges act with less transparency and less accountability than those in other venues do. Moreover, there is no national database of “deadbeat” parents incarcerated each year. In short, there is an amazing lack of data on such imprisonment, with estimates ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. What is contempt of court? The United States has two basic types of contempt: criminal and civil. Contempt of court has been called the “Proteus” of the legal system because Proteus was the Greek sea god who could change his shape at will. In short, contempt of court can assume many forms due to three factors: the judge is often the sole evaluator of when contempt has occurred; federal law differs from state laws, which often vary from each other; and criminal contempt is remedied differently from its civil parallel. Nevertheless, all contempt charges share certain characteristics. In its most basic form, contempt of court is a ruling through which a judge sanctions a deliberate act or omission to act that he or she considers to be disobedient, obstructive, or disrespectful to the court. The ruling is the sternest remedy a judge can impose on “bad behavior,” such as refusing to obey a court order or uttering obscenities in court. Punishment can be imposed on anyone within the court, including attorneys, parties to a lawsuit or criminal action, witnesses, and spectators. This article focuses on civil contempt on a state level and analyzes criminal contempt only by way of contrast. In theory a key difference is that criminal charges are more serious than civil ones and often involve the loss of liberty. Thus criminal defendants have protections of due process that civil defendants do not enjoy. In some cases, however, civil contempt involves imprisonment against which the offender, or contemnor, has no legal protection or recourse except eventual compliance. What are some of the other key differences between civil and criminal contempt? In both, contempt can be either direct or indirect. Direct contempt is committed in the presence of a presiding judge; for example, interrupting the judge. Indirect contempt is committed outside the presence of the presiding judge, for example, neglecting to pay court-ordered child support. In civil court, once the direct contemnor has been advised of the contempt, a fine and/or imprisonment may be imposed immediately. The imprisonment is generally for a few days but can span months. The contemnor has no legal right to an attorney or a trial or any defense. The judge’s ruling cannot be appealed. In indirect civil contempt, the contemnor is entitled to notice and a hearing at which to present evidence and rebuttal. Then, at the sole discretion of the judge, the contemnor may be imprisoned until compliance is compelled. With noncompliant contemnors, imprisonment usually ends when the judge concludes that continuation is ineffective. If the judge does not reach that conclusion, it is possible for the imprisonment to be indefinite. By contrast, in direct or indirect criminal contempt, the contemnor retains the rights of due process. The sentence, which is meant to punish rather than to compel compliance, is of a set length. Thus in practice a civil-contempt charge can be far more serious than a criminal one. Consider H. Beatty Chadwick’s 13 years of imprisonment. The facts of his case are straightforward. In 1977 Chadwick married Barbara Jean Crowther. In 1992, she filed for divorce. In 1994 Barbara Chadwick informed the court her husband had wired $2.5 million out of the country. The judge ordered him to retrieve the money and place it in a court-controlled account until the divorce was settled. Beatty Chadwick claimed that most of the money had been lost in a foreign business deal gone bad; however, a small fraction of the money showed up in a U.S. bank under his name and the court did not believe his story. In April 1995 Chadwick was imprisoned until the money was produced. Traditionally, a contempt-of-court sentence continues only as long as there is a reasonable expectation of coercing compliance. Otherwise, the imprisonment becomes a punishment, which is a criminal sanction and beyond the authority of civil courts. An Affront to Liberty A 1974 New Jersey Supreme Court case, Catena v. Seidl, is often cited regarding this point in civil contempt. “It is abhorrent to our concept of personal freedom that the process of civil contempt can be used to jail a person indefinitely, possibly for life, even though he or she refuses to comply with the court’s order. . . . [C]ontinued imprisonment may reach a point where it becomes more punitive than coercive and thereby defeats the purpose of the commitment.” In 2002 U.S. District Court Judge Norma Shapiro ordered Chadwick’s release on grounds that continued imprisonment would not compel compliance. That same year, then-Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Samuel Alito overturned Shapiro. He said, “Because the state courts have repeatedly found that Mr. Chadwick has the present ability to comply with the July 1994 state court order, we cannot disturb the state courts’ decision that there is no federal constitutional bar to Mr. Chadwick’s indefinite confinement for civil contempt so long as he retains the ability to comply with the order requiring him to pay over the money at issue.” Thus Alito, now a U.S. Supreme Court justice, asserted the right of a civil court to hold a contemnor in prison in perpetuity. The only question was whether the contemnor has the ability to comply. In Chadwick’s case the ability is far from clear. In 2003 former Pennsylvania Judge A. Leo Sereni oversaw an 18-month investigation in which two accounting firms attempted to track down Chadwick’s money. No trace was found beyond what had been identified a decade before. Sereni recommended Chadwick’s release, stating, “My God— if he had stolen $2 million, he would have been out a couple of years ago.” (Apparently, the state maximum for that crime is or was a seven-year term.) Chadwick’s lawyer has added that his elderly client now suffers from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and requires “outside” medical attention. In February 2006 the presiding court held that Sereni had “overstepped his bounds” and Chadwick’s incarceration should continue. Is the Chadwick case an aberration that has slipped through the cracks of an otherwise reasonable system? Or is it an extreme example of a commonplace occurrence that suggests family courts are out of control in the use of contempt imprisonment? The “legal crack” theory confronts a problem. According to the Chicago Tribune, the case has produced “a dozen pleas to the county courts, nine to state appeals courts, nine to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, six to the nearby federal court, four to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and two to the U.S. Supreme Court.” For an injustice to withstand sustained efforts to remedy it, the “crack” has to be both massive and widespread. A mere aberration should be easier to correct, and higher courts should not affirm it. Yet if the Chadwick case points to widespread abuse, how should civil contempt be reformed? Or, more fundamentally, should the sanction be abandoned entirely? An Alternative? Abandoning civil contempt would not be absurd. After all, that specific power derives from British common law. Civil law, which is also known as Continental or Romano-Germanic law, is at least as widespread as common law; for example, it is the basis of French Civil Law and the Swiss Civil Code. The fundamental difference between the two systems is that common law derives rules or precedents from specific cases and civil law starts with rules and applies them to specific cases. For purposes of this article, however, the fundamental difference is that most civil-law countries do not recognize civil imprisonment for contempt. In their book The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America, legal scholars John Merryman and Rogelio Perez-Perdomo wrote, “Another fundamental difference between the civil law and common law traditions occurs in enforcement proceedings. Civil law jurisdictions have nothing comparable to the common law notion of civil contempt of court. . . . [I]n the common law a person can be compelled to act or to refrain from acting by the threat of imprisonment or fine for contempt of court—that is, for refusing to obey a court order addressed to him or her as a person.. . . The civil law, by way of contrast, knows no civil contempt of court and tends to operate solely in rem. This means that regardless of the type of claim one has against another person, the only way one can collect the claim is by obtaining a money judgment.” Much of the world, including most of western Europe, functions without the common-law tradition of civil imprisonment. Thus it is not clear that eliminating the practice would harm North American jurisprudence in any manner. Indeed, there are good reasons to believe that eliminating the imprisonment would improve justice in North America. First and foremost, there is the human cost. The misery inflicted by imprisonment is the most obvious human cost. But critics of civil contempt argue that such imprisonment is also violation of constitutional rights that should apply not merely to criminal matters but also to civil ones—at least, if punishment involves the deprivation of liberty. These critics refer primarily to the rights of due process that are protected by the Sixth Amendment but also to those within the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Sixth Amendment states, “In all criminal prosecution, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed . . . and to have the assistance of counsel.” Although civil contempt is not a criminal prosecution, the line between the two blurs with imprisonment and when the penalty is imposed as a punishment rather than a remedy. The Fifth Amendment states, “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury . . . nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” One of the traditional measures of whether a crime is “infamous” is the severity of punishment that may be imposed for its violation; the punishment of indefinite imprisonment would seem to make civil contempt an “infamous crime.” The relevant section of the Fourteenth Amendment reads, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Again, imprisonment seems to require the observation of due process. Arguably, civil contempt also impinges on First Amendment guarantees of free speech. The need for transparency and accountability within the justice system is a hotly debated issue. A prerequisite of meaningful debate is the ability to criticize the conduct and decisions of judges. As civil-contempt laws read today, however, a person who accuses a judge of misconduct can be found guilty of contempt of court even if he or she is able to prove the truth of the statement. In theory a judge imposes contempt charges as a last resort and in a manner that respects rights. But when a judge (or any human being) is given absolute and virtually unaccountable power over another, frequent abuse is the predictable result. This is especially true when an act of contempt directly challenges a judge’s authority or constitutes an insult. In short, the judge becomes the injured party; this fact alone should disqualify him or her from rendering a decision on the alleged injury. As Justice Hugo Black stated, “When the responsibilities of lawmaker, prosecutor, judge, jury and disciplinarian are thrust upon a judge he is obviously incapable of holding the scales of justice perfectly fair and true and reflecting impartially on the guilt or innocence of the accused. He truly becomes the judge of his own cause.” Political Abuse It is not merely the judge who can abuse contempt of court charges; it is also politicians. A famous example of contempt being used politically is the 1895 imprisonment of labor leader Eugene V. Debs. Debs was arrested both for conspiracy and for contempt of court following his prominent role in the Pullman Strike, during which the American Railway Union refused to handle Pullman cars or any cars attached to them, including those carrying U.S. mail. The federal government obtained an injunction against the strike, which it sent in the Army to enforce. On the charge of conspiracy, Debs had a jury trial in which famed civil rights attorney Clarence Darrow defended him; the case was dropped mid-trial. On the charge of contempt, the judge in his sole authority sentenced Debs to six months in prison. The danger of contempt-of-court charges being abused rises when the case being decided is controversial and open to political pressure. Can the good of society (or other specific individuals) be balanced against the cost and danger of contempt of court? In civil contempt the “good” is usually defined as “paying up”—for example, child support. It is difficult to understand what “good” is accomplished by imprisoning nonviolent parents who are behind in payments. Although data on the number of “deadbeat” prisoners is vague and often anecdotal, “deadbeat” dads almost certainly constitute the majority of civil-contempt imprisonments. Often the stated goal is to pry loose hidden money from the parent. But there is no statistical proof or studies to indicate that imprisonment motivates a parent who can pay up to do so. Moreover, society tracks wealth through bank accounts, tax returns, pay stubs, and myriad paper trails; if wealth is not discoverable and attachable, there should be a presumption that it doesn’t exist. The accused should not be guilty until proven innocent. The possibility that many insolvent “deadbeats” are punished for their poverty has given rise to the accusation that America has reinstated debtors’ prisons. A debtors’ prison is simply a prison for those unable to pay a debt. In 1833 the United States eliminated such institutions at the federal level and most states followed suit, refusing to impose the criminal penalty of imprisonment on insolvent debtors. Currently, the typical wording about debtors’ prisons within state constitutions is, “No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, or mesne or final process, unless in cases of fraud.” It is still possible, however, to be incarcerated for nonfraudulent debts such as nonpayment of alimony or child support. Imprisonment for civil contempt is an unnecessary and dangerous exception to the due process to which every individual is entitled both by the Constitution and by natural right. It also involves a confusing, inconstant maze of laws that collapse the traditional distinction between criminal and civil courts. As Justice Black observed, “It would be no overstatement . . . to say that the offense with the most ill-defined and elastic contours in our law is now punished by the harshest procedures known to that law.” I believe civil-contempt imprisonment is a legal aberration that creates an artificial and arbitrary respect for courts. It also acts as a barrier for the open evaluation and criticism of judges, which is necessary to a healthy transparency within the judicial system. Civil-contempt imprisonment is far from a benevolent or rarely flexed power. Unless the law is changed or eliminated, Beatty Chadwick will spend the rest of his life in jail without ever being arrested or heard by a jury; tens of thousands—and, arguably, hundreds of thousands—of “deadbeat” parents will be sent to the modern equivalent of debtors’ prison. The power of a judge to imprison without recourse should be eliminated.

Debtors Prison for parents who cant pay child support?

2012-01-30T15:04:00.000-08:00

Local opinion: Jail time for failure to pay child support? By BECKY PURSER - bpurser@macon.com By BECKY PURSER The Telegraph Sign up for daily e-mail news alerts http://www.macon.com/2012/01/30/1884381/local-opinion-divided-on-jail.html WARNER ROBINS -- Whether parents should be locked up for failing to pay child support is debated in Houston County. Houston Public Defender Nick White is opposed to locking up people who don’t pay, equating it to a debtor’s prison. But David Cooke, a senior assistant district attorney who leads the county’s child support division said the court works with parents and only jails those unwilling pay. “My personal feeling about the child support and people being put in jail is that it is a debtor’s prison,” White said. “Debtor’s prisons are illegal. But the way the law gets around it is that they’re not technically being put in jail because they haven’t paid child support directly. “They’re being put in jail as a contempt of court because the court has already ordered them to pay child support, and they haven’t done so. So there’s the technicality.” His office does not handle child support cases but does represent indigent clients. A lawsuit seeks to force Georgia to provide attorneys to represent parents unable to afford counsel when facing possible jail time for child support violations. White does believe there should be consequences for not paying child support. “I think what the alternative should be for this kind of contempt would be things like electronic monitoring with house arrest unless they are at their job,” White said. “That would be a good way of addressing it because then they are not in prison or they’re not in jail. Now, their liberty is still somewhat curtailed because of the house arrest but those kinds of penalties are not illegal under a civil context, whereas being in jail for debtor’s prison is.” But Cooke noted, “We don’t lock up parents who can’t pay. We lock up parents who won’t pay. There is a big difference.” Cooke said Houston County works with those who can demonstrate they’re unable to pay, while those who are unwilling are held in contempt and sent to jail. Cooke also noted assistance is offered through the “fatherhood program” that provides job referrals, job-skills training, help with résumés and such to help individuals find a job. “All cases are decided on a case-by-case basis with the non-custodial parent having to explain their situation to the judge,” Cooke said. “Many folks who claim they can’t pay and don’t have a job based on their history and lack of credibility, the judge will find it’s willful and order them to jail, and miraculously, thousands and thousands of dollars will appear to get them out of jail. That happens a lot.” Of 471 people being held in the Houston County jail Friday, 15 were being held on child support violations, said Houston County sheriff’s Maj. Charles Holt, jail administrator. Unlike Houston County, child support enforcement in Bibb County is not handled through the district attorney’s office. A special assistant attorney general attorney prosecutes child support contempt actions for the Georgia Department of Human Services in Bibb County. Daryl Robinson, counsel to the state attorney general, said the office was declining comment based on the pending litigation. According to figures provided by the state Department of Human Services to the Southern Center for Human Rights, 470 parents in Bibb, Peach and Crawford counties were jailed in connection with child support contempt actions initiated by Special Assistant Attorney General Robert J. Sikes between Feb. 28, 2011 and Oct. 14, 2011. Also, snapshot figures from DHS provided to the SCHR, found that on Oct 14, 2011, the number of people jailed for child support debt from Macon were 65 and from Warner Robins were 27. But the data did not indicate where the individuals were jailed. To contact writer Becky Purser, call 256-9559. Copyright 2012 The Telegraph. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Read more here: http://www.macon.com/2012/01/30/1884381/local-opinion-divided-on-jail.html#storylink=cpy

Old AOLERS from South Jersey/Philly area

2012-01-29T14:39:00.000-08:00

America headed for the DARK AGES?

2012-01-29T12:39:00.000-08:00

New Jersey Gun Laws

2012-01-28T14:44:00.000-08:00

Gun Bans Disarm America

2012-01-28T12:55:00.001-08:00

New Jersey Gun Laws

2012-01-28T12:19:00.000-08:00

Things that make you go Hmmmm?

2012-01-27T17:12:00.001-08:00

Subject: Where are Barack's Girlfriends? WHERE ARE THE OBAMA GIRLFRIENDS? WHERE ARE THE GIRLFRIENDS? I hadn't thought about this - but where are Obama's past girlfriends - Surely he had at least one? No past girl friends popping up anywhere? Strange - strange to the point of being downright weird! OK, this is just plain old common sense, no political agendas for either side. Just common knowledge for citizens of a country, especially American Citizens, who know every little tidbit about every other president (and their wives) that even know that Andrew Jackson's wife smoked a corn cob pipe and was accused of adultery, or that Lincoln never went to school or Kennedy wore a back brace, or Truman played the piano. We are Americans! Our media vets these things out! We are known for our Humanitarian interests and caring for our 'fellow man.' We care, but none Of us know one single humanizing fact about the history of our own president. Honestly, and this is a personal thing... But it's bugged me for years that No one who ever dated him ever showed up. Taken his charisma, which caused The women to be drawn to him so obviously during his campaign, looks like Some lady would not have missed the opportunity. We all know about JFK's magnetism, McCain was no monk, Palin's courtship And even her athletic prowess were probed. Biden's aneurisms are no Secret. Look at Cheney and Clinton-we all know about their heart problems. How could I have left out Wild Bill before or during the White House? Nope... Not one lady has stepped up and said, "He was soooo shy," or "What A great dancer!" Now look at the rest of what we know... No classmates, not even the Recorder for the Columbia class notes ever heard of him. Who was the best man at his wedding? Start there. Check for groomsmen Then get the footage of the graduation ceremony. Has anyone talked to the professors? Isn't it odd that no one is bragging That they knew him or taught him or lived with him. When did he meet Michele and how? Are there photos? Every president Provides the public with all their photos, etc. For their library. What has He released? Nada - other than what was in this so-called biography! And Experts who study writing styles etc. Claim it was not O's own words or Typical of his speech patterns, etc. Does this make any of you wonder? Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from Obama's past, saying they Knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc? Not one person has ever come forward from his past. This should really be a cause for great concern. Did you see the movie Titled, The Manchurian Candidate? Let's face it. As insignificant as we all are... Someone whom we went to School with remembers our name or face... Someone remembers we were the Clown or the dork or the brain or the quiet one or the bully or something About us. George Stephanopoulos, ABC News said the same thing during the 2008 Campaign. Even George questions why no one has acknowledged that the president was in Their classroom or ate in the same cafeteria or made impromptu speeches on Campus. Stephanopoulos was a classmate of Obama at Columbia-class of 1984. He says he never had a single class with him. Since he is such a great orator, why doesn't anyone in Obama's college Class remember him? And, why won't he allow Columbia to release his records? Do you like millions of others, simply assume all this is explainable - Even though no one can? NOBODY REMEMBERS OBAMA AT COLUMBIA Looking for evidence of Obama's past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama claims to have been there, But not one remembers him. For example,Wayne Allyn Root was (like Obama) a Political science major at Columbia , who graduated in 1983. In 2008, Root Says of Obama, "I don't know a single person at Columbia that knew him, and They all know me. I don't have a single classmate who ever knew Barack Obama At Columbia ... EVER! Nobody recalls him. Root adds that he was, "Class of '83 political science, pre-law" and says, "You don't get more exact or closer than that.. Never met him in my life, Don't know anyone who ever met him." At our 20th class reunion five years ago, who was asked to be the speaker Of the class? Me. No one ever heard of Barack! And five years ago, nobody Even knew who he was. The guy who writes the class notes, who's kind of The, as we say in New York , 'the macha' who knows everybody, has yet to find a person, a human who ever met him." Obama's photograph does not appear in the school's yearbook, and Obama consistently declines requests to talk about his years at Columbia , provide school records, or provide the name of any former classmates or friends while at Columbia . How can this be? NOTE: Wayne Allyn Root can easily be verified. He graduated valedictorian from his high school, Thornton-Donovan School , then graduated from Columbia University in 1983 as a Political Science major in the same '83 class in which Barack Hussein Obama states he was. Some other interesting questions. Why was Obama's law license inactivated in 2002? Why was Michelle's law license inactivated by court order? According to the U.S. Census, there is only one Barack Obama - but 27 Social Security numbers and over 80 aliases.. WHAT?! The Social Security number he uses now originated in Connecticut where he is never reported to have lived. No wonder all his records are sealed! Please continue sending this out to everyone. Somewhere, someone had to know him in school... before he "reorganized" Chicago and burst upon the scene at the 2004 Democratic Convention and made us swoon with his charm, poise, and speaking pizzazz. One of the biggest CONS this country has ever seen, and getting away with it. This is scary on many levels!

GOOGLE - Invading your Privacy Rights

2012-01-26T09:56:00.000-08:00

Google

2012-01-25T15:38:00.001-08:00

Seems Google wants to combine ALL you account together (to make it simpler for them). And MAYBE you don't want it this way? But the dont give a fuck, its THEIR SITE so we have to play by THEIR RULES, as they say. Therefore, if this comes into force, I may decide to show my DISSAPROVAL by shutting down ALL my sites on Google. I think I have the RIGHT to choose who sees what on what I post! Your opinions?

The Wall - Vietnam

2012-01-24T17:26:00.000-08:00

The Wall A little history most people will never know. Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010. The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 36 years since the last casualties. The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth , Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965. There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall. 39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger. 8,283 were just 19 years old. The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old. 12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old. 5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old. One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old. 997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam .. 1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam .. 31 sets of brothers are on the Wall. Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons. 54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia . I wonder why so many from one school. 8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded. 244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall. Beallsville, Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons. West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall. The Marines of Morenci - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest. And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home. The Buddies of Midvale - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam. In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~ 245 deaths. The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 - 2,415 casualties were incurred. Most Americans who read this will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. Those of us who survived the war, and the families of those who did not, see the faces We feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors. Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care. I've also sent this to those I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you for caring as you do.

Where is ALL that Obama Infrastructure Money?

2012-01-24T16:56:00.001-08:00

Sharia Law?

2012-01-23T14:52:00.000-08:00

Coming back from Mexico

2012-01-23T07:16:00.000-08:00

A guy traveling through Mexico on vacation lost his wallet and all of his identification. Cutting his trip short, he attempted to make his way home but was stopped by the U.S. Customs Agent at the border. "May I see your identification, please?" asked the agent. "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.. "Sure buddy, I hear that every day. No ID, no entry," said the agent. "But I can prove I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a picture of Ronald Reagan tattooed on one side of my butt and George Bush on the other." "This I gotta see," replied the agent. With that, the guy dropped his pants and showed the agent his behind. "By golly, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have a safe trip back to Chicago ." Thanks!" he said. "But how did you know I was from Chicago ?" The agent replied, "I recognized Obama in the middle."

Joe Paterno - Penn State

2012-01-22T16:11:00.001-08:00

Senior Citizen Prayer

2012-01-22T10:34:00.000-08:00

Senility Prayer God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm "older" (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered: 1) I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it. 2) My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran. 3) I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart. 4) Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 5) Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 6) What were we talking about? 7) It's easier to get older than it is to get wiser. 8) Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant. 9) I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few. 10) Kids in the back seat cause accidents. 11) Accidents in the back seat cause kids. 12) It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere. 13) The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom. 14) If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees. 15) When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone else decide to play chess? 16) It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere! 17) The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. 18) These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter..I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. 19) If all is not lost, then where is it? 20) Did I send this to you already?

BIG BROTHER STRIKES AGAIN

2012-01-21T15:52:00.000-08:00

Right turn on Red Lights - A Death Sentence?

2012-01-19T11:59:00.000-08:00

American - Canadaian Oil Pipeline - WTF?

2012-01-18T18:41:00.000-08:00