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Another Warning . . . Hope It Works, This Time

2010-10-19T11:25:00.000-04:00

Just in case you were still wavering about who to vote for on 11/2/2010 in terms of which candidate would have the best interests of our country and We the People at heart . . . here's reminder of some "warnings" given prior to the 11/4/2008 Presidential election.

These warnings clearly described what Mr. Obama intended to impose on the country in the name of "social justice." Unfortunately, not enough of the majority listened to the warnings then . . . and here we are now.

These numbers were compiled not by me but by knowledgeable individuals. Don't just take my/their word for it . . . go do your own research; this information is (still) easily accessible online and elsewhere. Then, do what you must do now to prepare yourselves and your families for the continuing financial destruction of our country -- IF we don't start to make drastic and dramatic changes to the Congress on 11/2/2010.

Take a look at this list and see for yourself whether or not the warnings in 2008 about Mr. Obama and his plans were accurate before the 2008 elections.

If you do see how accurate the warnings were then, please heed them now and make sure to vote for the best qualified candidates who will really "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" as opposed to those who continue to want to "fundamentally transform" our Country into a Socialist State.

If you do not see the accuracy of the warnings from 2008 and are not even more frightened than you should have been, then, maybe where we are now is where you feel our Country should be . . .

Originally appeared in late 2008, shortly prior to the Presidential elections.

INTERESTING DATA ON TAXES

This is something you should be aware of so you don't get blind-sided. This is really going to catch a lot of families off guard. It should make you worry.

These were the proposed changes in taxes to take effect after the 2008 General election according to each candidate:

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

MCCAIN: 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain did not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.

OBAMA: 28% tax on profits from ALL home sales.

This, of course, is dependent on whether one can even sell one's house at all. We pulled our house off the market in early 2009. We're just going to wait to see if the market value ever breaks even with the mortgage balance one of these years, (ideally before we pay it off).

How does this affect the country?

If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your "capital gain" profits in taxes. Those "profits" are generally what allow people to put a substantial down payment on the next, ideally upgraded, house. If this tax stays, better rethink upgrading to a larger or "nicer" home . . .ever.

If you are heading toward retirement (as millions of us are) and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. In addition to those who simply want to "upgrade" to another home, this will particularly adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.

Add this to the $500,000 cut in Medicare funds along with the administration's concerted efforts to destroy all the "Medicare advantage plans" (such as Humana), and the forthcoming taxes from the "health care reform" plan, senior citizens had better prepare very quickly to be able to take care of themselves by themselves. Those of us who are quickly heading to that category had better pay close attention, too.

DIVIDEND TAX

MCCAIN 15% (no change was proposed)

OBAMA 39.6% increase

How will this affect you?

If you have any money invested in stock market -- and most of us do in one way or another: IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president.

The experts predict that 'higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains' would crash the stock market yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.

In case you missed it, this take over was implemented in August/September 2010 when the government passed regulations on individual retirement accounts.

INCOME TAX -- These were related to the supposed Bush Tax Cuts "for the rich" that Obama claims are "unfair to the middle class." It seems to me, dummy that I may be, that when 01/01/2011 rolls around and the current tax levels have been allowed to expire by our cowardly representatives, ALL taxpayers will get quite a hit in the financial gut, whether or not we are "rich" by any one's definition.

The current tax rates that have been in place for 10 years are:

* Single person making 30K/year pays $4,500/year in taxes

* Single person making 50K/year pays $12,500/year in taxes

* Single person making 75K/year pays $18,750/year in taxes

* Married couple making 60K/year pays $9,000/year in taxes

* Married couple making 75K/year pays $18,750/year in taxes

* Married couple making 125K/year pays $31,250/year in taxes

The above does not even reflect other tax deductions such as the "earned income" tax credit for people who don't meet a certain minimum and a myriad of other deductions that used to be available to the middle class as well as the so-called "rich."

The OBAMA Tax Plan effective 01/01/2011 will be for all Americans -- NOT just the supposed big, bad "rich:"

* Single person making 30K/year will pay $8,400/year (almost double from 2010)

* Single person making 50K/year will pay $14,000/year ($1,500 increase from 2010)

* Single person making 75K will pay $23,250/year ($4,500 increase from 2010)

* Married couple making 60K will pay $16,800/year ($7,800 increase from 2010)

* Married couple making 75K/year will pay $21,000/year ($2,500 increase from 2010)

* Married couple making 125K/year will pay $38,750/year ($7,500 increase from 2010)

Under Obama your taxes will more than double! How does this affect you? No explanation needed. This is pretty straightforward.

Personally, that tax table scares the living daylights out of us. Where are we going to have any small funds left to even survive with the bare necessities?

This is the "social justice" and "leveling the playing field" that Mr. Obama spent two years spouting during his presidential campaign -- yes, all two years of it, not including 2008.

Is this what the majority of folks thought he was talking about? I would say, more than likely not. Unfortunately not enough of the regular We the People listened closely enough or paid enough attention to realize what the main was saying very clearly: "share the wealth!"

But, in case you need a hint . . .

Increased taxes mean less money in our pockets to spend on anything from keeping a roof over our heads (and all the attached costs), to a car in the driveway (and all the attached costs), to food on our tables (and all the attached costs), to clothes on our backs.

Increased taxes mean we have less money for "stuff" and "activities." (Not to go off on a tangent . . . maybe none of that matters when put in the context of the government telling us what to eat, wear, drive, and where to go for entertainment . . .)

Regardless, less spending on "stuff" and "activities" (i.e., movies, restaurants, shopping, trips, etc) means that those whose livelihoods depend on those expenditures will likely go out of business -- like the millions upon millions of small business owners who will feel the tax increases like a sledgehammer to the gut.

I do not think any one's taxes should increase. I am not proponents of class warfare and feel no animosity towards those who worked their butts off to earn their money, except for the millionaire career politicians (Reid, Pelosi, Obama, Boxer, Biden, Rangel, et al) who have made their fortunes off the backs of the taxpayers.

Those who worked hard for their money -- whatever amount they earn themselves, through the sweat of their brow -- should keep the majority portion -- not just what the government feels is "enough."

INHERITANCE TAX

MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)

OBAMA: Restore the inheritance tax

This reinstatement is already in place and in effect. How does this affect you?

Many families have lost businesses, farms and ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax.

If you're just waiting for a rich uncle to die and leave you the funds, well, forget it. You'll probably end up owing more to the government than you even inherit. Those who leave their assets to loves ones will most likely lose these assets.

It almost makes better fiscal sense to have it buried with you!

NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA

As of October 2010, the majority of these taxes have either already been implemented or are on the verge of going into effect in 2011.

* New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet (related to "energy efficiency")

* New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already. These taxes are to "encourage" the purchase of "green" vehicles . . . whenever they are supposedly affordable enough!)

* New cigarette taxes (As if force and coercion work with everyone.)

* New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity).

Obama had clearly said that energy costs would "necessarily skyrocket" when his energy plan went into effect. Although Cap-n-Tax was stalled in the Senate this time, there are lots and lots of corollary energy "regulations" already in the pipeline from the EPA. In case you missed that . . . the EPA now no longer reports to the Congress.

* New taxes on retirement accounts

On top of the increased income taxes, inheritance taxes, investment taxes, health care taxes, and energy taxes . . .

Sounds like "Utopia" to me, don't ya think?!? A real "workers' paradise!"

And last but not least...

* New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries . . . you know, the ones whose government representatives come to the US for their health care.

Wonder where they'll go now? We better pay attention . . . that may be our only option to stay alive, too.

It's up to us now folks to make sure that this time we get it right. We have got to get rid of every single "representative" who voted to pass any of the economy destroying "plans" from late 2008, January 2009 to the end of the current 2010 Congressional session.

If we don't get the right folks up to DC starting in January 2011 and continuously from then on for years, we may as well kiss the Republic of the United States of America good-bye forever.

An open letter from actor Jon Voight to President Obama

2010-06-29T13:04:00.000-04:00

All Americans should beg to sign their names to this letter! It is encouraging to see that not all American voices are fearful of speaking out and of wanting to be heard. Let us all hope and pray that the courage of those like Mr. Voight will infect the rest of us who are very afraid for the future of our country.

Let us pray and hope that we will be infected with the strength and courage to stand up and fight against those whose sole intent is to destroy our Republic.

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An open letter to President Obama from Jon Voight, by Jon Voight
11:06 a.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2010

June 22, 2010

President Obama:

You will be the first American president that lied to the Jewish people, and the American people as well, when you said that you would defend Israel, the only Democratic state in the Middle East, against all their enemies. You have done just the opposite. You have propagandized Israel, until they look like they are everyone's enemy — and it has resonated throughout the world. You are putting Israel in harm's way, and you have promoted anti-Semitism throughout the world.

You have brought this to a people who have given the world the Ten Commandments and most laws we live by today. The Jewish people have given the world our greatest scientists and philosophers, and the cures for many diseases, and now you play a very dangerous game so you can look like a true martyr to what you see and say are the underdogs. But the underdogs you defend are murderers and criminals who want Israel eradicated.

You have brought to Arizona a civil war, once again defending the criminals and illegals, creating a meltdown for good, loyal, law-abiding citizens. Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover. I pray to God you stop, and I hope the people in this great country realize your agenda is not for the betterment of mankind, but for the betterment of your politics.

With heartfelt and deep concern for America and Israel,

Jon Voight

© Copyright 2010 The Washington Times, LLC.

A Cautionary Fable: Catching Wild Pigs

2010-06-10T13:20:00.001-04:00

A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (an exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter.

The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?' The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.

The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.

When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again.

You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught.

Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America. The government keeps progressively pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc..

While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.

One should always remember:

There is no such thing as a free lunch!
A politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
If you see that all of this wonderful government "help" is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to explain it to your friends.

If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life may God help you when the gate slams shut!

Keep your eyes on the elected politicians who are about to slam the gate on America.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have"

~~ Thomas Jefferson

Another "Nutshell"

2010-06-08T13:33:00.000-04:00

Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can understand them.

This quote came from the Czech Republic. Someone over there has it figured out. We have a lot of work to do.

“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president."

"The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.

The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”

Let us hope those who made this man president have regained enough of their senses to start undoing what they helped to create.

In a Nutshell

2010-06-08T13:22:00.000-04:00

The Issue in a Nutshell

Powerful T.E.A. Party Moment

2010-06-08T11:59:00.000-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9_bP219ehQ&feature=player_embedded

This video does not need anything else . . . the message is loud, powerful, and extremely clear to any who wish to hear: We will Save our Country from destruction.

Mark Steyn's "America Alone"

2010-06-03T14:32:00.002-04:00

A very cogent, intelligent and fearless interview.

Honest Protests?

2010-06-02T11:56:00.000-04:00

Honest Protest?

This is the face of the protesters against the Arizona immigration law! Threats to shoot policemen, extraordinarily unreasonable and completely unrealistic demands, unhesitating breaking of federal laws . . .

And T.E.A. Movement activists were called "terrorists?"

As an immigrant, now a proud naturalized American, I must ask these folks: Where in heaven do they think they are "owed" anything from anyone?

Their behavior is an insult to all honest immigrants who came to this country legally, who worked hard for years, who made their way to the point they considered "success" for themselves and for their families. On what possible earthly basis do they place their demands for "free" anything?

I find their demands repugnant. Not only do they break this country's laws by coming here illegally in the first place, but on top of that breach, they have the nerve to make outrageous demands for things that even natural born Americans do not have.

On what basis on earth do they think they deserve to be "given" all those "free" things they demand? How on earth do they think they are "owed" those things?

It is outrageous!

Worse, we have a government pandering to these extortionist demands. President Bush had his part in it, along with Senator McCain, with their attempts in passing "amnesty," instead of enforcing established federal laws. It is no wonder, then, that the group currently in Washington would want to merely expand on that premise to the extreme -- open the gates, disregard our own laws, let the voting blocks in!

I would say to the Mexicans in Arizona, California, and elsewhere that they should just stop their stupidity. They are not owed a thing by this country. If they had chosen to come to America just as millions of other immigrants chose to come here -- legally, as opposed to sneaking across the border, they would easily access all options to be successful in their lives.

As legal aliens, they would have had the same options as all other legal immigrants who came here: follow the laws of this country, pursue happiness, and achieve whatever measure of success your own efforts and hard work permit. Whatever they desire for themselves they can work for and attain through the sweat of their brow, just as millions upon millions of immigrants have before them.

They are "owed" no more than the opportunity, just like everyone else in this country.

If they are incapable of legally achieving what they desire here, there is an entire world out there from which they can choose to try to be successful: Cuba, for instance, or Jamaica, or Iran, or Haiti ... or, dare we even suggest it . . . Mexico?

Ooopsie-Daisy!

2010-06-02T10:11:00.003-04:00

He's Done Everything Wrong

I think it is morally reprehensible that people like Mort Zuckerman, chairman and editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report and publisher of the New York Daily News, now start their mea culpa for their part in doing such an intense disservice to our Country! These are supposedly astute, intelligent, knowledgeable, worldly, yada-yada people to whom we "little people" are expected to look for advice and guidance!

Their concerted, intense, and brainless support of Mr. Obama (Yes we can!) as he campaigned for the presidency was base and crass: their motives were more than suspect as is being proven in recent admissions. The goal in supporting Mr. Obama was solely to achieve the primary liberal dream of electing a black man to the high office of President of the United States of America.

The reasoning utilized, that "it was time" for a black man to be elected, supposedly to "prove" that our Country has moved past a supposed racial divide was revolting by any one's measure. As I noted to several friends who succumbed to the kumbyah moment, it is just as dishonest and racist to elect a person just because he is black, as it is to not elect someone solely on that basis.

In the case of Mr. Obama, there were millions, mountains of solid, reasonable, non-race based reasons not to elect him, but thanks to Mr. Zuckerman and his cohorts in the press, their only intent was to put a black face in the White House, at any cost, for any reason.

During 2006, 2007, and 2008, in what has to be the longest presidential campaign on record, it did not matter in the least to professionals such as Mr. Zuckerman, and capitalists such as Oprah Winfrey and the gaggle of successful, rich Hollywood supporters what this man was preaching. At the time, everything was "tingles" down one's leg and a breathless, almost orgasmic reaction to a clearly empty suit.

Well, here we have the results. In less than 18 months as President, Mr. Obama and his cabal have practically destroyed our economy, our health care system, our Constitution and our Bill of Rights. Mr. Zuckerman and his "peeps" are now scrambling to justify the unjustifiable. There was no earthly reason to elect this man in the first place -- except that he would be the first black president! A thoroughly racist premise, as far as I'm concerned.

Now, we are expected to simply accept that a man such as Zuckerman did not discern a hint of a problem when he heard Mr. Obama tell Joe Wurzelbacher that he would have to "share the wealth"?? This comment was among the most telling of the many made by Mr. Obama that clearly, starkly, and frighteningly stated his most fundamental position: socialism.

We are now expected to believe that a supposed capitalist such as Zuckerman did not immediately see the meaning of that response? We are to accept that the legions of "stars" and "celebrities," all intense capitalists themselves -- as proven by their wealth -- did not understand what Mr. Obama represented??

When Mr. Obama prattled on about "fundamentally changing" our Country, did it not occur to a supposedly successful journalist (I use that term very loosely, of course) such as Mr. Zuckerman to ask a silly little question such as, "How do you expect to do that?"

Oh no! No such uncomfortable, disconcerting questions were asked; the response then, would not need to be examined, nor would the motivations behind their intent to elect Mr. Obama need to be examined. Much, much easier to just turn off one's brain and succumb to the "good feelings" exuded by Mr. Obama's extraordinary (or so we were told) rhetoric.

I would remind Mr. Zuckerman and his ilk that a solid 47% of We the People did not naively and stupidly succumb to the "celebrity power" of this man . . . those are the people to whom Mr. Zuckerman and those like him owe an immense apology. We 47% are the people truly suffering and intensely fearful of what we face and what our country faces, unless drastic changes are made in November.

Despite all the shenanigans of the likes of moveon.org, SEIU, the "new" Black Panthers, and the intense, non-stop lobbying of the blind, mindless, robotic "youth vote" by the elitists in Hollywood and Washington, Mr. Obama's win was not a "mandate to rule." He was not elected by a "landslide;" he was not even elected by what could be termed an "overwhelming majority!"

I would strongly suggest to Mr. Zuckerman and his friends that if they truly regret their actions in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and if they truly realize the depths of their error in having supported Mr. Obama, that they put their money where their mouth is and support Conservatives for Congress in November . . . and help to save our Country from the path of total destruction on which they helped to place us.

"A Time for Courage"

2010-06-01T13:43:00.000-04:00

There seems to be a bit of "controversy" about this speech ... whether the man who gave it is black or not ....

I say, what difference does it make? I wish I could have written this speech!

It does not, should not make the least bit of difference what race this AMERICAN is! It only matters, as is excruciatingly clear in his words, that he is an AMERICAN who loves, and is afraid for, his country.

The words, thoughts, and intent should be celebrated and spread to cover our country as we go through this very difficult and dangerous period in our country's history.

Let us all join in echoing his stirring words like an anthem throughout the land.

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TEXAS TEA PARTY SPEECH

Originally Published on May. 28, 2009

The introduction is from the original poster, Rebel4God, on RestoretheRepublic.net.
AT THE TEA PARTY, a black man, Dr. Donald May delivered this message from the courthouse steps in Lubbock. He electrified the audience like I haven't seen in a long time. His delivery was masterful. I am sorry you could not see him in action. Anyway, I thought you might enjoy his words. The news media were there, but not one word of this man’s appearance ever appeared on TV or in print, even though he completely dominated the scene.

This is A Time For Courage

April 15, 2009 – 11:49 pm

"Ladies and gentlemen, This is a time for courage.

"We are gathered here today on the Plains of West Texas in common purpose. We are here to remind our government that this is our country, We the People are still in charge, and our government is still our servant and not our master.

"Our Nation’s founding document is The Declaration of Independence. It tells us that our rights come from God and not from a small group of elite men and women.

"Our Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” Our Constitution was written for ordinary Americans like you and me. Our Constitution protects us from our government and from the politicians.

"Our President has complained that our Constitution gives ordinary people too much protection.He has ridiculed us for the high value we place on our Bibles, our guns, our personal property, and our liberty. He tells us we do not deserve to keep the money we have earned. We are told freedom has not worked. Personal responsibility, free enterprise, and Liberty have not been effective. Our government will now make more of our decisions for us. Other than our military, I can think of not one government agency I have ever found to be helpful.

"And speaking of our military, how about those Navy Seals blowing the heads off those three terrorist pirates? Don’t you just wish our entire government would function with such efficiency, professionalism, and courage? We watch in disbelief as our beloved United States is weakened economically, militarily, and morally by a radical President and his eager accomplices. What has taken generations to build is systematically destroyed and replaced with the same Socialist evil that brought poverty, destruction, and despair to untold hundreds of millions.

"The problems we face today have occurred because we have not defended our Nation from Socialism. For too long we have allowed the wrong people to make the worst possible decisions.The Bible warns us of class hatred. The radical leadership of our government daily fans the evil flames of class envy. Our European and Canadian friends beg us to not make the same Socialist mistakes they did. The President of the European Union warned our President that his Socialist economic plans are taking the world down the “road to Hell.”

"The path to power for Socialists includes taking God and guns from the citizens. Without spiritual and physical protection, people cannot defend themselves and their liberty. They soon become slaves. We are angered that our President apologizes for the exceptionalism and heroism of the United States of America. We are deeply troubled he told others the United States is not a Christian nation. We are angered that we have been called cowards and racists because we oppose Socialism. Socialism is not racial. Socialism is an equal opportunity destroyer. We are angered that a recent Department of Homeland Security report has singled out our military men and women who are returning home as being radical threats. The report also characterizes you and me as right-wing extremists and radicals because we favor smaller government and lower taxes.

"You and I are average citizens who believe just like most of our fellow Americans. We want our government to leave us alone and to keep its hands off our money, our religion, or guns, our private property, and our lives. We demand that our government stop spending money it does not have.

"Stop confiscating our money and private property.

"Stop printing money.

"Stop subsidizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the other failed financial institutions and companies.

"Mr. President, stop appointing tax cheats to positions of power and influence.

"Mr. President, secure our borders.

"Mr. President, do not divert money from our missile defense, F-22 Raptors, and other vital military equipment. This gives encouragement, aid, and comfort to our enemies. Protecting us is your number one job.

"Mr. President, do not give voting rights to millions of illegal aliens and felons. You have no more right to create new voters for your benefit than you do to use our money to buy the 2010 and 2012 Elections.

"We gather peacefully here today because there is a growing concern for what our government is doing to us and to our future. We fear for the very survival of our Republic. Yet there is much to make us hopeful and to fill our hearts with optimism and courage. This is still our country! The Constitution of the Unites States belongs to We the People. Our Constitution still protects us from our government.

"Call every possible elected official, including our President, Vice President, and the Speaker of the House. Demand that they stop stealing our money and giving it to ACORN and their other political supporters in order to buy votes. Call Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, and (your) Representative. Thank them. Urge them to do much more. Remind them now is a time for action and not for campaigning.

"Volunteer to work on our 2010 Census. Confront ACORN. Keep our Census honest. We must not all ow our President to take control of our Census for his political advantage.

"We must replace as much of our far left Congress as possible in 2010. Get involved. Do not let ACORN control our 2010 Election.

"Talk with someone every day who does not understand our nation’s history and our great heritage. Tell them why the United States is a good and prosperous nation. It still remains that brightly lit city on the hill. It still is the best hope for all mankind.

"Talk with all of the young people you can find. They are our future. Many do not understand what they have and that their future is being destroyed.

"Encourage your elected State officials to pass legislation that will protect us from our Federal government. Governor Rick Perry and others are doing that right now for Texas. Thank them and pray for them.

"This is a time for strong peaceful action. Let us pray that We the People can quickly return our government to its Constitutional responsibilities. Our President and Congress were elected to be our servants and not our masters.

"May God help our President and Congress to quickly realize the error of their ways and stop their reckless and unwarranted spending, cut our taxes, and reduce the size of our Federal bureaucracy. If they do not, may God grant us the courage and determination to vote them out of power next year.

"May God richly bless and protect each of you, and our Constitution, as together we pursue Liberty!"
Delivered at the Lubbock, Texas, TEA Party by Dr. Donald May
Tax Day, 15 April 2009

E Pluribus Unum

2010-05-27T13:58:00.000-04:00

As a child of LEGAL immigrants who worked hard, learned English, learned about this country, and assimilated into this Country -- without losing our own identity -- I heartily concur with Representative McClintock. As a naturalized American citizen, I find it to be the proverbial breath of fresh air to see a representative of our American government have the courage of his convictions and patriotism.

I would think that the American people who love and are proud of their country would loudly denounce the insults offered by the President of Mexico as he addressed Congress! It is bad enough that our own liberal representatives are so eager to acquiesce to and support all insults to our Country, but now we have presidents of other countries who see nothing wrong in standing in front of our own legislative bodies and insult the country straight out.

And, we were treated to the revolting sight of the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and half the Congress applauding the insults!

It is about time that sincere, patriotic representatives in the House and Senate start standing up for, and defending, our Country. Lord knows, if they, who have the power, the voice, and the pulpit to do so do not say this loudly and strongly . . . who will?

We the People, with what little voice we do have, have been roundly ignored by Mr. Obama and his cohorts. It is past time that at least one strong, patriotic voice is heard!

Thank you, Representative McClintock!

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A Response to President Calderon

By Jon Huey, on May 20, 2010

Rep. Tom McClintock gave this speech in response to President Calderon's lecture to Congress. Given in the House Chamber, Washington, D.C. May 20, 2010.

M. Speaker:

I rise to take strong exception to the speech of the President of Mexico while in this chamber today.

The Mexican government has made it very clear for many years that it holds American sovereignty in contempt and President Calderon’s behavior as a guest of the Congress confirms and underscores this attitude.

It is highly inappropriate for the President of Mexico to lecture Americans on American immigration policy, just as it would be for Americans to lecture Mexico on its laws.

It is obvious that President Calderon does not understand the nature of America or the purpose of our immigration law.

Unlike Mexico’s immigration law -- which is brutally exclusionary -- the purpose of America’s law is not to keep people out. It is to assure that as people come to the United States, they do so with the intention of becoming Americans and of raising their children as Americans.

Unlike Mexico, our nation embraces immigration and what makes that possible is assimilation.

A century ago President Teddy Roosevelt put it this way. He said:

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

That is how we have built one great nation from the people of all the nations of the world.

The largest group of immigrants now comes from Mexico. A recent RAND study discovered that during most of the 20th Century, while our immigration laws were actually enforced, assimilation worked and made possible the swift attainment of the American dream for millions of immigrants seeking to escape conditions in Mexico.

That is the broader meaning of our nation’s motto, “E Pluribus Unum” – from many people, one people, the American people.

But there is now an element in our political structure that seeks to undermine that concept of “E Pluribus Unum.” It seeks to hyphenate Americans, to develop linguistic divisions, to assign rights and preferences based on race and ethnicity, and to elevate devotion to foreign ideologies and traditions, while at the same time denigrating American culture, American values and American founding principles.

In order to do so, they know that they have to stop the process of assimilation. In order to do that, they must undermine our immigration laws.

It is an outrage that a foreign head of state would appear in this chamber and actively seek to do so. And it is a disgrace that he would be cheered on from the left wing of the White House and by many Democrats in this Congress.

Arizona has not adopted a new immigration law. All it has done is to enforce existing law that President Obama refuses to enforce. It is hardly a radical policy to suggest that if an officer on a routine traffic stop encounters a driver with no driver’s license, no passport, and who doesn’t speak English, that maybe that individual might be here illegally.

And to those who say we must reform our immigration laws – I reply that we don’t need to reform them – we need to enforce them. Just as every other government does. Just as Mexico does.

Above all, this is a debate of, by and for the American people. If President Calderon wishes to participate in that debate, I invite him to obey our immigration laws, apply for citizenship, do what 600,000 LEGAL immigrants to our nation are doing right now, learn our history and our customs, and become an American. And then he will have every right to participate in that debate.

Until then, I would politely invite him to have the courtesy while a guest of this Congress to abide by the fundamental rules of diplomacy between civilized nations not to meddle in each other’s domestic debates.

Repeating the Mistakes of the Past

2010-05-27T12:26:00.000-04:00

Please note the year and source of the cartoon below. The similarities to today's political situation are shocking. Every single item depicted and deplored in the political commentary below is applicable today.

If one did not know the year of the original cartoon, one would immediately think it is a very contemporary representation of life and politics today, in 2010. Sadly, frighteningly, it is just as accurate today as it was in 1934.

One would think that 76 years later, We the People would have learned by now that liberalism is wrong, it is evil, and it does not work!

Cartoon from 1934 Chicago Tribune

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

~George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905

Clearly, the lessons of the past, unbridled government spending, increasing deficits, government control and attempts to destroy our Constitution. Our Country survived the previous attempts to destroy our history, our Country, our Constitution, and our future . . .

We must ensure that we survive the current attempts to destroy us as a Country. Our last chance, I truly feel and fear, is November, 2010.

This is our last chance to fight against the machine from Chicago that is working intensely to bring every single liberal dream on their decades long wish list to fruition, regardless of the ever-growing mountain of evidence that the majority of the American people have never wanted their brand of "governance" -- not then, and not now.

This is our last chance to tell the liberal machines that our Country is a Republic, a country of laws, with a Constitution and a Bill of Rights applicable to all American citizens (and legal residents).

This is our last chance to show the liberal machines that we do love and are proud of our Country and our History as it is, warts and ugliness and all. We must emphatically reject the culture of the left that requires a wholesale and dishonest revision of who we are as a Country and as Americans.

This is our last chance to leave a legacy of truth to the next generations of Americans and show them how we survived as pilgrims, as daring adventurers forging routes into wild, unknown territories, as slaves and slave owners (parts of every country's history), as warriors in a Civil War, and our arrival as a whole country with a common history and a common foundation of Truths that we believe.

This is our last chance to retain and maintain our Sovereignty as a Country, without submitting to the yoke of "global governance" so desired by the liberals for some unfathomable reason. We are not a colony in a "global" liberal, European-controlled world.

It would appear that there are enough reasons to look "over there" and decide that we Americans do not want or need to be "like them." There are infinite reasons to reject the demands of the left that we submit to the will of the Europeans, from the cultural problems they have created for themselves to the economic problems they are trying to completely blame on America.

Lord knows, we've made enough economic mistakes ourselves, thanks in no small part to the influence, control, and demands of the liberals in our own Congress. We certainly do not need to be additionally "guided" by the failed policies of the Europeans.

We are Americans. We have been since the inception and creation of this country. We have maintained our identity and independence as a country for 234 years! We cannot allow 4 short years of an extremely liberal administration to destroy everything our Country has worked for, bled for, and died to achieve.

We must stop the liberal, European-influenced machine from completely destroying everything Americans have worked so very hard for so very long to achieve.

We must not allow America to go the way of Europe!

Does the N.E.A. Really Need More Money?

2010-05-21T13:54:00.001-04:00

This is a fascinating and extremely frightening report of the state of education in one of the largest -- and most liberal -- states in the country.

This is the type of environment that the Federal Department of Education has created with its deterioration of standards over the past many years. For this, the Department is continuously demanding more of our tax dollars?

Here's an excellent instance to "just say no!"

The following is a letter written by a real teacher in the California school system. Her pleas should resound with all of us; all of our tax dollars are included in paying for this outrageous situation which is doubtlessly repeated in many areas throughout the country.

When are We the People going to have the gumption to tell the progressives and liberals enough is enough!
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This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet.

Tomatoes and Cheap Labor

This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican, or Independent.

From a California school teacher - - -

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As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things of which you should be aware:

I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.

Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say "free breakfast," I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten.

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids.

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America.

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students, here in the country less than 3 months, who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores) and throwing things, that the teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, free day care, etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges, and entitlements?

To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.

Americans, We need to wake up.

Illegal immigration has nothing to do with "cheap labor." It does, however, have everything to do with culture: It involves an American third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about “political correctness” that we don't have the will to do anything about it.

To listen to the rantings and blame placing of many liberals, it would appear that "CHEAP LABOR" is the basis for all of this. Isn't that what they claim the whole immigration issue is about? The liberal excuse for allowing Mexicans to enter and remain as illegal immigrants is to put the blame on:

-- Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.

-- Consumers don't want expensive produce.

-- Americans who supposedly don't want the jobs.

The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as "cheap labor." It is merely another method used by the liberals to try to "shame" opponents into submitting to their demands.

Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free. (Most of the illegal aliens are greatly encouraged by many immigration activities organizations to do just that.)

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent. Mu husband and I had once visited a "Section 8" condominium when we were looking for an apartment. It was a beautiful place, large, well-laid out, and unbelievably cheap! We were told we could not possibly qualify for that type of apartment because, between the two of us at the time, we earned approximately $32,000 a year because we both worked and paid our own way. However, if we were willing for at least one of us to quit our job we could easily qualify. We refused to join the ranks of the moochers.
He qualifies for food stamps.
He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.
His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
He requires bilingual teachers and books. (No other immigrant children receive 'special education' in their native language -- not French, German, or Hindi; only Spanish.)
He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
If they are, or become, aged, blind, or disabled, they qualify for SSI. If qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicaid. All of this is at (our) taxpayer's expense.
He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.
Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins, and printed material.
He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits.

By contrast, working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6..00/hour left after paying their bills and his.

This is what the liberals call "cheap labor"? I emphatically beg to disagree with that description! What the liberals are looking for, and determined to get through this open borders mentality is a voting block of grateful residents, whether legal or not, who would be placed immediately on the track for citizenship (to allow them to vote).

"Cheap labor"? I think not! More like "cheap, ignorant votes."

These are the questions we should address to the Congressional Members of either party. When they lie to us and DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE MUST REPLACE THEM.

Candidates' perspectives on immigration legislation must be considered in 2010.

If the candidate supports the "open borders" or "amnesty," he or she should immediately be discarded from consideration, whether Republican or Democrat. Our Country has always welcomed immigrants, but this premise of just open the barn doors, let everyone in, never mind whether or immigration laws are followed is unacceptable.

Just as unacceptable is to have half the representatives of the American people stand up to applaud the president of the country most responsible for breaking immigration laws when he chastises us for adhering to our own laws. Those selected representatives of the people should be removed at the earliest possible moment: November 2010.

If anyone still wonders why this is important, look around you and see how it has already been detrimental to working Americans, our economy and our American culture and heritage.

Institutionalized Hypocrisy

2010-05-20T14:43:00.001-04:00

This past week we have witnessed intense reactions from the Administration and their supporters regarding the law passed in Arizona against illegal immigration.

The immediate reactions from the exalted heights of the Presidency straight on through the Congress, down to the liberal left was to quickly and vociferously condemn the law as "racist," "dangerous," having the potential -- potential, mind you -- to lead to racial profiling.

Those were the nice comments!

On top of the many ridiculous and close to hysterical reactions came the admissions, in Congressional testimony, of several administration officials, Janet Napolitano and Eric Holder most notably, that they had not even read the law at all.

As hypocritical and base this may be, it appears to be completely in line with their ideology to automatically condemn a law, or anything else they chose to perceive as "wrong," no matter whether they even have factual information about it.

Whatever happened to "Just the facts, Ma'am?" Or, as simplistic as it may be, what about, "Look before you leap?"

That concept appears to be gravely missing in the mentality of the administration under which our country currently labors. It appears more clearly than ever that their intent is nothing less than to denigrate, lie about, misrepresent, distort, and possibly ultimately destroy anyone who has the gall to act against them. It is increasingly undeniable, even after having witnessed Mr. Obama's infamous "Apology Tour," that those who are currently in charge are only interested in one thing: to literally bow to any other power that appears to be contrary to America, from China to Mexico.

I am sure that the majority of those who voted for "Change" in November 2008 did not have any expectation that the "change" would lead to this.

We now have an administration following in the footsteps of their rabid supporters. The extreme left has used the methodology of "destroy to conquer" ever since the appearance of Mr. Obama as presidential candidate. This methodology was made official throughout the campaign when any suggestion or hint of disagreement was deemed "racist." It was brought to extremes during the attacks against the T. E. A. movement demonstrations (described as terrorists and "astroturf" by Nancy Pelosi). It was glaringly apparent in Mr. Obama's automatic (shall we say "knee-jerk"?) reaction to the altercation between his Harvard professor friend and the Boston policeman.

Today, it is taken to the depths of hypocrisy by these two highly placed administration officials who are more than ready to destroy a sovereign state of our great country because the lawmakers in that state dare to attempt to take care of an intensely difficult problem -- without following the dictates of the administration.

Soon after, comes the proverbial salt in the wound: once again, we have the President of the United States of America, a sovereign country, kowtowing to the president of Mexico about illegal immigration, providing a soapbox (an address to Congress) for that individual to insult and tear down our country.

When one thinks about it . . . we should not be surprised that many in Congress applauded the insults to our laws and our states. Hasn't Mr. Obama himself been insulting our laws, our country, and our history ever since he set foot on the road as a candidate? Is it any wonder that foreigners now feel perfectly immune to repercussions if they do the same?

It is hard for me to believe that the numbers of Americans who voted this man and his cronies into power do not feel even the slightest measure of discomfort at hearing their own country torn down from the well of the Congress. But, at the same time, I have to admit that it is merely a parroting by a stranger of what a great many Americans have done for many years.

We should not be surprised, I guess.

The Peanut Gallery Speaks

2010-05-20T12:11:00.002-04:00

Woody Allen: First Vote for "Dictator Obama"

It is not surprising at all that an individual such as Woody Allen would make such a statement.

He is -- and has always been -- a perfect example of the elite left who disdains all who do not agree with his and his comrades' views. I have never been able to get through more than perhaps the first 20 minutes or so of any Allen movie and have never understood their attraction. Yet, for the elite left, his movies are the most "intelligent," "high-minded," "extraordinary," and yadda-yadda, etc. "ever made."

Allen's statement is all too easy to understand. As exemplified in Germany under Hitler, in Italy under Mussolini, in Haiti under Duvalier, and in countless other countries under countless other dictators, those who mindlessly and unquestioningly agree with and support dictatorships are always the ones who have an intense, dishonest desire to be "on top," "in control," and "in charge" -- supposedly because they "know best!" Those are always the ones who merely want "power" to be able to do as they wish, whatever that may be. Their dishonest and base evil mentality is always reflected in their immediate desire to silence others and deny the same rights they enjoy to any who disagree with them.

It appears that Allen clearly sees that his possible resurgence, his potential future as a powerful film maker would be limitless as a fawning sycophantic supporter of an Obama "Regime," in the same way Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler's film maker, glorified the reign of that particular madman and acquired great power for herself (at least for a while). I would not at all be surprised if she was Allen's "hero."

Regardless of the above, because of our Bill of Rights, our Constitution and our adherence to the Rule of American Law, Allen and his kind cannot and should not be stopped from spouting idiocies and stupidities. The rest of us, however, can, should and must speak loudly and emphatically against him and his comrades.

We must maintain our voices just as loudly and just as clearly as the left. As in the current battles about immigration, school text books, government spending and takeovers, we must not allow ourselves to be intimidated or browbeaten into silence. To allow that to happen would be to pave the very path desired by Allen and his ilk -- directly to a dictatorship.

Once we allow our freedom of speech to be destroyed, our Country is destroyed as well.
We must steadfastly support, speak for, and represent our Country and our Constitution and our Bill of Rights always.

"For those that don't know history...Here is a condensed version" - Patriot Update

2010-05-18T13:58:00.002-04:00

"For those that don't know history...Here is a condensed version" - Patriot Update

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Arizona

2010-05-13T17:26:00.000-04:00

I very much doubt that when Neil Diamond sang Arizona there was anyone in the country who would have imagined the outrageous events that have recently occurred because of that state's legal actions.

One of the very best things about our Country is Freedom of Speech which protects every citizen's right to protest, yell, jump up and down, march, wave signs around, and all around complain vociferously about our government's actions or inaction, as the case may be.

So far, so good. Nothing about that inherent, inalienable right should be changed. I pray to God nothing ever causes that right to be abridged.

However! There are limits to protests, regardless of the inalienable rights afforded all American citizens and legal residents by our Constitution.

One of those limits has been breached most egregiously by the inane actions of the City of Los Angeles. They, and others of the liberal ilk, have essentially declared economic war on the state of Arizona. Why? For the simple reason that Arizona passed a law requiring and reiterating that Federal Laws regarding legal immigration be adhered to.

How outrageous! How outlandish that a state is being threatened by other localities for not only following but enhancing long-standing, existing Federal Law! How incredible that a state should threaten another state, that elected officials in Congress should take to the airwaves to denigrate Arizona for following Federal Law.

Come to think of it, there's really nothing so incredible about it. It is, merely, just one more example of the liberal perspective of "anything goes" . . . as long as the advantage is theirs and supports their ultimate agenda.

The liberals in Los Angeles and a few other places throughout the country are up at arms in reaction to Arizona's immigration law which merely requires LEGAL immigrants to be able to prove LEGAL RESIDENCY should they be stopped for LEGAL REASONS.

For those of you who are not up on these kinds of things, here's the "Cliff Notes" version of LEGAL immigration procedure.

A foreigner (anyone born in a country other than the United States, in simple terms) who wishes to come to this country will apply for a document called a "visa." This document can be issued as a "student visa" or as a "tourist visa." Both types have specific lengths of time during which they are in effect. It is (or, at least used to be) the responsibility of government agencies to ensure that neither type of foreigner overstays the length of the visa.

No matter the length, in general, one always had the option of applying for extensions upon providing proof of the reason for requesting the extension, for example, more classes needed or the tourist did not get to go to the Grand Canyon on a mule.

Government entities (formerly the INS, currently ICE, for example) have the responsibility to ensure that all visas are monitored and remain in compliance. Those same entities, upon determining that a visa holder was out of compliance, have the responsibility to locate and then send the foreigner home.

This, by the way, is standard operating procedure for all countries of the world. Some handle the process a bit more nicely and courteously than others . . . compare, say, England's procedure to Iran's.

All foreigners, once they enter our country LEGALLY, always have the option to apply for permanent LEGAL residency. There are various ways to do this, depending on situations and the countries from which the foreigners come. All ways end in the foreigner being issued appropriate documentation of LEGAL residency: the "green card."

Existing laws also require that LEGAL residents always carry their "green cards," in the same way that AMERICAN CITIZENS are always required to carry identification. See how that works? American citizens carry ID, Legal Residents carry ID. Simple.

What, may I ask, is either "discriminatory" or "racist" about that?

I will NOT accept the response that "brown" people will be more subject to questioning than non-brown people because of the Arizona law! That is a ridiculous and racist comment in and of itself. It is merely a way for the left to browbeat any opposition into silence by the threat of being branded "racist." (Clearly, that threat has worked for years, why would they stop now? It got Mr. Obama elected, didn't it?)

Common sense states that if "brown" people of any background commit more illegal acts than others that bring them to the attention of authorities, then of course they will be more subject to questioning! However, one must never try to insert logic into any liberal methods; it just does not compute.

In even more simple terms, for those who refuse to accept facts: If an ILLEGAL alien commits a crime of any kind, from running a red light to acting as a drug mule, that is already breaking our law. At the point of contact with police authorities, the authorities can and should require proof of LEGAL RESIDENCY for any reason that causes suspicion, such as, for example, a number of individuals in a car or van, driving late at night on a back road, none of whom can speak a syllable of English.

How difficult is that concept?

To listen to the liberals and our esteemed Mr. Obama, however, the law does nothing less than allow jackbooted thugs to invade ice-cream parlors in order to drag any "brown" individual (and their poor, innocent child, of course!) kicking and screaming to the nearest gulag!

Why are reasonable, thinking Americans so hesitant to label that claim stupid and absurd?

Worse than the above idiocy is the reaction of many Republicans who have started to scramble desperately to justify their mild and timid support for the law. That is not the manner in which such outrageously stupid assertions should be responded to. We need strong legislators who will not fold at the first sign of protest from the left. We need legislators who will stand true to America, our laws, and our Constitution in everything and NOT allow themselves to be browbeaten into weak submission because of the illogical, inaccurate (lies) rantings of a loud and obnoxious group.

This has got to stop! We, Americans, must realize that "open borders" is merely the fast track to complete destruction of our heritage, our history, and our identity as AMERICANS.

Mexicans should no more be excused from meeting the requirements of this law than should Haitians (many of whom have "brown" skin), West Indians in general (--ditto--), Hindus (--ditto--) and countless other nationalities who fall under the "brown" category.

My family and I emigrated from the West Indies over 40 years ago. We followed the rules and requirements of LEGAL entry into this country as was required of all who hoped to enter at the time. Our entire family came, even though my Dad had to wait an additional year before he was able to join the rest of the family. We spent over 35 years carrying our "green card" with us at all times, and were proud to present it to any who requested it, because we were proud LEGAL residents.

Was that discriminatory or "racist" because some of my family are "brown," others are "black," and still others in my family are almost "white"?

No, it was not!

The premise is really simple: there are rules and laws in place that are to be followed by ALL immigrants to this country. Once in this country, there are rules and regulations applicable to ALL immigrants that must also be followed.

Why on earth would we want to welcome a group of people -- no matter what their skin color -- who prove even before coming into the country that they have no regard for our laws?

More insane is the thought that there are elected officials, sworn to uphold the laws of this country, who are actively aiding and abetting the breaking of laws. Mr. Xavier Bacerra, among others, has been on national TV ranting and raving about the "dangers" of following Federal Law. I have to wonder if he ever accepted, truly accepted, the oath he took as a Representative of the US House of Representatives to support and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America -- as opposed to the Mexican states.

Additional insanity is added to the mix by the rantings of the so-called history "professor" who stands in front of a group of students and clearly incites his listeners to overthrow our government! I doubt that "speech" got much airtime, though. Our esteemed liberal media outlets are much too busy chasing seniors at T. E. A. Parties to report on this event!

On top of this unsightly heap of stupidity (just for the moment, I'm sure) is the gall of the Chicago-area High school administrators' choice to punish the girls' basketball team by forbidding them to attend a tournament which they earned through their own hard work and dedication -- because the tournament is held in Arizona.

I suppose nothing is too important not to be sacrificed at the altar of liberalism!

Does anyone else not see the outrageousness of a school's making a blatant political statement at the cost of the students they are there to teach, support, and guide?

Does anyone else not see the blatant stupidity of our elected officials' refusing to tell the truth about legislation, strictly because of their own political agenda?

It is past time to say: Enough, already!

We who are honest, sincere, hardworking Americans must stand up to these people and emphatically refuse to accept their lies, misrepresentations, and their agenda -- no matter who they are.

Mrs. Obama and the Nanny-ization of the Country

2010-05-13T11:55:00.001-04:00

Every First Lady in American history has had their "thing to do," from "Just Say No" to literacy campaigns.
None of those activities, however, has ever been so intrusive into the entire country's personal life as the intent of Mrs. Obama's stated mission to "fix" childhood obesity -- under the typical liberal guise of "protecting" the children.

Is Mrs. Obama going to work directly with parents -- adults -- to try to provide them resources and information (as if there weren't enough out there already!) to help PARENTS determine what best to feed their children?

Of course not! That would be much too sensible.

The process, of course, will require targeting and demonizing the food industry in general. The intent is to make the entire food industry the cause of children's obesity, while, as always, forgetting (or ignoring, as is always the liberal case) the true reasons children are obese in the first place!

True and Accurate Reasons Children are Obese

Children get no exercise anymore, neither at school nor at home. They are driven to school, no matter what age they are, they are driven to the mall to 'hang out, they are driven to activities on a schedule.

There is no more physical education class in a great number of schools. Schools have regularly chosen to cut phys. ed. classes out of the curriculum when trying to supposedly balance their budgets. However, let's ignore the fact they are perpetually claiming never to have enough money, yet the various state lotteries were justified because the proceeds were targeted to support education.

Regardless of the above and any others Mrs. Obama may invent to justify her new experiment, the primary reason children are obese is the following:

Parents have long rescinded their responsibility as parents to say, among many other things, "No, you can't have another cheeseburger for dinner." Parents have long used fast food as a quick-n-easy way to feed their families because it is convenient, does not interfere with their own activities and schedules too much, and meets the minimum parental responsibility to feed one's own children.
Parents are the most responsible for the state of their children. It is parents who allow their children to eat what they will. It is parents who provide the funds for their children to purchase the so-called "bad" foods.

That, Mrs. Obama, is the fundamental reason for childhood obesity, NOT the food industry from which you have financially profited so much.

Attempting to take over yet another aspect of our free market through this typically underhanded, back-door, deceitful manner is just another step on the liberal march to take over our Country in all areas imaginable.

Parents must STOP allowing the liberal guilt-mongering to facilitate their further abdication of their parental duties and responsibilities. Parents must tell the government "No! I can decide for myself what my child will or will not eat -- including at school."

Constituencies

2010-05-13T11:10:00.000-04:00

One of the primary things I noticed in the past year is that not only is our current administration not listening to the voice of the majority of the people in general, it is not allowing American citizens to have the opportunity to even contact the Representatives of the People.

It started during the so-called "health care/health insurance reform debate." Representatives of the Democratic persuasion started to restrict e-mail access to their constituents only. Understandable, to an extent. I am sure they all receive an immense number of e-mails regularly.

However, it is unconscionable that they restrict access to them only to their immediate constituents at all times. This reflects their choice to ignore the simple fact that their actions very often affect many more Americans than just their immediate constituents.

When it comes to "reform" legislation such as "healthcare/insurance," "cap-and-trade," and now immigration "reform," ALL Americans are affected by ALL representatives' votes.

This factor alone demands that they hear comments and opinions from all Americans. They must take responsibility for their votes and accept that their constituencies go far beyond the borders of their districts when it comes to such wide ranging legislation.

I attempted to contact Congressman Xavier Becerra to comment on his position vis-a-vis the outrageous boycott of Arizona, but the gentleman's "E-mail Congressman Becerra" link does not allow anyone outside California to e-mail.

When are these elected representatives of the people realize that they work for all of us? When their decisions, actions, opinions, and behavior affect all Americans, then they work for all Americans.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Immigration

2010-05-12T12:41:00.004-04:00

President Teddy Roosevelt was very strong, and very prophetic in his words. We must ensure they are known today as well.

The year is 1907, one hundred and 3 years ago.

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American ...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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These words and thoughts are timeless. Over 100 years later, these words are even more relevant to what is happening in our country today than they ever were before.

This country has been made up of immigrants from its inception, including the visits by Cristobal Colon. The immigration laws in place in this country are neither bigoted nor racist as some activists with specific political agenda have alleged. The existing immigration laws are there to protect our country and to ensure that all who come here are able to become citizens because of a sincere love for this country -- after having been legal residents for the required length of time.

I am proud to say I became an American citizen after over 40 years' residence as a LEGAL immigrant. Every immigrant who comes here LEGALLY proves their intent and desire to follow our laws and support our country. Why should the laws not be followed by everyone?

It is revolting and repugnant for Mr. Obama, as the current President of the United States, to impugn the integrity of the entire law enforcement community, as well as the entire legislature of a state. His and the liberal left's claims that enforcement of federal and state immigration laws will supposedly allow his imaginary jackbooted agents to drag any immigrant and his children from an ice cream shop to subject them to interrogation are absurd, disgusting, and frankly of grave concern, when one considers who is expressing these views.

It is the horrendous and disgusting perspective, exemplified by Mr. Obama's comments, perpetuated by the liberals, which have caused this country to come to this difficult pass.

It is time for Americans to stand up for the truth. We who are reasonable people -- thankfully, still the greater majority of Americans -- must respend, must set the record straight, and must not allow the misrepresentations and lies to continue, even if the lies and misrepresentations are perpetrated by the man holding the highest and most important office in the land.

It is imperative that our country's laws be followed by, and applied to, ALL who wish to come here, as long as they wish to meld and assimilate into our Country, support our Constitution, and not expect some special considerations not afforded to the millions of others who wish to come to our country.

"FAREWELL AMERICA -- WE'LL REALLY MISS YOU!"

2010-04-21T12:28:00.001-04:00

My husband and I had the pleasure of attending a local "Tea Party" on April 15, 2010 and were honored by the presence of several very special Patriots. In addition to a particularly soul stirring speech by Star Parker, founder and president of CURE (the Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education), we were edified by the speech made by Mr. Lou Pritchett, a noted expert on change management.

Shortly after Mr. Obama's election in November 2008, Mr. Pritchett wrote an open letter titled, "Mr. Obama, you scare me." In that letter, Mr. Pritchett had clearly stated specific reasons for concern that Mr. Obama was elected President of the United States of America. Unfortunately, a very short passage of time shows that his and others' fears were extremely well-grounded.

It is now what it is -- and many of us feel that all we can do is pray for our Country. It is important, however, to not despair. As important as prayer is, we can do more than pray.

It is imperative that we keep fighting against the 'fundamental transformation' of our Country promised and being implemented by the current administration.

By frightening us with a huge dose of potential and current reality, Mr. Pritchett's words help give us the strength to continue to stand strong against those trying to 'fundamentally change' our Constitutional Republic.

I truly believe that the only chance left to save our Republic is in November, 2010. No other electorate in the world will ever have had such an important vote to make. All who love this country and who want to preserve it as it was intended to be have the responsibility to vote.

Please, let's make sure it is the right vote, this time.

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Lou Pritchett’s Speech at Tax Day Rally April 15th

Reprinted April 18th, 2010
Source: firstcoastteaparty.org

I was born in year two of the Great Depression (1931) and spent the first 10 years of my life influenced by the extreme hardships of the depression. By today's standards my family was about a mile below today's so called 'poverty level'; but if you never 'had'—doing without was not so 'bad.'

Borrowing shoes to graduate from the 8th grade didn't seem at all demeaning because most of the 8th graders did the same thing. On June 6, 1944, my only brother, Joe, was killed in action on Utah Beach in Normandy, France during the D-Day landings. Exactly one year later, my father died and left me, my mother and my sister to go it alone. And alone we went. My mother went to work at a department store, my sister dropped out of school and joined her and and I went to work shining shoes on the streets of Memphis for a dime a shine. Government assistance was not available and if it were I am confident my mother would have refused it because she never wanted the government involved in our lives.

I mention this bit of personal history to help you understand that millions of Americans, including your parents and grandparents, grew up like me during the Great Depression and never expected nor wanted the government to offer them anything except an OPPORTUNITY.

Today, I am a practicing “Tea Party” conservative because this movement is founded on the principle of smaller government, lower taxes and fewer entitlements.

Recall during Obama's campaign for the Presidency he constantly repeated the mantra —”CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN”. That sounded good to a lot of people. However, after one year in office it is crystal clear that what he really meant was not “change we can believe in”, rather it was “CHANGE WHAT WE BELIEVE IN”.

Mr. Obama, we’ve got news for you–we aren’t changing what we believe in for you or anyone else!!!

As you know I was invited to this Tea Party because of a letter I wrote a year ago to Obama titled “YOU SCARE ME”. I sent the letter to Obama, the New York Times, and a dozen friends and within 24 hours I began to receive emails from around the world. For some reason, which I cannot explain, the letter went viral and at last report it has had over 7 million hits on the internet.

What you probably don't know is that just two days after the November 2008 election, I wrote another letter. This one to both the NY TIMES and the FLORIDA TIMES/ UNION, titled "FAREWELL AMERICA." The NY Times ignored it but the T/U published it on November 6, 2008. It never went viral but in the opinion of several students of American politics, this letter accurately predicted what Obama and his band of 'progressive thieves' would do within the first year of his presidency.

As I share it with you—–remember it was written just two days after Obama won.

"FAREWELL AMERICA -- WE'LL REALLY MISS YOU!"

Farewell to the America we have loved for two centuries and hello to a new far- left driven president who promised change and will most likely deliver on it.

Farewell, to an America driven by individuals with strong work ethics to one which will resemble French, German, and British societies where big government, big welfare, union controlled labor, four day work weeks, ten week vacations are the rule. Societies which constantly ask “—where’s mine?”

Farewell to capitalism, job creation, lower taxes, smaller government, fewer entitlements, safer cities, personal responsibility and sound work ethics.

Farewell to adequate military defense spending to protect us from our enemies who wish and plan to kill us.

Farewell to close ties with our best and only friend in the middle east—Israel.

Farewell to maintaining a conservative Supreme Court.

Farewell to any chance of keeping Health Care out of the hands and control of government.

Farewell to the famous American standard of living–a magnet to the world.

Farewell to conservative ‘talk radio’ as an antidote to the biased media. The Fairness Doctrine will return.

Farewell to any hope for educating our college kids in something other than liberal mush.

Today is truly a sad day for millions of Americans as they slowly allow the election results to sink in. Today, for the first time in modern history, America took a giant step toward changing not only the direction, but the entire character of the country from free enterprise driven to big government driven.

Our only hope is to start now planning and building a strong conservative base which can reclaim the Presidency and Congress in four years and start repairing the damage. God help us if we fail.

If you compare what I wrote with reality, some say it looks like I had a crystal ball. Consider what Obama has done in just one year—

1) He has ‘forced’ a complex and convoluted health care reform package on the American people who, according to the polls, reject it three to one. In his effort to ram this bill through he has used all of his old Chicago machine tricks, including the use of tax payer money to bribe senators for their support.

2) He has surrounded himself with far left communists, socialists, and Marxists who are committed to helping him transform our country into a European socialist state.

3) He has burdened future generations with the largest deficits and the largest national debt ever seen in America.

4) He has declared war on Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News simply because they dare to stand up to him.

5) He has been personally disrespectful to the Israeli Prime Minister and seems more concerned with Israel, building houses than he is with Iran building nuclear bombs.

6) He believes that there are no terrorists, only “extremists,” “man-made disasters” and “isolated cases” such as Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He considers terrorism a challenge for law-enforcement officials rather than for military personnel.

7) He has bought in to the discredited ‘Cap and Trade’ (global warming) nonsense which will do nothing but drive up consumer energy cost and cripple America’s industrial strength and cost American jobs.

Without question, Obama has proven in one year to be the most divisive and least “presidential” president in history by listening only to those who agree with him and ignoring, excluding, marginalizing and demeaning those who do not.

So far this evening I have been preaching to the choir.

Now let me close by telling you how I view the Tea Party movement. A movement still in it’s infancy, yet so powerful and effective that the top three leaders in our government fear it like nothing they have ever feared before.

A quick glance at American history reveals that we are a nation of “movements” which over the last two hundred years have not only shaped our politics but our culture. Consider the following— starting in the 19th century we have had — THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT, THE SUFFRAGIST MOVEMENT, THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE ANTI -WAR MOVEMENT, and THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT to name only a few.

Each of these movements were the result of large sections of the population feeling that there were ‘wrongs’ that needed to be ‘righted’ and those who could and should right them, namely politicians, seemed totally disinterested and preferred to look the other way.

Each of these movements went through three phases. First–FRUSTRATION, second, ENERGY and third, COMMITMENT.

I believe the Tea Party movement has now entered phrase 3–COMMITMENT!

Across America the Tea Party movement is shouting in unison–”we will not take Government abuse any longer.”

The Tea Party movement is putting an insensitive big government with an acute hearing problem on ‘notice.’

The Tea Party movement is speaking for those who believe that politicians of both parties, aided by the current President, are the problem as they create more and more and bigger and bigger government—government which is now on the verge of bankrupting the country enroute to ‘transforming’ it to pure Socialism.

History has proven again and again that when any government loses contact WITH and support OF the people, and demeans them with phrases like–Right Wing Lunatics, Terrorists, Morons, Gun Toting Bible Thumpers, and scream ’sit down and shut up’, they are inviting revolution!

Our situation today is very similar to that of the great Indian reformer Mahatma Ghandi. As Ghandi struggled to change a ‘British Colony’ into an Independent Nation—here is what he said about his thousands of critics and opponents—

First they will ignore you, then they will ridicule you, then they will fight you, then—you win!

— and win the Tea Party will because it is the torpedo into the USS “HOPE & CHANGE.”

— it is the bumper sticker proclaiming “GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM.”

— it is the voice of millions of disgruntled Americans who feel they have no Washington representation and worse still—no voice.

— Finally, the Tea Party movement will win because it is America’s “wake up” call.

Folks, let me remind you that no politician will ever change, even when they “see the light,” they must also feel the heat and the Tea Party movement is providing that heat. This means that the Tea Party movement, this amazing, new, enlightened and energized electorate, unknown a year ago, must continue to rise to the occasion and shout to the roof tops ALARM! ALARM, just as Paul Revere did 234 years ago when he first saw the British Red Coats coming.

Our only hope is when informed citizens with a belief, with a conviction, with a willingness to pay the price, come together to collectively right the ship of state and I am proud to be standing among thousands of you this afternoon.

Let me end on my favorite quote which I think is very appropriate for each of us today—

"TO EVERY MAN THERE COMES IN HIS LIFETIME THAT SPECIAL MOMENT WHEN HE IS PHYSICALLY TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER AND OFFERED THE CHANCE TO DO A VERY SPECIAL THING, UNIQUE TO HIM AND FITTED TO HIS TALENT; WHAT A TRAGEDY IF THAT MOMENT FINDS HIM UNPREPARED OR UNQUALIFIED FOR THE WORK WHICH WOULD BE HIS FINEST HOUR.”

Those words spoken by Winston Churchill over 70 years ago are very appropriate for The Tea Party Movement today.

For if each of us is prepared and is qualified then this just might be our and our Country’s finest hour as we reclaim it from the Obama’s, Pelosi’s and Reid’s and all the other politicians who have either forgotten or chosen to ignore our Constitution.

GOD SPEED FELLOW PATRIOTS!

No Truer Words!

2010-03-09T14:11:00.000-05:00

I wish I could take credit for this one . . . I commend the person who said it and only wish credit could be given where it is definitely due.

We can only hope and pray that more Americans are coming to this realization and what they did if they voted for Mr. Obama on 11/04/2008.

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency.
It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to an electorate willing to have such a man for their president.
Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”

-- Author Unknown

Coming to the T.E.A. Party?

2010-02-24T12:28:00.000-05:00

There has been a lot of activity this past year from the “T.E.A. party” groups throughout the country. My husband and I have been fortunate enough to be able to attend several and were thrilled to be publicly expressing our displeasure with this current administration’s policies.

Unfortunately, the pundits all over the place (including the generally reasonable FNC bunch) are having a grand ole time speculating about whether the T.E.A. “party” is “a party,” whether it is “against” the Republicans, whether it will fracture the republican vote and ultimately defeat itself to the advantage of the liberals now in control.

Lots of hullabaloo, lots of speculation, lots of provocative commentary. So what?

I think what is being missed here – and utilized to great advantage by the liberals and progressives – is that there is no "Tea Party" per se! There is no official or unofficial third political party operating under the name “Tea Party.”

There is, however, a broad based, grassroots movement of extremely concerned American citizens who gather beneath the banner of "T. E. A." which stands for "Taxed Enough Already." It seems that few remember that little fact already. This is not a "party" unless one listens to those who try to denigrate, fracture, and incite conflict among those of us trying to withstand the progressive onslaught.

This is not a new or separate party. I do not believe that it was ever meant to be a new, independent party to complete with either the current republican or democrat parties.

The T.E.A. "party" movement was created out of the frustration and anger – yes, progressives, “anger” – of American citizens as we came to understand what kind of "fundamental change" Mr. Obama meant when he campaigned. Very few among the electorate understood exactly what he meant at the time; he was elected. Now that the majority of folks understand clearly what he meant, he can get "un-elected."

That is how the voices of those of us under the banner of T.E.A. want to be heard and want to have an effect on our government. Those candidates who present themselves as thoroughly understanding and supporting the need to get our Country back on the path as a Republic, with a strong, solid – not fluid – Constitution, Bill of Rights, and economic independence will get our votes.

We do not need a third party in order to get this done. What we DO need is to make sure the Republican/Conservative candidates are true to the ideals we hold dear in our Country: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the limited role of government in our daily lives, controlled government spending, no encroachment on our civil liberties and freedoms through unending government imposed regulations and rules, etc., etc.

Those candidates who convince us of their sincere belief and intent to support those ideals will get the votes of those who have protested under the T.E.A. banners.

Republican "Hypocrisy"?

2010-02-23T11:39:00.000-05:00

The headline today on the Drudge Report (www.drudgereport.com) -- above the title, no less -- is about our newest Senator, Scott Brown voting for the so-called "Jobs" Bill. I have not yet read the article but the headline immediately reminded me of the most recent grating 'laments' from the democrats. Apparently, it is suddenly a very, very bad thing to accept government funds if some of one's party voted against the allocation of those funds in the first place.

Well . . . here's another example of a chunk of non-logic floating off on a plank of the ridiculous spin-stream.

As a fiscal conservative, I am against all of the government spending that has gone on since the last year of President Bush's administration. (We were against the prescription drug program, regardless of its intent, because it was unfunded and added to the deficit.) We were against the bank buyouts, the automobile manufacturers/union buyouts, and certainly against the wall street buyouts. We do not believe there is anyone or anything "too big to fail."

If an individual or a company mismanages their business enterprise to the brink of failure through their own bad choices and decisions -- they deserve to fail.

However, when the federal government grabs more chunks of taxpayer monies from ALL states and spreads those funds around -- then ALL states have a right to that money, whether or not the representatives of a particular state voted for the funds.

Why? Because it is TAXPAYER money that the government is spending -- not "democrat" or "republican" money, to be used only by the party that voted for its expenditure.

Simple fact of the matter is NONE of those the funds should not have been spent in the first place -- our Country did not and does not have the money in the bank. We could not and cannot afford all that expense: from the TARP to the Return of TARP to Stimulus to the "Jobs" Bill (aka Son of Stimulus), we could not and cannot afford any of the money this administration has been spreading about like so much popcorn practically since the first weeks of this administration!

The fact, however, is that the money is available for states to use to the benefit of the states (aka the TAXPAYER). The money has been allocated by the Federal Government -- from the same pot of tax dollars that all states pay into. How, then, is it hypocritical to accept funds from the pot into which ALL TAXPAYER funds have been included?

I will support the democrats' lament about supposed "hypocrisy" when there is a "republican" and a separate "democrat" pot of TAXPAYER funds. Until then, whatever goes into the pot from the TAXPAYER is equally available to ALL taxpayers.

All this sidesteps, of course, the issue that this kind of spending should not have happened at all. All this ignores, too, that our Country is pretty much dead broke and getting broker by the minute. Is it any wonder China and Japan pretty much own us?

The discussions should not be between who is "eligible" for taxpayer funds or not . . . it should be about who is going to sign the check when Japan and China call in their IOUs.

02/23/2010: Originally posted on "PatrioticResistance.com"

Ir's That Time of Year!

2009-12-10T15:46:00.005-05:00

To All Our Democratically Inclined Friends:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practice of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calender year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. This is not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere.

This wish is made without regard to race, creed, color, age, physical disability, religious faith, or lack thereof, or sexual preference of the wishee.

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To All Our Conservative and Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2010!

From a post in USA Today-on-line, 12/10/2009