tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206240482024-03-13T00:19:55.312-07:00Longinus' SpearOf all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C.S. LewisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958565644372836978noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-78360700410720497292013-05-13T21:08:00.001-07:002013-05-13T21:08:24.081-07:00Oh The Tolerant Left...You can pretty much tolerate anything if you're a leftist...<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/13/pro-life-students-increasingly-face-free-speech-limits-on-campus/">except Christianity.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958565644372836978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-2968874697046496092010-04-30T08:49:00.000-07:002010-04-30T08:51:38.878-07:00Very interesting brief history of immigration in the US.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUechyxT4Ls8uiFVy7l3L8P-GJMDdJtQE-I1FYaChV1lhVTdr6ux05yX3DA5Fkkp4AZWZidgiIkAG25NMD19E_vOKqurNA0IqZBBGthcsyKGgpsoejt3VsTmDQxzaYcnSK6Y2P1w/s1600/Congress_org.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 69px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUechyxT4Ls8uiFVy7l3L8P-GJMDdJtQE-I1FYaChV1lhVTdr6ux05yX3DA5Fkkp4AZWZidgiIkAG25NMD19E_vOKqurNA0IqZBBGthcsyKGgpsoejt3VsTmDQxzaYcnSK6Y2P1w/s400/Congress_org.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465958715190345906" /></a><br />"As a nation of immigrants, Americans have struggled with border laws for 200 years."Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-53956958197151180222010-04-26T08:54:00.000-07:002010-04-26T09:18:54.769-07:00"I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so we were not -- I was not aware of what was happening."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_n3OvGLmLJBRN3Y4ktqhkabyA1nyHI13FApCztCTYt6vpx9i_wJHtcpkuaSbeD5IC5xkf0OaIqELkvJEFKw9py8oyMVKbX1MVaUjVrqQ8mcEag9vuEqMuND2azYrUDDUIycoN9w/s1600/Obama062711--100x100.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_n3OvGLmLJBRN3Y4ktqhkabyA1nyHI13FApCztCTYt6vpx9i_wJHtcpkuaSbeD5IC5xkf0OaIqELkvJEFKw9py8oyMVKbX1MVaUjVrqQ8mcEag9vuEqMuND2azYrUDDUIycoN9w/s400/Obama062711--100x100.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464480994828337730" /></a><br />Hopefully this is not true but if it is maybe Obama could benefit by watching the Big Ideas movie "LARRYBOY & THE FIB FROM OUTER SPACE!".Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-89026298565080662542010-04-12T09:58:00.000-07:002010-04-12T10:01:11.801-07:00Follow The Money<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU372C-uwAfELQMx9jgnsuaPM90Bolm3wbrMaQQdcwgngewVm40q2RFNEZTUEqCRxV0n2oc9pn_InoDCnPF8kGYYLRr2xOkQm0q_Yg3PM8Rt1CnZpAX_BSJrugn5nGrjy-0iYkEg/s1600/follow+the+money.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU372C-uwAfELQMx9jgnsuaPM90Bolm3wbrMaQQdcwgngewVm40q2RFNEZTUEqCRxV0n2oc9pn_InoDCnPF8kGYYLRr2xOkQm0q_Yg3PM8Rt1CnZpAX_BSJrugn5nGrjy-0iYkEg/s400/follow+the+money.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459297087874732130" /></a><br />"In the classic 70’s Watergate movie, All the President’s Men, the secret informant, Deep Throat, said, “Follow the money.” It was how reporters Woodward and Bernstein figured out what was really going on in the Nixon White House. If you want to figure out what is really going on in the economy, you do the same thing—follow the money." -- Greg HunterElwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-10080318183856537642010-04-12T09:30:00.000-07:002010-04-12T09:35:08.355-07:00Ignoring the Good News?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61AVklHHEbQPtkCaNgn4sxK4r96tQlsNth1sLj7Lmvr44BBmyPmOOnQtN9SKH62EobXc5PWhpu4QK5BSxKXrpCVB7HgwL043yVc8EJ3XOQABluJIwf_k_VLoDhvAxH5rqQPFZcw/s1600/ignoring+the+good+news.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61AVklHHEbQPtkCaNgn4sxK4r96tQlsNth1sLj7Lmvr44BBmyPmOOnQtN9SKH62EobXc5PWhpu4QK5BSxKXrpCVB7HgwL043yVc8EJ3XOQABluJIwf_k_VLoDhvAxH5rqQPFZcw/s400/ignoring+the+good+news.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459290345080698306" /></a><br />"Why is the Fed Chief, all of a sudden, not beating the “recovery” drum? I think someone figured out that if they keep talking up the “recovery” and that does not happen, then the Fed will lose major credibility." -- Greg HunterElwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-15555842705505440672010-04-09T10:48:00.000-07:002010-04-09T10:53:52.853-07:00Folks will just keep digging until they find what they want whether truthful or not!"Files show future pope resisted defrocking priest"<br /><br />For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God - the next step we take is what matters!Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-90526773436903431042010-04-09T08:17:00.000-07:002010-04-09T08:22:42.813-07:00The Next Supreme Court Justice<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYpGU5-WePk0VHROLlj4z7SlxH0bLh0h4oU3WMF07t0FnUDEyYGSl_5KS6Qza0f3XAZyZmny6dcJftiLw5BDnByA0chwccCglGIp9OVHVlfEXjWQDH5VPIhUyv7ng9xNyOzv2qA/s1600/Congress+dot+org.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 69px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYpGU5-WePk0VHROLlj4z7SlxH0bLh0h4oU3WMF07t0FnUDEyYGSl_5KS6Qza0f3XAZyZmny6dcJftiLw5BDnByA0chwccCglGIp9OVHVlfEXjWQDH5VPIhUyv7ng9xNyOzv2qA/s400/Congress+dot+org.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458158209764773586" /></a><br />Click on the title above to write President Obama and your senators about who should replace John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. You will need to register but this is good site where you will find the real news about what is happening in our government.Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-69158908341286352722010-04-08T07:07:00.000-07:002010-04-08T07:20:27.235-07:00Good 'Ole BureaucracyOnce upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. <br /><br />Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people; one person to write the instructions and one person to do time studies. <br /><br />Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people; one to do the studies and one to write the reports. <br /><br />Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer, and then hired two people. <br /><br />Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people; an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.<br /><br />Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget. We must cutback overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman. <br /><br />NOW slowly.let it sink in. <br /><br />Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY during the Carter Administration? <br /><br />Anybody? <br />Anything? <br />No? <br /><br />Bottom line. We've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of this agency...the reason for which hardly any person who reads this can remember! <br />Ready? <br /><br />It was very simple...and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate. <br /><br />The Department of Energy was instituted on 8-04-1977, <br /><br />TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. <br /><br />Hey, pretty efficient, huh??? <br /><br />And now it's 2010 -- 33 years later -- and the budget for this "necessary" department is at $24.2 billion a year. They have 16,000 federal employees and approximately 100,000 contract employees; and look at the job they have done! (this is where you slap your forehead and say, "what were they thinking?") <br /><br />33 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports. <br /><br />-- good 'ole bureaucracy. <br />And now, we are going to turn the banking system, health care, and the auto industry over to the same government? <br /><br />Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter.Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-35503629325721775472010-04-08T07:00:00.000-07:002010-04-08T07:02:09.239-07:00Organized Crime<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFM6gDzvMbreSHmvLMQUmSEatXXs0HKG8s0P1159_L0iH2oAfMWL57BIvL3V6TXfMgdkkuuG8GwceKBKFPKYR2Vtdh7pFUj0MX7yz0yb-RT4ZlXohCJX4gllTCuPyfZekD0QUiA/s1600/Organized+Crime.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFM6gDzvMbreSHmvLMQUmSEatXXs0HKG8s0P1159_L0iH2oAfMWL57BIvL3V6TXfMgdkkuuG8GwceKBKFPKYR2Vtdh7pFUj0MX7yz0yb-RT4ZlXohCJX4gllTCuPyfZekD0QUiA/s400/Organized+Crime.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457766602010657698" /></a><br />Author UnknownElwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-12529418783901515722010-04-07T13:32:00.001-07:002010-04-07T13:32:43.925-07:00Glad That's Over:<blockquote><br />
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The federal debt and obligations stand at $71 trillion. And, as if that is not bad enough, that number is bound to increase dramatically in the next few years. Trillions of dollars will be spent on Fannie and Freddie, unfunded wars, bailouts of most of the states in the union, thousands of bank failures and ballooning government deficits–and these are just the highlights." - Greg HunterElwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-8712360488041609302010-04-02T06:43:00.000-07:002010-04-02T06:59:31.751-07:00It is like “Baghdad Bob” is telling us everything is OK!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTxgMWhqJIkuHC4-QMLdh7mlEO9HPXZJSq1K9HKRNmVGSDS-sFHYC_Rvd7Iv8C79kOFdY_R2fpCuQfAcxVBvifFDURBbU1LqiB5-PPCVNoTF1dPH0EkOiBS1fqW9MoE3F3WP_Pg/s1600/bagdad_bob_large3.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455539007159741234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTxgMWhqJIkuHC4-QMLdh7mlEO9HPXZJSq1K9HKRNmVGSDS-sFHYC_Rvd7Iv8C79kOFdY_R2fpCuQfAcxVBvifFDURBbU1LqiB5-PPCVNoTF1dPH0EkOiBS1fqW9MoE3F3WP_Pg/s400/bagdad_bob_large3.gif" border="0" /></a><br />I just do not understand why Congress passed health care reform with all of the impediments we have to economic recovery. How is this “recovery” going to take hold? There are ballooning government deficits, new all-time records for foreclosures, fresh batch of insolvent banks that are taken over by the FDIC, hundreds of trillions of dollars in unregulated derivatives (like the ones wrecking the Greek economy) and dozens of U.S. states in dire financial trouble—to name a few! All this is just some of the backdrop for which Congress passed health care reform. These problems, and many more, make talking up a recovery look like “Baghdad Bob” is writing the wire copy.Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-27529109676883307812010-03-31T07:25:00.000-07:002010-03-31T07:36:20.259-07:00Will the U.S. Dollar Survive?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo4qn7sHx00YsCl60L1um9bAming0uy2GmlgNWL56t5W0ls1Kct4PC7Q3UO8P7p4dOlObCyQ6lm9ycyIFM6y2dpdF-ae1XPbrxUNDhtUIq5MEYQGO7piw3dPpz-K72LVRMJ0mgw/s1600/no_dollar_beggar-300x251.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo4qn7sHx00YsCl60L1um9bAming0uy2GmlgNWL56t5W0ls1Kct4PC7Q3UO8P7p4dOlObCyQ6lm9ycyIFM6y2dpdF-ae1XPbrxUNDhtUIq5MEYQGO7piw3dPpz-K72LVRMJ0mgw/s400/no_dollar_beggar-300x251.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454806672205603314" /></a><br />If Alf Field is correct, “The U.S. Dollar is not going to exist . . . somewhere in the foreseeable future", what does a person do before this happens. <br /><br /><embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-737911643773862674&hl=en&fs=true style=width:400px;height:326px allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed>Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-35270605238332448032010-03-29T13:11:00.000-07:002010-03-29T13:22:39.824-07:00Aetna CEO warns: Expect price hikes, bankruptcies, and policy changes<strong>The President said that this bill would not have any impact on people who already had coverage, that it was about the uninsured, that there would be no change. Will this legislation change the coverage of people who are already paying for it?</strong>My perception is, yes, things will change. You might not have a plan that includes the exact same doctors. You might have plans that have richer benefits, and therefore you’re going to pay more for benefits you may or may not want. It would have been a better message to say, we’re going to make certain you maintain your eligibility.<br /><br /><strong>Will insurance premiums go up?</strong><br />The answer is yes, and some of the things that will drive those premiums are significant additional taxes the industry will ultimately have to pay in the first year.<br /><br /><strong>Aetna's Ron Williams on Health Care: What to Expect</strong><br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_14/b4172015497854.htm">http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_14/b4172015497854.htm</a>Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-82883207771217237222010-03-29T07:40:00.001-07:002010-03-29T07:44:18.758-07:00AT&T Plans to Book $1 Billion Cost for Health-Care LawIf true, I sure hope this is not a trend. "AT&T, the biggest U.S. phone company, joins Caterpillar Inc., AK Steel Holding Corp. and 3M Co. in recording non-cash expenses against earnings as a result of the law. Health-care costs may shave as much as $14 billion from U.S. corporate profits, according to an estimate by benefits consulting firm Towers Watson. AT&T employed about 281,000 people as of the end of January."Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-81025370986500433622010-03-29T07:34:00.000-07:002010-03-29T07:37:41.364-07:00Grade Obama<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfyPFAVJwCxTL1HeJikAx1oPbSpAdFmO4rn3N_vo-QRVtxHoGhAaSENIO7HqhBbSRELnSrGdKCYgtOasfz9eUVczIe7GGU04g_SsCeKYXrNPIBEy4mQDq_2vCR1z5UT1HyjGdiw/s1600/Obama1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 67px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfyPFAVJwCxTL1HeJikAx1oPbSpAdFmO4rn3N_vo-QRVtxHoGhAaSENIO7HqhBbSRELnSrGdKCYgtOasfz9eUVczIe7GGU04g_SsCeKYXrNPIBEy4mQDq_2vCR1z5UT1HyjGdiw/s400/Obama1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454064919925774210" /></a><br />10 categories for you to give the president your grade (in A-F format), including an overall grade at the end.Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-15273322325097583802010-03-26T13:50:00.000-07:002010-03-26T13:51:12.032-07:00"Pro-Life" Democrat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRRDhPpGoShRqU1bWZSikZT0vGlvMl05k72dCoMWwDsDbhzrKa44bLlc0c46bp1HTzJEEchI5Ozea5ZGA6xQG1srRk6_SdH5pOc14ugBsm0SKX8Wz03h83VgsJOWIh8QODNA1qw/s1600/pro+life+dem.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453047805794379954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRRDhPpGoShRqU1bWZSikZT0vGlvMl05k72dCoMWwDsDbhzrKa44bLlc0c46bp1HTzJEEchI5Ozea5ZGA6xQG1srRk6_SdH5pOc14ugBsm0SKX8Wz03h83VgsJOWIh8QODNA1qw/s400/pro+life+dem.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-22863103508407319962010-03-26T07:12:00.000-07:002010-03-26T07:15:58.828-07:00Truth Has Fallen and Has Taken Liberty With It<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydU7yE1KTHCsyuKnO57uWqTfQcPtlE6qj8xu4hUaeXvK96z-YUJKXJY9sKLyxEeVluAp37gvWW4BuBWrCPCZoPWw-I2dmi2nji8s2yd4x1A27GRZK9kkTAZn8GHbct6tkvs3uaw/s1600/Paul+Craig+Roberts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452946034545908850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydU7yE1KTHCsyuKnO57uWqTfQcPtlE6qj8xu4hUaeXvK96z-YUJKXJY9sKLyxEeVluAp37gvWW4BuBWrCPCZoPWw-I2dmi2nji8s2yd4x1A27GRZK9kkTAZn8GHbct6tkvs3uaw/s400/Paul+Craig+Roberts.jpg" border="0" /></a> Excellent article!Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-63411839111968434152010-03-26T06:47:00.000-07:002010-03-26T06:53:00.871-07:00Pelosi Claims Health Care Reform to Save $1.3 Trillion; No Mention in CBO Estimate<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysQNMoyt4aWPW7uF2S_-vpSZBnDTgYUsBjrzM5OABs-hcYGITNGa1eS5DZlPKDNSma8VWPRzAV8YfbjLkPR-LxhThFEAbDuZwHFO7D-Qz-zLrWzpfPhzWbVDQF-B41M28-Mk5dg/s1600/pelosi+lie.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysQNMoyt4aWPW7uF2S_-vpSZBnDTgYUsBjrzM5OABs-hcYGITNGa1eS5DZlPKDNSma8VWPRzAV8YfbjLkPR-LxhThFEAbDuZwHFO7D-Qz-zLrWzpfPhzWbVDQF-B41M28-Mk5dg/s400/pelosi+lie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452940094053145826" /></a><br />Pelosi has absolutely no basis for making this claim. It is simple as that - her subjective opinion.Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-79986490695922452192010-03-26T04:53:00.000-07:002010-03-26T04:53:53.596-07:00Conservative Blogging 101<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span></span>I've been looking for something like <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lesson-5-the-rules-of-blogging/id220274987?i=22417326">Adam Graham's Rules for Blogging</a> for years. Every blogger, conservative, liberal or in-between should listen to this one, Rules for Bloggers, before writing another post.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958565644372836978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-73455890727727637332010-03-25T11:29:00.000-07:002010-03-25T11:30:11.059-07:00Obama's Extremist Watch List<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wA8E6ck25kSUS_G093SUyg38gSADOYBQS5C3X1oLMizbAuVs5ZRmiJWbcve63RQoH8RLE8-Arsgw9g4DsqRAwdJWsEUViZKUotRHjkWarXn5k6kMbDUOfx3Rnjf3sD576WFEBg/s1600/Obama's+Extremist+Watch+List.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wA8E6ck25kSUS_G093SUyg38gSADOYBQS5C3X1oLMizbAuVs5ZRmiJWbcve63RQoH8RLE8-Arsgw9g4DsqRAwdJWsEUViZKUotRHjkWarXn5k6kMbDUOfx3Rnjf3sD576WFEBg/s400/Obama's+Extremist+Watch+List.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452640419783110226" /></a>Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-87453662791843058132010-03-25T11:15:00.000-07:002010-03-25T11:19:59.135-07:00Pope accused of failing to act on sex abuse case"As a cardinal heading the Vatican office that dealt with sex abuse cases, the future pontiff allegedly failed to respond to letters about the case."<br /><br />I do not even know how to respond to this story except to say I hope he did not cover up anything.Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-17667594027122387542010-03-25T10:36:00.000-07:002010-03-25T10:37:29.254-07:00The Promised Land<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel , "pick up your shovel, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the Promised Land".</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Nearly 75 years ago, Roosevelt said, "Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a camel, this is the Promised Land".</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Now Obama has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of camels, and mortgaged the Promised Land.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">I was so depressed last night thinking about Health Care Plans, the economy, the wars, lost jobs, Savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc. . . .</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">I called Lifeline, the suicide help line.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Got a call center in Pakistan ..</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">I told them I was suicidal.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">They all got excited and asked if I could drive a truck...</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958565644372836978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20624048.post-57401712916489098142010-03-25T08:54:00.001-07:002010-03-25T09:09:24.379-07:0012 Taxes in Health Care Law Violate Obama’s Pledge Not to Increase Taxes on Households Earning Less than $250,000<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTq4BhE_cKyp1DASpS15riB7XYjDn_4uFrlF06FAu326-fv-etS0GTNVx2luGcW6clKXuS8UJ-d5XXtOBQPywIE6MPAxfZ5IHaEN31-2Qk_gxQ_xzVyyJ-EZTYphuRHTj_GJp-w/s1600/Obama+laughing.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTq4BhE_cKyp1DASpS15riB7XYjDn_4uFrlF06FAu326-fv-etS0GTNVx2luGcW6clKXuS8UJ-d5XXtOBQPywIE6MPAxfZ5IHaEN31-2Qk_gxQ_xzVyyJ-EZTYphuRHTj_GJp-w/s400/Obama+laughing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452604005773255554" /></a><br />HOLD ON - there is also what some call indirect taxes Obama is imposing on you. It goes like this: The government needs revenue to pay for providing health care to all. I am all for helping those in need of health care but Obama said he was not going to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $250,000 - <strong>directly that is</strong>. Obama is going to raise taxes on insurance companies, drug manufacturers and medical device manufacturers. Not let me see, if it cost these companies more to make or produce a product because Obama raised their cost, they will not pass that cost onto you-------------Right? You end up paying more even if you earn less than $250,000. I sincerely hope that health care and health insurance becomes more affordable for all. I mean - Obama did tell us that - didn't he.Elwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16938654994081405033noreply@blogger.com0