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    <title>High Cost of Social Justice</title>
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    <published>2010-02-02T13:42:34Z</published>
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<![endif]--><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="dearreader.jpg" src="http://www.harangue.org/pix/dearreader.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" width="288" height="171" /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So, a year into Dear <s>Leader's</s>
Reader's presidential term and we find that the whole "Hopey Changey" 'thang'
was a bait and switch scheme from the jump. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">While it should be no
surprise that the most <a href="http://www.harangue.org/2009/02/you-lost.html">un-American of our Presidents</a> - un-American being
defined as having the least amount of shared experiences with the rest of us - would have a different view of what is right for our country, it is shocking to see how he is seeking to remake our country into a radical vision he learned elsewhere. <br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Perhaps
this vision-quest for social justice was inculcated in a madrassa in Indonesian where he grew up as a young boy or
maybe - by his own admission - transferred from is marxist professors in
college or just fixed in his mind while sitting in the pews as a member of Rev Wright's congregation. This version of social justice is not at all what or Founders
envisioned!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our founders envisioned a
"shinning city on a hill" where freedoms and the blessings of those freedoms
were derived from God - not from Government! And while life outcomes might not be
assured, at least we could all start the race from the same starting line. Now,
as we remove God from our social and political discourse, we are moving toward
a tyranny where what was once assured to us by God is now being stolen by an ever
expanding central government to mete out at it's own capricious and arbitrary whims. "A
government that is big enough to give you everything you want is also big
enough to take everything you have."<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The dirty little secret is,
that the guv'ment is "sharing" dollars that belong to someone else.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Our guv'ment has NO MONEY.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>In order for our politicians to give money
to someone, they must first take it from someone else. This means that for
every "public" dollar shared to accomplish a faux vision of social justice, that dollar must be
confiscated from someone who created in the private sector as a fruit of their own labor.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If the European model of
social justice is implemented, we can certainly get an immediate Q.E.D on how
that has been working out for the last 40 years! Persistent unemployment always
over 10%; and for those that have jobs, wages about 33% less than in America;
and a reduced standard of living with much less discretionary spending. So for
those on WIC, Welfare and raking in the other unearned "entitlements" your
discretionary spending for 'rims', cellphones, flat screens and unfettered
entertainment is directly paid for by those that have jobs! If we move to
a<span style="">&nbsp; </span>"social justice" scheme where we have
fewer people working. If fewer people are working, then there will be less, less for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Freedom the real Social
Justice - ... "is never more than a Generation away from Extinction. It is not
ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each
generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom
and then lost it have never known it again." </span><a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: gray;">source</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Will you let Freedom die - on your watch?</b><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<entry>
    <title>Who&apos;s To Blame</title>
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    <published>2010-01-28T09:37:07Z</published>
    <updated>2010-01-29T11:02:58Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ Watching the scenes of destruction from the Haitian earthquake has left me, like everyone else, deeply saddened at the loss of life and intense suffering of an already destitute Haitian population.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm sure you would be hard pressed to find...]]></summary>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Watching the
scenes of destruction from the Haitian earthquake has left me, like everyone
else, deeply saddened at the loss of life and intense suffering of an already
destitute Haitian population.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm sure you would be hard pressed to
find a poorer country than Haiti.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">The
outpouring of aid from around the world has been staggering.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
United States, of course in the forefront of that assistance, has sent untold
millions of dollars in food, water and temporary shelter in addition to
military troops to help maintain order.&nbsp;&nbsp;The aid sent by the US
government does not include the millions of dollars donated by hard-working
Americans. &nbsp;Even those having a hard time financially have not shirked
from their Christian responsibility. Facts bear out that Americans are the most
generous on earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">So it really
ticked me off to see a CNN video showing a Haitian minister preaching to his
flock that it was the "white man's fault" that Haiti wasn't recovering quickly
enough from this natural disaster.&nbsp;&nbsp;For those of you ignorant of the
country's demographics, I'm compelled to point out the
obvious:&nbsp;&nbsp;Haiti is not a country governed by white people.&nbsp;&nbsp;It
is a country of blacks;&nbsp;governed by blacks and controlled by
blacks.&nbsp;&nbsp;So which white people are to blame for the disastrous
economy; the failing infrastructure that contributed to the deaths of more than
150,000 Haitians or the inability of the Haitian government to cope with this
horrendous disaster?&nbsp;&nbsp;Because the only white people involved here are
the ones coming to the aid of Haiti.&nbsp;&nbsp;That would be you and me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">I, for one,
have suffered through decades of being called a racist because I don't think
people, white, black, or otherwise, should be given free food, free housing,
free utilities, a free cell phone, a free car or a monthly check for sitting on
their duff doing nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp;News flash:&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm not responsible
for your upkeep just because you happened to be born.&nbsp;&nbsp;That's not my
fault.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">I hear
people talk about the black culture all the time and how the white man is
destroying it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, I have news for you, rap music and basketball
are not part of black culture; wearing your baseball hat backwards and your
oversize pants halfway down your rear end are not part of black culture; living
in government-subsidized housing riddled with crime is not black culture.
Calling each other &nbsp;"nigger" is not black culture. &nbsp;Doing
poorly in school is not black culture. &nbsp;Calling your woman a
"ho" is not black culture.&nbsp;&nbsp;Using crack cocaine is not part
of black culture. &nbsp;And letting Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson pimp your
vote to politicians who keep you mired in mediocrity is not black
culture.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Black
culture is none of these things.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's hard work, and family.
&nbsp;It's responsibility, and charity. &nbsp;It's a belief in the traditional
values that made this nation great. &nbsp;Black culture is not different than
white culture. &nbsp;In the end, it's just&nbsp;an American
culture.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even though the government has perverted our ideals, we all
grew up in the same country, believing in the same values, the same laws and
the same way of life.&nbsp;&nbsp;We all want the same things.&nbsp;&nbsp;A
great American, Martin Luther King, understood it better than
anyone.&nbsp;&nbsp;He didn't want special treatment for blacks.&nbsp;&nbsp;He
wanted equal treatment, but we've gone beyond that and in doing so have
destroyed the black communities that once thrived in America.&nbsp;&nbsp;Black
Americans have been so instrumental to the success of this experiment we call
America. &nbsp;Without the contributions of black Americans, we would be a
poorer nation. &nbsp;And I'm not just measuring dollars and cents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Since Roe v
Wade we have aborted millions of black children.&nbsp;&nbsp;Supporters of
abortion rights, traditionally liberals, are the same ones calling
conservatives racist for not agreeing with their political icons; never seeing
their own hypocrisy for their support of killing black babies and the
destruction of the black family structure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Black
children continue to be forced to attend failing public schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our
inner city schools are crowded and although the amount of money spent on public
education escalates each year, the quality of that education continues to
decline.&nbsp;&nbsp;Black children, particularly males, are dropping out of
school in record numbers.&nbsp;&nbsp;They're doomed to a life of failure, or worse
yet: &nbsp;prison.&nbsp;&nbsp;And it's the ever-compassionate liberals who see
the solution is to force blacks to stay in the same failing schools, but of
course, to send more money to the failing schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;All of which
hasn't done a darned thing except create a population of idiots.&nbsp;&nbsp;It
seems to me&nbsp;that is exactly what our politicians want.&nbsp;&nbsp;If
you're too stupid to understand what they are doing, then you will just
continue to vote for them.&nbsp;&nbsp;It makes their job so much easier--and
profitable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Have you
ever heard a liberal vote for the one program that would drastically change the
future for those black children?&nbsp;&nbsp;In case you don't know what that
is, have you ever heard of school vouchers?&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless you've paid
attention, probably not.&nbsp;&nbsp;The media ignores the problems of education,
unless of course they want to report on some callous conservative who refuses
to inject more taxpayer dollars into a failing and corrupt educational system
that concerns itself with the interests of educators rather than
students.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">A school
voucher system is the one thing that will save our public school system and our
children, no matter their color. &nbsp;It will make schools accountable by
increasing competition. &nbsp;The same competition that creates new and
improved manufactured goods at cheaper prices will create a new, improved and
cheaper educational system. &nbsp;But more importantly, it puts our children's
future back in the hands of parents and takes it away from bureaucrats.
&nbsp;It's a shift of power. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">That's
something politicians fear. &nbsp;And a government that fears you is a
government that cannot abuse its power.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">So keep
voting for those liberals who espouse Martin Luther King's dream, yet use
claims of racism to further their own agenda at every opportunity; keep voting
for the handouts and freebies that every liberal believes it's your right to
have; keep voting for the failing schools; the black-on-black crime-ridden
neighborhoods; the drug-infested communities; the aborted babies; the
ever-increasing number of young black men in prison.&nbsp;&nbsp;Keep voting
yourselves and your children into perpetual serfdom.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That's
just the way the libs want it.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">And you
thought slavery was dead?&nbsp;&nbsp;Not hardly.&nbsp;&nbsp;You've just traded
one slave master for another.&nbsp;&nbsp;Only this slave master doesn't sit on
a plantation in South Carolina.&nbsp;&nbsp;He sits in Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Who's to
blame?&nbsp;&nbsp;Look in the mirror.&nbsp;&nbsp;That's not whitey you see.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<entry>
    <title>Where in the world is Al Gore?</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2010://2.208</id>

    <published>2010-01-09T23:06:06Z</published>
    <updated>2010-01-10T07:55:46Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[ I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but what happened to the "climate change" that had taken the world by storm (no pun intended) a few weeks ago in Oslo?&nbsp; Suddenly the guru of global warming has sequestered...]]></summary>
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        <uri>http://tfeqh@yahoo.com</uri>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but what happened to
the "climate change" that had taken the world by storm (no pun intended) a few
weeks ago in Oslo?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Suddenly the guru
of global warming has sequestered himself in his 10,000 square foot estate in
Tennessee and is trying to keep himself toasty as the whole world digs itself
out of record snowfalls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Where in the world is Al Gore?<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">&nbsp; </span>The inconvenient truther has fallen off the radar and our
fourth estate, you know, the "investigative" reporters who are supposed to be
looking out for the best interests of we the people, have conveniently forgotten
about the chief protagonist of man-made global warming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The earth is experiencing one of the coldest winters in a
quarter of a century and the Gore supporters are nowhere to be found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>China is enveloped in record setting
cold and snow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>The American
Midwest is getting slammed with heavy snow and wind chills of 50 below zero.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">.....And where in the world is Al Gore?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Cold weather has sent a record number of people to hospitals
for treatment for exposure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>They've
had 22 deaths from unusual cold in England.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">&nbsp; </span>A satellite photo of the British Isles two days ago showed
what appeared to be thick cloud cover enveloping the whole of Great
Britain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>It was actually
snow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>England, Ireland and
Scotland were completely covered in snow!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">.....And where in the world is Al Gore?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Atlanta, Georgia, considered the Deep South, got up to an
inch of snow and is expecting more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;
</span>Orlando, Florida, which is even deeper south has been experiencing below
freezing temperatures for several days and is expected to see snow today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>The land of Mickey Mouse and palm trees
is not supposed to get snow. &nbsp;Just ask the citrus industry if they would rather have global warming or a new ice age. &nbsp;Not much of choice there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">.....And where in the world is Al Gore?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">President Barack Hussein Obama seems intent on putting the
United States closer to bankruptcy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;
</span>His support for the Oslo Climate Change Summit will redistribute the
wealth of America, in some misguided attempt to make up for America's so-called
sin of using more than it's share of the world's resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton has pledge $100 billion to third world countries to atone for America's
success at making the world a safer and better place to live.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">.....And where in the world in Al Gore?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Take my advice Mr. Gore, if you can't take the heat, get out
of the kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Or in this case, stay
right where you are, there's another blizzard headed right your way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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    <title>Ray Stevens - We the People</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2010://2.207</id>

    <published>2010-01-07T22:37:46Z</published>
    <updated>2010-01-07T22:39:02Z</updated>

    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Rick Richbourg</name>
        <uri>http://rickrichbourg.com</uri>
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    <title>Christmas in Afghanistan</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.206</id>

    <published>2009-12-26T19:07:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-26T19:13:49Z</updated>

    <summary>(h/t Greta Perry)...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Rick Richbourg</name>
        <uri>http://rickrichbourg.com</uri>
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    <title>I O U S A</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.205</id>

    <published>2009-12-17T10:59:46Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-17T11:05:12Z</updated>

    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Rick Richbourg</name>
        <uri>http://rickrichbourg.com</uri>
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<entry>
    <title>Copen Haagen Dazs</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.204</id>

    <published>2009-12-09T23:38:05Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-09T23:54:27Z</updated>

    <summary>Unless you&apos;re living on some secluded island in the South Pacific or spend all of your time watching Dancing With The Stars, you&apos;re probably aware of the Copenhagen Con that is going on this week in the land that gave...</summary>
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        <uri>http://tfeqh@yahoo.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Unless you're living on some secluded island in the South Pacific or spend all of your time watching Dancing With The Stars, you're probably aware of the Copenhagen Con that is going on this week in the land that gave us the Vikings (not to be confused with the NFL team), prune danishes, and the cartoon of the prophet Mohammed, which inflamed followers of the religion of peace and caused worldwide riots that killed a couple of dozen rioters.&nbsp; I wonder if that qualifies them for martyrdom and their 72 virgins?&nbsp; Sorry, an ADD moment.<br /><br />Our president has gone to the Danish capital to attend the "global climate change summit" that promotes the position that mankind (read The United States) is destroying the earth and it (re-read The United States) must atone for its (re-re-read The United States) sins against humanity (read the rest of the world.)&nbsp; To that end President Barack Hussein Obama will be asked to sign a treaty that will cost the American economy trillions of dollars and maybe, just maybe lower the temperature of the earth by less than a quarter of a degree in the next twenty years.<br /><br />The ugly culprit, we are being told by the experts, is carbon dioxide.&nbsp; You know good old CO2 is causing our earth to boil.&nbsp; The claim is that CO2 levels are unacceptable and we must lower them.<br /><br />Okay, here's what I don't understand.&nbsp; From 1890 to 1936 there were actually higher concentrations of CO2 on earth than there are now.&nbsp; How do we know, you ask?&nbsp; Scientists can actually look at tree rings and get that kind of historical record.&nbsp; Yet, the earth was cooler at that time; a time when there were far fewer people, far fewer automobiles and far less heavy industry. &nbsp;<br /><br />Also, there have been multiple times throughout history where the earth's temperature has been much hotter than now.&nbsp; The last being the medieval warming period as outlined in the graph below:<br /><br /><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.harangue.org/pix/GWMA-002_op_987x740_op_784x587.jpg"><img alt="GWMA-002_op_987x740_op_784x587.jpg" src="http://www.harangue.org/pix/GWMA-002_op_987x740_op_784x587-thumb-320x239.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="239" width="320" /></a></span><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />Comparison between the change in the global temperature (red line), the Carbon Dioxide Concentration (blue line), and the sample tree ring (green line) from 800 AD to 2005 (AD). As you can see, what took only 150 years during the Medieval Period of Global Warming has taken 200 years in our Industrial Era. This means that the current Global Warming is rising SLOWER than during the Medieval Age. Besides, our Global Warming is LOWER than that of the Medieval Period. A further characteristic is that the warmest phase in the Medieval Period lasted about 190 years, whereas the warmest period of the contemporary Global Warming lasted merely 3 years (from 1997 to 1998), with its highest point in 1998. This evidence demonstrates that the Global Warming is a cyclic natural phenomenon. THE GRAPHS PUBLISHED IN BIOCAB'S WEBSITE ARE AUTHENTIC, ACCORDING TO THE REFERENCED SOURCES, WHICH CAN BE COLLATED TO VERIFY THEIR EXACTITUDE AND VERACITY. WE HAVE NOT MODIFIED DATA NEITHER HAVE FLAWED THE DATA.<br /><br />As you can see, between the years 900 and 1000 AD the earth's temperature was much warmer than today and carbon dioxide concentrations were about half of what they are now.&nbsp; Now I'm not the brightest bulb in the socket, but I'm pretty sure there were no SUVs around in 900 AD.&nbsp; Neither was there any industry to speak of and the population of the earth was around 250 million.&nbsp; All of them, at one time or another, respiring (breathing for those of you in public school.)&nbsp; As you can also see, over 80% of the 20th century's carbon dioxide increase occurred after 1940, but most of the century's temperature increase occurred before 1940!<br /><br />In case you're wondering about that evil carbon dioxide, it comes from many different sources.&nbsp; It isn't limited to just coal fired power plants and automobiles.&nbsp; That little pop you hear every time you open a can of Coca-Cola is CO2 (in the form of carbonic acid) escaping.&nbsp; Contrary to what the EPA is telling us now, carbon dioxide does not threaten life on earth.&nbsp; Quite the contrary, CO2 is NECESSARY to life on earth.<br /><br />Every plant needs CO2 to exist.&nbsp; It is what plants eat.&nbsp; It's necessary for photosynthesis so that plants can live.&nbsp; Plants then give off oxygen so that humans can breath.&nbsp; Food crops are also plants and if we want to eat we better not fool with Mother Nature.&nbsp; It's a symbiotic relationship.&nbsp; Kind of like the Service Employees International Union's symbiotic relationship with President Barack Hussein Obama.&nbsp; It donated $60 million to his presidential campaign and now SEIU president Andy Stern gets to visit The White House every week and "advise" our president as to which legislation will benefit his union.&nbsp; That's symbiosis at its finest.<br /><br />So can we, or should we endeavor to rid the world of excess carbon dioxide?&nbsp; First we have to understand that 97% of all carbon dioxide comes from nature itself.&nbsp; Only 3% comes from human activity.&nbsp; Termites alone emit ten times more CO2 than all the factories and automobiles in the whole world!&nbsp; Do you think we can kill several trillion termites?&nbsp; I doubt it.<br /><br />CO2 only accounts for about 0.035% of our atmosphere and yet we are told that this greenhouse gas is causing global warming.&nbsp; It's NOT the only greenhouse gas.&nbsp; Water vapor accounts for at least 95% of any greenhouse effect.&nbsp; What are we going to do, drain the Pacific Ocean?<br /><br />Let's get this straight, this is not about saving the planet.&nbsp; It's about redistributing the wealth of The United States of America.&nbsp; But, when you think about it, haven't we distributed enough of enough of our wealth already.&nbsp; How about the half-million men America lost in World Wars I and II?&nbsp; Were these best and brightest not the greatest wealth of our nation?&nbsp; And what about the hundreds of billions of dollars America has spent over the past several decades preserving liberty, coming to the aid of nations wracked by natural disasters, and contributing to the impoverished nations wallowing in starvation, disease and destitution?&nbsp; And let me point out, those billions are only what our government gave away.&nbsp; Private donations from hard working Americans added billions more.&nbsp; No people on earth are as generous as Americans; and you can take that to the bank! <br /><br />I think we've redistributed enough of our wealth.&nbsp; It's time we got our own house in order.&nbsp; In fact, it's long overdue.<br /><br />It's just amazing to me that these Blutocrats (so named for the bully that was Popeye's nemesis) converging in Denmark, keep extolling the virtues of going green and rail against the use of fossil fuels, have seen fit to show up in 140 private jet aircraft and are being chauffeured around town in 1200 limousines.&nbsp; In fact, the Danes have had to import limos from neighboring countries because there aren't enough of them in Denmark.&nbsp; That's some carbon footprint don't you think?&nbsp; But, as usual, it's "do as I say and not as I do" from the intelligentsia who think they know how to run our lives better than we do.<br /><br />Isn't this the same mentality that inspired Marie Antoinette to mutter "Let them eat cake!" when referring to the starving Frenchie Frenchmen before they chopped off her head?<br /><br />It wouldn't surprise me to hear "Let them eat ice cream!" from one of the self-appointed saviors of the world in Copenhagen.&nbsp; I'm just wondering when the governees will tell the governors, "Go to hell!" and throw the scoundrels out of office.<br /><br />I just hope that happens before guillotines become fashionable again.<br />&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>An Inconvenient Scandal</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.harangue.org/2009/12/an-inconvenient-scandal.html" />
    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.203</id>

    <published>2009-12-05T15:30:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-05T15:32:27Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[It looks like the guru of global warming has bumped into a little inconvenient fact:&nbsp; some scientists who have made millions of dollars from the global warming scam got caught with their fingers in the proverbial cookie jar.Now it looks...]]></summary>
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        <name>Carl Spatazza</name>
        <uri>http://tfeqh@yahoo.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[It looks like the guru of global warming has bumped into a little inconvenient fact:&nbsp; some scientists who have made millions of dollars from the global warming scam got caught with their fingers in the proverbial cookie jar.<br /><br />Now it looks like the savior of our non-endangered polar bear population has gone into hibernation himself.&nbsp; After The University of East Anglia's head of climate research Phil Jones' emails exposed him for what he truly is:&nbsp; a political hack who sees the climate change agenda as just another "crisis we can't let go to waste," Al Gore has cancelled a speech that he was due to give in Copenhagen citing, "scheduling conflicts."<br /><br />Why do I have a feeling that there will be more "scheduling conflicts" in the days to come?&nbsp; The bombastic ex-Vice-President has refused to testify before Congress if Lord Monckton, his British nemesis, was allowed to give an opposing viewpoint to Gore's apocalyptic inventions; he steadfastly refuses to debate anyone on the subject of global warming and one reporter who attended an event staged for sympathetic media, who had the temerity to question Gore's&nbsp; theories, had his microphone shut off and was escorted out of the meeting.&nbsp; So much for the inconvenient truth.<br /><br />Unfortunately, for Al Gore, the only thing that's inconvenient is that he got caught in a big fat lie. &nbsp;<br /><br />To borrow a line from "Friends"; Al just how many cameras have you got on you? &nbsp;<br /><br />Because those lies you've been spreading have increased your girth exponentially.<br /><br />And where is the so-called "Mainstream Media" in all this?&nbsp; None of the major networks have done any in depth reporting on this.&nbsp; Some have not even mentioned it.&nbsp; I guess they're too busy reporting the real news.&nbsp; You know, like having a helicopter hover over a mall on Black Friday so we can see all the shoppers lined up looking for bargains.&nbsp; Yeah, that really affects our lives, don't you think?<br /><br />If we can only get the media to do its job, we may actually save trillions of American taxpayer dollars and keep our nation out of the hands of the one-world government types who seek the destruction of America.<br /><br />I don't think The New York Times is what Thomas Jefferson envisioned when he advocated for a free press being essential to protecting citizens from the tyranny of a government gone wild.&nbsp; The "Guardians of Truth" no longer exist in what has become the fringe media; and that's more than inconvenient. &nbsp;<br /><br />It's a crime.<br /><br /> ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Lt Colonel West speaking at the American Freedom tour</title>
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    <published>2009-12-05T12:07:49Z</published>
    <updated>2009-12-05T12:09:09Z</updated>

    <summary></summary>
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        <name>Rick Richbourg</name>
        <uri>http://rickrichbourg.com</uri>
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    <title>Ronald Reagan - Thanksgiving Day 1985</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.201</id>

    <published>2009-11-26T16:04:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-26T16:06:19Z</updated>

    <summary></summary>
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        <name>Rick Richbourg</name>
        <uri>http://rickrichbourg.com</uri>
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<entry>
    <title>Regan V Obama - Healthcare</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.200</id>

    <published>2009-11-17T13:40:12Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-17T13:54:30Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Posted as a gentle reminder... Don't want guv'ment involved in your healthcare?If not visit Million Med March to see what you can do.In Central Florida: Nov 21st&nbsp; March details&nbsp; - Map...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Rick Richbourg</name>
        <uri>http://rickrichbourg.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Posted as a gentle reminder...<br /><br /><br /> 
<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNOzUL6c4SI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNOzUL6c4SI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"><br /><br />Don't want guv'ment involved in your healthcare?<br />If not visit <a href="http://www.millionmedmarch.com/">Million Med March</a> to see what you can do.<br />In Central Florida: Nov 21st&nbsp; <a href="http://teapartypatriotslive.webs.com/">March details</a>&nbsp; - <a href="http://florida.millionmedmarch.com/">Map</a> <br /><br /><br /></object>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Veteran&apos;s Day</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.199</id>

    <published>2009-11-10T20:26:51Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-10T20:28:29Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[As you sit in your comfortable home, watching your big screen tv and munching on your favorite fat-inducing snack, I hope you'll take the time to remember the folks who made it all possible:&nbsp; The United States Military.For more than...]]></summary>
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        <name>Carl Spatazza</name>
        <uri>http://tfeqh@yahoo.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[As you sit in your comfortable home, watching your big screen tv and munching on your favorite fat-inducing snack, I hope you'll take the time to remember the folks who made it all possible:&nbsp; The United States Military.<br /><br />For more than two centuries, American men and women, of all ethnic and racial backgrounds, of all religions and no religion have provided the security necessary for you to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. &nbsp;<br /><br />At a time when we are fighting enemies, both external and internal, we need to realize the importance of the gift the American soldier has given us: the gift of freedom.&nbsp; It didn't come easy.&nbsp; It didn't come quickly and it didn't come cheap.&nbsp; Many paid the ultimate price; too many.<br /><br />But we sit here today, taking the breath of liberty because of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not because of some cheap politician handing out free money, but because of the dedication to ideals set forth by the founders of this great republic.&nbsp; Just as our heroes in uniform do today, they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.&nbsp; Unfortunately too many of us are unwilling to do the same.<br />.<br />So to those of you who served, thank you.&nbsp; To those of you who didn't, say a prayer for those who did.&nbsp; Especially for the ones that didn't come back.<br /><br /> ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Let&apos;s Not Jump To Conclusions</title>
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    <id>tag:www.harangue.org,2009://2.198</id>

    <published>2009-11-09T22:57:07Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-21T22:47:53Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[After the killings at Fort Hood, Texas, President Barack Hussein Obama made a short reference to the tragedy by admonishing the American people to "not jump to any conclusions" about who or why these murders occurred.&nbsp; That was, of course,...]]></summary>
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        <name>Carl Spatazza</name>
        <uri>http://tfeqh@yahoo.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[After the killings at Fort Hood, Texas, President Barack Hussein Obama made a short reference to the tragedy by admonishing the American people to "not jump to any conclusions" about who or why these murders occurred.&nbsp; That was, of course, after the three-minute "shout" out to his Native American audience.&nbsp; Don't you just love the sensitivity of this American icon?&nbsp; Oh, did I mention how he didn't "jump to conclusions" at the white Cambridge police officer who arrested the black college professor.&nbsp; No jumping involved there; right?&nbsp; Actually, it was more of a pole vault.<br /><br />Alas, we all have our conclusions.&nbsp; Whether we jumped to them or not, depends I guess, on your point of view. <br /><br />So, in the spirit of peace, love and Hooter's chicken wings, I've put together a little test to see if you are a conclusion jumper.&nbsp; I cannot claim originality though, I got the idea from Bill Cunningham.&nbsp; He's just another evil Conservative talk-show host you know.&nbsp; Many thanks Willie! <br /><br />Now put your thinking cap on and see if you can come up with the right answers.&nbsp; But I warn you, someone from the government may be watching.<br /><br />Question #1:&nbsp; On November 4, 1979 under the watch of President Jimmy "Mr. Peanut" Carter, the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran was invaded and its staff held hostage for 444 days.&nbsp; Who was responsible?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. The 1969 Mets<br />b. Albert "Cubby" Broccoli<br />c. The Marx Brothers<br />d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #2:&nbsp; In the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany, 11 Israeli athletes were slaughtered in their Olympic Village apartment.&nbsp; Who did it?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. The 1969 Mets<br />b. Alec Baldwin<br />c. Curly, Larry &amp; Moe<br />d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #3:&nbsp; In October of 1985, the Italian luxury liner, The Achille Lauro was attacked.&nbsp; A disabled American Jew named Leon Klinghoffer was murdered and his body dumped overboard.&nbsp; The murderers were nice enough to toss in his wheelchair after him.&nbsp; What folks were in on this?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. The 1969 Mets<br />b. Ted Kennedy (He does have a history with water you know)<br />c.&nbsp; The Beatles<br />d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #4:&nbsp; In 1983 a monstrous bomb blew up the US Marine barracks killing 299 American soldiers in Beirut, Lebanon.&nbsp; Who was responsible?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. The 1969 Mets<br />b. The American Bar Association<br />c. Lynard Skynard<br />d. Muslim men between the age of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #5:&nbsp; In 1993 an enormous explosion went off in the basement of the World Trade Center.&nbsp; Some blind person took credit.&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. Ray Charles<br />b. Jose Feliciano<br />c. Stevie Wonder<br />d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 70<br /><br />Question #6:&nbsp; On September 11, 2001, two American Airlines jumbo jets plowed into the World Trade Center killing almost three thousand people.&nbsp; Who was driving?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. Parnelli Jones and Jim Nabors<br />b. Mario Andretti and Dom DeLuise<br />c. The 1969 Mets<br />d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #6:&nbsp; In 2009 an American journalist named Daniel Pearl had his head sawed off.&nbsp; It was filmed on the Sony High Def Betacam to make sure all the exciting action was captured.&nbsp; Who did the sawing?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. Paul Bunyan<br />b. Gepetto<br />c. The Vienna Boys Choir<br />d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #6:&nbsp; In 2009 a plot to blow-up Fort Dix in New Jersey was foiled by the FBI.&nbsp; Who were the plotters?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. The Miami Dolphins<br />b. The Rolling Stones<br />c. The cast of the Broadway Show "Cats"<br />d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #7:&nbsp; In 2002 10 people in the Washington DC area were murdered by a sniper who poked his rifle through the trunk of his car.&nbsp; Who did the shooting?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. Hoss Cartwright<br />b. Wild Bill Hickock<br />c. Marshal Dillon<br />d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #8:&nbsp; In 2009 two American soldiers were shot to death in front of an Army Recruiting Station in Little Rock, Arkansas.&nbsp; Who was responsible?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. Ben Stein<br />b. Ringo Starr<br />c. Godzilla<br />d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #9:&nbsp; In Irag and Afghanistan IEDs are killing American soldiers.&nbsp; Who is making them?&nbsp; Is it:<br /><br />a. Henry Ford<br />b. Yves St. Laurent<br />c. Homer Simpson<br />d. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />Question #10:&nbsp; In 2009 13 people were shot to death at Fort Hood, Texas.&nbsp; Who pulled the trigger?&nbsp; Was it:<br /><br />a. Annie Oakley<br />b. Bono<br />c. Al Gore<br />d. A Muslim man between the ages of 18 and 40<br /><br />If you picked D for all your answers, you aced the test.&nbsp; However, you are guilty of jumping to conclusions.&nbsp; So, you are a candidate for the new re-education camps; coming to a neighborhood near you.<br /><br />Real soon.<br /><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />&nbsp;]]>
        
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    <title>Everybody Mambo</title>
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    <published>2009-11-04T21:02:13Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-06T20:32:18Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[There is something I truly don't understand and maybe you can explain it.&nbsp; There are 15 million Americans who are chronically without health insurance.&nbsp; Oh, I know the administration says there are 45 million, but any thinking individual knows that's...]]></summary>
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        <name>Carl Spatazza</name>
        <uri>http://tfeqh@yahoo.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[There is something I truly don't understand and maybe you can explain it.&nbsp; There are 15 million Americans who are chronically without health insurance.&nbsp; Oh, I know the administration says there are 45 million, but any thinking individual knows that's a flat out lie.&nbsp; So, if we take the more accurate number of 15 million and divide it by the current population of the US (which is 307,856,993 as of today) that means .048 % of Americans are without health insurance.&nbsp; Not health CARE, but health INSURANCE.<br /><br />Also, let me mention that according to the Congressional Budget Office, if Obamacare passes, 25 million people will still be without health insurance.&nbsp; Now, how do we go from 15 million uninsured to 25 million uninsured if we pass a government healthcare system that is supposed to insure everyone?&nbsp; Only the federal government can make that happen.&nbsp; And we actually want them to control healthcare?<br /><br />There is no doubt, except in the land of mental midgets (and large bellies) peopled by the likes of Michael Moore, that the US has the best healthcare in the world.&nbsp; If you don't believe that, ask yourself why 90% of all medical innovation comes from America.&nbsp; Why does the majority of new drug treatments come from here and why do so many foreigners (who have "free" healthcare), come here for treatment?&nbsp; So, I'd like to know why we want to remake the best healthcare system in the world for less than 5% of the population at a cost, which, if the history of government programs is any guide, will end up costing 10 times the projected cost and in this case, several TRILLION dollars that we cannot afford.&nbsp; Especially when our national debt is $11,982,245,269,249 and is increasing by almost 4 billion a day.<br /><br />It would seem to me to make infinitely more sense to find a way to insure the 15 million uninsured and leave everyone else alone.&nbsp; After all, 85% of Americans are happy with their medical insurance plan.&nbsp; For $30 billion annually we could insure the uninsured.&nbsp; I'm very sure that insurance companies would be stepping all over themselves to bid on a contract that would bump up their bottom line by $30 billion each and every year.<br /><br />Now, you and I both know, this is not about insuring the uninsured.&nbsp; It's not about making healthcare cheaper or better.&nbsp; It's simply about power.&nbsp; The federal government wants more control of our economy and our personal lives.<br /><br />I urge you to go back and read the papers of Jefferson, Adams, Washington and Franklin.&nbsp; None of our Founding Fathers ever espoused any principles that would grant a national government such power.&nbsp; And that's the problem.&nbsp; The people in the White House and the leaders in Congress don't turn to the heroes of The American Revolution.&nbsp; They turn to Mao, Fidel and Karl Marx.<br /><br />Thankfully, in spite of the government-run schools, that have dumbed-down our children and taught them that America and capitalism are evil, the spirit of liberty is alive and well.&nbsp; We realize our freedoms are not bestowed upon us by some benevolent politicians in a far-away capital, and cannot be taken away by the same.&nbsp; Not without a fight.<br /><br />The American people understand that their freedom comes from God.&nbsp; The REAL God, not the one who reads a teleprompter.<br /><br />Americans, traditionally, are the last to come to the dance.&nbsp; We didn't get into World War II until we were ruthlessly attacked by Japan.&nbsp; It took a devastating attack on our greatest city before we realized that there were forces of evil bent on our destruction.&nbsp; And we never wanted to believe our government wasn't a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.&nbsp; Until now.<br /><br />As our enemies have always learned the hard way:&nbsp; it's not a good idea to start a fight with an American.&nbsp; The British learned that in 1775; the Nazis in 1941 and Al Qaeda in 2001.&nbsp; It's a lesson our current government should take to heart.<br /><br />Looks like the band is playing and we finally arrived at the dance.&nbsp; So everybody mambo!<br /><br /> ]]>
        
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    <title>Tea Leaves and Turncoats and Voters  </title>
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    <published>2009-11-04T13:46:22Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-04T13:49:37Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[All politics is local - as Tip O'Neil was so often quoted as saying ...And right Tip was-&nbsp; on so many levels! But, if that is so, why do so many House of Representatives get elected on one platform then...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Rick Richbourg</name>
        <uri>http://rickrichbourg.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[All politics is local - as Tip O'Neil was so often quoted as saying ...<br /><br />And right Tip was-&nbsp; on so many levels! But, if that is so, why do so many House of Representatives get elected on one platform then go to DC and vote against the wishes and interests of their own districts to support the wishes of their party bosses? But - I digress...<br /><br />As demonstrated in New York district 23&nbsp; - politics does make strange bedfellows: and you can spin it how ever you like - e.g. <br /><blockquote><ol><li>Arguably the democrat winner of such a staunchly conservative district was more conservative than heretofore Republican Party proffered candidate </li><li>or if those still voting for the resigned candidate had voted for the conservative instead the outcome would have been different ... &nbsp;</li></ol></blockquote><br />That 'talking headed' mumbo-jumbo aside, the local party hacks served up to their constituents a "Soup Sandwich" of 'spoils and patronage' and the result of this election should serve to put the party apparatchik's on-notice that such jackassery should forthwith be curtailed.<br /><br />Regardless of party politics - if you don't like what is going on - GET
INVOLVED! Go down to the local executive committee for your party and
sign up! <br /><br />I mean -holy moley - those involved in the vetting and installing of Scozzafava&nbsp; as a candidate should be more than embarrassed - they should all loose their seats on the committee that approved such insanity and 'frog-marched' through a gauntlet of disgruntled constituents ... <br /><br />I mean really, can you image -&nbsp; such a squandering of party : time, money and volunteers on a candidate that who at the last minute withdraws from the race and endorsed the political opposition? <br /><br />But, this is where you - we - US can make a difference,&nbsp; if you are on the committee that helps scrutinize, evaluate and recommends candidates&nbsp; then no doubt you will be more happy with the result than with the current tomfoolery - which is bordering on criminal neglect. <br /><br /> ]]>
        
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