Not many things tickle me the way this did.
From Fox News with Bret Baeir...
A man called 911. "My wife has been attacked by a wart hog and I need an ambulance to come and pick her up."
Dispatcher: "Where are you located?"
Man: "Eucalyptus Avenue"
Dispatcher: "Can you spell that, please?"
Long hesitation...
Then the man says, "I'll drag her on over to Oak Street and you can pick her up there."
Priceless!
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
In the next election ignore everything EXCEPT...
No matter who runs; no matter what their party, there is only one thing you should look for when you listen to the politicians (and DO listen - don't vote in ignorance).
Listen to what they are really NOT saying. You will notice, as I did that almost all politicians will answer your concerns with blanket non-answers like, "If elected I will fix that," or maybe, "As your president I will make sure that this happens."
Those are glib non-replies without any substance. LOOK FOR SUBSTANCE.
Here is an example:
Moderator asks the candidates how they would deal with illegal immigration.
Candidate A say, "I would put together a bipartisan committee to come up with solutions that reform our immigration policies and put an end to the problem once and for all. I would do so in a fair and just manner."
Candidate B says, "First, I would have my AG and the DOJ enforce current laws that punish employers for hiring illegals. If they cannot work, they will self deport. To that end I would have E-Verify perfected and be more efficient, and require employers use it. Simultaneously I would begin to seal the most porous portions of the border and use every method at our disposal to make it nearly impossible for illegals to enter. Then I would offer illegals the opportunity to get a renewable guest worker card provided they have no criminal record and can find an employer who would hire them as a legal guest worker. The guest worker card would be voided if the individual is not gainfully employed for 90 days. All illegals who aspire to be citizens will be given the opportunity to apply provided they apply from their native country, and provided they learn English and assimilate into American culture. If they do that, we would expedite their application and provide them with a guest worker card in the interim."
As you can see, Candidate A offers platitudes and vague proimises that have no substance, while Candidate B offers real and specific solutions.
We should ignore Candidate A, regardless of party affiliation, and support Candidate B PROVIDED his or her solutions seem equitable to us. But at least you know he/she HAS solutions, and not just hype. And that is what you should be listening for. Turn a deaf ear to empty hype, and listen closely to those who offer actual, SPECIFIC solutions.
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Listen to what they are really NOT saying. You will notice, as I did that almost all politicians will answer your concerns with blanket non-answers like, "If elected I will fix that," or maybe, "As your president I will make sure that this happens."
Those are glib non-replies without any substance. LOOK FOR SUBSTANCE.
Here is an example:
Moderator asks the candidates how they would deal with illegal immigration.
Candidate A say, "I would put together a bipartisan committee to come up with solutions that reform our immigration policies and put an end to the problem once and for all. I would do so in a fair and just manner."
Candidate B says, "First, I would have my AG and the DOJ enforce current laws that punish employers for hiring illegals. If they cannot work, they will self deport. To that end I would have E-Verify perfected and be more efficient, and require employers use it. Simultaneously I would begin to seal the most porous portions of the border and use every method at our disposal to make it nearly impossible for illegals to enter. Then I would offer illegals the opportunity to get a renewable guest worker card provided they have no criminal record and can find an employer who would hire them as a legal guest worker. The guest worker card would be voided if the individual is not gainfully employed for 90 days. All illegals who aspire to be citizens will be given the opportunity to apply provided they apply from their native country, and provided they learn English and assimilate into American culture. If they do that, we would expedite their application and provide them with a guest worker card in the interim."
As you can see, Candidate A offers platitudes and vague proimises that have no substance, while Candidate B offers real and specific solutions.
We should ignore Candidate A, regardless of party affiliation, and support Candidate B PROVIDED his or her solutions seem equitable to us. But at least you know he/she HAS solutions, and not just hype. And that is what you should be listening for. Turn a deaf ear to empty hype, and listen closely to those who offer actual, SPECIFIC solutions.
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They Boycott American Products -- Here's How You Can Repay The Favor...
WHERE TO BUY AMERICAN GASOLINE. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
You might want to pass this on. I buy all our gasoline at BP, Valero & WalMart (Notice where WalMart gets their gasoline, below!). Here's why...
Are you aware that the Saudis are boycotting American products? In addition, they are gouging us on oil prices.
Shouldn't we return the favor? Can't we take control of our own destiny and let these giant oil importers know who REALLY generates their profits, their livings? How about leaving American Dollars in America and reduce the import/export deficit?
An appealing remedy might be to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up your car you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia . Just purchase gas from companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.
Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill up my tank, I'm sending my money to people who I get the impression want me, my family and my friends dead.
The following gas companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell....................................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco.................... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil.......................... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway............. 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco.................................... 62,231,000 barrels
And CITGO oil is imported from Venezuela by Dictator Hugo Chavez who hates America and openly avows our economic destruction! (We pay Chavez's regime nearly $10 Billion per year in oil revenues!)
The U.S. currently imports 5,517,000 barrels of crude oil per day from OPEC. If you do the math at $100 per barrel, that's over $550 million PER DAY ($200 BILLION per year!) handed over to OPEC, many of whose members are our confirmed enemies!!!!! It won't stop here - oil prices could go to $200 a barrel or higher if we keep buying their product.
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco.....................0 barrels
Conoco.. .................0 barrels 0
ASinclair...................0 barrels
BP / Phillips........... 0 barrels
Hess........................0 barrels
ARC0.........................0 barrels
Maverick...................0 barrels
Flying J....................0 barrels
Valero.......................0 barrels
Murphy Oil USA*.....0 barrels
*Sold at WalMART , gas is from South Arkansas and fully USA owned and produced.
*Not only that but they give scholarships to all children in their town who finish high school and are legal US citizens..
All of this information is available from the U.S. Department of Energy and each company is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.
But to have a real impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. With the help of the internet, it's really simple to do.. Now, don't wimp out at this point....keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I'm posting this note to all my followers, and their followers. If each of you tweet this to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)....and those 300 tweet it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)....and so on, by the time the message reaches the eighth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE HUNDRED MILLION consumers!!!!!!!
Again, all you have to do is tweet this message to 10 people. How long would that really take you? And then do one simple thing - buy your gas from AMERICAN sources.
Of course, we all know we can't all buy American because there is not enough American gas for everyone. But if we even increase demand for American (and decrease demand for foreign) by only 20%, that will send the foreign oil companies into a tizzy and force them to drop their prices.
Think about that.
Then, do something about it! You have the power to make a difference.
You might want to pass this on. I buy all our gasoline at BP, Valero & WalMart (Notice where WalMart gets their gasoline, below!). Here's why...
Are you aware that the Saudis are boycotting American products? In addition, they are gouging us on oil prices.
Shouldn't we return the favor? Can't we take control of our own destiny and let these giant oil importers know who REALLY generates their profits, their livings? How about leaving American Dollars in America and reduce the import/export deficit?
An appealing remedy might be to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up your car you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia . Just purchase gas from companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.
Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill up my tank, I'm sending my money to people who I get the impression want me, my family and my friends dead.
The following gas companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell....................................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco.................... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil.......................... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway............. 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco.................................... 62,231,000 barrels
And CITGO oil is imported from Venezuela by Dictator Hugo Chavez who hates America and openly avows our economic destruction! (We pay Chavez's regime nearly $10 Billion per year in oil revenues!)
The U.S. currently imports 5,517,000 barrels of crude oil per day from OPEC. If you do the math at $100 per barrel, that's over $550 million PER DAY ($200 BILLION per year!) handed over to OPEC, many of whose members are our confirmed enemies!!!!! It won't stop here - oil prices could go to $200 a barrel or higher if we keep buying their product.
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco.....................0 barrels
Conoco.. .................0 barrels 0
ASinclair...................0 barrels
BP / Phillips........... 0 barrels
Hess........................0 barrels
ARC0.........................0 barrels
Maverick...................0 barrels
Flying J....................0 barrels
Valero.......................0 barrels
Murphy Oil USA*.....0 barrels
*Sold at WalMART , gas is from South Arkansas and fully USA owned and produced.
*Not only that but they give scholarships to all children in their town who finish high school and are legal US citizens..
All of this information is available from the U.S. Department of Energy and each company is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.
But to have a real impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. With the help of the internet, it's really simple to do.. Now, don't wimp out at this point....keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I'm posting this note to all my followers, and their followers. If each of you tweet this to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)....and those 300 tweet it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)....and so on, by the time the message reaches the eighth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE HUNDRED MILLION consumers!!!!!!!
Again, all you have to do is tweet this message to 10 people. How long would that really take you? And then do one simple thing - buy your gas from AMERICAN sources.
Of course, we all know we can't all buy American because there is not enough American gas for everyone. But if we even increase demand for American (and decrease demand for foreign) by only 20%, that will send the foreign oil companies into a tizzy and force them to drop their prices.
Think about that.
Then, do something about it! You have the power to make a difference.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Stands by His Old Ally Gadhafi. Look Who Stands by Chavez...
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has stated publicly that he stands by his friend, Moammar Al-Qaddafi of Libya, the rogue leader who is murdering his own people.
That is not really newsworthy - it is what we expect from clown-boy Chavez. But what is worthy of mention are the people who call themselves Americans who support Chavez. Here is just a partial list of his "American" fans...
Kevin Spacey (D)
Danny Glover (D)
Sean Penn (D)
Jimmy Carter (former president) (D)
Senator Chris Dodd (D - CT)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
Medea Benjamin (D) Founder of Code Pink
Jesse Jackson (D)
Oliver Stone (D)
Brenda Stokely, president of AFSCME Local 215, NY (Union of federal workers) (D)
Cindy Sheehan (D)
Joe Kennedy (D-MA)
Ted Kennedy (now deceased) (D-MA)
Harry Belafonte (D)
Ed Asner (D)
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Naomi Campbell (D)
William Delahunt (D-MA)
JeffCohen (D), founder of the watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
NOTE that all are Democrats. I could not find a single Republican supporter of Chavez.
It is also worth noting that Iran's dictator, Ahmadinejad, is also a fan of Chavez, as is Fidel Castro
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them.” Jesus Christ. Mt. 7:15,16.
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That is not really newsworthy - it is what we expect from clown-boy Chavez. But what is worthy of mention are the people who call themselves Americans who support Chavez. Here is just a partial list of his "American" fans...
Kevin Spacey (D)
Danny Glover (D)
Sean Penn (D)
Jimmy Carter (former president) (D)
Senator Chris Dodd (D - CT)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D)
Medea Benjamin (D) Founder of Code Pink
Jesse Jackson (D)
Oliver Stone (D)
Brenda Stokely, president of AFSCME Local 215, NY (Union of federal workers) (D)
Cindy Sheehan (D)
Joe Kennedy (D-MA)
Ted Kennedy (now deceased) (D-MA)
Harry Belafonte (D)
Ed Asner (D)
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Naomi Campbell (D)
William Delahunt (D-MA)
JeffCohen (D), founder of the watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
NOTE that all are Democrats. I could not find a single Republican supporter of Chavez.
It is also worth noting that Iran's dictator, Ahmadinejad, is also a fan of Chavez, as is Fidel Castro
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them.” Jesus Christ. Mt. 7:15,16.
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Now TSA wants your DNA - And lying about the reason...
The TSA now wants to swab all flyers for DNA samples on the pretense of controlling illegal immigration. It's not bad enough that they now pat down little children for Amtrak. Now the government wants to collect DNA samples from America citizens.
Some issues here! First, it is not for purposes of controlling illegal immigration. How do I know? Because I can use logic. First, our problem with illegal immigration does not lie in airports. It lies on our borders. If the government is truly interested in controlling illegal immigration, why are they not sealing the porous borders?
Second, collecting and sorting DNA is incredibly expensive - it would cost far more than sealing the borders. There is zero logic in swabbing flyers for DNA for purposes of controlling illegal immigration. More important, I find it incredibly scary - not to mention intrusive - for ANY government to have the ability to track every one of my descendants in perpetuity. Throughout the history of Mankind, no government - none - has ever been permanent. Sooner or later, every government fails. In the 1930's the German government failed, and Hitler stepped in. Imagine if he had access to DNA data on all Jews. NONE would have survived. He could have rounded up every one in a matter of days.
Fast forward to America 2032. The current world-wide upheaval of anarchists and socialists has expanded and even America has succumbed to socialism. The population of the world has doubled and there are not enough resources to support them all. It becomes necessary to decide who will live and who will die. Break out the DNA banks and locate every person with "genetic defects" that "the world is better off without". Talk about ethnic cleansing. Or a "super race". In such a world - and some variation of it will come to pass - the DNA you give up now could easily be used to track down and wipe out all of your descendants - children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews.
I don't know about you, but I am more than just "uncomfortable" with people giving up their DNA unless they are suspects in a crime, and even then the DNA collected from anyone found innocent should be permanently destroyed. I find it frightening because throughout the history of Man, anything we have to power to do to others is something we WILL do to others. "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
I would walk to my destination before giving any government the power to round up and abuse future generations of my family based on what some bureaucrat deems to be a flaw in my genetic code. /
AOL & PoliticsDaily Still Good For Laughs...
Today on the HuffingtonPosts' AOL, courtesy of the left-wing Politics Daily was the following:
"An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose taking away some of the collective bargaining rights that public employee unions now have and almost as many oppose cutting the pay or benefits of those workers, according to a nationwide New York Times/CBS News poll "
First and foremost, the New York Times and CBS News are both left wing -- they have yet to put forth an honest poll. But beyond that, all other polls show exactly the opposite -- that the average taxpayer does not believe unions should be getting a sweet deal on their backs.
We all know that polls can be manipulated in several ways. The most prevalent method is by how the questions are worded, simply because many people do not fully understand the issue. If you ask people if they favor or oppose stripping unions of their collective bargaining "rights", you may get many who oppose that. But if the question is honest, such as, "Do you support or oppose
taxpayers limiting the fringe benefits of unions that taxpayers pay for", most will support the limiting of benefits.
And that is the issue. First, collective bargaining is not a "right" - nowhere is it mentioned in the Constitution. Don't you just love it when liberals use the word "right" to describe anything they want, like abortion, gay marriage, collective bargaining? None of those things are rights - they are privileges, granted by court degree, government legislation or public opinion. And therefore they can all be taken away, which makes them privileges, not rights. Rights are granted by our Creator, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, and no mortal man has the authority to take them away.
No one is trying to "strip" collective bargaining from public unions. They may still bargain for wages and working conditions. The Wisconsin bill simply limits the bargaining to those things and would prevent the public unions from bargaining for all the fringe benefit freebies that add up into the billions - paid for by the tasxpayer.
So, any poll that asks uninformed people if they side with unions or with government, they will side with unions. But if the poll accurately reflects the issue at hand, the folks side AGAINST the unions. Americans believe in unions. But they do not believe they should be getting a better deal than everyone else, particularly at taxpayer expense (56% of the folks do not even realize that PUBLIC unions' benefits are funded by taxpayers - if they knew that, they would quickly desert the side of unions.)
OK, so some of you are not convinced. So answer me this question - if the folks favor the power and corruption of unions, why are even union members deserting unions (membership is down over 20% in the last several years) and membership in general has been declining for over two decades?
So, here is the nub: A majority of Americans are not aware that taxpayers fund public unions. And a majority of Americans do not realize that the compensation of public union employees averages 10-50% more than that of non-union workers. And the majority do not understand that the states are only trying to LIMIT collective bargaining to exclude fringe benefits, not wages or working conditions.
But most important, most Americans are not aware that the unions (not the union workers) and their leaders (like Trumpka) are socialist, supported by International Socialist Org, George Soros and other socialist associations.
Look at the insignia of communists, socialists and unions The hammer is "collective bargaining". And their mantra is the same -- "Workers of the world unite". They realize that the workers far outnumber the elites, so they use them to take power from the elites that they may become the new elites.
It's just a giant, adult version of "King of the Hill." Union leaders foment anger among the folks, getting them to drag the king off the hill so the union leaders can take the king's place.
The King of the Hill is "Democracy". The union leaders want to replace it with "Socialism".
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"An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose taking away some of the collective bargaining rights that public employee unions now have and almost as many oppose cutting the pay or benefits of those workers, according to a nationwide New York Times/CBS News poll "
First and foremost, the New York Times and CBS News are both left wing -- they have yet to put forth an honest poll. But beyond that, all other polls show exactly the opposite -- that the average taxpayer does not believe unions should be getting a sweet deal on their backs.
We all know that polls can be manipulated in several ways. The most prevalent method is by how the questions are worded, simply because many people do not fully understand the issue. If you ask people if they favor or oppose stripping unions of their collective bargaining "rights", you may get many who oppose that. But if the question is honest, such as, "Do you support or oppose
taxpayers limiting the fringe benefits of unions that taxpayers pay for", most will support the limiting of benefits.
And that is the issue. First, collective bargaining is not a "right" - nowhere is it mentioned in the Constitution. Don't you just love it when liberals use the word "right" to describe anything they want, like abortion, gay marriage, collective bargaining? None of those things are rights - they are privileges, granted by court degree, government legislation or public opinion. And therefore they can all be taken away, which makes them privileges, not rights. Rights are granted by our Creator, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, and no mortal man has the authority to take them away.
No one is trying to "strip" collective bargaining from public unions. They may still bargain for wages and working conditions. The Wisconsin bill simply limits the bargaining to those things and would prevent the public unions from bargaining for all the fringe benefit freebies that add up into the billions - paid for by the tasxpayer.
So, any poll that asks uninformed people if they side with unions or with government, they will side with unions. But if the poll accurately reflects the issue at hand, the folks side AGAINST the unions. Americans believe in unions. But they do not believe they should be getting a better deal than everyone else, particularly at taxpayer expense (56% of the folks do not even realize that PUBLIC unions' benefits are funded by taxpayers - if they knew that, they would quickly desert the side of unions.)
OK, so some of you are not convinced. So answer me this question - if the folks favor the power and corruption of unions, why are even union members deserting unions (membership is down over 20% in the last several years) and membership in general has been declining for over two decades?
So, here is the nub: A majority of Americans are not aware that taxpayers fund public unions. And a majority of Americans do not realize that the compensation of public union employees averages 10-50% more than that of non-union workers. And the majority do not understand that the states are only trying to LIMIT collective bargaining to exclude fringe benefits, not wages or working conditions.
But most important, most Americans are not aware that the unions (not the union workers) and their leaders (like Trumpka) are socialist, supported by International Socialist Org, George Soros and other socialist associations.
Look at the insignia of communists, socialists and unions The hammer is "collective bargaining". And their mantra is the same -- "Workers of the world unite". They realize that the workers far outnumber the elites, so they use them to take power from the elites that they may become the new elites.
It's just a giant, adult version of "King of the Hill." Union leaders foment anger among the folks, getting them to drag the king off the hill so the union leaders can take the king's place.
The King of the Hill is "Democracy". The union leaders want to replace it with "Socialism".
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