Join the Gray Brigade

NOW HEAR THIS

    They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are "baby boomers" getting ready to retire. Others have been retired for some time.  We walk a little slower these days and our eyes and hearing are not what they once were.
    We have worked hard, raised our children, worshiped our God and grown old together. Yes, we are the ones some refer to as being over the hill and that is probably true. But before writing us off completely, there are a few things that need to be taken into consideration. In school we studied English, history, math, and science which enabled us to lead America into the technological age.
    Most of us remember what outhouses were, many of us with firsthand experience. We remember the days of telephone party lines, 25 cent gasoline, and milk and ice being delivered to our homes. For those of you who don't know what an icebox is, today they are electric and referred to as refrigerators. A few even remember when cars were started with a crank. Yes, we lived those days.We are probably considered old fashioned and out-dated by many.
    But there are a few things you need to remember before completely writing us off. We won World War II and fought in Korea and VietNam. We can quote the pledge of allegiance, and know where to place our hand while doing so. We wore the uniform of our country with pride and lost many friends on the battlefield. We didn't fight for the Socialist States of America , we fought for the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." We wore different uniforms but carried the same flag. We know the words to the 'Star Spangled Banner', 'America' , and 'America the Beautiful' by heart, and you may even see some tears running down our cheeks as we sing.
    We have lived what many of you have only read about in history books and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone for America.
    Yes, we are old and slow these days but rest assured, we have at least one good fight left in us. We have loved this country, fought for it, and died for it, and now we are going to save it. It is our country and nobody is going to take it away from us. We took oaths to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that is an oath we plan to keep. There are those who want to destroy this land we love but, like our founders, there is no way we are going to remain silent.
    It was the young people of this nation who elected Obama and the Democrat Congress. You fell for the "hope and change" which in reality was nothing but "hype and lies." You have tasted Socialism and seen evil face to face, and have found you don't like it after all.
    You make a lot of noise but most are all too interested in their careers or "climbing the social ladder" to be involved in such mundane things as patriotism and voting.
     Many of those who fell for the "great lie" in 2008 are now having buyer's remorse. With all the education we gave you, you didn't have sense enough to see through the lies and instead drank the kool-aid.
    Now you're paying the price and complaining about it.
    No jobs, lost mortgages, higher taxes, and less freedom. This is what you voted for and this is what you got. We entrusted you with the 'Torch of Liberty' and you traded it for a paycheck and a fancy house.
    Well, don't worry youngsters, the Gray-Haired Brigade is here, and on ELECTION DAY we are going to take back our nation.
    We may drive a little slower than you would like but we get where we're going, and in November we're going to the polls by the millions.
    This land does not belong to the liar in the White House or to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. It belongs to "We the People", and "We the People" plan to reclaim our land and our freedom. We hope this time you will do a better job of preserving it and passing it along to our grandchildren.
    So the next time you have the chance to say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand up, put your hand over your heart, honor our
    Country, and thank God for the old geezers of the "Gray-Haired Brigade."

IN GOD WE TRUST!

Amazing how the mind works

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Breaking News

The Pity Train has derailed at the intersection of Suck It Up & Move On, and crashed into We All Have Problems, before coming to a complete stop at Get Over It. Any complaints about how I operate can be forwarded to 1 (800) waa-waaa. This is LIVE from Quitchur Bitchin'. If you like this, re-post it. If you don't..suck it up buttercup, Life doesn't revolve around YOU!

Be advised . . .

Please be advised I am sick and tired of receiving questions about my dog who mauled six illegal aliens wearing Obama tee shirts, four Democrats wearing Pelosi tee shirts, two rappers, nine teenagers with pants hanging down past their cracks, eight customer service desk people speaking in broken English, three flag burners, and a Pakistani taxi driver.

He is still not for sale.

Have you noticed?

‎"listen" and "silent" use the same letters?

 

Do you know that the words "race car" spelled backwards still spells "race car?"

 

And that "eat" is the only word that if you take the first letter and move it to the last, it spells its past tense "ate"?

 

And have you noticed that if you rearrange the letters in "illegal immigrants", and add just a few more letters, it spells: "Go home you free-loading, benefit-grabbing, resource-sucking, baby-making, non-English-speaking jackasses!

Put me in charge of government housing

    Ever live in a military barracks?  You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your "home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried.. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.
   In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the “common good.”
    Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules.. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.

Secret Service Perspective of Recent US Presidents

 - from a book by Ronald Kessler, former reporter for the Washington Post.

 

How our Secret Service experienced our recent presidents and their wives.

It  reveals an awful lot about the presidents and Vice Presidents .... very interesting recap thus far:

JFK and LBJ = Philanderers of the highest order. Both kept a lot of women in  White House for affairs. Both set up "early warning" systems for if  and when their wives were nearby. Total immoral men. In addition, LBJ was as crude as the day is long.
 
Nixon = Weird, moral man but very odd and weird. Paranoid etc.  horrible  relationship with his family, almost a recluse.

Agnew = Nice, decent man, everyone was surprised at his downfall.

Ford = A true gentlemen who treated them with respect and dignity

Jimmy Carter = A complete phony who would portray one picture of himself to  public and very different in private. I.E. Would be shown carrying his own  luggage, suit cases were always empty, he kept empty ones just for photo  ops. Wanted the people to see him as pious and a non drinker, he and family  drank alcohol a lot. Had disdain for the Secret Service, and was very  irresponsible with the "football" nuclear codes. Didn't think it was a big  deal and would keep military aides at a great distance. Would never  acknowledge military or Secret service they were there to serve him.

Ronald Reagan = The real deal. Moral, Honest, respectful and dignified.
Treated Secret Service and everyone else with respect and honor. Would  always thank everyone all the time. He took the time to know everyone on a  personal level. One story was early on in Presidency the President came out  of his room with a side arm attached to his hip. The Agent in charge said  "Why the pistol Mr. President." Ronald Reagan replied, "In case you boys  can't get the job done, I can help." It was common for him to carry a  pistol. People do not know that when he met with Gorbachev, he had a pistol  in his briefcase. Upon learning that Gary Hart was caught with Donna Rice during the election Ronald Reagan said, "Boys will be boys, but boys will  not be President"

Nancy Reagan = Very nice but very protective of the President ... the Secret  Service was always caught in the middle. Nancy would try to control what the  President ate all the time (healthy) and he would say to the Agents "come on  you gotta help me out." The Reagans rarely drank alcohol. Secret Service  said they could count on one hand the times the Reagans were served alcohol  other than wine during dinner. They made the comment for all the fake  bluster of the Carters it was the Reagans who lived life as genuinely moral  people.

George and Barbara Bush = Extremely kind and considerate. Always respectful.
Took great care in making sure the agents comforts were taken care of. They  would bring them meals etc. One time Barbara Bush brought warm clothes to  agents standing outside at   Kennebunkport   . One agent who was given a warm hat  tried to nicely say no thanks when he was obviously freezing and President
Bush said "Son, don't argue with the first lady, put the hat on."

Bill Clinton = Presidency was one giant party. Not trustworthy, he was nice  because he wanted everyone to like him but life is just one big game and  party to him

Hillary Clinton = Another phony. Personality would change the instant  cameras were near. She hated with open disdain the military and Secret  Service. Again another one who felt people are there to serve her. She was  always trying to keep tabs on Bill Clinton ..

Al Gore = An egotistical ass who was once overheard by his Secret Service  detail when he told his son he needed to do better in school or he "would  end up like these guys" and pointed to the agents.

G W Bush = They loved him and Laura Bush. They said no one is a nicer person  than Laura Bush who never has a harsh word to say about anyone. The Bush's  went out of their way to take care of the Secret Service and made sure they  were well cared for with meals and other comforts. GW was the most prompt of  the Presidents. He ran like a well oiled machine. He was also the most in  shape who had a very strict workout regimen. The Bush's made sure their
entire administration understood to respect and be considerate of the Secret  Service. Karl Rove was the one who was the most caring of the Secret Service  in the administration

Barack Obama - Clintons over again - hates the military and looks down on  the Secret Service. Michele another Al Gore - An egotistical ass.

Salaries

Salary of retired US Presidents .............$180,000 FOR LIFE
Salary of House/Senate .......................$174,000 FOR LIFE
Salary of Speaker of the House ............$223,500 FOR LIFE
Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders ...... $193,400 FOR LIFE
Average Salary of a teacher ................ $40,065
...Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN $38,000
I think we found where the cuts should be made!

Contractors at Work

How soon can you guess the end of this story?  What's that old adage about center of gravity?  
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=28443

What caused that earthquake in Virginia?

The Weather Channel says today's east coast earthquake was caused by an unknown fault line running under D.C. and through Virginia. It is now being called Obama's Fault, though Obama will say it's really Bush's Fault. Other theories are that was the founding fathers rolling over in their graves or that what we all believed to be an earthquake was actually the effects of a 14.6 trillion dollar check bouncing in Washington.

Sen. Barack Obama Says It’s ‘Unpatriotic’ To Rack Up $4 Trillion in Debt

“The problem is, is that the way Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion dollars for the first 42 presidents — number 43 added $4 trillion dollars by his lonesome, so that we now have over $9 trillion dollars of debt that we are going to have to pay back — $30,000 for every man, woman and child,” Obama said on July 3, 2008, at a campaign event in Fargo, N.D.

“That’s irresponsible. It’s unpatriotic,” said candidate Obama.

Government Waste - Coins No One Wants

DIANE SAWYER-ABC NEWS – Did this story on July 14, 2011...........

 $576,000.00 every day, going to waste; and now we are building a new mint building, and going to pay to SHIP & STORE, something that is costing us money to make, THAT WE DO NOT NEED.........This is going on in just one G0VERNMENT central Philadelphia office.......one of the four (4) U.S.  Mints!  Wonder how many similar situations there are in other government offices???

 In case any of you are wondering........There are currently four active US Mints, not 3, like many people think: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point. 

Philadelphia and Denver are the 2 primary mints, because they make all circulating coins. San Francisco makes proof and some other collectors' coins, while West Point makes platinum, gold and silver coins.

 

Take a second to ask yourself,…

1.      How many countries,….. over the past 100 years,….. have ever repaid their debts to us?

 2.      How many American tax payer $$$$ are flying out of our borders every day,… foreign aid,…in every form,….to foreign governments around the globe,…. that will never be paid back?

 3.      Did you know that the United States sent countless millions of dollars in aid to China for recent disasters there??????!!!!!!?????  Money that we borrowed from them,…that we’re paying them interest on,….that we’re giving back to them in the form of foreign aide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  The insanity & stupidity just never ends!!!!!!!!

 4.      How much of that foreign aid money,…paid for by American tax payers,…that was sent to foreign countries,…ended up, back in some Congressman’s pocket?

And, then there’s this unbelievable story below,…but, then again,…don’t believe your “lying eyes & ears”,…this story has to be bogus,…right?????

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/coins-costing-taxpayers-14076274

Talented Kids

If you're tired of hearing our national anthem being destroyed almost every time it's sung by the current crop of pop artists, then you should appreciate this version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=QEGlsHS6tSQ

 

sung by a group known as "Dave's Highway".

No instruments, no microphones, no special effects!

Just 3 young siblings (Erika, Delaney, and Zachary)

singing the anthem as originally written, right in their own living room.

Chrysler - A Very Dirty Story

Sooner or later it will all come to light!
This could be a scandal of epic proportions and one that makes Nixon's Watergate or Clinton's Monica Lewinsky affair pale by comparison.

Why was there neither rhyme nor reason as to which dealerships of the Chrysler Corporation were to be closed?

Roll the clock back to the weeks just before Chrysler declared bankruptcy. Chrysler, like GM, was in dire financial straits and federal government "graciously" offered to "buy the company" and keep them out of bankruptcy and "save jobs."

Chrysler was, in the words of Obama and his administration, "Too big to fail," same story with GM.

The feds organized their "Automotive Task Force" to fix Chrysler and GM. Obama, in an act that is 100% unconstitutional, appointed a guy named Steve Rattner to be the White House's official Car Czar - literally, that's what his title is.

Rattner is the liaison between Obama, Chrysler, and GM.

Initially, the national media reported that Chrysler 'had made this list of dealerships'. Not true!

The Washington Examiner, Newsmax, Fox News and a host of other news agencies discovered that the list of dealerships was put together by the "Automotive Task Force" headed by no one other than Mr. Steve Rattner.

Now the plot thickens.

Remember earlier we said that there was neither rhyme nor reason why certain dealerships were closed?

Actually there's a very interesting pattern as to who was closed down. Again, on May 27, 2009, The Washington Examiner and Newsmax exposed the connection.

Amazingly, of the 789 dealerships closed by the federal government, 788 had donated money, exclusively to Republican political causes, while contributing nothing to Democratic political causes. The only "Democratic" dealership on the list was found to have donated $7,700 to Hillary's campaign, and a bit over $2,000 to John Edwards. This same dealership, reportedly, also gave $20000 to Obama's campaign.

Does that seem a little odd to you?

Steve Rattner is the guy who put the list together. Well, he happens to be married to a Maureen White. Maureen happens to be the former national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As such, she has access to campaign donation records from everyone in the nation- Republican or Democrat. But of course, this is just a wacky "coincidence," we're certain.

Then comes another really wacky "coincidence."

On that list of dealerships being closed down, a weird thing happened in Arkansas , North Louisiana, and Southern Missouri . It seems that Bill Clinton's former White House Chief of Staff, Mack McClarty, owns a chain of dealership in that region, partnered with a fellow by the name of Robert Johnson.

Johnson happens to be founder of Black Entertainment Television and was a huge Obama supporter and financier.

These guys own a half dozen Chrysler stores under the company title of RLJ-McClarty-Landers. Interestingly, none of their dealerships were ordered closed - not one! While all of their competing Chrysler/Dodge and Jeep dealership were!

Eight dealerships located near the dealerships owned by McClarty and Johnson were ordered shut down. Thus by pure luck, these two major Obama supporters now have virtual monopoly on Chrysler sales in their zone. Isn't that amazing?

Go look in The Washington Examiner, the story's there, and it's in a dozen or so other web-based news organizations; this isn't being made up.

Now if you thought Chrysler was owned by Fiat, you are mistaken. Under the federal court ruling, 65% of Chrysler is now owned by the federal government and the United Auto Workers union! Fiat owns 20%. The other 15% is still privately owned and presumably will be traded on the stock market.

Obama smiles and says he doesn't want to run the auto industry.

As horrifying as this is to comprehend, and being as how this used to be the United States of America , it would appear that the president has the power to destroy private businesses and eliminate upwards of 100,000 jobs just because they don't agree with his political agenda

There are voices in Washington demanding an explanation, but the "Automotive Task Force" has released no information to the public or to any of the senators demanding answers for what has been done.

Keep your ear to the ground for more on this story. If you've ever wanted to make a difference about anything in your life, get on the phone to your national senator or representative in the House and demand an investigation into this.

Benjamin Franklin had it right when he said, "All that's necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

Car Czar No More

An amazing thing happened as this story was going to press. Obama's Car Czar, Steve Rattner, resigned on July 13 and was promptly replaced by former steel workers union boss Ron Bloom.

According to CBS News, Rattner left "to return to private life and spend time with his family."

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said, "I hope that he takes another opportunity to bring his unique skills to government service in the future."

By the way, Rattner is under investigation for a multi-million dollar pay-to-play investment bank scandal in New York .....

Uh-oh!

But, we're certain that had nothing to do with his resignation. And, according to several news sources out there, there are rumors he's being investigated for what could be pay-to-play scandal involving the closing of Chrysler and GM dealerships. Really?

Again, that couldn't have anything to with his resignation-that's ridiculous!
Like CBS said, this guy just wants to "spend more quality time with his family."

Obama has 32 personally appointed "czars" who answer to no one but him, all of whom are acting without any Constitutional authority. But hey, we're sure they all have "unique skills,"... as Tim Geithner likes to say!

SOOOOO. HOWS THE CHANGE WORKING FOR YOU?..

Check it out at the following websites.....

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Furor-grows-over-partisan-car-dealer-closings-46261447.html <http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Furor-grows-over-partisan-car-dealer-closings-46261447.html>

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obamas-auto-policy-All-in-the-Democratic-family-44414452.html<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obamas-auto-policy-All-in-the-Democratic-family-44414452.html>

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obamas-auto-policy-All-in-the-Democratic-family-44414452.html<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obamas-auto-policy-All-in-the-Democratic-family-44414452.html>

This goes from beyond corruption in high places - to gross criminal actions on the part of our government!

I hope you will spread this far and wide, and hopefully the taxpaying public will demand some of that transparency we were promised...... followed by criminal prosecution of the perpetrators!

Ways to Annoy a Liberal

Tell a liberal how much you appreciate that the Obama economy is a system of checks and balances.

He writes the checks; you pay the balance.

Churchill on Socialism

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

-- Winston Churchill

Reagan on Deficits

“Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar of tax payers money, only Congressmen can; and Congress is susceptible to all sorts of influences that have nothing to do with good government.”

— Ronald W. Reagan, 40th president of the U.S. (1911-2004)

Colorado Progressive has a History Lesson for Tea Party

Jack Van Ens article “History Lesson forTea Party,” in the Vail Daily:
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110814/EDITS/110819933
I sent a letter to the editor asking if Jack could answer the following questions:   

    - Does Jack truly believe that the Tea Party is calling for a return to the Articles of Confederation?     

    - Does Jack believe that our founding fathers wanted the federal government to be the sole legislative body of the United States? Wouldn’t they be very unhappy that the federal government has taken over the health care industry, the banking industry, the car industry and the housing industry?      

    - Doesn’t Jack believe that once the federal government seeks new roles without its having been so mandated by the people it has overstepped its bounds? Is the notion of a bloated federal government with powers far beyond those enumerated in our Constitution perfectly reasonable? Does Jack believe that the government should be allowed to force people to sell their property to another private individual or group if the government deems it important? (See Kelo v. City of New London) Is there no limit to federal government power and nothing government can't justify with a little warping of the Commerce Clause?   

    - What would George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams and the rest of our founding fathers think of today’s federal government? Would they not say that our freedom and liberties are being slowly taken away from us? Would they not believe that our federal government is entrenching on our individual liberties?      

    - Does Jack agree with Benjamin Franklin who stated, “The larger the government, the smaller the peoples liberties.”?   

    - Does Jack agree with Thomas Jefferson’s statement,” I am for a government rigorously frugal and simply applying all the possible savings of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt and not for a multiplications of offices and salaries merely to make partisan.”?   

    - Does Jack agree with Thomas Jefferson who said, “I place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. We must make our choice between frugality and liberty, or excessive spending and servitude. If the debt should be swelled to a formidable size, its entire discharge will be despaired of and we shall be committed to a career of debt corruption, and rottenness. The discharge of the debt, therefore, is vital to the destiny of our government.”?   

    - Does Jack agree with Thomas Paine’s statement, “The preservation of a free Government requires not merely, that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more especially that neither of them be suffered to overleap the great Barrier which defends the rights of the people. The Rulers who are guilty of such an encroachment, exceed the commission from which they derive their authority, and are Tyrants. The People who submit to it are governed by laws made neither by themselves nor by an authority derived from them, and are slaves.”   

    - If the founding fathers were around today, wouldn’t they be in total shock by the amount of money that our federal government is spending? Wouldn’t doing away with the huge debt be their highest priority? Isn’t it safe to say that our founding father would not just sit by today and watch as their nation spins down the drain of financial ruin? Wouldn’t our founding fathers be Tea Party activists calling for fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets?

Colorado Progressive wants Tea Party to compromise

This Colorado Progressive doesn't understand why the Tea Party doesn't compromise on its principles: http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110807/EDITS/110809857

I have a few questions for Jack Van Ens’ after reading his latest column “Compromise isn’t caving in” where he criticizes the Tea Party and tells them to be more willing to compromise.     

    - Can Jack provide us with the column he wrote criticizing the Democrats for ram-rodding the Obamacare Health Plan through Congress? I don’t recall Jack calling for compromise and telling us about the need for Democrats to work with the Republicans to “pursue what makes for peace and mutual understanding” (Romans 14:19).

    - Can Jack provide us with the column he wrote condemning Speaker of the House Pelosi for using bully tactics to lock Republicans out of committee meetings while rushing this bill through the abridged legislative process?

    - Jack accuses the Tea Party of using “gutter-talk” when rallying the troops by showing a movie clip. Will Jack be writing a column soon condemning those Democrats who call the Tea Party members “terrorists?”

    - Jack calls members of the Tea Party hoodlums who kill, maim, and bully to get their way. Will Jack be writing a column condemning ACORN, SEIU, and other union thugs who invade bank president’s homes and assault Tea Party members holding peaceful rallies?

    - Jack tells us that President Obama’s debt speech on July 25 reminded citizens how important compromise is for Congress to function. Can Jack tell us how it is compromise when Senator Harry Reid shelves a bill passed by the House calling for “cut, cap, and balance” and refuses to even bring this bill to the floor for debate in the Senate?

    - Jack tells us that the Tea Party and conservatives spin their wheels moored on soft shoulders. Can Jack explain to us how the Tea Party is spinning its wheels with its simple calls for fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets?

    - Jack tells us that the Tea Party threatens to raze our “Republic’s house.” Can Jack explain how calls to cut, cap, and balance a budget threatens our Republic? Is Jack not concerned that our Republic is in peril from overspending beyond our means? Doesn’t that threaten our Republic?   Can Jack tell us what the founding fathers would have to say about our accumulation of our massive debt?

    - Jack tells us that “consensus works to loosen a log-jammed Congress” and demands that the Tea Party must compromise on its principles to allow the debt ceiling to be raised so the federal government can spend its way beyond the $14 trillion debt. Will Jack’s next column call for the Senate and President Obama to compromise on their principles of tax and spend?

    - Can Jack tell us how the Senate and President Obama should compromise to get us on that “high middle road” he seeks? Or does Jack’s call for compromise only apply to the Tea Party and conservatives?

Colorado Progressive feels bitter about the Tea Party

This Colorado Progressive sounds "bitter:"  Tea Party's Bitter Brew
http://senatorteaparty.com/vail-daily-columnist-jack-r-van-ens-tea-partys-bitter-brew

Ready for Real Change

Here's another interesting letter to the Vail Daily by Dick Gustafson: http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110804/LETTER/110809942

Shrinking the Nation's Spending

Here's a good letter by Dick Gustafson that was published in the Vail Daily: Shrinking nation's spending

 http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110630/EDITS/110709926

Let's Thank Our Tea Party Patriots

You might like this article by Cal Thomas: "Let's Thank Our Tea Party Patriots:"   http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20110807/EDITS/110809856  

WARNING, PLEASE READ

I don't usually re-post these but...

If someone comes to your front door, and asks you to remove your clothes, and dance in your front yard with your arms in the air..  DO NOT DO THIS, it is a scam!! They just want to see you NAKED.

Please copy and post this to your blog -- I wish I had received this yesterday.... I feel so STUPID now!

What my mum taught me

Religion - "You better pray that comes out of the carpet"
Logic - "Because I said so, that's why"
Irony - "Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about"
Wisdom - "When you get to be my age you'll understand "
Justice - "One day you'll have kids, I hope they turn out just like you!!"

Here's a Most Excellent Rant!

          This is as straight forward as you can get!
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGyVNippvA&

What is your Hobbit name?

Enter your name here to translate your name into your hobbit name:

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The Camel's Nose Is Officially In The Tent In Michigan

Muslim men are allowed to have as many as 4 wives. Many Muslims have immigrated into the U.S. And brought their 2, 3, or 4 wives with them, but the U.S. Does not allow multi marriages, so the man lists one wife as his, and signs the other 2 or 3 up as extended family on welfare and other free Government programs! Michigan has the highest population of Muslims in the United States. When President Obama took office the United States paid several million dollars to have a large number of Palestinians, (All Muslim), immigrated here from Palestine. Why? I have no idea, do you? We don't pay for other persons to immigrate here. So now in Michigan when you call the Public Assistance office you are told to Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Spanish, or Press 3 for Arabic! Every time you add a new language to an American program it requires an additional number of persons fluent in that language to process those persons who refuse to learn English in order to live here at an additional cost to the taxpayer! Why are we even allowing persons to immigrate here who cannot provide for themselves, and putting them in our welfare system? Press 3 for Arabic? Unbelievable!  This seems to have happened clandestinely, for, as far as I know, no public announcement, or opportunity to vote on this was offered to the American people. They're just adopting an official stance, and very likely using tax-payer money for it, in various capacities, without public knowledge or approval. The following link takes you into the State of Michigan Public Assistance page, (as in Food Stamps etc). You won't have to scroll far before you see the assistance-letters options for...(get this).....English, Spanish, and ARABIC !!! When did the ARABIC option sneak into our culture? Will we soon have to listen to our governmental offices, stores, and other venues offer us the option of "pressing 3 for ARABIC?" Check it out for yourself:  http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5453_5527---,00.html Please inform every red-blooded American you know, that this is happening. It is outrageous! The camel's nose is literally now OFFICIALLY under the tent! YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!!!

How To Install A Southern Home Security System

1. Go to Goodwill and buy a pair of size 14 -16 men's work boots.
2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo Magazine.
3. Put four giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.
4. Leave a note on your door that reads ......

Bubba,
Bertha, Duke, Slim, & I went for more ammo and beer.

Be back in an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls. They got
the mailman this morning and messed him up bad. I don't
think Killer took part, but it was hard to tell from all the
blood. Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the house.

Better wait outside. Be right back.
Cooter.

History Lesson on Your Social Security Card

Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn't know this.
It's easy to check out, if you don't believe it.  Be sure and show it to your family
and friends. They need a little history lesson on what's what and it doesn't matter
whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts.

Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and
card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the
United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the
message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION, was removed.

An old Social Security card with the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message.
Our Social Security

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social
Security (FICA) Program. He promised:

1.) That participation in the Program would be
Completely voluntary,
No longer Voluntary 

2.) That the participants would only have to pay
1% of the first $1,400 of their annual
Incomes into the Program,
Now 7.65% on the first $90,000
 

3.) That the money the participants elected to put
into the Program would be deductible from
their income for tax purposes each year,
No longer tax deductible 

4.) That the money the participants put into the
independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the
general operating fund, and therefore, would
only be used to fund the Social Security
Retirement Program, and no other
Government program, and, 
Under Johnson the money was moved to 
The General Fund and Spent 

5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed
as income. 
Under Clinton & Gore 
Up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed 

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are
now receiving a Social Security check every month --
and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of
the money we paid to the Federal government to 'put
away' -- you may be interested in the following:

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Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the
independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the
general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically
controlled House and Senate.
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Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax
deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding? A: The Democratic Party.
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Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social
Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the
'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the
Senate, while he was Vice President of the  US

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Q: Which Political Party decided to start
giving annuity payments to immigrants?

AND MY FAVORITE:

A: That's right!

Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.  
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them,
even though they never paid a dime into it!

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Then, after violating the original contract (FICA),
the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want
to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! 
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
awareness will be planted and maybe changes will
evolve. But it's worth a try.

How many people can YOU send this to?
Actions speak louder than bumper stickers

The Great Orator

Gotta love Mr. Reagan!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK3Eo9cScEQ&feature=share

The Preacher's Son

    An old country preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting time the boy should give some thought to choosing a profession. Like many young Men his age, the boy didn't really know what he wanted to do, and he didn't seem too concerned about it. One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to try an experiment. He went into the boy's room and placed on his study table four objects:
    1. A Bible
    2. A silver dollar
    3. A bottle of whiskey
    4. And a Playboy magazine

    'I'll just hide behind the door,' the old preacher said to himself. 'When he comes home from school today, I'll see which object he picks up.
    If it's the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and what a blessing that would be!
    If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a business man, and that would be okay, too.
    But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a no-good drunken bum, and Lord, what a shame that would be.
    And worst of all if he picks up that magazine he's going to be a skirt-chasing womanizer.'
    The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son's foot-steps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his room.
    The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table.
    With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to inspect them. Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped into his pocket. He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink, while he admired this month's centerfold.
    'Lord have mercy,' the old preacher disgustedly whispered.  'He's gonna run for Congress!'

Biblical Advice

To all single people who are in a hurry to get married, here's a quick piece of Biblical advice: Ruth patiently waited for her mate Boaz.

While waiting on YOUR Boaz, don't settle for ANY of his relatives: Brokeaz, Poaz, Lyinaz, Cheatinaz, Dumbaz, Drunkaz, Cheapaz, Lockedupaz Goodfornothinaz, Lazyaz or Marriedaz & especially his third cousin Beatinyoaz.

Please, wait on your Boaz & make sure he respects Yoaz!

Words of Wisdom from Ronald Reagan

"Socialism only works in two places:  Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it."

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.'

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. 

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S.  Congress.
 'The tax payer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' 


'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other'

'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.'

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.  I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first'

'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:  If it moves, tax it.  If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it'

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards;  if you disgrace yourself,you can always write a book.'

 'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.'

A Wish To Live Forever

I met a fairy today that said she would grant me one wish.

"I want to live forever," I said.

"Sorry," said the fairy "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like that!

"Fine," I said, "then I want to die after Congress gets their heads out of their asses!"

"You crafty bastard," said the fairy.

Guess Who Said This . . .

"The soundest way to raise revenues in the long run is to cut taxes now. The purpose of cutting taxes now is... to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus." 

    - Ronald Reagan?

    - One of the Bushes?

    - F. A. Hayek?

    - Arthur Laffer?
No.  JFK said this.

Liberal Pollster's Devastating Memo to Obama

If President Obama needed any more indication of how much his public support has eroded, he need look no further than a recent memorandum of sorts published in the New York Times by former President Bill Clinton’s pollster, Stanley Greenberg. Listen to Greenberg, whose progressive polling firm partners with Clinton strategist James Carville, advise Obama and Democrats on what his latest round of polls and focus groups reveal are their only hope to survive politically, given the current reality:

• “Voters in the developed world are turning away from Democrats, Socialists, liberals and progressives.”

• “Voters feel ever more estranged from government—and they associate Democrats with government.”

• “If they are to win trust, and votes, Democrats must show they are as determined as the Tea Party movement to change the rules of the game.”

• “This distrust of government and politicians is unfolding as a full-blown crisis of legitimacy [and] sidelines Democrats and liberalism.”

If any of our presidents . . .

If any other of our presidents
had...in one year... doubled the National Debt which
had taken more than two centuries
to accumulate,
would You have Approved?

If any other of our presidents
had then proposed to Double
the debt again within 10 years,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had criticized a State Law that
he admitted he never even read,
would you think that he is
just an ignorant hot Head?

If any other of our presidents
joined the country of Mexico and sued a
State in the United States to force that State
to continue to allow Illegal Immigration,
would you question his patriotism
and wonder who's side he was on?

If any other of our presidents
had pronounced Navy Corpsman
as if it were the Navy Corpse,
would you think him an Idiot?

If any other of our presidents
had put 87,000 workers out of work
by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on
offshore oil drilling on companies that have
one of the best safety records of any industry
because one foreign company had an accident,
would you have agreed?

If any other of our presidents
had used a forged document as the
basis of the moratorium that would render
87000 American workers unemployed,
would you support him?

If any other of our presidents
had been the first President to need a
teleprompter installed to be able to get through
a press conference, would you have laughed and said
this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is
really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If any other of our presidents
had spent hundreds of thousands of Dollars
to take his First Lady to a play in NYC,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had reduced your retirement plan holdings
of GM stock by 90% and given the
unions a majority stake in GM,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had made a joke at the expense
of the Special Olympics,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive
and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown
had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had given the Queen of England an
IPod containing videos of his speeches,
would you have thought it to be a
proud moment for America ?

If any other of our presidents
had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia ,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had visited Austria and made reference
to the nonexistent "Austrian language,"
would you have brushed it off
as a minor slip?

If any other of our presidents
had filled his Cabinet and circle of
Advisers with people who cannot seem
to keep current on their Income Taxes,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had stated that there were 57 states in
the United States , wouldn't you have had
second thoughts about his capabilities?

If any other of our presidents
would have flown all the way to Denmark
to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics
would benefit him walking out his front door in his
home town, would you not have thought he was
a self-important, conceited, egotistical jerk?

If any other of our presidents
had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to
"Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador
when it was "The 5th of May" (Cinco de Mayo),
and then continue to flub it when he tried again,
wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment?

If any other of our presidents
had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel
to go plant a single tree on Earth Day,
would you have concluded he's a Hypocrite?

If any other of our presidents'
Administrations had okayed Air Force One
flying low over millions of people followed by
a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing
widespread panic, would you have wondered
whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If any other of our presidents
had failed to send relief aid to flood victims
throughout the Midwest, with more people killed
or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you
want it made into a major ongoing Political issue
with claims of racism and incompetence?

If any other of our presidents
had created the positions of 32 Czars
who report directly to him, bypassing
the House and Senate on much of
what is happening in America ,
would you have approved?

If any other of our presidents
had ordered the firing of the CEO
of a major corporation, even though he
had no constitutional authority to do so,
would you have approved?

So, tell me again,
what is it about Obama that
makes him so brilliant and impressive?

Can't think of anything?
Then you'd better start worrying.
He's done all these things in 28 months --
and you have less than 19 months
to come up with an answer.

Every statement and action in this email
is factual and correctly attributable
to Barrack Hussein Obama.
Every bumble is a matter of record
and completely verifiable.

I WONDER ......
HOW MANY OF YOU
WILL FORWARD THIS?

"All it takes for evil to triumph
is for good men to do nothing."

Divorce Agreement

DIVORCE AGREEMENT -- This is so incredibly well-put, and I can hardly believe it's by a young person, a student!!  Whatever he runs for, I'll vote for him!

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, regressives, Marxists, and Obama supporters, et. al.:

    We have stuck together since the late 1950s for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce.  I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.

    Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms.  We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

    Here is a model separation agreement:

1.  Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking a similar portion.  That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement.  After that, it should be relatively easy.  Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides had such distinct and disparate tastes.

2.  We don't like redistributive taxes, so you can keep them.

3.  You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.

4.  Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military.

5.  We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar, and bio-diesel.

6.  You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O'Donnell.  You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.

7.  We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street.

8.  You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless homeboys, hippies, druggies, and illegal aliens.

9.  We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.

10.  We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood .

11.  You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us.

12.  You can have the peace-niks and war protesters.  When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

13.  We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values.

14.  You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness, and Shirley McLain.  You can also have the U.N., but we will no longer be paying the bill.

15.  We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars.  You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find.

16.  You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors..

17.  We'll continue to believe healthcare is an earned luxury and not a right.

18.  We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."

19.  I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya," or "We Are the World".

20.  We'll practice trickledown economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.

21.  Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our constitution and our flag.

22.  Would you agree to this?  If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete.  In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.

Sincerely,

John J. Wall

Law Student and an American

P.S.:  Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, and Jane Fonda with you.

P.S.S..:  And you won't have to "Press 1 for English" when you call our country.