<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180</id><updated>2011-07-30T19:49:28.121+03:00</updated><category term='In the Beginning...'/><title type='text'>THE SPARTACUS REVOLUTION</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog is dedicated to the reestablishment of the fundamental constitutional rights and freedoms which are inherent to all Americans; and to those freedom-loving people around the world who long to live in peace, in pursuit of their dreams and all that their God-given talents will allow.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>37</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-5327278276543704292</id><published>2010-05-21T05:29:00.031+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T19:01:18.426+03:00</updated><title type='text'>We Have Been Seeking Muhammad... For Truth... For The Light... For The Way... AND WE HAVE FOUND HIM!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #990000; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yes... It has been many months since my last post!&amp;nbsp; I make no apologies, because I have been traversing this bastard planet on Hajj!&amp;nbsp; I have been seeking THE TRUTH in Life... And I have found THE TRUTH... And THE TRUTH is... MUHAMMAD!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #990000; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #990000; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Let me introduce you to "Him"...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #990000; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #990000; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please scroll down to receive THE TRUTH which MUHAMMAD reveals!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_assn-E-5I/AAAAAAAAAC4/eNmwMejV_O4/s1600/peewee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_assn-E-5I/AAAAAAAAAC4/eNmwMejV_O4/s320/peewee.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_as_2p8UmI/AAAAAAAAADI/yToPbnXa--4/s1600/pee_wee_herman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_as_2p8UmI/AAAAAAAAADI/yToPbnXa--4/s320/pee_wee_herman.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_atQF9H-0I/AAAAAAAAADY/AzHN2GCIjbg/s1600/53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_atQF9H-0I/AAAAAAAAADY/AzHN2GCIjbg/s320/53.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_atIuqCD2I/AAAAAAAAADQ/eG861snqT0o/s1600/pee-wee-herman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_atIuqCD2I/AAAAAAAAADQ/eG861snqT0o/s320/pee-wee-herman.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #990000; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Muhammad... One sick, perverted, bastard PIG!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #990000; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;"&gt;Come on Islam... Bring it on!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-5327278276543704292?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/5327278276543704292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=5327278276543704292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/5327278276543704292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/5327278276543704292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-have-been-seeking-muhammad-for-truth.html' title='We Have Been Seeking Muhammad... For Truth... For The Light... For The Way... AND WE HAVE FOUND HIM!!!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/S_assn-E-5I/AAAAAAAAAC4/eNmwMejV_O4/s72-c/peewee.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-6483070023065366853</id><published>2010-01-15T22:18:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T22:42:02.156+02:00</updated><title type='text'>What Was the Slowest You Ever Flew the Blackbird?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My best friend sent this to me... An amazing story by an amazing pilot, aircraft &amp;amp; American!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Brian Shul is well known due to the safety talks he does on being prepared for the worst case.  Before he was a SR-71 jock and an A-10 pilot, he was an A-1 pilot in Vietnam.  His plane was shot down and he was unable to eject.  He was severely burned in his egress from the crash, and was not expected to live, let alone be qualified to fly again.  The PJ who rescued him became sick upon looking at him.  Even more impressive,  he was able to pass the physical requirements for the SR-71.  I've met the guy a couple of times, very humorous guy, who still carries a lot of the scar tissue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thought you'd find this interesting… Doug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Subject::  What was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird?    Brian Shul, Retired SR-71 Pilot via Plane and Pilot Magazine   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any event I attend.  It's an interesting question, given the aircraft's proclivity for speed, but there really isn't one number to give, as the jet would always give you a little more speed if you wanted it to.  It was common to see 35 miles a minute.  Because we flew a programmed Mach number on most missions, and never wanted to harm the plane in any way, we never let it run out to any limits of temperature or speed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Thus, each SR-71 pilot had his own individual "high" speed that he saw at some point on some mission.  I saw mine over Libya when Khadafy fired two missiles my way, and max power was in order.  Let's just say that the plane truly loved speed and effortlessly took us to Mach numbers we hadn't previously seen.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;So it was with great surprise, when at the end of one of my presentations, someone asked, "What was the slowest you ever flew the Blackbird?" This was a first.  After giving it some thought, I was reminded of a story that I had never shared before, and relayed the following.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;I was flying the SR-71 out of RAF Mildenhall, England, with my back-seater, Walt Watson; we were returning from a mission over Europe and the Iron Curtain when we received a radio transmission from home base.  As we scooted across Denmark in three minutes, we learned that a small RAF base in the English countryside had requested an SR-71 fly-past.  The air cadet commander there was a former Blackbird pilot, and thought it would be a motivating moment for the young lads to see the mighty SR-71 perform a low approach.  No problem, we were happy to do it.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;After a quick aerial refueling over the North Sea, we proceeded to find the small airfield.   Walter had a myriad of sophisticated navigation equipment in the back seat, and began to vector me toward the field.  Descending to subsonic speeds, we found ourselves over a densely wooded area in a slight haze.  Like most former WWII British airfields, the one we were looking for had a small tower and little surrounding infrastructure.  Walter told me we were close and that I should be able to see the field, but I saw nothing.   Nothing but trees as far as I could see in the haze.  We got a little  lower, and I pulled the throttles back from 325 knots.  With the gear up, anything under 275 was just uncomfortable.  Walt said we were practically over the field-yet; there was nothing in my windscreen.  I banked the jet and started a gentle circling maneuver in hopes of picking up anything that looked like a field.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Meanwhile, below, the cadet commander had taken the cadets up on the catwalk of the tower in order to get a prime view of the fly-past.  It was a quiet, still day with no wind and partial gray overcast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Walter continued to give me indications that the field should be below us but in the overcast and haze, I couldn't see it.  The longer we continued to peer out the window and circle, the slower we got.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;With our power back, the awaiting cadets heard nothing.  I must have had good instructors in my flying career, as something told me I better cross-check the gauges.  As I noticed the airspeed indicator slide below 160 knots, my heart stopped and my adrenalin-filled left hand pushed two throttles full forward.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;At this point we weren't really flying, but were falling in a slight bank.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Just at the moment that both afterburners lit with a thunderous roar of flame (and what a joyous feeling that was) the aircraft fell into full view of the shocked observers on the tower.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Shattering the still quiet of that morning, they now had 107 feet of fire-breathing titanium in their face as the plane leveled and accelerated, in full burner, on the tower side of the infield, closer than expected, maintaining what could only be described as some sort of ultimate knife-edge pass.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Quickly reaching the field boundary, we proceeded back to Mildenhall without incident.  We didn't say a word for those next 14 minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;After landing, our commander greeted us, and we were both certain he was reaching for our wings.  Instead, he heartily shook our hands and said the commander had told him it was the greatest SR-71 fly-past he had ever seen, especially how we had surprised them with such a precise maneuver that could only be described as breathtaking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;He said that some of the cadet's hats were blown off and the sight of the plan form of the plane in full afterburner dropping right in front of them was unbelievable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Walt and I both understood the concept of "breathtaking" very well that morning, and sheepishly replied that they were just excited to see our low approach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;As we retired to the equipment room to change from space suits to flight suits, we just sat there-we hadn't spoken a word since "the pass." Finally, Walter looked at me and said, "One hundred fifty-six knots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;What did you see?" Trying to find my voice, I stammered, "One hundred fifty-two." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;We sat in silence for a moment.  Then Walt said, "Don't ever do that to me again!" And I never did.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; A year later, Walter and I were having lunch in the Mildenhall Officer's club, and overheard an officer talking to some cadets about an SR-71 fly-past that he had seen one day.  Of course, by now the story included kids falling off the tower and screaming as the heat of the jet singed their eyebrows.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Noticing our HABU patches, as we stood there with lunch trays in our hands, he asked us to verify to the cadets that such a thing had occurred.  Walt just shook his head and said, "It was probably just a routine low approach; they're pretty impressive in that plane." Impressive indeed.   Little did I realize after relaying this experience to my audience that day that it would become one of the most popular and most requested stories.  It's ironic that people are interested in how slow the world's fastest jet can fly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Regardless of your speed, however, it's always a good idea to keep that cross-check up...and keep your Mach up, too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-6483070023065366853?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/6483070023065366853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=6483070023065366853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6483070023065366853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6483070023065366853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-was-slowest-you-ever-flew.html' title='What Was the Slowest You Ever Flew the Blackbird?'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-4714274064601614084</id><published>2010-01-08T22:10:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T22:12:24.723+02:00</updated><title type='text'>“A Confederacy of Fools"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I know not the author of the following observation; But, truer words were never spoken… His diagnosis is “spot-on”…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;“A Confederacy of Fools”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" &gt;“The danger to  America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency.  It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us.  Blaming the “Prince of the Fools” should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their Prince.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool.  It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        ~~ Author Unknown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-4714274064601614084?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/4714274064601614084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=4714274064601614084' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4714274064601614084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4714274064601614084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/01/confederacy-of-fools.html' title='“A Confederacy of Fools&quot;'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-7218216681839877626</id><published>2010-01-03T19:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T19:51:58.303+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to The Future... 1948</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="wmMessage" class="wmMessage_user_text_special"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Take a few minutes to watch this educational cartoon film from 1948, then pass it along to EVERYONE you know.  If after watching this, you aren't shaken by the similarities of what is going on today; well... You're obviously not too bright.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;And remember... Those who fail to learn from History, are doomed to repeat it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #0000ff;" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://snipurl.com/tyfid"&gt;http://snipurl.com/tyfid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care, and so on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span mce_style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c3493b;" style="color: rgb(195, 73, 59);"&gt;&lt;span mce_style="color: #c9353e;" style="color: rgb(201, 53, 62);"&gt;  The only thing lacking... is freedom." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- General of the Army and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-7218216681839877626?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/7218216681839877626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=7218216681839877626' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7218216681839877626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7218216681839877626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2010/01/back-to-future-1948.html' title='Back to The Future... 1948'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-6730907467475466881</id><published>2009-12-22T16:02:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T16:13:20.839+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Post Mortem on the 1st Round in the Senate</title><content type='html'>I love quotes from our Founding Fathers; great figures in history; and the too uncommon profundities which are uttered in the course of everyday life; which put current events into perfect focus &amp;amp; perspective.  After the most recent attempted theft of our Freedoms &amp;amp; Liberties by the Socialist Democrats in Washington, D.C.; I find the following quote most aprapo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;"If you want total security, go to prison.  There you are fed, clothed, given medical care, and so on.  The only thing lacking... is Freedom."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       ~~General of the Army and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower  (1890-1969)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-6730907467475466881?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/6730907467475466881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=6730907467475466881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6730907467475466881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6730907467475466881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/12/post-mortem-on-1st-round-in-senate.html' title='Post Mortem on the 1st Round in the Senate'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-6692705117160348053</id><published>2009-12-05T22:52:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T00:35:40.442+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The “CCC”… Climate Change Cultists</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Verdana, serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Verdana, serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Let’s start by examining the definition of the terms “Cult” and “Cultist”, utilizing The American Heritage Dictionary...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; color: #333233"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;cult&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;  –noun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; color: #7b7b7b; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;a particular system of religious worship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; an instance of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;the physical fitness cult.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; the object of such devotion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;5. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sociology&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;6.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; a religion or sect considered to be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;false, unorthodox, or extremist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, with members often living &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;outside of conventional society&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; under the direction of a charismatic leader.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; the members of such a religion or sect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;unorthodox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;unscientific&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; color: #333233; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; color: #333233"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;And…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; color: #333233; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;cultist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Latin cultus, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;worship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, from past participle of colere, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;to cultivate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;cul'tic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;cult'ish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; adj.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;cult'ism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; n.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;cult'ist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; n.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Now, you may be thinking, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;“I know what those words mean… Do you think I’m stupid”?  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Not in the least!  However, if you will remember back to the sixth grade, and learning about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;“The Scientific Method”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, one of the first things you must do is to define the conventions under which you will conduct your work.  Therefore, in order to logically proceed; the primary subject must be defined &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;(BTW… The bolded words in the definitions above are my emphasis).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;There is no doubt that the biggest news story of the past few weeks has been that of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;“ClimateGate”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;!  Well... Anyway… It’s the biggest news story in every country &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; than the United States!  So much for the vaunted Fifth Estate… It has been more than forty years since the last big piece of journalistic investigation &amp;amp; honest reporting… Watergate.  Since the Watergate affair, the American media has not been able to find their collective “arses” with both hands!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;And now, with a story of felony fraud &amp;amp; theft, which reaches around the globe and makes Bernie Madoff look like a rank amateur; the American state-controlled media is once again, being made to look like the vacuous morons they are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;(My apologies to any morons in the audience who may be offended)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;So, let’s take a look at some representative stories about “ClimateGate”.  I give the source, contributor (if not a collective piece), date and link to the original piece.  For the sake of not having to hire an interpreter, I have zeroed-in on the Canadian, British and Australian media.  As an example of the paltry &amp;amp; emotional &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;(as opposed to “rational” and evidence driven)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;, please find a reference to “The Atlantic”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“CLIMATE-GATE” REFERENCES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;UK TELEGRAPH / 20 NOV 09 / James Delingpole /&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tknfg"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tknfg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #386da3; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Atlantic / 23 NOV 09 / Megan McArdle / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tko80"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tko80&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #386da3; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;     &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;A few of you have asked what I think about ClimateGate.  Mostly I concur with &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/11/the-lessons-of-climategate.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 11.0px Georgia; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tyler Cowen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;and &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/11/its-news-on-academia-not-climate.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 11.0px Georgia; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Robin Hanson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;:  I have so far seen no evidence of the kind of grand conspiracy that some critics have charged.  Rather, to my mind this is about how real science (unfortunately) does sometimes get done.  …..    That doesn't mean their paradigm is wrong; rather, it means we need to be less romantic about the practice of science.  No scientific consensus is ever as powerful as its proponents claim,  because no scientists are ever as perfect as we'd like to imagine.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Real Clear Politics / 24 NOV 09 / Robert Tracinski / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tknnm"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tknnm&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Australian Broadcast Corp / 01 DEC 09 / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tkotp"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tkotp&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -1.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Liberals 'liberated' as ETS heads for defeat&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Newly-elected Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the Liberal Party has been liberated from the Government's emissions trading scheme (ETS).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The legislation is headed for defeat and Mr Abbott says he is ready to fight the Government on climate change.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;He told ABC1's The 7:30 Report he hopes to have a substantial climate policy finalised early in the new year.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"We're now moving forward, looking forward to fighting a great big new tax," he said.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"But the Liberal Party is liberated as of today.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"This isn't about climate change, it's about the mechanism for dealing with it. It's about stopping a great big ne&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;w tax."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;UK TELEGRAPH / 02 DEC 09 / James Delingpole / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tknj7"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tknj7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Hill / 02 DEC 09 / Michael O’Brien / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tko17"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tko17&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia; min-height: 12.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Boxer, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said that the recently released e-mails, showing scientists allegedly overstating the case for climate change, should be treated as a crime.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="webkit-fake-url://EB3F20B5-9909-4E5A-946A-19E919C841BB/pastedGraphic.pdf" alt="pastedGraphic.pdf" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"You call it 'Climategate'; I call it 'E-mail-theft-gate,'" she said during a committee meeting.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;UK Daily Express / 02 DEC 09 / Front Page / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tkt0a"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tkt0a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Australian Broadcast Corp / 03 DEC 09 /&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tkojo"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tkojo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Federal Government's third attempt at getting its emissions trading scheme through Parliament already appears to be heading for defeat.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia; min-height: 12.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Government says it wants to give the Opposition another chance to support  the legislation.  It plans to reintroduce the scheme in February, even though the Senate yesterday rejected it for a second time.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;But Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he expects the Coalition's position to harden over the summer break.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;He has ruled out taking an emissions trading scheme or a carbon tax to the next election as Coalition policy and says there is "very little" chance the Coalition would vote for one in February.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nationals Senate Leader Barnaby Joyce does not think the public will be impressed by the idea of a third vote.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"The Australian people will just get furious with you. We've made our decision, you're playing a game and we're sick of it," he said.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Get over it, get on with life and get back to the next item of politics."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Canadian Broadcast Corporation / 03 DEC 09 / Rex Murphy / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tksw0"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tksw0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Let there be no more talk that the science is settled.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Financial Post / 04 DEC 09 / Terence Corcoron / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://sn.im/tksup"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b00af"&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://sn.im/tksup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Canada's public television commentary says Climategate spells doom for Copenhagen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia; min-height: 12.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia; min-height: 12.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Now for some observations of the evidence…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;The Brits, Cannucks and Aussies &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;ALL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; have the fortitude to report the facts… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;And NOT to ignore them &amp;amp; cover-up the fraud which has been perpetrated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;The American media?  Well… See last two paragraphs prior to “CLIMATE-GATE” REFERENCES.  To put a fine point on this entire matter, think about this…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;During last week’s federal by-elections in Australia, the Liberal Party knocked out The Greens and promptly declared ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) legislation “dead”.  ETS is the Aussie version of US Cap &amp;amp; Trade.  Now remember… It was the Liberal Party in Oz that killed ETS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;(At least they’re honest enough to call it what it is… A SCHEME)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;… Immediately after federal elections!  And what were the primary reasons Australians voted as they did?  Two reasons… (#1) “Climate-Gate” story breaks; causing immediate doubt as to the validity of what has been shoved down their throats; and (#2) The awful realization that they would be taxed beyond comprehension; potentially destroying their way of life &amp;amp; decimating their economy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pretty smart lot, those Aussies!  Pretty sorry lot, that American media!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-6692705117160348053?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/6692705117160348053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=6692705117160348053' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6692705117160348053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6692705117160348053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/12/ccc-climate-change-cultists.html' title='The “CCC”… Climate Change Cultists'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-3040882431885842400</id><published>2009-12-02T00:21:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T00:32:27.775+02:00</updated><title type='text'>You Have to be Smarter Than a Fifth Grader...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #be2e20"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I know, I know... You have to be "Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" to figure this out...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #be2e20"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I guess that means that the 51% who voted for Obama... Just didn't make it past THE FOURTH GRADE!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Verdana; min-height: 16.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #be2e20"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;So, class... CLASS!!!  Let's pay attention!  Since you couldn't read, last year...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #be2e20"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;And this year you are in the 5th grade... Maybe you'll be able to put it all together with the help of... SOME PICTURES!  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Verdana; min-height: 16.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #be2e20"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;It's not hard to do... So, Kids... Pop your Ritalin®, pay attention and dive right in!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #be2e20"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Comic Sans MS'; color: #be2e20"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;img src="webkit-fake-url://172F3AAD-3D0A-4628-8A4B-D649353FF99E/pastedGraphic.pdf" alt="pastedGraphic.pdf" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Book Antiqua'; color: #362bb4"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government                              from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Book Antiqua'; color: #362bb4"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;                               -- Thomas Jefferson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Book Antiqua'; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;PS... You can find this graphic at AmericaStandUp.wordpress.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-3040882431885842400?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/3040882431885842400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=3040882431885842400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3040882431885842400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3040882431885842400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/12/you-have-to-be-smarter-than-fifth.html' title='You Have to be Smarter Than a Fifth Grader...'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-8556504319120997562</id><published>2009-11-08T19:37:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T19:45:13.145+02:00</updated><title type='text'>“Say, G’ma &amp; G’pa!  I Hate to Tell You, BUT…”</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Something happened last night that you’re not going to be too happy about… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;But, you always told us that FDR was the greatest President ever because he saved the country from the depression!  And we’ve had it hammered home by State-Run media outlets that what happened last night was the culmination of FDR &amp;amp; Ted Kennedy’s dreams!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh, uh-h-h… That’s right… FDR’s actions prolonged the economic disaster by several years, according to his Treasury Secretary, Henry Morgenthau.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh, uh-h-h… That’s right… FDR &amp;amp; Kennedy were “trust-fund babies” who were unabashed Progressive Socialists… aka, “Ruling Members of the Polit Bureau”!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;BUT, THAT’S O.K.!  &lt;/i&gt;FDR gave us Social Security… A great self-sustaining safety-net where each American’s “saving” are placed in a “trust” for our old age! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh, uh-h-h… That’s right… There never was, in fact, &lt;i&gt;ANY TRUST!&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;i&gt;No “TRUST&lt;/i&gt;” to protect OUR monies… &lt;i&gt;No “TRUST”&lt;/i&gt; in the slimey weasels in Washington who lied and stole from us… Including &lt;i&gt;No “TRUST”&lt;/i&gt; in the then, “Liar-In-Chief”, FDR.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;BUT, THAT’S O.K.!  &lt;/i&gt;LBJ championed and gave us Medicare &amp;amp; Medicaid back in 1964… Medicare will take care of the old &amp;amp; infirmed for ever… It will contain healthcare costs… And Medicare &amp;amp; Medicaid will take care of you... &lt;i&gt;FOR FREE!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh, uh-h-h… That’s right… It never was meant to be “free” &lt;i&gt;(in spite of this declaration in the original legislative language)&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;So-o-o… Exactly what is it that happened last night in the House of Representatives &lt;i&gt;(going forward, substitute “Whores” for “Representatives”)&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;HANG ON GAMPS!  HOLD ON GRANNY!  HERE’S WHAT YOUR “HEROS” HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU NOW…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Your “sacred” Medicare?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Immediate $500,000,000 cuts across all services!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Your “sacred” Medicare?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Physician reimbursement rates which are already discounted at 70% of “reasonable &amp;amp; customary” (already mandated by Medicare) will be cut by an additional 50%.  Oh, uh-h-h… “Doc!  What do you mean you quit? Where are you going?  What do you mean you’re retiring?”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Your “sacred” Medicare?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Medicare-Plus”… GONE!  NO LONGER EXISTS!  (What is it about this point that you do not understand?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Your “sacred” Medicare?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Over 65 and need a hip or knee replacement?  SORRY!  You will have to be evaluated by a health/cost benefit review board first!  Oh, uh-h-h… You didn’t know that?  Then you probably didn’t know, then, that these “review boards” have NO LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS… Congrats, G’ma… “Just Keep on Limpin’!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;You’re &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;“guaranteed” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;to keep your current healthcare coverage &amp;amp; doctor if you like what you’ve got?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;TRUE… As long as &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;NOTHING&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; in your coverage, terms and conditions of your policy AND as long as &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;NOTHING&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; changes in your physician’s practice.  So what does that mean in practical terms… What does that mean to G’ma &amp;amp; G’pa?  Let me run it down for you…&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;“You’re ‘guaranteed’ to keep your current &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;healthcare &amp;amp; doctor if you like what you’ve got”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Let’s say your premium in 2009 is $1000, but in 2010 your premium increases to $1100… CONGRATULATIONS!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;YOU LOSE YOUR INSURANCE… CANCELLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A “CHANGE” IN THE TERMS OF YOUR POLICY… YOU &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;WILL&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; NOW ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; MEDICADE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Let’s say your 2009 insurance policy covers treatment for toe nail fungus, but in 2010 your policy will not cover toe nail fungus… CONGRATULATIONS!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;YOU LOSE YOUR INSURANCE… CANCELLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A “CHANGE” IN THE TERMS OF YOUR POLICY… YOU &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;WILL&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; NOW ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; MEDICADE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Let’s say your premium in 2009 is $1000, but in 2010 your premium DE-creases to $900… CONGRATULATIONS!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;YOU LOSE YOUR INSURANCE… CANCELLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A “CHANGE” IN THE TERMS OF YOUR POLICY… YOU &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;WILL&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; NOW ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; MEDICADE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Let’s say your 2009 policy covers EVERYTHING your heart desires in 2009 , but in 2010 your policy will cover EVERYTHING your heart desired last year… PLUS… You will be provided transportation to all doctor visits AT NO ADDITIONAL COST… CONGRATULATIONS!  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;YOU LOSE YOUR INSURANCE… CANCELLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A “CHANGE” IN THE TERMS OF YOUR POLICY… YOU &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;WILL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; NOW ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; MEDICADE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Let’s say in 2010 your doctor decides he is going to offer his patients free coffee and hot chocolate in the waiting room… Your doctor DID NOT offer these free beverages in 2009… CONGRATULATIONS!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;YOU LOSE YOUR INSURANCE… CANCELLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A “CHANGE” IN THE WAY YOUR DOCTOR OPERATES HIS PRACTICE… YOU &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;WILL&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; NOW ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; MEDICADE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Let’s say in 2009 your doctor attended a continuing medical education seminar at which he learns a simple, non-invasive technique that will COMPLETELY AND PERMANENTLY ELIMINATE YOUR CRIPPLING KNEE PAIN FOREVER… AND WITHOUT SURGERY… Your doctor did not know of this new therapy in 2009… In 2010 your doctor starts treating his patients with this new technique… CONGRATULATIONS!  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;YOU LOSE YOUR INSURANCE… CANCELLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A “CHANGE” IN THE WAY YOUR DOCTOR OPERATES HIS PRACTICE… YOU &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;WILL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; NOW ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; MEDICADE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Are you starting to get the picture, here, Grandma?  What about you, Grandpa?  Oh, uh-h-h… Over there G’pa!  Your nitroglycerin pills are over there!  Here G’ma… Here’s your inhaler &amp;amp; your oxygen tank!  Keep breathing... G'ma?  G'ma?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #2b5c11"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;And one last note to my fellow veterans &amp;amp; military retirees… BOHICA!!!  When Congress makes the next change in the way(s) in which retiree &amp;amp; veteran medical care is delivered… CONGRATULATIONS!  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;YOU LOSE YOUR INSURANCE… CANCELLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A “CHANGE” IN THE TERMS OF YOUR POLICY… YOU &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;WILL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; NOW ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HEALTHCARE THROUGH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; MEDICADE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;So… Who really wins in all of this mess… &lt;i&gt;The local undertaker.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #c10000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-8556504319120997562?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/8556504319120997562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=8556504319120997562' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8556504319120997562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8556504319120997562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/11/say-gma-gpa-i-hate-to-tell-you-but.html' title='“Say, G’ma &amp; G’pa!  I Hate to Tell You, BUT…”'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-4375682946640824114</id><published>2009-11-06T16:36:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T19:37:18.109+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A Sad, Sad... Sobering Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Yesterday, American soldiers were unmercifully slaughtered at the hands of a committed muslim terrorist at Fort Hood, Texas.  The shootings took place at 1:30 in the afternoon, Central Time... At 5:00, some 3-½ hours after the mayhem began, America finally heard from the President of the United States.  And what America heard were shallow, insincere, coarse and wholly inappropriate remarks, from a walking, talking, illiterate, crass, self-centered buffoon.  A very accurate accounting of this embarrassing episode comes from NBC Chicago.  I have posted the report for you here, and also provided the link so you can go to the source.  I watched "President Man-Child" live, as he delivered his remarks.  It almost made me physically ill!  I have also included the link to YouTube so you can see what has America's panties, rightly so, in a wad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Here's NBC Chicago...   http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/A-Disconnected-President.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;Here's YouTube...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9cvbDgj4NY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;And here is the text of the NBC Chicago report...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 22.4px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.8px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 7.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 9.6px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;By &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 9.6px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; color:#4000f4;"&gt;ROBERT A. GEORGE &lt;/span&gt;Updated 8:06 AM CST, Fri, Nov 6, 2009&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;President Obama &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;After news broke out of the shooting at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Fort Hood &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;The White House &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;making introductory remarks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner." Three minutes in, the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Anyone at home aware of the major news story of the previous hours had to have been stunned. An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early light banter. The president should apologize for the tone of his remarks, explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That's the least that should occur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Indeed, an argument could be made that Obama should have canceled the Indian event, out of respect for people having been murdered at an Army post a few hours before. That would have prevented any sort of jarring emotional switch at the event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Did the president's team not realize what sort of image they were presenting to the country at this moment? The disconnect between what Americans at home knew had been going on -- and the initial words coming out of their president's mouth was jolting, if not disturbing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;It must have been disappointing for many politically aware &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;Democrats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;, still reeling from the election two days before. The New Jersey gubernatorial vote had already demonstrated that the president and his political team couldn't produce a winning outcome in a state very friendly to Democrats (and where the president won by 15 points one year ago). And now this? Congressional Democrats must wonder if a White House that has burdened them with a too-heavy policy agenda over the last year has a strong enough political operation to help push that agenda through.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;If the president's communications apparatus can't inform -- and protect -- their boss during tense moments when the country needs to see a focused commander-in-chief and a compassionate head of state, it has disastrous consequences for that president's party and supporters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;All the president's men (and women) fell down on the job Thursday. And Democrats across the country have real reason to panic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.2px 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;What would you like to wager that "President Man-Child" sends his condolences to the families of the slain in the form of iPods containing all of his speeches &amp;amp; the PBS video documentary about him???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-4375682946640824114?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/4375682946640824114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=4375682946640824114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4375682946640824114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4375682946640824114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/11/sad-sad-sobering-day.html' title='A Sad, Sad... Sobering Day'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-7005058866394099658</id><published>2009-10-16T17:33:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T17:38:58.300+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Resurrection of John Galt</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;After the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, there was a reawakening of sorts; a rediscovery, if you will; of the novel published in 1956 by Ayn Rand, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Atlas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shrugged&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;.  What was the genesis of this rediscovery, which continues even today?  The unmitigated and fanatical attack by the federal government upon individual liberty &amp;amp; freedom!  The movement to rip the beating heart out of the Body of American Idealism by Obama and his unabashedly Marxist cohort is an anathema to freedom loving peoples everywhere.  Professor Ralph R. Reiland of Robert Morris University wrote in a piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“In &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Atlas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shrugged&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;, a novel by Ayn Rand, the most productive and creative citizens in the United States -- the innovators, risk-takers, artists, entrepreneurs, capitalists, intellectuals, industrialists -- overturn the conventional concept of victimhood and go on strike, refusing any longer to be exploited by society, refusing to be demonized as too successful, too rich, too individualistic, too free.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Led by John Galt, the novel’s hero, the industrious organize a strike against the ever-expanding yoke of government coercion.  They strike to halt the murder of man’s spirit, to halt the confiscation of man’s work, to defend individualism, reason, liberty, human achievement and the market economy.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;They strike by mysteriously disappearing, by withdrawing their productivity from society, by withdrawing their minds and ingenuity, in a walkout that Galt describes as “stopping the motor of the world.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Near the climax of the novel, Galt takes over a radio broadcast to reveal the strike and its rationale, explain why society has collapsed into an ever-growing crisis of scarcity and misery, and deliver a manifesto for liberty to a corrupt society:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;“I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;All the men who have vanished, the men you hated, yet dreaded to lose, it is I who have taken them away from you.  We are on strike against self-immolation.  We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties.  We are on strike against the dogma that the pursuit of one’s happiness is evil.  We are on strike against the doctrine that life is guilt …&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;You have sacrificed justice to mercy.  You have sacrificed independence to unity.  You have sacrificed reason to faith.  You have sacrificed wealth to need.  You have sacrificed self-esteem to self-denial.  You have sacrificed happiness to duty ... &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Your ideal had an implacable enemy, which your code of morality was designed to destroy. I have withdrawn that enemy.  I have taken it out of your way and out of your reach.  I have removed the source of all those evils you were sacrificing one by one.  I have ended your battle.  I have stopped your motor.  I have deprived your world of man’s mind ...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;While you were dragging to your sacrificial altars the men of justice, of independence, of reason, of wealth, of self-esteem, I beat you to it -- I reached them first.  I told them the nature of the game you were playing and the nature of that moral code of yours, which they had been too innocently generous to grasp ...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;There is a difference between our strike and all those you’ve practiced for centuries: our strike consists, not of making demands, but of granting them.  We are evil, according to your morality.  We have chosen not to harm you any longer.  We are useless, according to your economics.  We have chosen not to exploit you any longer.  We are dangerous and to be shackled, according to your politics.  We have chosen not to endanger you, nor to wear the shackles any longer.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is the pivotal event in the novel when the world finally takes notice of the folly and resultant destruction of statism upon people, both individually and collectively; the economy; morality &amp;amp; good social order, across all aspects and constructs of society.  John Galt, the protagonist of &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Atlas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shrugged&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;, is finally fed-up with the enslavement of the individual by the central government &amp;amp; the lazy, parasitic vermin which suck the life out of society by relying on the government to provide all of their needs &amp;amp; wants through the confiscation of private property.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;It is for these very reasons that thousands of Americans either have, or are researching &amp;amp; seriously considering emigrating from the United States; some of whom are very prominent in American society have taken to dropping not so subtle hints.  Scores of small businesses &amp;amp; manufacturers have already folded their tents and fled the scene.  They just don’t see the sense in being raped by the state &amp;amp; federal governments.  These “producers” of our society have taken their cue from Howard Beale… &lt;i&gt;“I’m mad as hell and I’m not taking it anymore”!&lt;/i&gt;  There have even been rumors of late that if they can get out from under the oppressive thumb of the federal government, that General Motors may nail the shutters closed on their Detroit world headquarters and moving to Ireland… Home to the lowest corporate tax rates in the world.  One thing to keep in mind, is this… It’s not just a matter of moving you or your business off-shore… You still have US tax obligations &amp;amp; foreign governments have cooperative agreements with the United States to assist in collecting tax obligations.  The only way to sever oneself from the long arm of the Internal Revenue Service is to renounce US citizenship and become a legal resident or citizen of your new home.  This process can take some time… So, you might want to start your research today!  There is a very quick escape route available to a chosen few… If you are Jewish, you can apply for Aliyah; emigrate to Israel in a state sponsored program and immediately assume Israeli citizenship… &lt;i&gt;Sweet!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;One of the advantages of being an “Air Force Brat” is that I lived all over the United States while growing up… Moving every 12 - 18 months, on average, until I left home to attend college.  Therefore, I contend that as such, I have earned the right to choose anywhere I have lived as my “true” hometown.  I also contend that analogous to this, is this… If you have had all you can stand of the political and social developments… If you take the time &amp;amp; make the effort to research which nation-state most closely aligns itself to your political, social and existential philosophy… Then you are making a well-reasoned, logical and rational decision.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Some will ridicule and heap scorn upon people considering such drastic actions… These are the people with the warped mindset which helps contribute to, and accelerates this kind of exodus.  When faced with such animosity, contempt and scorn; who can blame the “producers” in America for looking to options which will restore their freedom, and their ability to enjoy the fruits of their hard labor?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Think about it...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p color="#12217e" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The most popular potential landing spots?  Right now the top two countries are Australia and New Zealand… Business friendly &amp;amp; in the process of dismantling their national healthcare organizations… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;G’day, Mate!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Think about it…  Maybe it is time for…  “Going Galt”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-7005058866394099658?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/7005058866394099658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=7005058866394099658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7005058866394099658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7005058866394099658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/10/resurrection-of-john-galt.html' title='The Resurrection of John Galt'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-4254186655162274011</id><published>2009-10-15T19:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T19:18:17.505+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Some bumps in the road… BUT NOW I’M BACK… As Strong as Ever, and Full of Piss &amp; Vinegar!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I won’t get into boring &amp;amp; unimportant details… Suffice it to say that I apologize for a bit of an absence, BUT I AM BACK!  So let’s get to it!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Of late, there have been many; including some proponents of the existence of global warming; who have begun to back-off from Al Gore &amp;amp; his minyans of eunuchs, who worship at the altar of ignorance.  Some of these disillusioned, lost souls, are starting to become a little… Shall we say… &lt;i&gt;“&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;unhinged&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;”&lt;/i&gt;.  So today, I bring you a solution to their pain &amp;amp; confusion… A simple scientific experiment which will help them return to reality.  This simple demonstration truly comes from a ministry of love &amp;amp; concern!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Melting Polar Ice Caps Will Flood Continents!!!”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We have all seen these dire predictions &amp;amp; headlines… Let me give you a very simple science experiment which you can perform to show how bereft these Pollyannas are… And what little capacity they have to understand science or to apply common sense…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Materials&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Needed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;One large, tall drinking glass (for ease of measurement);&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Enough ice cubes to fill the glass to the ¾ mark;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Room temperature water to fill the glass to the top;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Saran-Wrap&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kitchen timer.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Procedure&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; Place ice into glass;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; Fill glass to very top of the glass, with water, just touching the brim of the glass;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; Cover top of glass completely, tightly, with Saran-Wrap;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; Set timer for 45 minutes;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; Set glass aside to remain undisturbed.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Return to measure the water level after the timer rings… Water level will be BELOW the rim!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hypothesis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The current “consensus” belief is that global warming is taking place, and the resultant melting of the polar ice caps will cause widespread, devastating flooding of the existing landmass.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is false, and, in fact, the opposite is true; if, in fact, global warming exists.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;If global warming exists &amp;amp; the polar icecaps melt; then the ice caps (ice, being the solid, expanded form of water) would displace LESS water than they currently do.  By displacing a lesser volume of liquid water, sea levels would DROP; thus exposing MORE landmass than is currently exposed!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;When conducting the above described experiment, as outlined; the water level will be LOWER than the rim of the glass; thus simulating a drop in current sea level/displaced water volume/increased exposed landmass.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONCLUSION&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The current “consensus” belief is that global warming is taking place, and the resultant melting of the polar ice caps will cause widespread, devastating flooding of the existing landmass… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;IS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ABSOLUTE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;BULLSHIT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Don’t believe it?  Then give it a try… Unless you’re afraid to face facts!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-4254186655162274011?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/4254186655162274011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=4254186655162274011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4254186655162274011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4254186655162274011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-bumps-in-road-but-now-im-back-as.html' title='Some bumps in the road… BUT NOW I’M BACK… As Strong as Ever, and Full of Piss &amp; Vinegar!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-8533161910576773157</id><published>2009-09-09T20:11:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T20:15:56.840+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Special Announcement... "All the President's "Czars""</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;All The President’s Czars… As of September 9th, 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The following is a list of all of the currently known “Czars” serving in the Obama Administration.  Over the course of the next three weeks you will find a brief profile of the individual; their background; and some questions which would be asked by any curious high school student, with half of a brain.  CAUTION:  Just because a high school half-wit would be smart enough to ask these obvious questions; this DOES NOT guarantee that any of these queries would be generated by the current White House apparatchik!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Over these next three weeks, presented in six parts, I will review seven of these “Czars” at a time, and present them to you to expose their backgrounds, agendas, and their philosophical &amp;amp; political agendas.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;At the end of the next three weeks &lt;i&gt;(and &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;throughout&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; the next three weeks)&lt;/i&gt; you will be fully armed to ask the questions which need to be answered; and, you will have the facts with which to fully frustrate &amp;amp; confound &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; member of the left; albeit, that is not hard to do even now!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here are the cast of characters to this very, &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; dark comedy...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Afghanistan Czar – Richard Holbrooke&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;AIDS Czar – Jeffrey Crowley&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Auto Recovery Czar – Ed Montgomery&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Border Czar – Alan Bersin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;California Water Czar – David J. Hayes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Car Czar – Ron Bloom&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Central Region Czar – Dennis Ross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Climate Czar – Todd Stern&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Domestic Violence Czar – Lynn Rosenthal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Drug Czar – Gil Kerlikowske&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Economic Czar – Paul Volcker&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Energy and Environment Czar – Carol Browner&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith-Based Czar – Joshua DuBois&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Government Performance Czar – Jeffrey Zients&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Great Lakes Czar – Cameron Davis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Green Jobs Czar – Van Jones&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;***DOA*** Resigned at 00:01 hrs on 05 SEP 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guantanamo Closure Czar – Daniel Fried&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Health Czar – Nancy-Ann DeParle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Information Czar – Vivek Kundra&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Intelligence Czar – Dennis Blair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;21. Mideast Peace Czar – George Mitchell&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pay Czar – Kenneth R. Feinberg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Regulatory Czar – Cass R. Sunstein&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science Czar – John Holdren&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stimulus Accountability Czar – Earl Devaney&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sudan Czar – J. Scott Gration&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TARP Czar – Herb Allison&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Technology Czar – Aneesh Chopra&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Terrorism Czar – John Brennan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Urban Affairs Czar – Adolfo Carrion, Jr.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weapons Czar – Ashton Carter&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WMD Policy Czar – Gary Samore&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-8533161910576773157?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/8533161910576773157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=8533161910576773157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8533161910576773157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8533161910576773157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/09/special-announcement-all-presidents.html' title='Special Announcement... &quot;All the President&apos;s &quot;Czars&quot;&quot;'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-848392922935896587</id><published>2009-09-08T21:12:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-12T18:09:13.774+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight… Because They’ve Never Touched A Gun!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;General Curtis LeMay, in his role as Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Responsible for two of the three legs of the United States’ nuclear triad),&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; was known to have told Wing Commanders, when confronting them after a failed Inspector General’s visit; or when they were unable to generate their aircraft for either an anticipated or unannounced “Generation Exercise” &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;(An exercise to test the ability of an Air Wing to put their airplanes in the sky and execute their wartime mission), &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:'Lucida Bright', Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;“Colonel, I don’t know whether you are unfortunate, or incompetent… But, I don’t have the time to figure that out… You are relieved!”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harsh?  Maybe… But, I think not.  After all, we are talking about the readiness &amp;amp; capabilities surrounding the security and possible deployment &amp;amp; utilization of nuclear weapons… And the American people rightfully expect nothing less than the flawless execution of these duties and responsibilities.  There is just too much at stake to expect anything else!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Break… Break… New Subject…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Over the course of the past couple of weeks, there has been much which has been learned &amp;amp; reported about President Obama’s, now “ex” Green Czar, Van Jones.  As Jones’ background, words, associations and assertions were uncovered; the White House continued to stand by Jones, and comment that all of these “allegations” were false, and mischaracterized.  The White House refused to directly comment on Jones’ self-avowed allegiance to communist, revolutionary goals; hoping upon “Hope” that it would all just go away.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sorry, Charlie... It just didn’t “go away”!  In fact, the not so fantastical “legend” continued to grow, and with even the most cursory examination of available facts, it was all able to be clearly seen… Even by a blind man… That Van Jones was a communist and racist.  In the end, Jones had to resign.  Yet, even in his resignation communique, Jones refuses to acknowledge that he brought this all upon himself; and vows to continue his work to establish a new, totalitarian nation.  Oh, and by the way… It was George W Bush who was responsible for 9-11… Not al Qaeda!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The White House blames this unfortunate appointment of Jones to the post of Presidential Advisor, to the fact that Jones was not &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;required&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; to complete the “Supplemental Questionnaire”.  WHAT???  Whose requirement is it to complete &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; supplemental paperwork, in regard to &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; White House or Cabinet appointment?  Answer is:  IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY WHITE HOUSE!!! THAT’S WHO IS RESPONSIBLE… NOT THE PARTY BEING VETTED!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In this case… And who knows in how many other cases, did these “Czars” or Presidential Advisors, fail to complete this “Supplemental Questionnaire”?  And, if they, too, did not complete this paperwork… Just how difficult is it to learn about people’s shady, if not criminal, backgrounds?  Ever hear of a tiny little thing called “Google”?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, back to the General LeMay story, and how this all ties together…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mistakes such as the Van Jones &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;(and there are other “Czars” who have even more heinous contempt for the United States than does Jones)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; “vetting” process… Or lack thereof… Should prompt the American public to send a clear message to President Obama…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Lucida Bright'; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“I don’t know whether you are unfortunate, or incompetent… But, I don’t have the time to figure that out… You are relieved!”.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright';  min-height: 17.0pxcolor:#81003d;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p color="#12217e" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Lucida Bright'; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Harsh?  Maybe… But, I think not.  After all, there is just too much at stake to expect anything less than flawless execution.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-848392922935896587?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/848392922935896587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=848392922935896587' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/848392922935896587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/848392922935896587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/09/gang-that-couldnt-shoot-straight.html' title='The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight… Because They’ve Never Touched A Gun!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-149306362591857530</id><published>2009-09-04T06:03:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T06:05:47.430+03:00</updated><title type='text'>ACTION ALERT! -- LET’S SEND A REAL MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Next Wednesday, September 9th, the President will address a Joint Session of Congress to relaunch his attempt to reform “healthcare”… “health insurance”… or whatever descriptive tested best in the latest focus group.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I was wondering earlier this evening… &lt;i&gt;“What would happen if the President gave a speech &amp;amp; nobody came”?   &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Well… &lt;i&gt;Let’s find out!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Contact your Republican Representatives and Senators to urge them, in the most respectful &amp;amp; strongest terms, to &lt;i&gt;BOYCOTT THE JOINT SESSION ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT!&lt;/i&gt;  Call both their local &amp;amp; Washington offices… Talk to your neighbors, family and like-minded friends and encourage them to call, too!  And when you have the opportunity, call your local radio talk shows to get the word out… And even try calling national talk shows!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;There isn’t much time!  We &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;MUST&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; act now!  There is tomorrow (Friday)… Monday is a holiday… Then Tuesday &amp;amp; Wednesday… &lt;i&gt;WE &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;CAN&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; GET IT DONE!&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #12217e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Moreover… We &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;MUST&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; get it done!  Yes... It is &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; important to our children &amp;amp; our country!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-149306362591857530?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/149306362591857530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=149306362591857530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/149306362591857530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/149306362591857530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/09/action-alert-lets-send-real-message-to.html' title='ACTION ALERT! -- LET’S SEND A REAL MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-8456258937622708979</id><published>2009-09-03T19:24:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T05:36:43.879+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Yo! Yo! Yo!  Mr President!  Get a Clue… Take a Hint!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Fort Worth TX… Quincy IL… Plano TX… Dallas TX… Columbia MO… This is just a very short list of school districts which will &lt;i&gt;NOT&lt;/i&gt; carry the President’s message next Tuesday &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;(Ironic, isn’t it? PrezBo wants to address school children the day after LABOR DAY)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;.  However, there are other school boards &amp;amp; superintendents who have not yet made a definitive decision.  While some school boards &amp;amp; administrators are allowing parents to have their children opt-out of the broadcast, others are just ducking the issue… And therein lies an even more troublesome situations for school districts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Tens upon thousands of parents are calling district offices and letting them know that if the decision is made to participate in the broadcast, that they will keep their child out of school for the day.  The REAL problem for administrators?  No kid in the seat… No funding for the day!  HEY!  HEY!  HEY!  This is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;GREAT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;NEWS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; for concerned parents!  While school districts are scraping the bottom of every barrel for every nickle they can find; PARENTS are now in the driver’s seat to be able to exercise &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;“The Power of the Purse”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;!  And they should confidently &amp;amp; assuredly wield this power while they have it in order to send educators, the White House and the NEA &amp;amp; ATF a powerful message… “YOU &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;WILL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;NOT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;MANIPULATE OUR CHILDREN”!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Want to send your local school board &amp;amp; school district administrators a clear message?  Here’s what you do…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;1.  Call your school district’s administrative offices &amp;amp; ask them if they will be participating in the President’s broadcast on Tuesday;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;2.  If the answer is “No”, be sure to thank them for exercising good judgement in this situation;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;3.  If the answer is a definitive,“Yes”; or, they offer you an opportunity to “Opt-Out” your child from participating; let them know that you are very disappointed to hear that, and let them know that your child will NOT be in school on Tuesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;In as far as #3, above, is concerned; While you may be able to “opt” your child out of the broadcast… There is no guarantee that you will be able to opt them out of the post-presentation indoctrination session!  Don’t get sucked into that little scheme… Stand fast and keep your child out of school for the day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;When you hit these folks right in the wallet, they &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;WILL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; pay attention!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p color="#12217e" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;                             Be Strong… Stand Fast… Stand for Liberty &amp;amp; Freedom!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Helvetica; color:#12217e;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-8456258937622708979?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/8456258937622708979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=8456258937622708979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8456258937622708979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8456258937622708979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/09/yo-yo-yo-mr-president-get-clue-take.html' title='Yo! Yo! Yo!  Mr President!  Get a Clue… Take a Hint!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-5773232375858011658</id><published>2009-08-26T23:08:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T23:29:48.418+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Legacy of Ted Kennedy... What You Won't See on the Network This Week...</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Circulated by request... Remember this story was overshadowed by the voyage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Constantia, serif; font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;of Apollo XI.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;For those of you too young to remember...this is all documented history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;A few days ago, from her grave, I thought I heard the voice ofMary Jo Kopechne (July 26, 1940 ‐ July 18, 1969)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"This year I would have been 67 years old.  My only wish, is that you please &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;refresh your memory of me and my murderer."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;“When Senator Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat bloating on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Capitol Hill on behalf of liberal causes, it was perhaps excusable to ignore his &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;deplorable past.  But now that he has become the leading Democrat attack &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;dog, positioning himself as Washington 's leading arbiter of truth and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;integrity, the 20 days for such indulgence are now over.  It is time for good &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Americans to stand up and remind our countrymen why this man had to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;abandon his own presidential bid in 1980.  It is time to say the words, "Mary Jo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Kopechne" out loud.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;most Americans already know the story of how the "Conscience of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Democrat Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;the Edgartown, Massachusetts, Bridge on July 17th, 1969 after a night of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;drinking and partying with the young blonde campaign worker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;But most Americans under 40 have never heard that story, or the details of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;how Kennedy swam to safety, and then tried to get his cousin Joe Garghan to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;say he, Garghan, was behind the wheel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 13.0px Constantia; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she ﬁnally died (some medical experts saying &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;two and one‐half hours later), while this leading Democrat Iraq war critic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;rushed back to his family's compound to formulate the best alibi possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Nor does Gen‐X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;years earlier for paying a fellow student to take his Spanish ﬁnal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Nor why the US Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;As they listened to the Democrats' "Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in Iraq, young voters &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach, when &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews for a night on the town; an evening that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;It's time for Republicans and Democrats with a soul to state unabashedly that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;they will no longer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"go along with the gag"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; when it comes to Uncle Ted's rants &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Since the Republicans won't do it, let's do it ourselves by passing this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;forgotten chapter of history to everyone you know in order to wake up the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;memories of that disgrace to our nation's leadership, which is Ted Kennedy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;AND…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Isn’t it also a magniﬁcation of this disgrace and shame that this man was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Constantia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;recently awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama.  Sickening!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-5773232375858011658?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/5773232375858011658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=5773232375858011658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/5773232375858011658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/5773232375858011658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/legacy-of-ted-kennedy-what-you-wont-see.html' title='The Legacy of Ted Kennedy... What You Won&apos;t See on the Network This Week...'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-3239645731349997779</id><published>2009-08-22T23:35:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T23:52:55.703+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Absolutely the funniest joke ever... ON US!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Book Antiqua; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I know… I know… I wasn’t going to opine any further this weekend!  Going to relax… Watch some baseball &amp;amp; some football… Concentrate on improving my Fantasy Football line-up!  Well, I just couldn’t help myself after seeing this one… Besides, it’s fun to illustrate why I always tell people, “I don’t care how you feel; I just care about what you &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;THINK&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!”… And this one will blow your mind!  The following is an edited / enhanced version of an  anonymously penned piece which was sent to me by a friend in&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 18.0px Constantia; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Houston...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Absolutely the funniest joke ever... &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;ON&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;US&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px Constantia; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px Book Antiqua; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Read this and let it sink in... “&lt;i&gt;Quietly we go like sheep to slaughter.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Does &lt;i&gt;anybody&lt;/i&gt; out &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px Book Antiqua; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;there&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; have any recollection of the reason given for the establishment of the Department of Energy during the Carter Administration?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anybody?  Anything?  No?  Didn't think so!  Bottom line... We've spent hundreds billion of dollars to fund an agency... The reason for which it was created... No one can remember.  Ready for the answer?  It was very simple, and at the time &lt;i&gt;everyone&lt;/i&gt; thought it very appropriate...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Department of Energy was created on August 4th, 1977…&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Constantia; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hey!  Pretty effective outfit, huh?  Now it’s 2009... 32 years later…  And the budget for this “necessary” Cabinet level department now stands at $24.2 billion dollars a year!  It now has 16,000 full-time government employees and approximately 100,000 contract employees.  And just take a look at the marvelously wonderful job it has done to accomplish it’s solitary mission &amp;amp; reason for coming into existence!  We have gone from importing less than 30% of our crude oil consumption to more than 65%!  &lt;i&gt;HEY!  That’s going in the WRONG direction!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I’ll tell you what… Give me just &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;, single payment of &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;ONE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; billion dollars, and I’ll have the original mission accomplished within one year… Declare &lt;i&gt;“&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Victory&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;”&lt;/i&gt;…  Turn off the lights... Shut the doors &amp;amp; lock it all up!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, this is where you slap yourself in the forehead and ask, &lt;i&gt;"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;WHAT&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Were We &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;THINKING&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;?"&lt;/i&gt;  Ah, Yes!  Good old government bureaucratic efficiency!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Constantia; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;And &lt;i&gt;NOW&lt;/i&gt; we’re going to turn the banking &amp;amp; financial systems, all of healthcare and the auto industry over to these same geniuses?  Unbelievable, right?  Yeah… &lt;i&gt;Unbelievably &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;STUPID&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Constantia; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;May God Protect Us From Ourselves!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-3239645731349997779?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/3239645731349997779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=3239645731349997779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3239645731349997779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3239645731349997779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/absolutely-funniest-joke-everon-us.html' title='Absolutely the funniest joke ever... ON US!!!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-525691000287157848</id><published>2009-08-21T20:35:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T21:00:47.582+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The "Lighter Side" of Healthcare Reform...</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;This week has just absolutely NOT been a good week for PrezBO in any way, shape or form!  It’s been so bad, in fact, that PrezBO is off for some well deserved time-off on Martha’s Vineyard.  &lt;b&gt;BUT WAIT… NEWS FLASH JUST IN…&lt;/b&gt; Poor PrezBO is going to be hounded &amp;amp; protested by Cindy Sheehan while on vacation!  Can’t a statist catch a break?  I guess not… So let’s lighten it up a little with a &lt;i&gt;“lighter”&lt;/i&gt; look at “Obama-Care”…  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;TOP&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;TEN&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;CLUES&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;THAT&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;YOUR&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;EMPLOYER&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;HAS&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;SWITCHED&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;TO&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; “&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;OBAMA&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;-&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;CARE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;”:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(10) &lt;/b&gt; Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(9)  &lt;/b&gt;Directions to your doctor's office include &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Take a left when you enter the trailer park."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(8) &lt;/b&gt; The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(7)  &lt;/b&gt;The only proctologist in the plan is &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Gus"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; from Roto-Rooter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(6)  &lt;/b&gt;The only item listed under “Preventive Care Benefit” is &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"An Apple a Day"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(5)  &lt;/b&gt;Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(4)  &lt;i&gt;"The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; a typographical error.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(3)  &lt;/b&gt;The only expense covered at 100% is...&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Embalming"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(2) &lt;/b&gt; Your Prozac comes in different colors with little “M's” painted on them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 13.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;AND&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU'VE JOINED OBAMA-CARE...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 13.0px Calibri; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;You ask for Viagra, and they give you a Popsicle stick and duct tape!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #001f67; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #001f67; min-height: 17.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "&gt;Thank You, Ladies &amp;amp; Gentlemen!  We’ll be playing here all weekend!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 14.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please tip your waitress generously on the way out &amp;amp; Please drive safely!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 18.0px Calibri; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Good&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Night&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-525691000287157848?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/525691000287157848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=525691000287157848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/525691000287157848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/525691000287157848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/lighter-side-of-healthcare-reform.html' title='The &quot;Lighter Side&quot; of Healthcare Reform...'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-7831714970483486710</id><published>2009-08-15T21:32:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T21:37:16.657+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Tide is Turning!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Today I’m going to take a look at the recent gains being made by Conservatives; and taking a deep breath because we &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ARE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; winning this fight for America!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Radio Hall of Famer Neal Boortz has a descriptor which he uses for the vast majority of people who do not take the time to keep up with current events, or for that matter, even bother to improve their understanding of how it is that the United States has gotten to where we are today.  Boortz calls this bunch… &lt;i&gt;“The Dumb-Masses”&lt;/i&gt;.   To be sure, there are a whole lot of “Dumb-Masses” out here!  When I become exasperated by these folks I just wonder out loud, &lt;i&gt;“How in the world did the United States ever get to where we are today with idiots like these, wasting my oxygen?”.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;But, I am beginning to gain a strong sense of a re-awakening of the American people mobilizing; taking strong &amp;amp; substantive action to hold their elected representatives accountable; putting the pols on notice that come the next election cycle… &lt;i&gt;THEY’RE GONE!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;And this re-awakening isn’t limited to, or having impact only among Republicans… This frustration of the electorate is also manifesting itself among Democrats!  The Democrats in office are embarrassing the Hell out of their supporters back home!  Even these folks are waking up to the realization that they have been “had” by the socialists who have hijacked their Party!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;People who have &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;NEVER&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; attended a townhall meeting, written a letter to the editor of their local newspaper, called their Representative or Senators in Washington, D.C., are certainly doing so now!  This is democracy in action!  And it is this demonstration of exercising our God given right to petition our government… To present our grievances &amp;amp; to have our elected representatives take action accordingly… THAT’S WHAT ME &amp;amp; MY BROTHERS IN ARMS HAVE SERVED, FOUGHT, BLED &amp;amp; DIED FOR!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The attempts by the Socialists to silence citizens is tantamount to Treason… And these traitors must be forced from office at the polls!  As I said, even Democrats are embarrassed &amp;amp; are fighting back… As are Seniors and union members!  All of these traditional Democrat groups are embarrassed by the Nazi-like tactics for the DNC and White House to try to silence them and their fellow citizens… As well they should be!  Union thugs stabbing a black man in St Louis because he showed-up at a Russ Carnahan (D-MO) townhall meeting… A man in Tampa, whose only transgression at a meeting with his Congresswoman was showing up with a differing opinion on Obamacare; was struck in the face by the local County Democrat Party Treasurer… So, where is the openness &amp;amp; welcoming &lt;i&gt;“love”&lt;/i&gt; of the Left?  &lt;i&gt;(You might be able to find it the next time you get off the Throne and take a look behind you before you flush!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I take a little comfort these days in watching the true character of America surfacing… That of a conservative people, who just want to be left alone by the federal government to live their lives in peace &amp;amp; to provide for their families the best they can.  People are also reading the Constitution (most for the first time!) and realizing what a simple, elegant, and straight-forward document it really is… And this scares the Hell out of the Socialists!  People are realizing that 99.999% of everything the federal government does, and has done over the past 100 years is unconstitutional; and is designed to limit the people’s freedom to live their lives as they best see fit… And the “Dumb-Masses” are wising-up &amp;amp; telling Washington… &lt;i&gt;“NO”!&lt;/i&gt;  It’s&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;OUR&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; country… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;OUR&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; government… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;OUR&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; lives… And we’re just not going to put-up with anymore talk or actions which are driving us toward the unending, enslaving Hell of Socialism!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I believe that irrespective of political affiliation &amp;amp; labels that most Americans still want, and will always want the same thing… To live &amp;amp; let live, without the yolk of political enslavement.  We have a long way to go to reverse that which the federal government has done to us over the past 100 years, but we can get there… If we just keep paying attention, and don’t allow ourselves to become one of the… &lt;i&gt;“Dumb-Masses”!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode;  min-height: 18.0pxcolor:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 1.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"    style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', serif;font-size:78%;color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:1px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-7831714970483486710?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/7831714970483486710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=7831714970483486710' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7831714970483486710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7831714970483486710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/tide-is-turning.html' title='The Tide is Turning!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-487744233769936338</id><published>2009-08-07T20:33:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T20:38:19.058+03:00</updated><title type='text'>IT'S POLITICAL FOOTBALL TIME IN AMERICA!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Arial Hebrew"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;IT'S POLITICAL FOOTBALL TIME IN AMERICA!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #a40800"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Time to Suit-Up…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Strap it On…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;And Hit ‘Em Right in the Mouth!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #a40800"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 31, 103); font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;President Obama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;has called you out! &lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;YOU&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;, the American People are the problem… By exercising your right to free political speech Obama has resorted to calling on his fellow &lt;i&gt;“&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;MOB&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;-&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;STERS&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;”&lt;/i&gt; to shout you down in your local townhall meetings… Keep you from entering the meeting halls… Or, if necessary, to &lt;i&gt;PHYSICALLY BEAT YOU INTO SUBMISSION &amp;amp; SILENCE! &lt;/i&gt; And this is happening from coast-to-coast!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;If you think this statement is irrational hyperbole &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;(For Leftists… this means “Bullshit”)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, then see the following sources:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;From the St Petersburg Times… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; color: #000099"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article1025529.ece"&gt;http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article1025529.ece&lt;span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;FM 97.1’s Jamie Allman Interviews Russ Carnahan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; color: #000099"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iKKZ-2toQ"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iKKZ-2toQ&lt;span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cops Called to McCaskill's Office-- Kick Obamacare Protesters Off Public Property&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; color: #000099"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK6rFw0WHVs&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK6rFw0WHVs&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 29.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dueling protesters disrupt Carnahan forum on aging&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 29.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; color: #000099"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/5420430FDF2036F08625760B00136BBC?OpenDocument"&gt;http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/5420430FDF2036F08625760B00136BBC?OpenDocument&lt;span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congressman Tim Bishop Encounters Angry Citizens at Townhall Meeting on Long Island&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; color: #000099"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq5mWkF5zuo"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq5mWkF5zuo&lt;span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Barack Obama's USA: Union and/or ACORN Goons Get Violent at Kathy Castor Tampa Town Hall&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana; color: #000099"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnT3Uevy5rU"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnT3Uevy5rU&lt;span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Note to Obama’s &lt;i&gt;“&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;MOB&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;-&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;STERS&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;”&lt;/i&gt;… Just keep telling yourselves that this is all just a manufactured, RNC/Insurance Industry funded cabal… You will see just how &lt;i&gt;“manufactured”&lt;/i&gt; these protests are on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Look, folks… let’s face facts… Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Durban, Waxman, Carnahan, Doggett, ad naseum; &lt;i&gt;ARE ALL STATI&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;STS!!!&lt;/i&gt;  And they must be confronted at every opportunity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;I know that there have been several descriptors being thrown around these days, and I want to take just a moment to help clarify what constitutes Statism, and what these leftists believe.  I really like the definition/explanation provided by Capitalism.org, and provide the following from their website:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Statism&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 19.0px Verdana; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is statism?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Under statism, government is no longer a policeman, but a gang of thugs with the legal power to &lt;a href="http://www.capitalism.org/faq/force.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 10.0px Verdana; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000099"&gt;&lt;b&gt;initiate force&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in any manner they please against a legally disarmed citizen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What are some examples of statism?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Variants of statism include: socialism, nazism (national socialism), theocracy, [pure] democracy, communism, fascism, tribalism, etc. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the key principle underlying statism?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;In form many of these systems differ, in theory and blood stained practice they all unite upon the same fundamental collectivist ethical principle: man is not an end to himself, but is only a tool to serve the ends of others. Whether those "others" are a dictator's gang, the nation, society, the race, (the) god(s), the majority, the community, the tribe, etc., is irrelevant -- the point is that man in principle must be sacrificed to others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is the opposite of statism?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;The opposite of statism is capitalism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How does capitalism differ from statism?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Only capitalism declares that each and every man, may live his own life for his own happiness, as an end to himself, not by permission of others, but by right, and that government's sole responsibility is to protect those rights, and never violate them, because they are inalienable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;These statists must now be put on notice that if they want to call-in their Brown-shirted thugs &amp;amp; union attack dogs; we will not be intimidated… And we will fight back!  We will not throw the first punch, but we will defend ourselves and our Rights!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;So for all of you who voted for Obama… Are you “PROUD” of this?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-487744233769936338?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/487744233769936338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=487744233769936338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/487744233769936338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/487744233769936338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-political-football-time-in-america.html' title='IT&apos;S POLITICAL FOOTBALL TIME IN AMERICA!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-3609072964740381483</id><published>2009-08-06T18:43:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T19:02:43.322+03:00</updated><title type='text'>BRING IT ON!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;No self-avowed, practicing, "racist statist" will &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;EVER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; be able to suppress or intimidate the American people!  The desperate flailing of the &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;"MOB-sters"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; on the left is so revealing!  Once again, the immediate exhortations of ad hominem attacks, belies the lack of depth &amp;amp; intellectual capacity of these enemies of the United States Constitution; and their deep-seeded hatred of individual freedom and Liberty!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;What follows is the text of an email I sent to the White House email address, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="" onclick="Utils.clickySound(); var email='flag%40whitehouse.gov'; if (typeof Popup=='undefined') popUpQuickAdd(email); else Popup.quickAdd(email); return false;" href="http://email.secureserver.net/addressBookQuickAdd.php?contact=flag%40whitehouse.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;flag@whitehouse.gov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;.  I decided to "self-report" my opposition to the left, as well as challenging them &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "&gt;ds (which aptly describes every totalitarian thug throughout history) will fail!  I have spent most of my adult life fighting enemies of Freedom... I have spilt blood on foreign soil... If I must do the same here at Home, then so be it...&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; "The Enemy Within" &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;will&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; be defeated!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Here is the text of my email to the White House...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;div id="view_body_header"&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="border0_top secContent" width="100%" style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; background-color: rgb(252, 248, 223); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: black; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: black; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; "&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="right" valign="top" width="50" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 10px; "&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td nowrap="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; "&gt;&lt;span id="viewflags|24886|INBOX"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="100%" align="left" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; "&gt;BRING IT ON!!!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="right" valign="top" width="50" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Date:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 10px; "&gt;Thu, Aug 06, 2009 10:42 am&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="right" valign="top" width="50" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;To:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; padding-left: 10px; "&gt;&lt;a class="" onclick="Utils.clickySound(); var email='flag%40whitehouse.gov'; if (typeof Popup=='undefined') popUpQuickAdd(email); else Popup.quickAdd(email); return false;" href="http://email.secureserver.net/addressBookQuickAdd.php?contact=flag%40whitehouse.gov" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline; "&gt;flag@whitehouse.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="view_body" width="100%"&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="border0_bottom wbgContent" width="100%" style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: black; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: black; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; 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"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#C63941;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="u" mce_fixed="1" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="font-size: xx-large; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#C63941;"&gt;ON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="font-size: xx-large; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#C63941;"&gt;!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="font-size: xx-large; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; "&gt;Please be advised that I am self-reporting my blog to you because I am doing everything I can to defeat the statists totalitarian march toward socialism!  So please take a look... present any&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="u" mce_fixed="1" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;FACTS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;that you care to submit in opposition to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;THE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="u" mce_fixed="1" style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;TRUTH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "&gt;... I will vet your replies for accuracy &amp;amp; veracity, and will be glad to post the exchange in toto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; "&gt;I would &lt;b&gt;&lt;i style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;NEVER&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;, for even a second, consider pleading with Americans to be complicit in your cowardly act of reporting neighbors, friends and associates who do not accept your inane policies &amp;amp; attempts to destroy our economy and way of life!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline; "&gt;http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; "&gt;In closing, let me once again invite you to...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="u" mce_fixed="1" style="text-decoration: underline; 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"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#C63941;"&gt;!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="font-size: xx-large; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-3609072964740381483?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/3609072964740381483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=3609072964740381483' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3609072964740381483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3609072964740381483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/bring-it-on.html' title='BRING IT ON!!!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-3597718477716343359</id><published>2009-08-05T20:45:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T05:03:43.861+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute...  1984 Comes to 2009!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;For those who have not even thought about Goerge Orwell’s novel “1984” since high school… Think about it… And be afraid… Be&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;VERY&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; afraid!  Take a look at the bolded, italicized paragraph below, from the White House.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;What follows my intro remarks is taken right from the White House website… And here is the URL so you can take a look at it yourself…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Two years ago, the thought of the President of the United States asking Americans to &lt;i&gt;“turn-in your neighbors”&lt;/i&gt; if they have a point of view that differs from the federal government, was unfathomable!  This is such a bold &amp;amp; brazen move that even Joseph Stalin would not have been able to pull this off without sparking another revolution!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;The bottom line is this… Obama took an oath to protect &amp;amp; defend the Constitution against all enemies; foreign and domestic.  He has violated his oath of office, and Obama &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;IS&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; the enemy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;When will Articles of Impeachment be filed in the House of Representatives?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Is there &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;ANY&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; Member of Congress who will stand-up &amp;amp; fight for our Constitution?  So far, it appears that the answer is a deafening, silent, &lt;i&gt;“&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;No&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;”&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#4b0c09;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia; color:#4b0c09;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; 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&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode;  min-height: 18.0pxcolor:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#535353;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2009 AT 6:55 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 3.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; color:#0a2451;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Facts Are Stubborn Things&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px ;color:#535353;"&gt;Posted by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Macon Phillips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Lucida Sans Unicode;  min-height: 14.0pxcolor:#535353;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as &lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnadams/"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#000099;"&gt;our second president&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; famously said, "facts are stubborn things."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to "uncover" the truth about the President’s health insurance reform positions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;In this video, Linda Douglass, the communications director for the &lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Executive-Order-Establishing-The-White-House-Office-Of-Health-Reform/"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#000099;"&gt;White House’s Health Reform Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, addresses one example that makes it look like the President intends to "eliminate" private coverage, when the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;For the record, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;.  He has even proposed &lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-insurance-consumer-protections/"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#000099;"&gt;eight consumer protections relating specifically to the health insurance industry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Fax; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care.  These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation.  Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:flag@whitehouse.gov"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Lucida Fax; text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;flag@whitehouse.gov&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 1.0px Lucida Sans Unicode; color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"    style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', fantasy;font-size:78%;color:#242424;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:1px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-3597718477716343359?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/3597718477716343359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=3597718477716343359' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3597718477716343359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3597718477716343359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/party-big-brother-and-thought-police.html' title='The Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute...  1984 Comes to 2009!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-7399029814907166297</id><published>2009-08-02T18:39:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T03:46:33.113+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama-Care! Coming Soon from a Bureaucrat Near You!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);   font-weight: normal; font-family:'Arial Hebrew';font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; color: rgb(0, 31, 103); "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here are 47 points from the 1,013 page Healthcare bill... If you don't want to read all 47, that's O.K. ...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1"  style=" ;font-size:large;"&gt;Just read the 7 which are bolded in red...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt; Even by looking at just those 7, you'll get the idea!  Please, at least read these 7 points!  I'll bet at least a few of these will directly affect you or someone you love very, very much!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1"   style="color: rgb(0, 31, 103);   font-family:'Arial Hebrew', geneva;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here are some highlights of the bill… You should let your Senators and Representatives know your thoughts on these.  Now, unless you are a self-avowed Marxist (just as Obama has admitted to in his books)… If these FACTS don’t motivate you to OPENLY OPPOSE AND PROTEST THIS MOVE TO SOCIALISM… Then do the rest of &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Americans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt; a favor… Renounce your citizenship &amp;amp; quit voting to SCREW-UP our most envied way of life!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1"   style="  letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 31, 103); font-family:'Arial Hebrew', geneva;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; color: rgb(0, 45, 153); min-height: 10px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_fixed="1"  style="color: rgb(0, 31, 103);  font-weight: bold; font-size:13px;"&gt;THE HEALTH CARE BILL... This bill is a government attack ON YOUR PERSONAL, CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS, disguised as “healthcare”!  Since I’m sure you have read just as much of this legislation, as have the Socialist Democrats &amp;amp; the majority of Republicans… Here are just a few examples of what you will be subjected to (and subject to large fines &amp;amp; imprisonment IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY)!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; color: rgb(0, 31, 103); "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;• Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. NONE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services… WHICH TAXPAYERS WILL PAY FOR!                                                                                                                                            &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; color: rgb(0, 31, 103); "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; color: rgb(0, 31, 103); "&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; "&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Calibri; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)&lt;br /&gt;• Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)&lt;br /&gt;• Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services… translation: illegal aliens&lt;br /&gt;• Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 145: Employers MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan... &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;YOU WILL HAVE NO CHOICE!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll&lt;br /&gt;• Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K- $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;• Page 167: Any individual who doesn’t have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income... By the way... This applies to MEDICARE &amp;amp; SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;• Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL financial and personal records of each &amp;amp; every American! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;• Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, the poor and the permanently disabled are the most affected! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you'll all be paid the same (Thanks, AMA!)&lt;br /&gt;• Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!&lt;br /&gt;• Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies!&lt;br /&gt;• Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;• Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc... THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF YOUR MEDICARE!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;• Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals... SORRY FOR ALL YOU PARENTS WITH "SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN"... The Socialists JUST DON"T GIVE A DAMN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).&lt;br /&gt;• Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?&lt;br /&gt;• Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 425: Goverment provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient's health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.&lt;br /&gt;• Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Arial Hebrew'; color: rgb(0, 31, 103); "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;And don’t forget this provision of EACH &amp;amp; EVERY piece of federal legislation… Members of Congress (and ACORN, SEIU and TEAMSTERS) are EXEMPT from “healthcare reform”… Congress KEEPS their “Gold-Plated Health Insurance” while you are FORCED to subject you &amp;amp; your family to sub-standard government “malpractice”!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(253, 193, 49); "&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "&gt;So… How do you like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "&gt;THIS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "&gt; change… COMRADE!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_fixed="1"  style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;[T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1"  style=" ;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;--James Madison&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-7399029814907166297?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/7399029814907166297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=7399029814907166297' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7399029814907166297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7399029814907166297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/08/obama-care-coming-soon-from-bureaucrat.html' title='Obama-Care! Coming Soon from a Bureaucrat Near You!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-2937974544565308445</id><published>2009-07-13T03:03:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T03:05:46.128+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Mister William "Bill" Jones... What He Meant to Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I was in the midst of preparing a blistering analysis of the forthcoming debate over national healthcare policy, when I was startled by a sobering piece of news which was relayed to me by my father.  A longtime family friend has passed… Mister William “Bill” Jones.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This news bothers me so much that I know already that I will not be able to do justice to this man’s memory, and what his life example has meant to me… Especially during difficult times &amp;amp; trials.  I found out earlier this week that he had been ill, but that he was doing better and was out of the hospital.  I planned on going to visit him today or tomorrow.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My family had the Honour &amp;amp; Privilege of forming a life-long friendship with the Jones Family beginning in 1968, after my Dad returned from Southeast Asia and was assigned to Carswell AFB.  They were members of the church we started attending; and the friendship blossomed &amp;amp; grew heartily.  I was in the fifth-grade… My brother in the third-grade.  All of us were immersed in various church activities…. And the Jones’ were one of many vibrant and illuminating members of not only our “church family”… But our extended family.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;There were Friday nights when all of us would meet at Pulido’s for terrific mexican food &amp;amp; great family fun!  There were also gatherings at each other’s homes for relaxation and fellowship.  I remember times going to the Jones’ for bar-b-ques… Bill running the pit and leading the fun!  My favorite times were when Bill would grill fajitas!  They were absolutely the most tender and flavorful… THE BEST {And the steaks &amp;amp; ribs were good, too)!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Although I am a native Texan (born in Laredo), it was primarily and predominantly because of this time in my life, that I chose to henceforth call Fort Worth, “&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;”.  This is no small fete for an “Air Force Brat” who lived and attended school coast-to-coast &amp;amp; border-to-border, because I could legitimately lay claim to “hometown status” in any number of several cities or towns, among some dozen-or-so different states.  I “&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CHOSE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;” Fort Worth!  And Bill Jones was a large factor in that equation.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bill was an “Oilman”… In every Honourable &amp;amp; Sensible precept of that description.  He was formally educated at Texas A&amp;amp;I - Kingsville… With the wit and wisdom of the most learned of West Texas Sages!  I don’t know if he knew how much he meant to me, in the process of me becoming a man… But I hope he knew, at least, that he had a hand in it all.  To me, Bill Jones was as big of a figure &amp;amp; character in my life as John Wayne… And for me, that’s saying a lot!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bill was a “Man’s Man”… A Gentleman of the First Order… And a shining example of how good, one man can be.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-2937974544565308445?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/2937974544565308445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=2937974544565308445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/2937974544565308445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/2937974544565308445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/07/mister-william-bill-jones-what-he-meant.html' title='Mister William &quot;Bill&quot; Jones... What He Meant to Me'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-1812199700865124533</id><published>2009-07-05T21:44:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T19:13:48.822+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Saudis &amp; Israelis In Accord Regarding Attack</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:12px;"&gt;According to reports from The London Times, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Arutz&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Sheva&lt;/span&gt; and many other European and Middle Eastern news outlets; whenever the Israelis are ready to launch  a strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, the Saudis will turn a blind eye to Israeli Air Force (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;IAF&lt;/span&gt;) warplanes traversing Saudi airspace.  This development is greatly significant on several levels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;According to The London Times… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;“The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia,” a diplomatic source said last week.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Although the countries have no formal diplomatic relations, an Israeli defence source confirmed that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Mossad&lt;/span&gt; maintained “working relations” with the Saudis.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations who recently visited the Gulf, said it was “entirely logical” for the Israelis to use Saudi airspace.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bolton, who has talked to several Arab leaders, added: “None of them would say anything about it publicly but they would certainly acquiesce in an overflight if the Israelis &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;didn&lt;/span&gt;’t trumpet it as a big success.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Arab states would condemn a raid when they spoke at the UN but would be privately relieved to see the threat of an Iranian bomb removed, he said.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first reason that this is so vital is the fact that the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;IAF&lt;/span&gt; would be able to fly a much more simple mission profile.  Taking a look at the combat &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;capabilities&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;IAF&lt;/span&gt;’s F-16I “&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Sufa&lt;/span&gt;” (Storm), the “&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Sufa&lt;/span&gt;” has a combat radius of at least 1,300 kilometers.  With the use of Saudi airspace the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;IAF&lt;/span&gt; can, if/when they decide to launch, execute what should be a quick &amp;amp; clean attack.  The full status of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;capabilities&lt;/span&gt; of Iranian air defenses is not fully known; but, given the state of other known Iranian military systems, these systems should be able to be defeated.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="webkit-fake-url://A387FAD1-A604-4127-9E4E-4ADC29EA1BF3/image.tiff" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recent events and actions by both the Israelis and the Iranians point to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;anticipation&lt;/span&gt; of Israeli Defense Force (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;IDF&lt;/span&gt;) &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;intervention&lt;/span&gt; beyond just an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;airstrike&lt;/span&gt;.  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Arutz&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Sheva&lt;/span&gt; reports today… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Several media sources reported Friday that an Israeli Dolphin submarine passed through the Suez Canal on its way to the Red Sea last month as part of a naval exercise. Israeli security officials told the Reuters news agency that the exercise was done as part of testing Israel’s strategy in light of the Iranian nuclear threat. Egypt denied the reports.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Two weeks ago, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;IDF&lt;/span&gt; Commander in Chief Gabi &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Ashkenazi&lt;/span&gt; related to Israel’s possibly striking Iran and announced that Iran’s re-election of President Mahmoud &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Ahmadinejad&lt;/span&gt; requires Israel to keep all its options open. “His severe expression regarding his desire to attack the State of Israel, and the constant allowance of Iran to acquire non-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;conventional&lt;/span&gt; weaponry, requires us to keep the army posted and prepared and the air force ready and sharp like a razor. Our obligation as an army is to put all the options on the table and to be prepared to deal with any threat for near and afar,” &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Ashkenazi&lt;/span&gt; said at an air force graduation course.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Foreign media reported that Israel is performing military maneuvers to prepare for a possible strike on Iran, while Iran is making defensive plans. Among the exercises was an Israeli long-distance refueling in flight to the Straits of Gibraltar and Iran’s employing an anti-ballistic battery a half year ago.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Many ask, “Why are the Israelis acting in such a belligerent manner?”.  The proper question is, “With the Israelis taking steps to defend their very existence; why is the United States chastising &amp;amp; criticizing Israel, and is so fixated on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;establishing&lt;/span&gt; a Palestinian state?  Why &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;isn&lt;/span&gt;’t the United States standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel to stop the Iranians?”.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;For these questions there are no coherent answers.  Why?  Because the US &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;administration&lt;/span&gt; has, without explanation, plan or strategy; abandoned what has been joint US and British policy, along with many other nations, for more than sixty years.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;Irrespective&lt;/span&gt; of those with anti-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;semitic&lt;/span&gt; causes and agendas; one thing is crystal-clear… The US &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;administration&lt;/span&gt; has neither an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;understanding&lt;/span&gt; of the threat today, nor the lessons of history which teaches us how “not” to make the same mistakes; nor the fact that, in spite of their declaration; that the United States of America is not now, nor has it ever been or ever will be, a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"&gt;muslim&lt;/span&gt; nation.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In closing, let me send these words to my Jewish Brothers &amp;amp; Sisters…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;“&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"&gt;Hashem&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"&gt;magen&lt;/span&gt; be’ad &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"&gt;Kevodi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"&gt;umerim&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"&gt;roshi&lt;/span&gt;” … &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew;  min-height: 13.0pxcolor:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color:#001f67;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;i&gt;  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;“The Lord is a shield for my honor, and he raises my head”.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-1812199700865124533?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/1812199700865124533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=1812199700865124533' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/1812199700865124533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/1812199700865124533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/07/saudis-israelis-in-accord-regarding.html' title='Saudis &amp; Israelis In Accord Regarding Attack'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-3128517032982486686</id><published>2009-06-27T21:52:00.011+03:00</published><updated>2009-06-28T21:21:30.248+03:00</updated><title type='text'>"Knee-Cap &amp; Enslave"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I have really been doing some intense study into where else in the world I could move and escape from the flood of socialism which is drowning our Nation with the speed of heat.  I have narrowed the list to two places... Australia or Israel.  Now, when I speak of "escape", I'm not just talking about a temporary relocation.  No, no, no... I am talking about emigrating to another country with which I can thrive without the yolk of federal tyranny... I'm talking about becoming a citizen of a new land and renouncing my American citizenship.  Why?  Because until you renounce your American citizenship you will still have the long-knives of the Internal Revenue Service slicing and shredding your flesh from your bone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;And then it happened... Yesterday... At 19:17 hours Eastern Daylight Savings Time... The US House of Representatives committed a heinous act of treason through their votes for HR 2454, "American Clean Energy and Security Act"... Or, more commonly known as "Cap &amp;amp; Trade"... Or, more accurately referred to as "Knee-Cap &amp;amp; Enslave".  This legislative act of treason passed on a vote of 219-212, with eight Republicans voting "yea".  Had those "RINOs" voted "nay" then I would not be posting this piece today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;The following "COWARDS" betrayed the American people, and their oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC.  I sent the following message to each of them, appropriately personalized...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Ms Bono-Mack,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;I watched your vote yesterday on HR 2454... SHAMEFUL!  An absolute betrayal of the people of the United States of America!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Yesterday evening was the most sad; most disappointing; most embarrassing and shameful moment in our nation’s history during the past 100 years.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Yes, you heard me right!  And that includes surpassing the shame of Watergate; the terrorist attack of September 11th; the attack on Pearl Harbor; the retreat with our tail between our legs from Saigon; the election of Jimmy Carter and the taking of American hostages by Iran; the brutal betrayal of a potentially vital ally in Southeast Asia in the person of Ho Chi Minh by Franklin Roosevelt… The list goes on, and on, and on, and on…..  And the time has come for all real Patriots to step forward to put an immediate halt to you &amp;amp; your ilk’s seditious acts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Be forewarned that resources are being marshalled, even as you read this message, to target you; along with Representatives Castle, Kirk, Lance, LoBiondo, McHugh, Reichert  and Smith from New Jersey, for ouster from office in 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Additionally, there are others, like me, who will be taking on "RINOs" in our home districts during the 2010 elections.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;We are fed-up with spineless, gutless Progressives like you, and we are taking action.  Just to be very up front about what will happen, here are our three main objectives:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;1.  Remove you from office and replace you with a true Conservative;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;2.  Work to undo your traitorous legislation;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;3.  Initiate the amendment process to the Constitution to make all members of Congress subject to every law, legislative &amp;amp; regulatory mandate, and all section &amp;amp; statutes of the United States Code.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;I wish you all the best, personally... But look forward to defeating you at the polls next year!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;These traitors are, in order:  Bono-Mack (CA-45th), Castle (DE-At Large), Kirk (IL-10th), Lance (NJ-7th), LoBiondo (NJ-2nd), McHugh (NY-23rd), Reichert (WA-8th) and Smith (NJ-4th).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Georgia; min-height: 12.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;After yesterday I'm not thinking about running off to "Oz"... I am now mad as Hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!  It's time to fight!  It's time to take back our country... Join me.  I didn't sacrifice my body and spill my blood on foreign fields to have the United States of America decimated by this totalitarian regime!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Your country needs you now... I need you... We need each other to stand together and fight like Hell! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', fantasy;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-3128517032982486686?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/3128517032982486686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=3128517032982486686' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3128517032982486686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3128517032982486686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/06/knee-cap-enslave.html' title='&quot;Knee-Cap &amp; Enslave&quot;'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-8241962131445289925</id><published>2009-06-05T22:14:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T22:15:31.408+03:00</updated><title type='text'>And The Hits Just Keep on Coming!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;I remember having conversations with friends, family and more casual acquaintances just one year ago, asking them why they would &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;ever&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; consider voting for Barack Hussein Obama for President?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;I talked ad nauseum about the well documented fact that Obama is a self-avowed communist.  These people thought I was crazy &amp;amp; just didn’t want to see a black man elected President of the United States… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WRONG&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;!!!&lt;/b&gt;  I didn’t want to see a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;COMM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;U&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NIST&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; elected President of the United States!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;I invite everyone to take a look at the definition of “socialism” below, from Dictionary.com:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 22.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #86133e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;so⋅cial⋅ism  [soh-shuh-liz-uhm]     – noun&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #86133e; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #86133e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #86133e; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #86133e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #86133e; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #86133e"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Now, fast-forward to today…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;AIG bailout &amp;amp; take over by the Treasury Department… Other solvent financial institutions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;strong&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;armed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; into taking federal TARP funds and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;not&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;allowed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;money&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Fed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;… Bank of America and Countrywide bailouts… Takeovers of Chrysler and General Motors by the &lt;b&gt;“Car Czar”&lt;/b&gt;; a thirty-one year old law school drop-out Brian Deese.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Deese is another one of these “geniuses with no time in life” which are found all throughout the West Wing these days.  Let be borrow a little bit from Glenn Beck’s background information on Brian Deese:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #001f67"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mr. Deese's role is unusual for someone who is neither a formally trained economist as well as not being a business school graduate. I'd like to point out that he also hasn't graduated from law school. They don't point that out. They say he is not a business school graduate and he has never spent much time flipping through the endless studies about the future of the American and Japanese auto industries.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #001f67"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Now, surely Deese has &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;some&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; unique skill set which makes him supremely qualified to dismantle capitalism!  Well, let’s see…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Deese attended Middlebury College, majoring in Political Science, the son of a political science professor.  Deese enrolls at Yale Law School, but quits to work on Hillary Clinton’s campaign with the title of “Economic Advisor”.  When Hillary’s campaign went tango-uniform, Deese jumped to the Obama campaign as an economic advisor.  After the election Deese hung on to the transition team &amp;amp; wound-up in the White House as senior economic advisor &amp;amp; sole member of Obama’s Automotive Task Force.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Does &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;any&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; of this bother &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;anyone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;So… Help me out here… What part of the definition of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #86133e"&gt;&lt;b&gt;”so⋅cial⋅ism” &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;does not apply here?  And here’s another definition (also from Dictionary.com) you can ask Obama supporters to read &amp;amp; then ask them what part of this definition doesn’t apply to the Obama administration…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 22.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;stu⋅pid  [stoo-pid, styoo‑]  adjective, -er, -est, noun&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;–adjective&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;tediously dull, esp. due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless: a stupid party.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;annoying or irritating; troublesome: Turn off that stupid radio.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-8241962131445289925?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/8241962131445289925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=8241962131445289925' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8241962131445289925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8241962131445289925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/06/and-hits-just-keep-on-coming.html' title='And The Hits Just Keep on Coming!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-5509893055641326726</id><published>2009-05-30T23:10:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-05-30T23:28:20.260+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Abandon the Constitution Now!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I received suggestions for my next entry, and I will address those subjects in time.  However, there is a question before the Nation which deserves everyone’s attention and immediate action… That is the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the United States of America.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What follows is a slightly edited text of that which I sent to all seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  This letter was sent to Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Charles Grassley of Iowa, Jon Kyl of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas, and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I urge you to contact your US Representative &amp;amp; Senators to bring “thoughtful encouragement” upon these gentlemen to do their duty to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;domestic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;!  My next move will be to share this message with every Republican in the House and Senate, and with the top 50 newspapers and media outlets in the U.S..  What will be &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;your&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; next move?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is the text of my message to the Republican Senators on the Judiciary: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do those words of Sonia Sotomayor, in Berkely, California in 2002, bother you?  If not, then do you defend the following remarks in 2002, by Judge Sotomayor; when she stated: "… I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society."  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Isn’t there supposed to be equal justice under the law? In a society which aspires to colorblindness and the rule of law rather than the rule of men, Judge Sotomayor’s public statements are breathtaking and call into question her ability to apply the law impartially.  Additionally, her history of unabashedly legislating from the bench is prima facia evidence that she has not the temperment to serve as a juror, much less a jurist.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Consider that Sotomayor, in Ricci v. DeStefano upheld the policy of a city that used racially discriminatory practices to deny promotion for firefighters.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In this case, Sotomayor was chastised by fellow Clinton appointee, Judge José Cabranes regarding her reckless and indefensible action in summarily dismissing the case and failing to apply the law equally.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I am writing you today to ask you to stand together to defend the Constitution of the United States of America.  I am asking you to stand together… Do not break ranks… And exhibit your Patriotism &amp;amp; Fidelity to Our Nation by stopping this farce of a nomination by forcing the provisions of Rule IV of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which states: "The Chairman shall entertain a non-debatable motion to bring a matter before the Committee to a vote. If there is objection to bring the matter to a vote without further debate, a roll call vote of the Committee shall be taken, and debate shall be terminated if the motion to bring the matter to a vote without further debate passes with ten votes in the affirmative, one of which must be cast by the minority."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You and the other six Republican Senators of the Judiciary Committee have the power to prevent the confirmation of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court from being rammed through the Senate.  The American people have heard the news reports that this nomination is a fait accompli.  You &amp;amp; I both know that there is nothing further from the truth!  The American people have heard Republican leaders state that they want to be "fair."  And you should be!  And you are to be applauded for giving liberals more courtesy than they extended to Judge Robert Bork, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito, Chief Justice John Roberts and others.  However, the Senate must not serve as a rubber stamp of this extreme nominee.  There is no place for judicial activism on the Supreme Court!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;More important than anything else I send to you today, please take note of this plea from a simple, old soldier…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do not abandon and dishonour the sacrifices made by my family &amp;amp; our Brothers in Arms by not stopping this nomination dead in it’s tracks.  In the past three generations of my family we have served in the 45th Infantry Division which landed at Anzio… We have served in the Korean Conflict… Continual twenty-four Hour Airborne Alert in a B-52, flying tracks over the Atlantic during the Cuban Missile Crisis during that fateful week in October… Air and ground combat in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia… The Cold War… Genada, W.I. during Operation Urgent Fury… And left our families to answer the call to active duty during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We all have served our country with Honour &amp;amp; Distinction for those ideals upon which Our Nation was founded, and for the Liberty &amp;amp; Freedom that is given by God Almighty to all men for the past seventy-plus years.  We all have done our duty…  All I am asking is that you do yours.   &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-5509893055641326726?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/5509893055641326726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=5509893055641326726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/5509893055641326726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/5509893055641326726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-abandon-constitution-now.html' title='Don&apos;t Abandon the Constitution Now!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-1987256624834052393</id><published>2009-05-14T19:05:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T19:09:44.521+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Automobile Commissar... BRILLIANT!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Today, Mike Allen of The Politico reports that the Hussein administration, acting in its role as the most genius of all automotive geniuses, has announced that they are making deep cuts in the number of dealerships that they will allow to exist, going forward.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Allen reports an administration official telling him, “It’s important to understand what our role is and what it isn’t” the source said.  “We are obviously very involved with these companies - we have a whole team of people here spending a lot of time with these companies.  Among other things, we are certainly spending a lot of time on their business plans, including their dealer network and what the right size of the deal (dealership network) is.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Allen’s source goes on, “But what we’re not doing is going on a micro level in terms of how many dealers should there be in the state of Kansas, who (how) many dealers should there be in Wichita - even, necessarily, how many dealers should there be across the country.  We’re really vetting business plans.  The company produces business plans - including dealers, including the size of the dealer footprint in the aggregate.  We look at the numbers that fall out from that and offer thoughts.  But we don’t sit there and go dealer by dealer.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WHAT???  The Automobile Commissar is mandating deep cuts in the number of GM and Chrysler dealers, but the central planners are not dictating how many dealers will be in your neighborhood, or your region, or your state, and they’re not going to even dictate how many dealers there will be across the nation?  WHAT???&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh, but wait!  Everything will be fine because the central planners are &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;really&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt; doing a deep dive into the structure and operations of GM and Chrysler.  Oh, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;REALLY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;???  Allen’s source says, “We’re really vetting business plans.”  Oh, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;REALLY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;???  The source continues, “The company produces business plans - including dealers, including the size of the dealer footprint in the aggregate.  We look at the numbers that fall out from that and offer thoughts.  But we don’t sit there and go dealer by dealer.”  Oh, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;REALLY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;???&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;BULLS&amp;amp;!#&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;!!!  Let me translate into simple english… We’re looking at everything in great detail in order to make broad, radical, sweeping changes in the American automobile industry, but we’re not actually looking at either the micro or macro business implications on the industry.  But, we will dictate what you will make, how much it will cost, and we will slash the number of sales outlets, which is the only place where sales take place.  And one other thing, you (GM and Chrysler) will no longer be allowed to advertise or sponsor events, which would get the brand names in front of where your potential customers spend their time.  No sales people… No advertising!  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRILLIANT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 15.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The result?  Well, according to John McEleney, Chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, these actions by the Automobile Commissar will cost American workers in the auto industry 200,000 jobs.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #002d99"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRILLIANT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-1987256624834052393?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/1987256624834052393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=1987256624834052393' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/1987256624834052393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/1987256624834052393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/05/automobile-commissar-brilliant.html' title='The Automobile Commissar... BRILLIANT!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-3146596084170693490</id><published>2009-04-27T04:44:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T04:44:54.580+03:00</updated><title type='text'>What Goes Around, Comes Around!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;What a grand and glorious week this has been for the sworn enemies of the United States of America!  And for the sake of brevity, and for the balance of this missive, these collective conspirators shall be referred to as the &lt;i&gt;“Enemies of the State”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500; min-height: 19.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;First, the Enemies of the State got their way when President Hussein declassified Central Intelligence Agency memos outlining enhanced interrogation techniques which were reviewed for their legitimate, fundamental effectiveness as well as their legality as to where these fall on the x-axis, with &lt;i&gt;“not torture”&lt;/i&gt; on one end of the array versus &lt;i&gt;“definitely torture”&lt;/i&gt; on the opposite end of the scale.  Not only did the declassification and release of these documents outline the specific criteria for employing such techniques &lt;i&gt;(which, by the way, are still in effect for President Hussein’s  administration)&lt;/i&gt; but specifically named those parties involved in the review, approval and classification of these activities.  In other words, the Hussein administration collectively gave our intelligence community one big kiss on the mouth, Vis-à-vis, Don Vito Corleone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500; min-height: 19.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Next, the Enemies of the State got a bonus when President Hussein didn’t just open the proverbial door, but actually tore the door right off its hinges when he left it to the Attorney General to investigate the prior legitimate acts of the G.W. Bush administration for possible civil and criminal prosecutions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500; min-height: 19.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Well, so much for the &lt;i&gt;“non-thinking-stuck-on-stupid-antidisestablishmentarianism-let’s-live-only-for-the-moment-because-we’re-part-of-the-whacked-out-still-trying-to-recover-from-a-bad-acid-trip-in-1969-oh-by-the-way-why-is-the-earth-still-here-because-we-were-all-supposed-to-be-dead-by-now-due-to-the-looming-ice-age-that-would-totally-destroy-all-living-creatures-by-1979”&lt;/i&gt; crowd.  &lt;i&gt;WHEW!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500; min-height: 18.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;Now, let’s fast-forward to January 21st, 2013… If you can follow the logic and connect-the-dots, then you are definitely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;i&gt;NOT&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt; one of the &lt;i&gt;“non-thinking-stuck-on-stupid-antidisestablishmentarianism-let’s-live-only-for-the-moment-because-we’re-part-of-the-whacked-out-still-trying-to-recover-from-a-bad-acid-trip-in-1969-oh-by-the-way-why-is-the-earth-still-here-because-we-were-all-supposed-to-be-dead-by-now-due-to-the-looming-ice-age-that-would-totally-destroy-all-living-creatures-by-1979”&lt;/i&gt; crowd!  And you may thank God for that!  January 21st, 2013… the incoming Conservative administration, backed by overwhelming Conservative majorities in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, which began as 50%+1 majorities after the 2010 mid-term elections; call for immediate criminal investigations of both legislative &amp;amp; executive leaders from the departing Hussein administration under the provisions of newly signed Executive Order #1… “The Identification &amp;amp; Eradication of Enemies of Freedom”...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500; min-height: 19.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Futura; color: #6e0500"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;What goes around, comes around.  But, more important to remember is this political truth; taught to every political student and political hack at the knee of Lyndon Baines Johnson…   &lt;i&gt;Don’t get mad; Don’t get even; GET AHEAD!!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-3146596084170693490?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/3146596084170693490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=3146596084170693490' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3146596084170693490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/3146596084170693490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-goes-around-comes-around_26.html' title='What Goes Around, Comes Around!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-8724571938010630072</id><published>2009-04-05T20:37:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T20:40:23.469+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Dateline: Prague, The Czech Republic…</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Just hours ago, the Teleprompter of the United States (TOTUS) told the President of the United States (POTUS) that he needed to address the North Korean missile launch today.  Here is the quote from POTUS, “North Korea broke the rules… Once again… By testing a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles.”   White House staffers are scrambling to determine if POTUS misspoke, or if he was ill-served by TOTUS; either intentionally or unintentionally.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You may be asking, “What in the Hell is he talking about?”  Here’s what I’m talking about… POTUS doesn’t know what he’s talking about… There is a HUGE difference between a “rocket” and a “missile”.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“rocket - noun - any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air”.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“missile - noun - an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc…”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The North Koreans launched a MISSILE today… NOT A ROCKET!  The POTUS Propaganda Machine says the test was a failure because the North Koreans failed to reach orbit.  Hey!  Herr Goebbels (Robert Gibbs)!  The goal of the test launch was not to reach earth orbit, because you don’t have to reach earth orbit to deliver a warhead!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67; min-height: 13.0px"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial Hebrew; color: #001f67"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wow… This guy is SO-O-O intelligent and articulate!  I really hope that POTUS was not sabotaged by TOTUS… I’d hate to see TOTUS lose his job… Although; if TOTUS were tossed, we wouldn’t have to hear from POTUS ever again!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-8724571938010630072?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/8724571938010630072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=8724571938010630072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8724571938010630072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/8724571938010630072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/04/dateline-prague-czech-republic.html' title='Dateline: Prague, The Czech Republic…'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-7256957947484904838</id><published>2009-03-23T22:46:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T00:25:26.361+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Observations of "Middle Earth"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;From time to time we all wax &amp;amp; wane poetically about the past… “The Good Old Days”… Looking for a short respite from the pressures and issues of today.  The past four days have been filled with the excitement of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament; March Madness!  Which is a great diversion from the blubbering idiots in Washington, D.C. whom collectively, are working as hard &amp;amp; fast as they can to destroy this Great Experiment known as the United States of America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was enjoying an “adult beverage” on my patio this past week, flipping through the channels on DirecTV, where I watched part of a Monty Python episode… It was terrific &amp;amp; so much fun!  Some number of “adult beverages” later, I was watching the Fox News Channel… Painfully suffering through the spin, whirling, twirling and twisting of the truth into the intractable lies of the President, the Speaker of the House, Senator Dodd, the Senate Majority Leader and Treasury Secretary Geithner.  Man!  Was my head hurting!  (And it wasn’t from the canadian whiskey, either!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then it all became very clear to me that I had seen this movie before!  How could I have not recognized it earlier?  I am now convinced that we are living through a real-life epic… Coming to not only a theater near you in 2009… But making their way into your wallet, your home, your bedroom &amp;amp; your house of worship…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s “The Lord of the Rings… Sauron Revealed”  Yes, Ladies &amp;amp; Gentlemen!  Those geniuses in Hollywood who live in a world of magic and fantasy… Those masters of superior knowlege &amp;amp; intellect are directing and producing a “reality politique” in Washington, D.C.!  With a cast that will water your eyes!  Introducing…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President O-GOLLUM …&lt;br /&gt;Not what he appears to be &amp;amp; not what he will be if he is reunited with his “Precious”!&lt;br /&gt;                           ￼&lt;br /&gt;Treasury Secretary “Frodo”…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;A likable, inept Hobbit… Who “hobbit”-not a clue!&lt;br /&gt;￼&lt;br /&gt;                                                ￼Majority Leader “Wormtongue”… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;The devious servant of the Wizard Saruman.  Wormtongue uses his power &amp;amp; influence on the people to his master’s purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;￼”Saruman”… Chief of Staff to O-GALLUM... Saruman surreptitiously lays the groundwork for the ultimate return &amp;amp; re-embodiment of Sauron!  Saruman fell into darkness when he delved too deep into the study of his enemy's ways. The wizard's pride and love of power overcame his wisdom, and all those to whom he had been known as friend became his enemies. He became the chief adversary of the freedom-loving people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally… One of the most devious &amp;amp; poisonous characters… “Shelob”!!!&lt;br /&gt;￼A massive, ugly evil spider who makes her way from the west coast of Middle Earth… Spewing venom &amp;amp; spinning a web of lies, deceit and incompetence such as has never been seen before!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch the Battle Unfold!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow!  After that, me thinkst me need a wee dram more of me drink!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-7256957947484904838?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/7256957947484904838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=7256957947484904838' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7256957947484904838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7256957947484904838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/03/observations-of-middle-earth.html' title='Observations of &quot;Middle Earth&quot;'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-6443894406636489210</id><published>2009-02-23T20:21:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T20:45:19.599+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Stay Out of My Corn</title><content type='html'>STAY OUT OF MY CORN!!!                             Monday, 23 February 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I must apologize for my extended absence... No excuses... Everything here is fine... Just been extremely busy!  But, now... I’M BA-A-A-ACK!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I last wrote to you, BHO had just descended from “on high” and landed at Mile High Stadium in Denver.  Within a month, the banks were in dire straits (Not entirely BHO’s fault; although he, along with the other “Fools On Capitol Hill” are all culpable)... The “Fools On Capitol Hill” (The “FOCH’s”) just had to do something (although they didn’t have a clue as to what they specifically should do).  The result?  The $700+ billion TARP bill has money going “somewhere” in order to save the banking industry &amp; provide the funding to stimulate lending... To date, there still has not been an increase in consumer credit or issuance of mortgages!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast-forward to January 21st, 2009...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“What’s going on”, asks the FOCH’s.  “It’s so much worse than anything EVER!  What to do?  What to do?”  So, what did they do?  The FOCH’s decided to take another $1.3 TRILLION dollars from American tax-payers &amp; flush that money down the same drain!  It’s not that the first wad of cash spent wasn’t what was needed... OH, NO!!!  The problem is that we didn’t spend enough!  Oh... By the way... That last $1.3 trillion just wasn’t enough (How do these geniuses know that $1.3T isn’t enough, since none of that money has yet to be released?)... WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER SPENDING BILL FOR ANOTHER $2.2 TRILLION DOLLARS!!! Because, if we don’t get that money right now... LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL CEASE TO EXIST!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey!  Chicken-Little!  Get out of my corn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s look at the so-called “mortgage crisis”.  Simply put... There is no crisis!  Anyone who tells you that there is a “mortgage crisis” is either lying to you, or they are just the dumbest rock on the planet!  Why?  Because the latest mortgage industry statistics show that 97% of mortgagees are current and they make their mortgage payments on time.  SO WHERE IS THE CRISIS?  Answer:  THERE IS NO CRISIS!!!  Oh... By the way... The so-called “mortgage crisis” is limited to just these five states:  #1...Nevada; #2...California; #3...Arizona; #4...Michigan; and #5...Florida.  Although there is no “mortgage crisis” the FOCH’s are bound &amp; determined to get into our pocketbooks again!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HEY!  CHICKEN-LITTLE!!!  I’VE ALREADY TOLD YOU ONCE TO &lt;br /&gt;STAY OUT OF MY CORN!!!  I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU, AGAIN!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News Flash!!!  The Congressional Budget Office releases scoring of TARP and the “Pork-U-lous Spending” bill... Taxpayers are on the hook for more than $20 TRILLION dollars!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alright, DAMN-IT!  Where’s my hatchet?  &lt;br /&gt;“He-e-ere!  Chicky! Chicky! Chicky!”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-6443894406636489210?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/6443894406636489210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=6443894406636489210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6443894406636489210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/6443894406636489210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2009/02/stay-out-of-my-corn.html' title='Stay Out of My Corn'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-1419034468924713470</id><published>2008-08-25T07:01:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2008-08-25T07:30:32.258+03:00</updated><title type='text'>It's "Osama O'Biden"!!!  Or, is it???</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Now the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"real"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; fun begins in the "Rocky Mountain High"!  Barack Husein Obama (BHO) now enters into his &lt;em&gt;"OJT" &lt;/em&gt;(On the Job Training) period, per, Senator Joseph Biden!  Good news for all "Constitutionalists"... BHO grades-out with an "F" for choosing Joe Biden!  But, wait a minute!  Perhaps all that we see is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NOT &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;as it actually will appear!  Here's a little "friendly advice" for all you Hillary Rodham Clinton (HRC) supporters... Give this political strategy a thought (This worked for me while taking on a senior, political/social rival back at the University of Oklahoma in 1978)... You folks are already "in the mix" by having HRC put in nomination for the Presidential roll-call vote (I actually think y'all could pull this one off if you get your act together!)... &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IF&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; this tactic doesn't work... &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How about nominating HRC as the Democrat VP?!?!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  Y'all &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; just ultimately get what you want!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Feeling &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"dissed"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;?  Feeling more like you're &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"%issed"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;?  THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! QUIT YOUR WHINNING &amp;amp; TAKE &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ACTION&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFE!  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"If not now... WHEN??? ... If not you... WHO"???&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Take action... Take it now... Or, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"SHUT THE HELL UP"!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-1419034468924713470?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/1419034468924713470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=1419034468924713470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/1419034468924713470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/1419034468924713470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-osama-obiden-or-is-it.html' title='It&apos;s &quot;Osama O&apos;Biden&quot;!!!  Or, is it???'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-790222408283338903</id><published>2008-06-15T01:09:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-15T17:35:53.305+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Barack Hussein Obama... Any Way You Slice It... He's a Radical Socialist!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc0000;"&gt;As a follow-on to my last piece, specifically dove-tailing on the subject of the rising cost of gasoline... let's take a look at the latest factual evidence that Barack Hussein Obama doesn't have a clue as to how capitalist economics work. I would proffer that if Obama didn't have his anti-American pea-brain stuck up his primary posterior orifice, he wouldn't put forth such policy statements about instituting a "windfall profits tax" on oil companies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Let's take a couple of minutes to see how every "for profit" and "not for profit" business works, and then I think you'll agree that Obama is an economic moron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Let's look at the International Widget Company (IWC). IWC knows that their cost of goods sold is made up of many components which drives them to determine the price at which they will sell their widgets... Raw materials, payroll, payroll taxes, federal taxes, state taxes, all other taxes, capital equipment to turn the raw materials into widgets, accountants, lawyers, governmental licenses &amp;amp; permits, utilities, etc... Well, you get the idea. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;In addition to these considerations there are some other very important factors which socialists like Barack Hussein Obama fail to fathom in the world of capitalist economics. Let's take a look at two basic components which tell the tale of success or failure in the corporate world. In a "for profit", publicly traded company, the two primary metrics are "revenues" and "earnings per share".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Companies routinely advise Wall Street &lt;em&gt;(which also includes working class IRA, mutual fund and 401(k) holders, and the elderly)&lt;/em&gt; how they expect their business to perform over the next several months. Have no doubt! Corporate leaders of IWC &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; meet their numbers! After all, that is how their Board of Directors evaluate their effectiveness in leading the corporation and &lt;em&gt;"delivering the goods"&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;OK... So some &lt;em&gt;"FoolOnCapitolHill"&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Barack Hussein Obama)&lt;/em&gt; decides in their feeble, socialist mind, that IWC has made &lt;em&gt;"obscene profits"&lt;/em&gt; while selling their widgets. And this FOCH tells his fellow FOCHs that they need to teach IWC a lesson and levy a windfall profits tax... And they do! What happens next? &lt;em&gt;(Glad you asked!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;IWC now has several options to consider. Let's explore these option, but remember this... The CEO, CFO, COO and and every other C-level yahoo who is incentivized by making both their revenue &amp;amp; earnings per share number &lt;em&gt;WILL MAKE THEIR NUMBER... NO MATTER WHAT!!!&lt;/em&gt; Have no doubt about that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;So the FOCHs levy a big tax... They expect IWC to pay the tax... If IWC pays the tax, those C-level guys don't hit their numbers &amp;amp; don't get their bonuses &lt;em&gt;(Remember... This AIN'T gonna happen!)&lt;/em&gt; So what is a poor CEO to do? It's just this simple: (A) Raise prices to cover the cost of the tax; (B) Cut expenses; (C) Both. Guess what? "(C)" is what happens more often than not. This means that Barack Hussein Obama &amp;amp; The FOCHs attempt to &lt;em&gt;"punish"&lt;/em&gt; IWC have instead raised prices for widgets, fueled inflation, cost working people their jobs, increased unemployment &amp;amp; unemployment claims, slowed consumer spending and consumption, cost other working class jobs in other businesses which relied upon the laid-off workers from IWC who used to patronize their businesses... &lt;em&gt;Well, you get the idea!&lt;/em&gt; Too bad that Barack Hussein Obama &amp;amp; The FOCHs don't seem to get it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;In other words, trying to "punish" companies for doing what it is they are in business to do never does punish the company... It punishes consumers &lt;em&gt;(The poorest of the poor most of all)&lt;/em&gt; and sets all of us back. And in the process it also negatively impacts the share price of IWC &lt;em&gt;(Or ExxonMobil, Shell, etc...)&lt;/em&gt; which negatively impacts the retirement income of the elderly, school teachers, firefighters... &lt;em&gt;EVERYONE!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;In closing, I believe I can sum this up in the following... &lt;em&gt;"Barack Hussein Obama... Scary As Hell"!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-790222408283338903?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/790222408283338903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=790222408283338903' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/790222408283338903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/790222408283338903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/06/barrack-hussein-obama-any-way-you-slice.html' title='Barack Hussein Obama... Any Way You Slice It... He&apos;s a Radical Socialist!'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-7291324327048368759</id><published>2008-06-09T07:21:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T08:14:35.063+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Perhaps There Is A Silver Lining...</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;There has only been one, truly big news story for the past three weeks... &lt;em&gt;The price of oil hitting $140 per barrel &amp;amp; gasoline skyrocketing past $4.00 per gallon.&lt;/em&gt;  This has been very unnerving to people everywhere, and some have even described their concern &lt;em&gt;as "fear&lt;/em&gt;".  Now, although not having a good idea how high these prices will go can be disconcerting, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the thought of describing the current situation as fearful.  That not withstanding, there is absolutely no doubt that the public is pretty torqued!  And the FOCHs &lt;em&gt;(Fools On Capital Hill)&lt;/em&gt; have heard the hue &amp;amp; cry of the folks back home and promptly subpoenaed the CEOs of the evil oil companies to answer for their criminal, predatory pricing practices.  &lt;em&gt;(Thank, God, that Big Brother is watching out for us!)&lt;/em&gt;  And what did we learn from these hearings?  We all learned just how ignorant &amp;amp; incompetent those FOCHs truly are!  And in the process the FOCHs learned a lesson that most of us were taught as children... &lt;em&gt;Whenever you point a finger at someone assigning blame, there are three fingers pointing back at you!&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Then all Hell started breaking loose as the truth started sinking into our corporate minds.  The blame of rising oil &amp;amp; fuel prices isn't the fault of the evil oil companies... &lt;em&gt;The blame lies with Congress!&lt;/em&gt;  In other words, we the people have been FOCH'd!  No drilling in ANWR... No drilling off the continental shelf on either coast &lt;em&gt;(Although the FOCHs don't seem to have any problem with the Chinese &amp;amp; Cubans doing same off Florida)...&lt;/em&gt; No new refineries in the past 35 years... No new nuclear power plants.  NO!  Nothing allowed that might facilitate energy independence within ten years... &lt;em&gt;OH, NO-O-O!!!  We can't have any of that now, can we?&lt;/em&gt;  No, absolutely not!  It's much more important that we send billions of dollars each and every day to Muslim terrorist states in the middle east, and to psychotic dictators and corrupt politicians in South America and Mexico!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;So, back to the title statement... &lt;em&gt;"Perhaps There Is A Silver Lining..."&lt;/em&gt;  And that silver lining is this:  Polling data out this week overwhelmingly shows that Americans want to drill here... drill now... and are no longer willing to let whiny, emotional, mentally-malformed environmental crybabies rule the day!  We want to take &lt;em&gt;OUR&lt;/em&gt; oil out of &lt;em&gt;OUR&lt;/em&gt; ground &amp;amp; off of &lt;em&gt;OUR&lt;/em&gt; coastlines... Refine it &lt;em&gt;HERE&lt;/em&gt;... Keep &lt;em&gt;OUR&lt;/em&gt; money &lt;em&gt;HERE AT HOME&lt;/em&gt;... And to quit funding terrorist states and hostile foreign governments!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Perhaps there is a silver lining...&lt;/em&gt; But if we all don't take action, that silver lining will probably only turnout to be &lt;em&gt;Fool's Gold!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-7291324327048368759?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/7291324327048368759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=7291324327048368759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7291324327048368759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/7291324327048368759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/06/perhaps-there-is-silver-lining.html' title='Perhaps There Is A Silver Lining...'/><author><name>A Simple American Citizen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17409231452027792516</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_NbvSbZNj7b4/SEGrs2nw76I/AAAAAAAAAAM/GQkmm_IUr4c/S220/gadsden.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951358007530125180.post-4141267557104062634</id><published>2008-05-31T21:47:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-31T22:25:40.353+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In the Beginning...'/><title type='text'>In the Beginning, there was Freedom... And God Saw that Freedom was Good!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Saturday / 31 May 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;This blog is first dedicated to the reestablishment of the fundamental constitutional rights and freedoms which are inherent to all Americans, and to those freedom-loving people around the world who long to live in peace, in pursuit of their dreams and all that their God-given talents will allow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Before I go any further I must Thank my son-in-law for his patience with his "techno-idiot" father-in-law for his help in getting me started with this blog.  Patience is truly one of his virtues... Me, &lt;em&gt;(Not so much!)&lt;/em&gt;.  And as a matter of fact, neither do I gladly suffer fools.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;So, "why", you may ask... Why &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The Spartacus Revolution"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;?  Spartacus was born a free citizen in Thrace (Macedonia) who served in the Roman army, deserted, was hunted down, captured and sold into slavery.  After his gladiatorial training he organized &amp;amp; lead an uprising and escape from bondage, and raised a populist army which defeated Roman Legions on several occasions.  I won't go into the history in any greater detail at this time (you can do that).  My point is that it is time for all citizens to rise-up against those political tyrants in Rome &lt;em&gt;(aka, Washington, D.C.)&lt;/em&gt; and to reclaim our freedoms &amp;amp; basic constitutional rights which have been stripped away from us!  This blog is my vehicle to challenge Rome and to help my fellow countrymen find their voice, and to lend a hand to bring intellect, logic and true historical &lt;em&gt;facts&lt;/em&gt; to the fight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;It is my intention to comment on the political discussion of the day not just by regurgitating that which can read &amp;amp; hear elsewhere.  It is my desire to &lt;em&gt;enhance&lt;/em&gt; the day's discussion and to challenge the &lt;em&gt;status quo&lt;/em&gt; to move beyond that which has been argued to death, recycled and failed.  We need to examine what has been done by Rome and to challenge their failed results, and to &lt;em&gt;demand&lt;/em&gt; action to right their wrongs.  And shame on us if we don't take action to force them to act, and to act in accordance with the Constitution of the United States!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;So I invite you to join in the discussion here at &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Spartacus Revolution!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  It will be fun, thought provoking, and a great exercise in winning back our Freedoms!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;                                 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;T J Jefferson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5951358007530125180-4141267557104062634?l=thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/feeds/4141267557104062634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5951358007530125180&amp;postID=4141267557104062634' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4141267557104062634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5951358007530125180/posts/default/4141267557104062634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thespartacusrevolution.blogspot.com/2008/05/in-beginning-there-was-freedom-and-god.html' title='In the Beginning, there was Freedom... 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