THE NEW BOSTON TEA PARTY

You haven’t heard a whole lot about it; I wonder why? September 11, 12, 13 in Washington, D.C., the American Tea Party is holding another protest against Cap & Trade and higher taxes, among other things.

COMMENTS:

I had the honor of passing a caravan of Tea Party protesters that is making its way from California to Washington D.C. with stops for rallies along the way. They were on Interstate 80 between Reno and Battle Mountain. It was an honor because, I believe, whenever you are in the presence of true American patriots, you can feel the power of freedom flow through your veins.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. How would it affect us if the President shut down the Internet, as Senate Bill 773 will authorize him to do? (Lamar – Jackson, WY)

A. Virtually everything in life flows through the Internet. This is our major security vulnerability today. You couldn’t withdraw money from your bank. You couldn’t buy gas with your credit card. Phones would quit working. Cell phones would go off. Stores couldn’t sell you food, clothing, or other necessities. Airlines couldn’t take your reservations. Our national defense systems would be paralyzed. Electrical power grids would crash. It’s scary.

Q. Why did Eric Holder go against President Obama and decide to investigate the CIA? (Iris – Bloomfield, NY)

A. Because Obama told him to.

Q. Has the SETI site near Burney discovered any signs of intelligent life in space? (Mary – Beiber, CA)

A. They haven’t even discovered any evidence of intelligent life on Earth, yet.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Communism and fascism or nazism, although poles apart in their intellectual content, are similar in this, that both have emotional appeal to the type of personality that takes pleasure in being submerged in a mass movement and submitting to superior authority.” - James A.C. Brown

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/545216/let_freedom_ring/

THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Former Presidential Candidate John McCain last week told a Town Hall Meeting in Arizona that he believes we American patriots need to “take back our country.” He went on to suggest that the time is right, that Americans are ready to do that in a “peaceful revolution.”

COMMENTS:
I’m not particularly a fan of McCain, but I think he’s right on the money in this case. American patriots, you and me, are damned well sick and tired of what government has been doing to us and our way of life for the last 20+ years. All we need is a good, strong, unbending and charismatic leader to show us the way, and I really think that Democrats, Independents and Republicans will come to the aid of our country… in a heartbeat.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What was RFK’s finest moment? (Dick – Reno, NV)
A. He did have some good points, and was a strong advocate for Native Americans, one of the few in the last 200 years. On the lighter side, he made a lengthy and fired up speech in Gallup, New Mexico back when he was about to run for the Presidency himself. The largely Navajo and Hopi audience that was in town for annual Navajo Pow Wow Ceremonials, frequently broke into his speech with cheers of “Hoya! Hoya!” After the event was over, Kennedy was sneaking through the stables in the back on his way to his waiting limo when the Navajo Tribal Chairman advised him not to step in the “hoya.”

Q. Is it true that Ted Kennedy was an alcoholic? (Fred – Bossier City, LA)
A. I don’t know if you’d call him an alcoholic. But, if you have any stock in any liquor company doing business in the United States, I’d sell it right now. They’ve already laid off the graveyard shift at Schenley’s.

Q. I hear that NBC may go off the air? (Grace – Bellingham, WA)
A. Yes. Their ratings have plummeted due to many reasons, including their 120% dedication to the Obama agenda. My dad always told me, “Never let your meat loaf,” and my advice to you is, “Be careful with your peacock.”

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“They, the makers of the Constitution conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone -- the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.” - Justice Louis Brandeis

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXBCFnhsUc&feature=topvideos

SHADY DEATHS LEAD TO RECALLS

Millions of window blinds and shades are being recalled by their manufacturers after deaths of three children who got caught in the cords that make the blinds move up and down. The Consumer Products Safety Commission reports that there were three deaths dating back to 2006.

COMMENTS:
Blinds cause deaths. Blinds should be banned. The 2nd Amendment does not protect blinds. God forbid that anyone should read the directions and keep the cords away from infants and children. Who needs God when the government is here to protect us? (Didn’t Nancy Pelosi say something like that?)

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What was JFK’s finest moment? (Walt – Bmedji, MN)
A. It’s a toss-up between his decisions to pull out on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, which left thousands of Cuban patriots out to dry, or the night he allegedly bedded Marilyn Monroe while his wife Jackie was on her way back to Washington from Hyannis Port.

Q. What is the “Bay of Pigs?” – (Marcus – Stilwell, OK)
A. Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Maxine Waters in the swimming pool.

Q. Where’s the best source of news in the Intermountain area? (Sam – Fall River Mills, CA)
A. “The Intermountain News.” Or, you can ask any one of the many employees at the Burney Barbershop. They’re a cut above the rest.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments: rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the universe.” – John Adams

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E0ycYEGtqU

BYE, BYE KENNEDY ERA?

An era of enormous political and financial power dating back to prohibition years may finally be coming to an end with the death of Teddy Kennedy. Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Sr. (1888 –1969) was a prominent American businessman and political figure, and the father of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, United States Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and grandfather of US Representative Patrick Kennedy. He was a leading member of the Democratic Party and of the Irish Catholic community. He was the inaugural Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later directed the Maritime Commission. He served as the United States Ambassador to Great Britain from 1938 till late 1940, including the early part of World War II.

Born to a political family in Boston, Massachusetts, he embarked on a career in finance, making a large fortune as a stock market and commodity investor and by investing in real estate and a wide range of industries, including bootlegging. Toward the end of Prohibition, Kennedy and James Roosevelt traveled to Scotland to buy distribution rights for Scotch whisky. In addition, Kennedy purchased spirits-importation rights from Schenley, a firm in Canada. The Kennedy’s used their financial fortunes and political power to create a family dynasty unparalleled in modern American history.

COMMENTS:
I’m much too polite to say, “Good riddance.” But, I've never understood how adulterers, manipulators and nefarious characters end up being saints in the graveyard. (Betcha that gets the emails coming!)

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What’s the skinny on that Russian ship that disappeared and reappeared? (Anton – New Brunswick, NS)
A. It’s nice to hear from someone in Canada; that tells me what growth this blog is actually having. Remember that North Korean ship we shadowed for a few weeks that allegedly held nuclear stuff headed for Iran? Then, it abruptly turned around and headed back to its original port? Well, the Russian ship that disappeared and then reappeared is now known to have been carrying “sensitive” cargo. Don’t be surprised if it comes out that the “sensitive” material originated in North Korea. The Russians aren’t particularly friendly with North Korea, but they are very cozy with Iran.

Q. Who was the best chess player in the world? (Fran – Colville, WA)
A. A barber in Las Vegas by the name of Ivan. He never lost a game; if you got close to checkmating him, he always managed to nick your ear with his razor.

Q. There are some good comics around today, but none of them has unified a nation of admirers, as did Jack Benny, Charlie Chaplin, Bob Hope, Will Rogers and those guys. How come? (George – Port Arthur, TX)
A. Today’s comics are largely scripted in advance and work with updated jokes from the old days. The greats were spontaneous, and true artists at their trade. Had Ronald Reagan not been a great President, he would have been very wise to have given up his acting career and to have gone into comedy.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment either is restricted, liberty begins to wither and die.” - John Peter Altgeld

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://video.newsmax.com/?bcpid=20972460001&bclid=22770166001&bctid=35142570001&s=al&promo_code=85F8-1

$24 MILLION IN V.A. BONUSES!!!

http://www.military.com/news/article/August-2009/millions-in-va-bonuses-questioned.html

COMMENTS:
Do you suppose that the $24 million could have been put to better use? Don’t you think that we really need to take our country back from the politicians and bureaucrats who run Washington now? If we all stand together and stand for the same principles, as American Patriots instead of Democrats vs. Republicans, we can get this done.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What is the White House Rose Garden? (Flo – Kansas City, MO)
A. The White House Rose Garden is a garden bordering the Oval Office and the West Wing of the White House. The garden is approximately 125 feet long and 60 feet wide. The garden balances the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden on the east side of the White House Complex. JFK started holding press conferences there, which led to its fame as being a place where a lot of the nation’s major decisions were made or announced. Jimmy Carter really brought fame to the Rose Garden because his initial efforts to end the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981) were a “Rose Garden strategy;” he mostly held discussions with his close advisers in the White House. On July 25, 1994 a declaration of peace between Israel and Jordan was signed in the Rose Garden.

Q. What are “Rose Tinted Glasses?” (Jennie – Rosebud, SD)
A. When you look at something through rose-tinted glasses, things seem to appear much more pleasant. When we look at Washington through rose-tinted glasses, we see smiley faces and representatives of “we the people” who are diligently going about doing their best on behalf of this country. It’s only when you take them off that you see snakes, liars, and narcissism.

Q. I heard that the economy is so bad that the FDIC may collapse and we could lose our money in the banks? (Benjamin – Mesa, AZ)
A. The government agency that insures your deposits could run out of money in December, due to the unprecedented number of bank failures, (that we’re not hearing about). Then, if you're bank went under, you could lose all of your potatoes. But, have no fear; they’re going to replenish the funding with all of the money they’re going to save after they approve the government-run health care plan. (And please, pass the gray poop on.)

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.” – John Adams

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=8386977&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/glennbeck/index.html

THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE V.A. “END OF LIFE” PROGRAM

President Obama, faced with a rising storm of protest over his Government-Run Health Care Plan, came out at Town Hall Meetings to say that no such language was included in The Plan and alluded to the hysteria as being caused by Cable TV, (FOX). Then, Congressional Members, on summer vacation, promised to remove the language that was not there.

The Veterans Administration was preparing to include a controversial chapter on “end of life” decisions for veterans that President Bush put the stop to. But, the current Administration has seen fit to put the language back in, and that is fueling public concerns about the possibility that Obama will sneak the language back in to the Health Care Plan just before the inevitable passage.

COMMENTS:
The public is wise to be skeptical. If us “old farts” would elect to die rather than to live on into our “golden years,” that would solve the issues of Social Security payments, Medicare, and his Government-Run Health Care Plan. Sometimes, I feel like we would have already been lined up next to an open trench and machine-gunned down if they weren’t afraid FOX might cover it.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Who was responsible for the “slight miscalculation” of $2 trillion regarding the national debt, Geithner or Bernanke. (Miles – Ypsilanti, MI)
A. Neither. It is Glenn Beck’s fault for making everyone aware of it; otherwise, it would not exist.

Q. Now that we know for sure that Michael Jackson was murdered, will they finally bury the body? (Sondra – Delta, UT)
A. He’s still drying out, “taking the cure,” so to speak. Who wants to show up at the pearly gates all ripped out?

Q. Why are all of the politicians talking bad about us, calling us un-American, Nazi, evil mongers and other names? (Bea – Sun City West, AZ)
A. Because they expect us to do as they command.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.” – Samuel Adams

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muHg86Mys7I

DEMOCRATS GO AFTER CIA AGENTS

The WASHINGTON POST reports that Attorney General Eric Holder is appointing John H. Durham to head up the investigation into CIA Agents “to review nearly a dozen cases in which CIA employees and contractors may have abused terrorism suspects in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

COMMENTS:
Those responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States that killed over 3,000 people were fully committed to and prepared for more attacks, more deaths, and more destructive acts against us. They do not capture; they maim, behead and kill. When faced with such people and circumstances, we must take all immediate and appropriate steps necessary to protect our nation and its citizens. That we would now question and investigate the actions of those who were in charge at the time puts the actions of future agents at risk and subjects us to their future failure to get the job done due to their fears of such risks and consequences. It also affirms our weaknesses to our enemies.

This step is another in a long series of actions by this Administration that is totally preposterous and dangerous to the continued existence of our country.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. With so many networks and newspapers totally behind President Obama and failing to be objective in reporting what is going on in this country, why are they trying to close down the FOX News Network? (Barney – El Cajon, CA)
A. When you totally control the media and the press, you control the country. The press and media become the government-controlled propaganda machine. FOX tells it like it is and that ticks the President off.

Q. Everyone was so sure there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. What happened? (Charlene – Tukwila, WA)
A. We threatened and advertised the fact that we intended to invade for about a year before we actually went in. Hussein had plenty of time to hide his weapons in Iran or Syria. Either that or David Copperfield showed up.

Q. How can anyone learn anything with all of the drinking, smoking and sex partying going on in college? (Emmy – Cape Coral, FL)
A. That’s why, if you want to be a successful politician, you have to go to college.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." – Edward Abbey

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUVM5pDvQ4s&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.60plus.org%2F&feature=player_embedded#t=60

“WEE-WEED” UP JARGON

Obama said the other night that we shouldn’t get “wee-weed” up over his health care plan. The implication is that we have no business being pissed off, or “wee-weed up.” Just shut up and get out of the way.

COMMENTS:
I hope, at last, that something in this section gets past the censors. I agree with the President completely. The government is in control here, and we all know how very competent the government is at everything it does. Take the Swine Flu vaccine for example. We were told just a few weeks ago that the government had everything under control and that we would have plenty of vaccine to go around. As it turns out, we are going to be 200 million or more doses short, but that is only because there was a “slight miscalculation.” Obama’s Government-Run Health Care Plan will be in good, capable government bureaucratic hands and will actually reduce government spending. So, don’t get all wee-weed up about it.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I think Obama will have to back down; he’s trying to accomplish too much, too fast. (Jorge – Pena Blanca, NM)
A. Obama’s going to back down, all right. He’s going to back your fanny down onto the commode and give you a good dose of his government as a laxative. In case you haven’t noticed, the price of toilet tissue is already going through the roof.

Q. Why is there such a shortage of firefighters on the fires in Greece? (Thor – Redding, CA)
A. They’re all afraid to leave their places in line for government-run health care.

Q. Why are Social Security benefits going down next year? (Abe – Lincoln, CA)
A. Social Security benefits are tied in to the annual Cost of Living Adjustment, (COLA). First the first time in my memory, the economy actually forced the cost of living to go down. While, under the law, Social Security benefits cannot decrease, Medicare premiums are deducted from SS Benefits and premiums are going up, so the net to the recipient will be less. Not to worry… Obama’s government-run health care will significantly reduce benefits to those on Medicare, which means that your out-of-pocket expenses will be going up. See how well everything runs with the government in charge?

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.” -- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)


TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/15523565/1322781786/name/TeaPartyCommercial.wmv

DON’T GET YOUR BOWELS IN AN UPROAR!

It’s a fact that the Town Hall Meetings were all just fluff…a “Dog and Pony Show.” Osama, Reid, and Pelosi have in recent days made it clear that they do have an avenue to get their Health Care Plan legislation passed. We may not like it, but that’s tough. They “will use any means necessary” to get it passed and crammed up your sweet bippees. THEY are the ones who said so, not me.

They don’t care what you evil mongers think. What you need to get into your thick head now, Mr. and Mrs. Un-American, is that this is the way the country is going to be run from now on. What you say doesn’t matter and you soon won't have the avenue to say it, anyway. If you feel like you’ve lost some liberties here, you have. So, just settle down. Don’t get all wee-weed up. You HAD your chance to do something about it, and you blew it, just like the Republicans blew their chances. So, it’s too late.

You have lost control of your life. Get over it.

COMMENTS:

CENSORED

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I hear that READER’S DIGEST is about to bite the dust. What is READER’S DIGEST (Sam – Middlebury, VT)
A. READER’S DIGEST, a magazine with a collection of inspirational short stories and articles aimed at middle America, has fallen on hard times. The internet competition, cost of print and mailing, and declining advertisement revenues have pushed it into red ink. But, they’re not going out of business; they’re reorganizing under the Bankruptcy Act. Too bad…. They’re going about things the right way; otherwise, they might qualify for a bailout.

Q. So many of our nation’s idols have disappointing morals and ethics. How do they get their power and wealth in the first place? (William – Norfolk, NE)
A. Turds always rise to the top of the punchbowl.

Q. After noticing a whole bunch of double-talk and spin on the part of President Obama, I found out that politicians as a whole tend to avoid the truth and to not tell it like it is. Why is that and why do we elect them? Winnie – (McComb, MS)
A. Politicians don’t want to put themselves in a position where someone might ask them why they have changed their position on some issue. Therefore, they try very hard to avoid taking and stating a position on anything and everything. And, if they’re trying to pull the wool over your eyes, they have no hesitation in lying in order to get it done. That happens most frequently when they have made some “under-the-table” deal with someone else that they have to honor, but they want to please the electorate, so they fib. Understand…. I know that the words “honor” and “politician” are oxymorons. The reason we elect them is that we are not paying attention to politics.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!” -- Pericles (430 B. C.)


TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxyhuVqE3AE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffixhealthcarepolicy.com%2Freality%2F&feature=player_embedded

OBAMA REFUSES U.S. OIL DRILLLING IN GULF; SENDS $2 BILLION TO BRAZIL

President Obama and the Democratic Congress have denied any drilling for oil whatsoever in the Gulf of Mexico due to “environmental concerns.” Russia, however, IS drilling in the Gulf of Mexico right under our noses. By rights, that’s oil that we should be drilling for.

Oh, and by the way... Obama is now sending $2 billion in our tax money to Brazil for their off-shore drilling program.

COMMENTS:

CENSORED

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Several recent polls show that the major concern of Americans is reducing the national debt. Health Care is actually 3rd on the list. Why the urgent push on the Health Care? (Roberta – Forks, WA)
A. The messiah’s main concern is Health Care, and he’s the current Premier in charge.

Q. Why don’t we hear about “Mad Cow Disease:” any more? (Orlando – Lubbock, TX)
A. They have managed to isolate of the world’s mad cows in one spot, Washington, DC.

Q. I hear that some of the 9/11 conspirators in Gitmo have been shown pictures of CIA agents, and that raises legal problems? (Art – Provo, UT)
A. The Judge can now rule that their trials are tainted and defense lawyer misconduct has occurred. Look for them to be released and flown home in a Libyan jet while the bagpipes play “GOD BLESS AMERICA.”

TODAY’S QUOTE:
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nUGkEfTtsw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffixhealthcarepolicy.com%2Freality%2F&feature=player_embedded

OBAMA TRIES TO GET RID OF GLENN BECK?

There is an active, well-orchestrated effort to get Glenn Beck off the airwaves. Beck has been openly critical of, and has extensively investigated ACORN for its unethical and possibly criminal activities. The African-American political organization “Color of Change” is calling for advertisers to boycott Beck’s programs and for networks to drop him. The organization’s co-founder, Van Jones, has now been named the White House “Czar” for “Green Jobs.”

Beck has criticized Jones in the past as being a Black Nationalist and avowed Communist. Color Of Change has pressured a growing roster of companies into pulling their ads from Beck's program, including: Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, RadioShack, GEICO, Progressive Insurance, Men's Wearhouse, State Farm, Sargento, Lawyers.com, and Procter & Gamble.

COMMENTS:

CENSORED

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Is it true that a New Zealand man spent 16 months looking for his wedding ring? (Marion - Canby, CA)
A. Yes, he lost it while trying to remove an invasive plant species. He marked the spot and spent 16 months looking for it. On one recent search, he found the ring within inches of the anchor. He’s spent so much time in the water that he looks like a prune. There’s no truth to the rumor that his wife is about to divorce him because she’s discovered that he’s “all wet.”

Q. I hear that the campground fees at Burney Falls State Park are going up to $30. (Manny – Mt. Shasta City, CA)
A. It was either that, or close it. If they close it, who is going to watch the submarines come in?

Q. Isn’t it great that they are having elections in Afghanistan? (Chip – Des Plaines, IL)
A. Not according to the Taliban.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -- Winston Churchill


TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTvNRh4zlP0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffixhealthcarepolicy.com%2Freality%2F&feature=player_embedded

OBAMA, REID, PELOSI THREATEN AMERICANS OVER "THEIR PLAN"

The President has floated the probability that he and the Congress will use their Democratic Majority to defy the Republicans and to force the government-run health care plan down America’s throat whether the citizens want it or not. This possibility has been given increasing and serious consideration by Obama and the White House and, as a “trial balloon,” has been “leaked” to the press and media while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have been actively deriding and name-calling those against “Their Plan.”

COMMENTS:
Fascism now replaces socialism? Obviously, they care more about winning than about getting it right. And, they certainly don’t give a damn about what you and I think. They would rather use the ploy that this is a Republican versus Democrat issue and further divide the country than to give in to the fact that they are making a horrible mistake for America. Another balloon that has been floated is that we, you and I, have a “moral obligation” to go along with “Their Plan.” Listen up, you evil mongers! The messiah is speaking. "Shut up and get out of the way!"

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What would happen if the President and Congress thrust Their Plan on America whether we want it or not? (Mike – Hudson, OH)
A. There is the thought that they are not that stupid. However, if this is truly a matter of wanting to expand government control over the populace, they may well take the risk. I believe that, should this legislation pass, gun control will be next followed by more assaults on religious freedoms.

Q. Why is PETA attacking McDonalds? (Mindee – Bismarck, ND)
A. Because they don’t really understand the meat of the issue.

Q. Why do Americans hide money in Swiss banks? (Fess – Goleta, CA)
A. Because they want to keep their cheese from the rats.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, undefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers.” - John Adams, 1765

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB6XTMPj-os&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afterdowningstreet.org%2Fnode%2F44899&feature=player_embedded#t=21

AARP JOINS WHITE HOUSE SPIN TEAM

President Obama said last week that AARP was on-board and in support of his Government-Run Health Care Plans. The President of AARP later tried to back away from that statement, but the organization now admits that it supports the Plan and goes on to justify their position by relaying they have only lost 50,000 as a result of their support and that 400,000 people renewed their memberships or signed up, while they normally also lose 300,000 members per month.

COMMENTS:
What this all means to me is that they lost 350,000 members since Obama’s pronouncement. Yes, 400,000 may have renewed or signed up, but I don’t know how that figure changes my math. If you have a national organization losing 350,000 members in one month and normally 300,000 members, that adds up to 3,650,000 members lost this year. Make that 3,650,001 for this year; after 15 years of membership, I’m canceling mine and joining the 60 Plus Association, that has views on this and other issues that are closer to mine. (www.60plus.org). If you decide to cancel, don't forget to ask for a refund of the unused portion of your membership.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I know you can go to one of several websites to get prior history on a used car. Why don’t they do that for animals? (Tina – Primm, NV)
A. Members of Congress already have their histories on their own websites and in bar rooms and brothels all over the country. Actually, there’s a new service in Michigan known as “Catfax,” that provides background info on felines. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Most-Recommended-Photos/ss/1750/im:/090817/480/c804a78ab46343daa84b80857791aca8

Q. I hear that there were thousands of Indians living in Arizona and New Mexico in cliff dwellings hundreds or thousands of years ago who just up and disappeared one day, leaving behind their belongings and cooking utensils and everything. Why did they leave and where did they go? (Chaz – Prescott, AZ)
A. They were opposed to the new Government-Run Health Care Plan. Only ACORN knows what happened to them.

Q. I read that the Black Panthers were at some polling places during the November elections and that they were intimidating voters. What’s the story on that? (Wally – Fairfax, VA)
A. They were ticked off that they couldn’t get a job in a Vegas disappearing act. Actually, I only know of one polling place where this happened, and they were subsequently arrested, charged, prosecuted, found guilty…. And had the charges against them dropped and they were released by Attorney General Rahm Emanuel, who has since stone-walled questions on the issue. That's a fact.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.” -- Mark Twain

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://grandrants.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/obamacare-the-musical/

WHITE HOUSE DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR AXELROD EMAILS

The White House has adamantly and finally said that it does not acquire illicit email lists and that it is not responsible if someone other than the recipient added a name to their email lists. It does not explain why those who have been outspoken opponents of Obama’s Government Run Health Care Plan were targeted with “talk down” emails from White House strategist David Axelrod in support of the plan.

COMMENTS: When you get a continuous stream of propaganda, misinformation and outright lies from your government, it really makes you feel warm and fuzzy, doesn’t it? Like, I mean, maybe we’re already a socialist or fascist state?

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Why is it against the law to pray in school? (Mack – Adin, CA)
A. They don’t want Christians and Jews to have any advantage in the overall game plan.

Q. How do you keep a politician from being constipated? (Sam – Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL)
A. Tell them you are a patriot and your ancestors were founding fathers of the country.

Q. How can they force everyone to pay into a Government-Run Health Care Plan? (Walt – Tremonton, UT)
A. How naïve can you be? Every American born in this country gets issued a Social Security number at birth. If your name and number is not listed on the payment rolls, you will be toast, in more ways than one. The health care plan is a direct totalitarian move against you, your spouse and your children. Big Brother IS watching.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.. -- Mark Twain

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD_YOlUBoIk

“INSURANCE COMPANIES AT FAULT FOR HEALTH CARE CRISIS”

Having seen his derision of the populace as being “in the way, un-American, evil-mongering, obstructionist, cable-TV puppets,” fall on deaf ears, President Obama has refocused his anger at the insurance companies, vowing that they will be tarred and feathered by his health reform before the end of the year.

COMMENTS:
In doing so, he has not changed one word in the proposed Government-Run Health Care Program and he hopes that we “dumbed-down” Bible carrying and gun-toting Americans will fall for his latest bucket of misleading rhetoric. Just his scowl of contempt should be enough to send us running for the petticoats of our "misguided ancestors?"

Why Americans expect him to tackle tort reform when he is a lawyer himself is beyond me.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What’s a tort? (Ebenezer – Ontario, CA)
A. That’s a piece of pastry, usually filled with a fruit jell and baked. It’s also an obnoxious, gaseous smell; hence the saying, “Congress is just a house full of tort heads.”

Q. I understand that they are getting rid of the “death squads” and old-age consultations that were mandated by the new Government-run health plan. Is that true? (Sy – Bronx, NY)
A. Since they are out of session, they haven’t yet changed one word. What they say and what they do are more often than not entirely two different things. It’s somewhat akin to saying that the gun isn’t loaded just before they pull the trigger.

Q. How can it be true that the recession is over and the economy is fixed when unemployment continues to soar, retail sales continue to plummet, house foreclosures are at record highs, and Tim Geithner is running around asking for another stimulus and an increase on the ceiling of the national debt? (Merry – Steamboat Springs, CO)
A. Because the messiah says so.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14680

IT SURE IS GREAT TO BE HOME

Traveling out there on the open road may sound like fun, but the beds are too hard or too soft, the food is only “doable” and the beer tastes funny. There was a fire back home while I was gone and the electricity was off for 26 hours. I envisioned coming home to a refrigerator full of maggots; the very last thing I want in life is a bunch of politicians in my fridge.

COMMENTS:
I got lucky; no maggots. The trees and bushes look okay and there is still some haze from the fires around, but it’s basically gone. One thing I did learn is that there are a whole lot of people out there between California and Wyoming who are beyond being fed up with Washington. They’re ticked off about the spending, about the debt, about jobs, about the new take over of our lives through the Government Run Health Care plans. They’re not just ticked off, they’re flat-out pissed off. And, their anger knows no political boundaries…. Republicans, Democrats, Independents… They’re angry.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Is it true that the new Government Run Health Plan will require the government to pay for abortions? (Chester – Rocklin, CA)
A. Yes. In that manner, the government will be able to control who gets born and who doesn’t. I guess that’s the end of the Sarah Palin line….

Q. I got an email from David Axelrod at the White House putting down Americans who are against the proposed Health Care Plan. I’d like to know how they got my email address. (Britney – Center Lisle, NY)
A. Well, you can bet your sweet bippees that they didn’t do it the legal way. When that news came out, they shucked and ducked and waddled all over themselves. I thought the idiot Press Secretary was going to wet his pants! But, get ready for more ugly tricks. They are already in possession of so much information about you that your privacy is now limited to your bathroom, so that’s where you’re going to have to hide your Bibles and your guns.

Q. About that plane and helicopter crash in New York last week… I heard that one of the air traffic controllers was on the phone talking to his wife when it happened? (Sallee – Bristol Bay, AK)
A. Actually, it was his girl friend and she was telling him that she is pregnant and I don’t think his wife knows about it. I heard he’s getting ready to run for Governor of New York….

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.” - Ronald Reagan

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRy-QlQyUw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fyesjoeknows.blogspot.com%2F&feature=player_embedded

RECESSION OVER! ECONOMY FIXED!

That’s what the Tim Geithners and Ben Bernankes of the world are saying. Unemployment dropped like a bullet from 9.5% to 9.4%, while the actual number of those unemployed went up. But, they don’t count the people whose unemployment benefits have run out and are still unemployed. Cars are selling like hotcakes, (Toyota and Honda are smiling from ear to ear). Housing foreclosures in July went up to their highest point in recorded history. The national debt rose by $185+ billion in July and Tim Geithner is asking Congress to raise the ceiling on the national debt. Tax revenues are down due to the great economy and everything is just so rosy.

COMMENTS:
So, why the outright misleading statements about the economy? One of the major concerns about the Government Health Care Plan is the $1.5 trillion + that it’s going to cost…$12 trillion if you multiply that by 9…. The costs of Medicare are 9 times what the government predicted. Painting the economy as being solved and the recession as being over is purely an attempt to use smoke and mirrors to make us think that the bucks are going to be there to fund the new health bureau.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. You have said that you think this plan stinks. Why, and what would you do instead? (Sallie – Bradenton, FL)
A. It moves control of your health decisions from you to faceless bureaucrats at horrible financial cost and leaves senior citizens basically out in the field, left to die. What I would do is to enact tort reform to reduce malpractice insurance costs, provide incentives for college students to enter the medical field, allow the full cost of medical insurance to be deducted from taxable income, break up the health care industry so that doctors don’t own insurance companies, insurance companies don’t own hospitals, Canadian pharmacies can sell drugs in the U.S. to create more competition, and insurance premiums are discounted for those who live healthy lifestyles. For those who are under-employed or unemployed and actively seeking work, I’d tie in some basic health care benefits to their unemployment benefits or public assistance programs. For those who are refusing work or refusing to buy insurance, health benefits should be reduced to zero.

Q. Are conservatives really guilty of trying to stop this Government Health Plan? (Mollie – Portland, ME)
A. Yes. That’s not to say that they are against all plans. They tend to agree that some things regarding health care have to change. For example, most of them agree that scales should be removed from medical offices.

Q. How can we get more energy in this country? (Gladys – Tucson, AZ)
A. One way is to develop a pill that will melt body fat into a flammable liquid. In that manner, you could collect urine instead of sending it down the drain and people would lose weight and be in better health. It’s a guaranteed win-win.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, undefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the characters and conduct of their rulers. - John Adams, 1765

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEtrjx2nztA

AARP ENDORSES GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE PLAN

Then Obama taunts American seniors with the news and AARP issues a denial.

COMMENTS:
Thousands of AARP members are canceling their memberships? They’re probably senile, no longer contributing to society and uninsurable anyway. Damned mobster old farts!

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What does it mean to be “six bricks short of a full load? (Shelly – Casper, WY)
A. To point out that the government runs a louzy mail service while privately run FedEx and UPS run efficient operations and, in the same breath trying to convince Americans that the government can run health care.

Q. Whatever happened to Jimmy Hoffa? (Barney – Annapolis, MD)
A. His government-run health care plan ran out. Isn’t it amazing that the FBI could tell you what time he made a phone call, from what phone, who he called and what was said, 24/7, but they never saw him disappear?

Q. I hear that they have found a birth certificate showing that Obama was born in Kenya. Why isn’t that making the news? (Tessie – Gallup, NM)
A. Because lots of people were born in Kenya.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off. “ - Bob Hope

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.krem.com/video/localnews-index.html?nvid=388412

HIDDEN SUCCESS OF CASH FOR CLUNKERS

The new Federal “Cash for Clunkers” program has been so successful that the original Congressional allocation for the program was gone within a few days. Congress did quickly act to extend the program with another allocation that should last until September at least.

COMMENTS:
Thousands of beat-up old cars on the lawns of houses occupied by Indians and Mexicans all across the country have now been disappearing. Cadillac and SUV sales have shot sky-high as Indians have been able to buy more booze and Mexicans have been able to buy more drugs. This activity has stimulated the economy, causing the unemployment rate to dip to 9.4% in July.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. How do they estimate how many illegal Mexicans are in the country? – (Porky – Green Bay, WI)
A. They drive down the streets in Port Arthur, Texas and count the yards that look immaculate and the ones that don’t and thereby develop a ratio or percentage that they can apply to determine the number of illegals in the country on any given day.

Q. What’s the difference between bullshit and horse manure? (Johnny – Allentown, PA)
A. Bullshit is what guys do while they’re sitting on stools in a bar. Horse manure is what Congress spreads when it tries to convince the public that a bad deal is a good deal.

Q. I hear that the Obama Administration has totally screwed up a plan to move prisoners to a Pennsylvania prison. (Nelly – Mesa, AZ)
A. The Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, (ICE), plans to move 512 occupants of a Texas immigration holding facility to a Berks County, Pennsylvania jail. It’s bad enough that no one bothered to ask anyone in Berks County what they thought of the idea, but they also failed to note that the 84-bed Pennsylvania jail was already overflowing. (These are the great thinkers of our time, the ones who seek to run the government health care plan.)

TODAY’S QUOTE:
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a Congress. -- John Adams

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/08/obama-uses-jobs-report-to_n_254563.html

OBAMA’S THUGS GO AFTER HEALTH CARE PROTESTERS

Members of the SEIU have been showing up at Town Hall Meetings and intimidating those who question and protest about the Government’s Health Care Plan. Thugs have threatened the father of the young man in a wheel chair who has cerebral palsy and who asked direct questions at one town hall meeting. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has identified those Americans who show up to protest as being un-American swastika carrying mobsters. Dan Rather is calling on the President to tell the press and media what and when they can report.

COMMENTS:
This is a sad moment in American History; these are the actions of thugs who would line us up against an open trench and open up with machine-gun fire so they don’t have to listen to us. Their flagrant disregard for the fundamental rights of Americans is pushing this country to the verge of anarchy. Is this deliberate? The only reason I can think of for this continued conduct in the face of an angry country is to create a climate of civil unrest so that they can suspend the Constitution, call in the troops and change the government.

See the entire video clip below.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Given the Town Hall protests, do you think the Government-Run Health Care Plan will actually become a reality? (Milt – Durango, CO)
A. Consider it to be a done deal. Otherwise, they would be listening instead of name-calling.

Q. Do you think there will be a protest in Burney? (Nancy – Round Mountain, CA)
A. Not unless they put in another stop light.

Q. How can people like Nancy Pelosi get away with what they say and do? (Rex – Helena, MT)
A. They keep getting re-elected.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“He who has contempt for his fellow man is contemptuous.” – Unknown Scribbler

TODAY’S VIDEO: (Watch to the End)
http://www.breitbart.tv/father-of-handicapped-son-received-threats-after-confrontation-with-rep-dingell/

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD FAILS TO ACT ON 16 SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS

The NTSB has failed to act on general aviation safety recommendations that could have prevented the tragic collision of a helicopter and a fixed-wing small plane over the Hudson River which resulted in the deaths of nine people.

COMMENTS:
I wasn’t aware that Barney Frankfarter sat on that Board. The real problem here is that general aviation kills people. Planes and choppers should be illegal, except for the military, law enforcement, and care-flights. Such a prohibition would also greatly curtail illegal drug activity. Anyone found guilty of possession of such an aircraft and hiding it in a hangar would be guilty of having a concealed aircraft. The sale of aviation fuel to private individuals or companies should be prohibited. Members of Congress would be exempt from this prohibition.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Why are Congressional Members now canceling Town Hall meetings and refusing to discuss the Health Care Plan with constituents? (Tammy – Hays, KS)
A. If they ignore the public while they are hundreds or thousands of miles away and hiding in their offices in Washington, what makes you think that they want to listen to the public face-to-face in a Town Hall meeting? They are wearing their cram-down health-plan agendas on their sleeves, and the appearance thereon coincidentally looks and smells similar to pigeon dung.

Q. Now Obama is off to Mexico. Why all of the traveling? (Heather – Palmer, AK)
A. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Q. Is it true that Obama wants to jail bloggers and journalists who speak out against his plans? (Marty – Albuquerque, NM)
A. I’ve said it before; you hit the nail on the head. That’s the real reason he wants to get the terrorists out of Gitmo, so he has a place to send his detractors where they won’t have access to the U.S. court system. But, I did hear that he plans to give each one of us a copy of the Koran to study.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P. J. O'Rourke

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/08/05/pelosi_town_hall_protesters_are_carrying_swastikas.html

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION; POLITICAL CORRUPTION

The new Government run Health Plan will provide full health benefits to illegal aliens at the expense of the rest of the taxpayers. Already, it is estimated that the cost to the American public Is $86 billion per year. The Federal government, and the Administration in particular, have not openly revealed what they intend to do about the illegal aliens already in this country. Yet, the guaranteed provision of free health care to illegal aliens will certainly be an intense attraction for more Mexicans to cross the border, especially when you consider the quality of medicine that they get there.

COMMENTS:
Both political parties have been tolerant of the illegal alien problems because they want to use them to vote. Yes, that’s unethical and should be illegal, but it’s a fact. Our politicians are corrupt to the bone.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Members of Congress and the President and Vice-President are refusing to become part of the new Government Health Plan they intend to cram down our throats. How can they get away with that? (Samantha – Sand Point, ID)
A. Yes, that’s unethical and should be illegal, but it’s a fact. It’s called “elitism.” Our politicians are not only corrupt to the bone, but they want to rub your face in it.

Q. Do you think the Republican Party will ever make a comeback? (Marian – Springfield, IL)
A. They had their chance and they blew it. Americans are so disgusted with both parties right now that it will probably require a new, vibrant third party with fresh ideas and genuine concerns for the people to pull us out of this mess. We could start with a beer bust and some chilli dogs.

Q. I heard that they are planning a protest demonstration in Washington D.C. in September. Will that make a difference? (Brette – Belington, WV)
A. The way I see it, with the cost of a hotel room being $200 a night and up if you can find one, with the cost of airfare, taxicabs, food…. Only the rich can afford to be there. The real people, the ones who are hurting and angry, will be stuck at home watching on TV. And, from the way he is acting, I would not be surprised if Obama called in the troops to stop the protests and demonstrations.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.” - Barbara Boxer

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://biggeekdaddy.com/miscvideos/TedNugent.html

VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT “TOWN HALL” MEETINGS

Violence has erupted at several town hall meetings across the country. Russ Carnahan and the Administration are asking members of the S.E.I.U. to show up at Town Hall meetings and to shout down and control the “mobs” of Americans who are protesting against the proposed Government Health Care Plan.

COMMENTS:
“Hussein’s Raiders” strike again. This sounds a tad like modern-day Iran and Hitler’s Germany.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I watched the video you posted yesterday. I’d like to think that the Reverend is a nut case, but most of what he says is true. Is it possible that we could have a revolution? (Mandy – Billings, MT)
A. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Ben Franklin have certainly been revolving in their graves faster than the speed of light!

Q. Why was the electricity off for over 24 hours in the Burney Falls – Clark Creek Road area? (Bill – Burney, CA)
A. Ben Franklin was too busy spinning in his grave to continue producing electricity. The fire near the electrical lines at Lake Britton Dam didn’t help.

Q. Is it possible that President Obama could be removed from office? (Carlos – Slidell, LA)
A. I predicted back in November, after the election, that Obama would not complete a full first term as President. He seems to be doing everything possible to make my prediction come true.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.” - John Adams

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm3KqG71mbw&feature=popular