It is another cold morning here on the farm, so as I reflect by the fire I contemplate the future of our great State of Texas and peripherally of our nation. I was renewed to see a wave of interested and informed people who have stood up to the usurpation of our rights, by the statists in Washington, and voted a majority to what should be the conservative party. Here in Texas, our Texas, we also elected a supermajority in the State House which gave me hope, if not for our nation, at least for our state, until this week. Our fellow citizens, at least a large portion of them, have awakened from their detachment, to inform our rulers that we will come and go at our leisure and seek to derive from the government only the protection to do so. Yet, as I write this note, this conservative body of the Texas Legislature has reelected a Democrat turned Republican to the post of Speaker of the House, a man whose Wife is associated with Planned Parenthood, who appointed just as many Democrats to head committee chairs as Republicans, who blocked many bills aimed at moving our great State to the right, and just happens to be the subject of a criminal probe into illegal political contributions. My Representative Tim Kleinschmidt, and a majority of these alleged conservatives, voted in favor of Speaker Straus even though I and many of his other supporters informed him of our opposition. His statement “that he was honoring his word”, in effect forces him to dishonor his word to those of us who supported him. Of course he did not appreciate that point, or when I asked if the $435,000 he received from Speaker Straus was money well spent. So Texas the last bastion of real conservatism has moved directly to the center again, with little chance of real legislation on immigration, taxation, or protection from the oppression from Washington. There are currently more Hispanics (many from illegal parents) in the Texas School System than any other group, many local Hospitals have closed due to the burden of illegal’s using the emergency rooms as primary care facilities, and in the largest taxpayer supported hospitals in the state, over 70% of all births are to illegal immigrants, accounting for over 11,000 anchor babies every year, at parkland hospital, the Dallas hospital where President Kennedy was taken, alone. Many of these reelected establishment Republicans are now floating a tax increase idea, even while on the door to almost any store here you can find the sticker advertising Texas’s version of the welfare card, written in Spanish. Our budget shortfall could be anywhere from $10, to $30 billion dollars this year.
So while Texas sinks into the mire the federal law of the land is still that I must purchase a product, for my own good, negotiated and deemed acceptable by a government functionary with an I.Q. of maybe 100, to encompass my every need, whether I need or not. If I were to refuse, I would suffer the "police power" of the government by their authority to issue a warrant, regardless of the severity of the crime, by which allowing the government to restrain me by any means necessary, to facilitate my subordination. Is it such a stretch to say that we might all be driving government motors vehicles to save a nationalized company and their invasive labor union, under threat of incarceration? Is it unwarranted for me to worry when Al the Goracle states that "climate change is the vehicle to global governance" just because I cannot purchase a old fashioned light bulb, in favor of a mercury bulb? I don’t know which is more worrisome to me, that George Soros, the self proclaimed god, who may or may not be the devil incarnate, wishes for American Citizens to acquiesce our constitutional freedoms for the sake of a new World Government, OR that he has full access to the White House. Should I worry about the conclusions from the congressional report on Electromagnetic Pulse, that the Forstchen/Gingrich book “one second after” illustrates, which are similar to the effects of an x class solar flare striking earth as in the 1859 Carrington event, has done nothing to spur the government to prepare, when it is estimated that a very large majority of Americans will perish from dehydration, starvation, riots, and or looters. Should I worry about mystery missiles from nowhere, or falling birds? Should I be concerned about $5/gallon gas prices again, which as I recall was the catalyst for our current crisis? Should we fear the possibility of an inflationary depression what with all of the money printing, rising commodity prices, and prevalent underemployment? Is the $14+trillion debt a national security risk? Should we fear the future filled with nuclear power terrorist states like Iran and Syria? How about the one way Iranian air flight from Tehran to Mexico, every Monday, combined with our lack of border control?
Our government has a record of treating problems by creating more problems. I call it the broken finger fix. Imagine you sprain your ankle, and it hurts to walk. Well under Obamacare a bureaucrat from Washington shows up steals your property and breaks your finger. So while your ankle pain is no longer your main concern, he walks away stating “it works every time”. As an example the income tax was to be temporary and never to exceed 4%. The Department of Education formed under President Jimmy Carter has presided over an increase in dropouts and a stagnant record on test scores for the life of this agency, while the budget has increased from $14,000,000 in 1980 to $68,574,592. The Department of Energy created to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, it now employees 16,000 federal union employees with pensions, with an average federal salary $25,000 over the national average, approximately 100,000 contract employees, and an annual budget of $24,000,000,000. yes that is Billions. The Postal Service is $8,000,000,000 over budget this past year, and $2,000,000,000 from 2009 makes an even $10 billion. Do I need to mention all of the Katrina/ Rita f.e.m.a. trailers for sale along every road in Texas?
Fellow citizens we stand at a precipice with the wind at our back, while the federal and state governments are presented with real problems, with serious consequences for our nation, and the lack of fortitude to honestly and factually deal with them. We now live in a land governed by the weak, and selfish, populated by the ignorant and apathetic, and surrounded by the evil and the jealous. Our only hope in the natural realm is in upright, strong, and honest people, unfortunately there are apparently very few of them.
http://empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.pdf
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
tragedy and the predictable response of gun control
the news of the shooting of congresswoman giffords, the federal judge, and especially the nine year old girl, among others, is disheartening to say the least. i have opposed the democrats at almost every turn of their pens, even to the point of all out rage. yet my civilized side said no. i have yelled and screamed at
the lies and innuendo directed at the conservative citizens of this nation, yet my better judgment has always prevailed. i have railed and cried at what these democrats have done to our republic, yet my gun is still silent. to this day sen. kennedy's car has still killed more people than my gun. now we sit watching
the aftermath scroll on the ticker, the talking heads interviewing every congress person who has ever served in arizona, and the left screams. gov. palin is at fault for her quip "reload", the right is at fault for our promotion of the second amendment, and fox news is at fault for driving this person over the edge. i have a
news flash for you, he was already over the edge. tragedies like this one inevitably always turn the debate to guns, and the lefts compassion for the victims, with of course the complicity of the new york state media types, who for the life of them do not understand what all the fuss is about guns. i feel like the amazing kreskin, after the obligatory period of mourning the left will trot out its victims and call for congress to do something about the availability of assault weapons, the prevalence of gun shows, and the need for a ban on handguns. what these champions of the public welfare always fail to herald is that for every life taken in gun violence, many more are saved from violence by the use of a firearm.
Guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year -- or about 6,850 times a day, according to Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, in "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense With a Gun".
This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives, according to the "national safety council" there are only about 30,000 deaths attributed to firearms, from murder, and accidents.
here are a few more facts for the advocates of gun control,
A.
Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year,an overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound
his/her attacker.(kleck)
* As many as 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse.(kleck)
* Even anti-gun Clinton researchers concede that guns are used 1.5 million times annually for self-defense. According to the Clinton Justice Department, there are as many as 1.5 million cases of self-defense every year. The National Institute of Justice published this figure in 1997 as part of "Guns in America" -- a study which was authored by noted anti-gun criminologists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig.
* Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606).6 And readers of Newsweek learned that "only 2 percent of civilian shootings involved an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal. The 'error rate' for the police, however, was 11 percent, more than five times as high."
* Handguns are the weapon of choice for self-defense. Citizens use handguns to protect themselves over 1.9 million times a year. Many of these self-defense handguns could be labeled as "Saturday Night Specials."
B. Concealed carry laws help reduce crime
* Nationwide: one-half million self-defense uses. Every year, as many as one-half million citizens defend themselves with a firearm away from home.
* Concealed carry laws are dropping crime rates across the country. A comprehensive national study determined in 1996 that violent crime fell after states made it legal to carry concealed firearms. The results of the study showed:
* States which passed concealed carry laws reduced their murder rate by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%; and
* If those states not having concealed carry laws had adopted such laws in 1992, then approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and over 11,000 robberies would have been avoided yearly.
* Vermont: one of the safest five states in the country. In Vermont, citizens can carry a firearm without getting permission... without paying a fee... or without going through any kind of government-imposed waiting period. And yet for ten years
in a row, Vermont has remained one of the top-five, safest states in the union -- having three times received the "Safest State Award."
* Florida: concealed carry helps slash the murder rates in the state. In the fifteen years following the passage of Florida's concealed carry law in 1987, over 800,000 permits to carry firearms were issued to people in the state.13 FBI reports show that the homicide rate in Florida, which in 1987 was much higher than the national average, fell 52% during that 15-year period --
thus putting the Florida rate below the national average.
* Do firearms carry laws result in chaos? No. Consider the case of Florida. A citizen in the Sunshine State is far more likely to be attacked by an alligator than to be assaulted by a concealed carry holder.
1. During the first fifteen years that the Florida law was in affect alligator attacks outpaced the number of crimes committed by carry holders by a 229 to 155 margin.
2. And even the 155 "crimes" committed by concealed carry permit holders are somewhat misleading as most of these infractions resulted from Floridians who accidentally carried their firearms into restricted areas, such as an airport.
C. Criminals avoid armed citizens
* Kennesaw, GA. In 1982, this suburb of Atlanta passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in Kennesaw, compared to the modest 10.4% drop in Georgia as a whole.
* Ten years later (1991), the residential burglary rate in Kennesaw was still 72% lower than it had been in 1981, before the law was passed.
* Nationwide. Statistical comparisons with other countries show that burglars in the United States are far less apt to enter an occupied home than their foreign counterparts who live in countries where fewer civilians own firearms. Consider the
following rates showing how often a homeowner is present when a burglar strikes:
1.Homeowner occupancy rate in the gun control countries of Great Britain, Canada and Netherlands: 45% (average of the three countries); and,
2.Homeowner occupancy rate in the United States: 12.7%.
* Orlando, FL. In 1966-67, the media highly publicized a safety course which taught Orlando women how to use guns. The result: Orlando's rape rate dropped 88% in 1967, whereas the rape rate remained constant in the rest of Florida and the nation.
* Nationwide. In 1979, the Carter Justice Department found that of more than 32,000 attempted rapes, 32% were actually committed. But when a woman was armed with a gun or knife, only 3% of the attempted rapes were actually successful.Justice Department study:
* 3/5 of felons polled agreed that "a criminal is not going to mess around with a victim he knows is armed with a gun.
* 74% of felons polled agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime."
* 57% of felons polled agreed that "criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police."
so as i was saying this tragedy is just that a tragedy, nothing more nothing less, and the weapon of choice is just a tool in the hands of a selfish person who obviously lacks empathy with his fellow man. lets not act in haste to erode the one right which secures the remainder of our rights under the constitution. ask
yourself this question that i often ask gun control advocates, do
pencils misspell words? a big thanks to Gun Owners of America for the info.
http://gunowners.org/sk0802.htm
here are some different figures from a known gun control advocate, which shows similar results to the above statistics.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/165476.txt
• [The] truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is. Speech in the House of Commons, May 17, 1916 Winston Churchill
the lies and innuendo directed at the conservative citizens of this nation, yet my better judgment has always prevailed. i have railed and cried at what these democrats have done to our republic, yet my gun is still silent. to this day sen. kennedy's car has still killed more people than my gun. now we sit watching
the aftermath scroll on the ticker, the talking heads interviewing every congress person who has ever served in arizona, and the left screams. gov. palin is at fault for her quip "reload", the right is at fault for our promotion of the second amendment, and fox news is at fault for driving this person over the edge. i have a
news flash for you, he was already over the edge. tragedies like this one inevitably always turn the debate to guns, and the lefts compassion for the victims, with of course the complicity of the new york state media types, who for the life of them do not understand what all the fuss is about guns. i feel like the amazing kreskin, after the obligatory period of mourning the left will trot out its victims and call for congress to do something about the availability of assault weapons, the prevalence of gun shows, and the need for a ban on handguns. what these champions of the public welfare always fail to herald is that for every life taken in gun violence, many more are saved from violence by the use of a firearm.
Guns are used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year -- or about 6,850 times a day, according to Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, in "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense With a Gun".
This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives, according to the "national safety council" there are only about 30,000 deaths attributed to firearms, from murder, and accidents.
here are a few more facts for the advocates of gun control,
A.
Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year,an overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound
his/her attacker.(kleck)
* As many as 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse.(kleck)
* Even anti-gun Clinton researchers concede that guns are used 1.5 million times annually for self-defense. According to the Clinton Justice Department, there are as many as 1.5 million cases of self-defense every year. The National Institute of Justice published this figure in 1997 as part of "Guns in America" -- a study which was authored by noted anti-gun criminologists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig.
* Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606).6 And readers of Newsweek learned that "only 2 percent of civilian shootings involved an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal. The 'error rate' for the police, however, was 11 percent, more than five times as high."
* Handguns are the weapon of choice for self-defense. Citizens use handguns to protect themselves over 1.9 million times a year. Many of these self-defense handguns could be labeled as "Saturday Night Specials."
B. Concealed carry laws help reduce crime
* Nationwide: one-half million self-defense uses. Every year, as many as one-half million citizens defend themselves with a firearm away from home.
* Concealed carry laws are dropping crime rates across the country. A comprehensive national study determined in 1996 that violent crime fell after states made it legal to carry concealed firearms. The results of the study showed:
* States which passed concealed carry laws reduced their murder rate by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%; and
* If those states not having concealed carry laws had adopted such laws in 1992, then approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and over 11,000 robberies would have been avoided yearly.
* Vermont: one of the safest five states in the country. In Vermont, citizens can carry a firearm without getting permission... without paying a fee... or without going through any kind of government-imposed waiting period. And yet for ten years
in a row, Vermont has remained one of the top-five, safest states in the union -- having three times received the "Safest State Award."
* Florida: concealed carry helps slash the murder rates in the state. In the fifteen years following the passage of Florida's concealed carry law in 1987, over 800,000 permits to carry firearms were issued to people in the state.13 FBI reports show that the homicide rate in Florida, which in 1987 was much higher than the national average, fell 52% during that 15-year period --
thus putting the Florida rate below the national average.
* Do firearms carry laws result in chaos? No. Consider the case of Florida. A citizen in the Sunshine State is far more likely to be attacked by an alligator than to be assaulted by a concealed carry holder.
1. During the first fifteen years that the Florida law was in affect alligator attacks outpaced the number of crimes committed by carry holders by a 229 to 155 margin.
2. And even the 155 "crimes" committed by concealed carry permit holders are somewhat misleading as most of these infractions resulted from Floridians who accidentally carried their firearms into restricted areas, such as an airport.
C. Criminals avoid armed citizens
* Kennesaw, GA. In 1982, this suburb of Atlanta passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in Kennesaw, compared to the modest 10.4% drop in Georgia as a whole.
* Ten years later (1991), the residential burglary rate in Kennesaw was still 72% lower than it had been in 1981, before the law was passed.
* Nationwide. Statistical comparisons with other countries show that burglars in the United States are far less apt to enter an occupied home than their foreign counterparts who live in countries where fewer civilians own firearms. Consider the
following rates showing how often a homeowner is present when a burglar strikes:
1.Homeowner occupancy rate in the gun control countries of Great Britain, Canada and Netherlands: 45% (average of the three countries); and,
2.Homeowner occupancy rate in the United States: 12.7%.
* Orlando, FL. In 1966-67, the media highly publicized a safety course which taught Orlando women how to use guns. The result: Orlando's rape rate dropped 88% in 1967, whereas the rape rate remained constant in the rest of Florida and the nation.
* Nationwide. In 1979, the Carter Justice Department found that of more than 32,000 attempted rapes, 32% were actually committed. But when a woman was armed with a gun or knife, only 3% of the attempted rapes were actually successful.Justice Department study:
* 3/5 of felons polled agreed that "a criminal is not going to mess around with a victim he knows is armed with a gun.
* 74% of felons polled agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime."
* 57% of felons polled agreed that "criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police."
so as i was saying this tragedy is just that a tragedy, nothing more nothing less, and the weapon of choice is just a tool in the hands of a selfish person who obviously lacks empathy with his fellow man. lets not act in haste to erode the one right which secures the remainder of our rights under the constitution. ask
yourself this question that i often ask gun control advocates, do
pencils misspell words? a big thanks to Gun Owners of America for the info.
http://gunowners.org/sk0802.htm
here are some different figures from a known gun control advocate, which shows similar results to the above statistics.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/165476.txt
• [The] truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is. Speech in the House of Commons, May 17, 1916 Winston Churchill
Friday, January 7, 2011
who am I?
i first wrote this the day they passed obamacare, a very dark day for america
WHO AM I?
oft i was quoted and revered to the word
my screams for freedom are gone now unheard
we were Joined in the battle these many many years
squared were my shoulders as were my peers
in defense of our future we stood for what’s right
even as brightness settled down for the night
darkness descended and smothered us with fear
resting my weary I’s they being no use to me here
for evil is strong and he rules this land
with paper and type how oppressive his hand
attrition our path to stem satan’s tide
but each of his blows diminished my pride
in my left ear comes the buglers call
charge is the order a charge by them all
an army of black extends out its reach
like a flood flowing over and into the breach
fewer and fewer defenders an insurmountable cost
Overtaken by apathy I and our nation now lost
falling to the ground wounded and broken
i hold to the word that my authors have spoken
my joy is expired and all hope from me flees
with but one choice to make i fall to my knees
beset by mine enemies encompassed about
for the lord is my refuge my only redoubt
this land is overrun this land that i love
we have one hope alone salvation from above
i am defeated by ignorance, and beaten by fools
in the hand of evil they are but fit tools
my heart sinks away my pulse beating weak
the folly of this world now nearing its peak
as caesar sits high in his house painted white
our benefactors prescribe a diet of shite
no longer do the people strive on their own
our great fearless leader the way he has shown
entitlements and benefits offered en mass
corruption and lies ensure it will pass
social and economic justice their theory and goal
the liberties of our children now dashed on the shoal
how quaint the ideas we’ve had from the start
the foundation of the system that set us apart
for everyone knows the tale of the fish
if dependence is given, then self reliance my wish
i did not instruct to eat day by day
but to learn to fish as that was our way
the assault carried through to the heart of the nation
and the blind follow now with a standing ovation
as i lay on the field i see all is naught
for this is the end just as i was taught
my words antiquated and my meaning distorted
the headline to read as the conspirators reported
victory for progress as they are not bound
traditional values can no longer be found
for all men were created equal and free
freedom is gone for the sake of equality
labored and dense my breath starts to slow
my strength fails to hold wait no more I must go
sorrow fills my mind as I slip from this place
what an unfortunate way to finish the race
WHO AM I?
oft i was quoted and revered to the word
my screams for freedom are gone now unheard
we were Joined in the battle these many many years
squared were my shoulders as were my peers
in defense of our future we stood for what’s right
even as brightness settled down for the night
darkness descended and smothered us with fear
resting my weary I’s they being no use to me here
for evil is strong and he rules this land
with paper and type how oppressive his hand
attrition our path to stem satan’s tide
but each of his blows diminished my pride
in my left ear comes the buglers call
charge is the order a charge by them all
an army of black extends out its reach
like a flood flowing over and into the breach
fewer and fewer defenders an insurmountable cost
Overtaken by apathy I and our nation now lost
falling to the ground wounded and broken
i hold to the word that my authors have spoken
my joy is expired and all hope from me flees
with but one choice to make i fall to my knees
beset by mine enemies encompassed about
for the lord is my refuge my only redoubt
this land is overrun this land that i love
we have one hope alone salvation from above
i am defeated by ignorance, and beaten by fools
in the hand of evil they are but fit tools
my heart sinks away my pulse beating weak
the folly of this world now nearing its peak
as caesar sits high in his house painted white
our benefactors prescribe a diet of shite
no longer do the people strive on their own
our great fearless leader the way he has shown
entitlements and benefits offered en mass
corruption and lies ensure it will pass
social and economic justice their theory and goal
the liberties of our children now dashed on the shoal
how quaint the ideas we’ve had from the start
the foundation of the system that set us apart
for everyone knows the tale of the fish
if dependence is given, then self reliance my wish
i did not instruct to eat day by day
but to learn to fish as that was our way
the assault carried through to the heart of the nation
and the blind follow now with a standing ovation
as i lay on the field i see all is naught
for this is the end just as i was taught
my words antiquated and my meaning distorted
the headline to read as the conspirators reported
victory for progress as they are not bound
traditional values can no longer be found
for all men were created equal and free
freedom is gone for the sake of equality
labored and dense my breath starts to slow
my strength fails to hold wait no more I must go
sorrow fills my mind as I slip from this place
what an unfortunate way to finish the race
the "christ"mas poem
As tender reeds we, who are all bent,
For unto us a child was born and sent,
A child, a man, a king, a lamb to lament,
Foretold of pain and sacrifice yet still he went,
Perfect and righteous upright in all his days,
Humility and faith are the lesson of his ways,
Love to one another over ourselves his life displays,
Our wages immense, we all falling short, in love he pays,
With a kiss, betrayed for but thirty silver the cost,
Marred beyond any man his appearance and form lost,
Save nothing for himself he carried that old rugged cross,
His mother and Mary weeping at the inescapable loss,
This holy vessel bruised tired and frail,
Into the beams hewn with malice went the final nail,
Hanging between thieves still with love he would wail,
“For it is done” at the end he knew he would prevail,
The earth shook; the sky grew dark, and behold the quivering lips,
The veil in the temple was wrent up and down with rips,
And with a sharpened spear plunged into his lifeless hips,
Blood and water brought forth that most precious of gifts,
Removed far from us our guilt and shame,
By the grace of god he forgives our blame,
Will he not leave ninety nine for one of the same?
Oh my lord Jesus Christ what a beautiful name!
For unto us a child was born and sent,
A child, a man, a king, a lamb to lament,
Foretold of pain and sacrifice yet still he went,
Perfect and righteous upright in all his days,
Humility and faith are the lesson of his ways,
Love to one another over ourselves his life displays,
Our wages immense, we all falling short, in love he pays,
With a kiss, betrayed for but thirty silver the cost,
Marred beyond any man his appearance and form lost,
Save nothing for himself he carried that old rugged cross,
His mother and Mary weeping at the inescapable loss,
This holy vessel bruised tired and frail,
Into the beams hewn with malice went the final nail,
Hanging between thieves still with love he would wail,
“For it is done” at the end he knew he would prevail,
The earth shook; the sky grew dark, and behold the quivering lips,
The veil in the temple was wrent up and down with rips,
And with a sharpened spear plunged into his lifeless hips,
Blood and water brought forth that most precious of gifts,
Removed far from us our guilt and shame,
By the grace of god he forgives our blame,
Will he not leave ninety nine for one of the same?
Oh my lord Jesus Christ what a beautiful name!
beware dangerous disease, spreading like widfire.
beware dangerous disease spreading like wildfire
• recent studies have shown, that there are segments of the population that are at high risk of contracting Palin Derangement Syndrome.
there are common risk factors that contribute to the spread of this horrendous disease around the globe. patients usually present with the following;
1. poor critical thought processes
2. usually a deficiency in civility
3. an acute oral type diarrhea
4. ironically a seizure of the sphincter muscle often accompanies the above #3
4. 98% of patients have a severe congenital leg deformity causing the patient to lean to the extreme left
this condition is at epidemic levels and continues to affect nearly 30% of those exposed.
usually a patient will experience a sense of complete dissatisfaction, bordering on profound vitriolic resentment all over the body centering in the enlarged frontal lobe. there will be noticeable decrease in the corners of the mouth and substantial tightening of the extremities resulting often in to a clenching of the fists. the teeth will show some a bit of rabidity and the patient might need sedation to control the symptoms.
the only treatment for this disease shown to have any effect is an intense program of rehabilitation and reeducation where the patient is taught to reuse the right side of the brain, where most higher functioning is is performed.
good luck and help us to stamp out this horrendous disease.
are you prepared?
another cold morning here so i am reflecting by the fire. as i contemplate the future of our great state and that of our nation in relation to our own personal future i am both excited and distressed at the same time. i see a wave of interested and informed people who have stood up to the serfdom being sold to our citizenry, and i feel there is hope, at least in the short term. but the hope is not that this nation will recover, or that our fellow citizens will awake from their detachment, but that our great state will finally stand up to the usurpation of our rights as citizens to divine our own path in life. our existence in this world, no matter your feelings about faith, is the exclusive domain of our own design, not to serve a government, or political entity. we come and go at our leisure and derive from the government only the protection to do so. anymore than that is a form of slavery, albeit slight, but slavery none the less. and no matter how incomprehensible it may be no one can be a slave without their consent. so as i write this note, the law of the land is that i must purchase a product, for my own good, negotiated and deemed acceptable by a government functionary with an i.q. of maybe 100, to encompass my every need, whether i need or not, and if i refuse, i will suffer the "police power" of the government up to and including incarceration."police power" as i understand it, as i am no purveyor of the law, is the difference between life and death. the government has the authority to restrain you by any means necessary, if a warrant is issued, regardless of the severity of the crime, say for instance refusing to purchase a government mandated product. is it such a stretch to say that we might all be driving government motors vehicles to save a nationalized company and their invasive labor union? is it unwarranted for me to worry when al the goracle states that "climate change is the vehicle to global governance" because he no longer has influence from his $9,000,000 beach front home? should i worry more that george soros, the self proclaimed god, who may or may not be the devil incarnate, wishes for american citizens to acquiesce their first, second, fourth, and tenth amendment freedoms for the sake a new world government, OR that he has full access to the white house and the president. i am torn. we live in a land governed by the weak, and selfish, populated by the ignorant and apathetic, and surrounded by the evil and the jealous. our only hope in the natural realm is in upright, strong, and honest people.
i live in washington county, tx with a population of around 60,000 people. of those 60,000 only about 14000 vote and far fewer, possibly less than 10% will ever communicate with their elected representatives. so out of 60,000 citizens around 1000 will affect governance either for more or for less. for those who see things in gray scale, either government gets larger or smaller there is no middle ground here. the income tax was to be temporary and never to exceed 4%. the department of education formed under president jimmy carter has presided over an increase in dropouts and a stagnant record on test scores for the life of this agency, and the budget has increased from $14,000,000 in 1980 to $68,574,592. the department of energy was also formed under president jimmy carter to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, it now employees 16,000 federal union employees/pensions/ with an average federal salary $25,000 over the national average, approximately 100,000 contract employees, and an annual budget of $24,000,000,000. yes that is billions. the postal service is $8,000,000,000 over budget this past year, and $2,000,000,000 from 2009 makes an even $10 billion. do i need to mention all of the katrina/ rita f.e.m.a. trailers for sale on a roadside near you? the founders knew that a strong federal government would be cumbersome and unwieldy, so they institutionalized the rights of the citizens in the various states to regulate our own affairs, under the tenth amendment, preferring debate to occur in austin rather than washington where most cannot afford to travel. the design was such that if california wanted gay marriage, let them vote for it, and we are not required to recognize their law in texas. in 1800 you were a citizen of the united states by being a citizen of your specific state, and in 2011you are now a nationalized citizen, conditioning you to central planning and distant government. the seventeenth amendment was enacted to remove from the states the concept of a republic and replace it with democracy, which as marx states, "is the road to socialism". in 1942 in Wickard v. Filburn the supreme court, which had been packed by president roosevelts cronies, ruled that you cannot grow wheat, regardless of its final destination, on your own land, if the u.s.d.a. does not want you to. under stare decisis, the legal profession uses precedent not the constitution to interpret current law, thereby allowing us to extrapilate that you in fact do not own your land, under penalty of law and pursuant to the police power of the government. the same is true of taxation on property valuation. if you do not pay your taxes the sherriff will excort you off your land either dead or alive, as the taxing authority is the true owner of the land. this is not what the founders had in mind, and the longer we let this problem metastisize, the more painful it will be to excise it. i have hope for our great state of texas, assuming we can oust speaker straus, but i fear for the remainder of the world. in the bible i believe we are the "restrainer" who protects isreal from its enemies. unfortunately the restrainer is removed, allowing isreal to be "encompassed by armies" and signaling our involvement in the great tribulation, from which you either die or meet the lord upon his return.the question to me is how is the restrainer removed? (the "katrina effect" meaning troops deployed to a neighborhood near you, hereafter to be known as "chaos").\
economic collapse - $15 trillion dollar debt - bank failures- f.d.i.c. failure- monetary instability = chaos,
inflationary depression - high food and energy prices/ low wages- (rev6-2lbs of wheat for a day’s wages)=chaos
electromagnetic pulse attack -loss of the electrical grid until china builds new transformers for us( never) = chaos
x class solar flare(solar maximum 2012)- same as e.m.p.=chaos
civil war - federal troops used to force capitulation of the conservative right = chaos
class warfare by the communists and anarchists bent on fomenting rebellion (a.k.a. cloward & piven strategy)=chaos
take your pick and feel free to comprise your own. i by no means have a monopoly on pathways to destruction. whichever method you choose, remember we (at least we lucky few) are texans, and in the immortal words of gary p. nunn,
"when a texan fancies he'll take his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure"!
so in summary i urge you to wake from your slumber, engage the weak minded among us, stand for the law as it was founded, where all men are equal in the eyes of god, and the law, and government serves us. for if we allow them 1 inch in kindness they will pervert and destroy us through patience and flattery, just as they have done. we stand, in the breach for faith and freedom as the last place on the planet where a person can speak their mind, and defend their speech with arms. no other nation has this right in all of the world, only america.why do you think the u.s.a. is different?
are we a blessed nation when christians are just as likely to sin as non christians? the divorce rate among christians is no different from the non believing population. the adultery, and fornication rates are staggering. a percentage of pastors do not even believe in god. how are we different than sodom with our gay pride parades, and sexual perversions? our nation was founded by an intelligent, and religious people, who were serious about life, and they i am sure are dissappointed in our lethargy and selfishness. so as i stated earlier, hope tempered in despair, or is it despair tempered with hope. either way the path is arduous, and only the strong and/ or prepared will survive it. are you?
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, the gospel of envy, and its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery
i live in washington county, tx with a population of around 60,000 people. of those 60,000 only about 14000 vote and far fewer, possibly less than 10% will ever communicate with their elected representatives. so out of 60,000 citizens around 1000 will affect governance either for more or for less. for those who see things in gray scale, either government gets larger or smaller there is no middle ground here. the income tax was to be temporary and never to exceed 4%. the department of education formed under president jimmy carter has presided over an increase in dropouts and a stagnant record on test scores for the life of this agency, and the budget has increased from $14,000,000 in 1980 to $68,574,592. the department of energy was also formed under president jimmy carter to lessen our dependence on foreign oil, it now employees 16,000 federal union employees/pensions/ with an average federal salary $25,000 over the national average, approximately 100,000 contract employees, and an annual budget of $24,000,000,000. yes that is billions. the postal service is $8,000,000,000 over budget this past year, and $2,000,000,000 from 2009 makes an even $10 billion. do i need to mention all of the katrina/ rita f.e.m.a. trailers for sale on a roadside near you? the founders knew that a strong federal government would be cumbersome and unwieldy, so they institutionalized the rights of the citizens in the various states to regulate our own affairs, under the tenth amendment, preferring debate to occur in austin rather than washington where most cannot afford to travel. the design was such that if california wanted gay marriage, let them vote for it, and we are not required to recognize their law in texas. in 1800 you were a citizen of the united states by being a citizen of your specific state, and in 2011you are now a nationalized citizen, conditioning you to central planning and distant government. the seventeenth amendment was enacted to remove from the states the concept of a republic and replace it with democracy, which as marx states, "is the road to socialism". in 1942 in Wickard v. Filburn the supreme court, which had been packed by president roosevelts cronies, ruled that you cannot grow wheat, regardless of its final destination, on your own land, if the u.s.d.a. does not want you to. under stare decisis, the legal profession uses precedent not the constitution to interpret current law, thereby allowing us to extrapilate that you in fact do not own your land, under penalty of law and pursuant to the police power of the government. the same is true of taxation on property valuation. if you do not pay your taxes the sherriff will excort you off your land either dead or alive, as the taxing authority is the true owner of the land. this is not what the founders had in mind, and the longer we let this problem metastisize, the more painful it will be to excise it. i have hope for our great state of texas, assuming we can oust speaker straus, but i fear for the remainder of the world. in the bible i believe we are the "restrainer" who protects isreal from its enemies. unfortunately the restrainer is removed, allowing isreal to be "encompassed by armies" and signaling our involvement in the great tribulation, from which you either die or meet the lord upon his return.the question to me is how is the restrainer removed? (the "katrina effect" meaning troops deployed to a neighborhood near you, hereafter to be known as "chaos").\
economic collapse - $15 trillion dollar debt - bank failures- f.d.i.c. failure- monetary instability = chaos,
inflationary depression - high food and energy prices/ low wages- (rev6-2lbs of wheat for a day’s wages)=chaos
electromagnetic pulse attack -loss of the electrical grid until china builds new transformers for us( never) = chaos
x class solar flare(solar maximum 2012)- same as e.m.p.=chaos
civil war - federal troops used to force capitulation of the conservative right = chaos
class warfare by the communists and anarchists bent on fomenting rebellion (a.k.a. cloward & piven strategy)=chaos
take your pick and feel free to comprise your own. i by no means have a monopoly on pathways to destruction. whichever method you choose, remember we (at least we lucky few) are texans, and in the immortal words of gary p. nunn,
"when a texan fancies he'll take his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure"!
so in summary i urge you to wake from your slumber, engage the weak minded among us, stand for the law as it was founded, where all men are equal in the eyes of god, and the law, and government serves us. for if we allow them 1 inch in kindness they will pervert and destroy us through patience and flattery, just as they have done. we stand, in the breach for faith and freedom as the last place on the planet where a person can speak their mind, and defend their speech with arms. no other nation has this right in all of the world, only america.why do you think the u.s.a. is different?
are we a blessed nation when christians are just as likely to sin as non christians? the divorce rate among christians is no different from the non believing population. the adultery, and fornication rates are staggering. a percentage of pastors do not even believe in god. how are we different than sodom with our gay pride parades, and sexual perversions? our nation was founded by an intelligent, and religious people, who were serious about life, and they i am sure are dissappointed in our lethargy and selfishness. so as i stated earlier, hope tempered in despair, or is it despair tempered with hope. either way the path is arduous, and only the strong and/ or prepared will survive it. are you?
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, the gospel of envy, and its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery
doing for the poor
just a quick thought this morning while waiting for the fusion ball to rise and warm my oh so very cold bones. there was a woman on the tele last week complaining about how she cannot get assistance with her utility bills, while a 50 something inch tele was behind her with all of the accoutrement of the modern age, game system, cable box/ dvd player, etc...
My husband and I observed some neighbors recently who apparently use a crutch, at least when they leave their house, which the ailment of the day, allows them to receive disability payments, which monthly is more than my grand mother in law receives.
i walk into a store and notice the door, where ensconced firmly by the handle is a little sticker which reads simply, lone star aceptado aquÃ. So we could not get enough english peaking peoples to enroll we must now advertise in spanish? sometimes i wonder..... so i recall something ole ben franklin said to me one time. he said, …"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means.—I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. There is no country in the world [but England] where so many provisions are established for them; so many hospitals to receive them when they are sick or lame, founded and maintained by voluntary charities; so many alms-houses for the aged of both sexes, together with a solemn general law made by the rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor. Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burthen?—On the contrary, I affirm that there is no country in the world in which the poor are more idle, dissolute, drunken, and insolent. The day you passed that act, you took away from before their eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependence on somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health, for support in age or sickness. In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty. Repeal that law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. St. Monday, and St. Tuesday, will cease to be holidays. SIX days shalt thou labour, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them".[From Benjamin Franklin, "On the Price of Corn and the Management of the Poor" (1766)
hey but what did the einstein of his day know? he was just an illiterate, backwards, rube. i mean, he did not actually invent electricity, you know. you like apples?
My husband and I observed some neighbors recently who apparently use a crutch, at least when they leave their house, which the ailment of the day, allows them to receive disability payments, which monthly is more than my grand mother in law receives.
i walk into a store and notice the door, where ensconced firmly by the handle is a little sticker which reads simply, lone star aceptado aquÃ. So we could not get enough english peaking peoples to enroll we must now advertise in spanish? sometimes i wonder..... so i recall something ole ben franklin said to me one time. he said, …"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means.—I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. There is no country in the world [but England] where so many provisions are established for them; so many hospitals to receive them when they are sick or lame, founded and maintained by voluntary charities; so many alms-houses for the aged of both sexes, together with a solemn general law made by the rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor. Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burthen?—On the contrary, I affirm that there is no country in the world in which the poor are more idle, dissolute, drunken, and insolent. The day you passed that act, you took away from before their eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependence on somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health, for support in age or sickness. In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty. Repeal that law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. St. Monday, and St. Tuesday, will cease to be holidays. SIX days shalt thou labour, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them".[From Benjamin Franklin, "On the Price of Corn and the Management of the Poor" (1766)
hey but what did the einstein of his day know? he was just an illiterate, backwards, rube. i mean, he did not actually invent electricity, you know. you like apples?
jobless rate drops in december, really?
"A.P. The nation's economy added 103,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent last month, its lowest level in 19 months.
But the job growth fell short of expectations based on a strengthening economy. And the drop in unemployment was mainly because people stopped looking for work".
Where do i start, this is more state run media ridiculousness. first of all historically the hiring for the last three months of the year has always increased, with seasonal (i believe they mean "CHRIST"mas demand) factors being the primary engine of growth. To trumpet these numbers as an example of real economic recovery is, oh yes i have already given commentary, on this, let us continue.
In 2007 for instance the economy added more than 700,000 jobs in oct, nov, dec. As i see it the state run media has just reinforced the idea that they are complicit with the current administration. I am no economist, but i recall well that our current economic catastrophe was initiated by $5/gallon gasoline. has anyone noticed it above $3 dollars here in the Republic of Texas? I make an observation, some may call it a prediction, but when the numbers come out for this jan, feb we will see a loss of seasonal (there is that word again) jobs. just my dos pesos. happy new year, all.
But the job growth fell short of expectations based on a strengthening economy. And the drop in unemployment was mainly because people stopped looking for work".
Where do i start, this is more state run media ridiculousness. first of all historically the hiring for the last three months of the year has always increased, with seasonal (i believe they mean "CHRIST"mas demand) factors being the primary engine of growth. To trumpet these numbers as an example of real economic recovery is, oh yes i have already given commentary, on this, let us continue.
In 2007 for instance the economy added more than 700,000 jobs in oct, nov, dec. As i see it the state run media has just reinforced the idea that they are complicit with the current administration. I am no economist, but i recall well that our current economic catastrophe was initiated by $5/gallon gasoline. has anyone noticed it above $3 dollars here in the Republic of Texas? I make an observation, some may call it a prediction, but when the numbers come out for this jan, feb we will see a loss of seasonal (there is that word again) jobs. just my dos pesos. happy new year, all.
The seven P’s
The seven P’s refer to an acronym oft used in the military, and repeated relentlessly by my father in law.
Proper, Prior, Preparation, Prevents, Piss, Poor, Performance.
I usually take my father in laws ism”s with a bit of humor, as most are given opportunistically at an appropriate “here’s your sign” moment. I have in the past laughed many times at his extolling the virtues of the seven P’s, however lately I find those words ringing in my ear, more and more often.
With our current climate, in politics, faith, and society, proper prior preparation seems to be more important than ever. The question is, what are we preparing for? In my case my family is preparing for a time the bible refers to as the tribulation, a time unequaled in all of history, comprised of wars, famine, disease, murder, theft, etc... You may want to prepare for something less complex and as specific a natural disaster, or for all out nuclear war, either way the seven P’s would be invaluable.
As a survivalist, I acknowledge the absolute in the rule of three’s, and I would urge you to as well. The rule of three’s state that a human cannot survive beyond three minutes without air, three days without water, and three weeks without food. Obviously these timeframes will vary depending upon you’re locale, and the climate there. Here in Texas, as in much of the south you can die within hours without hydration, but the requirements for air, and food are much more accurate. We, then can assume that man will always be presented with situations that may either lead to injury or death, so the specific scenario we prepare for should always be focused on the worst possible outcome, and its effect based upon the rule of three’s. Any less will just prolong the inevitable. I call this my insurance plan. Much like I carry insurance on my car in case I have an accident, even though I have a perfect driving record, and an accident is unlikely, many things are possible.
So let us focus on proper prior planning, and how that will prevent the piss poor performance. The key to me is to always start with a pencil, notebook, and a calculator.
I find sitting at the dining table, with no distractions allows me to focus my very random thoughts to the task at hand. Obviously you would want to determine a risk assessment, based upon your geographic location, proximity to urban or rural areas, natural resources, and your capabilities, not to mention how many people will depend upon your preparations. The first part of a risk assessment is for you to determine what natural disasters have happened in your area, and in this respect, don’t just limit yourself to recent events. Many natural disasters occur in recurrent patterns, such as tornado alley, hurricanes along the gulf and Atlantic coasts, floods along rivers, and crime in large cities. But let’s not forget uncommon but potentially dangerous situations, such as earthquake activity along even dormant fault lines, dormant volcano’s like in Yellowstone, an x class solar flare knocking out the electrical grid, and the unexpected biological outbreak. You will need to determine your risk and what you choose to prepare for. Thankfully your preparations for one scenario will quite often overlap with others, so the need for specialty items may be limited. Obviously air is the most important to all of us, and there are few situations comparatively which historically deprive people of this most precious commodity. But you should always prepare for it. A volcano can spew ash into the air which if breathed into your lungs will kill you. Just as dangerous a flood can drown you, if you are unable to move for whatever reason. Some areas of the world experience poisonous gases, and I often include pandemics in this area of preparation for the similarities. One can do as little as purchasing a few bandana’s, or as much as purchasing expensive gas masks and or oxygen tanks, to provide clean breathable air. Again think of it as insurance.
The second rule of three’s is water. “Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink”. Prior proper planning in this section is much more complex, and arguably the most important. Though three fourth’s of the earth is covered by water, very little of it is fit for direct drinking, and if not filtered, distilled, or boiled you will die from its ingestion. In our modern society our tap water is often treated and absent of any microscopic entities which you might build up a resistance to, which leaves a majority of us vulnerable. In almost every scenario I plan for, I assume the electrical grid will be down for whatever reason, and therefore the water pumps will not run. This is where preparation becomes more complicated, as storing water, requires ample storage space, and filtration is expensive. Either way you must be prepared on both fronts in my opinion, as diversity may allow you options, when the unforeseen is encountered. Most modern cities were founded near a water source, and if the source is a river, you have a leg up over ocean bound cities. Having stated this a person can build a solar still and process salt water, but I would only do this if you have a method to store water safely for the proverbial raining day. Some may need to travel some distance to find a safe secure water supply, as you and everyone else will be looking for safe water, so having both a method for storage that is portable and filtration would be invaluable. If you are in a southern climate your plans need to be magnified just to accommodate the increased strain on your hydration. If you plan for nothing else, planning for this may save your life long enough to find or be found.
The third rule of three’s is food. Now food is a commodity that is renewable to a certain extent. There is plenty of food down at Wal-Mart, right now. As hurricane’s Katrina, and Rita taught me, and most grocers will agree, most stores only keep a few days worth of food on the shelves. When hurricane Rita caused the evacuation of Houston, Texas en mass there was very little food or water in stores for approximately two hundred miles. I wondered what would have happened if the potential disaster had continued for a week or two like hurricane Katrina? Fights? Riots? Murders? when presented with a desperate situation, the average person looses all sense in the pursuit of food and water. Planning for this scenario is somewhat easier if you are in a rural area over urban environments. The basic premise here is to accept the fact that you cannot depend upon foraging. Most people miss this concept, and I am by no means infallible, here, but if you can imagine yourself foraging for food, then assume all of your neighbors are as well. Again proper prior preparation for the worst, will leave you rarely unprepared. I prefer in our preparations canned goods over other types of foods, but then I also live in a very rural area, and we have a secure underground location to store said canned goods in. a single can of vegetables is usually a portion of water, and food, that does not need to be cooked, and a shelf life of up to ten years. Dehydrated foods are also good if you have a water source, but they are expensive, and often need to be cooked. Military style meals, have been popular for decades, unfortunately they are very expensive and in my opinion, plagued by poor taste and nutrition. Dried beans and rice are great foods if again you have water, and heat, and most importantly a way to prevent weevils from entering your stockpile. We have done this by using plastic barrels and old drink containers, in conjunction with either pure nitrogen or dry ice. This is by far the area that will require the most thought, as there are so many options, just remember diversity presents options.
In conclusion I urge you to assess your needs and desires, and consider those around you. I have known many people who felt preparations were folly, but I often wonder what would happen if their loved ones were suffering from a disaster. Would they regret their decision to purchase insurance. I will not. Will you?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Koch versus Soros
The American Freedom NetworkSeptember 13, 2010 – 6:39 pm A Recent comment on one of our articles attempted to compare the Koch Brothers with George Soros.
Yes the Koch brothers have given 250 million dollars to candidates, foundations, think tanks etc. George Soros has given 2 BILLION (8 times as much) to his collectivist causes, at least.
While you look up both the Koch brothers and Soros on the internet. Note and compare the tone of the articles you find highest in the search engines. Tell us what you note almost immediately (if you are honest).
While we wonder how a person who exploits their freedom to enrich themselves can in good conscience fight against freedom for other to do the same we just note some of Soros’ “causes”. (Note: Open Society and Tides are only a portion of the Soros political activism funding mechanisms.) Research each one of these when you have time.
Provided through Forbes.com
Below, a partial list of groups funded by Open Society and Tides in 2008:
| Alliance for Climate Protection | $5,000,000.00 |
| Drug Policy Institute | $4,000,000.00 |
| Media Development and Loan Fund | $3,900,000.00 |
| American Constitution Society | $3,650,000.00 |
| Proteus Fund | $3,200,000.00 |
| Revenue Watch Institute | $3,000,000.00 |
| Tides Foundation | $2,875,000.00 |
| Third Way | $2,250,000.00 |
| Tides Center | $2,100,000.00 |
| Public Interest Projects | $1,700,000.00 |
| Rudolf Steiner Foundation | $1,530,000.00 |
| Center for Independent Media | $1,500,000.00 |
| Working America Education Fund | $1,169,000.00 |
| Project Vote | $1,066,000.00 |
| Center for NYC Neighborhoods | $1,000,000.00 |
| Center for American Progress | $1,000,000.00 |
| Link Media | $1,000,000.00 |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society | $1,000,000.00 |
| Center for Community Change | $805,000.00 |
| Catalist | $801,000.00 |
| Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education | $775,000.00 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | $750,000.00 |
| PowerPAC.org | $750,000.00 |
| Institute for America’s Future | $700,000.00 |
| National Security Archive Fund | $695,000.00 |
| William J Brennan Center | $675,000.00 |
| Media Matters | $625,000.00 |
| NRDC | $620,000.00 |
| The Advancement Project | $600,000.00 |
| Public Justice Center | $575,000.00 |
| Community Rights Center | $500,000.00 |
| People for the American Way | $500,000.00 |
| Living Cities | $500,000.00 |
| La Raza | $500,000.00 |
| Center for Progressive Leadership | $500,000.00 |
| Center for Investigative Reporting | $476,000.00 |
| Protex a network for progressive texas | $473,000.00 |
| NAACP | $450,000.00 |
| Free Press, Florence, Mass | $450,000.00 |
| Demos | $450,000.00 |
| ABA Fund for Justice | $400,000.00 |
| Project Vote | $400,000.00 |
| Focus Project | $400,000.00 |
| National Women’s Law Center | $400,000.00 |
| EFF | $400,000.00 |
| Civic Engagement Fund | $400,000.00 |
| Center for Progressive Reform | $400,000.00 |
| Tides Center | $382,000.00 |
| Center for Independent Media | $350,000.00 |
| Due Process of Law Foundation | $315,000.00 |
| Grassroots Leadership | $305,000.00 |
| Project on Government Oversight | $300,000.00 |
| Progressive States Foundation | $300,000.00 |
| League of Young Voters Education Fund | $300,000.00 |
| Justice Policy Center | $300,000.00 |
| Drum Major Institute | $300,000.00 |
| Center for Responsible lending | $300,000.00 |
| Center for Political Accountability | $300,000.00 |
| Center for Democracy and Technology | $300,000.00 |
| Center for Democracy and Freedom | $300,000.00 |
| ACORN | $294,000.00 |
| Consumer Federation of America | $275,000.00 |
| Natl Consumer Law Center | $250,000.00 |
| American Library Assoc. | $250,000.00 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $250,000.00 |
| Govt accountability project | $250,000.00 |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Calif | $250,000.00 |
| EarthJustice | $250,000.00 |
| Amnesty Intl | $250,000.00 |
| American Assoc for Social Justice | $250,000.00 |
| Center for Progressive Leadership | $250,000.00 |
| George Washington U | $240,000.00 |
| Capital Litigation Communications Project | $230,000.00 |
| Public Interest Research Group | $230,000.00 |
| Foundation for National Progress | $225,000.00 |
| USAction Coalition | $205,000.00 |
| American Judicature Society | $200,000.00 |
| Human Rights Campaign Foundation | $200,000.00 |
| Alliance for Justice | $200,000.00 |
| Consumers Union | $200,000.00 |
| Critical Resistance | $200,000.00 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | $200,000.00 |
| Movement Strategy Center Oakland | $200,000.00 |
| Center for Public Interest Research | $200,000.00 |
| Natl Institut Money in state politics | $160,000.00 |
| Center for Community Change | $160,000.00 |
| Wired on Wheels | $150,000.00 |
| Colorado Center Law and Policy | $150,000.00 |
| Ruckus Society | $150,000.00 |
| United for a Fair Economy | $150,000.00 |
| Progressive America Fund – center for working families | $150,000.00 |
| Oregon Center for Public Policy | $150,000.00 |
| Apollo Alliance | $150,000.00 |
| Drum Major Institute | $150,000.00 |
| Civic Justice | $125,000.00 |
| center for responsive politics | $125,000.00 |
| Center for Media Justice | $125,000.00 |
| Center for International Policy | $120,000.00 |
| Oregon Progress Forun | $100,000.00 |
| New Democracy Project | $100,000.00 |
| USAction Coalition | $100,000.00 |
| EarthRights International | $100,000.00 |
| Illinois Campaign for Judicial Reform | $100,000.00 |
| Democracy a Journal of Ideas | $100,000.00 |
| Center for public accountability | $100,000.00 |
| Progress Michigan | $100,000.00 |
| Political Research Assoc | $100,000.00 |
| Center for Public Interest Research | $100,000.00 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | $100,000.00 |
| Missouri Citizen Education Fund | $90,000.00 |
| ProgressOhio Education | $90,000.00 |
| PETA | $81,000.00 |
| Michigan Citizens Eduication Fund | $80,000.00 |
| Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts | $75,000.00 |
| Virginia Organizing Project | $75,000.00 |
| Institute for Policy Studies | $60,000.00 |
| Campaign for America’s Future | $55,000.00 |
| People for the American Way | $54,000.00 |
| George Mason U | $49,000.00 |
| Iowa Citzen Action Network Education Foundation | $40,000.00 |
| VoterPunch | $40,000.00 |
| DemocracyinAction | $35,000.00 |
| Ducks Unlimited | $2,025.00 |
Will you join me, in the garden?
well neighbor, let me welcome es tu le jardin, home to the sweat of my brow. the rows of the garden stretch out in front and behind us, much as the muscles my ancestors used while they labored diligently with blood and toil to provide us a fertile bed for the seed of ideas to be sown. these ideas once planted in the spring of our nation, by people of passion did require much care with mulch and hoe, to prevent those unwanted tares from overtaking the tiny young crop. as time and experience turned our field of stones from brown to green to red preparations for those predatory creatures, who enter the field in darkness, to root and glut on the tender young shoots, were not successful and much of the crop was lost. as the march of the seasons continued the summer encompassed all, where the heat oppressed our passions, and we were dependent upon the reign of foolishness to nourish that which has been planted. through patience and faithfulness we continue on with our struggle until the leaves of fall adjust their hue in preparation of colder days. the end finally near, i will gather my gloves, pull up my boots, and sharpen my tools, for the harvest is almost at hand. i cannot offer you much more than sore muscles, and little sleep, but if you will join me, we will harvest the sweet fruit of freedom, and offer it to those who desire it.
"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say "what should be the reward of such sacrifices?" Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom — go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen"! Sam adams 1776
"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say "what should be the reward of such sacrifices?" Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom — go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen"! Sam adams 1776
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