Every American should know the Bill of Rights! It is what gives us our freedoms and defines who we are!
The following are the Amendments to the Constitution. The first ten Amendments collectively are commonly known as the Bill of Rights. History
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment 3 - Quartering of Soldiers. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses. Ratified 12/15/1791.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases. Ratified 12/15/1791.
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Ideas for Government
Here are some things I would like to see our Government do.
Enact term limits for Congress so they cannot sit there forever and only concentrate on their personal political future. If Congress had a definite time limit in office then maybe, just maybe they would do what is right for the country instead of just what will get them further down their own political road.
Make an amendment to the Constitution for our leaders to balance our countries budget. We need to really start taking fiscal responsibility for ourselves and our country.
Our leaders need to start paying off our debt!!! When you have debt you answer to other entities, thus you no longer have complete control over your situation. That means someone has a form of control over you, you are answerable to them. Do we really want our country to have to answer to China or any of the other countries that control our debt? I do not think so.
Take away a lot of the power the Federal Government has and return it to where it belongs, which is the States. Our Federal Government is supposed to according to the Constitution go to the States and ask permission to do things, not the other way around. Government has gotten WAY to large at the Federal level. Government as a whole is involved in MANY things that they have no business in. Our wonderful (NOT) Government has succeeded in making us reliant on it. We should be reliant on ourselves, not our Government. Like the famous line from JFK's speech, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"! Now that line says a lot, think about it.
We need to get rid of the entitlement mentality that is very prevalent in our country. Many people feel the government owes them something. The government owes us a safe and secure place to live and fair laws that will enable us to prosper. They should not be trying to control us by making us reliant on them!
We need to stand up as Americans, work hard, get involved in our government, take back the control and ensure our great nation has just as great a future as our past and our beginnings.
Enact term limits for Congress so they cannot sit there forever and only concentrate on their personal political future. If Congress had a definite time limit in office then maybe, just maybe they would do what is right for the country instead of just what will get them further down their own political road.
Make an amendment to the Constitution for our leaders to balance our countries budget. We need to really start taking fiscal responsibility for ourselves and our country.
Our leaders need to start paying off our debt!!! When you have debt you answer to other entities, thus you no longer have complete control over your situation. That means someone has a form of control over you, you are answerable to them. Do we really want our country to have to answer to China or any of the other countries that control our debt? I do not think so.
Take away a lot of the power the Federal Government has and return it to where it belongs, which is the States. Our Federal Government is supposed to according to the Constitution go to the States and ask permission to do things, not the other way around. Government has gotten WAY to large at the Federal level. Government as a whole is involved in MANY things that they have no business in. Our wonderful (NOT) Government has succeeded in making us reliant on it. We should be reliant on ourselves, not our Government. Like the famous line from JFK's speech, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"! Now that line says a lot, think about it.
We need to get rid of the entitlement mentality that is very prevalent in our country. Many people feel the government owes them something. The government owes us a safe and secure place to live and fair laws that will enable us to prosper. They should not be trying to control us by making us reliant on them!
We need to stand up as Americans, work hard, get involved in our government, take back the control and ensure our great nation has just as great a future as our past and our beginnings.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Top 10 Ways the Obama Budget Wastes Taxpayer Money
I did not write this information, I found it at FreedomWorks.org but I am posting it because I feel it is very important for people to know about what is really going on.
FreedomWorks
Mar 31, 2009
Top 10 Ways the Obama Budget Wastes Taxpayer Money
The president’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal amounting to $3.55 trillion in spending was released on Feb. 26. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the president’s proposals will add deficits of $9,300,000,000,000 over the next 10 years—many times more than the inflation adjusted cost of all of World War II. The budget proposal sets record levels of annual spending between a minimum of $3,556,000,000,000 in 2011 and $5,139,000,000,000 in 2019. The budget raises taxes by as much as $1,600,000,000,000 over the next ten years.
This graph, as run in the Wall Street Journal with data from the CBO, displays the wide gap between spending and revenue outlined in Obama’s budget.
Although we were promised that President Obama would go through the budget line by line to take out the waste, it does not look like he has. While there are plenty more, the Top 10 ways the Obama budget waste’s taxpayer dollars are:
1. The Budget Includes a $646 Billion Cap-and-Trade Energy Tax.
The president’s budget would create a cap-and-trade energy tax system—essentially a tax on the use of fossil fuels. The total amount of carbon dioxide emissions allowed in the country would be capped, companies would pay for the right to some of these emissions, and then can trade those rights with other companies. This would cost American business an estimated $646 billion—a tax they currently do not face, and a tax that would be passed on to the consumer, like all taxes. It will make virtually every other good more expensive. It is an explicit attempt to raise the cost of energy in this country.
The President claims that under his system, “if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum.” The new taxes will drive up costs for virtually every good while simultaneously pressuring foreign capital to seek countries with fewer regulations. The tax increase on energy alone according to Dr. Margo Thorning would, “In dollar cost terms, probably [be] an additional $700 to $1,400 per family per year, starting around 2012.”
2. The Budget Makes a “Down Payment” on Socializing Healthcare.
The White House Budget creates a reserve fund of more than $630 billion for healthcare reform. The President, in his budget summary, calls it a “down payment on reform.” If $630 billion is a down payment, taxpayers should be extremely concerned about the total cost of such a program.
Obama’s campaign goal of government run healthcare may become reality with the funding created for it in this budget. The administration has recently announced its intentions to completely overhaul the healthcare system. Increased funding for socialized coverage suggests this effort will greatly expand the role of government in the health sector.
We agree that healthcare needs reform. The problem, however, is not a lack of government funding, but a lack of markets in healthcare. Government restricts supply, creates mandates on insurance companies, requires occupational licenses for medical workers, and intervenes in a variety of other ways. If the government got out of the way, the market could reduce prices—making healthcare more affordable for everyone.
Where the market is allowed to work, we have seen lower prices. Health savings accounts (HSA), for example, add market incentives to treatment processes. An HSA allows individuals with a high deductible health plan to pay tax free dollars into a savings account that they can later spend on medical care. Studies find that HSAs cut overall long term healthcare costs by about a third by encouraging account holders to shop for the best care at the best value. Government should get out of the way to let markets reduce prices and expand insurance coverage for more Americans.
3. The Budget Hands out Billions to Agencies that Fund ACORN and other Community Organizing Groups.
The budget provides $4.5 billion for Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Program. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), an activist group convicted of vote fraud and spearheading a campaign to trespass on and take over foreclosed properties, has historically received money from this program. Taxpayer dollars, rather than providing public services for Americans, might be funneled through HUD to groups like ACORN. That money comes on top of what ACORN and other groups that helped to elect the President are already receiving from the stimulus bill and omnibus.
According to the American Spectator, the stimulus bill gives as much as $5.2 billion to ACORN.
4. The Budget Increases Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Funding after It Helped Cause the Financial Crisis.
The budget increases HUD’s discretionary funding by $6.4 billion in addition to the $13.6 billion it received from the stimulus bill—a 50 percent increase over last year. Discretionary funding is spent on whatever the department sees fit. It is not mandated funding with a specifically named purpose from Congress.
The Department insures mortgages for those who would not normally qualify. By driving up the demand for housing through loan guarantees for the unqualified, HUD contributed to the housing bubble. The program should be scrapped. Rather than eliminating a program that contributed to the housing and financial crisis, President Obama wants to increase its funding.
HUD’s former Secretary, Alphonso Jackson, was involved in the same “Friends of Angelo” VIP program with Countrywide Financial that Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) was.
5. The Budget Summary Claims that Government Knows Better than Taxpayers about Their Retirement.
The Budget increases discretionary funding for Social Security by $1,100,000,000 and a matching amount from the stimulus bill. The discretionary funding is not marked for Social Security checks, but instead can be used by the department in virtually any way it pleases. For instance, this money might be used for administration costs or self-promoting propaganda.
The funding is an issue, but perhaps more importantly, the recently released budget summary reads, “The President recognizes that Social Security is indispensable…He is strongly opposed to privatizing Social Security.” That means that the president thinks the government can handle your retirement money better than you can.
The $42.9 trillion the government owes on entitlements like Social Security is bankrupting the country. To put that in perspective, the total net value of all privately held assets in America is about $51.5 trillion. Social Security should stop making promises it will not be able to fulfill, and instead allow us to fund our retirement in accounts we own and control.
6. The Budget Creates Yet Another Entitlement and Spends Billions on Pell Grants.
Pell Grants are federal subsidies for post secondary education. The stimulus bill includes $15,600,000,000 for Pell Grants and Obama’s budget takes even more money for them. It increases the maximum award to $5,550, will have the amount adjust with inflation, and will make Pell Grants an entitlement.
Entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are threatening to bankrupt the country, but Obama wants to create another one with increasing long term cost to future taxpayers.
While the President is trying to increase government funding for education, his budget also mentions raising taxes on charitable contributions which might threaten private scholarships. The President and Congress should be cutting entitlements to save taxpayers money.
7. The Budget Spends $178 Billion on Interest on the Debt.
Of course, we have to pay the interest on the national debt, but the debt does not have to continue to increase in size, in turn increasing the interest payments. According to the CBO, the total national debt by 2019 will be equal in size to 82.4 percent of the economy. We are responsible to pay back the money overspent during past administrations, but we should be looking to reduce spending to cut back on the amount of interest we are paying in the future.
We are already paying $147 billion in interest on the debt for 2009. According to Obama’s budget, the interest on national debt will rise from $171 billion in 2010 to $391 billion in 2019. As of March 23, 2009, the entire national debt, accumulated since the founding of our nation, was $11,041,711,544,305. The CBO forecasts an additional $9,270,000,000,000 added over the next 10 years. It took the country over 200 years to acquire the current level of debt; Obama’s budget would double the number in just 5 percent of that time.
The President did inherit a huge national debt and trillion dollar deficits, but continuing to ramp up spending is not the solution. President Obama and Congress should cut programs and reduce taxes rather than wastefully spend even more. Government should be paying back the money that it owes rather than borrowing to spend even more.
8. The Budget (as Part of Its $1 Trillion Tax Hike!) Raises Taxes by $1 Billion to Fund the Failed EPA Superfund Program.
The budget includes an excise tax increase to collect over $1 billion to finance the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund program. Superfund is one of the biggest government boondoggles in American history and the president wants taxpayers to pay even more for it. The program was created in the 1980s after the media drew attention to high levels of dangerous chemicals near Love Canal in New York.
Hooker Electrochemical Company buried chemicals in the area of Love Canal lawfully with government permits in sealed, thick, protective tubes of impermeable clay. The Niagara Falk Board of Education, however, acquired the land and despite warnings that the land was contaminated, dug it up and constructed a public elementary school on the site. Irresponsible government caused the leaks at Love Canal and then even more irresponsible government forced taxpayers to pay for it.
The law gives the EPA the power to force a cleanup of any site they claim as toxic, even if there is no evidence that people in the area are harmed. John Stossel calls it our “most expensive clean up project.”
Toxic waste reduces life spans of average individuals by 4 days. Driving reduces the average life span by 182 days. If government really wanted to save lives, then at a very minimum, the Superfund money would go to making roads safer.
This program, like so many others, is receiving extra taxpayer dollars after failing to accomplish its mission. Rather than shutting the project down after it failed to achieve its goals, it gets even more money. If business was run like government agencies, then we would expect more money for producing products that consumers did not want and would not buy. Superfund is one of the worst wastes of taxpayer money and Obama wants to increase its funding.
9. The Budget Generates Even More Cheap Credit to Further Distort the Market.
The Budget provides $17.5 billion for loan guarantees to new businesses. The proposal explains that the program is intended to unfreeze the credit markets. Cheap credit from the Federal Reserve played a significant role in the creation of a bubble in the housing market. From where will the next bubble come? If the government spends billions to finance small businesses, then maybe we will see a bubble there. Will that result in another crisis? Will taxpayers have to pay to bailout even more failed companies when government intervenes again?
Further tinkering with prices for credit will only exacerbate the problems that we are facing today. The market needs the uncertainty created by government intervention to end in order for a speedy recovery to take place.
10. The Budget Increases Funding for Space Exploration while the Country Suffers in Recession.
Discretionary funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration increases by $900,000,000 in Obama’s budget plus another $1,000,000,000 from the stimulus. The President backs returning to the moon in the budget. Sure, NASA has brought us some pretty cool rocks from the moon, but is this really such a priority that it is worth taking money from working Americans through taxes to fund?
FreedomWorks
Mar 31, 2009
Top 10 Ways the Obama Budget Wastes Taxpayer Money
The president’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal amounting to $3.55 trillion in spending was released on Feb. 26. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the president’s proposals will add deficits of $9,300,000,000,000 over the next 10 years—many times more than the inflation adjusted cost of all of World War II. The budget proposal sets record levels of annual spending between a minimum of $3,556,000,000,000 in 2011 and $5,139,000,000,000 in 2019. The budget raises taxes by as much as $1,600,000,000,000 over the next ten years.
This graph, as run in the Wall Street Journal with data from the CBO, displays the wide gap between spending and revenue outlined in Obama’s budget.
Although we were promised that President Obama would go through the budget line by line to take out the waste, it does not look like he has. While there are plenty more, the Top 10 ways the Obama budget waste’s taxpayer dollars are:
1. The Budget Includes a $646 Billion Cap-and-Trade Energy Tax.
The president’s budget would create a cap-and-trade energy tax system—essentially a tax on the use of fossil fuels. The total amount of carbon dioxide emissions allowed in the country would be capped, companies would pay for the right to some of these emissions, and then can trade those rights with other companies. This would cost American business an estimated $646 billion—a tax they currently do not face, and a tax that would be passed on to the consumer, like all taxes. It will make virtually every other good more expensive. It is an explicit attempt to raise the cost of energy in this country.
The President claims that under his system, “if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum.” The new taxes will drive up costs for virtually every good while simultaneously pressuring foreign capital to seek countries with fewer regulations. The tax increase on energy alone according to Dr. Margo Thorning would, “In dollar cost terms, probably [be] an additional $700 to $1,400 per family per year, starting around 2012.”
2. The Budget Makes a “Down Payment” on Socializing Healthcare.
The White House Budget creates a reserve fund of more than $630 billion for healthcare reform. The President, in his budget summary, calls it a “down payment on reform.” If $630 billion is a down payment, taxpayers should be extremely concerned about the total cost of such a program.
Obama’s campaign goal of government run healthcare may become reality with the funding created for it in this budget. The administration has recently announced its intentions to completely overhaul the healthcare system. Increased funding for socialized coverage suggests this effort will greatly expand the role of government in the health sector.
We agree that healthcare needs reform. The problem, however, is not a lack of government funding, but a lack of markets in healthcare. Government restricts supply, creates mandates on insurance companies, requires occupational licenses for medical workers, and intervenes in a variety of other ways. If the government got out of the way, the market could reduce prices—making healthcare more affordable for everyone.
Where the market is allowed to work, we have seen lower prices. Health savings accounts (HSA), for example, add market incentives to treatment processes. An HSA allows individuals with a high deductible health plan to pay tax free dollars into a savings account that they can later spend on medical care. Studies find that HSAs cut overall long term healthcare costs by about a third by encouraging account holders to shop for the best care at the best value. Government should get out of the way to let markets reduce prices and expand insurance coverage for more Americans.
3. The Budget Hands out Billions to Agencies that Fund ACORN and other Community Organizing Groups.
The budget provides $4.5 billion for Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Program. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), an activist group convicted of vote fraud and spearheading a campaign to trespass on and take over foreclosed properties, has historically received money from this program. Taxpayer dollars, rather than providing public services for Americans, might be funneled through HUD to groups like ACORN. That money comes on top of what ACORN and other groups that helped to elect the President are already receiving from the stimulus bill and omnibus.
According to the American Spectator, the stimulus bill gives as much as $5.2 billion to ACORN.
4. The Budget Increases Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Funding after It Helped Cause the Financial Crisis.
The budget increases HUD’s discretionary funding by $6.4 billion in addition to the $13.6 billion it received from the stimulus bill—a 50 percent increase over last year. Discretionary funding is spent on whatever the department sees fit. It is not mandated funding with a specifically named purpose from Congress.
The Department insures mortgages for those who would not normally qualify. By driving up the demand for housing through loan guarantees for the unqualified, HUD contributed to the housing bubble. The program should be scrapped. Rather than eliminating a program that contributed to the housing and financial crisis, President Obama wants to increase its funding.
HUD’s former Secretary, Alphonso Jackson, was involved in the same “Friends of Angelo” VIP program with Countrywide Financial that Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) was.
5. The Budget Summary Claims that Government Knows Better than Taxpayers about Their Retirement.
The Budget increases discretionary funding for Social Security by $1,100,000,000 and a matching amount from the stimulus bill. The discretionary funding is not marked for Social Security checks, but instead can be used by the department in virtually any way it pleases. For instance, this money might be used for administration costs or self-promoting propaganda.
The funding is an issue, but perhaps more importantly, the recently released budget summary reads, “The President recognizes that Social Security is indispensable…He is strongly opposed to privatizing Social Security.” That means that the president thinks the government can handle your retirement money better than you can.
The $42.9 trillion the government owes on entitlements like Social Security is bankrupting the country. To put that in perspective, the total net value of all privately held assets in America is about $51.5 trillion. Social Security should stop making promises it will not be able to fulfill, and instead allow us to fund our retirement in accounts we own and control.
6. The Budget Creates Yet Another Entitlement and Spends Billions on Pell Grants.
Pell Grants are federal subsidies for post secondary education. The stimulus bill includes $15,600,000,000 for Pell Grants and Obama’s budget takes even more money for them. It increases the maximum award to $5,550, will have the amount adjust with inflation, and will make Pell Grants an entitlement.
Entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are threatening to bankrupt the country, but Obama wants to create another one with increasing long term cost to future taxpayers.
While the President is trying to increase government funding for education, his budget also mentions raising taxes on charitable contributions which might threaten private scholarships. The President and Congress should be cutting entitlements to save taxpayers money.
7. The Budget Spends $178 Billion on Interest on the Debt.
Of course, we have to pay the interest on the national debt, but the debt does not have to continue to increase in size, in turn increasing the interest payments. According to the CBO, the total national debt by 2019 will be equal in size to 82.4 percent of the economy. We are responsible to pay back the money overspent during past administrations, but we should be looking to reduce spending to cut back on the amount of interest we are paying in the future.
We are already paying $147 billion in interest on the debt for 2009. According to Obama’s budget, the interest on national debt will rise from $171 billion in 2010 to $391 billion in 2019. As of March 23, 2009, the entire national debt, accumulated since the founding of our nation, was $11,041,711,544,305. The CBO forecasts an additional $9,270,000,000,000 added over the next 10 years. It took the country over 200 years to acquire the current level of debt; Obama’s budget would double the number in just 5 percent of that time.
The President did inherit a huge national debt and trillion dollar deficits, but continuing to ramp up spending is not the solution. President Obama and Congress should cut programs and reduce taxes rather than wastefully spend even more. Government should be paying back the money that it owes rather than borrowing to spend even more.
8. The Budget (as Part of Its $1 Trillion Tax Hike!) Raises Taxes by $1 Billion to Fund the Failed EPA Superfund Program.
The budget includes an excise tax increase to collect over $1 billion to finance the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund program. Superfund is one of the biggest government boondoggles in American history and the president wants taxpayers to pay even more for it. The program was created in the 1980s after the media drew attention to high levels of dangerous chemicals near Love Canal in New York.
Hooker Electrochemical Company buried chemicals in the area of Love Canal lawfully with government permits in sealed, thick, protective tubes of impermeable clay. The Niagara Falk Board of Education, however, acquired the land and despite warnings that the land was contaminated, dug it up and constructed a public elementary school on the site. Irresponsible government caused the leaks at Love Canal and then even more irresponsible government forced taxpayers to pay for it.
The law gives the EPA the power to force a cleanup of any site they claim as toxic, even if there is no evidence that people in the area are harmed. John Stossel calls it our “most expensive clean up project.”
Toxic waste reduces life spans of average individuals by 4 days. Driving reduces the average life span by 182 days. If government really wanted to save lives, then at a very minimum, the Superfund money would go to making roads safer.
This program, like so many others, is receiving extra taxpayer dollars after failing to accomplish its mission. Rather than shutting the project down after it failed to achieve its goals, it gets even more money. If business was run like government agencies, then we would expect more money for producing products that consumers did not want and would not buy. Superfund is one of the worst wastes of taxpayer money and Obama wants to increase its funding.
9. The Budget Generates Even More Cheap Credit to Further Distort the Market.
The Budget provides $17.5 billion for loan guarantees to new businesses. The proposal explains that the program is intended to unfreeze the credit markets. Cheap credit from the Federal Reserve played a significant role in the creation of a bubble in the housing market. From where will the next bubble come? If the government spends billions to finance small businesses, then maybe we will see a bubble there. Will that result in another crisis? Will taxpayers have to pay to bailout even more failed companies when government intervenes again?
Further tinkering with prices for credit will only exacerbate the problems that we are facing today. The market needs the uncertainty created by government intervention to end in order for a speedy recovery to take place.
10. The Budget Increases Funding for Space Exploration while the Country Suffers in Recession.
Discretionary funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration increases by $900,000,000 in Obama’s budget plus another $1,000,000,000 from the stimulus. The President backs returning to the moon in the budget. Sure, NASA has brought us some pretty cool rocks from the moon, but is this really such a priority that it is worth taking money from working Americans through taxes to fund?
Dear Mr. President
Mr. President,
Because you refuse to believe that Americans overwhelmingly oppose your failed, out-of-touch progressive policies, let us be clear ONCE AND FOR ALL. As Americans – both within the Tea Party and the nation as a whole – we stand united in opposition to your radical agenda, including but not limited to:
We are NOT misdirected. We know exactly what the problem is...
YOUR DIRECTION.
Get the picture now?
Because you refuse to believe that Americans overwhelmingly oppose your failed, out-of-touch progressive policies, let us be clear ONCE AND FOR ALL. As Americans – both within the Tea Party and the nation as a whole – we stand united in opposition to your radical agenda, including but not limited to:
- Generation-robbing deficits which threaten to destroy the American dream for all posterity;
- Crippling new cap-and-trade taxes on energy, hikes in the personal income tax, and a host of other redistributionist tax schemes that rob the American people of the fruits of their labor;
- Government takeovers of our health care system and freedom-crushing individual mandates;
- Bailouts of irresponsible and rightfully-failing banks, businesses and labor unions;
- Foolish economic theories which have deepened our recession and sent unemployment skyrocketing.
We are NOT misdirected. We know exactly what the problem is...
YOUR DIRECTION.
Get the picture now?
Thursday, December 2, 2010
A Modern Tower of Babel
The tower of the Louise Weiss Building (shown below), although it looks unfinished, was designed with the expressed purpose of resembling the tower of Babel as depicted in Brueghel's painting!
Dan 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Dan 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
The EU expanded from 15 members to 25 in 2004, making a new constitution necessary for practical governing. Before it could come into effect, the EU constitution had to be ratified by all 25 EU member states, either through a referendum or by a parliamentary vote. Nine countries already had done so: Austria, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, however, rejection by even a single remaining country would prevent it from taking effect in November of 2006. The "no" vote that derailed the EU constitution happened on May 29th, 2005 in France. The Netherlands also voted "no" on June 1st, 2005 and the United Kingdom announced on June 6th, 2005 that it would not vote on the constitution. For all practical purposes, the EU constitution and its attempt at unity is dead.
As of January 1, 2007, the EU expanded to 27 nations with the addition of Bulgaria and Romania.
The European Union dropped plans for a constitution and decided to amend two existing treaties instead. Signed by the heads of state in Lisbon on December 13th, 2007, it still had be ratified by all 27 member nations to go into effect. Ireland, the only country to put the treaty to a public vote, defeated the Lisbon treaty proposition on June 12th, 2008.
In September of 2009, Czech senators filed a complaint against the treaty in the constitutional courts that delayed Czech signing of the treaty.
Ireland voted again on October 2nd, 2009, approving the Lisbon treaty, and Poland's President signed the Treaty on October 10th, leaving only the Czech republic's president to approve it, who has said he will not sign the treaty unless his country is granted an opt-out from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights.
On November 3rd, 2009, Czech president Vaclav Klaus signed the Lisbon Treaty, after the complaint to the constitutional courts was rejected. The Treaty became law on December 1st.
Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, chosen unanimously by the 27 European heads of government over dinner on November 19th to become EU President, is a devout Roman Catholic who was educated at the Jesuit Sint-Jan Berchmans College in central Brussels, and has degrees in philosophy and applied economics from the Catholic University of Leuven. This brings to mind:
Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Rev 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Lyrics to make you think...
"Hands Held High"
By Linkin Park
Turn my mic up louder I got to say something
Light weights step to the side when we come in
Feel it in your chest the syllables get pumping
People on the street they panic and start running
Words on loose leaf sheet complete coming
I jump in my mind and summon the rhyme, I'm dumping
Healing the blind I promise to let the sun in
Sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and
Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping
F*** that I wanna see some fists pumping
Risk something, take back what's yours
Say something that you know they might attack you for
Cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before
Like it's stupid standing for what I'm standing for
Like this war's really just a different brand of war
Like it doesn't cater the rich and abandon poor
Like they understand you in the back of the jet
When you can't put gas in your tank
These f***ers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the cheque
Asking you to have compassion and have some respect
For a leader so nervous in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"
[Chorus:]
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
In my living room watching but I am not laughing
Cause when it gets tense I know what might happen
World is cold the bold men take action
Have to react or get blown into fractions
Ten years old it's something to see
Another kid my age drugged under a jeep
Taken and bound and found later under a tree
I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me
Do you see the soldiers they're out today
They brush the dust from bullet proof vests away
It's ironic at times like this you pray
But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday
There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads
Inside your market, your shops, your clothes
My dad he's got a lot of fear I know
But enough pride inside not to let that show
My brother had a book he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine
On the back, he hand-wrote a quote inside
When the rich wage war it's the poor who die
Meanwhile, the leader just talks away
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
both scared and angry like "what did he say?"
By Linkin Park
Turn my mic up louder I got to say something
Light weights step to the side when we come in
Feel it in your chest the syllables get pumping
People on the street they panic and start running
Words on loose leaf sheet complete coming
I jump in my mind and summon the rhyme, I'm dumping
Healing the blind I promise to let the sun in
Sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and
Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping
F*** that I wanna see some fists pumping
Risk something, take back what's yours
Say something that you know they might attack you for
Cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before
Like it's stupid standing for what I'm standing for
Like this war's really just a different brand of war
Like it doesn't cater the rich and abandon poor
Like they understand you in the back of the jet
When you can't put gas in your tank
These f***ers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the cheque
Asking you to have compassion and have some respect
For a leader so nervous in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"
[Chorus:]
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
In my living room watching but I am not laughing
Cause when it gets tense I know what might happen
World is cold the bold men take action
Have to react or get blown into fractions
Ten years old it's something to see
Another kid my age drugged under a jeep
Taken and bound and found later under a tree
I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me
Do you see the soldiers they're out today
They brush the dust from bullet proof vests away
It's ironic at times like this you pray
But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday
There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads
Inside your market, your shops, your clothes
My dad he's got a lot of fear I know
But enough pride inside not to let that show
My brother had a book he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine
On the back, he hand-wrote a quote inside
When the rich wage war it's the poor who die
Meanwhile, the leader just talks away
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
both scared and angry like "what did he say?"
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Be Prepared: An Introduction to Food Storage
November 21, 2010 - 1:30 ET
In the age of the 24 hour supermarket, food storage may seem like a crazy concept. But economic forces are converging in such a way that skyrocketing food prices no longer seem like a possibility, more and more they appear to be an impending certainty. While Glenn could be wrong about inflation, there’s no harm in being prepared. Don’t be the person holding up a sign looking for help, be the person with a life raft. Look at the information on food storage and decide what’s best for you and your family.THINGS TO CONSIDER
- No refrigeration, plan for emergency assuming no electricity.
- Be nutritious, there may be some more physical activity required (ie. Blizzard requires more shoveling)
- Keep calorie count
FOOD
- Recommend you start with 2 week supply of food
- Good no-cook food items
- Energy bars / breakfast bars- Plan around the way you already eat.
- Almonds
- Peanut butter
- Tuna packages
- Canned pasta
- Dried fruit / canned fruit
- Dry milk
- Instant coffee
- V-8 juice
- Build around 3 categories of food
- Grocery store goods: often inexpensive, and it’s all familiar stuff. (i.e. mac & cheese)- Don’t stock up on it unless you know you like it.
- Freeze dried foods: lightweight and don’t take up much room. more expensive up front, but priced out per serving, it’s budget friendly.
- Bulk dry food: rice, beans, dehydrated fruits and vegetables, cornmeal, wheat, dried milk, etc. It will be the backbone of your food storage and last up to 20-30 years.
- Look at ingredients. You don’t want something high in sodium or preservatives
- Pay attention to shelf life. Take a look at package, can. Soup doesn’t need water and can store this for a few years. Plastic bags and cardboard boxes – 1 yr max
WATER
- Easiest way to store is by using cleaned out 2 liter soda bottles. You can easily clean out with hot water, drop of soap. Rinse thoroughly. That type of plastic is safe for storage.
- Recommend 2 liter soda bottle / per person / per day. For consumption and washing.
- If a situation where water is an issue, be sure to have stash of paper plates & freeze dried meals.
- If you can heat water, then at least you can enjoy a hot meal (i.e. mac & cheese, pasta, soup)
STORAGE
- 5 main enemies to storing food
- Temperature: ideal is 40 degrees - 72 degrees. For every 18 degrees above 72, food will lose its’ nutritional value by half - Humidity: Store food off the floor and away from outside walls- Look for places where can you declutter (I have water bottles stored under my kids’ beds)
- Pests: Keep food in air-tight containers clean up food particles on the shelves or floor
- Oxygen: Use oxygen absorbers, rotate food, vacuum packing food to reduce oxidation
- Light: Keep your pantry area dark. If food is in clear containers, keep them in labeled boxes with lids.
- You can store food in bin under a bed, clear out space in closet and designate a shelf.
- I recommend pieces of furniture that can double as storage. (i.e. Bench that opens up with a storage component – especially good for small homes)
- Store in a place that you won’t be dipping into constantly.
NON-FOOD ITEMS
- Items like toilet paper, can be bulky but it can be stored in garage, attic, shed, etc. moisture will affect it but temperature won’t.
- Non-food items, purposefully 1-2 weeks supply
- Go through entire day and jot down every non-item used. Soap, shampoo, contact solution, etc. buy extras of those.
- Keep easily organized in buckets (i.e. dental, laundry, etc.)
- Give serious consideration to how your family will cope when power is down. Communication, entertainment, What would we do to take care of pets? Keep things cool in the home, etc?
Source: National Center for Home Food Preservation
Storage information
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/store.html
Canning information
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_home.html
Drying information
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/dry.html
Fusion Magazine and Glenn Beck
This is a new magazine that I think everyone that reads this blog should read. Here is what they say about the magazine from their website:
Fusion is not the weekly standard, and it may not be for everyone...
If you were going to start a whole new division of a business you would probably conduct extensive research and product testing with surveys and focus groups, which would take many months. You'd hire analysts to dissect the market to find out if there was a need for your new product and only when that was all done would you actually start to develop and test it. Great! Now we know what you would do.
We, on the other hand, noticed one day in an airport that there really weren't any smart and funny magazines. So we wrote one. No testing, no research and not a single focus group.
Each issue, subscribers to Fusion can expect to get the latest perspective on what is happening in our world, coupled with my personal thoughts as 'work in progress' as well as cutting edge comedy and satire. Believe us, this magazine is not the weekly standard and it may not be for everyone, but because we know that, those that do enjoy it are going to LOVE IT.
It is our sincere hope that you are one of those people.
Subscribe
Also if you have not seen the Glenn Beck show recently it is a MUST SEE! Go to you-tube and search for Glenn Beck Soros, or Glenn Beck 3 part series. It is a group of shows that were on about a week and a half ago where he talks about some very serious things that everyone as Americans should be aware of. Like he says on the show, do not take his word for it, do the research yourself. He talks about a lot of topics that every one should know about and be aware of.
Fusion is not the weekly standard, and it may not be for everyone...
If you were going to start a whole new division of a business you would probably conduct extensive research and product testing with surveys and focus groups, which would take many months. You'd hire analysts to dissect the market to find out if there was a need for your new product and only when that was all done would you actually start to develop and test it. Great! Now we know what you would do.
We, on the other hand, noticed one day in an airport that there really weren't any smart and funny magazines. So we wrote one. No testing, no research and not a single focus group.
Each issue, subscribers to Fusion can expect to get the latest perspective on what is happening in our world, coupled with my personal thoughts as 'work in progress' as well as cutting edge comedy and satire. Believe us, this magazine is not the weekly standard and it may not be for everyone, but because we know that, those that do enjoy it are going to LOVE IT.
It is our sincere hope that you are one of those people.
Subscribe
Also if you have not seen the Glenn Beck show recently it is a MUST SEE! Go to you-tube and search for Glenn Beck Soros, or Glenn Beck 3 part series. It is a group of shows that were on about a week and a half ago where he talks about some very serious things that everyone as Americans should be aware of. Like he says on the show, do not take his word for it, do the research yourself. He talks about a lot of topics that every one should know about and be aware of.
Friday, November 26, 2010
To be a patriot
This blog will cover many different topics from educating ourselves about current events to preparedness, politics, religion and many other topics most Patriots would be interested in.
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