In Just one year - - -

In Just one year - - -

This email comes in three parts:

Part 1

In just one year. Remember the election in 2006? Thought you might like to read the following:

A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember, it's Congress that makes law not the President.
He has to work with what's handed to him.

Quote of the Day........"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it." -- Barack Obama

Part 2:

Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.

www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html

Taxes under Clinton Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250

Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above
think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest
President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they
will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that
fall into the categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is
like the movie, The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of
some money and they don't even know what happened.

PART 3:
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Read this:
Boy, am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS. I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again
until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.

verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border; also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States."
Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Are we THAT stupid? If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message.


If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every legal resident in the country including every representative in Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to restore some semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.

She said She wanted to be President someday!

I was talking to a neighbor's little girl, and she said she wanted to be President some day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?'

She replied, 'I'd give houses to all the homeless people.'
'Wow - what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'You don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward a new house.'

She thought that over for a few seconds 'cause she's only 6. And while her Mom glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work , and you can just pay him the $50?'
And I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'
Her folks still aren't talking to me.

Oh well!

Are you a Democrat, Republican, or Redneck

Are you a Democrat, Republican, or Redneck







> Here is a little test that will help you decide. The
> answer can be found
> by posing the following question:
>
> POLITICAL TEST:
>
> You're walking down a deserted street with your wife
> and two small
> children. Suddenly, a terrorist with a huge knife comes
> around the
> corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises
> Allah, raises
> the knife, and charges at you.
>
> You are carrying a Kimber 1911 cal. 45 ACP (BIG pistol),
> and you are an expert shot.
>
> You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your
> family. What do you
> do?
>
> THINK CAREFULLY AND THEN SCROLL DOWN:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Democrat's Answer :
> Well, that's not enough information to answer the
> question!
> Does the man look poor or oppressed?
> Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him
> to attack?
> Could we run away?
> What does my wife think?
> What about the kids?
> Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the
> knife out of
> his hand?
> What does the law say about this situation?
> Does the pistol have appropriate safety built into it?
> Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of
> message does
> this send to society and to my children?
> Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
> Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be
> content just to wound
> me?
> If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family
> get away while
> he was stabbing me?
> Should I call 9-1-1?
> Why is this street so deserted?
> We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and
> make this a
> happier, healthier street that would discourage such
> behavior.
> This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some
> friends for
> few days and try to come to a consensus.
>
>
>
>
>
> Republican's Answer:
>
> BANG!
>
>
>
>
>
> Redneck's Answer:
>
> BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG !
> Click..... (Sounds of reloading)
> BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
> Click
> Daughter: 'Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the
> Winchester Silver Tips
> or Hollow Points?!'
> Son: 'Can I shoot the next one?!'
> Wife: 'You ain't taking that to the
> Taxidermist!'

New Retirement Plan, the 401 Keg Plan

New Retirement Plan

If you had purchased $1,000.00 of AIG stock one year ago, it would now be worth $56.91. With Washington Mutual, you would have $120.36 left of the original $1,000.00 With 'Fannie Mae', you would have $11.34 left.

If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Lehman Bros one year ago it would now be almost worthless; less than $.86. If you had purchased RH Donelley, you would have $45.69 left.

But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling refund you would have $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. This is called the 401-Keg Plan.

Why cant consumers charge credit card companies and banks interest and late fees on money they owe us??

I still dont get how companies get away with charging huge interest rates, and late fees to consumers? Think about it credit card companies and banks charge you interest on money you owe them, and when you dont pay ontime they charge you a ridiculous late fee!!! Even utility companies will charge you penalties and fees if they dont get their money on time,by an exact date!

Why is it then that when we overpay as a consumer we cant charge the companies interest and late fees on the money they owe us?????? I have had to wait months to get money back from credit card companies that I over paid , one time it was only 9 dollars and it took me months to get my money back!

Why is it these companies can take their sweet ol time paying us when they are the ones who owe us and we cant get interest on are own money? It just dosnt make sense.............................................................................as President of the united states I will change this law, whats fair is fair right??

Here is a quick look into 3 former Fannie Mae executives who have brought down Wall Street

Don't forget to read the very bottom even if you just scan through these men's issues.


Here is a quick look into 3 former Fannie Mae executives who have brought down Wall Street:

Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregulaties in Fannie Mae's accounting activities. At the time of his departure The Wall Street Journal noted, " Raines, who long defended the company's accounting despite mounting evidence that it wasn't proper, issued a statement late Tuesday conceding that "mistakes were made" and saying he would assume responsibility as he had earlier promised. News reports indicate the company was under growing pressure from regulators to shake up its management in the wake of findings that the company's books ran afoul of generally accepted accounting principles for four years." Fannie Mae had to reduce its surplus by $9 billion.

Raines left with a "golden parachute valued at $240 Million in benefits. The Government filed suit against Raines when the depth of the accounting scandal became clear. http://housingdoom.com/2006/12/18/fannie-charges/ . The Government noted, "The 101 charges reveal how the individuals improperly manipulated earnings to maximize their bonuses, while knowingly neglecting accounting systems and internal controls, misapplying over twenty accounting principles and misleading the regulator and the public. The Notice explains how they submitted six years of misleading and inaccurate accounting statements and inaccurate capital reports that enabled them to grow Fannie Mae in an unsafe and unsound manner." These charges were made in 2006. The Court ordered Raines to return $50 Million Dollars he received in bonuses based on the miss-stated Fannie Mae profits.


Tim Howard - Was the Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae. Howard "was a strong internal proponent of using accounting strategies that would ensure a "stable pattern of earnings" at Fannie. In everyday English - he was cooking the books. The Government Investigation determined that, "Chief Financial Officer, Tim Howard, failed to provide adequate oversight to key control and reporting functions within Fannie Mae,"

On June 16, 2006, Rep. Richard Baker, R-La., asked the Justice Department to investigate his allegations that two former Fannie Mae executives lied to Congress in October 2004 when they denied manipulating the mortgage-finance giant's income statement to achieve management pay bonuses. Investigations by federal regulators and the company's board of directors since concluded that management did manipulate 1998 earnings to trigger bonuses. Raines and Howard resigned under pressure in late 2004.

Howard's Golden Parachute was estimated at $20 Million!



Jim Johnson - A former executive at Lehman Brothers and who was later forced from his position as Fannie Mae CEO. A look at the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's May 2006 report on mismanagement and corruption inside Fannie Mae, and you'll see some interesting things about Johnson. Investigators found that Fannie Mae had hidden a substantial amount of Johnson's 1998 compensation from the public, reporting that it was between $6 million and $7 million when it fact it was $21 million." Johnson is currently under investigation for taking illegal loans from Countrywide while serving as CEO of Fannie Mae.

Johnson's Golden Parachute was estimated at $28 Million.


WHERE ARE THEY NOW?


FRANKLIN RAINES? Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor


TIM HOWARD? Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama


JIM JOHNSON? Johnson hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee

IF OBAMA PLANS ON CLEANING UP THE MESS - HIS ADVISORS HAVE THE EXPERTISE - THEY MADE THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. Would you trust the men who tore Wall Street down to build the New Wall Street ?

This election has me very worried. So many things to consider.

Something that was sent to me:This election has me very worried. So many things to consider.About a year ago I would have voted for Obama.


I have changed my mindthree times since than. I watch all the news channels, jumping fromone to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, Ifeel if you view MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middleground to work with.

About six months ago, I started thinking 'wheredid the money come from for Obama'. I have four daughters who went toCollege, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (includingmy girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans.I started looking into Obama's life. Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California.

He isvery open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugsand was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, didnot apply himself to his studies. 'Barry' (that was the name he used allhis life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo andWahi d Hamid, both from Pakistan.


During the summer of 1981, afterhis second year in college, he made a 'round the world' trip.Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia, next Hyderabad in India,three weeks in Karachi, Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate'sfamily, then off to Africa to visit his father's family. My question- Where did he get the money for this trip? Neither I, nor any one ofmy children would have had money for a trip like this when they where incollege. When he came back he started school at Columbia Universityin New York. It is at this time he wants everyone to call himBarack - not Barry.

Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia?It's not cheap! to say the least. Where did he get money fortuition? Student Loans? Maybe. After Columbia, he went to Chicago towork as a Community Organizer for $12,000. a year. Why Chicago?Why not New York? He was already living in New York.By 'chance' he met Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, born in Aleppo S yria, and areal estate developer in Chicago.


Rezko has been convicted of fraudand bribery this year. Rezko, was named 'Entrepreneur of the Decade'by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association'. Abouttwo years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School. Do you have anyidea what tuition is for Harvard Law School? Where did he get themoney for Law School? More student loans? After Law school, hewent back to Chicago. Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down.But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guesswhat?


They represented 'Rezar ' which Rezko's firm. Rezko was oneof Obama's first major financial contributors when he ran for office inChicago. In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama whichChicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental inproviding Obama with 'seed money' for his U.S. Senate race. In 2005,Obama purchased a new home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65million (less than asking price). With ALL those Student Loans -Where did he get the money for the property? On the same day Rezko'swife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price.


The LondonTimes reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko$3.5 million three weeks before Obama's new home was purchased. Obamamet N adhmi Auchi many times with Rezko.Now, we have Obama running for President. Valerie Jarrett, wasMichele Obama's boss. She is now Obama's chief advisor and he doesnot make any major decisions without talking to her first.


Where was Jarrett born? Ready for this? Shiraz, Iran! Do we see a pattern here?Or am I going crazy?On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor to Obama was'sacked' after the press found out he was having regular contacts with'Hamas', which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran. This pastweek, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reportedthat during Obama's visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothingabout the war until after he is elected, and he will 'Take care ofthings'.Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that where born inPakistan?


They are in charge of all those 'small' Internet campaigncontribution for Obama. Where is that money coming from? The poorand middle class in this country? Or could it be from the MiddleEast? And the final bit of news. On September 7, 2008, The Washington Timespos ted a verbal slip that was made on 'This Week' with GeorgeStephanapoulos. Obama on talking about his religion said, 'My Muslimfaith'. When questioned, 'he make a mistake'. Some mistake! Earlier in the campaign he mentioned the 57 states and people said hewas tired. There are 57 Islamic states.All of the above information I got on line.


If you would like tocheck it - Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; ValerieJarrett: Daily Times - Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The WashingtonTimes - September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information on my own,Why haven't all of our 'intelligent' members of the press been reportingthis?A phrase that keeps ringing in my ear - 'Beware of the enemy within.

AM I WRONG?????

AM I WRONG?????
>
>
>
> MAYBE I'VE GOT THIS ALL WRONG - ME JUST
> BEING AN OLD BOY WITHOUT MUCH EDUCATION...BUT NOW, CHECK
> THIS OUT:
>
> HIS FATHER WAS A KENYAN, A MUSLIM, AND A
> BLACK- WE SAW ALL THOSE PICTURES OF HIS NICE AFRICAN FAMILY.
>
> HIS MOTHER IS KANSAN, ATHEIST, AND WHITE. SO
> - WHERE ARE ALL THOSE PICTURES OF HIS NICE WHITE MOTHER AND
> HIS NICE WHITE GRANDPARENTS - THE ONES WHO RAISED HIM ALL
> THOSE EARLY YEARS?
>
> HIS FATHER DESERTED HIS MOTHER AND HIM WHEN
> HE WAS VERY YOUNG AND MOVED BACK TO LIVE WITH HIS FAMILY IN
> KENYA (THAT'S THE ONES IN THE PICTURES).
>
> HIS WHITE MOTHER THEN MARRIED AN INDONESIAN
> MUSLIM AND TOOK HIM TO THE CITY OF JAKARTA WHERE HE WAS
> FIRST SCHOOLED IN A M USLIM SCHOOL.
>
> HIS MOTHER THEN MOVED TO HAWAII AND HE WAS
> RAISED BY HIS WHITE MIDDLE -AMERICAN GRANDPARENTS THERE.
>
>
> UMMM...NOW HERE'S THE HARD PART FOR ME
> (HELP ME OUT HERE, IF YOU CAN ):
>
> SOMEHOW, SUDDENLY - HE WENT TO THE BEST HIGH
> DOLLAR PREP SCHOOLS IN AMERICA, AND LATER HE GOT INTO A TOP
> IVY LEAGUE< /B> COLLEGE AND LATER, INTO HARVARD LAW
> SCHOOL - HOW? WHO SPONSORED HIM? WHO PAID FOR ALL THAT
> SCHOOLING? (HAVE YOU LOOKED AT TUITION EXPENSES TO ATTEND
> UNDERGRADUATE YALE LATELY? HOW ABOUT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL?
> SOMEBODY PAID A LOT OF BUCKS FOR THIS KID'S IVY LEAGUE
> EDUCATION.......) WHO?
>
> A SENATOR'S SALARY IS NOT THAT GREAT, BUT
> THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE PRESENTLY LIVE IN A $1.4
> MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE THAT HE ACQUIRED THROUGH A
> 'DEAL' WITH A WEALTHY FUND RAISER.
>
> WHAT SORT OF 'DEAL'?
>
> RIGHT OUT OF HARVARD LAW, HE 'WORKED'
> AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO .
>
> HE THEN ENTERED POLITICS AT THE STATE LEVEL
> AND THEN MOVED TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL - WHERE HE SCRAMBLES
> TODAY WITH VERY MINIMAL EXPERIENCE IN ANYTHING - WHILE OTHER
> PEOPLE WRITE HIS SPEECHES FOR HIM.
>
> IN ALL HIS TIME IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL
> LEGISLATURES - HE'S NEVER LAUNCHED ANY IMPORTANT
> LEGISLATION WHATSOEVER. MOSTLY, HE'S OUT RUNNING FOR
> PRESIDENT.
>
> HE CLAIMS TO BE 'PROUD OF HIS AFRICAN
> HERITAGE' BUT IT SEEMS THAT HIS ONLY CONNECTION WITH
> AFRICA WAS THAT HIS AFRICAN FATHER GOT A WHITE AMERICAN GIRL
> PREGNANT AND THEN DESERTED HER.
>
> UMMM....WHERE IS THE PRIDE IN HIS WHITE
> HERITAGE? AFTER ALL - IT WAS W HITE GRANDPARENTS THAT RAISED
> HIM!
>
> HE IS PRESENTLY A MEMBER (FOR OVER 20 YEARS!)
> OF AN 'AFROCENTRIC' CHURCH IN CHICAGO THAT HATES
> WHITES, HATES JEWS, AND BLAMES AMERICA FOR ALL THE
> WORLD'S FAULTS.
>
> HE REPEATEDLY COVERED UP FOR THAT PASTOR AND
> THAT CHURCH - SAYING THAT HE CAN SEPARATE THE RELIGION FROM
> THE POLITICS, WHEN HE HEARS A HATE-WHITEY SERMON.
>
> HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS SIMPLY UNABLE TO
> CONFRONT HIS PASTOR OF 20+ YEARS ABOUT THE PASTOR'S
> DEMONSTRATED UN-AMERICAN BIAS. BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE
> THAT HE CAN CONFRONT NORTH KOREA AND IRAN WHEN THE TIME
> ARISES TO TAKE AMERICA'S SIDE.
>
> YEAH - WITH THIS BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE,
> HE 'HOPES' THAT HE COULD BE A UNITER AND BRING US
> ALL TOGETHER;
>
> BUT - WE THINK THAT THE REAL 'HOPE'
> IS, THAT HE REALLY HOPES THAT NO ONE WILL PUT ALL THESE
> PIECES TOGETHER, UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
>
> SEND TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO CARES ABOUT
> FREEDOM !!!
>
> GET OUT AND VOTE ! AND DON'T FORGET YOU
> ARE AN AMERICAN AND THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY THAT YOU ARE
> FIGHTING FOR!!!!

A Little Gun History Lesson In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. >From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend thems

A Little Gun History Lesson In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. >From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.

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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent

Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent

Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!

In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!

It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too!

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind him of this history lesson.

With Guns...........We Are "Citizens".
Without Them........We Are "Subjects".

During W.W.II the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

Note: Admiral Yamamoto who crafted the attack on Pearl Harbor had attended Harvard U 1919-1921 & was Naval Attaché to the U. S. 1925-28. Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor & our Army had been deprived of funding & was ill prepared to defend the country.
It was reported that when asked why Japan did not follow up the Pearl Harbor attack with an invasion of the U. S. Mainland, his reply was that he had lived in the U. S. & knew that almost all households had guns.

If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to all your friends!

Bet Ya didn't hear about this on NBC

Family with Down Syndrome Child Meets John McCain and Sarah Palin
September 9, 2008

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Kurt in Pittsburgh , hello, sir. Nice to have you on the EIB Network, and how about the Steelers defense?

CALLER: How about those Steelers, huh?

RUSH: How about that?

CALLER: Hey, listen, Rush, longtime listener, first-time caller, one of those Bible, family, gun clingers from western Pennsylvania .

RUSH: Thank you.

CALLER: And I wanted to share a story with you. A week ago last Saturday we went to the Palin-McCain rally in Washington , Pennsylvania , was the day after he announced her, and we have a five-year-old daughter with Down syndrome, and we made a sign that said: 'We Love Kids with Down Syndrome.' So when they pulled in in their bus the sign did catch their, McCain and Palin and the rest of their family, it caught their eye, we could tell, they gave us a thumbs-up from the bus, so we were all excited just by that --

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. Who gave you the thumbs up, McCain and Palin?

CALLER: McCain, Palin, Cindy McCain, we could see them from the bus. We were in a position where we had eye contact with them --

RUSH: Oh, cool!

CALLER: My wife was holding our daughter.

RUSH: Very, very, very cool.

CALLER: It was really cool, Rush. I was like, 'Wow, that's awesome,' because I love Governor Palin and so I thought that's really neat. So then we moved around as the bus was getting ready to pull out, we kind of positioned ourselves so we could just wave them on and a Secret Service agent came up to us and said, 'Hey, can you come with us?' I was like, 'Do we have a choice?'

RUSH: (laughing) You shouldn't have worried. It's not the Clinton administration.

CALLER: Right. So we accompanied them up the hill, we went right to the bus, where it was, and Governor Palin, Senator McCain, Cindy, Todd Palin, they're all standing there. We're in this inner circle with just us and them, and the Secret Service agent, and they came right up to us and thanked us for coming out, said they loved our sign, and Governor Palin immediately said, 'May I hold your daughter?' and our daughter Chloe, who's five, went right to her, and I have some pictures I'd love to send you maybe when I'm done here, but Governor Palin was hugging Chloe, and then her little daughter brought their baby Trig who has Down syndrome from the bus, he was napping, and Chloe went right over and kissed him on the cheek, and my son Nolan who's nine, he thanked her.

RUSH: This is amazing.

CALLER: I will send you all the stuff, Senator McCain was talking to my son, and we thanked him for his service, and he asked my son if he wanted to see the bus, and we were hanging out and it was very surreal. I felt like we could have had a pizza and a beer with them, they were so warm.

RUSH: You know what? I want to put you on hold. I want Snerdley to give you our super-secret, known-only-to-three-people here, e-mail address.

CALLER: I will send you everything, Rush.

RUSH: And then could you send us these pictures? Would you mind if we put them on the website?

CALLER: I would be honored, and my main thing is they are warm, kind, genuine people, and they represent the best of this country.

RUSH: That's right. And when you send these pictures, make sure you identify them. I mean, we'll know Palin and McCain, of course. Identify yourselves.

CALLER: I will, I will identify everybody in the picture, Rush, and God bless you for being a beacon of hope and truth in this country.

RUSH: Oh, no, no. It's nothing, it's nothing. You're doing the Lord's work.

CALLER: Well, we're very blessed and I want people to know what a blessing it is to have a child with Down syndrome. These kids, they're angels.

RUSH: That's the thing. There's always good to be found in everything that happens. It may be a while before it reveals itself.

CALLER: Absolutely.

RUSH: Right, and when she hugged my daughter I said, here's the difference, this candidate embraces life and all its limitless possibilities.

RUSH: All right.

CALLER: That's what she is.

RUSH: Terrific, okay, I gotta run here, but I'm going to put you on hold.

CALLER: Thank you, Rush.

RUSH: Thank you, Kurt. I really appreciate it.

END TRANSCRIPT

The State of Our Tax System:

The State of Our Tax System:

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.


The fifth would pay $1.


The sixth would pay $3.


The seventh would pay $7.


The eighth would pay $12.


The ninth would pay $18.


The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.


So, that's what they decided to do.


The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. 'Since you are all such good customers,' he said, 'I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.


The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.


But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.


And so:


The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).


The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).


The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).


The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).


The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).


The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).


Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.


'I only got a dollar out of the $20,'declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,' but he got $10!'


'Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too.


It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!'


'That's true!!' shouted the seventh man. 'Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!'


'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison. 'We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!'


The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.


The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!


And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.




David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.


Professor of Economics


University of Georgia




For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

How about them apples ????

How about them apples ????

>>Subject: The Birk Economic Recovery Plan
>>
>>Hi Pals,
>>
>>I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
>>
>>Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in
>>a We Deserve It Dividend.
>>
>>To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000
>>bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.
>>
>>Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman
>>and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..
>>
>>So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals
$425,000.00.
>>
>>My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a
>>We Deserve It Dividend.
>>
>>Of course, it would NOT be tax free.
>>So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.
>>
>>Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.
>>That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
>>
>>But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
>>A husband and wife has $595,000.00.
>>
>>What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
>>Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.
>>Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads
>>Put away money for college - it'll be there
>>Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
>>Buy a new car - create jobs
>>Invest in the market - capital drives growth
>>Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves
>>Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else
>>
>>Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks
>>who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company
>>that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed
Forces.
>>
>>If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of
trickling out
>>a puny $1000.00 ( "vote buy" ) economic incentive that is being proposed
by one of our candidates for President.
>>
>>If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult
U S Citizen 18+!
>>
>>As for AIG - liquidate it.
>>Sell off its parts.
>>Let American General go back to being American General.
>>Sell off the real estate.
>>Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.
>>
>>Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.
>>
>>Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work."
>>
>>But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!
>>
>>How do you spell Economic Boom?
>>
>>I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion
>>We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in
Washington DC.
>>
>>And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because
$25.5 Billion is returned
>>instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
>>
>>Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.
>>
>>Kindest personal regards,
>>
>>Birk
>>
>>T. J. Birkenmeier, A Creative Guy & Citizen of the Republic
>>
>>PS: Feel free to pass this along to your pals as it's either good for a
laugh
>>or a tear or a very sobering thought on how to best use $85 Billion!!

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies

'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

Knowing when to come in out of the rain; why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when
well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an Aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly
awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion, his daughter, Responsibility,
his son, Reason. He is survived by his four stepbrothers: I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, I'm A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

"What Caused the Loan Crisis"

Dear Friends,

I am sounding an alarm! For the life of me, I cannot figure out why this is not being discussed on the media or why conservatives are not making their case: IT IS SO IMPORTANT!!!!! The following is a condensation of a series from the Investor's Business Daily explaining "What Caused the Loan Crisis":

1977: Pres. Jimmy Carter signs the Community Reinvestment Act into Law. The law pressured financial institutions to extend home loans to those who would otherwise not qualify. The Premise: Home ownership would improve poor and crime-ridden communities and neighborhoods in terms of crime, investment, jobs, etc.

Results: Statistics bear out that it did not help.

How did the government get so deeply involved in the housing market? Answer: Bill Clinton wanted it that way.

1992: Republican representative Jim Leach (IO) warned of the danger that Fannie and Freddie were changing from being agencies of the public at large to money machines for the principals and the stockholding few.

1993: Clinton extensively rewrote Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's rules turning the quasi-private mortgage-funding firms into semi-nationalized monopoies dispensing cash and loans to large Democratic voting blocks and handing favors, jobs and contributions to political allies. This potent mix led inevitably to corruption and now the collapse of Freddie and Fannie.

1994: Despite warnings, Clinton unveiled his National Home-Ownership Strategy which broadened the CRA in ways congress never intended.

1995: Congress, about to change from a Democrat majority to Republican, Clinton orders Robert Rubin's Treasury Dept to rewrite the rules. Robt. Rubin's Treasury reworked rules, forcing banks to satisfy quotas for sub-prime and minority loans to get a satisfactory CRA rating. The rating was key to expansion or mergers for banks. Loans began to be made on the basis of race and little else.

1997 - 1999: Clinton, bypassing Republicans, enlisted Andrew Cuomo, then Secretary of Housing and Urban Developement, allowing Freddie and Fannie to get into the sub-prime market in a BIG way. Led by Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd, congress doubled down on the risk by easing capital limits and allowing them to hold just 2.5% of capital to back their investments vs. 10% for banks. Since they could borrow at lower rates than banks their enterprises boomed.

With incentives in place, banks poured billions in loans into poor communities, often "no doc", "no income", requiring no money down and no verification of income. Worse still was the cronyism: Fannie and Freddie became home to out-of work-politicians, mostly Clinton Democrats. 384 politicians got big campaign donations from Fannie and Freddie. Over $200 million had been spent on lobbying and political activities. During the 1990's Fannie and Freddie enjoyed a subsidy of as musch as $182 Billion, most of it going to principals and shareholders, not poor borrowers as claimed.

Did it work? Minorities made up 49% of the 12.5 million new homeowners but many of those loans have gone bad and the minority homeownership rates are shrinking fast.

1999: New Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, became alarmed at Fannie and Freddie's excesses. Congress held hearings the ensuing year but nothing was done because Fannie and Freddie had donated millions to key congressmen and radical groups, ensuring no meaningful changes would take place. "We manage our political risk with the same intensity that we manage our credit and interest rate risks," Fannie CEO Franklin Raines, a former Clinton official and current Barack Obama advisor, bragged to investors in 1999.

2000: Secretary Summers sent Undersecretary Gary Gensler to Congress seeking an end to the "special status". Democrats raised a ruckus as did Fannie and Freddie, headed by politically connected CEO's who knew how to reward and punish. "We think that the statements evidence a contempt for the nation's housing and mortgage markets" Freddie spokesperson Sharon McHale said. It was the last chance during the Clinton era for reform.

2001: Republicans try repeatedly to bring fiscal sanity to Fannie and Freddie but Democrats blocked any attempt at reform; especially Rep. Barney Frank and Sen.Chris Dodd who now run key banking committees and were huge beneficiaries of campaign contributions from the mortgage giants.

2003: Bush proposes what the NY Times called "the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago". Even after discovering a scheme by Fannie and Freddie to overstate earnings by $10.6 billion to boost their bonuses, the Democrats killed reform.

2005: Then Fed chairman Alan Greenspan warns Congress: "We are placing the total financial system at substantial risk". Sen. McCain, with two others, sponsored a Fannie/Freddie reform bill and said, "If congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole". Sen. Harry Reid accused the GOP ;of trying to "cripple the ability of Fannie and Freddie to carry out their mission of expanding homeownership" The bill went nowhere.

2007: By now Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee over HALF of the $12 trillion US mortgage market. The mortgage giants, whose executive suites were top-heavy with former Democratic officials, had been working with Wall St. to repackage the bad loans and sell them to investors. As the housing market fell in '07, subprime mortgage portfolios suffered major losses. The crisis was on, though it was 15 years in the making.

2008: McCain has repeatedly called for reforming the behemoths, Bush urged reform 17 times. Still the media have repeated Democrats' talking points about this being a "Republican" disaster. A few Republicans are complicit but Fannie and Freddie were created by Democrats, regulated by Democrats, largely run by Democrats and protected by Democrats. That's why taxpayers are now being asked for $700 billion!!

If you doubt any of this, just click the links below and listen to your lawmakers own words. They are condeming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68D9XrqyrWo&feature=related#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgqfM5C8lY#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9juJr8CSY4&feature=related#

Postscript: ACORN is one of the principle beneficiaries of Fannie/ Freddie's slush funds. They are currently under indictment or investigation in many states. Barack Obama served as their legal counsel, defending their activities for several years.

Please share this with everyone you know. Send it. Print it. Talk about it. America needs to know!!!

The best temp gig in history

The best temp gig in history


Posted Sep 30 2008, 12:47 PM by Kim Peterson


Congress wants to crack down on CEO mega-salaries for banks participating in the bailout. And while the politicians argue how best to do that, Alan Fishman of Washington Mutual is headed for the doors with $19 million in his pocket.

If that wasn't outrageous enough, consider this: Fishman started the job three weeks ago. I never saw the employment ad Fishman answered, but it must have read something like this:
WANTED: Top executive for train-wreck bank about to be seized by federal regulators. Must be able to look busy while FDIC sells business from under you. Previous experience with angry shareholders sitting on worthless stock a plus. Perks: $7.5 million hiring bonus and $11.6 million cash severance.

Fishman got the best temp gig in history. He gets to keep the bonus and severance pay, though he must stay on the job while JPMorgan Chase completes its purchase of WaMu's banking assets.

To be fair, Fishman wasn't the one that took WaMu down a path lined with toxic mortgages and other bad assets. No, that role belonged to former CEO Kerry Killinger, who received $54 million over five years before leaving earlier this month. He's eligible for around $20 million in severance pay.

Other execs are also cashing in big. President Stephen Rotella gets $12.7 million in cash if he's terminated or quits with "good reason," according to the Portland Business Journal. And CFO Thomas Casey would get a cash severance of $6.3 million.

And WaMu shareholders got huge payments of...oh, wait. The stock is worthless. Shareholders got wiped out.

I would Vote for this guy!!!!!

I HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE.
HERE IS MY PLATFORM:

(1) 'Press 1 for English' is immediately banned. English is the official language; speak it or wait at the border until you can.

(2) We will immediately go into a two year isolationist posture to straighten out the country's attitude. NO imports, no exports.

We will use the 'Wal-M art 's policy, 'If we ain't got it, you don't need it.'


(3) When imports are allowed, there will be a 100% import tax on it.


(4) All retired military personnel will be required to man one of our many observation towers on the southern border. (six month tour) They will be under strict orders not to fire on SOUTHBOUND aliens.

(5) Social security will immediately return to its original state. If you didn't put nuttin in, you ain't gettin nuttin out. The president nor any other politician will not be able to touch it.
(6) Welfare - Checks will be handed out on Fridays at the end of the 40 hour school week and the successful completion of urinalysis and a passing grade.

(7) Professional Athletes --Steroids - The FIRST time you check positive you're banned for life.

(8) Crime - We will adopt the Turkish method, the first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There is no more life sentences. If convicted, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for your victim; gun, knife, strangulation, etc.

(9) One export will be allowed; Wheat, The world needs to eat. A bushel of wheat will be the exact price of a barrel of oil.

(10) All foreign aid using American taxpayer money will immediately cease, and the saved money will pay off the national debt and ultimately lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we'll ask the American people if they want to donate to a disaster fund, and each citizen can make the decision whether it's a worthy cause.

(11) The Pledge of Allegiance will be said every day at school and every day in Congress.

(12) The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc.

Sorry if I stepped on anyone's toes but a vote for me will get you better than what you have, and better than what you're gonna get. Thanks for listening, and remember to write in my name on the ballot in November.
God Bless America !!!!!!!!!!!

The U.S. should pull out of Washington

Regardless of where you stand on the issue ofthe U.S. Involvement in Iraq , here is a sobering statistic:

There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the last 40 months and atotal of 3,567 deaths.

That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. Is80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period.

That means that you are about25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq .Obvious Conclusion:

The U.S. should pull out of Washington