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Just one more “surface” knee jerk “wanna be” (famous on someone else’s “dime”) psycho - MY “knee jerk” impression!!Doesn’t this person realize that Barrack’s mother - a mother Barrack loved - Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas) - was WHITE?!

Doesn’t this person realize that Barrack, (Barry) - ALSO never was a poor boy on welfare, but a young child experiencing a normal (second father) and some early foreign experience? QUOTE: “That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind.” and “The opportunity that Hawaii offered—to experience a variety of cultures in a climate of mutual respect—became an integral part of my world view, and a basis for the values that I hold most dear.” NOT “this” Jeremiah “speak” stuff!

Doesn’t this hmmmm person? realize that Barrack is NOT poor - Ivy League education (Harvard Law Review) is NOT cheap - He had a normal “middle class” life while growing up - Jakarata, Hawaii, LA (which had him experience yet more by way of “differences”) During this Harvard education he became the “first black president (Harvard Law Review) in its 104-year history” A white man could never be the “first?” He’s where he is because he was determined, intelligent and add “hard work” - NOT by hanging on the fact that he is BLACK and he’s OWED something!! Poor children who are CONTINUALLY told that they will get no where - because they are BLACK - - SO, They give up and fulfill this “prophecy”

Doesn’t this - - - realize that WOMEN (and I truly have no regard for the Hillary “freak”) - - BUT - - Women have had their own struggles with just about everything mentioned except MAYBE the being pulled over part (didn’t work for me?!?!) ALSO thrown in their face? Women - Like Black Men - BOTH have to fight much harder to find and hold their “calling” and chosen life as their own. In fact - - watching over the years. The PC “pecking order” that developed over the last few decades is actually: White Man, Black Woman, Black Man and THEN White Woman. Black Women answer two shortcomings (Black, Woman) - While White Women - will always be relegated as second class to Men and PC demoted because they are White!

Doesn’t this - - - realize that he may just loose the election for Barrack when people realize that “this” is the leadership respected by Barrack?!?! YIKES - With a Pastor like this - WHY go to church?

YET - ONE MORE REASON that there should be a spot on the ballot for “NONE OF THE ABOVE!!” - - Just so people can demonstrate that they truly want to vote - - FIND US CANDIDATES and start over! Instead - we are forced to look as though we don’t care if we don’t show up at the polls!

The ONLY thing Barrack can do now to show STRONG LEADERSHIP right now is to make an announcement that he is no longer attending this man’s church - nor following his religious guidance.

WATCH THE TRAILERS AND PASS IT ON!!

H/T: GM

IF there has EVER been a time and a place where a ballot should include the phrase “None of the above” - THIS is the time! Yet there are several states that wouldn’t even allow this to be available - nor as free citizens - are we permitted to write in a name of our choice?!

The ONLY way I would even consider voting for John McCain is if he would add Duncan Hunter to his ticket. Seems (to me anyway) that we only have “Democrats” to vote for. John McCain’s only positive point is his backing of the need to complete and end the problems in the Mid-East in an honorable way.

It’s still a problem for me every time Hillary opens her mouth to complain about not knowing enough when she voted for the war in Iraq. The information was provided - apparently, she didn’t bother reading it! AND - all of this “experience” she claims should have given her enough information - just from sitting around and chatting with her husband who understood and stated the same things that were stated immediately before the war began! I swear this woman is pure psycho if you’d seriously test her on it - and - the phone commercial? Who do you want to represent us in foreign meetings?! The cutesy, whining, barmaid who doesn’t “stand by her man” and refuses to bake cookies or can not personally show even a sense of humbleness - it’s all about “me”, as her motto!!

NEXT - We have a “mini” comedy hanging around about this whole “experience” thing - Mix this with another demand many voters cherish - CHANGE!! Geez - Bust my chops - Batman!! How on earth could change ever possibly take place if someone with the amount of experience everyone thinks they want and these people of “experience” haven’t changed thing one about the way our government proceeds?!?!

Obama? Who is this man? Actually - guess being the first black citizen in charge of the Harvard Law Review is just as important as being a Wal-Mart attorney?! BUT - who is this man who’s name contains such strong similarities to not just one - but two of our greatest enemies of the past decade! OBAMA - USAMA - Hussein?! YIKES - makes you want to hurl.

McCain’s anti torture and border stands do not make sense when you consider his Iraq determination?! Some of the longest lasting civilizations built walls - just look at how long China has lasted and how quickly Rome fell!

Even in his biographical movie - the prisoners of war were shown sitting around enjoying a much better state of affairs than McCain himself. Hmmmm - maybe bowing to torture or threats of torture obtained this more comfortable status for these “other” prisoners?!

Most of the accomplishments of government are controlled by the Senate and House of Representatives. From time to time - our president steers his party in these incidents. Knowing that a vast majority of our governments actions will pretty much take care of themselves - There are very few areas that will reflect the leadership of our president. One, of course, is the selection of Judges at all Federal levels. It’s wise to choose a president who “owns” morals similar to your own as your main criteria. There are only TWO points of importance to me when this all started - Not “Viet naming” the War on Terror - and STRONG borders - not flimsy fences - not temporary troop build up - But, ACTUAL “Great Wall” of the United States with plenty of “high tech” all along the border! None of our border guards should be put in harms way either. Our border guards should have advanced “tech” warning to have the right equipment at the right place at the right time!

At THIS POINT - - I’m getting desperate!! Seeing that Al Gore might actually understand the importance of completing the War on Terror and his stellar grade of A on immigration that all of the current candidates hold D’s or lower in - Obama’s impressive mood lifting speeches, educational background and potential after a few more years of experience at the next higher level. A Gore/Obama ticket might actually work!! Whooops - is this a dream or a nightmare I’m in?!

However, than again, of course, baseball is much more important than our Country’s security.

The falling stock market of the day is a good indicator of our nation’s confusion. “None of the Above!!”

One of those things that makes you want to do research. I’ve heard “bits and pieces” about this and the “New World Order” speech on September 11, 1999 Guess puzzles need to exist to keep us busy using time that could be going to something more important.

Found this in the stack of papers I was about to throw away. (I DO throw things away from time to time! {paste grin here}). The title is “Know Your Presidents? Try Our . . . POP CULTURE QUIZ.” Then I noticed it was by Bill O’Reilly. Maybe this is where the “Martha and Steve” segment was invented? Anyway - here it is if you haven’t seen it previously . . .

Politics and Popular Culture go hand in hand. It began in the 1950s, when TV entered millions of American homes. Since almost every U.S. President has enjoyed (or endured) a “pop culture” moment that has helped to define his reputation and legacy. With the next Presidential election season getting started, how much do you know about politics in pop culture?

1. Richard Nixon’s “enemies list” included the name of a genuine rock superstar. Who was it?

A. Fabian
B. Elvis Presley
C. John Lennon
D. Jimi Hendrix

2. Reportedly, Maryilyn Monroe had a crush on President John Kennedy, who greatly enjoyed a movie she made with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. That film was:

A. The Misfits
B. Some Like It Hot
C. East of Eden
D. Old Yelkler

3. Jimmy Carter confessed to Playboy magazine that he:

A. hated peanuts
B. hated Richard Nixon
C. lusted in his heart
D. mishandled the Iran hostage situation.

4. During the 1992 Presidential election, Bill Clinton played the saxophone for which late-night TV host?

A. David Letterman
B. Johnny Carson
C. Arsenio Hall
D. Pat Sajak

5. The movie and TV program M*A*S*H took place during which President’s administration?

A. FDR
B. JFK
C. William Taft
D. Harry Truman

6. Ronald Reagan once starred in a movie with a chimp whose name was:

A. Mighty Joe Young
B. Bonzo
C. Koko
D. Harpo

7. Who created the unforgettable impersonation of Gerald Ford on Saturday Night Live?

A. Chevy Chase
B. John Belushi
C. Dan Aykroyd
D. Bill Murray

8. Laugh-In was a huge TV hit starrting Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. Which President appeared on the show and said, “Sock it to me?”

A. Lyndon Johnson
B. Richard Nixon
C. George Bush
D. Gerald Ford

9. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had one recreational passion outside of Mamie. It was:

A. eight ball
B. golf
C. jogging
D. gangsta rap

10. The elder President Bush attended Yale, where he posed for a very famous picture. Who else was in it?

A. Lou Gehrig
B. Winston Churchill
C. Harry Truman
D. Babe Ruth

Answer Key: 1-C 2-B 3-C 4-C 5-D 6-B 7-A 8-B 9-B 10-D

Found this writing from GEORGE Romney - Mitt’s Dad. Condensed from an address to the Commonwealth Club of California.

George Romney - President of American Motors Corp. - Reader’s Digest, May 1960

Some years ago, Justice Louis Brandeis declared, “It is not good for us that we should ever lose the fighting quality, the stamina and the courage to battle for what we want when we are entitled to it.”

Today, I think we have lost a great deal of that “fighting quality.” The majority of our people have few flaming interests that they are willing to struggle for. In larger and larger numbers, the individual is being engulfed in vast power groups. In politics, he is renouncing direct, active participation and transferring his rights of citizenship to the corporation or the union, which concerns itself with his economic interest. This substitution of economic for political citizenship could be the doom of our way of life.

The rights of citizenship must be exercised by individuals - not by big labor, big business or big government.

In the American Revolution, we fought against the power concentration that made our liberty and independence impossible. The weak state of the original Confederation reflected the people’s fear of concentrated authority. The Constitution itself, while providing for a strong central government, bristles with safeguards against excessive power held in the hands of a few. Jefferson’s theory of democracy defeated Hamilton and his ideas of a dominant federal government; Jackson defeated the Bank of the United States; Franklin Roosevelt divided the power of the big finance and big business - in part curbing the power of the business barons, but also helping create barons of unionism. This whole problem of concentrated power we are ignoring today.

Any time we permit a few men in labor or a few men in industry to reach the point where they can shut down a basic industry, cripple the economy and adversely affect the public interest - as in last year’s steel strike - we have a condition completely contrary to the spirit of America. I think that is an excessive concentration of private economic power. I am not seeking increased government regulation. Quite the contrary. But we do need to modernize our vague, outmoded inconsistent labor laws and anti-trust laws, which at present permit or foster labor monopolies and massive coalitions of industrial power. For it is the collision between these two excessive forces that is confronting us with the necessity for government intervention to protect the people - and the end result of that will be some form of totalitarianism.

Concentration of power ought to be fought wherever it exists, or the individual will be smashed. And that includes concentration in the form of a highly centralized government. Certainly big societies, especially those in competition with other big societies, need strong (even big) unions and corporations. But their power can and must be dispersed, with the ultimate control in the hands of the people. This will be impossible unless we recognize that it is morally wrong for either unions or corporations to get into politics.

There is little difference in principle between the present excessive political influence of unions and the earlier excessive political influence of business. One is as wrong as the other. Both are obstacles to political freedom, economic justice and individual rights. I believe we must prohibit business organizations and unions from political activity and expenditures, direct or indirect. What right have they to use the funds of stockholders or members to support specific candidates or issues? What right has either to create an atmosphere wherein a member’s or employee’s economic status can possibly be thought to depend on his political views and convictions?

I believe that corporate officials and union officials should participate in political affairs - but personally, as individuals. They should take every possible step to assure members and employees that this is a personal right not to be abridged in any manner. Each individual must speak for himself, directed by what he believes in. Of course, to be effective he must combine his energies with the energies of others, but through the instrument of a political party, not through his corporation or his union.

Unfortunately, our political parties have allowed themselves, to a large extent, to become the captives of dominant economic groups. In Michigan, for example, one party is largely under the control of big labor, while the other is largely in the hands of big business.

To combat this, we are developing a nonpartisan citizens’ program identified as Citizens for Michigan, made up of individuals acting for themselves. We hope to create an influence greater than that of these minority economic groups. The success of our program can provide the basis for releasing the political parties from their captivity and restoring to the people these necessary instruments for self-government.

There are three important things we must do to stop the drift toward increasingly massive centralized government.

One, make certain, but modernized law, that power outside government is dispersed and dept dispersed, so that big government is not needed to hold it in check.

Two, improve the character of state governments and modernize the smaller governmental units, such as the parish or the county.

There, revive the feeling that people can participate effectively in control of the government. For greater exercise of citizenship is an essential factor in America’s future.

The most effective means of doing this would be for the political parties to reject economic power-group participation and reach out for the citizens. The give-a-dollar-to-the-party-of-your-choice campaigns would be more effective with a give-an-hour campaign. Widely publicized upon forum meetings would put excitement and opportunity back into the political arena at the local level; people are not going to participate if they have no opportunity to choose anything but the word that is passed from the smoke-filled room. We need to bring our political parties and the people together, if our democratic system is to continue to be truly representative.

Today, the individual citizen must fight for his citizenship, or he will find himself, enslaved by the power groups - or by an all-powerful stat that is exercising his inalienable rights on the premise that it must protect him from the excesses of the power groups. This is the age-old struggle to keep power in any form from becoming excessive. The American Revolution was not a distant explosion, from which the dust has long since settled. It is a continuing process, and we should never forget it.

Happy Christmahanukwanzakah!Here’s hoping you grab your share of the very best blessings throughout December!! WHAT - - NAH - - What do you mean I didn’t include Thanksgiving!!! OH - - WAIT - - Left out Ramadan. The list goes on as far as you’d like it to go - all inclusive - all excluding - all in the “eye of the beholder” insulting someone.There is a whine out there about taking the “T” out of the actual “birth” of this word.I was happy to catch a “talking head” piece on Christmas - a piece I identified with. There is very little realization of Christmas in our lives. No more attention than usual - there are always Christians - strong in their beliefs who actually remember that the lack of skinny or fat Satan Clauses, “money pit” hoopla, the Christmas Tree that everyone wants to claim as the “Holiday Tree!!” - Shoot - guess we should be calling that Menorah “thing” a Holiday Menorah?! THIS part I’m sure of - this “tree thing” is for ONE holiday - it is not for Hanukkah, nor is it a decoration for Kwanzaa. Every Christmas Tree is just that and nothing else - a majority, historical, tradition of the United States - in celebration of Christmas.Of course - anyone and everyone is welcome to share the Christmas Trees of the world - BUT - it is nothing more than a Christmas Tree - NOT a holiday tree!!As far as commercial, seasonal, party filled holidays go - Happy Christmahanukwanzakah sounds great to me - cover the commercial, secular side of this December extravaganza - sounds OK to me.

Even Merry Christmahanukwanzakah sounds OK for any and all “PC” happenings for this over-whelming month of surface inclusion!!

BUT - Do not forget to share a BLESSED Christmas if Christ is the meaning of your season. Hey - that dang tree didn’t grow in Christ’s manger either. In fact - the tree thing (still CHRISTMAS TREE, not Holiday Tree) - the tree thing and Satan Claus are nothing but detractors from the real meaning of the REAL holiday.
I’m with the people who are tired of the heartbreak felt by the lonely, Satan Claus lessons for our children on why and how to lie, insults to the self-esteem of so many as they have to take charity to fulfill the commercial required happiness of their family, feelings of inadequacy in many areas of life of so many people, the emphasized memory of people who meant so much to us and are no longer here, pettiness of people who base the worth of others on what they give or don’t give them, on and on all with a huge lack of God and his son during all of the Christmahanukwanzakah month of December.YEP - Happy Christmahanukwanzakah if you must celebrate!BLESSED CHRISTMAS for everyone longing for mangers (Nativity Scenes), church services, carols, Salvation Army (proper levels of sharing).

Actually a big part of Kwanzaa’s beginning was this feeling of exclusion felt by so many. News for everyone - exclusion is NOT a racial problem - Anyone and - yes - everyone can feel this deep numbing pain.

My father worked for US Steel for 35 years - US Steel being one of the factories that “grew” this “melting pot.” I had two Russian neighbors, people a block away that would remind you of the often used picture from “Family of Man,” (home torn down they were so poor), racially mixed neighborhood, mafia presence (Crime Town USA - from “Saturday Evening Post” 60s), Polish events, Hungarian and Turkish neighbors, German and Greek. Some of the best foods in the world could always be found at the homes of various neighbors (example: Boyardee, Good Humor, Arthur Treachers, Arby’s, Isaly, and some others come from this Ohio “melting pot”).

During these years - The Orthodox Churches seemed to have the right idea. I remember that we would never take our decorations down until Orthodox Christmas was over. This year Epiphany is on the 6th of January and the 7th is Orthodox Christmas. Yet - all of Christmas was more Blessed in those days of our country’s “melting pot” growth.

There are few seasonal traditions with much meaning any more. ALSO, from a 2005 post as in the post before this one. Glad to know that this tradition takes place every year . . .

Many people have noticed this very moving picture. Every good link takes you to another. The picture came from THIS United States Air Force link. A truly good story about an American trying to give something back. The story at this link is well worth reading and viewing the video along with additional pictures of this Christmas tradition started by a private citizen. Click photo to enlarge.

ARLINGTON, Va.– Christmas wreaths adorn head stones at Arlington National Cemetery.

The 14th annual wreath-laying event is the result of Worcester Wreath Company’s owner Morrill Worcester’s childhood dream of doing something to honor those laid to rest. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)

December 2007 - Give the “Worchester Wreath Company” link in the above paragraph a click for some good information.

Received this in an E-Mail yet again. I had posted this same piece in 2005:

When you’re running a fever of nearly 102 degrees and don’t feel well enough to post anything worth reading - - it’s more than refreshing to find perfection in your E-Mail. Here’s a series of memos about this season’s “Christmas Party!” To really enjoy these memos - click the “continue” line - - I truly hope you are not your company’s “Patty!”

FROM: Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director
TO: All Employees
DATE: October 1, 2005
RE: Christmas Party

I’m happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take place on December 23, starting at noon in the private function room at the Grill House.

There will be a cash bar and plenty of drinks! We’ll have a small band playing traditional carols . . . feel free to sing along.

And don’t be surprised if our CEO shows up dressed as Santa Claus! A Christmas tree will be lit at 1:00pm.

Exchange of gifts among employees can be done at that time; however, no gift should be over $10.00 to make the giving of gifts easy for everyone’s pockets. T

his gathering is only for employees! Our CEO will make a special announcement at that time!

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Patty

(sounds normal - right? OR - That was then. Next is now.) (more…)

FROM AN EARLIER POST . . .

PETTIFOG NOTE: JOHN HOWARD as PM of AUSTRALIA understands and has stated - in direct, short order - the EXACT words we need to hear in order to remember the importance of winning the War on Terror with this statement he made a couple of years ago. We are loosing our “Friends in High Places” in-depth leaders to their citizens who are weary from loss - Spain, England - now Australia. All of these countries have felt the pain of terrorism.

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Rudd Wins Australian Election on Climate, Troops Vows

By Gemma Daley

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Kevin Rudd’s Labor Party won Australia’s election, ending John Howard’s 11-year rule after promising to tackle climate change, restore workers’ bargaining power and withdraw Australian troops from Iraq.

Labor won 83 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, gaining 23 seats from 2004, according to the Australian Election Commission. The Liberal-National coalition has 56 seats, with two independents and nine undecided, the commission said on its Web site.

“I will always govern in the national interest,” Rudd said in a press conference in Brisbane today, adding “we will not breach the trust” of the Australian public, he said.

Rudd, 50, a former diplomat, takes control of an economy that has grown for 16 years. In an election campaign dominated by debate on interest rates and promises of big income tax cuts, Rudd kept his spending pledges to less than Howard to convince voters he was better-equipped to keep down borrowing costs at a time the central bank is battling accelerating inflation.

“Rudd has convinced people there is nothing to fear from a switch to Labor,” said Clive Hamilton, director of Canberra- based think tank the Australia Institute. “His promise to ease labor laws and tackle climate change resonated with voters and he is seen as a safe pair of hands.”

THE ARTICLE

John Howard, Australia’s outgoing prime minister, and his wife Janette, leave the stage following his concession speech in Sydney on Nov. 24, 2007. Photographer: Jack Atley/Bloomberg News

PETTIFOG NOTE: How “sain” would YOU be if you had to wait for 10 hours in a holding area with no sign of an end to this available?!?! It would be interesting to find out if they were giving him a place to lay down, water, food access, etc. with that length of a wait in a strange country - after your very first ever airplane flight?!

EXCELLENT VIDEOS on the sidebar of this ARTICLE - A mother on a trek to see her only son and the actual tasering.

IAN BAILEY - November 15, 2007

VANCOUVER — Astonishing video footage released yesterday shows Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski did not resist police or confront them before officers zapped him with a taser, setting off a struggle that ended in his death in the international arrivals area of Vancouver’s International Airport.

The footage, shot by Victoria resident Paul Pritchard, was released to the news media yesterday and widely broadcast, providing a raw look at events that have prompted a furious debate in B.C. about the police use of tasers.

The release comes a month after the incident that ended in the death of 40-year-old Mr. Dziekanski, who had come to Canada on his first-ever airplane flight to begin a new life with his mother, who lives in Kamloops and had been eagerly awaiting his arrival.

He began acting erratically after more than 10 hours being processed - the footage picks up as he was positioning chairs and a table in a manner that caused the automatic doors to remain open. Security guards look on. ONE TAKE ON THE STORY