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Show: Dylan Ratigan Show
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Show: Dylan Ratigan Show
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Date: 4/1/2010
The Repuglicans have a well-deserved stink on them. They've dabbled with truth and played in deception.
The Repuglicans are identical to the Democrats: they are all socially intolerant statists: federal reserve slavers. To hell with them all, they are all 100% full of shit.
I'm voting Constitution Party, Libertarian Party, and "Do Not Retain" for the judges (and unless John Buttrick is your judge, so should you).
Moreover, I'm now withholding my support from the system: I'm not paying taxes, I'm destroying government property that has no right to exist (SUCH AS: draft registration cards from my local Post Office), and I am acting as a jury nullification agent against the unlawful statute law system.
Kick Them All Out, And Then Kick Out Their Replacements!
Peace, Individual Freedom.
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Based upon their track record for the last eight years, the Republicans should never again be trusted to write a single check from the public treasury. They have been on a roll to Spend, Borrow, and Steal ever since 1981, and show no signs of stopping.
Tex the CPA
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The Republicans absorbed Libertarian economic ideology and now you're not going to vote for them? Some allies you are.
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Actually they moved left, closer to your ideology, Fled.
That would be the polar opposite of libertatarian, but I'm sure you already know that.
Is there anything that you don't want the government to do for you, Fled?
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Nope. The Republican Party first absorbed Libertarian economic ideology in the 1960's which is free-trade/open-borders/de-regulation. Now the Republican Party is slowly absorbing Libertarian social ideology. And you guys won't vote for them, hahaha, you usurped the party leadership the least you can do is vote for them.
But alas, you're all nuts.
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There is no difference between the two party system! You can't really tell them apart no more. Just more spending on unecessary programs and a big expansion of Government.
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Hey Louie, you find it interesting that Ron Paul goes even against all other Republicans and continues to put earmarks (this is FY 2011 and NOT old news) we are talking about now:
To, as you like to proselytize, 'get his precious taxpayer money' why does so often it go to the people that DID NOT pay taxes at the expense of those that did and to support the military-industrial complex?
$19.5 Million: Texas Maritime Academy, Convert a Government Loaned ship into a "mission ready vessel" (Because we DEFINITELY need more military!)
$12 Million: Community-Based Job Training Program, Spotted Blu Horse, Pay for high-school dropouts to learn technical skills (Socialism anyone? Your tax dollars at work - ok or not at work!)
$1 Million: Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, Houston Economic Partnership. (Literally, to educate small businesses about the knowledge and technology of the U.S. Space Program. WTF?!?! NOW WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT '"TEACHING" private industry? Wait a minute? How in the hell does the government know something that Free Markets already do? ahhhh, Libertarian cognitive dissonance...)
$1.5 Million: Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Program, Texas State University. (So $1.5 Mil to train officers to deal with an "active shooter situation"? Shouldn't that have been part of the initial training? Why is a government agency teaching another government agency again?)
$3 Million: Energy Resiliency Program (wait, shouldn't free markets be responsible for energry creation?)
$350,000: Green Facility Initiative, Brazosport College (what? We want govt building fancy buildings for our higher education now?!?!?)
$1 Million: Gulf States Vibrio Vulnificus Consumer Education Program, Judy Jamison (WOW! One MILLION DOLLARS!?!?! Tell you what Ron Paul, give me one quarter of that and see what I can do! Give Me a cool HALF A MILLION and i'll do even better!!!!)
$1.2 Million: Low-income working families Day Care Program, Growing Minds Learning Academy (So, the government shouldn't be helping pay for Healthcare for children of poor families that didn't pay taxes, butttt.... the Government SHOULD BE PAYING FOR DAY CARE FOR FAMILIES THAT DONT PAY TAXES?!?)
Recon Study of Brazoria County, Texas Coastline. Description (Literally!) given is: "Recon Study of Brazoria County Coastline". Ummm, $100k to have the government... Find a coastline? Nope, NO PORK HERE!!!
$8 Million: Rollover Pass Recreational Fishing Piers, Texas GLO. So, now the government is just building piers? Eight million? When is that going to EVER be profitable - wait, maybe we can educate those people (on the Pier the government built for Eight million) about the Vibrio Vulnificus (which taxpayers also dropped a cool Million on)!!! Win/Win!!!!
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thought this would be interesting- lobby info-
and Forrest, I will address this on his official website since I doubt he goes here to read
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BRING BACK THE CONSTITUTION AND THROW EVERYONE OUT IN 2010 except for a very select few like Ron Paul.
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The Republicans and Democrats are identical - they just grow different areas of the Federal Government: Defense, Economy, Healthcare, etc... What George W. did after 9/11 to our Civil Liberties, Obama did to our Financial Freedom after the 2008/9 meltdown.
Of course the Republicans will not live up to their promises. As history has consistently shown once a party gets into office their existence becomes about staying in office - not promoting ideals or principals.
George Washington had to have incredible self-discipline and humility to voluntarily step down as president. Can you imagine anyone in office now doing that?
Ron Paul is the only principal-centered politician I see in office today. Go Ron!!
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Most republicans will preach real principal when the republican party is sitting in the box of the minority party in control, but, when you give the republicans control of government, they expand the size of government, they spy on Americans without cause or search warrants, they give taxpayer dollars to churches, they attack sovereign nations unjustifiably, they go above the law and torture prisoners of war, they give trillions to the bankrupt, unionized auto makers, they give subsidies to thousands of special interest groups.
No republican other than Ron Paul has (Consistently) voted against every unconstitutional bill put before congress. Other than Ron Paul, without exception, every republican politician for the past 30 years has refused to follow the guidelines of limited, non intrusive government.
I will never back the republican party ever again.
Fool me once, shame on me.
Fool me and lie to me and enslave me for 40 years without let up?
Well republican party.................This middle fingers for you.
One other thing folks. The latest scandal concerning the republican party started 4 decades ago and has been a continuing soap opera ever since. The illegal, unconstitutional acts of the republican party is the never ending story.It's like a cancer that needs a healthy dose of Radiation.
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I think that Dr. Paul and a few other Republicans are standing up for real principles and values! Although the latest scandal about the RNC has shakened my vote a bit.
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Sorry republicans, if your name isn't Ron Paul, then your name must be Dirt.
I have watched you republicans lie to me, steal from me, destroy my Constitution and enslave me for the better part of the last 4 decades. I see that you republicans are still in office doing what you are so good at, and that is sitting on your a$$$es while the democrats continue to ram socialism down my throat.
I sure hope that you republicans don't mind if I respectfully give you the middle finger come the 2010 elections and beyond. There are plenty of Constitutional loving third party Libertarians to vote for if I truly want my vote to count. I'm tired of having it wasted on the shameful dirt bags who call themselves conservatives.
republicans (With a small "r" ) do not represent limited, small, Constitutional government, so they they sure as hell do not represent me or my Constitution.
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I beleive Ron Paul is one of the few Republican's who would actually live up to his promises. One of the things I would like to see is to have an outside, nonpartisan group come into the many levels of bureaucratic layers and do an "efficiency" audit and provide recommendations for where we can cut the size and cost of this incredibly big government. For instance, why would a first lady need over 20 staffers??? I am sure we have many job positions in the government (who WE PAY their salaries) that are totally wasteful and unnecessary. There are many programs that should be cut. It blows my mind sometimes to hear of the money we give to areas that really is just simply NOT within the realm of national government to have their noses in. I'd like to see lobbyists outlawed. I'd like to see term limits because the longer the politician is in office, the more temptation they have for becoming corrupt. I'd like to see tax laws changes to a fair tax to capture all the money that is made "off the books" including money made by prostitutes, drug dealers and anyone not declaring their incomes. I'd like to seee the corrupt men and women in congress actually get prosecuted when they don't pay their taxes - like you and I would be if we do that. I would like to see earmarks OUTLAWED and "deal making " outlawed. And yes, I would like to see Card Check die. When Unions were formed there was a good reason, people were being made to work in unsafe conditions and for unfair wages. Today we ahve the labor board, we have OSHA and we have minimum wage laws. We do not need unions anymore. I would like to see Unions made illegal because they now only serve to drive up the cost of products and services which decreases our ability to compete with trade amongst other countries. And lastly, I would like to see government employees receive the same benefits and pensions that the average private sector receives - no more special pensions and benefits - 90% of wages is a bit much for a pension! Most of us out here are not receiving ANY pensions and need to count on whatever we can save for retirement after the meager social security check we receive. And WE'RE paying for the 90% pensions! Oh yae, this babe is angry at big government and will support any candidate that I beleive will live up to the smaller government promises
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Excellent historical perspective on the history of Unions and the current climate.
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You'd need to amend the Constitution before outlawing unions, this pesky little roadblocked called, "The right to assemble".
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Thanks a lot for all your replies to my question
"What mechanism can be put in place to guaranty free market won't slip to Corporatocracy? (from http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-03-29/ron-paul-the-right-to-healthcare-is-based-on-theft-and-coercion/), I posted this here as I couldn't post on the old thread anymore, not sure why (may be a bug to solve for the sysadmin)...
I think I understand much better now
Here is a very interesting video "Milton Friedman PBS Free to Choose 1980 Vol 1 of 10 Power of the Market"
Do not hesitate to post more videos if you find some
Thanks again
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More interesting video about Milton Friedman
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The answer is I do not believe the Republicans in general will follow through with their rhetoric. Its an excuse that democrats are the majority. Between the independents, Libertarians, Tea Party, and Coffee Party, etc - the majority of this country is not affiliating itself strongly to a Republican or Democratic party line.
The acid test- ask any official about to be elected- will they support cutbacks in Medicare to help reduce the deficit and reform the problems or hide behind the "fraud" witchhunt which is code language for the IRS attacking Physicians who cannot understand the complex billing that Medicare workers themselves cannot figure out.
the debt can never be reduced unless you reform the untouchable items that are political hot potatoes. If they are serious like Ron Paul and take the risk to say the truth, then vote for them. But telling the truth is why he is being attacked by the Republican leadership.
I do not agree with all Ron Paul has to say, but I believe in check and balances to the presidency. SO - what I look for is someone who will have the courage to be attacked and tell the truth, not just shout rhetoric to rev up crowds and win votes.
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Screw Capitalism! Screw Socialism! Screw Communism! Screw Facism! Screw The System! We need Anarchism and Freedom For all!!! No gods No Masters, Govern Yourselves, Against All Authority! Destroy Corporatocracy! Destroy Monetarism! Peace and (E)quality for the world! End The Fed!
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Mushrooms and Utopia?
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Whoah! Barry Goldwater the Libertarian lost badly and that was before 1 out of 3 manufacturing jobs were lost and the middle class was being destroyed by open borders and free trade. Holey moley guacamole:
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The answer to the question is, "no."
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You have violated the 1st commandment: Thou shalt deviate from primary topic. Shame on you.
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Why do the open-border/free-traders hate American products, hate American labor, hate America? That's not right.
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Your self hate is not healthy, but we are glad to see that you are getting some overtime.
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As if destroying 1 out of 3 manufacturing jobs (and the service jobs that come with it) was bad enough, you want more? Manomanoman.
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Still looking for someone to shoulder the burden for you?
I forget, which kind of socialism do you prefer?
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You're calling the founding fathers and every Republican up till the 1920's socialists because the liberally used the Tariff.
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Geez Alex, have you ever heard of the straw man argument?
I never said that Ron Paul campaigned on anti-pork platform. Ron Paul is obviously not anti-pork. He LOVES pork! He'd eat pork for every meal! That much is obvious. The tea parties on the other hand, are firmly against pork. I guess that's because they aren't politicians and they don't have districts. Ron Paul should be on the top of Tea Parties hit list.
Paul does, however, campign on a platform of limited, constitutional government. He wouldn't even vote for a medal to go to Rosa Parks because it was "unconstitutional"! To hear him tell it, he's trying to get the federal government out of all of the ridiculous things it's gotten its nose into. In other words, he's trying desperately to revive the tenth amendment. Despite his meaningless words to that extent, Ron Paul always makes sure he brings home wasteful projects to his district which have no conceivable constitutional purpose. In fact, all of them would be illegal under the tenth amendment if anyone actually cared about the tenth amendment.
By the way, "pork" does have a meaningful definiton. Pork is a project that an elected official brings home for the purpose of bringing money into the district, regardless of whether it's needed.
Also, military spending is actually IN THE CONSTITUTION, unlike the Galveston sea wall which is not.
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Mr. Dover, are you having any trouble with earmarks?
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Not at all Louie! This is EXACTLY what 'The People' want from their Government - we need Ron Paul to step in and perform Constitutional duties and conduct what free enterprise and free markets cannot do!!!
Namely, study muscle mass loss in space, the effects of vanadium, recycling hazardous waste, and subsidize low and moderate income housing!
These are some of the more Patriotic earmarks I saw - PATRIOTIC! The man knows how to spend money:
$1.92 million for UTMB to study muscle mass loss in aging vs. microgravity (NASA related) at International Space Station National Lab
$5 million for FEMA to recycle household hazardous waste in Friendswood
$3.6 million to construct inter-modal transit facility in Victoria
$2.2 million for City of Bay City for improvements to electrical wiring in low and moderate income housing
$1.96 million to replace buses in and around Victoria
$3.5 million for study of health risks of exposure to vanadium
Government always does what is right!
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Yepper, we all know that it would have been spent much more wisely with the Executive Branch.
Wonder why these crazy people think that they should have any of their money return to their district. Just crazy, huh MattForest?
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"people think that they should have any of their money return to their district."
Or maybe it was other peoples' tax money. Still trying to make it sound like Ron Paul porking vanadium research and electrical rewiring of low income housing into his district sound like a valid expenditure of taxpayer money though!
Maybe we should FOIA the results of that one. Millions of dollars well spent I bet! Thanks again Ron Paul!
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Democrats will most likely remain in control of both houses, were getting a little ahead of ourselves.
The Republicans have not changed from the job destroying mentality of the open-border/free-trade which got them booted in 2006 in the first place, which means they will lose again and again and again and again. The only thing Republicans have learned was not to say, "They are doing jobs Americans won't do."
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Dear Freddie the P.
Please take 5 minutes and read a brief about the History of Tariffs in America...
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_American_history
Ironically, you argue the Dem position to raise Tariffs to protect American labor, but history records that the Rep were the party of applied Tariffs to protect American capitalists industries.
But either way, Dem or Rep, tariffs attempt to create a "protected" class, a target group.
You want to protect both Big Labor AND Big Business, but Tariffs do neither.
1. Tariff steel imports // and Auto and Railroads suffers
2. Tariff farm imports // and Monsanto and ConAgra big farms get a windfall
3. Tariff foreign autos // Government Motors and the UAW get FAT and Americans get poorly made but expensive cars.
4. Tariff clothing // WalMart still gets rich and Americans pay DOUBLE for their Chinese made dress shirts
TARIFFS DON'T CREATE JOBS! What part of the historic Tariff record of FACTs don't you comprehend?
UNIONS have now become the defacto TARIFFs of the 21st Century.
Unions have created PROTECTED non-compete islands of labor that has bankrupt the Greek government, California is bankrupt directly because of this Protected Class of Union Labor and Pension Plans.
US Education is 28th in the world because of Protected Union Teachers!
You want ABORTION CHOICE but not Vouchers for SCHOOL CHOICE!
So Freddie... how would YOU propose to apply YOUR new Protectionist measures to increase hiring and create industry incentives to invest again???
How about LOWERING TAXES on BOTH Producers and Consumers and both Producers and Consumers might thrive and have jobs!
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yes they do. Tariffs create jobs, and free trade destroys jobs.
Tariffs lower the price of goods to the consumer, and free trade increases the price to the consumer.
Tariffs promotes liberty, Free Trade promotes socialism.
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. Get it now? Doubt it.
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@ Fred the P.
At this point, I'm pretty sure you're either trolling or trying to be facetious with your pro-tariff nonsense. In either case (or in the event that you actually believe that protectionism is good), you are absolutely wrong and I would advise you to re-read Citizen's response.
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Wrong, you free traders are destroying the economy, destroying the middle class, and you are promoting tribalism and socialism.
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as crazy as it sounds, Fred the protectionist is right. Free Trade is a great ideal, but since many countries do not play fair or treat their citizens fairly, the cheapest goods are produced by countries that are the worst offenders. The Idaho potaoto farmers are almost out of business from countries that use near slave labor, shrimp fishermen are being undercut in this country by shrimp fishermen that steal kids, turn them into slaves and toss the overseas if they complain. Wonder about all the drug recalls? its because they are manufactured in 3rd world countries, few are made in first world countries.
There is a point Free Trade compromises our ideals and punishes our farmers and industry at home for doing what is right. Do we want a country where all our food is imported and manufactured goods are imported? Where is the self sufficiency in that? That is the biggest national security threat - handing our lives over to unstable countries.
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As Freddie does, you have confused 'Free Trade' with free trade.
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NAFTA is free-trade, Austrian Ron Paul style of trade is really called economic-suicide.
While FTA's like NAFTA at least attempts to open up foreign markets via treaty, you Austrian-economic suicide monkeys would lower all trade barriers in America daring every foreign country to increase their trade barriers to the point where their markets become 100% closed, and they would.
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I disagree with you. 1900's, America grew as a powerful industrial nation, in awe of European leaders like Bismark, the Japanese, and others. If you ever want to make any solid points, don't use wikipedia. It never comprehensivley discusses for/contra arguments.
In my life in America, I seen the net worth of middle class families dwindle due to globalization. While products are cheaper, so is the the dwindling of American wealth due to loss in businesses and industrial assets. This happened in Argentina and look at the mess it is in. I have small industry and due to regulations and taxes, I could not open up a brand new plant. It has come down to last man standing in America.
To Citizen - If unionism is a true menace (which I do believe), then the free markets should have dictated what company goes under through pension plans and unnecesarry beauracracy, ie GM. Ford is thriving. Unfortunately Government bailouts prolonged this mess. Yes, the cost of clothing would go up however the net benefit is small apparal stores such as mom/pop stores would now thrive and add value to the economy. The way it is now, only shareholders are benefiting while the rest suffer. I agree that tarriffs should be in place because of this. But that does not mean we still would not have imports due to tarriffs. There would still be competitition.
To Fred - One thing you forgot to mention is besides lowering taxation, the elimination largely of envormental regulations that make it difficult to open and invest in a new plant. While taxes and regulation is a problem, China is not forced with the same regulations and their products are cheaper.
This is why largly our currency has weakened because the loss of American Wealth due to Globalization (ie we don't make anything anymore). Our currency cannot be backed up by industrialized wealth and precious metals like it used to be.
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"To Fred – One thing you forgot to mention is besides lowering taxation, the elimination largely of envormental regulations that make it difficult to open and invest in a new plant. While taxes and regulation is a problem, China is not forced with the same regulations and their products are cheaper."
If the Free Traders hadn't cost tens of millions of Americans (of voting age) their jobs, pushing tens of millions of Republicans out of the Republican Party and into the Democratic Party full of Green Commies and socialists, then what you just said wouldn't be an issue.
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"Republicans have a bad track record of fulfilling their promises of limited government and personal liberty."
Among those Republicans is a guy named Ron Paul, who happens to be the pork barrel king of the Republican party. And a signatory to the "unconstitutional" war in Afghanistan.
Ron Paul should stay far, far away from the tea tarties. I know he'd like to hijack them for his purposes, but there's no way that they'll have any integrity if they allow themselves to be zombified in the Ron Paul mold. Tea partiers should remain firmly opposed to earmarks and firmly opposed to scummy, two-faced, politicians like Patriot Paul.
This man is the biggest hypocrite the world has ever known. When you request federal funds to repair the Galveston Seawall, you can no longer call yourself an advocate of limited, constitutional government.
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Let me guess, Ben 'Rip' Van Winkle?
You're a Hall of Famer, Rip
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What!?!? You mean a politician is speaking out of both sides of his mouth???
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Ron Paul has NEVER campaigned or ranted against "pork" (i.e. using your position in Congress to return as much federal tax money to your district as possible). People who whine about pork spending are entertaining because they'll scream about the $2 million B.S. project in district X, but they never seem to notice that we're spending $ 1 TRILLION on our military per year, or that Social Security and Medicare will BOTH be paying out more than they take in within by the end of the decade (or that BOTH trust funds have been emptied out in plain sight).
"Pork" is a meaningless and absolutely irrelevant political topic that is good for getting the masses riled up without addressing any real, substantial spending issues. And don't get started on the Tea Party movement, with Sarah Palin who has sold everyone out and is laughing at you fools all the way to the bank...
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What? So pork is irrelevent? Cognitive dissonance must be such a bitch to live with.
So when Ron Paul advocates a fervent anti-government platform and then spends millions of taxpayer money to have government agencies study the long term effects of vanadium, shovel tens of millions of dollars to FEMA, subsidize low and middle income housing, installing security cameras in pet housing projects, and $10 million for a city-run NuBlac Youth and community center - that person can be trusted to... be fervently anti-government spending? Sorry, give with one hand and take with the other - he has books to sell to you, speaking fees to collect, and nepotism to encourage.
Welcome to politics, maybe you will one day see the emperor isn't wearing clothes...
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Earmarks = 1%
Maintaining 'The Global Empire' = 65%
Not hard to figure out why statists wave their 'earmarks are evil' flag.
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Ron Paul spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer money on pork government spending and anti-government Libertarians simply call this wasteful spending call it 'a return of taxes'?
You afflicted with that nasty disease of Cognitive Dissonance as well, Louie?
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To be honest, Ron Paul focuses all his attention on the Jewish controlled Federal Reserve to the exclusion of all other issues, so you can't really call him a hypocrite on pork spending.
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I picture Forest with oak splinters under his fingernails.
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you can read why he persists in earmarks from his own writing.
(Unlike others who pretend to be against them and still do them, and now to score political points are acting asa block to cut them without addressing the real problems- looks good but does little)
I personally would prefer he turn them down, but he is unlike other politicians. He has a logical reason for persisting and is not interested in perceptions but truth. So he makes his point his way- fix the real problem- Audit the Fed as a start- not cut earmarks to garner votes from those who don't look behind superficial changes.
He is willing to sacrifice his commitees leadership positions to make this point- that is real leadership- he is not in office to play political games and be a mindless tool of a political party.
So who do you want in office?
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Are all Ronbots afflicted with cognitive dissonance? It's hard to even unwind your hypocrisy.
"He is willing to sacrifice his commitees leadership positions to make this point- that is real leadership"
So let me get this straight, he is so addicted to earmarks he can't even make what you regard as a superficial statement in NOT earmarking socialized pet projects ($1 Million to Judy Jamison for the Gulf States Vibrio Vulnificus Consumer Education Program! My god, how will they do anything for less than a cool MILLION?!?!) for his district, that he is willing to jeopardize his committee assignments?
So if he can't give up his raging pork habit he will continue to be singled out as a flaming hypocrite AND we won't see an aging wingnut ranting about watergate and secret loans to Saddam in Financial hearings?
WOW! That sounds like a win/win, what leadership!!!!!
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The Congress for the past 40 yrs has been playing this game of making superficial changes and hiding what is really the problem. Both parties. They count on no one looking past the media message.
That is who needs to be taken out of power-The leadership thinks we the people are dumb and won't read. So they pick politically sounding great "reforms" that accomplish nothing and year after year our wealth and security disappears.
This earmark thing is not the real issue, it just looks good and Ron Paul refuses to play. That makes the Republicans look bad because if eliminating earmarks are the fix that they are trying to sell to the voter, them its a problem to have someone like Ron Paul keep doing it.
We are in a much bigger battlefield than earmark reform.
I have lots of cognitive dissonance- as much as I dislike Palin and her message, I like her for being independent financially from the powers in charge and messing up their plans. McCain or Clinton were supposed to be President.
Any uncontrolled voice funded independently from the political parties is a threat to the status quo. And they will discredit, throw out smoke screens, and possibly more to stay in power.
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repairing infrastructure is one of the best uses of federal funds. If the governors and state governments had used the stimulus money towards projects that prevent Katrina disasters, we would be in better shape as a country.
Its because the money was handed over to the states with no real accountability (so they thought )that is was used stupidly, but if we check the website and blogs, look up the home state projects, complain to our officials, and kick them out if used stupidly-then there is accountability
Lets do the real projects that are important for our nation's health and safety that cannot be done on a local level.
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"Lets do the real projects that are important for our nation's health and safety that cannot be done on a local level."
OK, so 1111cb, I did some homework, here are some pretty shady projects that I would say have a hard time being justified as 'being important for our nations health and safety'.
I would expect you to now live up to your promise and complain to Ron Paul about his wasteful government spending.
$19.5 Million: Texas Maritime Academy, Convert a Government Loaned ship into a "mission ready vessel" (Because we DEFINITELY need more military!)
$12 Million: Community-Based Job Training Program, Spotted Blu Horse, Pay for high-school dropouts to learn technical skills (Socialism anyone? Your tax dollars at work – ok or not at work!)
$1 Million: Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, Houston Economic Partnership. (Literally, to educate small businesses about the knowledge and technology of the U.S. Space Program. WTF?!?! NOW WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT '"TEACHING" private industry? Wait a minute? How in the hell does the government know something that Free Markets already do? ahhhh, Libertarian cognitive dissonance…)
$1.5 Million: Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Program, Texas State University. (So $1.5 Mil to train officers to deal with an "active shooter situation"? Shouldn't that have been part of the initial training? Why is a government agency teaching another government agency again?)
$3 Million: Energy Resiliency Program (wait, shouldn't free markets be responsible for energry creation?)
$350,000: Green Facility Initiative, Brazosport College (what? We want govt building fancy buildings for our higher education now?!?!?)
$1 Million: Gulf States Vibrio Vulnificus Consumer Education Program, Judy Jamison (WOW! One MILLION DOLLARS!?!?! Tell you what Ron Paul, give me one quarter of that and see what I can do! Give Me a cool HALF A MILLION and i'll do even better!!!!)
$1.2 Million: Low-income working families Day Care Program, Growing Minds Learning Academy (So, the government shouldn't be helping pay for Healthcare for children of poor families that didn't pay taxes, butttt…. the Government SHOULD BE PAYING FOR DAY CARE FOR FAMILIES THAT DONT PAY TAXES?!?)
Recon Study of Brazoria County, Texas Coastline. Description (Literally!) given is: "Recon Study of Brazoria County Coastline". Ummm, $100k to have the government… Find a coastline? Nope, NO PORK HERE!!!
$8 Million: Rollover Pass Recreational Fishing Piers, Texas GLO. So, now the government is just building piers? Eight million? When is that going to EVER be profitable – wait, maybe we can educate those people (on the Pier the government built for Eight million) about the Vibrio Vulnificus (which taxpayers also dropped a cool Million on)!!! Win/Win!!!!
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Thanks Forest- I will follow up- just copied and pasted- but due to my schedule, it will be next week before I can do it
But these look bad and we should demand answers
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I don't believe the typical Republican for one second, when they say they will use a principaled approach.
They will not reduce government spending. They will continue with the wars. They will continue to globalize. They will continue to spend like Liberals. They will continue with open borders. They will continue to talk-the-talk, but never walk-the-walk.
Clean house!
Vote all new, truly conservative, politicians across the board in 2010!
And vote for Ron Paul for president in 2012!
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HOUSTON (ICIS)--US engineering firm Shaw may sell its energy and chemicals segment, the company said on Monday.
Shaw has already received interest from potential buyers, the company said, adding it will explore all options related to the business.
"We think it fits better with another business," chief executive JM Bernhard said during Shaw's fourth-quarter earnings conference call. "Others who have a greater breadth and depth of business in the chemical sector, as well as the international presence are better suited to manage that business."
Chief financial officer Brian Ferraioli said they had previously tried to grow the business "organically and through [mergers and acquisitions]," but the opportunities did not create shareholder value.
Shaw's energy and chemicals sector posted a loss of $48m (€34m) in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA).
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Kim Lauth: Honor suffragists by casting your vote
On Monday, we celebrate a mother's letter to her son. With her words, "Dear Son, Hurray and vote for Suffrage and don't keep them in doubt. ... Don't forget to be a god [sic] boy and help Mrs. Catt with her 'Rats.' Is she the one that put rat in ratification, Ha! ... " Febb Burn, mother to Tennessee Rep. Harry Burn, ensured that women had the right to vote when Tennessee became the 36th and deciding state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
On Monday, we celebrate 72 years of courage and conviction by women who wanted to be counted in a representative government. Women like Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul, Lucy Johnson, Carrie Chapman Catt and Lizzie Crozier French dedicated their lives to ensuring that women had the right to vote.
Anthony and Mott brought together an assembly of 300 in 1848 to craft the Declaration of Sentiments, guaranteeing women the right to vote, to education and to equal treatment under the law. Paul and Johnson organized mass marches and pickets at the White House. As a result of those pickets, 218 women were arrested and 97 were jailed at the Occoquan workhouse. While there, Paul and others went on hunger strikes. Paul became the first American to be brutally force-fed during the Nov. 15, 1917, "Night of Terror," while fellow suffragists were beaten by our government.
On Monday, we celebrate that women have the right to vote. We celebrate that we have the opportunity to be counted in a representative government. But today, the League of Women Voters is not celebrating. Far too few women — far too few people — exercise their right to vote. Voter turnout is pathetically low in local elections where laws that affect us most are made.
The League of Women Voters was formed in 1920 by Catt to help women be effective with their vote and to use their new power to participate in shaping public policy. In a column in the Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville suffragist French wrote, "If no man can represent any other man, how much less can any man represent a woman?"
Today, we call upon all women to honor the blood, sweat and tears of our foremothers who for 72 years fought relentlessly for us to be able to vote. Don't let that right languish. There are city elections this fall and county and state elections in the spring and summer. Learn about the candidates. Learn about the issues. Then vote in the elections. Be sure that you are represented.
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Tons of change for Aztecs since Arizona
Reason would say that this is not even San Diego State's most important game of the week.
Reason has laryngitis right now.
Logic would tell you that a win in the Midwest would simply be a bonus for the Aztecs.
Logic is under gag order at the moment.
No. 19 SDSU is in Lawrence, Kan., today, taking on a 16th-ranked Kansas team whose starting lineup is 60 percent NBA Lottery picks and whose arena is 100 percent maniacal.
So listen to Aztecs point guard Xavier Thames when he says "it's going to feel like an NCAA tournament game."
Hmm. This sounds familiar, doesn't it? Wasn't there a nonconference opponent that the Aztecs faced earlier this season that gave the pregame buzz a triple espresso?
Yeah, there was -- the No. 1 ranked Arizona Wildcats, which handed SDSU its only loss via a nine-point win at Viejas Arena on Nov. 14.
So two months later, with the national stage again serving as their canvas, the question becomes: What's different about the Aztecs (11-1) since that defeat?
The answer: A lot. Starting with the fact that...
The scoring "problem" has been solved.
The NBA scouts at Allen Fieldhouse Sunday will be slobbering over Jayhawks such as Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid, and Perry Ellis. But the man playing as well as any of them right now is Thames.
The senior dropped a combined 55 points in the semifinals and finals of the Wooden Legacy tournament last month, and if he was a rapper, would have dropped the mic right after. It was a showstopping performance, but more significantly for the Aztecs, one that triggered further supremacy from the floor leader.
Thames has led SDSU in scoring in four of the six games since -- including a 23-point showing against Mountain West foe Colorado State Wednesday -- and is shooting a borderline-absurd .474 clip from 3-point distance.
Aztecs coach Steve Fisher is among the more insightful minds in the game, but it didn't require much insight to conclude this on Friday.
"Xavier Thames is playing as well as anyone in the country right now," Fisher said. "And that wears off (on the rest of the team)."
Particularly one member of the team, because if you haven't noticed...
Winston Shepard is killing it.
In terms of pure natural talent, Shepard may not be in the VIP section like a Wiggins or an Embiid, but as a former 5-star recruit, he's at least in the same club. What the sophomore has struggled to do, however, is produce results within even two stars of his potential.
Until now.
Shepard was suspended for one game two weeks ago due to unspecified conduct issues. Since then, he's been arguably the Aztecs' most efficient player -- and for this, we can offer specifics.
Against McNeese State? He went 4 for 5 and scored a team-high 14 points. He scored 23 on 7-of-9 shooting vs. St. Katherine College, and against Colorado State, tallied 17 points while going 6 of 11. All in all, that's 17 of 25 from a guy who's treating shots like the army does rations-- none go wasted.


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The new BMW M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe
By Scott Collie
May 28, 2014
BMW's cult hero is back, with a new name and a new outlook on the modern performance car. The new M3 Sedan and its coupe cousin, now known as the M4, have been launched with the weight of worldwide expectation sitting on their shoulders. The new models mark a shift from BMW M's naturally aspirated, revvy past to a new turbocharged era – but does this mean the company has sacrificed its renowned razor sharp throttle response for the sake of economy? Read More
Honda, the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer, has announced a new motorcycle – the 750 cc NM4 Vultus – and it's a bold departure from tradition with anime/manga styling, a "fighter pilot" feet-forward riding position, an ultra-low seat and advanced electronic rider assistance to make it easier to ride. This is a motorcycle aimed at the next generation of motorcycle enthusiast raised on video games and a different visual vocabulary. If you are a traditionalist, you'll probably hate it. Read More
BMW M3 gets Auto Start-Stop
By Gizmag Team
February 16, 2010
BMW has introduced a Competition Package for its class-leading BMW M3 Coupé to enhance the model's exceptional driving dynamics. At the same time Auto Start-Stop technology becomes a standard feature on all versions of the M3, making it the world's first high performance car with Auto Start-Stop. Read More
The re-birth of an icon - the new BMW M3 Coupe
April 6, 2007
April 7, 2007 BMW has announced details of the new BMW M3 Coupe, a model that 21 years ago created an entirely new segment for super-high-performance compact cars. In the past two decades and three previous generations, the M3 has proved a success on road and track. Originally powered by BMW's first 16-valve four-cylinder engine and subsequently by 3.0-litre and 3.2-litre powerplants, BMW M3 engines took top category honours on a record six successive occasions in the Engine of the Year awards. Racing derivatives have also won more Touring Car titles than any other car as well as numerous Endurance races. Read More
The BMW M3 Concept Car
March 6, 2007
March 7, 2007 For two decades, the BMW M3 has embodied the athletic heart of the brand in its most fundamental and succinct form. Now BMW has given us an inkling of the future of this lineage with the presentation of the new BMW M3 Concept Car. The concept study being presented to the public for the first time at the 77th International Motor Show in Geneva (8th to 18th of March, 2007) gives a first impression of what a future BMW M3 might look like. At the core of this concept study is an M3-typical V8 engine tuned to the high revving M concept. Read More
BMW release new M3 Coupe Competition Package
By Gizmag Team
November 24, 2004
November 25, 2004 BMW Australia has released the new BMW M3 Coupe Competition Package option for the iconic M3 Coupe. Drawing a myriad of components from the AUD $210,000 M3 CSL, the new BMW M3 Competition Package option delivers increased responsiveness and agility, M Track Mode dynamic control, optimised suspension settings, a quicker steering rack, M3 CSL-style 19-inch light alloy wheels with beefed-up brakes and a unique BMW-Williams F1-inspired Interlagos Blue metallic paint to transform your M3 Coupe into the ultimate racing vehicle. Read More


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Home price increases taper in 2014
Figures for the Case-Shiller Home Price Index through December 2014 show that single-family home prices (seasonally adjusted) appreciated 2% in New York in 2014, compared with 4.5% nationally. The appreciation happened in the first and last quarters of the year and compensated for six consecutive months of price depreciation between March and September, with a similar trend occurring nationally.
All cities ended the year with slower annual growth than they started it off, indicating that home prices tapered substantially in 2014. San Francisco saw annual home prices increase 23.2% in January, but ended the year with a 9.4% increase -the …Read more
New York Less Affected by National Decline in Home Values
Case-Shiller Home Price Index figures were released yesterday for August 2014. Seasonally adjusted home values in the New York metropolitan area fell by 0.2% in August, consolidating the fifth consecutive month of decline. Nationally, home prices declined 0.1%. Annual price changes since August 2013 are +3% in New York and +5.6% nationally.
Despite the decline in New York, home values remained more stable than in many of the markets that have seen strong growth recently. New York values are also among the closest to the 20-City composite index value, indicating that they do not significantly diverge from the national trend.…Read more
Annual home appreciation rates decline
Single-family home prices depreciated again in June, according to the latest data for the seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which was released last week. Prices in New York declined 0.1% from May, while the national 20-city composite index declined 0.2%. Since June of 2013 prices have increased by 4.3% in New York and 8.1% nationally, although year over year appreciation has been slowing down in recent months.
Non-seasonally adjusted data, however, revealed price increases from May to June of 1.6% in New York and 1% nationally, possibly as a result of the typical upswing in sales during the summer. …Read more
Home prices declined nationwide
The latest figures from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index were released today, indicating that in May home prices declined 0.2% in New York and 0.3% nationally (seasonally adjusted figures). Prices are still up 4.8% in New York and 9.3% nationally since one year ago.
This is the second consecutive month of price drops in New York after seventeen consecutive months of increases, although revised figures show the drop in April was lower than was initially reported. This decline also appears to be part of a wider trend: thirteen other cities saw lower prices in May than in April and the …Read more
April brings slump in New York home prices
Single-family home prices declined 0.3% in the New York region in April, the first slump in seventeen months according to the seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller Home Price Index. This was a significant decline from March, when prices increased 0.4%. Year over year price increases for New York declined from 6.5% in March to 5.4% in April. Nationally, home prices continued to increase in April but in most markets did so at a significantly lower pace than in March: the 20-city composite index increased just 0.2% in April compared to 1.2% in March, while year over year price changes were 12.3% in …Read more
Slow growth but high home prices
Single-family home prices continued to rise more slowly in New York than they did nationwide, according to the most recent figures of the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. In February prices increased 0.2% in the Big Apple metropolitan area compared to 0.8% for the national 20-city composite index. Year-to-year increases were 6.1% and 12.9%, respectively.
Increases in the national price index continue to be driven largely by the markets in Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles, while price increases in New York are among the lowest in the country. Only the three California cities and Washington, DC, however, …Read more
Will 2014 see slower home price increases?
Home prices rose 0.8% nationwide in January 2014 as measured by the Case-Shiller 20-city composite index. New York home prices rose in the same proportion, the fourteenth consecutive month of price increases. Year to year, home prices increased 6.8% in New York and 13.3% nationally. San Francisco posted the highest growth of all cities included in the index: 1.7% since the previous month and 23.1% in the past year. At 0.2%, Boston saw the lowest month-to-month price increase and Denver, at 0.4%, saw the lowest year-to-year increase.
Most analysts expect home prices to increase more moderately in 2014 than they …Read more
Uncertainty in Housing Prices as 2013 Ends
In 2013 single -family house prices rose 6.3% in the New York region and 13.6% nationally (as measured by the 10-city composite) according to the latest figures from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Although the year started with prices in New York 1.7% above the national average, by December prices in New York were 4.6% lower. The rapid increase in prices nationwide in 2013 was driven by the rapid growth in metropolitan areas of the Southwest and California, particularly Las Vegas (25.5%), San Francisco (22.6%) and Los Angeles (20.3%). New York prices had not increased year over year since …Read more
November Brings Slight Decline in NY Home Prices
The Case-Shiller Home Price Index shows that New York home prices declined by 0.4% in November 2013, while nationally the 10-city composite index declined by 0.1%. New York's price decrease was the first since March, while the decline in the national index was the first in a year. Prices were still up 6% in New York since last year compared to an increase of 13.8% nationally. It is common for home prices to go down in the winter, as occurred in 9 of the 20 cities measured in the index.
According to the press release issued with the latest figures:…Read more
New York Home Prices Remained Static in October
Single family home prices remained static in the New York Metro area in October 2013, ending six consecutive months of price increases according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Nationwide, home prices increased only 0.2% over the previous month. Year over year increases remained strong at 13.6% nationwide, but were only 4.9% in the New York metropolitan area. Along with Cleveland, which also saw a 4.9% increase, home prices in New York increased less than in any other market included in the Index.
A number of markets with strong growth in the past year, including San Francisco and Atlanta, saw …Read more
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Aquino keeping an open mind on Cudia's appeal—Palace
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang said on Wednesday that President Benigno Aquino would like to keep an open mind on the dismissal case against Cadet First Class Aldrin Jeff Cudia, whose case has been forwarded to the Chief Executive for final resolution.
Cudia's camp is now awaiting Aquino's action on the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) review board's decision upholding the dismissal of the senior cadet.
The President, the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, will be the guest of honor during the graduation of Cudia's batch, the "Siklab Diwa" Class of 2014, in Baguio this Sunday.
But based on the decision of the Honor Committee and later, the Cadet Review and Appeals Board, Cudia will not be joining his classmates following his dismissal for "violating" the academy's "honor code."
Cudia, who would have been the salutatorian of his batch, allegedly lied about the reason he had arrived late in one class.
Noting that he's a "civilian," Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda struggled to respond when asked about the possibility of "revisiting" the PMA's honor code in light of Cudia's case.
"How do we put it? I suppose one rotten apple should not spoil the entire barrel," he said.
"It's a culture that they have imbibed in the four years of training in the Philippine Military Academy, and I would believe that most of those graduates continue to observe the Honor Code, even while they are no longer in the Philippine Military Academy."
Lacierda was then reminded that many of these PMA graduates were later on involved in cases of corruption and similar irregularities.
"I share, in a sense, that kind of question that you [asked], but I cannot speak for the AFP or for the PMA on that," he replied when asked by the Philippine Daily Inquirer during the press briefing.
"It's a culture embedded within the PMA and so I will leave it at that. It's better for the military to speak on that.
In 2011, the Senate investigated former military chiefs for allegedly receiving millions in "sendoff" gifts ("pabaon") or in kickbacks from the practice of fund "conversion" within the Armed Forces.
One whistleblower was retired Lieutenant Colonel George Rabusa, a member of PMA Class 1981, who spilled the beans on his former bosses in the military while admitting that he also pocketed huge amounts in kickbacks.
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Bill increases funds for food stamps, nutrition
WASHINGTON Nutrition, food stamp and dairy aid programs were among the winners as the House on Wednesday approved a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for the 2010 budget year.
Reflecting the growing number of people scrambling to get by in tough economic times, the bill provides $58.2 billion for the food stamp program, a jump of $4.3 billion from last year.
Similarly, the federal nutrition program for women, infants and children receives $7.3 billion, up $400 million from 2009 nonemergency levels. Aid to school and child care nutrition programs goes up $1.9 billion to $16.9 billion.
The vote on the bill was 263-162, with much of the opposition coming from Republicans concerned about the spending increases. "Our country is working to scrape its way out of a debilitating recession, and now is not the time to divert our precious resources to massive spending," California Rep. Jerry Lewis, the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, said.
But Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., head of the Appropriations subcommittee on agriculture, defended the spending. "Our fundamental responsibility as legislators and leaders, to stay nothing of basic morality and fairness, demands that we do everything we can to help Americans suffering right now from poverty and malnutrition."
The legislation, the result of House-Senate negotiations, now goes to the Senate for a final vote before being sent to the president for his signature.
As of July about 36 million people received food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, about half of them children. That's up some 6 million from 2008. The stimulus package passed in February also directed $20 billion over five years to the food stamp program.
The average monthly benefit for a family of four is $226. The maximum for a family of four is $668.
The WIC supplemental feeding program reaches some 9.2 million people, including almost half of all children born in the United States, according to the Agriculture Department.
The legislation contains $23.3 billion for programs under Congress' immediate control, such as the Food and Drug Administration, agriculture research, food safety, rural housing assistance and conservation programs. The other 80 percent, almost $100 billion, is for benefit programs such as food stamps and school nutrition.
The bill, which covers federal programs for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, contains two major policy initiatives, one for dairy farmers and the other for imported poultry products from China:
Lawmakers from dairy-producing states succeeded in getting $350 million in aid for milk farmers struggling to cope with falling market prices. That includes $60 million to cover the federal purchase of surplus cheese and other dairy products. The purchased products would go to food banks and other nutrition programs.
The dairy aid proposal was welcomed by lawmakers from the Midwest and Northeast where dairy operations are smaller, but drew claims of unfairness from lawmakers in California, home to much larger dairy farms.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., after meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Wednesday, said she was encouraged that the Agriculture Department "is committed to ensuring that these emergency funds are distributed to our dairy producers in a way that is regionally equitable."


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Parents' Perceptions of Care-Giving to a Child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: An Exploratory Study
Academic journal article
By Ho, Sze-Wan Carol; Chien, Wai Tong; Wang, Li-Qun
Contemporary Nurse : a Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession , Vol. 40, No. 1 , December 2011
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Wang, Li-Qun
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral childhood disorder in which parental care-giving is found very stressful. Limited qualitative research is found on their care-giving experiences. This study aimed to explore Chinese parents' experiences of care-giving to a child with ADHD at home. It was conducted at one Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit in Hong Kong using qualitative exploratory approach. A purposive sample of 12 parents was recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, each lasting about one hour. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. From the interview data, four themes were identified, including: concept of the illness, barriers to child care in ADHD, psychological effects in care-giving, and positive aspects of care-giving. The parents indicated a variety of life problems and health concerns in care-giving. The findings may help nurses understand the perceptions and barriers towards parental care of a child with ADHD in a Chinese population and consider parents' educational needs in care-giving.
Keywords: parents; care-giving experiences; qualitative exploratory design; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral childhood disorder among the most prevalent of chronic health conditions affecting school-aged children. The core symptoms of ADHD, including inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity, manifest the child with difficulties following through on rules and instructions, resulting in greater behavioral and developmental disorganization (DuPaul, Power, Anastopoulos, & Reil, 1998), excessive fidgety and difficulty in playing quietly (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). These difficulties often contribute to behavioral problems such as acting rashly without giving judgment or consideration (Barkley, Edwards, Laneri, Fletcher, & Metevia, 2001), which may be excessive, long-term and pervasive.
Establishing the diagnosis of ADHD in children is a many-sided endeavor. Recommended approaches include the use of clinical interviews, extensive history taking, parents' and teachers' observation and ratings on measuring scales, psychological testing (e.g., intelligence and personality tests) and direct observation (Dulcan & Benson, 1997). However, there is no independent valid test for ADHD (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Therefore, information obtained from multiple informants across different settings is imperative.
Recent literature has indicated that children with ADHD often present a lot of difficulties in learning and normal social activities due to their noticeable and unacceptable behaviors and unable to follow instructions and rules in social settings such as school, tutorial and interest classes (Conlon, Strassle, Vinh, & Trout, 2008; Cunningham, 2007). Family members, especially parents, are the first line caregivers of these children and are found to have experienced extremely high burden and hardship in the caring process. A few studies exploring the stressors and coping with care-giving, their associated factors, and behavioral training program paradigms for families of a child with ADHD using quantitative, descriptive approaches (e.g., Buschgens et al., 2009; Chronis, Chacko, Fabiano, Wymbs, & Pelham, 2004; Podolski & Nigg, 2001). However, there are limited indepth exploration and understanding about the parents' perceptions and difficulties encountered in the process of care-giving (Firmin & Philips, 2009), particularly among Chinese and Asian populations. To bridge this knowledge gap, this study was to explore Chinese parents' perceptions towards care-giving to a child with ADHD resided at home with an in-depth, face-to-face interview.
The prevalence of ADHD in Western countries varies from 0.5 to 26% as suggested by the epidemiological study of Blew and Kenny (2006), with more boys affected than girls as suggested by American Psychiatric Association (2000). …


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WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate slowing momentum for gun control legislation, urged Congress on Thursday to be courageous in supporting new laws and insisted that the political risks of supporting such laws were overblown.
Biden appeared at New York City Hall with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, an ardent advocate for tougher gun laws, as well as families who lost loved ones in the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
"It's time for the political establishment to show the courage your daughter showed," Biden said, addressing the family of Lauren Rousseau, a permanent substitute teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was killed trying to protect her students.
"It must be awful being in public office and concluding that even though you might believe you should take action, that you can't take action because of the political consequence you face. What a heck of a way to make a living," he said.
"The message I want to get across, Mr. Mayor, is that the risk does not exist as is exaggerated today. Because the vast majority of the American people, the vast majority of gun owners, even close to a majority of (National Rifle Association) members . think what the mayors are pushing, and the president has proposed is just simple common sense."
Biden's appeal comes as President Barack Obama's gun violence prevention proposals have faced a string of setbacks. Earlier this week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., announced that the assault weapons ban she had championed would not be included in the larger gun bill Democrats will introduce on the Senate floor next month. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., also suggested that a proposal to expand background check requirements may also be excluded from the bill if a compromise cannot be reached that would ensure at least 60 votes.
At City Hall on Thursday, Bloomberg noted that a recent poll done by his nonprofit advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns found nearly 90 percent of voters in 41 congressional districts and 22 states supported universal background checks.
"There's no doubt that requiring background checks for all gun sales saves lives. And there's no doubt that the American people support it," Bloomberg said. "The only question is whether Congress will have the courage to do the right thing — or whether they will allow more innocent people, including innocent children, to be gunned down."
Bloomberg, who has spent millions of his immense personal fortune to establish himself as a counterweight to the NRA, warned lawmakers that gun control supporters will be watching their votes.
Although Bloomberg's group has concentrated on pushing background checks, Biden said the White House was committed to all elements of its gun control plan: the assault weapons ban, limits on high-capacity magazines, universal background checks and tougher laws against gun trafficking.
"I'm not going to rest, nor is the president, until we do all of these things," Biden said. "All of these things."


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Live wrestling matches show off hometown atmosphere
When I was a kid, my mom didn't allow me to watch wrestling on TV. By the time I got around to making my own television choices, wrestling wasn't one of them. This is probably for the best, as wrestling is much better live.
I went to Ripley, Tenn. to watch live wrestling at TCLW, a storefront arena packed with locals ready to watch grown men in tights fight each other.
When I got there, I started asking fans what I could expect from my first wrestling match. Chad, a redhead in an orange shirt, drawled in monotone, "you'll be thrilled."
Surprisingly, I was.
When professionals wrestle on television, some of the best parts of wrestling get left out. There are no lovingly handmade nylon costumes, no wrestlers named Douglas flying out of the ring and almost into one's lap, and fewer looks of pure glee on the faces of the wrestlers.
As the matches went on, I started to get more and more excited by the drama. I automatically picked favorites in each match.
One of my favorite events was the cruiser weight winner-takes-next match. Two thin men entered the ring with little fanfare (no hand slapping the crowd, no bad music), shook hands, and began punching each other. One of them was wearing what looked like a slightly modified high school wrestling uniform. The other had on some kicky little shorts with his initials hand-stiched on the back.
Immediately after high school wrestling guy was pinned, another skinny guy ran out. When he was pinned, out came another. They just kept coming from backstage, one skinny guy after another. The match ended with a vampire getting hit in the back with a steel chair and someone who had faked an injury early in the round coming back to win it all.
I also got to see a barbed wire match. During these matches, the outside of the ring is wrapped with barbed wire that sits along side the ropes.
The six-on-six match was overwhelming. It was hard to tell who was teamed up. There was also a fair amount of blood from where skin had been pressed into barbed wire.
Throughout the night, I started to notice something - people who are into indie wrestling have a certain fanatical intensity about them.
During a match between a man with a briefcase-toting manservant and a guy who wore a basketball jersey and jean shorts under his fur pimp coat, an older woman got so riled up that she tried to climb into the ring. I couldn't tell who's side she was on or what she was so angry about, considering that the match hadn't even started.
With TV wrestling, there are also no moments where the entire crowd starts suddenly and inexplicably singing Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name".
There were children everywhere - toddlers sitting on their parents' shoulders, a baby guzzling Pepsi from a bottle, engrossed boys and pre-teen girls in the garish colors of eye shadow that only seem to exist in middle school. Tiny children were screaming obscenities at giant men with names like the Albino Rhino.
As a whole, the show was fun, but a little overwhelming.
There are a few things you should know before you go. First, wrestling shows are long. I was at TCLW for almost six hours. Secondly, while concessions are sold, you might want to stop in Mason and eat at Gus' World Famous Fried Chicken or Bozo's Hot Pit Barbecue. Bring cash, because there's a cover. Most importantly, go with an open mind and a high tolerance for middle school girls.
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Air rifle attack on caravan park
Last updated at 15:16, Saturday, 25 September 2010
A CARAVAN park owner is stepping up security after yobs attacked his site with air rifles.
Workmen at Port Haverigg Holiday Village found air rifle pellets in the broken shells of street lights, which were damaged in the attack.
A car parked in Bankfield Road also had its windscreen shot out, causing £200 worth of damage for the owner.
The mayor of Millom, Councillor Doug Wilson, has condemned the attacks, calling for police to take serious action against those responsible.
He said: "I think we should hope the police give it a higher priority.
"It's something that could kill somebody. It's not anti-social behaviour, it's criminal activity.
"There has been quite a lot on the radio about anti-social behaviour recently, but this is worse."
Steve Attwood owner of Port Haverigg Holiday Village said: "In the last fortnight, three of our lamps were shot out.
"It's happened before and does tend to happen every now and again.
"Each lamp costs £80 to replace. It's dangerous – we use them to light the site so people don't fall.
"It's not nice for the people who are staying in the park.
"It's very irresponsible behaviour by those involved.
"They could have hit one of the holiday makers."
Mr Attwood also said that he would be looking to install more security cameras in the park as a result of the incidents.
Sergeant Jim Lloyd of Cumbria police, said the investigation into the incident was ongoing, and that they are continuing to follow lines of enquiry.
He also said that, after the high profile firearm cases of Derek Bird and Raoul Moat, they were taking the incident very seriously.
He said: "In light of the events of the last few months, we take fire arm offences very seriously.
"If residents see anybody misusing air weapons, they should contact their local police officers immediately.
"Also, anybody messing around with air weapons needs to be aware of the police consequences."
First published at 10:38, Saturday, 25 September 2010
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LPGA Tour ahead of the curve on global travel
Tuesday - 11/20/2012, 4:08pm EST
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Alarm bells went off when the best golfers no longer were Americans, whether the measure was a ranking or simply who kept winning the majors.
That was the LPGA Tour a generation ago.
It took awhile for the men to experience the same shift to a more global game, such as Europeans occupying the top four spots in the world ranking at the end of last year, or the Americans getting shut out of six straight majors. Or the time Lee Westwood, whose humor can be vastly underrated, was speaking at a dinner when he mentioned Steve Stricker winning the previous week at the John Deere Classic. Looking at PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, he said, "Nice to see an American win on your tour."
The next cause for concern in women's golf was having to leave home to build a schedule.
It looks like the LPGA Tour again was ahead of its time.
The women finished a whirlwind _ not to mention worldwide _ schedule over the last three months by going from Virginia to England to Alabama in consecutive weeks, and then ended its season with three straight tournaments that took them from Japan to Mexico to Florida.
This might not have been what Karrie Webb had in mind when she moved halfway around the world for a Hall of Fame career on the LPGA Tour. Her rookie season, there were 34 events on the LPGA Tour schedule, all but four of them in the United States. This year, 12 of the 27 official events were outside the country.
"I envisioned playing most of my career in the U.S.," she said. "Even for me, coming from Australia, it was a bit of an adjustment. But I realized that's where the money is. It will take many years to get the economy back to where it was for us to have a luxurious schedule in the U.S. There's money in Asia and a lot of interest in golf. I was OK with it then. But learning more from being on the (LPGA) board, having Asian events helps the health of our tour."
Cristie Kerr put it more bluntly, as she always does.
"We were definitely ahead of the curve," Kerr said. "Without that, our tour might have gone away. We have a lot to be thankful for of the Asian countries."
The LPGA Tour's worldwide schedule used to be seen as a stigma. Now it is a way of life for them.
And it's getting that way for others.
The European Tour had no choice but to follow the money when economies faltered. Just look at the last 10 years. About 65 percent of its tournaments in 2002 were played in Europe, including seven in England. This year, only 47 percent of the tournaments were held in Europe.
There were as many tournaments in China as there were in Scotland this year. There were as many tournaments in Dubai as there were in England. And the country that held the most official events on the European Tour? That would be the United States (with three majors and three "World" Golf Championships).
"It was clearly a stigma," LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan said. "But I said this to our players and our staff, `Gang, I promise you the rest of our sport is going to follow.' Unfortunately, we're going to be the model. We're going to make all the silly mistakes. But you can't go back."
By mistakes, he was alluding to former Commissioner Carolyn Bivens' short-lived attempt to penalize players who didn't learn to speak English. Four years later, Kerr is starting to learn Korean, in part because one of her sponsors is the Korean Exchange Bank.
"Every business where I've worked went global," Whan said, mentioning Proctor & Gamble, TaylorMade and the hockey industry. "And the end result is pretty cool. Your buffet is so much fuller. We believe we're the future of sport. That sounds pretty bold. But how much money has the NBA spent a year to power into an international program? Or the NFL or Major League Baseball? For us, we're there."
Is it ideal? Maybe not.
"We have the best players from around the world. They move here and they want to play here," Whan said. "I've had more than our share of players ... you would think, `Oh, they love your Korea event.' No. They want another Atlanta event."
The PGA Tour is the strongest in the world. Thanks in large part to Tom Wade, the top executive in charge of marketing, the tour has been able to renew sponsorships or find replacements for nearly every tournament domestically. Then again, that didn't keep the tour from following the money. When it goes to a fall start for its 2013-14 season, two of the events will be in Asia. The tour might have looked for other opportunities if it had not been a little late to the table.


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iGov Achieves CMMI-DEV Level 3 Rating
MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ — iGov, prime contractor for TACLAN and provider of evolutionary tactical network systems and support programs, announced today that it has achieved the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Standard Capability Maturity Model – Integration for Development (CMMI®)(Appraisal Method for Process Improvement – SCAMPI(SM)) Class A CMMI-Development Maturity Level 3 rating (Appraisal #14139).
CMMI is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes to ultimately improve their performance. The assessment encompassed a thorough review of project management, engineering, support and process management practices for 17 Process Areas on key iGov projects. The CMMI evaluation was conducted by an independent team authorized by SEI.
"We're pleased to add the CMMI Level 3 rating to our existing ISO 9001:2008 registration. Our goal in attaining the CMMI Level 3 rating was to ensure that quality continues to define our organization, our processes and engineering capabilities, as well as the services that we provide our customers," said Patrick Neven, iGov CEO. "As technology continues to proliferate, it is more important than ever for companies today to select a technology partner that not only has breadth of experience, but also holds their development processes to the highest standards."
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Soon as I thought it, heard a knock at the door, pause..... Heard a loud cock at the door. (Gun-Cocks)
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His day-dream is ruined by a knock at the door, then before he answers it, he hears a gun cock behind it.
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Huygens Shines for Cassini
December 28, 2004
The European Space Agency's Huygens probe appears shining as it coasts away from Cassini in this image taken on Dec. 26, 2004, just two days after it successfully detached from the Cassini spacecraft. Shown in white boxes are known stars. The probe is the brightest item on the lower right. The other dots are artifacts of the camera. Although only a few pixels across, this image is helping navigators reconstruct the probe's trajectory and pinpoint its position relative to Cassini. This information so far shows that the probe and Cassini are right on the mark and well within the predicted trajectory accuracy. This information is important to help establish the required geometry between the probe and the orbiter for radio communications during the probe descent on January 14.
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Lakewood-Amedex, Inc. Appoints William J. Robison, Former Executive Vice President of Pfizer, as Board Member
Mr. Robison most recently was an Executive Vice President of Pfizer, Inc. until he retired in 2001. He joined Pfizer, Inc. in 1961 and served within Pfizer's pharmaceutical sales organization to become Senior Vice President of Sales for Pfizer Labs. He was subsequently named General Manager for Pratt Pharmaceuticals and in 1992 was named President of Pfizer's Consumer Healthcare Group and made a Pfizer Corporate Officer. In 1996 he joined Pfizer's Corporate Management Committee and was promoted to the position of Executive Vice President and Head of Worldwide Corporate Employee Resources.
Mr. Robison currently serves as a director of several healthcare companies and is also on the Board of Trustees of the
Mr. Robison said, "It is a great pleasure to be a part of an exciting and growing company like Lakewood-Amedex. Its broad anti-bacterial and targeted anti-viral products hold great promise for the healthcare industry and could save numerous lives in the future. At the appropriate time we will aggressively seek pharmaceutical companies to work with us in the commercial development of our products."
About Lakewood-Amedex, Inc.
Lakewood-Amedex is a privately held development-stage biopharmaceutical company with a broad patent portfolio of inventions, including, 24 granted and/or issued patents and 45 patent applications covering its proprietary NuBiotics family of anti-microbial products, proven to be effective against a wide range of bacteria, encompassing antibiotic resistant strains including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas and others, and patents covering certain proprietary products targeting pandemic viral infections including, Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), human and avian influenza, Hepatitis B and C and other clinical indications. The Company anticipates initiating human clinical trials for topical use of its Nu-3 NuBiotics(R) compound in the near future for indications including; diabetic ulcers and other topical infections. Future studies will involve the use of Nu-2(R) to treat broad spectrum antibiotic-resistant bacterial pulmonary and systemic infections. The company is currently conducting a human IRB clinical study to improve treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in
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