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Grace Napolitano
Grace Flores Napolitano, a Democrat has represented the 38th Congressional District of California in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1999. (map)
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Iraq War
Napolitano voted against the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War.[1]
Environmental record
For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal
Napolitano was born December 4, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas. She was educated at Texas Southmost College and was a member of the Norwalk, California City Council and a member of the California Assembly before entering the House.
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In 2006, the Republicans nominated Sidney W. Street to face Napolitano in her November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [1] Napolitano retained her seat.
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|This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the California superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.
Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Grace Napolitano, as a superdelegate, had endorsed her for President.
Committees and Affiliations
- Congressional Advisory Board, Humpty Dumpty Institute
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Water & Power
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Highways, Transit & Pipelines
- Subcommittee on Railroads
- Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment
Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)
- House Committee on International Relations
- Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats
- Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
- House Committee on Resources
- Subcommittee on Water and Power - Ranking Minority Member
Coalitions and Caucuses
More Background Data
Wikipedia also has an article on Grace Napolitano. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.
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Phone: 562-801-2134
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Articles and resources
- Official website
- Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database
Local blogs and discussion sites
Corresponding article on Wikipedia and Cause Caller. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of senators and representatives.)
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The Keldabe-class battleship was one of several different warship classes utilized by Tyber Zann's faction and others in the Galactic Civil War. At least one vessel of this class was employed by the Mandalorians during the Galactic Civil War.
Like the Crusader-class corvette, the Keldabe-class battleship was a Mandal Hypernautics design.[1] It was named after Mandalore's capital, Keldabe. Like the Mandalorian corvette, the battleship design was marked by sharp edges similar to the ancient Mandalorian Kandosii-type dreadnaught.[4] Atop the main superstructure was a tower similar in design to the Galactic Empire's Star Destroyers.[2]
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Overall, the battleship was approximately a third more powerful than the Consortium's Aggressor-class Star Destroyer, but this also led each battleship to be much more expensive.[2]
The Zann Consortium obtained the Keldabe-class battleship after its pirates extorted plans from Mandal Hypernautics. Tyber Zann, although annoyed by the pirate's disobeying of his orders to leave the shipyards alone, nonetheless added the Keldabe-class to his fleet, after executing the offending ship captain. Keldabe-class battleships were later used in many Consortium operations, such as the Battle for the Eclipse.[2]
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Easter, when a bunny dies from the red
Andrew Bolt
–, Wednesday, April, 03, 2013, (6:05am)
The ignorance of the New York Times about a mainstay of Western culture is a warning of a civilisation in decline:
First, the correction to an article by Elisabetta Povoledo, datelined Vatican City:
Correction: April 1, 2013
An earlier version of this article mischaracterized the Christian holiday of Easter. It is the celebration of Jesus's resurrection from the dead, not his resurrection into heaven.
Glad they told us Easter was a Christian holiday, lest unwary readers, encountering it for the first time, think it a Hindu feast. And "mischaracterized" is letting Ms. Povoledo off far too easily. What the hell does "resurrection into heaven" even mean?…
They say you tend to believe what you read in the newspaper until the story concerns something you actually know about. The Times has just proven to 1.2 billion Catholics around the world that it knows nothing about their religion.
In reality, America's supposed "newspaper of record" has just announced itself to the world as civilizationally illiterate.
(Via Instapundit.)
Have Your Say
We pagans had our Spring Fertility Festival and worshipped the Goddess Oestere, long before the Christians came along and adopted it.
Same as our Yuletide Feast in mid-winter . . .
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:00am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (10:49am)
That is true Gogs, but unfortunately it has nothing to do with the argument.
The pre-Christian religions of Europe are not responsible for the cultural basis of modern Western society; Christianity is, and that religion is fundamentally different in outlook to those older religions.
If you want to see what European culture would have been like without the influence of Christianity, I suggest you examine some of the new words coined by missionaries to explain Christianity to the Germanic tribes in the seventh and eighth centuries. This was necessary because these tibes lacked any understanding of (and hence words for) many of the key concepts of Christianity, concepts that our Western culture has considered rather important for quite some time.
I've read a lot of neo-pagan 'handbooks' over the years Gogs, but have yet to see any of their authors discussing this small but inconvenient truth. How about a little credit, where credit is due, eh?
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:54am)
Hey Truth.in.Footnotes,
Sure those pagans didn't influence our culture at all, no siree. That's why rabbits and eggs and are the predominant symbols of Easter as opposed to the cross of Christianity.
Nuthin' to do with pagan rituals that, who are you trying to kid ?
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:29pm)
You are correct, Gogs.
And that is why the word Easter is not used in our Christian household but the proper name for this time of year - Passover.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (01:22pm)
@ Truth.in.Footnotes
Christianity brought nothing new that was good and nothing good that was new to Europeans, especially the Germanic Tribes.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (01:36pm)
Oh dear.
While there is a belief that when introduced into the Germanic tribes in the 7th century the word "Easter" was derived from the name of the Goddess Ostare. Unfortunately this overlooks the fact that etymologically speaking there is far more connection between the words "Easter" and "Passover" in many many languages and also that Easter had been celebrated for centuries before arriving in Germany. Easter is more of a steal from Judaism (including the symbolism) than Paganism. Let's remember the Jews were the primary targets of Christianity.
As to the timing, the similarity you refer to does not exist for Easter (Christmas yes, Easter no). The spring fertility festival you refer to i.e. Beltane (or by its local name in Germany Walpurgis Night) was celebrated at the midpoint between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice. (Just as its counterpart Samhain (Halloween) was celebrated at the midpoint between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice.) This varies year to year, but always the first week of May. This is the root of the May Day celebration where they dance around poles rather than fires.
The council of Nicaea fixed the Easter festival as the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox (paschal Full Moon; note the difference between western and eastern Christian Easter dates is basically due to the use of Gregorian and Julian (respectively) calenders, not pagan poaching). This places it far closer to Passover (Western Christian) than Beltane. As for the eggs? Well, eggs have been a symbol of re-birth since forever, so some commonality of symbols isn't really all that surprising. However that all overlooks that the Pagan festival was celebrating fertility and the Christian one celebrates the fulfilment of prophecy via the Resurrection of Christ – confirming his status as the Messiah. So in the end, they really aren't that similar at all.
I find it passing strange that Christianity bashing is the hobby of choice for "progressive" people and those who find sustenance in their faith are ridiculed for it yet how many times do we see the terminally ill or those in trouble ask for freely given blessings, prayers and support when they are at life's lowest ebb. Faith is a private and personal matter of choice not a squalid newspaper article.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:13am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:39am)
I think that you will find that the Christian bashing comes about because of the way that the institution is used to legitimize discrimination - whether it be reserving the right to fire employees based on their sexuality or marital status, or the opposition to gay marriage, or the opposition to abortion, contraception, stem cell research et al.
At the same time it is understood that an individual's religious beliefs are their own business and that Christianity provides people with a lot of comfort. Progressives are generally secularists that support religious freedom.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:40pm)
Faith is a private and personal matter of choice
If only.
Journalists often have to write about subjects of which they are relatively ingnorant, and even Journalists make mistakes. Yes, they should have known better, but this is merely the written equivalent of a slip of the tongue.
What is far more concerning is where Journslists try to change public thought by casting opinions from ignorance. Like adamantly insisting that the real-world data supports the CAGW hypothesis, because someone they like told them it was so. Or that the various catastrophes inflicted on this nation by Rudd and Gillard will have no long lasting effects on our nation's standard of living, opportunities, and overall future, simply because that's what Labor told them.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:18am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (10:32am)
Like adamantly insisting that the real-world data supports the CAGW hypothesis,
But you once claimed to have posted such evidence on this blog. In fact I've asked you about 20 times or more to repost the evidence but you always refused.
Here's a repost after you claimed that to have posted such evidence.
What a tangled web of inconsistencies you weave.
I've been asking you that same question just about everyday for the last week. And no it was never a tagged on question as you claim.
That is:Can you please provide some example of the science, ie, scientific papers, articles, organisations and scientist, that have convinced you that non-catastrophic AGW is real.
You have refused to answer the question on every occasion. Although, at one point you responded with… I did.
I took that to mean that you had posted evidence of non-catastrophic AGW on this blog.
Now you are claiming that you haven't.
The fact is there is no evidence that convinces you non-catastrophic AGW is real.
The reason I target you on this issue was because when you claimed that non-catastrophic AGW was real. I knew from all your previous post on the topic of AGW that this was BS. And I was right.
Although, you can prove me wrong at any point by tell us what science has convinced you that non-catastrophic AGW is real.
Do you seriously not remember what arguments you make from one day to the next?
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:51am)
"Do you seriously not remember what arguments you make from one day to the next?"
Do you seriously not remember that I addressed that at the time? Not liking the answer is no reason to keep asking the question. In fact, doing so over and over despite already getting an answer reveals several very disturbing things about you…
People may wake up to the truth one day. There was a time when everyone knew that Tammuz only begotten son of the Sun and the Moon Gods was resurrected and the day was then remembered as Ishtar.
On the other hand Ancient Egyptians some five thousand years ago venerated their son of god whom they called Jesus and he did the resurrection trick as well.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:24am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:57am)
Thanks Malcolm.
Keen to see your evidence (sources) for the view that the Egyptians venerated a person called Jesus 5000 years ago and that he was brought back to life physically after dying.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:04pm)
Lol, straight out of Zeitgeist. If I were using YouTube as my authority for that kind of statement I may also wish to check a few other videos that thoroughly debunk these myths… Of a pre-Jesus jesus. The Egyptian sun may travel to the underworld at night and be 'resurrected' each morning. Christians hold that a real historical Jesus died for our sins and was physically resurrected. if you think this is silly just say so, but please don't compare the two as if they were the same 'trick'.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:37pm)
I understand from other comments of yours that you are an atheist, Fair enough.
But why do you insist on bringing up these stories from other cultures that are not considered part of the Judeo-Christian heritage? Are you tyring to make Christians doubt their faith in Jesus? What's it to you?
Jesus' name in Hebrew is 'Yeshua' meaning 'the salvation of God' or 'God saves'. Jesus' death was to bring about salvation for those who receive Him.
Ishtar, on the other hand, was a female deity known as the 'courtesan of the gods'. Two very distinct personalities there, wouldn't you say? One a goddess of love, sex and war and the other the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. Not really the same thing. Not even close.
Geeez and you were raving on about fish and I didn't even know the meaning of Good Friday but now I do, thanks for the useless information.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:24am)
The NYT is Jewish, after all.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:30am)
NYT… You can always rely on 'em to be up to date on their Marxism, however.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:43am)
I would suppose "resurrection into heaven" to be shorthand for "resurrection from death and ascension into heaven". Must remember that one.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:44am)
Easter is also the occasion when Muslims have to be encouraged to consume the traditional and cultural symbols of the Christian season by the production of "halal" chocolate Easter products. I suppose that's no bad thing and aren't people always asking what on earth eggs and bunnies have to do with it all?
Ignorance is becoming such a common theme in the media that I have taken to shouting frequently at TV and radio at mispronunciations, wrong facts, etc. Perhaps I should just chill out as I am becoming one of those boring old folk who can't cope with tx msg gen? LOL!
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:46am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (01:33pm)
Being vexatious to the spirit I've found it far easier to just turn them off permanently.
In Melbourne you'd think Easter was a Marxist holiday/celebration. Maybe they should reliquish this day of celebrations due to their lack of faith? Apologies to the Greeks, just trying to make a point.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:53am)
What is this fixation on Catholics? Jesus' death and resurrection is the central belief of the entire Christian faith. (Forget Christmas, that comes off a distant second.) Calling it a holiday is to trivialise the most important event in the Christian calendar. If I was that ignorant about other major faith, I would be rightly castigated. Where can I claim religious vilification? Oh, I forgot, Christians are fair game. It's only the protected religions that can't be insulted and marginalised.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:53am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (10:13am)
To further Jenny's point. Easter is actually the two most important events on the Christian calandar with Christams coming in third.
Right yeah - the resurrection fairy story is really worth dancing on pinheads about. Most of us have ACTUAL day-to-day matters to concern ourselves with.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (07:55am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:03am)
Yeah, but I bet you enjoyed the days off. People are entitled to their religious beliefs without BS from you atheists.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:02pm)
Hello Tony,
The resurrection is THE central subject of Christianity. The rapid expansion of Christianity only makes sense in light of it.
In your view, was Jesus ever crucified? If you say yes, tell us what you think happened next?
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:43pm)
People are entitled to their religious beliefs without BS from you atheists.
If only the reverse was true.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (01:28pm)
People are entitled to their religious beliefs without BS from you atheists.
Really! Is there a law for that? What makes the religious so special that they are above criticism?
Well, at least the NYT didn't think Easter is the time when Christians celebrate the Resurrection of the Bunny Girl to Hefner, a house of many mansions devoted to radical celibacy. But the NYT is working on it.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (08:04am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:08am)
However, David, I am pretty sure that the Times do believe that Christmas the celebration of the birth of Santa Claus...!
My old grand dad used to say "A newspaper is like a donkey. It will carry anything you put on it"
Wed 03 Apr 13 (08:06am)
Perhaps the NY Times reporters are too busy reading the Koran to make sure they don't offend Islam. Perhaps if they weren't illiterate about their own Christian culture they wouldn't make fools of themselves. But then, you're allowed to offend Christians, arent you.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (08:25am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:09am)
For a leftwinger, Richard, it is not just allowed, but mandatory.
"Datelined Vatican City"
So Ms Provelone wasn't a mere desk bound New York reporter straying off the reservation. She was assigned to the Vatican, presumably because she new something about the Church.
This is no mere slip.
The ABC station i was listening to on Saturday (I know, but I was in the hills and couldn't pick up anything else) spent hours musing over what day Christ rose, and whether it was technically the third day after Good Friday.
They take great pride in informing themselves of every intricacy of Ramadan or Buddhist rituals, and equal pride in being ignorant of Christianity. Ignorance of, and disrespect for, Christianity I'd the new hipster badge of honour.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (08:27am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:44am)
If you're in the wrong and know it, and like being in the wrong, you hate the person who is right. The one who stands somewhere in the middle is much less of a target.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:34pm)
The dateline Vatican City is certainly significant. One might impudently suggest that this is added to the article to give it extra authority and/or authenticity.
It raises doubts about any other NYT articles which also carry datelines.
If I were writing about any religion as a journalist I would surely ask a member of that religion to comment if I had any doubt that I was not sufficiently familiar with it to write with theological accuracy.
Basic knowledge of all religions is a sine qua of any well read person surely?
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:49pm)
Give the ABC their due. They are correct to question whether Jesus was put to death on Friday, simply because He wasn't.
The confusion comes due to the sabbath falling the next day. But it wasn't Saturday the next day. It was the sabbath of the eating of unleavened bread, which in that year fell on a Thursday, just like our Christmas day moves around and isn't always on a Sunday, for example.
Jesus died at about 3pm on the Wednesday and had to be in the tomb before 6pm when the sabbath would technically begin. He is in the tomb three days and three nights (the sign of Jonah that He said would be given) and rises at 6pm on Saturday. There is no indication that He rose on Sunday, just that His resurrection was discovered on that day.
There is insufficient time between Friday and Sunday for the three days and three nights to take place. It's Wednesday to Saturday, which nicely coincides with the Jewish Sabbath.
The first Pope was a Roman emperor, and the catholic church has always been authoritarian, yet persists in western democracies subsidised by governments. Authoritarianism stifles creativity.
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Hopefully you too can get a job at the New York Times..the first Pope was Peter later venerated as Saint Peter...originally he was a fisherman called Simon...Jesus changed his name to "Cephas" or "Peter" meaning "rock".
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:05am)
And creativity produces nothing of substance.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:16am)
Hopeful, you are referring to Constantine, the founder of the Holy Roman Empire.
Unfortunately for you and your ignorant ilk, Constantine was not the first Pope. He was not even Christian. He went to his death bed as a supporter of Christianity but was only baptised on his death bed.
In fact, the Papacy already existed during Constantine's lifetime. There were 9 Popes during his lifetime.
The first Pope was St Peter, the apostle of Jesus. He was hardly a Roman Emperor, and was around about 300 years before Constantine.
Please learn some real history instead of the crap thrown at you by the leftwing illiterati.
Why do I suspect that a New York Times journalist (to use the term loosely) who displayed such ignorance about an aspect of Islam would be instantly sacked, and the Times would apologise profusely to all Muslims for such a gross example of "islamophobia"?
Wed 03 Apr 13 (08:45am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (01:02pm)
Because that's the way you think.
A mistake, yes.
But it's nothing compared to Pat Robinson's latest.
He claims that God still performs miracles in Africa because Africans believe in God. God don't preform miracles in the USA because Americans believe in things that God says are not true such as evolution.
Now that's not just irgorent but dangerous.
This is the result of the BS that US evangelicals are having in Africa.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (08:48am)
Wed 03 Apr 13 (10:36am)
What is your connection with Uganda? You cite it frequently. As one who was brought up in Uganda I'm interested. Picking one individual and one nation to prove a point doesn't carry much weight. Besides, this thread is about the resurrection of Jesus, long proven by once-sceptical scholars to have been a fact of history.
At the risk of generalising, most African church leaders and their flocks are conservative, hence the schism with the Anglicans in the West. I do agree, though, that bogus American 'evangelicals' who think they're doing God's work by whipping up a crowd are not only misrepresenting the Gospel, but universally shunned by genuine Bible-believing Christians. However, this thread is about the resurrection of Jesus, long proven by once-sceptical scholars to have been a fact of history.
And yes, God still performs miracles, especially among those who are truly searching for Him in humility. I can attest to that myself.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (11:09am)
So you don't believe the Bible! So what else is news? And as usual, you raise a red herring to avoid the issue of Andrew's post - you're good at that, too!
Go read, and more particularly, study the New Testament on the resurrection, instead of going on comfortable shibboleths and hearsay. You will find, inter alia, the following:
"...that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures...and after that he appeared to more than five hundred of the brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep."[1 Corinthians 15:4,6] In other words, says Paul, if you don't believe me, go and ask them!
If the resurrection is a myth (as you imply), then we have here a truly amazing piece of mass hypnotism!
BTW, "..not just irgorent but dangerous." No that really is a howler, and reflects your own ignorance, for this is more than just a mere typo. Again, "dangerous"...to what! Adjectives make for very poor predicates, and are just emotive exclamations.
Wed 03 Apr 13 (12:30pm)
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Really, I would love for provide some examples of miracles that you can attest to?
Dangerous to homosexuals that in some cases are being murdered by so called Christians.
Don't worry the religiously crazed christians in the U.S. will know,whilst the rest of "Western culture" gets on with discarding this nonsense for the reality of the sciences and looking at the evidence that nobody but this self proclaimed son of a god has ever come back from the dead.Sorry the Greek and Roman gods often came back from the dead but christians don't believe in them,do they.
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Wed 03 Apr 13 (01:39pm)
As for "Western culture getting on with discarding this nonsense" I bet you still enjoyed the day off ....
Science concerns itself with material things, not immaterial things. It conveniently focussed on the how and not the why (just ask Dawkins). Science has nothing valuable to contribute to this discussion, other than maybe the archealogical or anthropology sciences - even then, a lot of stuff is made up in the name of "Science".
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"A week ago we were thinking about making funeral arrangements for Nancy. Now we have a real reason to be hopeful," the statement continued.
David Writebol, who was working alongside his wife in Liberia, remains in that country, although efforts are underway to bring him home. Her two sons are also on the way to her bedside, Johnson says.
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text: 3M-commissioned research shows consumers value wide-angle viewing on their LCD TVs ST. PAUL, Minn. – (Dec. 15, 2011) – A new study commissioned by 3M shows that American consumers want high brightness and quality no matter at what angle they view their LCD TVs. The study was conducted by CBS Vision, the Las Vegas-based research division and facility owned by CBS Corporation. 3M is a leading technology company in high-quality consumer electronics. The findings show that as TVs become central entertainment hubs for viewing, gaming and web connectivity, consumers are viewing their TVs from many different angles on a regular basis, and expect a consistently bright and crisp screen image. As consumers age, they place an even higher premium on wide-angle viewing, the study shows. "We were pleased to team up with 3M to take a closer look at the fundamentals surrounding consumers' LCD television viewing experience," said David Poltrack, chief research officer, CBS Corporation and president, CBS Vision. "We learned that consumers don't always realize that the way they watch their LCD TV impacts the quality of what they see." "We wanted to understand how important wide-angle luminance – a combination of off-axis viewing and brightness – was to consumers, since this is something 3M technology enhances. This study shows that wide-angle luminance is very important, even if consumers are not initially aware of the measurement," said 3M Physicist Dr. Dave Lamb, the scientific advisor on the study. Studying nearly 600 consumers in three phases over a four-week period, the study found that 84 percent of respondents view their TVs from a variety of angles. Further, 69 percent of participants said wide-angle picture quality was very or extremely important. And yet, 44 percent initially were unaware of a difference in quality of many LCD screens when viewed from the side. Once they viewed two sets of varying quality side by side, however, 88 percent preferred the screen with better wide-angle luminance – a brighter, crisper screen at a variety of viewing angles. Additionally, the research shows that 47 percent of consumers reported they are not satisfied with the home-mode settings of most LCD screens, and change these settings, increasing the amount of energy consumed. The research reinforces previous studies conducted in Japan looking at consumer viewing habits and luminance preferences[ii]. Key consumer behavior findings include: 86% have a flat screen TV 15% definitely will buy a new TV this year; 60% find picture quality extremely important 46% typically view their primary TV off axis, defined as any viewing angle that is more than 15% from center, when watching alone; 67% do so when watching with other people 52% typically view their secondary TV off axis when watching alone; 65% do so when watching with other people 84% at times view their TV off axis when watching alone; 87% reported other people at times viewing their TV off axis Key consumer preference findings include: 47% change the settings on their TVs to make them brighter (reducing the effectiveness of ENERGY STAR ratings) 44% were initially not aware of a difference in picture quality when viewed off axis 88% preferred the set with better wide-angle luminance in a direct comparison 83% of males 55 years of age and older would pay on average $200 more for the TV with better wide-angle luminance; 64% of females 55 years of age and older would do so, as well For more on 3M's perspective on LCD TV wide-angle luminance, information on how consumers can select the best LCD TV, or photos of Lamb with LCD TVs, visit www.3M.com/makesyouwonder. 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LOS ANGELES Americas Got Talent isnt getting more of Jerry Springer.
Springer says he wont return as host of the NBC talent contest this summer.
In a statement Thursday, Springer said hes leaving the show because of other commitments, including his syndicated talk show and a stage role. He didnt offer details about the play.
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I hope it's ok with everyone if I post this here.....just wanted to let you know that our new baby girl, Emily Louise, arrived last Friday 26 June at 3.26pm. I ended up having another waterbirth and the whole thing went really well and very similarly to Josie's birth - less than 7 hours from OB breaking my waters and only about 1.5 hours from painful contractions starting till she was born!
Emily is going really well so far and we are sort of, slowly, settling into life as 5 hahaha! Big sis Lily has been great, really really proud and excited about her new little sis and is constantly asking if she can hold/cuddle her. It is very cute how proud and happy she looks when she's holding her little sis and Emily seems to really enjoy her Lily cuddles too. Transition with Josie has been a bit harder....the poor little chicken is rather confused about it all I think and has been not her normal self. I think it's been a lot for her to take on and she's a bit of a mummy's girl and has really noticed me being more preoccupied with the baby. I'm trying to make more time to hang with her just the two of us while DH is off work as it makes me sad to think that she's feeling a bit displaced. She's been acting up too, which is not normally like her, but i'm really hoping that it's just a phase and she'll settle down soon as she gets used to it all. After a rough few nights in the hospital when Miss Emily would not sleep in the crib and had to be held/cuddled constantly to sleep, she has finally come good and has been napping in her cot and slept in her bed all night last night...hooray! She's a bit jaundice I think, so I'm guessing that's making her extra sleepy so hopefully when she goes back to "normal" her sleeping habits stick!
And here are a few snaps from the last 6 days....(sorry there's lots but DH has been pretty snap happy!)
Here's me in labour exactly 1 hour before she was born and about 20 mins before I got in the birthing pool (yes I know I look too smiley to be in labour, but DH was being like the bloody papparazzi snapping pics left right and centre and snapped this one in between a contraction!)
Me and Emily in the birthing pool - about 30 seconds after she was born (looking like a little purple alien!)
About 20 mins after she was born (the hospital I go to does min 1hr skin to skin contact and first BFing straight after birth)
All 5 of us
Cuddles with my Dad (3 hours old)
Cuddles with big sis Lily (look how proud she is!)
Hanging out with big sis Josie
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- October 04, 2012
A WASTE firm has been fined $130,000 for safety breaches after a worker's legs and testicles were crushed in a machine.
Shane Bushell was employed as a welder when he slipped into a hydraulic baling machine at SITA's plant in Camellia, near Parramatta, on June 11, 2009.
As he scrambled to get out, yelling for help, a mechanical arm on the machine severed his legs and left hand.
Court documents state Mr Bushell lost one-third of both femurs, his testicles and suffered major skin injuries.
"He uses a wheelchair (and skateboard and scooter) for mobility on the ground, and a set of stiff prosthetic legs for stairs," the court judgment said.
A workmate managed to switch off the baling machine, and it took about two hours to free the still-conscious Mr Bushell.
SITA Australia Pty Ltd and the recruitment firm that directly employed him, Edmen Recruitment Pty Ltd, admitted breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 and were convicted in September at the Industrial Court of NSW.
Justice Wayne Haylen handed down his judgment today, fining SITA $130,000 and ordering it to pay legal costs.
Edmen Recruitment was fined $117,500 and ordered to pay legal costs.
Mr Bushell's manager on the day of the accident, Christopher Andrew Livingstone, also admitted breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 and was given a good behaviour bond.
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The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Poo Pie and an L-Shaped Crack
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Sounds like the start of a very dirty joke, no? Actually, these are the two biggest clues that Help (the book within The Help) is set in Jackson, Mississippi. The fact that Minny baked a poo pie that Hilly ate is left in Help intentionally, to keep Hilly from spreading the word that the book is about Jackson. If she admits the book is about Jackson, she admits she ate Minny's poo…and lived. (The big irony, of course, is that Hilly claims to believe that white people will come to harm if they use the same toilets and dishes as black people. If a white person can eat a black person's poo and not even get sick…we'll leave you to finish that sentence.)
By contrast, Aibileen's inclusion of the fact that the Leefolts' dining room table has an L-shaped crack in it is totally unintentional, and a sign of Aibileen's attention to detail (at least in her descriptions, though perhaps not her editing). But, the inclusion might have an unintentionally beneficial result. We could look at Aibileen getting fired as a good thing – after all, she gets the Miss Myrna job and income from Help. Moments after she's fired, she frees herself to begin planning her new writing career.
The inclusion of the L-shaped crack might also have benefits for Elizabeth. Until Hilly points out the detail of the crack, Elizabeth somehow doesn't recognize herself in Aibileen's story. Now she'll be forced to deal with Aibileen's vision of her. Perhaps this will help her with some of her problems and issues. This detail also gives her some power over Hilly – something she's never had, or never felt she had before. When Hilly clues in Elizabeth that she's featured in the book, Hilly, by implication, admits that she too is featured, as the woman who ate Minny's special chocolate pie. Seeing Hilly as fallible might help Elizabeth stop idolizing and following the woman, and learn to think for herself.


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Skip to comments.Jim Rob Is Right - But Conservatives HERE Have TWO Jobs To Do!
Posted on 04/10/2012 5:52:15 PM PDT by Ron C.Edited on 04/10/2012 6:11:00 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
First - blow off that feeling that we're going to lose, or already have lost! No, we're going to WIN.
First item of business, get invovlved in the Tea Party movement, and give D.C. a whole new influx of conservatives in Congress similar in size and importance to that of the last election - thereby blocking any of Obamas chances of having Congressional support for his machinations. Note too, the Tea Party used the GOP vehicle, not a third party. Reason, third parties are losers, because they don't have the national organization and presence large enough to compete.
FReepers need to get involved locally. There are tens of thousands of empty seats in local district Committees of the GOP across this nation - caused mostly by conservative appathy! Just by showing up regularly, you can be assured of gaining a seat from which you can VOTE - go to your county committees and vote there - and go to your state party conventions and vote there! (I personally helped see the ouster of liberal GOP control of the California GOP. Yes it was hard work, but we won - and that win has been, and can be duplicated in these perilous times through the 'hard work' of just SHOWING UP!)
Conservatives have a chance to block Obama, if not replace him. We CAN do that, but conservatives can not win by voting third-party - it's a throw-away vote that nets nothing.
The current GOP-E is NOT the friend of FREEDOM - but they are a very tiny group of RINO's that we can beat the snot out of - simply by doing what we can at the local district and state level. We - FReepers, and other dedicated conservatives - can and have ultimately fielded who becomes part of the GOP establishment. We need to OWN it like we did in the Reagan era, not destroy it through lack of attention to our God given orders to be 'watchmen on the wall' of who become our leaders.
No - it's not too late to shoulder your own responsibility - and earn your own right to say, 'I have fought the good fight, and WE WON.' There will be many opportunities in coming days to 'get involved' - don't let them slip by. Take advantage of the huge opportunities - you can, and will make a difference! It is quite fulfilling to debate hated RINO's FACE TO FACE - WIN when the vote is tallied - and see them denied a seat in party or public office!
Last but not least - we ALL need to get behind our Freepathon. Isn't it worth at least a dollar per day to you to come here, read, post, laugh and debate? Yes, I know, times are rough, and the 'cost of living' has gone way up. But, I'll bet you blow a lot on chocolate cake and ice cream or (insert your favorite deserts) - I, unfortunately, do! So let's all try to push this FReepathon toward an early completion - it might help save your waistline! LOL
I took my action in late October of 2008. I'm not all that concerned who the president is, especially considering the choices we have.
—What about the captain that flees on his own before the sinking, like the captain of the Costa Concordia?—
That would not work as an analogy to this. The ship has hit the iceberg and is going down. Heck, it hit the iceberg before obama was elected. Remember QE1. Remember the "emergency" meeting of Congress back then that some revealed scared the crap out of them.
They have effectively kicked the can down the road a few times, but they are running out of kicks.
Obama is dismantling our military. He is making all sorts of dangerous deals with the Russians on nukes and missile defense. I don't know if Romney can or would reverse this trend, but I would think, or hope, that he would at least pull back from the self-destroying course Obama has the country on. The Russians, the ChiComs, Hugo Chavez, Iran and Obama have designs for a "new world order" with a substantially weaker USA.
We are creating a new world, a balanced world. A new world order, a multipolar world, Chavez told reporters during a visit to Communist China, one of many. His new world order includes [RUSSIA], China, Iran,... and a significantly weakened United States, he explained.
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."
Russia's Medvedev hails "comrade" Obama
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"Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks"
April 1, 2009:
"Obama, Medvedev pledge new era of relations":
President Obama and Venezuela dictator Hugo
Chavez at the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad.
Note the "soul bro" handshake. (my caption)
Obama, Chavez shake hands at Americas Summit:
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Chavez Vows To 'Stand By Iran'
After Oil Talks In Tehran, Venezuelan Leader Called 'Brother' By Ahmedinejad
"Chavez pledged that his country would 'stay by Iran at any time and under any condition,' state television reported. Ahmadinejad said he saw in Chavez a kindred spirit." "'We do not have any limitation in cooperation,' Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. 'Iran and Venezuela are next to each other and supporters of each other. Chavez is a source of a progressive and revolutionary current in South America and his stance in restricting imperialism is tangible.'":
Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs
February 29, 2008 :: News
A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.
The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:
Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.
First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[not win it -etl]
Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.
I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.
I will not weaponize space.
I will slow our development of future combat systems.
And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.
Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert [they are NOT on "hair-trigger alert" now -etl], and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.
You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.
Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."
"I will not weaponize space"
"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems"
2008 Pentagon Report (March 2008):
China's Growing Military Space Power
By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
March 6, 2008
GOLDEN, Colorado A just-released Pentagon report spotlights a growing U.S. military concern that China is developing a multi- dimensional program to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by its potential adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.
Furthermore, last year's successful test by China of a direct-ascent, anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon to destroy its own defunct weather satellite, the report adds, underscores that country's expansion from the land, air, and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains.
Although China's commercial space program has utility for non- military research, that capability demonstrates space launch and control know-how that have direct military application. Even the Chang'e 1 the Chinese lunar probe now circling the Moon is flagged in the report as showcasing China's ability "to conduct complicated space maneuvers a capability which has broad implications for military counterspace operations."
To read the entire publication [29.67MB/pdf], see U.S. Dept of Defense:
Appeasement: From ObamaCare to recess appointments, honoring the Constitution has not been an administration hallmark. But when it comes to betraying secrets to mollify the Russians, it becomes a document the president hides behind.
It was bad enough that the 2012 defense authorization bill signed by President Obama set America on a downward spiral of military mediocrity.
He also issued a signing statement, something he once opposed, saying that language in the bill aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on the U.S. Standard Missile-3 linchpin of our missile defense might impinge on his constitutional foreign-policy authority.
Section 1227 of the defense law prohibits spending any funds that would be used to give Russian officials access to sensitive missile-defense technology as part of a cooperation agreement without first sending Congress a report identifying the specific secrets, how they'd be used and steps to protect the data from compromise.
The president is required to certify that any technology shared will not be passed on to third parties such as China, North Korea or Iran, that the Russians will not use transferred secrets to develop countermeasures and that the Russians are reciprocating in sharing missile-defense technology.
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Interesting. I believe that God judges us on our acts; this idea that believing in God or Jesus renders forgiveness makes no sense at all. We have to fight evil when it crosses our path; it's our duty.
I will do everything possible to end Obama's evil acts upon this nation. You, I see, don't agree with me. We have a choice. Don't let your over-inflated ego get in your way of ending Obama's reign. Read Michelle Malkin's column today. More forces are at work than you may know. The stakes are tremendous and you've misidentified the enemy.
By the way, I'm a Palin fan. I'm disappointed as well. But my patriotism comes first, not my ego.
I completely agree. My vote in November will be a third party or write-in protest vote.
We have three overriding problems in this country (well, the whole western world to be more precise) that are responsible for our political dilemma:
1. The central power structures of government and finance have been completely taken over by a Political super-class which is a modern interpretation of the absolute power of royalty. Our "two-party" system is a farce used to fool the rest of us into thinking we have a choice in our government. We do not.
2. After a couple of generations, this political elite has successfully bred a substantial percentage of the population who are perfectly content to live their lives as ignorant subjects (as opposed to citizens) so long as they are "taken care of". This destroys the ability of the remaining free-thinking population to change things via democratic means.
3. Even the remaining free-thinkers of various "conservative" principles are too deeply divided to form a significant resistance. Half of this conservative superset focuses primarily on religious and socially conservative issues, while the other half focuses on personal liberty and fiscal conservatism. A candidate who appeals to one subset turns off the other.
I'm sure the collapse of society during the waning days of the Roman Empire wasn't pretty. I guess we'll all get to see what the collapse of this modern Western civilization is going to be like, because I just don't see a popular will to avoid it.
Yep our military will bear the brunt of Obamas another 4 years not to mention NASA. Im really getting sick of the people of this country, we deserve to fail as a nation if people will allow Obama another 4 more years. I dont like Mitt but at this point anything is better than Obama. God help us all if some of you so call conservative vote for Obama.
Its not idiotic. Thats what its going to take to rid ourselves of Obama, the destruction of our country, which will happen anyway under Romney.
If you think we can rid ourselves of Obama and his nationalist socialist party by electing the likes of Romney, with their downfall, "business as usual" attitude towards Obama, you are very mistaken.
Only a conservative who can name Obama publicly for what he is, draw the line in the sand and take him on toe to toe can defeat him. Romney can't do any of that, nor can the GOP. I will therefore not vote GOP.
And to bring on a more rapid polarization of America, and to bring on the destruction of the GOP as it is now, I will most certainly vote for Obama , unless the Tea Party offers a 3rd party option.
I will NEVER vote for ANY GOP candidate again....EVER! I am done, and so are most of us conservatives. EFF EVERY ONE OF THOSE GOP RINO BASTIDS. I am Tea Party ALL the way, or I 'll vote Obama if the Tea Party does not forward two candidates for the presidency.
Pretty much the same? Romney wants to redistribute wealth? He hates this nation? He will bow to third world leaders? He's a marxist? He's never held a real job? His wife made $300,000 a year doing nothing? He's akin to a community organizer?
My God, some of you Freepers are just plain delusional, or stupid.
I don't recall seeing anyone say they're going to vote for Obama. Actually, a vote for Romney IS a vote for Obama, because they are functionally equivalent and things would not be materially any different under a Romney administration than they are now under Obama. They are both part of the political elite superclass, manipulating us with the illusion of a two-party system.
Regarding our military - our military complex is part of the problem. It could easily be HALF its current size and still be perfectly able to carry out its Constitutionally-legitimate defensive functions.
Now that Romney has the nomination sewn up and is on track to dutifully fulfill the GOP E`s agenda and lose by a landslide to Obama, my attention is now turned to holding onto the House. As for the Senate, I`m backing Jamie Radtke here in VA as the conservative to face 0bama`s pet `rat Tim Kaine in November.
As for the Presidential "race," I`m looking toward the Constitution Party if it nominates Virgil Goode. The upside is that he has as strong a chance at beating Obama as Romney does. With no base and generating no excitement, and with women gravitating back to Daddy/Lover/Provider/Protector Big Government.. not to mention Obama`s machine having not yet even cranked up, Romney is clearly at a huge disadvantage.
The end result is going to make McCain`s loss in 2008 look like a squeaker.
That's a dangerous statement to make on a FR board. Many reputable military annalists say our military, under Obama, is significantly weaker than it needs to be. Obama is selling us out, particularly on nukes and missile defense. It's the sort of thing leftists, pretending to be 'patriotic', say.
AP via YahooNews ^ | November 15, 2011
DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) The number of U.S. ground forces would drop to levels not seen since 1940, the Navy would drop to the smallest number of ships since 1915 and the Air Force would be the smallest ever, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in warning Congress of the dire implications of deeper defense cuts.
The Pentagon chief on Monday offered a litany of drastic steps triggered by the automatic, across-the-board cuts if Congress' supercommittee fails to come up with a $1.2 trillion deficit-cutting plan by Nov. 23. If the panel stumbles, the Pentagon faces some $500 billion in reductions in projected spending over 10 years on top of the $450 billion already under way.
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We were told similar things back when Dole was foisted on us by the Ruling Class against Clinton in 1996 and McCain against Obama in 2008.
2012 is a Ruling Class Repeat - a shell game and I refuse to play their game and thus add to the illusion that we are still a Republic under the rule of law.
History is a great teacher, and few will admit what time it is for us, and most will show hubris and ignorance and assert what happened before cannot happen here.
But it has happened, right in our faces and we, like idiots continue to suck it up and deceive ourselves into believing that this election can put a stop to or slow down what the Ruling Class has irrevocably put us on a track for.
On top of that, while America could survive a tyrant like Obama and a Socialist like Romney, it CANNOT survive the fools that put such men into power.
Wasn't intelligent of the elites. All they did was make us more angry.
Yep military industrial complex is the leftist talking points. We have to have a superior military, anyone who thinks other wise is an absolute idiot militarily or a paulbot dope smoker. Anyhow Im done here, I'll see you all on the other side when the US collapses after Obama, we wont have time to recover and I fear most people now are lashing out and grasping at straws. If Obama wins this nation as we know it is done, period, and the libs will control whats left forever from 2016 and beyond. Its been a good run see you.
After another 4 years of Obama, it may well be too late to restore the military and our standing in the world. Recall his "open mike" comments/concessions to Putin puppet, Medvedev.
Open Mic Catches Obama Asking Medvedev for Space on Missile Defense
March 26, 2012
"In a private conversation about the planned U.S.-led NATO missile defense system in Europe, President Barack Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for space on the issue.
This is my last election, Obama told Medvedev. After my election I have more flexibility.
I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir, Medvedev said, referring to incoming President Vladimir Putin."
Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones. Here is what they said:
Obama: On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but its important for him to give me space.
Medvedev: Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ...
Obama: This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.
Medvedev: I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.
This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility. That statement tells us much about the presidents mindset.
The specific mention of missile defense is worrisome enough. Mr. Obama has retreated from the missile defense plan that was negotiated with European allies during the George W. Bush administration. Apparently, he is signaling Moscow that he intends to retreat further. The clear implication from the presidents comments is that he cannot tell the American people before the election what he plans to do after the election.
In addition, there is the phrase on all these issues, implying more is at stake than just missile defense.
Article: Obama plans double cross on missile defense
When it comes to keeping America safe, we shouldnt be too flexible:
.....anyone who thinks and posts that Romney would be worse than Obama needs their computers impounded.
Look around you. This site has been anti-Romney for years and that's Jim Rob's right. After all it's his site.
Little Green Footballs was once a very readable site too until Charles Johnson went so anti-conservative to make LGF unreadable.
I will vote for anybody except Obama and absolutely anyone claiming to be a conservative on this site and proclaims they will vote for Obama are lying about being a conservative and a troll.
Ban me if you want Jim but I will never, ever vote for Obama.
You make great points. Here though, I'd like to direct your attention to the fact that if the Federal government were reigned in and religious and social issues where left to the State and Local governments, as per the constitution, then these issues wouldn't be as divisive as they are today, on a national level.
Yes, all that too.
Not sure how to reverse the current policy about homosexuals in the military; that looks irreversible. A lot of other stuff IS reversible, at least in principle.
Oh well, support Mourdock against Lugar in Indiana, Hoekstra against Stabinow in Michigan, Ted Cruz for Kay Bailey's seat in Texas, etc. Send 'em money, et al. If you can't run yourself, support your local hobbits for everything from dogcatcher to district school board. Work like Hell for the country class.
And PRAY,PRAY, PRAY, because winning this fight is beyond the strength of mere mortals to achieve.
Romney wants to redistribute wealth?
Actually, yes he does. ANY candidate that does not vow an immediate end to federal deficit spending - i.e. no more increases to the debt ceiling - is de facto supporting redistribution of wealth simply because more than 60% of Federal spending is going to social entitlement programs, which are by definition wealth-redistribution mechanisms.
Furthermore, Romney has already demonstrated wealth-redistribution of his own making - his "universal health care" program here in my home state of MA. This is by definition, redistribution of wealth. So yes, he's a liberal redistributionist. Q.E.D.
He hates this nation?
Irrelevant rhetorical question. We cannot ever know what any other man truly loves or hates - we can only measure his actions. Romney's actions define him as a liberal redistributionist.
He will bow to third world leaders?
I have not yet seen his pledge to get us on a path towards true energy independence, such as LFTR nuclear plants and coal liquification. In the absence of such a plan, any US leader is therefor forced to bow to third world leaders, as sustaining this source of foreign energy is our military's #1 mission. Q.E.D.
Hes a marxist?
He has already demonstrated support of wealth redistribution. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is the core principle of Marxism. What do you think?
Hes never held a real job?
Prior job history is irrelevant - what matters is how he would govern. If our President is a liberal redistributionist and governs as such, what possible difference does it make what he did in former employment?
His wife made $300,000 a year doing nothing? Hes akin to a community organizer?
Both points are again irrelevant since he's already defined himself through his own actions to be a big-government, liberal redistributionist with no intention to stop deficit spending, unwind the unConstitutional social entitlement programs, or get us onto a path of real energy independence.
And that happened because WE were lulled into going to sleep at the wheel, leaving our children to be dumbed down by our schools (government run) and media (corporate run) for generations now.
Some even say it was a communist plot. Even if it was, it could never have happened if we had been vigilant.
Um, because it is less evil? Less evil better than more evil.
You assume that I'd vote for an unacceptable candidate, third party or not. This is the arrogant Establishment argument:"Shut up and vote for us. We own your vote. If we don't; get it, you took from us what belongs to us." Sorry, but it's my vote and I will use it only to support the principles of liberty.
You waste your vote when you vote for what you don't believe. Even if there is an R after it.
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama look an awful lot a like on paper. Both have passionately fought for abortion rights. Both have sought for more gun control. Both are tax and spenders who grew big government. Both pushed for Romneycare which became Obamacare as executive office holders.
There may also be a radical leftist connection for the both of them. It seems Barack Obama may not be the only student of Saul Alinsky, who wrote Rules for Radicals. It turns out Romney too was a 60s radical that studied Alinksy.
People will pound their chest over how self-righteous-conservative-pure they are and not vote for a specific candidate but I seriously doubt that through the entire nomination process they have adhered to one and only one candidate. From H Cain to whoever... Its called compromise.
You accept the person as best you can and move on with doing your job in life to hold up the ideals you love.
There is a choice between Romney and Obama. You have to be pride-filled-stupid not to see it.
>> obamacare was supposed to have been defunded <<
A lot of it WAS defunded, in a House bill. But it was put back in by Senate Dhimms in committee. So the final version of this particular spending bill will have to be worked out by a House-Senate conference. Stay tuned!
>> now Robert Bork is a commie too? <<
Obviously, along with John Bolton, Jim DeMint and Paul Ryan.
January 21, 2013 is the time to start talking "third party." I will vote against Obama in November.
This is the attitude we have to have!!
Yes, the majority of us on free republic can't stand Mittens. But we will support and vote for him. Meanwhile we need to clean out the Augean stables underneath him, down ticket. It will be a herculian task to be sure. Hercules may have cleaned those stables out in a day, but this party will not be cleaned of RINOS in a day. It started in 2010. We need to keep it going in 2012!!
Obama's open mic slip in Russia revealed his hidden agenda. He didnt say "after the election, or after the next election. He said: This is my last election" ....... reassuring the Ruskis that he'll then have "more flexibility after the election....
Clearly Ohaha's certainty WRT staying in offce is not based on his approval ratings or massive opposition to his cockamamie polices----mandated healthcare, trillion dollar stimulus, using aborted babies' brains in lab experiments, giving himself massive executive power over Americans, co-opting religious beliefs, high gas prices, the GSA scandal......to name a few.
No. Ohaha's certainty stems from his knowledge that he will stay in office---not by the will of the people---but by buying his reelection, using unprecedented vote fraud.
Remember, voter fraud is the Chi/mobs' specialty---do NOT underestimate Rahm and Axelrod (both running O's reelection), and Valerie whatsherface in the WH.
Let us not forget----the minute they hit the WH, the Chi/mob went into action: the WH Chi/mob took over the census---and now have all the CV they need to file phony FEC reports using stolen federal dollars as campaign contributions.
THIS MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD Obama's ex-COS "Wall Street Rahm" "suddenly" discovered he wanted to be Chicago's mayor---the little turd went before the mics and announced his campaign "raised $10 million in just a few weeks." Rahm also controlled the US Treasury as COS. This turd-o-crat knows where all the stolen Federal money is hidden....Wall Street knows how to make money disappear faster than a cream puff at a Weight Watcher weigh-in.
Do not underestimate the cash the Ohahas/Chi-mob can come up with to fix the election......remember, these are the kingpins of Chicago politics. At one time, conscientious FEC investigators verified money was coming from legal citizens....but if Obama wins there will be no investigations. Remember, there are billions unaccounted for in Obama's stimulus packages (probably used in the last election cycle).....you can be sure the Ohaha kingpins have tons of money stashed away for 2012.
<><> author Dean Koontz estimates there's about $90 billion missing from the US Treasury.
<><> Ohaha's ex-COS Chi/Mayor Rahm Emanuel is running the reelection campaign----b/c this Wall Street turd knows where all the money is hidden. Rahm also controlled all US Treasury assets (at Obama's behest) when he was COS.
<><>The Ohahas took control of the census upon taking office----they have all the necessary CV to phony up contribution reports for the FEC.
WATCH FOR PHONY FEC REPORTS The Ohaha's "say" they added $45 million to reelection coffers in February.....raised jointly by the DNC, "Obama for America" and two other joint fundraising committees the "Obama Victory Fund" and the "Swing State Victory Fund,"...and whatever other voter frauds they dream up.
...and Bobby Jindal, Herman Cain, Marco Rubio...
So do we pray for a new candidate to come out of a brokered Convention?
How else to get another good choice?
BTW, which of these two questions, IYHO, will bother THE NINE SUPREMES the most?
1.) A mandate is merely a dictate. Thus, if we are dictated to, do we then live under a Dictatorship?
2.) If our freedom of choice is taken from us by the dictates of a hostile Federal government, then what Liberty do we have left?
I largely agree.
I signed up here as the Libertarian Party candidate for Texas governor in 2010. I have been very restrained in posting on this forum so as not to wear out my welcome. But I read regularly here and find the discussion of "lesser of two evils" and "wasted vote syndrome" within the conservative movement fascinating.
When you get to the point of considering a third party, I will be glad to share what I have learned about that subject. For a quick study, Houstonians can hear me speak at the John Birch Society meeting on April 19th on my plan to save America in Texas using nullification and the Texas Libertarian Party. Or, you can catch my You Tube speech at LibertyFest West on the same subject.
Toward Liberty, Kathie Glass
To those of you with hopes of the "Great Tea Party" you do realize that on average 45% of them voted for Romney don't you? The tea party is not made up of like minded rabid conservatives such as are on this site.
People can scream and yell that that the system is fixed but it's not, people actually voted and got Romney to where he is today, and as hard as it is for many to accept, conservatives and tea party folks put Romney where he is, at the top.
It's like I said before, John F. Kennedy would be to the right of most of those calling themselves Republicans today, that is the state of the union.
This is about conservationism. It isn't about one election or one man. IF Romney is elected, Conservatism dies.
That's exactly right. It's like people haven't even taken the time out to look at the exit poll breakdowns from the primaries. Tea Party people elected in 2010 and folks like DeMint and Ted Nugent are even supporting Romney. They know he's the last man standing. No one stopped other conservatives from jumping into the race. Some chose to get in, others didn't, some were eliminated during the voting process and others dropped out. This is the end game and it is what it is. Anyone who thinks Newt is going to pick up enough delegates in the upcoming states and raise enough money to compete is out of touch with reality.
Ok, well here is a reason to avoid the "anybody but..." attitude that gave us Obama in the first place.
Romney supporters seem to understand on some level that Romney isn't going to actually fix anything - the best you are hoping for is less of the badness we're currently getting from Obama, with a vague sense of hopefulness about somehow fixing stuff another four years down the road.
Not gonna happen. Why? Because "less bad" from Romney is still bad enough that we'll be screwed - we simply cannot go on with endless deficit spending and financial corruption, and Mitt will stop neither.
It's still going to fail with a President Romney, only now it will be the Republicans' fault, guaranteeing another Demonrat win in 2016. No, let the Democrats own this mess. I won't be part of giving them conservative cover by voting for Obama Lite.
Can't really blame the politicians. We put them there and gave them the power over the past several decades. We created this new royal class of the professional political elite, and made ourselves their subjects by asking them to take care of us.
Sadly, we are just stuck. Sometimes that happens and it is horribly disappointing. We pick ourselves up, keep fighting, stay smart, and look to the future. It's the old, "just cause you lose a battle doesn't mean you lose the war" thing.
Some people think we can do this quickly. We can't. And to try it quickly (i.e. hold nose and vote Romney) WILL lose the war.
Conservatism isn't going anywhere as long as we don't kill it.
Vote against Romney.
Then vote against Obama.
Vote tea party in remaining primaries.
A tea party congress can keep Romney in check.
Call and let Republicans know you're pissed about the direction the party is going and you support the formation of a separate tea party vote for 2014.
If you think I'm a Romney "supporter" you're very mistaken. There are thousands of my anti-Romney posts here on FR. I live in MA, I've lived under his governance. He earned every penny of the salary he never took.
Lacking intelligence, a lot of the Do-Nothings have no other argument than to call anti-Obamites "Romney Supporters." When their world view doesn't extend much beyond their own mirror, one can't expect them to see clearly.
I'm curious as to why you think he'd not finish his term. If he walks away, he'd be labeled a quitter like they did to Sarah Palin when she resigned as governor of Alaska.
If Obama stays and loses, he can still run again in the future for a second term (like Grover Cleveland). If he walks away from his first term, nobody will elect him again in the future.
"People can scream and yell that that the system is fixed but its not, people actually voted and got Romney to where he is today, and as hard as it is for many to accept, conservatives and tea party folks put Romney where he is, at the top."
A good point which is roundly ignored. People rant against the GOP-e, but they're not out paying people to vote for Romney.
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