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The Best Bill Whittle Yet…
Nobody Flashes
Just when you think Bill Whittle can't get any better…he does. This is probably the best rant in support of our soldiers that I've ever heard.
It's a MUST watch.
(Thanks to amfortas for sending it to me.)
The Guns That Couldn't Save Them…
Nobody Wonders
Sorry, somehow the fact that these boots have rifles..in them, rifles that they COULD have used to protect their own life at home, just smacks of absurdity.
I felt SO sorry for the people who had to listen and watch Obama today. Knowing that at the same time, he had sent soldiers to attack a farmer….on our own soil.
If only John Bonehead would stop crying at Taco Bell, and start impeachment proceedings.
Nobody Wins When Obama Rules the Military
Nobody Wins
The sad news today reminds us that our soldiers need our help:
From CBS
FORT HOOD (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - A soldier opened fire Wednesday on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide at the same post where more than a dozen people were slain in a 2009 attack, authorities said.
The shooter, who served in Iraq in 2011, had been undergoing an assessment to determine whether he had post-traumatic stress disorder, according to Lt. Gen. Mark A. Milley, the senior officer on the base. He was also undergoing psychiatric treatment for depression.
In 2005, the number of suicides in the military was 120 a day, and its gotten worse. More soldiers have died from suicide than in action. We have a major problems with these brave men and women who go to war, or join for whatever reasons, and they can't cope, and they just get pills pushed on them, which basically, numbs them but doesn't get rid of the problems.
It IS a fact that some of those pills can cause men to go ballistic, and take others with them before they die.
We've seen it time and time again.
Obama made a few comments about this last Ft. Hood shooter— who took 4 lives and injured 16 before he took his own, and then went to his fundraiser. But he did say this:
"They serve with valor. They serve with distinction, and when they're at their home base, they need to feel safe," Obama said. "We don't yet know what happened tonight, but obviously that sense of safety has been broken once again."
But notice: He's more concerned about the 'safety' been broken, which means he will use this incident once again for gun control, instead of addressing the REAL problems in the military which he has a big hand in causing.
Obama hits another milestone: He's the first black president—- and his other firsts? We have lost NASA, Afghanistan, Iraq, and our AAA credit rating. He has destroyed the Constitution, our economy, and our healthcare. And now, he gets the record for being the first Commander-In-Chief whose military is killing themselves more off the battlefield than on. I guess it doesn't matter: He's already got the Nobel Peace Prize.
If veterans are killing themselves …sadly, it can only play into his well laid plans of finally disarming America.
I don't know about you, but I'm going to start paying a lot more attention to every single vet I met.
Yes, it's a sad day, but it's to be expected with this President.
THIS…Is How You Welcome a Soldier Home….
Nobody Gets Email
Before the Puppy Bowl, there was "Daddy's come home!" Puppy joy! Notice how all the women are saying "Daddy's come home?" I thought that was funny, we do the very same thing at our house. I once heard Michael Savage say that because so many people don't have grandchildren now, and married couples are not having children…their dogs have become their "children." I think he makes a very good point.
But…these dogs sure REMEMBER their best buds, even though they've been gone for such a long time, and nobody deserves that big love as much as our soldiers.
TELL me dogs don't have the same emotions as humans.
Hey, blame it on the folks at Budweiser…I'm on a puppy roll this weekend.
Enjoy! Then go hug your puppy!
(And do remember on this Superbowl day…the real heroes, don't have million-dollar contracts.)
Nobody Remembers the FIRST Depression
Nobody Remembers
"You can't spend or tax an economy into prosperity. Only restraining government spending simulates the economy by freeing up money for private sectors. " ——-Milton Freidman.
Look on the good side, I said to myself tonight: Putting plastic over the fireplace will save you at least $35 dollars on your next heating bill.
It's 8 degrees here in Misssouri tonight, but it could be worse. I could be in Fargo…or worse yet, stranded on the Michigan highways waiting for someone to pull me out of my smashed car.
So, here I sit in the second Polar Vortex of the year, wondering what February is going to bring, and trying to figure out, like all Americans, how to budget for the upcoming food and energy prices that will be shocking us in these next few month–I guess it's-back to peanut butter and jelly.
I happen to like peanut butter and jelly, and so do my dogs, and my birds, it's this cold that's getting to us all. But…the polar vortex is nothing compared to Obama's plan to basically force our energy prices to go sky high…so that he could give his plans for "clean energy" a chance. Obama has crippled our chances for surviving even the smallest of weather reports, and therefore this little ice age is going to hurt the middle classes even more.
California, the state which grows most of our food, is in a drought. So food prices will go up. Again.
It's not the weather that's doing us in is it? We've always had weather, and it never broke the bank. What is doing that is Obama and his merry band of weatherman.
With that in mind, I thought of this passage In Wayne Allen Root book, The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide...where he gives HIS opinions on why this depression and the one that came before, did not have to happen. I post an excerpt from the good Mr. Root below:
In the early 1020s America had installed high tax rates to pay for World War I. The result was a recession. In a brilliant move, President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican who actually did believe in free market laissez-faire economics, responded by cutting taxes, cutting spending, cutting government programs, and paying off debt. Not only did tax rates go down dramatically, top rates were brought down from 73 to 24 percent, but by the end of Coolidge's presidency only 2 percent of Americans were paying any income tax at all. Coolidge reduced the national debt by approximately one-third, even while also cutting taxes. The result: the bust quickly ended and turned into he boom know as the "The Roaring Twenties."
When the government spends less and lets business owners and job creators keep more, the result is always prosperity. Ironically in school we are taught Coolidge was blamed for being a "do nothing President." (You've got to love those biased, ultra liberal educators who don't have even a rudimentary knowledge of economics. )
When the 1929 stock market crash occurred, just as Coolidge predicted, Hoover's instincts were all bad. President Hoover panicked, abandoned the laissez-faire principles that had worked so well under Coolidge, and got government heavily involved in trying to resolve the financial crisis. Big mistake. He didn't have to do anything. The 1929 crash wasn't actually all that bad. For one month unemployment went to 9 percent. Just a year later it was back down to 6 percent.
But that wasn't good enough for Hoover and Congress. They soon passed a tariff bill (Smoot Hawley) that was the largest tax increase on traded U.S. goods in history. They passed a massive income tax increase from 24 percent to over 60 percent. They started passing a never ending stream of new government rules and regulations. And the government spent and spent and spent. Frantically trying to rescue the American economy from collapse.
The result? Disaster. Businesses failed, jobs were killed, and the economy tanked.
Roosevelt began "helping' with even higher taxes, more rules and regulations, nonstop demonization of business, and massive spending on public works projects and new entitlement programs.
On January 1, 1936, income taxes were raised to 79 percent and a year later to 83 percent. Madness. But FDR was just getting warmed up. He also increased most other taxes, from estate to corporate and gift taxes. State and local taxes were also raised. Six years after Hoover was gone, SIX YEARS into FDR's president, unemployment was at 20 percent.
Even FDR's own Treasury Secretary, Henry Morgenthau, bemoaned the fact the FDR spent a record amount of federal money and amassed a record amount of debt without creating jobs or stimulating the economy.
And Obama is doing the very same thing that FDR did. He's killing the economy.
So, as I sit here tonight and think about how Obama continues to wage his war on the very thing that we all need: energy. And wonder:
Will Obama even mention the high price of gas and electric in his upcoming state of the union speech on Tuesday? Will he say this cold spell is global warming and therefore he will issue an executive order for "cap-and-trade" taxes to "save' us all from ourselves?
Could he even resist it?
I'm hoping…for a GOD event, how about you?
Nobody's Email: Bravo Master Sargeant!
Nobody Gets Email
I noticed this letter, from a very pissed off veteran, from one of my Glenn Beck emails. The Chief Master Sergeant, would like his passionate letter to Paul Ryan to become viral, so I am doing my part. Feel free to pass it around to everyone. He wrote it after he had gotten a request from Paul Ryan for a donation.
Obama continues to destroy our military. And Paul Ryan, just helped him out.
Congressman Paul Ryan
Today at 8:19 AM
Congressman Ryan,
Please note that this request by you for a cash donation from me is extremely unfortunate and very ill-timed. You see sir, I am one of the military retirees your "bipartisan" budget just impacted. You and every Republican (both in the House and Senate that voted to pass this travesty betrayed and broke trust with me and everyone like me. You may not know us by name, but we're the people, Congressman, who answered our Nation's call, some of us at a very early age to willingly serve YOU and others LIKE YOU so you could safely attend college and pursue your personal ambitions without fear of harm.
You might also want to note that for at least 20 years, my brothers-in-arms answered that call of duty EVERY SINGLE DAY, without fail, without complaint, without enough money to sustain our loved ones we had to leave behind while we DID OUR JOB in every corner of the Earth. And for that service, we were given absolute assurance our so-called retirement benefits would be protected by law. The very law you shattered in your zeal to impress your Democratic cohorts in your back room deal–with the enemy. Yes, I said it. The liberal Democrats are an enemy to the American people and our Nation. Your lack of judgment and eagerness to compromise on the backs of us who protected you is sickening. Congressman, you and every Republican that voted for injuring military retirees have engaged in a complicit, sordid affair with the Democrats who's objective has always been to dismantle the military. By climbing into their bed on this issue, you have confirmed you are absolutely no better than they and have proven it with your vote.
Congressman Ryan, the audacity which you display is noteworthy, but to unceremoniously snatch earned money from a small group that has added so much more value than the paltry $6B you looked to "save" (which is all smoke and mirrors and you know it), is reprehensible and insulting.
We have, despite the hardships, meager salaries and harsh conditions, have performed with honor and excellence…in silence, which is something most members of Congress have no idea about doing. Our job approval was, is and always be better than yours. We knew our mission and we got it done, then handed it off to a new generation in better shape than we found it.
Your ability to look us in the eye, take money from us (apparently there was ZERO, other source of waste within the federal government that you could have recovered this money from…right, got it), while simultaneously holding your hand out to beg (with passion) for our cash is stunning. Your actions have proven you do not have the tremendous intellect you've sold the American people on. I say, with all seriousness, Congressman, what you lack in intellect and spinal rigidity, you make up for in cajones.
I hope you and your cowardly, Republican "colleagues" hear a message from me loud and clear. You will NEVER receive another cent of financial support from me. Further, if you happen to be at a Capitol Hill dinner or at a K Street cocktail party with RNC Chair Reince Priebus, Rep. Ron Barber, Sen. Jeff Flake or Sen. John McCain, I would be honored if you communicate with them that I am launching an effort to ensure NONE of you traitorous "representatives of the people" ever receive another vote from a military retiree. Remove me from your contact lists.
Chuck Wooten,
Chief Master Sergeant, USAF (Ret)
Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Soldiers
Nobody Cares
Yes, we all care. The video speaks for itself.
Just a Small, Strategic Strike….
Nobody Knows
Didn't Obama look really sincere in his speech about Syria tonight? The outstretched hand, that kept annoyingly clipping the podium—the practiced control, the wide- eye appeal to the world about "the children", and the unbelievable diatribe about how chemical weapons will lead to nuclear weapons and we all will die sooner rather than later if Obama doesn't strike . If we just let him put a few missiles in, Assad will give up.
And good news! We aren't going to war. Dropping bombs is now considered in America…just a deterrent! It's not war…it's just a…like a traffic warning. Presidents can DO that, because that's not war! See?
I'm not sure what stopped Obama, from attacking Assad at will before this—-but for once in his career…he had to stop and think. The people of the western world stood up to their leaders and said, "We've about had it with your wars." If he did it alone, it would have been considered not only an impeachable act, but an international war crime. The elites of the world are getting paranoid.
You can only buy so many tickets to the dance.
When Obama didn't get Britain's backing, it was another Presidential 'first.' The people were not shocked by it, but I bet the diners in D.C. were filled with a lot of drunk politicians that night.
I think it was because he was black. (Just kidding, wanted to see if you were paying attention.)
When Obama's only backers were the top Republicans in the Senate, that didn't look good either for all his friends in Hollywood.
And then the news…the people of the United States said that they were against this war 100 to 1. Democrats AND Republicans AND Independents united in their protest.
All of a sudden the Senate looked vulnerable—- 2014…just around the corner. A republican Congress would maybe even get rid of Obamacare!
All the lies and bloviating of Obama has come home to hit him in the face…he is the little boy who cried 'wolf' too many times. Nobody believes him anymore.
In the last few days, John Kerry, who is running for President in 2016, (go on…tell me he isn't going to run against Hillary for the job) just couldn't help spewing out ridiculous platitudes just to hear his own voice. And then, he messed up by making some Caesar like demand, and Putin came in on him like a gator on a zebra.
A Russian dictator makes an American President and his "wannabe" presidential Secretary of State: look like the dumbest kids on the block. Kerry insists that Assad give over the WMD's and then Putin says, HEY, I agree, and gets Syria to do it! But then, you guys can't attack us.
So there. I call your bluff. I win. And yes, he did.
Right now, Putin looks like the greatest leader on the block. The Black Bear laughs at the Black Kitty Kat. Pat Buchanan was giving Putin the Nobel Peace Prize.
But, back to the great speech in the FIRST part of his speech tonight, he went back to his original message: Assad needs to go, and he is going to do it…uh…right after this important message. The SECOND half of the speech was all about why he wasn't going to do it.
And how he canceled the vote in the Senate because basically, he was told to. Some of those guys want to get reelected. But HE said it was because he wanted to see what Kerry did in Russia. (Kerry will drink Vodka, and then say a few stupid things, then come home.)
The Rhino's and the Neo-Cons democrats, who are desperate to continue the fighting for the Saudi's and Qatar. in the meantime are trying desperately to help Obama start his war.
Bill O'Reilly even compared the Syrian event to Hitler. America did not want to go to war then either, he said. What he didn't say was that Pearl Harbor got us there. We had our Pearl Harbor on 9/11. And guess what? Ike is no longer on the planet.
We didn't have an IKE to win the Iraq war now did we?
If you believe in conspiracy's, FDR helped instigate Pearl Harbor that got us into the war, because there was NO way the American people wanted to watch their sons and daughters die after WWI. Did he do that? Nobody Knows.
What we do know is that this Syrian War stuff is really about an oil pipeline and Sunni control of the Middle East. . Assad had given the rights to an oil and gas pipeline to run through to Europe to Russia, NOT Qatar.
Russian wants it's ports, it's gasoline line to Europe. Therefore, it's the US and Saudi Arabia, VS Russia and Iran. Peachy.
Sadly, Richard Clarke may have been right. The plan has been, ever since Daddy Bush, to get involved in the Middle East, to 'work' for the Saudi Kings (Who now offer to pay our soldiers to take out Assad, heaven forbid they send THEIR sons.) Obama is just carrying out the plan.
And that's why McCain, all the Bushes, and their circle of power players are in on this. It's a global chess game, that has little to do with Assad's WMD's.
The American people are finally saying, "What are WE going to get out of this?" And what ARE we going to get out of this? Somebody is getting something and it's not us. I say follow the money all the way to the Presidential libraries built with Saudi money.
Obama says, no one will ever use gas on our soldiers ever again and Iran will not develop nukes if we strike.
Right. And if I cut the tree down in my neighbors yard, he is never going to plant another one.
O'Reilly interviewed Lou Grant tonight on his TV station, and Lou Grant, (and yes he is a socialist and yes I don't really care for him) did a Putin. Bill asked him how could he witness little children in the world being gassed and killed, and Lou said "I don't want to see any more children in Arlington."
All of America saw it, and all of America said: Ditto that Lou.
I hate to say it, but Tomorrow is 9/11. Nobody Knows if America is attacked anywhere in the world, will Obama finally have his permission to get into the war in the Middle East.?
Nobody Knows, if tonight, some American politicians are lying in their beds tonight hoping..for just a small strategic strike……that's all they'd need.
Nobody's Perfect: Charlie Rangel VS Oprah Winfrey
Nobody's Perfect
This week, we have people arguing about saying nasty words—
Let's start with Charlie Rangel:
In an interview with the Daily Beast published Friday, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) suggested Tea Partiers are the "same group" who fought for segregation during the Civil Rights movement. It's the same group we faced in the South with those white crackers and the dogs and the police. They didn't care about how they looked," Rangel said.
Because of this, Rangel said the Tea Party could be defeated using the same tactics employed against Jim Crow.
"It was just fierce indifference to human life that caused America to say enough is enough. 'I don't want to see it and I am not a part of it.' What the hell! If you have to bomb little kids and send dogs out against human beings, give me a break," said Rangel.
Yes, Charlie just called LBJ a cracker…because LBJ was against civil rights before he was for it. You know, kind of like how Bill Clinton was for marriage between a man and a woman before he was against it, or Obama who was against NSA spying before he was for it.
It's hard to keep up with these things. Charlie here takes the great liberty of making white conservatives, who have probably helped and employed more black people than Charlie has even giving a decent tip to, while eating at his upper class New York restaurants all his life. Charlie is making you think that white Tea Party crackers are bombing little kids and sending our dogs out after them just by the comparison.
Charlie should come to North County St Louis, and walk the black neighborhoods, where his black brothers care so little about the black kids, they let their pet Rottweiler's roam the neighborhoods in packs.
And then, there's Oprah Winfrey, who is continuing Obama's talk on the terrible racism in America, by promoting her upcoming movie, (free advertising) and saying that Trayvon was murdered. Oh…and one more thing:.
Oprah Winfrey says she has no tolerance for anyone who uses the N-word around her — no matter the color of their skin — saying, "You cannot be my friend and use that word around me."
Sure looks like she is going to be friends with Jay-Z anyway, doesn't it? That was really a big beat-down from Oprah wasn't it? Imagine her reaction if that had been Brittany Spears? And didn't Jay Z say they have taken the power OUT of the word? Think about that, and try not to say anything to its logic.
You can't.
And just to prove that there is STILL racism in the world, Oprah had a recent racist encounter…not in America, but in Switzerland:
While Winfrey may be one of the most recognizable faces on the planet, she apparently doesn't have as big a fan base in Switzerland. Winfrey tells O'Dell that while in Zurich for Tina Turner's wedding she left the hotel to go shopping by herself and was denied service when the clerk assumed that Winfrey wouldn't be able to afford the bag she was asking to see.
Oh my. You know, that happened to me last weekend Oprah? I walked into a cheap costume jewelry store, in an upper- class mall, and a Chinese lady followed me all over the place because she was absolutely sure I was going to steal something.
Did my skin color give me away? No….my husband was wearing a hat with the American flag on it. We were….
CRACKERS! Poor crackers at that.
That's a long way from being hung by the KKK, Oprah…get a grip.
Obviously we need to think up some NEW nasty words to call each other.
How about…Since the whites can't say the 'n' word, how about we call black people we don't like;
And the black people who don't like white people…how about you call us….
Let's make it an equal opportunity word and then we can put cracker and nigger out to pasture with supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Or maybe the black people should just call all white people niggers for awhile…since they think it is a sign of affection, and we'll call them all Jay-Z.
Can you believe the richest woman in America is actually bitching about this?
So….Who wins the Nobody's Perfect award this week?
Charlie Rangel. Oprah may be in love with Obama, and is still having childhood rape issues. (By the way…I wonder what name she would have for her former black rapists?) but Rangel is a full blown BUM of the highest order.
The 'n' word is too good for him.
Do Returning Soldiers Have Second Amendment Rights? Nobody Wants to Know
Nobody Knows–
Just when does the returning U.S. soldier gets his American rights back? Our great 'rulers' and their minions are saying that our emails and Facebook pages, telephone calls, etc…are just being nicely stored away. It's very hard for anyone to even get permission to look at them. They are being collected, but not looked at…like books in a library.
Right. Who would EVER want to read a book in a library?
And even when they are, we would never know, so, what we don't know won't stress us out.
That's what they say: But that's not what Jerome Corsi from WND is reporting. Obama is monitoring our bravest Americans— our soldiers…very closely:
The FBI and the Secret Service are showing up to request an interview to question specific Internet posts the veteran has placed on websites such as Facebook," explained attorney John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford Institute.
Whitehead said the agencies are looking for "anti-Obama views that can be interpreted to reflect psychological problems of sufficient seriousness to disqualify the veteran from ever owning a firearm."
Right. So far the "psychological' problems of the returning soldier has been…to kill himself or herself. And that's mostly because, many of them say, the drugs they put them on, make them worse.
I don't get it. Somebody tell me. When a soldier leaves the military, what? He can't speak his mind ever again? So..men and women who are willing to give their lives for their country, have to sacrifice their civil liberties too, when they come home? They are no longer an American citizen?
What's up with that? And they can't even READ what they want in the military anymore.
Brandon Raub, 27, was arrested by FBI and Secret Service agents for comments he made on Facebook expressing dissatisfaction with the present direction of the U.S. government.
Arrested. Really? For what? Do they think that reading Bill O'Reilly is going to make some other soldier attack Joe Biden? Or is it because Obama demands complete submission to his Lordship. Even during WWII, the men would talk against McAurther all the time. Were any of them arrested?
Whitehead explained the problem is intensifying as an increasing percentage of the U.S. military serving in Afghanistan have become disillusioned with Obama administration policy toward the war.
"I've had veterans returning from Afghanistan tell me that they passed by the opium fields and it shocked me that the U.S. government was helping the Afghans plant that stuff," Whitehead said.
"There's a lot of corruption in the Afghanistan government, passing around bags of cash to top officials, and our troops are beginning to ask, 'Why am I here?'
The talk has been about the NSA, but somebody suggested to me today that as far as anybody knows, Edward Snowden was a plant to make us all pay attention to one subject, the NSA spying on us, and getting everyone to talk about it…because they didn't want us to notice what else they were doing that was going to REALLY screw us all up. In case you haven't noticed, they do this all the time. I believe in their terms it's called misdirection.
You tell me. Tonight only 15 Senators voted against it.
Nobody Knows, but all us Nobodies better start trying to find out. Why are they turning our America into Stalin's Second Resurrection?
Nobody Remembers Extortion 17
Nobody Remembers
Seal Team Six, remember them? Oh how Obama praised them, Oh— how he bragged about how he ordered the killing of bin Laden. And how brave he was to go into Pakistan to get bin Laden.
And yet, there is a scandal as big as Benghazi, that will make your stomach turn.
We all heard every so briefly, that most of the members of Seal Team Six, the team that had killed bin Laden, were killed in a helicopter crash. And then…we heard no more. Media blackout. God forbid Obama's Hollywood picture be interrupted.
Until today. It's been shown that the Seals were probably…sacrificed. Did Obama hand those brave men over to be murdered? The 'accident" came over two months after the raid.
Watch this video, (at the bottom of the link above) and judge for yourself. Listen to the parents. Listen to the proof. Is Obama capable of it?
Well–at their funeral, an Imam was allowed to damn them all to hell.
What do you think? It's my opinion: Yes. Obama sacrificed Seal Team Six. It's the way he works.
The servicemen were put in a slow helicopter that is never used for combat operations….they were sitting ducks.
President gave out their names…they had targets on their backs. And then, the setup.
Former Central Intelligence Agency Director and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta revealed the name of the Navy SEAL team that carried out the raid on Osama bin Laden at a June 24, 2011 ceremony. He also named the unit's ground commander. The information was classified, yet the ceremony was attended by "Zero Dark Thirty" filmmaker Mark Boal. The ceremony took place a little over a month prior to the team's helicopter was shot down by a Taliban-fired rocket-propelled grenade.
The attack on the SEALs helicopter was the largest single loss of U.S. life since the beginning of the 2001 Afghan War, and is the largest single loss ever suffered by the SEALs.
And that's not all:
Afghan National Army, the Afghan National Police, and the Afghan Security Ministry have been and still are involved in the planning of every single stage of every single Special Operation that takes place in that country. And yes, these plans include flight routes and landing zones," says Karen Vaughn.
Wow…let your enemy plan you flight route. Smart.
Klayman says, "The funeral that was held in Kabul where you couldn't even mention the name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ, but yet a Muslim cleric gets up and damns these fallen heroes to hell as infidels."
We need to bring this to EVERYONE's attention.
EVERYONE's. Call your Congressmen. Call Paul Ryan. Cruz, Beck. Get everyone talking about this.
Please…watch the video…..Our foreign President is a Muslim. We must start calling our Congressmen, and get this scandal out with all the rest of them.
THIS is the scandal. The contemptuous Iman is at 20.00.
As an American…I am furious.
And you can put that in your next Star Trek Movie and smoke it NSA.
A Memorial Day Story…..
Nobody's Opinion
I'm not doing my usual today, because it's a day where we all reflect on the men and women who have given their lives for their country. And also….a day to EAT! barbeque! While we are remembering those that gave their lives for America's right for freedom, and liberty. God bless them all, and their families.
Everybody have a great holiday!
Here's a story I got from my liberal friend…that's very poignant for today…It will bring tears to your eyes. Enjoy.
(Thanks to J.R. )
Don't know if it's true but it could easily be. In any event it's a good lesson for us all>
As I came out of the supermarket that sunny day, pushing my cart of groceries towards my car, I saw an old man with the hood of his car up and a lady sitting inside the car, with the door open. The old man was looking at the engine. I put my groceries away in my car, and continued to watch the old gentleman from about twenty-five feet away.
I saw a young man in his early twenties with a grocery bag in his arm walking towards the old man. The old gentleman saw him coming too, and took a few steps towards him.
I saw the old gentleman point to his open hood and say something. The young man put his grocery bag into what looked like a brand new Cadillac Escalade. He then turned back to the old man. I heard him yell at the old gentleman saying: 'You shouldn't even be allowed to drive a car at your age.' And then with a wave of his hand, he got in his car and peeled rubber out of the parking lot.
I saw the old gentleman pull out his handkerchief, and mop his brow as he went back to his car and again looked at the engine. He then went to his wife and spoke with her; he appeared to tell her it would be okay. I had seen enough, and I approached the old man. He saw me coming and stood straight, and as I got near him I said, 'Looks like you're having a problem.'
He smiled sheepishly, and quietly nodded his head. I looked under the hood myself, and knew that whatever the problem was, it was beyond me. Looking around, I saw a gas station up the road, and I told the old man that I would be right back. I drove to the station and went inside. I saw three attendants working on cars. I approached one of them, and related the problem the old man had with his car. I offered to pay them if they could follow me back down and help him. The old man had pushed the heavy car under the shade of a tree and appeared to be comforting his wife. When he saw us he straightened up and thanked me for my help. As the mechanics diagnosed the problem (overheated engine), I spoke with the old gentleman.
When I shook hands with him earlier, he had noticed my Marine Corps ring and had commented about it, telling me that he had been a Marine too. I nodded and asked the usual question, 'What outfit did you serve with?'
He said that he served with the first Marine Division at Guadalcanal, Pelieliu, and Okinawa . He had hit three of the worst ones, and retired from the Corps after the war was over. As we talked we heard the car engine come on and saw the mechanics lower the hood. They came over to us as the old man reached for his wallet, but was stopped by me. I told him I would just put the bill on my AAA card.
He still reached for the wallet and handed me a card that I assumed had his name and address on it, and I stuck it in my pocket. We all shook hands all around again, and I said my goodbye's to his wife.
I then told the two mechanics that I would follow them back up to the station. Once at the station, I told them that they had interrupted their own jobs to come along with me and help the old man. I said I wanted to pay for the help, but they refused to charge me. One of them pulled out a card from his pocket, looking exactly like the card the old man had given to me. Both of the men told me then that they were Marine Corps Reserves. Once again we shook hands all around and as I was leaving, one of them told me I should look at the card the old man had given to me. I said I would and drove off.
For some reason I had gone about two blocks, when I pulled over and took the card out of my pocket and looked at it for a long, long time. The name of the old gentleman was on the card in golden leaf and under his name was written: 'Congressional Medal of Honor Society.' I sat there motionless, looking at the card and reading it over and over. I looked up from the card and smiled to no one but myself and marveled that on this day, four Marines had all come together because one of us needed help. He was an old man all right, but it felt good to have stood next to greatness and courage, and an honor to have been in his presence.
Remember, as we approach another Memorial Day, OLD men like him gave you, and all of us, FREEDOM for America.
Thanks to those who served and still serve, and to all of those who supported them, and who continue to support them. America is not at war. The U.S. Military is at war. America is at the Mall.
If you don't stand behind our troops, PLEASE feel free to stand in front of them! Remember, Freedom isn't Free. Thousands have paid the price, so that you can enjoy what you have today.
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Nobody Cares About the 'Criminal-in-Chief' Reaction to Boston
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Like most Americans, I've been listening to wall-to-wall coverage of the bombings in Boston, and as usual, scouting the websites for varying opinions…from the Alex Jones version of "FBI maybe setup this action" to the ongoing almost nauseating coverage of how brave Bostonians are…as Carl Sagan so rightly points out in his books, it's best to take most things, even politics with as much skepticism as possible: So here's a few Nobody's Opinions:
1. The FBI we have found out, could have prevented this if they had listened to Russia, but what happened? Personally, I think, simply by listening to Obama's own philosophy on Muslims in America and his reaction to the Ft. Hood shootings— it's the Obama administration that is holding back the FBI from doing their job. When I reported suspicions in my own neighborhood, the Chief of Police was very protective of my Muslim neighbors and told me to leave. The FBI agent, on the other hand, took me seriously, and then told me short of my seeing them load a bomb into the back of their vans, there was absolutely nothing he could do about them. Hazelwood, the city I live in, is a very democratic stronghold.
2. Throughout Benghazi we saw Hillary Clinton and Obama make statement after statement condemning a video that insulted Islam. That held priory over the attack and murder of our own citizens. Even at the funerals, Hillary was telling the grieving relatives, "We will punish the man who made the video." The White House has let the matter go.
3. Obama has had the Muslim Brotherhood welcomed into the White House for the first time in history. He has opened the visa's once again for Muslims to flood into our country. He has given speeches about Islam being peaceful, and America being the biggest Muslim nation–his political correctness goes beyond sanity.
In other words, it is Obama that is putting America in danger. The facts all point to that.
4. While the lock down of Boston, by all logical reasoning, seemed very necessary, the precedent it sets is alarming. To have tanks, and big thugs carrying real machine guns— having all those forces roaming the city streets, and having a shoot-out right in the neighborhood, should leave Americans gasping. While we heard all the regular, "Our police and military are great!" speeches, is this the future? Every time some guy goes wacko our cities will be filled with tanks to 'protect' us?
When will the tanks be brought out in Chicago? And despite all the money, equipment, and technology, the person who found the guy was a lone citizen who made a simple phone call.
I don't know how many soldiers, cops, and FBI were in Watertown, but I wonder if all the people of Watertown will give up their freedom to be protected by the vast military complex that the Democrats seem to enjoy.
Yes…the Democrats will bring out the big guns before the Republicans will. Funny isn't it? No it's not, when you know that it is their policy to disarm Americans, and let the state protect you.
Let's not forget, Bill Clinton's action in Waco, and Janet Reno sending in the military in the middle of the night to send a poor immigrant child back to Castro. Can you even imagine George Bush doing that?
If a Republican had ordered this massive buildup in Boston, or stealing a child in the night by gunpoint, the Democrats would have been screaming.
Clearly, we can assume that the Democrats have no qualms of building Obama's army…to "protect" us all.
As for Alex Jones and others listening to the mother saying the boys were used by the FBI..that is absurd. Islam and even the moderates that are Muslims, believe that everyone who is an infidel should be killed. She, by all accounts was lying.
It IS in their religion. Nevertheless…just because Alex makes mistakes on some things, he is right about there being a big military presence right near the bombing sites and has video and witnesses to prove it.
That is a piece of the puzzle that we shouldn't ignore just because it's from Alex Jones. Alex Jones reminds me of Glenn Beck, who sometimes, often makes big mistakes too.
Both are good guys. Both have opinions. We should listen to them all.
Should we blame everything on the FBI, who even before 9/11 warned the administration about a possible attack? Something is very wrong.
Bill Clinton once airlifted 80,000 Bosnians (Muslims) into the St. Louis. They have not attacked anymore, and nobody goes into their neighborhoods, which are in the city.
They were on our local news. Saying they love it here. So..until proven otherwise, we can take them at their word even though I don't like the fact that we paid for them to get here with no consent from anybody who lives here…just a President's wish.
But my Muslim neighbors who came down from Detroit….they don't like America.
If Obama keeps letting these people in, (as they came in during Clinton's' time) maybe we should start questioning the Democrat's reason for looking the other way when jihadist are let into the country.
Maybe…we should be asking them "Why?'
Or the question should be…how do THEY benefit from this "turn the other cheek" policy? Does it come down to helping get us to disarm?
After Boston, we should be demanding more answers:
Obama said this after the last suspect was arrested:
And that's why we take care not to rush to judgment — not about the motivations of these individuals; certainly not about entire groups of people.
To which most Americans go —-WTF? The motivation was on their YouTube videos!
Obama ignores the facts, and we should ask him…why.
Nobody Cares that the most condemning facts all point to Obama's philosophy. He is starting to look like: the "Criminal In Chief." One thing we do know: whatever a politician does usually benefits himself.
Obama wants a civilian army: Bigger than the military. He as said so. We should take him at his word.
"Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall-Who's the Cleverist Of Them All?"
Nobody Knows
The big talk today SHOULD be on the fact that John Kerry is sending 60 million dollars to Syrian fighters while many in our military will be losing their jobs..
But it's not. Nobody Knows, but Nobody suspects that the Clintons, now that they have gotten all their debts paid off, are now going after Obama.
It's not only the Republicans that are bickering.
How so?
Let's go back. Long ago, everyone pretty much hated Richard Nixon…and little is known that it was Hillary Clinton that was one of the lawyers…that helped bring Nixon down. But they couldn't do it without the Washington Post and Bob Woodard.
And it's Bob Woodard's recent remarks about how Obama is acting like a 'madman' and that the sequester is Obama's fault, that got a top official of the white to "threaten" Bob Woodard:
The official in question is Gene Sperling, economic adviser to the President. The White House has since pushed back, saying the exchange was far more innocuous than Woodward claims.
I hate to say this: But you could say that saying "you will regret this" is hardly sending out a drone. It's a threat, but do we really believe this hasn't happened before in the Clinton White House?
How many of Bill Clinton's past "women" were threatened? Jennifer Flowers for one–in fact, all of them. Is the fact that Bob Woodard is a icon reporter that makes it more of a crime for the White House to threaten you? We have ALL been threatened daily by this President, what makes Bob Woodward so special?
Here's the big threat from Gene:
But I do truly believe you should rethink your comment about saying that Potus asking for revenues is moving the goal post. I know you may not believe this, but as a friend, I think you will regret staking out that claim.
Nobody Knows how big a deal that was (really, my neighbors have said worst to me) but when Lanny Davis, a die-hard true blue Hillary cohort in crime, comes out and admits that the Obama White House threatened his editor about his columns, then Nobody sees a pattern here?
This is nothing new. The White House has been used both during the Clinton years and the Obama years as a very dark and sinister force that will and can destroy your life.
What's interesting here is that maybe Hillary has now seen that if she is going to pick an X-President as her running mate in 2016, she might as well pick her husband…or a woman.
If all this speculation of my Nobody Mind is true…I have to laugh.
Michelle Obama will still get her own daytime talk TV show. Who knows what will become of Obama? He'll get sent to the U.N. most probably.
Nobody Knows if the Clintons have anything to do with Bob Woodward but Lanny Davis…?
You bet. Why did he wait to even report this until now?
"Mirror Mirror on the Wall Who's the cleverest democrat of them all?"
While watching the Clintons go after Obama will be fun..remember, with the Clinton's, a Disney ending is all but left in the mirror reflecting the same old hags.


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At the end of each term, departing students leave written tips for future SACI students. This page contains advice from departing Late Spring Term students.
"Chill out - the Italians have a slower (and probably healthier) pace of life; go to Sicily, Bologna, Naples or Salerno at least once: you can interact with the locals and breathe in a more genuine Italian experience than in the more tourist-packed destinations (Venice and Rome)" T.C. (Late Spring 2013)
"Pack bug spray and your favourite snacks! Definitely go to Piazzale Michelangelo." n.n. (Late Spring 2013)
"Go to Salvini (Via degli Alfani, 111) for supplies: they have a 10% discount for students and are open during lunch time." M.H. (Late Spring 2013)
"Expect to spend more than you think, and pack an outfit for several types of seasonal weather." R.R. (Late Spring 2013)
"Don't be afraid of getting lost and trying new things: Florence is a friendly city." n.n. (Late Spring 2013)
"Be polite and respectful: respect the local culture." J.K. (Late Spring 2013)
"Try to shop at places off the main tourist routes. When the summer season hits, the prices go up." J.L. (Late Spring 2013)
"Women - dress lady-like; do not bring short cut-off shorts, and always carry a cardigan or a scarf for entering churches." n.n. (Late Spring 2013)
"Visit the SACI library: it is great!" n.n. (Late Spring 2013)
"Always have a map of where you are and where you're going. Try to get behind the scenes and away from the tourist routes by talking to locals." C.E. (Late Spring 2013)
"Be careful when making impulsive purchases. The small amounts of euros add up quickly!" n.n. (Late Spring 2013)
"Plan to spend more money on food than you're used to." n.n. (Late Spring 2012)
"Get your photo supplies once you're in Florence." K.O. (Late Spring 2012)
"Go to less touristy areas to eat. The food is cheaper and better. The waiters might not speak English and the menu might be in Italian, but it is worth it." R.P. (Late Spring 2012)
"Bring a backpack for day trips. Don't wait until the last minute to buy train tickets." J.S. (Late Spring 2012)
"Bring bug spray and cough drops, they're expensive here." n.n. (Late Spring 2012)
"Zecchi's (art supplies) is awesome. If you get cash from ATMs, take out as much as you can at a time. My banks at home charged $5 on top of the €2.50 ATM fee." n.n. (Late Spring 2012)
"Invest in some really comfortable, thick-soled shoes. Go to the corner of Piazza della Signoria at 10 pm every night for some great music and a cool way to meet people. You can almost always reduce the price of a souvenir by 10-20% if you haggle." R.M. (Late Spring 2012)
"De Herbore (Via Proconsolo 43/r) has a variety of herbs, natural foods, sugar-free and macrobiotic foods, and natural body care products." L.K. (Late Spring 2012)
"Go out as much as possible. Be aware, but don't be afraid." M.B. (Late Spring 2012)
"Don't wait until the last minute to write your papers." n.n. (Late Spring 2012)
"I wish I had known ahead of time that shampoo, soap, and converters can all be bought here." S.H. (Late Spring 2012)
"Don't walk around alone after 10 pm. It's also very important to get some kind of phone while you are here for security reasons." K.F. (Late Spring 2012)
"Have gelato (ice cream) once a day because it will cool you off when it's hot." n.n. (Late Spring 2011)
"Shop at the Central Market." C.S. (Late Spring 2011)
"The restaurant Ciro & Sons near SACI has gluten free pasta and pizza." n.n. (Late Spring 2011)


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(Returning to Shakytown! Kristin gets into a pillow-fight mood for her 2nd post. Comment away.)Down Etc. is a comprehensive resource for pillow inserts. They also have a full line of bedding in copious sizes and shapes ($4.50-$300.00). Tricia Guild of Kings Road, London. You can call with measurements from an existing cushion cover and they're likely to have it. They do not do custom sizes (for custom, try cushionworks). Though the folks at Down Etc. are often in, call first for an appointment to make sure. There's not much of a website, but you can order by phone and they ship across the country.
Note: if you're not allergic, go with down every time. They look and feel excellent and they last virtually forever. You'll get bored of the outside before the inside wears out and then you can recover. Polyester flattens out after 5-10 years and then it's more un-decomposing landfill.
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Am I the only one who sees that the City is essentially giving away the MSA site AND giving millions to build new buildings on the site when this site would be the perfect place for the Justice Complex? Across from City-County, check; keeping it centrally located, check, etc. It's my understanding that the GM site must be purchased by the City from Motors Liquidation Company. STOP WASTING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND OUR TAX DOLLARS! The Ballard Administration has not been known for it's common sense...never voted for him and never will!
This guy sounds like the classic molester/manipulator.
Louis D. Brandeis was born in 1856. At 9 years of age it would have been 1865. The Brandeis family did not own slaves. My source Louis D. Brandeis: A Life, by Melvin L. Urofsky.
My name is Matthew Lucas Major, I recently went through a jury trial in Bloomington , In. It was the week of Feb 19-21. Although I have been incarcerated since August 5, 2014. The reason I 'am writing to you sir is on the 21 of February the jury came in with a very excessive and wrongful verdict of guilty on 6 child molesting charges against my daughter who was 9 at the time I was accused. I also had 2 other Felonies one of Intimidation and 1 of Sexual Vicarious Gratification. Judge Marc Kellam on the second day of trial gave me a not guilty on those 2 felonies. The jury was sent out during that time and when brought back Judge Kellam told them to not concern themselves with the 2 Felonies that he ruled on them. They were told to not let evidence they had already heard influence there verdicts. I never in my life touched any child sexually and definitely not with my own daughter. When I was arrested Detective Shawn Karr told me I would be convicted guilty just on my daughters word even without evidence. That's just what happened. my public defender did me so wrong he never once proved to the court and jury all the lies the child told, and Jeremy Noel my public defender could of proven the lies easily. The stories in Serenity's depositions and Forensic interview changed and were not consistent as Prosecutor Darcie Fawcett claimed they were. Yet my attorney never mentioned that. The facts that the child accused me of full penetration in her vagina and rectum was proven lies. Doctor Roberta Hibbard of Riley hospital in Indianapolis confirmed Serenity's hymen intact, no scars, no tearing, no signs of rape to her. Yet my attorney didn't use that knowledge . the DNA was all in my favor. I tell you I will spend my entire life in prison going through rape and beatings etc. even Judge Kellam abused his authority by telling the jurors to listen and believe what the prosecutors side in evidence like my daughters testimony. In one interview with the detectives my daughter got flustered with her mom and said on camera " I'm saying what you told me to mom"!! Yet Mr. Noel said nor did anything to even resemble a defense attorney. Judge Kellam allowed edited version of a taped conversation between the child and her mother. Also Judge Kellam allowed the Prosecutor too bring in to my case a knife found under my seat, the knife wasn't part of my case. She was allowed by my attorney and the judge to put a huge picture of it on the screen and huge picture of my naked privates in a full courtroom and open court. Ms. Fawcett says to jury see how easy Mr. Major could reach the knife and cut his Childs throat. Even though I had no weapons charge against these cases. This gave the jurors prejudice thought against me thinking I threatened her with that knife and how scared she would of been knowing i could get it and kill her. On my sentencing court March 19, 2014 my public defender told Judge Kellam he wish to resign from being my attorney and wished for the court to give me outside council to file a error to trial or appeal. We were denied. Now after openly knowing my public defender don't want to represent me he has to. Well when as parents we make our kids clean a room when they really don't wish to, well the child will but don't mean she will do a good job, that's where I'm at with Mr. Noel. please dont ignore mine and my families pleas for your help . we have all the legal proof you could need to prove Im innocent. Please dont make my spend years in prison innocent when you can fix this wrong. Im not saying Im a perfect man or that I was a perfect dad to my 2 children none of us are. Ive made some bad choices in life and I paid for them. But I didnt ever touch or rape my daughter . I love my children with all my heart. And now through needing attention and a ex-wife who told my granny several times she wish she could put me in prison to get me out of their lives. Well my ex finally accomplished her goal. Sad part is she is destroying our daughter with all this horrific lies and things she taught my daughter to say. My daughter will need therapist to ever hope for a chance of a normal life after what she had done to her by her mom and their side of the family. My daughter told everyone even on stand she had a dream months before i supposedly molested her in this dream I was molesting her and when I finally did it matched her dream perfectly. She admitted to watching movies about little girls being molested and watching U-Tube videos about child molesting all before it happened supposedly to her. Doesn't that sound very unusual that a non molested 9 yr old would need to know so much about being molested? The only reason I could think a 9 year old would need so much information is to be prepared to know what to say and be able to say how it felt what took place etc.. So when questioned by authorities she would be prepared. And there again sir if a parent is pre grooming a 9 year old child she would need intimate details . Like telling her daughter about a couple moles on my private area. The child admitted to sneaking my cell and looking many many times at nudes of me and my girlfriend even one where my penis was entering my girlfriends vagina. In that picture my moles are obvious. Yet when prosecutor showed everyone in court my privates and pictures of the moles she said the only way the child would know about them is if she saw them for herself. My attorney once again said nothing about the pictures my child saw. Or could a ex-wife be able to describe my moles to help her case against getting rid of me? I beg you help me. This is my very existence. Ive lost everything , a good job, a wonderful girlfriend, my freedom, but worse thing Ive lost is my children. They were my reason to get up every morning and strive to be better. The wonderful bond I had with my Serenity is gone. After this I would be afraid to even hug her for fear of what next can they do to me. I'm not afraid to tell you I sit here in this cell and try to hold back my tears. Everyone knows you cant show weakness in prison. My life has already been threatened here at Wabash Valley Prison. After only 3 days of arrival. I was tricked into signing a waiver now Im in G Block General Population with 6 child molesting felony charges. Mrs. Hart as a 18 year old I almost died hooked to machines in hospital almost 1 month and now I know that fear was childish compared to this . I cant help but put emotions in this, after all Mrs. Hart Im human and God help Me I never been more afraid in my life. I didnt hurt my little girl I didnt touch her sexually. As much as it shreds me and fills my mind what Im facing I worry more about my mom and granny because of their great love for me mam they are suffering so deeply. I aint done this things but my loved ones suffering right along beside me and If you take my case you will be in essence freeing them also. I sent momma this letter and asked her to email it to you. I'm scared I have been done so unjustly by our legal system and I need you to fix this and give me freedom. I ask you please don't just ignore my pleas. Here in America its nice to be able to trust our legal justice system, well they destroyed my and my loved ones trust in our justice system . And I'm trusting in You !!! My entire family is suffering this nightmare with me. My 77 year old granny had a stroke and isn't doing so well. My single mother that raised 3 kids alone is dying from Lupus and since my arrest has stayed so sick and weary. Our lives torn to peices by a government I was taught I could trust in. my momma has tried so many innocent project and wrongfully accused and cant get anywhere. please please help me. A quote from the late Nelson Mandela: To be free is not merely to cast off ones chains, But to live in a way that respects and enhances The Freedom Of Others. I have Faith in you and your clinic to cast my chains off and give me freedom I do deserve as a wrongfully accused Man, son, brother, father, friend. Matthew Major DOC# 246179 Cause # : 53c02-1308-FA-000779 God Bless you. Please contact me with your decision so I know you made a life changing decision for me , just please at least write me so I know you care enough about your citizens to respond to cries for your help. You can speak openly with my mother Charlotte Spain (828) 476-0406: 71 Lakeview Dr. Canton, NC 28716 Thank You Matthew Major I know yall get thousands of request and inmates claiming innocence, and each person who are innocent deserve to have organizations like yours willing to fight for them and I give yall so much Thanks and I thank God everyday yall are out there caring enough to help free the innocents. Since discovering firsthand how easily lives and families can be destroyed by Poor Defense attorneys not doing their job . And Prosecutors allowed to do as they please in court
Frankly, it is tragic that you are even considering going to an expensive, unaccredited "law school." It is extremely difficult to get a job with a degree from a real school. If you are going to make the investment of time, money, and tears into law school, it should not be to a place that won't actually enable you to practice law when you graduate.
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It's an exiting time at Apple; their iPhone 4S hasn't really given anything significant to shell out extra cash as opposed to purchasing an iPhone 4. Still, the company are reaping the benefits of the smart phone with the iPhone 4S selling over four million units on day one and continues to perform well commercially. Apple's next iPhone is inevitably preparing itself for a 2012 release and a recent patent from the firm has hinted at the possibility of a 3D user interface for the iPhone 4S's successor.
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This page defines configuration of a Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record for a domain and its mail servers. DKIM/ADSP is an alternative or complimentary approach involving the signing of mail to authenticate the sender domain. DKIM is significantly more complex than SPF but provides significantly more functionality. Finally, the DMARC RR provides a method by which a domain can advise the mail receiver whether mail originating from a domain will have DKIM, SPF or both, what to do with mail that fails either DKIM or SPF checks and whether it wishes failure reports.
<grovelling apology> The macro feature of SPF was incorrectly documented using parenthesis, these should have been braces ({}).</grovelling apology>
SPF was initiated by Meng Weng Wong of pobox.com to enable validation of legitimate sources of email for a domain and is now an IETF standard (RFC 4408).
Briefly, the design intent of the SPF resource record (RR) is to allow a receiving MTA (Message Transfer Agent) to interrogate the Name Server (DNS) of the domain which appears in the email (the sender) and determine if the originating IP of the mail (the source) is authorized to send mail for the sender's domain. The mail sender is required to publish an SPF RR (documented here) in the DNS zone file for their domain but this is transparent to the sending MTA. That is, the sending MTA does not use the sending domain's SPF RR(s) but the receiving domain's MTA will interrogate and use the sending domain's SPF RR(s).
The SPF information SHOULD be defined in a standard TXT resource record (RR) and MAY now be defined in an SPF RR type (BIND releases from 9.4.0 support the SPF RR type - see also RFC 4408). The logic behind this advice is that while your DNS may support the SPF RR capability, it's the receiving MTA's DNS (and the MTA's SPF handler) which determines SPF processing and it may not support the SPF RR type but will ALWAYS support the TXT RR type.
If a SPF (or TXT) RR exists and authorizes the source IP address the mail can be accepted by the MTA. If the SPF (or TXT) RR does not authorize the IP address the mail can be bounced - it did not originate from an authorized source for the sender's domain.
Most Open Source MTAs (as well as commercial mail software) have been modified (or have plug-ins) to use the SPF record. There is no down-side (assuming you get the SPF RR right) and plenty of potential up-side (elimination/reduction of some spam categories) in implementing the SPF record.
We use the following terminology to try to simplify the descriptions below:
The SPF record defines one or more tests to carry out to verify the sender. Each test returns a condition code (pre below). The first test to pass will terminate SPF processing.
Configuration of an SPF record may look complicated (all those blasted options) but in practise tends to be quite simple once you understand what it is trying to do. While we suggest you slog your way through the description below, those of a more impatient disposition may want to simply jump to the examples, select the one that most closely fits the circumstances and then go back and read the appropriate text to understand what it is doing.
The standard TXT and SPF record format is defined as:
name ttl class TXT text name ttl class SPF text
The SPF RR is functionally identical to a TXT record with SPF data. BIND 9.4+ supports the SPF RR type, however previous versions, and most other DNS software (as of July 2007), do not yet support the SPF RR type. Thus, the RFC's recommendation is to always provide a TXT based SPF RR and, if your DNS software supports the SPF RR type, duplicate the information from the TXT version of the SPF RR in a native SPF RR. The reason for this procedure is simply because while the master/slave DNS may support the SPF RR, querying name servers - such as name servers used by receiving MTAs - may not. Some, but not all, of the examples below have been updated to reflect the use of both record types to illustrate usage. In all cases the TXT and SPF RRs are shown with a comment line between containing the word AND as a reminder of the current policy recommendation. It is safe to assume, for the foreseeable future, that only using a TXT version of the SPF will always work.
The SPF data is entirely contained in the text field (a quoted string). SPF defines the contents of the quoted string as follows:
v=spf1 [[pre] type ] ... [mod]
As may be seen the SPF RR allows multiple type arguments to be included. Processing cycles from left to right until either a conclusive result is obtained or until the type arguments have been exhausted. The last type argument should be all which terminates the validation sequence.
Mandatory. Defines the version being used. Currently the only version supported is spf1.
Optional (defaults to +). May take one of the following values:
Each sender mechanism returns either a match (the test was successful) or a no match (the test failed) condition. pre defines what happens according to the following matrix:
In all cases if no match is returned processing continues with the next type.
Thus, if a sender mechanism test is conclusive either add + or omit (defaults to +). If a test might not be conclusive use "?" or "~" (tilde) processing will continue with the next type. "-"(minus) is typically only used with -all to indicate that if we have had no previous matches - fail but could be used as a negative test such as "if this test matches fail the mail...".
Defines the mechanism type to use for verification of the sender. May take one of the following values:
Basic Mechanisms
These types do NOT define a verification mechanism but affect the verification sequence.
Sender Mechanisms
These types define a verification mechanism.
Two optional record modifiers are defined. If present they should follow the last type directive i.e. after the all. The current values defined are as follows:
SPF defines a number of macro-expansion features as defined below:
Note: all macro-expansion delimiters use braces {}.
|Only allowed in TXT records referenced by the exp field. The IP of the receiving MTA.
|The current domain, normally the sender-domain %{o} but replaced by the value of any domain argument in the sender mechanism type.
|The domain name supplied on HELO or EHLO, normally the hostname of the sending SMTP server.
|sender-ip The IP of SMTP server sending mail for user, say, firstname.lastname@example.com.
|replace with local part of sender, for instance, if sender is email@example.com, the local part is info.
|The sender-domain, for instance, if email address is email@example.com the sender-domain is example.com.
|The validated domain name. The name obtained using the PTR RR of the sender-ip. Use of this macro will require an additional query unless a ptr sender mechanism is used.
|Only allowed in TXT records referenced by the exp field. The name of the host performing the SPF check. Normally the same as the receiving MTA.
|Only allowed in TXT records referenced by the exp field. Current timestamp.
|Replace with sender email address, for instance, email@example.com
|Replaced with "in-addr" if sender-ip is an IPv4 address and "ip6" if an IPv6 address. Used to construct reverse map strings.
The above macros may take one or more additional arguments as follows:
r - Indicates reverse the order of the field, for instance, %{or} would display example.com as com.example and %{ir} would display 192.168.0.2 as 22.214.171.124. The normal split uses "." (dot) as the separator but any other character may be used to define the split but a "." (dot) is always used when rejoining so, for instance, %{sr@} would display firstname.lastname@example.com as example.com.info.
digit - the presence of a digit (range 1 to 128) limits the number of right most elements displayed, for instance, %{d1} displays only com only from example.com but %{d5} would display five right hand elements up to the maximum available, in this case it will display example.com since that is all that is available.
Note: In the various example fragments shown below we use the terms 'domain SPF' and 'mail host SPF'. The domain SPF can be placed anywhere at the top, or apex, of the domain according to taste, say, immediately after the SOA RR or most typically after the MX RR ('cos it just makes sense). A mail host SPF is an optional and defensive strategy since some SPF library routines can use the full name of the sending MTA to look for the SPF/TXT RR. This optional RR will normally be placed immediately after the A or AAAA RR which defines the mail server.
Example 1: Assumes a single mail server which both sends and receives mail for the domain.
; zone file fragment for example.com $ORIGIN example.com. .... IN MX 10 mail.example.com. ; SPF stuff ; domain SPF example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 mx -all" ; AND example.com. IN SPF "v=spf1 mx -all" # this could have been writen as either @ IN SPF "v=spf1 mx -all" IN SPF "v=spf1 mx -all" .... mail IN A 192.168.0.4 ; mail host SPF mail IN TXT "v=spf1 a -all" ; AND mail IN SPF "v=spf1 a -all"
The SPF record states that the A record of mail.example.com alone is permitted to send mail for the domain.
The domain SPF is returned from a sender-domain query constructed from the sender's email address. Thus, if the sender = firstname.lastname@example.com, then sender-domain = example.com. The SPF record only allows the MX host to send for the domain.
The mail host SPF is present in case the receiving MTA uses a reverse query to obtain the source-ip host name and then does a query for the SPF record of that host.
If the domain contains multiple MX servers the domain SPF would stay the same but each mail host should have a mail host SPF/TXT RR.
Example 2: Assumes the domain will send mail through an offsite mail server, for instance, an ISP:
; zone file fragment for example.com $ORIGIN example.com. .... IN MX 10 mail.offsite.com. ; SPF stuff ; domain SPF example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 include:offsite.com -all" ; AND example.com. IN SPF "v=spf1 include:offsite.com -all" ; the above could also have been written as either @ IN SPF "v=spf1 include:offsite.com -all" IN SPF "v=spf1 include:offsite.com -all" ; WARNING: offsite.com MUST have a valid SPF definition ....
This format should be used IF AND ONLY IF you know that offsite.com has a valid SPF configuration.
include recurses (restarts) verification using the SPF records for offsite.com. Mail configuration changes are localised at offsite.com which may simplify administration.
include could have been replaced with redirect.
In the case where offsite.com does NOT have an SPF/TXT RR then an ip4 variant can be used as a weak alternative. Assume in the example above that the SMTP server of offsite.com is smtp.offsite.com (pretty creative!) whose IPv4 address is 192.168.3.7 then we could use the following TXT/SPF formats:
; SPF stuff ; domain SPF example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.3.7 -all" ; AND example.com. IN SPF "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.3.7 -all"
The above is a weak alternative because offsite.com may in turn relay or send mail from other host names or even use other host domain names. It should be used only in extreme cases or when the ISPs mail architecture is well known.
Example 3: Assumes we are the host for a number of virtual mail domains AND that we can send mail from any host in our subnet.
Zone file fragment for one of the virtual mail domains:
; zone file fragment for vhost1.com $ORIGIN vhost1.com. .... IN MX 10 mail.example.com. ; SPF stuff ; domain SPF vhost1.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 include:example.com -all" ; AND vhost1.com. IN SPF "v=spf1 include:example.com -all" ; the above could also have been written as either @ IN SPF "v=spf1 include:example.com -all" IN SPF "v=spf1 include:example.com -all" ....
The domain SPF is returned from a sender-domain query constructed from the sender's email address. Thus, if the sender = firstname.lastname@example.com, then sender-domain = vhost1.com. The SPF/TXT RR recurses to the domain example.com for verification. That is, the receiving MTA will read the SPF/TXT RR from example.com to verify the mail.
Zone file for example.com
; zone file fragment for example.com .... IN MX 10 mail.example.com. ; SPF stuff ; domain SPF - any host from ; 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.30 (32 - bcast and mcast = 30) ; can send mail example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0/27 -all" ; AND example.com. IN SPF "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0/27 -all" ; the above could have been written as either @ IN SPF "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0/27 -all" IN SPF "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0/27 -all" .... ; mail host SPF mail IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0/27 -all" ; AND mail IN SPF "v=spf1 ip4:192.168.0/27 -all"
This SPF record allows any host in the 32 address subnet which contains 192.168.0 to send mail for this and any host virtual domain, for instance, vhost1.com in the above example. NOTE: while /27 allows 32 IP addresses subnet rules remove 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.31 as the multicast and broadcast addresses respectively. [read more about IPv4 Classes]
The domain SPF is returned from a sender-domain query constructed from the sender's email address. Thus, if the sender = firstname.lastname@example.com sender-domain = example.com.
example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 mx/27 -all" ; AND example.com. IN SPF "v=spf1 mx/27 -all"This record has the same effect as a:192.168.0/27 above but will cost a further DNS look up operation whereas the IP is already available.
The above scenario relies on the fact that customers will only send mail via the domain example.com, that is, they will NOT send via another ISP at home or when travelling. If you are not sure if this is the case you can terminate the sequence with ?all which says kinda pass (soft fail) and let the mail go through - perhaps logging the incident to capture statistics.
If the domain contains multiple MX servers the domain SPF would stay the same but each mail host should have a SPF record.
Example 4: Assumes that the domain never sends mail from ANY location - ever. Typically you would do this to prevent bogus mail for everyone else - it is a supreme act of self-sacrifice!
; zone file fragment for example.com ; zone does NOT contain MX record(s) ... ; SPF stuff ; domain SPF example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 -all" ; AND example.com. IN SPF "v=spf1 -all" ; the above could have been written as either @ IN SPF "v=spf1 -all" IN SPF "v=spf1 -all" ....
This SPF test will always fail since the only condition it tests is the all which results in a fail.
You will get a warm inner glow for the rest of your life if you implement this type of SPF/TXT RR. We're talking serious incentive here folks.
Example 5: Illustrates various macro expansion features:
; zone file fragment for example.com $ORIGIN example.org. .... IN MX 10 mail.example.com. ; SPF records ; domain SPF @ IN TXT "v=spf1 exists:%{ir}.%{v}.arpa -all exp=badguy.example.com" ; AND @ IN SPF "v=spf1 exists:%{ir}.%{v}.arpa -all exp=badguy.example.com" badguy IN TXT "The email from %{s} using SMTP server at %{i} was rejected by %{c} (%{r}) at %{t} because it failed the SPF records check for the domain %{p}. Please visit http://abuse.example.com/badguys.html for more information" ....
The badguy TXT above is split across multiple lines for presentation reasons only and should appear on a single line in the zone file.
The exists:%{ir}.%{v}.arpa test is a great example BUT IT WILL NOT WORK (sigh!) because the exists type checks for an A RR, whereas a reverse lookup is defined using a PTR RR. But it does show the power of macro-expansion and we could not think of a better example or use. However, Stuart Gatham could and suggested using the reversed IP address in a DNS Black List (DNSBL) as shown here:
@ IN TXT "v=spf1 exists:%{ir}.blacklist.example.com -all exp=badguy.example.com" ; AND @ IN SPF "v=spf1 exists:%{ir}.blacklist.example.com -all exp=badguy.example.com"
You may also want to change the text in the badguy.example.com record to reflect the new failure. Many thanks for the suggestion.
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