this is a completely pointless post-you have been warned! :P
So, I remember during Bush's (the younger) terms the liberals said he was a fascist, like Hitler. Now we have Obama and the conservatives are saying he is a communist/socialist, like Hitler. I decided to try a little experiment. I googled "Obama Hitler", "Bush Hitler", "Clinton Hitler", "Reagan Hitler" and "Carter Hitler" and then looked at the number of results for each. Here are my results:
Carter~2,290,000
Reagan~1,470,000
Clinton~3,990,000
Bush~1,140,000
Obama~7,380,000
I have no idea how to interpret those results, but I found it interesting all the same.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
No Official Photos of Air Force One Flyover Anytime Soon - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
No Official Photos of Air Force One Flyover Anytime Soon - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com:
"No Official Photos of Air Force One Flyover Anytime Soon
By Jeff Zeleny
So will photographs of Air Force One, flying against a backdrop of the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline a week ago, ever be seen by the public?
Not if the White House has its wish.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Tuesday that the internal review — ordered up after President Obama expressed anger at the controversial photo shoot – would likely be completed this week. The White House Office of Military Affairs is on the hook for approving the flyover of New York City.
At the daily press briefing, a reporter asked Mr. Gibbs why the White House had not authorized release of the photographs.
“I’ve watched CNN. I didn’t notice a lack of archival material from that flight,” Mr. Gibbs said.
“No, from inside the plane,” a reporter replied. “The photos they took, we haven’t seen those.”
“I don’t know where those are,” Mr. Gibbs said."
(emphasis mine)
Do they really expect me to believe that Obama knew nothing about this? Really?!! Come on! If he has so little control over his staff what does that say about his governing ability? You know that verse about, "if you can't keep order in your own house..." (my own paraphrase version). If it had been Bush, the outrage would have been unending! Every news outlet and talk show host would have been berating or making fun of him. But Obama is "The One" so he gets a pass.
And Mr. Gibbs, what kind of idiots do you think we are? You don't know where the pictures are?! Yeah right!! Kind of like the bow that wasn't really a bow...
"No Official Photos of Air Force One Flyover Anytime Soon
By Jeff Zeleny
So will photographs of Air Force One, flying against a backdrop of the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline a week ago, ever be seen by the public?
Not if the White House has its wish.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Tuesday that the internal review — ordered up after President Obama expressed anger at the controversial photo shoot – would likely be completed this week. The White House Office of Military Affairs is on the hook for approving the flyover of New York City.
At the daily press briefing, a reporter asked Mr. Gibbs why the White House had not authorized release of the photographs.
“I’ve watched CNN. I didn’t notice a lack of archival material from that flight,” Mr. Gibbs said.
“No, from inside the plane,” a reporter replied. “The photos they took, we haven’t seen those.”
“I don’t know where those are,” Mr. Gibbs said."
(emphasis mine)
Do they really expect me to believe that Obama knew nothing about this? Really?!! Come on! If he has so little control over his staff what does that say about his governing ability? You know that verse about, "if you can't keep order in your own house..." (my own paraphrase version). If it had been Bush, the outrage would have been unending! Every news outlet and talk show host would have been berating or making fun of him. But Obama is "The One" so he gets a pass.
And Mr. Gibbs, what kind of idiots do you think we are? You don't know where the pictures are?! Yeah right!! Kind of like the bow that wasn't really a bow...
Monday, May 4, 2009
Pentagon to Implant Chips in Soldiers' Bodies
Pentagon to Implant Chips in Soldiers' Bodies
This is SO frightening! Talk about invasion of privacy!!
This is SO frightening! Talk about invasion of privacy!!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Why we are really in this financial crisis
The Republicans blame the Democrats. The Democrats blame the Republicans. The Libertarians blame them both. Everyone blames Wall Street.
Who is really at fault? How did we get into this mess? When did debt become the American dream?
I believe the fault lies not with any political party or policy, but with a mindset, an ideology.
We have become dependant of 'credit'. We have forgotten the caution in the Bible, "The borrower is servant to the lender." We have been fooled into thinking that we must have things NOW instead of saving for them. We buy cars on credit, we buy houses on credit, we buy electronics on credit, and in the worst case scenario we pay our bills on credit!
The kids and I have read portions of the book "On Jordan's Stormy Banks" (A very good read by the way), in that book there are several times where some old black man or woman talks about how they never borrowed money (never 'bought it on time'). They may have been 'poor', but they came out of slavery and did not want to be servant to a creditor, they wanted to be free.
The idea that owning a home is a 'right' (and according to President Obama it is) is so wrong! No one is guaranteed that. Home ownership is not an inalienable right! But I digress...
The problem is that Americans are so in debt. The reason they cannot afford health care is because they have so much debt. That may not be the case every time, but I do think it is generally true. The reason they are in debt is because they think that they must have certain things. They are not willing to go without in order to be free.
Wall Street did not force anyone to buy a home they could not afford. Wall Street did not force anyone to invest. Wall Street did not force anyone to use a credit card. The only culpability that Wall Street has is that it propagated the myth that 'credit' is good. And of course even that you cannot blame Wall Street totally for. The people who believed the lies are not innocent. They should have thought, they should have investigated. If they didn't know, they could have, if they had really wanted to. Those who have gone into the debt trap did so of their own free will, perhaps unwittingly, but always willingly.
The economic crisis was caused by people making investments and using credit irresponsibly. The American people, not Wall Street are really to blame. Perhaps our leaders should have warned us more, but of course they are in the same credit boat so why would they? Even our current President is continuing to lie and say that how much debt we can accrue is the measure of how strong our economy is!! What a load of...uh...crap!
My husband has a business that has never borrowed money. Making payroll week to week gets a little tricky sometimes, but there is no debt. If he can do it, so can everyone else. The problem is of course that the businesses, like the individuals who run them, want it NOW! They do not want to save and grow slow. They want to appear prosperous when they are not. Debt creates a false sense of prosperity. Prosperity from debt is an illusion, and illusion that we see crumbling all around us and yet we still do not want to acknowledge the true cause. It is so much easier to blame the faceless Wall Street.
The growing 'prosperity' that America has enjoyed was doomed to fail. And now that it has everyone is playing the blame game and not wanting to take responsibility. Unless we do, we are bound to continue in the error and spread more blame where it does not belong. Every one of us must accept our part of the blame for this mess. We must stop accruing debt. We must save. We must seek out real prosperity, not the mirage that debt presents. Go without that new iPhone or the plasma TVs or the blue-ray or the new car...until you have saved for it. Only then will we get out of this mess and have something real to show for our hard work.
Who is really at fault? How did we get into this mess? When did debt become the American dream?
I believe the fault lies not with any political party or policy, but with a mindset, an ideology.
We have become dependant of 'credit'. We have forgotten the caution in the Bible, "The borrower is servant to the lender." We have been fooled into thinking that we must have things NOW instead of saving for them. We buy cars on credit, we buy houses on credit, we buy electronics on credit, and in the worst case scenario we pay our bills on credit!
The kids and I have read portions of the book "On Jordan's Stormy Banks" (A very good read by the way), in that book there are several times where some old black man or woman talks about how they never borrowed money (never 'bought it on time'). They may have been 'poor', but they came out of slavery and did not want to be servant to a creditor, they wanted to be free.
The idea that owning a home is a 'right' (and according to President Obama it is) is so wrong! No one is guaranteed that. Home ownership is not an inalienable right! But I digress...
The problem is that Americans are so in debt. The reason they cannot afford health care is because they have so much debt. That may not be the case every time, but I do think it is generally true. The reason they are in debt is because they think that they must have certain things. They are not willing to go without in order to be free.
Wall Street did not force anyone to buy a home they could not afford. Wall Street did not force anyone to invest. Wall Street did not force anyone to use a credit card. The only culpability that Wall Street has is that it propagated the myth that 'credit' is good. And of course even that you cannot blame Wall Street totally for. The people who believed the lies are not innocent. They should have thought, they should have investigated. If they didn't know, they could have, if they had really wanted to. Those who have gone into the debt trap did so of their own free will, perhaps unwittingly, but always willingly.
The economic crisis was caused by people making investments and using credit irresponsibly. The American people, not Wall Street are really to blame. Perhaps our leaders should have warned us more, but of course they are in the same credit boat so why would they? Even our current President is continuing to lie and say that how much debt we can accrue is the measure of how strong our economy is!! What a load of...uh...crap!
My husband has a business that has never borrowed money. Making payroll week to week gets a little tricky sometimes, but there is no debt. If he can do it, so can everyone else. The problem is of course that the businesses, like the individuals who run them, want it NOW! They do not want to save and grow slow. They want to appear prosperous when they are not. Debt creates a false sense of prosperity. Prosperity from debt is an illusion, and illusion that we see crumbling all around us and yet we still do not want to acknowledge the true cause. It is so much easier to blame the faceless Wall Street.
The growing 'prosperity' that America has enjoyed was doomed to fail. And now that it has everyone is playing the blame game and not wanting to take responsibility. Unless we do, we are bound to continue in the error and spread more blame where it does not belong. Every one of us must accept our part of the blame for this mess. We must stop accruing debt. We must save. We must seek out real prosperity, not the mirage that debt presents. Go without that new iPhone or the plasma TVs or the blue-ray or the new car...until you have saved for it. Only then will we get out of this mess and have something real to show for our hard work.
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Backlash Against Breast Is Best: Why Is Breastfeeding Under Attack? | The Business of Being Born Message Board
The Backlash Against Breast Is Best: Why Is Breastfeeding Under Attack? The Business of Being Born Message Board:
“It appears no longer within the realm of the imaginable that . . . ‘breastfeeding-friendly’ could mean making it possible for women and their babies to be together,” writes Lepore. “When did ‘women’s rights’ turn into ‘the right to work’?”
How profound!
I am a BIG breastfeeding advocate. It always makes me a little sad when a mom decides not to breastfeed. I know that breastfeeding doesn't automatically make a good mother, but it has always seemed to me that they are giving up on God's best. And one must see breastfeeding as God's best, if one is honest, because God is the one who designed the breast to produce food for babies. God set in motion all of the intricate hormonal and other physical changes that make it possible to breastfeed. He put in babies instincts that help the baby breastfeed.
Having said that, I do realize that there are women out there who really cannot breastfeed, I personally know three. These women, despite their best efforts did not produce milk, or not enough milk, for their babies to thrive on breastmilk alone. And having had some supply issues myself with Sara I know how frustrating and discouraging that can be. However, I do think that many women give up because of bad advice or inaccurate information or because they have problems and don't get the help and encouragement they need.
“It appears no longer within the realm of the imaginable that . . . ‘breastfeeding-friendly’ could mean making it possible for women and their babies to be together,” writes Lepore. “When did ‘women’s rights’ turn into ‘the right to work’?”
How profound!
I am a BIG breastfeeding advocate. It always makes me a little sad when a mom decides not to breastfeed. I know that breastfeeding doesn't automatically make a good mother, but it has always seemed to me that they are giving up on God's best. And one must see breastfeeding as God's best, if one is honest, because God is the one who designed the breast to produce food for babies. God set in motion all of the intricate hormonal and other physical changes that make it possible to breastfeed. He put in babies instincts that help the baby breastfeed.
Having said that, I do realize that there are women out there who really cannot breastfeed, I personally know three. These women, despite their best efforts did not produce milk, or not enough milk, for their babies to thrive on breastmilk alone. And having had some supply issues myself with Sara I know how frustrating and discouraging that can be. However, I do think that many women give up because of bad advice or inaccurate information or because they have problems and don't get the help and encouragement they need.
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