tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19824183157191167242024-03-13T07:27:50.229-07:00Land of the FreeBringing back The American Dream for one and AllJoe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-30350389907920088892017-05-19T13:56:00.003-07:002017-05-19T13:56:29.626-07:00HERE Is a LIST OF EVERY SINGLE TIME OBAMA COMMITTED An IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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HERE Is a LIST OF EVERY SINGLE TIME OBAMA COMMITTED An IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE That DEMS & MEDIA COVERED UP<br />
VIA| “Impeach!” It’s been more than eight years since Democrats uttered
that word – long enough for anyone to wonder if it was still in their
vocabulary, considering the deafening silence through the dozens of
serious scandals during President Obama’s administration – but now that
President Trump is the man in the White House, it’s back with a
vengeance.<br />
Democrats everywhere are wildly slinging the “I” word,
hoping to nail Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors after the New
York Times claimed a memo written by former FBI Director James Comey
said the president urged him to end the federal investigation into
former national security adviser Michael Flynn.<br />
Some members of
Congress are getting in on the action. They include Reps. Maxine Water,
D-Calif., and Al Green, D-Texas. Even a Republican, Rep. Justin Amash,
claimed Wednesday there are grounds to impeach President Trump. House
Oversign Committee Chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, asked for the
alleged Comey memo and other documents. Chaffetz tweeted that he is
prepared to subpoena the information. And Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
invoked “Watergate.”<br />
Now the Democratic Party is reportedly poll
testing impeachment as a 2018 election issue. More than 1 million people
signed a petition calling on Congress to impeach Trump.<br />
Wasting
no time Wednesday, the mainstream media sprang into action,
enthusiastically echoing the left’s impeachment calls. MSNBC launched a
Watergate ad implying Trump is America’s new Richard Nixon.<br />
“Watergate. We know its name because there were reporters who never
stopped asking questions,” says MSNBC host Chris Hayes, who hinted that
Trump is next on the impeachment chopping block. “Now, who knows where
the questions will take us. But I know this: I’m not going to stop
asking them.”<br />
Meanwhile, some overzealous members of the left
plastered fliers around Washington, D.C., demanding all White House
staffers resign Wednesday.<br />
The posters read: “If you work for
this White House you are complicit in hate-mongering, lies, corrupt
taking of Americans’ tax money via self-dealing and emoluments, and
quite possibly federal crimes and treason. Also, any wars will be on
your soul. … Resign now.”<br />
But constitutional scholar Jonathan
Turley, who voted for President Obama, warned “impeachment” enthusiasts
not to get ahead of themselves with President Trump. Why?<br />
At this time, there’s no evidence Trump actually committed a crime.<br />
“The criminal code demands more than what Comey reportedly describes in
his memo,” Turley wrote in a May 17 opinion piece posted at the Hill.
Turley explained:<br />
For the first time, the Comey memo pushes the
litany of controversies surrounding Trump into the scope of the United
States criminal code.<br />
However, if this is food for obstruction of
justice, it is still an awfully thin soup. Some commentators seem to be
alleging criminal conduct in office or calling for impeachment before
Trump completed the words of his inaugural oath of office. Not
surprising, within minutes of the New York Times report, the response
was a chorus of breathless “gotcha” announcements. But this memo is
neither the Pentagon Papers nor the Watergate tapes. Indeed, it raises
as many questions for Comey as it does Trump in terms of the alleged
underlying conduct.<br />
A good place to start would be with the
federal law, specifically 18 U.S.C. 1503. The criminal code demands more
than what Comey reportedly describes in his memo. There are dozens of
different variations of obstruction charges ranging from threatening
witnesses to influencing jurors. None would fit this case. That leaves
the omnibus provision on attempts to interfere with the “due
administration of justice.”<br />
However, that still leaves the need
to show that the effort was to influence “corruptly” when Trump could
say that he did little but express concern for a longtime associate. The
term “corruptly” is actually defined differently under the various
obstruction provisions, but it often involves a showing that someone
acted “with the intent to secure an unlawful benefit for oneself or
another.” Encouraging leniency or advocating for an associate is
improper but not necessarily seeking an unlawful benefit for him. READ
THE EVIDENCE HERE<br />
. Obama’s Iran nuke deal<br /> Obama knew about Hillary’s private email server<br /> Obama IRS targets conservatives<br /> Obama’s DOJ spies on AP reporters<br /> Obamacare & Obama’s false promises<br /> Illegal-alien amnesty by executive order<br /> Benghazi-gate<br /> Operation Fast & Furious<br /> 5 Taliban leaders for Bergdahl<br /> Extortion 17<br /> ‘Recess ‘ appointments – when Senate was in session<br /> Appointment of ‘czars’ without Senate approval<br /> Suing Arizona for enforcing federal law<br /> Refusal to defend Defense of Marriage Act<br /> Illegally conducting war against Libya<br /> NSA: Spying on Americans<br /> Muslim Brotherhood ties<br /> Miriam Carey<br /> Birth certificate<br /> Executive orders<br /> Solyndra and the lost $535 million<br /> Egypt<br /> Cap & Trade: When in doubt, bypass Congress<br /> Refusal to prosecute New Black Panthers<br /> Obama’s U.S. citizen ‘hit list’</div>
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-60348997894421461002016-09-20T15:25:00.000-07:002016-09-20T15:25:18.071-07:00Carnival Parade in Germany Laughing at Obama and Gang<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-17184446883473429792016-09-06T19:25:00.000-07:002016-09-06T19:25:02.066-07:00Michelle Obama's Jobs Program<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War.<br />
And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for h<span class="text_exposed_show">er personal secretary from her husband's salary.</span><br />
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Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> Mamie Eisenhower:--- One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.<br />
Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers.<br />
Jackie Kennedy: -------One<br /> Lady Bird Johnson___One<br /> Pat Nixon ---------------One<br /> Betty Ford---------------One<br /> Rosaline Carter: ------ One<br /> Barbara Bush: ---------One<br /> Hilary Clinton: -------- Seven<br /> Laura Bush: ----------- One<br /> Michele Obama: ----- Twenty-two<br />
How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of
Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence
wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald
cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the
benefit package for these servants of MS Michelle are the same as
members of the national security and defense departments and the bill
for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public: <br /> Note: Look out for Hillery if she gets elected<br />
Michele Obama's personal staff:<br /> One.. $192,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)<br />
Two.. $160,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)<br />
Three.. $133,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)<br />
Four.. $122,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Director of<br /> Communications for the First Lady)<br />
Five.. $120,000 - Winter, Melissa (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)<br />
Six.. $110,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)<br />
Seven.. $104,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)<br />
Eight.. $95,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)<br />
Nine.. $90,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)<br />
Ten.. $85,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)<br />
Eleven.. $84,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)<br />
Twelve.. $82,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)<br />
Thirteen.. $80,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)<br />
Fourteen.. $77,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)<br />
Fifteen.. $72,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)<br />
Sixteen.. $70,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)<br />
Seventeen.. $65,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)<br />
Eighteen.. $63,000 - Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)<br />
Nineteen.. $60,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)<br />
Twenty.. $56,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)<br />
Twenty-One.. $55,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)<br />
Twenty-Two.. $55,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)<br />
Total $2,075,200 in annual salaries - all for someone we did not vote for and apparently have no control over and<br /> 5 are Muslim and 13 are African-American<br />
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has
created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation
of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much
help, at taxpayer expense. (I'm wondering why there are no guidelines or
restraints for this and other activities concerning our government
officials and their kin.)<br />
Note: This does not include makeup
artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright,
31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One on all ALL Trips,Europe
included.<br /> Michele usually gets dropped off in another City along with her Mother and 2 Daughters<br /> Note: As of 11/15.2015 the Obama Family has spent over <br /> 1.3 Billion dollars on personal family family trips. They were<br /> personal not political or Government related.<br /> Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press: <br />
Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, perhaps
because America no longer has a free press and the USA media is too
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-61803766993003471522016-07-12T15:41:00.002-07:002016-07-12T15:41:52.074-07:00President Obama Speech In Dallas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“I understand how Americans are feeling,” Obama said. “But Dallas,
I’m here to say we must reject such despair. I’m here to insist that we
are not as divided as we seem. And I know that because I know America. I
know how far we’ve come against impossible odds.”<br />
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OBAMA: Thank you.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
Thank you. Thank you very much. (APPLAUSE)<br />
Mr. President and Mrs. Bush, my friend the vice president, and Dr.
Biden, Mayor Rawlings, Chief Stiller (ph), clergy, members of Congress,
Chief Brown. I’m so glad I met Michelle first, because she loves Stevie
Wonder.<br />
(LAUGHTER)<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
Thank you.<br />
But most of all, the families and friends and colleagues and fellow officers.<br />
Scripture tells us that in our sufferings, there is glory, because we
know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and
character, hope. Sometimes the truths of these words are hard to see.
Right now, those words test us because the people of Dallas, people
across the country are suffering.<br />
We’re here to honor the memory and mourn the loss of five fellow
Americans, to grieve with their loved ones, to support this community,
and pray for the wounded, and to try and find some meaning amidst our
sorrow.<br />
For the men and women who protect and serve the people of Dallas,
last Thursday began like any other day. Like most Americans, each day
you get up, probably have too quick a breakfast, kiss your family
goodbye, and you head to work.<br />
But your work and the work of police officers across the country is
like no other. For the moment you put on that uniform, you have answered
a call that at any moment, even in the briefest interaction, may put
your life in harm’s way.<br />
OBAMA: Lorne Ahrens, he answered that call. So did his wife, Katrina,
not only because she was the spouse of a police officer, but because
she’s a detective on the force. They have two kids. Lorne took them
fishing. And he used to proudly go to their school in uniform.<br />
On the night before he died, he bought dinner for a homeless man. And
the next night, Katrina had to tell their children that their dad was
gone. “They don’t get it yet,” their grandma said. “They don’t know what
to do quite yet.”<br />
Michael Krol answered that call. His mother said, he knew the dangers
of the job, but he never shied away from his duty. He came 1,000 miles
from his home state of Michigan to be a cop in Dallas, telling his
family, this is something I wanted to do.<br />
And last year, he brought his girlfriend back to Detroit for Thanksgiving. And it was the last time he’d see his family.<br />
Michael Smith answered that call. In the Army, and over almost 30
years working for the Dallas Police Association, which gave him the
appropriately named Cop’s Cop Award. A man of deep faith; when he was
off duty, he could be found at church or playing softball with his two
girls.<br />
Today, his girls have lost their dad, for God has called Michael home.<br />
Patrick Zamarippa, he answered that call. Just 32, a former altar boy
who served in the Navy and dreamed of being a cop. He liked to post
videos of himself and his kids on social media. On Thursday night, while
Patrick went to work, his partner, Christy, posted a photo of her and
their daughter at a Texas Rangers game, and tagged the department so
that he could see it while on duty.<br />
Brent Thompson answered that call. He served his country as a Marine.
And years later, as a contractor, he spent time in some of the most
dangerous parts of Iraq and Afghanistan. And then a few years ago, he
settled down here in Dallas for a new life of service as a transit cop.<br />
And just about two weeks ago, he married a fellow officer, their whole life together waiting before them.<br />
Like police officers across the country, these men and their families
shared a commitment to something larger than themselves. They weren’t
looking for their names to be up in lights. They’d tell you the pay was
decent, but wouldn’t make you rich. They could have told you about the
stress and long shifts. And they’d probably agree with Chief Brown when
he said that cops don’t expect to hear the words “thank you” very often,
especially from those who need them the most.<br />
No. The reward comes in knowing that our entire way of life in
America depends on the rule of law, that the maintenance of that law is a
hard and daily labor, that in this country we don’t have soldiers in
the streets or militias setting the rules.<br />
Instead, we have public servants, police officers, like the men who
were taken away from us. And that’s what these five were doing last
Thursday when they were assigned to protect and keep orderly a peaceful
protest in response to the killing of Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge and
Philando Castile of Minnesota.<br />
OBAMA: They were upholding the constitutional rights of this country.<br />
For a while, the protests went on without incident. And despite the
fact that police conduct was the subject of the protest, despite the
fact that there must have been signs or slogans or chants with which
they profoundly disagreed, these men and this department did their jobs
like the professionals that they were.<br />
In fact, the police had been part of the protest planning. Dallas
P.D. even posted photos on their Twitter feeds of their own officers
standing among the protesters. Two officer, black and white, smiled next
to a man with a sign that read “no justice, no peace.”<br />
And then around nine o’clock, the gunfire came. Another community
torn apart; more hearts broken; more questions about what caused and
what might prevent another such tragedy.<br />
I know that Americans are struggling right now with what we’ve
witnessed over the past week. First, the shootings in Minnesota and
Baton Rouge, the protests. Then the targeting of police by the shooter
here, an act not just of demented violence, but of racial hatred.<br />
All of it has left us wounded and angry and hurt. This is — the
deepest faultlines of our democracy have suddenly been exposed, perhaps
even widened. And although we know that such divisions are not new,
though they’ve surely been worse in even the recent past, that offers us
little comfort.<br />
Faced with this violence, we wonder if the divides of race in America
can ever be bridged. We wonder if an African American community that
feels unfairly targeted by police and police departments that feel
unfairly maligned for doing their jobs, can ever understand each other’s
experience.<br />
We turn on the TV or surf the internet, and we can watch positions
harden and lines drawn and people retreat to their respective corners,
and politicians calculate how to grab attention or avoid the fallout. We
see all this, and it’s hard not to think sometimes that the center
won’t hold and that things might get worse.<br />
I understand. I understand how Americans are feeling. But Dallas, I’m
here to say we must reject such despair. I’m here to insist that we are
not as divided as we seem. And I know that because I know America. I
know how far we’ve come against impossible odds. (APPLAUSE)</blockquote>
<strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="http://time.com/4401886/dallas-shooting-barack-obama-visit/" target="_blank">Dallas Doubtful That President Obama Can Bridge Its Divide</a><br />
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I know we’ll make because of what I’ve experienced in my
own life; what I’ve seen of this country and its people, their goodness
and decency, as president of the United States. And I know it because of
what we’ve seen here in Dallas, how all of you out of great suffering
have shown us the meaning of perseverance and character and hope.<br />
OBAMA: When the bullets started flying, the men and women of the
Dallas police, they did not flinch and they did not react recklessly.
They showed incredible restraint. Helped in some cases by protesters,
they evacuated the injured, isolated the shooter, saved more lives than
we will ever know.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
We mourn fewer people today because of your brave actions.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
“Everyone was helping each other,” one witness said. And it wasn’t
about black or white. Everyone was picking each other up and moving them
away.<br />
See, that’s the America I know. The police helped Shetamia Taylor as
she was shot trying to shield her four sons. She said she wanted her
boys to join her to protest the incidents of black men being killed.<br />
She also said to the Dallas P.D., thank you for being heroes. And
today, her 12-year-old son wants to be a cop when he grows up. That’s
the America I know.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
In the aftermath of the shooting, we’ve seen Mayor Rawlings and Chief
Brown, a white man and a black man with different backgrounds, working
not just to restore order and support a shaken city, a shaken
department, but working together to unify a city with strength and grace
and wisdom.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
And in the process, we’ve been reminded that the Dallas Police
Department has been at the forefront of improving relations between
police and the community.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
The murder rate here has fallen. Complaints of excessive force have
been cut by 64 percent. The Dallas Police Department has been doing it
the right way.<br />
(APPLAUSE) And so, Mayor Rawlings and Chief Brown, on behalf of the
American people, thank you for your steady leadership. Thank you for
your powerful example. We could not be prouder of you.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
These men, this department, this is the America I know. And today in
this audience, I see people who have protested on behalf of criminal
justice reform grieving alongside police officers. I see people who
mourn for the five officers we lost, but also weep for the families of
Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. In this audience, I see what’s
possible.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
I see what’s possible when we recognize that we are one American
family, all deserving of equal treatment. All deserving equal respect.
All children of God. That’s the America I know.<br />
Now, I’m not naive. I have spoken at too many memorials during the
course of this presidency. I’ve hugged too many families who have lost a
loved one to senseless violence. And I’ve seen how a spirit of unity,
born of tragedy, can gradually dissipate, overtaken by the return to
business as usual, by inertia and old habits and expediency.<br />
OBAMA: I see how easily we slip back into our old notions, because
they’re comfortable, we’re used to them. I’ve seen how inadequate words
can be in bringing about lasting change. I’ve seen how inadequate my own
words have been. And so, I’m reminded of a passage in John’s Gospel,
“let us love, not with words or speech, but with actions and in truth.”<br />
If we’re to sustain the unity, we need to get through these difficult
times. If we are to honor these five outstanding officers who we lost,
then we will need to act on the truths that we know. That’s not easy. It
makes us uncomfortable, but we’re going to have to be honest with each
other and ourselves.<br />
We know that the overwhelming majority of police officers do an
incredibly hard and dangerous job fairly and professional. They are
deserving of our respect and not our scorn<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
When anyone, no matter how good their intentions may be, paints all
police as biased, or bigoted, we undermine those officers that we depend
on for our safety. And as for those who use rhetoric suggesting harm to
police, even if they don’t act on it themselves, well, they not only
make the jobs of police officers even more dangerous, but they do a
disservice to the very cause of justice that they claim to promote.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
We also know that centuries of racial discrimination, of slavery, and
subjugation, and Jim Crow; they didn’t simply vanish with the law
against segregation. They didn’t necessarily stop when a Dr. King
speech, or when the civil rights act or voting rights act were signed.
Race relations have improved dramatically in my lifetime. Those who deny
it are dishonoring the struggles that helped us achieve that progress.
But we know…<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
But America, we know that bias remains. We know it, whether you are
black, or white, or Hispanic, or Asian, or native American, or of Middle
Eastern descent, we have all seen this bigotry in our own lives at some
point. We’ve heard it at times in our own homes. If we’re honest,
perhaps we’ve heard prejudice in our own heads and felt it in our own
hearts. We know that. And while some suffer far more under racism’s
burden, some feel to a far greater extent discrimination’s stain.
Although most of us do our best to guard against it and teach our
children better, none of us is entirely innocent. No institution is
entirely immune, and that includes our police departments. We know this.<br />
OBAMA: And so when African-Americans from all walks of life, from
different communities across the country, voice a growing despair over
what they perceive to be unequal treatment, when study after study shows
that whites and people of color experience the criminal justice system
differently. So that if you’re black, you’re more likely to be pulled
over or searched or arrested; more likely to get longer sentences; more
likely to get the death penalty for the same crime. When mothers and
fathers raised their kids right, and have the talk about how to respond
if stopped by a police officer — yes, sir; no, sir — but still fear that
something terrible may happen when their child walks out the door;
still fear that kids being stupid and not quite doing things right might
end in tragedy.<br />
When all this takes place, more than 50 years after the passage of
the Civil Rights Act, we cannot simply turn away and dismiss those in
peaceful protest as troublemakers or paranoid.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
We can’t simply dismiss it as a symptom of political correctness or
reverse racism. To have your experience denied like that, dismissed by
those in authority, dismissed perhaps even by your white friends and
coworkers and fellow church members, again and again and again, it
hurts. Surely we can see that, all of us.<br />
We also know what Chief Brown has said is true, that so much of the
tensions between police departments and minority communities that they
serve is because we ask the police to do too much and we ask too little
of ourselves.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
As a society, we choose to under-invest in decent schools. We allow
poverty to fester so that entire neighborhoods offer no prospect for
gainful employment. We refuse to fund drug treatment and mental health
programs.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a
teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
And then we tell the police, “You’re a social worker; you’re the
parent; you’re the teacher; you’re the drug counselor.” We tell them to
keep those neighborhoods in check at all costs and do so without causing
any political blowback or inconvenience; don’t make a mistake that
might disturb our own peace of mind. And then we feign surprise when
periodically the tensions boil over.<br />
We know those things to be true. They’ve been true for a long time.
We know it. Police, you know it. Protesters, you know it. You know how
dangerous some of the communities where these police officers serve are.
And you pretend as if there’s no context. These things we know to be
true. And if we cannot even talk about these things, if we cannot talk
honestly and openly, not just in the comfort of our own circles, but
with those who look different than us or bring a different perspective,
then we will never break this dangerous cycle.<br />
OBAMA: In the end, it’s not about finding policies that work. It’s
about forging consensus and fighting cynicism and finding the will to
make change.<br />
Can we do this? Can we find the character, as Americans, to open our
hearts to each other? Can we see in each other a common humanity and a
shared dignity, and recognize how our different experiences have shaped
us? And it doesn’t make anybody perfectly good or perfectly bad, it just
makes us human.<br />
I don’t know. I confess that sometimes I, too, experience doubt. I’ve
been to too many of these things. I’ve seen too many families go
through this.<br />
But then I am reminded of what the Lord tells Ezekiel. “I will give
you a new heart,” the Lord says, “and put a new spirit in you. I will
remove from you your heart of stone, and give you a heart of flesh.”<br />
That’s what we must pray for, each of us. A new heart. Not a heart of
stone, but a heart open to the fears and hopes and challenges of our
fellow citizens.<br />
That’s what we’ve seen in Dallas these past few days, and that’s what
we must sustain. Because with an open heart, we can learn to stand in
each other’s shoes and look at the world through each other’s eyes. So
that maybe the police officer sees his own son in that teenager with a
hoodie, who’s kind of goofing off but not dangerous.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
And the teenager — maybe the teenager will see in the police officer the same words, and values and authority of his parents.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
With an open heart, we can abandon the overheated rhetoric and the
oversimplification that reduces whole categories of our fellow
Americans, not just opponents, but to enemies.<br />
With an open heart, those protesting for change will guard against
reckless language going forward. Look at the model set by the five
officers we mourn today. Acknowledge the progress brought about by the
sincere efforts of police departments like this one in Dallas. And
embark on the hard, but necessary work of negotiation, the pursuit of
reconciliation. With an open heart, police departments will acknowledge
that just like the rest of us, they’re not perfect. That insisting we do
better to root out racial bias is not an attack on cops, but an effort
to live up to our highest ideals.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
And I understand these protests — I see them. They can be messy.
Sometimes they can be hijacked by an irresponsible few. Police can get
hurt.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
Protesters can get hurt. They can be frustrated. But even those who
dislike the phrase “black lives matter,” surely, we should be able to
hear the pain of Alton Sterling’s family.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
We should — when we hear a friend describe him by saying that,
whatever he cooked, he cooked enough for everybody, that should sound
familiar to us, that maybe he wasn’t so different than us. So that we
can, yes, insist that his life matters.<br />
OBAMA: Just as we should hear the students and co-workers describe
their affection for Philando Castile as a gentle soul. Mr. Rogers with
deadlocks, they called him. And know that his life mattered to a whole
lot of people of all races, of all ages, and that we have to do what we
can without putting officers’ lives at risk, but do better to prevent
another life like his from being lost.<br />
With an open heart, we can worry less about which side has been wronged, and worry more about joining sides to do right<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
Because the vicious killer of these police officers — they won’t be
the last person who tries to make us turn on one another. The killer in
Orlando wasn’t nor was the killer in Charleston. We know there is evil
in this world, that’s why we need police department departments.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
But as Americans, we can decide that people like this killer will
ultimately fail. They will not drive us apart. We can decide to come
together and make our country reflect the good inside us, the hopes and
simple dreams we share.<br />
We also glory in our suffers because we know that suffering produces
perseverance, perseverance character, and character hope. For all of us,
life presents challenges and suffering. Accidents, illnesses, the loss
of loved ones; there are times when we are overwhelmed by sudden
calamity, natural or man-made. All of us, we make mistakes, and at times
we are lost.<br />
And as we get older, we learn we don’t always have control of things,
not even a president does. But we do have control over how we respond
to the world. We do have control or how we treat one another.<br />
America does not ask us to be perfect, precisely because of our
individual imperfections, our founders gave us institutions to guard
against tyranny and ensure no one is above the law. A democracy that
gives us the space to work through our differences and debate them
peacefully, to make things better, even if it doesn’t always happen as
fast as we’d like. America gives us the capacity to change.<br />
But as the men we mourn today, these five heroes knew better than
most, we cannot take the blessings of this nation for granted. Only by
working together can we preserve those institutions of family and
community, rights and responsibilities, law and self-government that is
the hallmark of this nation.<br />
It turns out we do not persevere along. Our character is not found in
isolation. Hope does not arise by putting our fellow man down, it is
found by lifting others up.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
And that’s what I take away from the lives of these outstanding men.
The pain we feel may not soon pass, but my faith tells me that they did
not die in vain. I believe our sorrow can make us a better country. I
believe our righteous anger can be transformed into more justice and
more peace. Weeping may endure for a night but I’m convinced joy comes
in the morning.<br />
(APPLAUSE)<br />
OBAMA: We cannot match the sacrifices made by Officers Zamarippa and
Ahrens, Krol, Smith and Thompson, but surely we can try to match their
sense of service. We cannot match their courage, but we can strive to
match their devotion.<br />
May God bless their memory. May God bless this country that we love.</blockquote>
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-13850574383221128342016-07-01T07:51:00.002-07:002016-07-01T07:56:16.821-07:00What happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
TRUTH YOU NEED TO READ!<br />
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Their story. . .<br />
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured
before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost
their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons
captured.<br />
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.<br />
They signed and they pledged their lives, the<span class="text_exposed_show">ir fortunes, and their sacred honor.<br /> What kind of men were they?<br />
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants. Nine were
farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated.<br />
But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that
the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of
Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the
seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his
debts, and died in rags.<br /> Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British
that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in
the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His
possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.<br /> Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton , Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.<br />
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British
General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.
He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was
destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.<br /> Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.<br />
John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13
children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid
to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning
home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.<br /> So, take a few
minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank
these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.<br /> Remember: freedom is never free!<br />
It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the
Fourth of July means more than beer, picnics, and baseball games. True
"reflection" is a part of this country's greatness.</span></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-8671403617197985042016-04-14T15:27:00.002-07:002016-04-14T15:27:59.319-07:00Three men and a Genie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">Three men - a Canadian farmer,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">a Muslim fanatic</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">and a White Trash Biker</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">are all walking together one day.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">'I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total', says the Genie.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">The Canadian says, 'I am a farmer and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada.'</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">POOF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever fertile for farming.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">The
Muslim was amazed, so he said, 'I want a wall around Afghanistan,
Palestine, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Canadians</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">can come into our precious land.'</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">POOF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">The Biker says, 'I am very curious.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">Please tell me more about this wall.'</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">The Genie explains, 'Well, it's about 5,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the countries. </span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">Nothing can get in or out;</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">it's virtually impenetrable.'</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 24pt;">The Biker sits down on his Harley,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 24pt;">cracks a beer, lights a cigar,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">smiles and says,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> </div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 24pt;">'Fill it with water.'</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">I pretty much vote this my favourite email joke of the year</span></i><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 18pt;">! </span></i></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-39580566165588655542016-04-14T13:45:00.003-07:002016-04-14T13:45:28.381-07:00An Insightful Observation of Tolerance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b id="yiv2737943476yui_3_16_0_1_1441049715228_9642"><span id="yiv2737943476yui_3_16_0_1_1441049715228_9641" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">An Insightful Observation of Tolerance</span></b><span style="color: black;"><span> </span></span><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 13.5pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: black;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Jiggs McDonald, NHL Hall of Fame broadcaster speaking in Ontario, says:</span><span style="color: black;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt;"><div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">"I
am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another
mosque being built in Toronto. I think it should be the goal of every
Canadian to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the
mosque
should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance."</span><span style="color: black;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt;"><div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">"That
is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the
mosque; thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could
call one of the clubs, which would be gay, "The Turban Cowboy," and the
other, a topless bar, would be called "You Mecca Me Hot."</span><span style="color: black;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt;"><div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">"Next
door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to
that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called “Iraq of Ribs."</span><span> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt;"><div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">“Across
the street there could be a lingerie store called "Victoria Keeps
Nothing Secret," with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods",
and on the other side a liquor store called "Morehammered."</span><span style="color: black;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt;"><div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">"All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us.”<span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 8pt;"><div>
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Yes we should promote tolerance, and you can do your part by passing this on. And if you are not laughing or smiling at this
point... </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16pt;">It is either past your bedtime, or its midnight at the oasis and time to put your camel to bed.</span></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-34428908143684579792015-12-04T09:27:00.002-08:002015-12-04T09:27:48.335-08:00An Ode To America<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA<br />
Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written
by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea
Americii, meaning 'Ode ToAmerica ') in the Romanian newspaper
Evenimentulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'.<br />
~An Ode to America ~ <br />
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Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even
if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the
world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious
beliefs.<br />
On 9/ll, the American tragedy turned three hundred
million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse
the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a
bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody
rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. <br />
Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. <br />
After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the
smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the
national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every
place and on every car a government official or the president was
passing. On every occasion, they started singing: 'God Bless America
!' <br />
I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours
listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a
woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the
Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the
terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have
killed other hundreds or thousands of people. <br />
How on earth were
they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with
every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern
myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions
of dollars were put into collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a
family, but a spirit, which no money can buy. What on earth unites the
Americans in such a way? Their land? Their history? Their economic
Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and
murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought
things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work
such miracles. <br />
Cornel Nistorescu <br />
(This deserves to be
passed around the Internet forever.) It took a person on the outside -
looking in - to see what we take for granted !<br />
GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!</div>
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-63429395650173246462015-09-01T16:03:00.001-07:002015-09-01T16:03:38.760-07:00The Suicide Bomber and 72 Virgins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span id="yiv0937381358yui_3_16_0_1_1440869415790_4222" style="color: black;">A
suicide bomber died and went to Paradise, as foretold.When he arrived
there, he said to Allah that he was ready to claim his 72 virgins, as
promised.</span>
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<span id="yiv0937381358yui_3_16_0_1_1440869415790_4249" style="color: black;">Allah
regarded him for a moment, then replied, "Actually, the 72 virgins are
here in heaven because people like you murdered them before they could
experience the pleasure of sex. So you're here to service them. Since
they're virgins, they're quite sexually ravenous and, frankly, you'll
be on constant, exhausting duty. I shall banish you from Paradise should
you fail!"<br /> <br />The bomber responded, "Well, I guess I can live with that. How hard can it be to keep 72 women satisfied for all eternity?" <br /><br />Allah replied, "Who told you they were women?</span></div>
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-53801249337197771122015-08-03T15:52:00.000-07:002015-08-03T15:52:04.749-07:00A Scary Obituary, America<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: 13.5pt;">In 1887
Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of
Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some
2,000 years prior: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply
cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will
continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can
vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that
moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the
most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every
democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is)
always followed by a dictatorship."</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: 13.5pt;">"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the</span></b> <b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200<br />years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">From bondage to spiritual faith;</span></b> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />From spiritual faith to great courage; <br />From courage to liberty; <br />From liberty to abundance; <br />From abundance to complacency; <br />From complacency to apathy; <br />From apathy to dependence; <br />From dependence back into bondage."</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Obituary follows:</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Born 1776, Died 2016</span></b> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />It doesn't hurt to read this several times. <br />Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in <br />St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning<br />the last Presidential election:</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Number of States won by: </span></b><b><span style="color: #0000a0; font-size: 13.5pt;">Obama: 19</span></b> <b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 13.5pt;">Romney: 29</span></b> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 Romney: 2,427,000 <br />Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million Romney: 143 million <br />Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Obama: 13.2 Romney: 2.1</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory</span></b> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />Romney won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low</span></b> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />income tenements and living off various forms of government<br />welfare..."</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Olson believes the United States
is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor
Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the
nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency"
phase..</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.</span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If you are not, then pass this
along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that
apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.</span></b></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-64829401518670354622015-07-31T05:44:00.001-07:002015-07-31T05:44:39.100-07:00Vladimir Putin's speech - SHORTEST SPEECH EVER.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 24pt;">Interesting!</span>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">This is one time the elected leaders in the civilized world should pay attention to the advice of Vladimir Putin.</span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">No wonder he was selected by Forbes as the most powerful person in the world.<br /><br /><u>Vladimir Putin's speech - SHORTEST SPEECH EVER.</u><br /><br />On
August 04, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed the
Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions with
minorities in Russia :<br /><br />"In Russia , live like Russians. Any
minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia , to work and eat
in Russia , it should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian
laws. If they prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslims then we
advise them to go to those places where that's the state law.</span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">"
Russia does not need Muslim minorities. Minorities need Russia , and we
will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to
fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'. We
will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture. We better learn
from the suicides of America , England , Holland and France , if we are
to survive as a nation. The Muslims are taking over those countries and
they will not take over Russia . The Russian customs and traditions are
not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of Sharia
Law and Muslims.</span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">"When
this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should
have in mind the Russian national interest first, observing that the
Muslims Minorities Are Not Russians."<br /><br />The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five minute standing ovation.<br /> </span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">If you keep this to yourself, you are part of the problem!</span></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-8766655841063009832015-06-30T15:45:00.001-07:002015-06-30T15:45:57.959-07:00Sheriff Joe is at it again!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 24pt;">SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN !</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">You may<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona, who<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />wear pink prison garb.<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />Well.........</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN !</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">Oh, there's MUCH<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />more to know about Sheriff Joe !</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;"><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />Maricopa County was spending approx. $18<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />million dollars a year on stray animals, like<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />department over, and the County Supervisors said<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />okay.</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">The animal shelters are now all<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />care for the strays. Every animal in his care is<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />taken out and walked twice daily. He now has<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />and behavior. They give great classes for anyone<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />taken stray dogs off the street, given them to<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />shows.</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;"><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />The best part? His budget for the entire department<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />is now under $3 million.<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;"><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />The prisoners get the benefit of about<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />$0.28 an hour for working, but most would work<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />for free, just to be out of their cells for the<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />day. Most of his budget is for utilities,<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />out of the fees collected for adopted animals.</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" /></span></span>
<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">I have long wondered when the rest of<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />the country would take a look at the way he runs<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />the jail system and copy some of his ideas. He<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />has a huge farm, donated to the county years<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />all the work and harvesting by hand.</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />meat and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Chris-<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />tmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />the holidays and plant it later.<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">Yup,he was re-elected last year with 83% of the<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />vote.<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />Now he's in trouble with the ACLU<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />again. He painted all his buses and vehicles<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />with a mural that has a special hotline phonenumber <span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />painted on it, where you can call and report<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />for enforcing immigration laws, started up his<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />folks back to the border. He's kind of a<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />'Git-R-Dun' kind of Sheriff.</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" /> <span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">** Cut off all but 'G' movies.<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />** He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />county and city projects.<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />** Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />for discrimination.</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">** He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />court order that required cable TV for jails, so he hooked up the cable TV<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />again.....BUT</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">With temperatures being even hotter than usual in<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />Associated Press reports:<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />encampment at the Maricopa County jail have been<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />given permission to strip down to theirgovernment-issued<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061ecxyiv3715912435ecxyiv4606730089ecxyiv5543587027apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />pink boxer shorts.</span></span>
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<span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><span class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" style="font-size: 18pt;">"It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who<br class="yiv0824082895ecxaolmail_yiv3891149061" />has lived in the TENTS for 1 year. "It's inhumane."</span></span>
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once were among the most universally admired and revered men in the
United States .. There were 80 of the Raiders in April 1942, when they
carried out one of the most courageous and heart-stirring military
operations in this nation's history. The mere mention of their unit's
name, in those years, would bring tears to the eyes of grateful
Americans. <br /><img border="0" src="http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/2014/raiders2.jpg" height="501" id="yiv3456096981_x005f_x0000_i1026" width="640" /><br />Now only four survive.</span></b>
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Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, with the United States reeling
and wounded, something dramatic was needed to turn the war effort
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though there were no friendly airfields close enough to Japan for the
United States to launch a retaliation, a daring plan was devised.
Sixteen B-25s were modified so that they could take off from the deck of
an aircraft carrier. This had never before been tried -- sending such
bi g, heavy bombers from a carrier.</span></b>
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16 five-man crews, under the command of Lt. Col. James Doolittle, who
himself flew the lead plane off the USS Hornet, knew that they would not
be able to return to the carrier. They would have to hit Japan and then
hope to make it to China for a safe landing.</span></b>
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on the day of the raid, the Japanese military caught wind of the plan.
The Raiders were told that they would have to take off from much farther
out in the Pacific Ocean than they had counted on. They were told that
because of this they would not have enough fuel to make it to safety. <br />And those men went anyway.</span></b>
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bombed Tokyo and then flew as far as they could. Four planes
crash-landed; 11 more crews bailed out, and three of the Raiders died.
Eight more were captured; three were executed.</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">Another died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew made it to Russia.</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;"><img border="0" src="http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/2014/raiders11.jpg" height="469" id="yiv3456096981_x005f_x0000_i1035" width="640" /><br />The
Doolittle Raiders sent a message from the United States to its enemies,
and to the rest of the world: We will fight. And, no matter what it
takes, we will win.</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">Of
the 80 Raiders, 62 survived the war. They were celebrated as national
heroes, models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a motion picture
based on the raid; "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," starring Spencer Tracy
and Van Johnson, was a patriotic and emotional box-office hit, and the
phrase became part of the national lexicon. In the movie-theater
previews for the film, MGM proclaimed that it was presenting the story
"with supreme pride."</span></b>
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in 1946, the surviving Raiders have held a reunion each April, to
commemorate the mission. The reunion is in a different city each year.
In 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, as a gesture of respect and
gratitude, presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of 80 silver
goblets. Each goblet was engraved with the name of a Raider.</span></b>
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year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is transported to
the reunion city. Each time a Raider passes away, his goblet is turned
upside down in the case at the next reunion, as his old friends bear
solemn witness.</span></b>
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so in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac.
The year is not happenstance: 1896 was when Jimmy Doolittle was born.</span></b>
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has always been a plan: When there are only two surviving Raiders, they
would open the bottle, at last drink from it, and toast their comrades
who preceded them in death.</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">As 2013 began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February, Tom Griffin passed away at age 96.</span></b>
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a man he was. After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese
forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria, and almost
died. When he recovered, he was sent to Europe to fly more combat
missions. He was shot down, captured, and spent 22 months in a German
prisoner of war camp.</span></b>
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selflessness of these men, the sheer guts ... there was a passage in
the Cincinnati Enquirer obituary for Mr. Griffin that, on the surface,
had nothing to do with the war, but that was emblematic of the depth of
his sense of duty and devotion:</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">"When
his wife became ill and needed to go into a nursing home, he visited
her every day. He walked from his house to the nursing home, fed his
wife and at the end of the day brought home her clothes. At night, he
washed and ironed her clothes. Then he walked them up to her room the
next morning. He did that for three years until her death in 2005."</span></b>
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now, out of the original 80, only four Raiders remain: Dick Cole
(Doolittle's co-pilot on the Tokyo raid), Robert Hite, Edward Saylor and
David Thatcher. All are in their 90s. They have decided that there are
too few of them for the public reunions to continue.</span></b>
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events in Fort Walton Beach marked the end. It has come full circle;
Florida's nearby Eglin Field was where the Raiders trained in secrecy
for the Tokyo mission. The town planned to do all it can to honor the
men: a six-day celebration of their valor, including luncheons, a dinner
and a parade.</span></b>
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the men ever wonder if those of us for whom they helped save the
country have tended to it in a way that is worthy of their sacrifice?
They don't talk about that, at least not around other people. But if you
find yourself near Fort Walton Beach this week, and if you should
encounter any of the Raiders, you might want to offer them a word of
thanks. I can tell you from first hand observation that they appreciate
hearing that they are remembered.</span></b>
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men have decided that after this final public reunion they will wait
until a later date -- some time this year -- to get together once more,
informally and in absolute privacy. That is when they will open the
bottle of brandy. The years are flowing by too swiftly now; they are not
going to wait until there are only two of them.</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">They will fill the four remaining upturned goblets. And raise them in a toast to those who are gone.</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Their 70th Anniversary Photo </span></b></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-57748523129071042012015-06-11T15:05:00.000-07:002015-06-11T15:05:16.069-07:00An Open Letter To President Obama By Charlie Daniels — 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.charliedaniels.com/posts/06-08-15/open-letter-president-obama-2015" target="_blank">An Open Letter To President Obama — 2015</a><br />
Dear Mr. President,<br />
This letter is not written in a spirit of hate, disrespect, nor is it
motivated in any way by racial bias and is written with respect due the
office and the awesome tasks that have been laid on your shoulders.<br />
I write this letter because I am a tax paying American citizen who
has experienced the American Dream and wants his children and
grandchildren to have the same advantages and opportunities that he has
had.<br />
And no, Mr. President, I was not born into a one-percenter family, I
come from a blue collar background, never went to college, have made a
living doing manual labor and went into my chosen profession at ground
level, worked hard and sacrificed to achieve success.<br />
On April 13, 1967 I arrived in Nashville, Tennessee with a wife, a
two-year-old baby, a twenty-dollar bill and the clutch out of my car.<br />
I won’t go into the mountains and valleys that I’ve traveled since
then except to say that I have been successful and somebody did help me
build the business I own. Almighty God, not the government.<br />
I employ thirty people, good citizens and family people, hard-working
people, the kind of gun-clinging, God-fearing folks who make America
the greatest nation the world has ever known.<br />
Mr. President, it seems to me that you have little faith in American
ingenuity, American capability, American exceptionalism and even
American patriotism.<br />
You seem to think that America needs a monolithic, big brother type
government to oversee and regulate every aspect of American life, that
citizens are not competent to control their own affairs and make their
own decisions without some oppressive bureaucracy to call the shots.<br />
Mr. President, the answer is not government, conversely, the problem
is government. A government that has doubled the national debt,
increased unemployment, lowered take home pay, increased food stamp
participation and disability claims and introduced socialized medicine.<br />
You support teacher’s unions which take political activism more seriously than education.<br />
You intentionally lied to the American people about your stand on
marriage being between a man and woman, and continue to lie when it is
politically expedient for you to do so.<br />
You surround yourself with inexperienced ideologues and political yes
men and take the advice of individuals who are swimming in waters way
too deep for them.<br />
Your petulance is unbecoming, Mr. President, and your criticism of
anyone who disagrees with you is downright unmanly. You come off like a
spoiled child who has been denied his way.<br />
And while you blame your shortcomings on opposing political parties,
you had both houses of congress and the White House in the first two
years of your term. Plus an electoral mandate to do just about anything
you wanted to, so the least you can do is cowboy up and take the blame
for the messes you’ve made.<br />
Your apparent disregard for the maintenance and morale of our armed services is extremely unwise and dangerous.<br />
Mr. President, the office you hold is not a place for the faint of
heart and when you draw a red line you’d dang well better be willing to
back it up, because when you don’t every tyrant and despot in this world
takes it for a sign of weakness and will take advantage, Putin and
China being a prime example.<br />
In making any kind of deal with Iran you spit in the face of Israel
and plant the seeds of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.<br />
The last report showed that the US economy actually shrunk by .07%
while the national debt and other obligations grow by the day.<br />
No matter how many apologists come forth and no matter how much
double talk you and the puppets who speak for you come up with, the
greatest nation the world has ever known is losing a war with a small
army of criminals and thugs that grows bigger every day simply because
you don’t have the guts to face the problem.<br />
You’re running out of diversions Mr. President, slight of hand
political policies eventually stop working and lies finally float to the
top of water.<br />
Time is running out for you Mr. President and the horrible thing about it is that time is running out for America too.<br />
What do you think?<br />
Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.<br />
<a href="http://www.charliedaniels.com/posts/06-08-15/open-letter-president-obama-2015" target="_blank">God Bless America</a><br />
<a href="http://www.charliedaniels.com/posts/06-08-15/open-letter-president-obama-2015" target="_blank">
</a><a href="http://www.charliedaniels.com/posts/06-08-15/open-letter-president-obama-2015" target="_blank">Charlie Daniels</a><br />
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-71624958821799273202015-03-04T13:48:00.000-08:002015-03-04T13:49:22.863-08:0074th Postmaster General and CEO of the United States<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does Obama know that he is getting replace? These posters are all over Washington and as typical government works, no one read it before they printed. </span></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-2976878754956712432014-12-18T05:00:00.001-08:002017-11-08T17:55:21.414-08:00Hillary Clinton's FAILED CAREER in Government<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Found this little gem posted online, a laundry list of fact you may want to share. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Hillary Clinton's FAILED CAREER in government:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">1) When she was an attorney working on the Watergate investigation, she
was fired by her supervisor for “lying and unethical behavior.” Jerry
Zeifman, who is a lifelong Democrat, was a supervisor for 27-year-old
Hillary Rodham on the committee. When the investigation was complete,
Zeifman said he fired Hillary and refused to give her a recommendation -
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said. “She was an unethical,
dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules
of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of
confidentiality. “ (Google Jerry Zeifman) 1 job #1 - Failure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">2)
When Bill Clinton recaptured the governorship in 1982 he appointed his
wife to head a special task force charged with reforming Arkansas’
education system, at that time widely regarded as the worst in the
country. The plan Mrs. Clinton came up with showcased teacher testing
and funding the schools through a sales tax increase, an astoundingly
regressive proposal since it imposed new costs on the poor in a very
poor state while sparing any levies on big corporations. The plan went
through. Arkansas’ educational ranking remained abysmal. 2 jobs - 2
Failures.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">3) As First Lady of the United States, Bill gave Hillary another shot:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The Clinton health care plan, known officially as the Health Security
Act, was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration
of President Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the
task force devising the plan, First Lady of the United States Hillary
Rodham Clinton.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The plan was so wildly unpopular on all levels,
it led to the Republicans simultaneously winning both the House and
Senate in 1994 for the first time since 1953. 3 jobs - 3 Failures.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">4) Hillary's first ethics problem involving White House operations was
"Travelgate". A memo written by David Watkins depicted Hillary Clinton
at the center of the 1993 travel office dismissals. Watkins wrote, "we
both know that there would be hell to pay" (if) "we failed to take swift
and decisive action in conformity with the First Lady's wishes."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">May 19: seven White House Travel Office staffers were fired, for little
apparent reason besides to make way for a company owned by Clinton's
friends (Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) from Arkansas.
Prior to the removal of the previous staff -- who historically would
carryover from administration-to-administration -- Harry Thomason
accused Travel Office employees of demanding kickbacks. An accusation
later proved false. 4 jobs - 4 Failures</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">5) May 9, 1996, Hillary Clinton lied about coming under sniper fire as she was landing in Bosnia</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Filegate:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This Clinton scandal involves the discovery of over 900 Republican FBI
files in the White House. Files of former Secretary of State James
Baker, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, and Newt
Gingrich's spokesman Tony Blankley were found to be on this list. Upon
the discovery of these files, the White House issued an excuse claiming
that the files were mistakenly requested by a White House employee
working with an outdated list. They were called a simple "snafu."
Investigations into Filegate revealed that not a common White House
worker but the President's friend and close adviser, Anthony Marceca,
had requested the files. When the presidency starts illegally compiling
an enemies list it is a sure sign he is not fit to serve office and
that, just maybe, a crime has been committed. Craig Livingstone,
director of the White House's Office of Personnel Security, had
improperly requested, and received from the FBI in 1993 and 1994,
background reports without asking permission of the subject individuals.
Livingstone seemed to lack qualifications for even this position; he
had worked on a number of Democratic Party campaigns and transitions,
including being an advance man for the Clinton-Gore 1992 campaign, and
his only prior job in the "security" field was that of a local bar
bouncer at a Washington, D.C., night club. An FBI document suggested
that Livingstone had been given his position because First Lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton was a friend of Livingstone's mother and recommended him.
In 1999, Clinton gave a sworn statement that she had nothing to do with
Livingstone's hiring. Livingstone also stated under oath there was no
truth to the supposed hiring relationship. Hillary Clinton would later
refer to the whole files matter as a "pseudo scandal" while we won't
classify Hillary's involvement here as a job, she certainly did nothing
to make a situation better, and it's rather obvious she helped make it
worse.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">U.S. Senator from New York:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Senator Clinton voted
against the two major tax cuts packages introduced by President Bush,
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, saying it was
fiscally irresponsible to reopen the budget deficit. At the 2000
Democratic National Convention, Clinton had called for maintaining a
budget surplus to pay down the national debt for future generations. At a
fundraiser in 2004, she told a crowd of financial donors that "Many of
you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you" but
that "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably
going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take
things away from you on behalf of the common good."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The truth is
that Mr. Bush’s deficits were the product of spending, not tax cuts. Ms.
Clinton either did not understand economics, or chose to stick to a
party line which she knew was incorrect.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">By 2003, Bush cut the
dividend and capital gains rates to 15 percent each, and the economy
responded. In two years, stocks rose 20 percent. In three years, $15
trillion of new wealth was created. The U.S. economy added 8 million new
jobs from mid-2003 to early 2007, and the median household increased
its wealth by $20,000 in real terms.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But the real jolt for
tax-cutting opponents was that the 03 Bush tax cuts also generated a
massive increase in federal tax receipts. From 2004 to 2007, federal tax
revenues increased by $785 billion, the largest four-year increase in
American history. According to the Treasury Department, individual and
corporate income tax receipts were up 40 percent in the three years
following the Bush tax cuts. And (bonus) the rich paid an even higher
percentage of the total tax burden than they had at any time in at least
the previous 40 years. This was news to the New York Times, whose
astonished editorial board could only describe the gains as a “surprise
windfall.” (That the New York Times understood economics no better than
Mrs. Clinton is no surprise. Perhaps we should even give Mrs. Clinton
some slack if she "learned" any of her economic beliefs from articles in
the New York Times, for example, Times contributor/economist Paul
Krugman, who recently suggested we can eliminate our debt to China
simply by minting a trillion dollar coin. ) Unfortunately, Mr. Bush
allowed Congress to spend away those additional tax revenues on matters
concerning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, immigration, etc., Mrs.
Clinton basically voted along party lines. She was neither sponsor nor
co-sponsor to any major legislation passed during her 2 terms in the
Senate.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I see no reason to label her Senate career as a failure, but
unless I'm missing something, it seems just like the vast majority of
other Senators' careers...mediocre. Certainly nothing so remarkable as
to deserve potential presidential adulation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">5 jobs - 4 Failures 1 wash.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">As Secretary of State:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- "Re-Set" button with Russia - How'd THAT work out? - Failure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- "Arab Spring " - ditto - failure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- Benghazi: it has become apparent that she knew it was terrorist
attack while it was happening, yet STILL publicly spoke about the "
video" as the cause for weeks. Supposedly was too distraught to go on
the Sunday Morning talk shows the following week, so Susan Rice was sent
out to lie instead. If true, and she was "too distraught" to face the
nation, how can she be Commander-in-Chief?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Still hasn't explained
why she denied repeated requests for greater security in the weeks and
months leading up to the attack (even after Brits were attacked and
subsequently left). A former State Department official has told
lawmakers that Hillary Clinton allies privately removed politically
damaging documents before turning over files to the supposedly
independent board investigating the Benghazi terror attack. Chaffetz
said that Maxwell claimed Clinton's chief of staff and deputy chief of
staff were overseeing the document operation, which allegedly took place
on a weekend in a basement office of the State Department. - Huge
failure.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- Investigation into a series of cases involving sexual
misconduct by both ambassadors as well as security personnel were called
off on the orders of senior State Department officials on Clinton’s
watch. Clinton’s chief of staff Cheryl Mills gave the order in one case
while other top-level officials stopped other probes. The confirmation
of the cases in an internal State Department memo shows a pattern of
sexual misconduct—including on the part of those charged with protecting
Clinton—that is troubling. But the manner in which higher-ups
consistently suppressed these embarrassing investigations is even more
worrisome. While Clinton is not personally named as the one ordering the
cover-ups, the links between the secretary and those committing the bad
behavior as well as those shutting down the probes are clear.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Despite Islamic terrorism experts and intelligence analysts warning the
White House and State Department otherwise, Obama, Clinton and even
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano insisted the Muslim
Brotherhood was a moderate Muslim organization. Less than a year later,
the new Egyptian government arrested and charged 43 non-governmental
organization (NGO) workers with illegally operating a business in that
Arab country. Meanwhile the USAID did not have a permanent inspector
general and relied on an acting official.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Of the 43 criminally
charged 17 of them were United States citizens. That number included
then-U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's son. The Americans,
including Raymond LaHood, Jr., were finally freed in March 2012, but
until after the Obama State Department secretly gave the Egyptian
government a "ransom" payment of $4.6 million, which was on top of all
the money the U.S. government gave to the Egyptians in foreign aid, loan
guarantees, and other "support." – giving money to terrorists whoever
thought Clinton would do it. - Failure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The most egregious in a
list of potentially explosive stories involves Howard Gutman, the U.S.
ambassador to Belgium who was accused of routinely ditching his security
detail and then soliciting prostitutes, including minors. But Patrick
Kennedy, the undersecretary of state for management, ordered the
investigation shut down. - Failure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Totals:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">99 major failures covering 6 roles in government</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">no major specific positive accomplishments</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So, what exactly has Mrs. Clinton has done to merit her status as a
Presidential candidate? Note, I don't consider her having a chance to be
elected the first woman President an "accomplishment". I would love to
see a woman President if she's the most qualified person (male or
female) for the job. I haven't been able to find a shred of evidence in
her government career that shows her to be qualified, let alone the most
qualified. She has been given numerous opportunities in high-profile,
high-responsibility government jobs. I can't find one where her
performance made things better. There are obviously plenty where things
were worse by the time she left. Can we afford a President with such a
track record of failure(s)? Too harsh? Please give me any specific
examples of Mrs. Clinton performing a job capably, efficiently,
ethically that she left in a better position than it was before she took
over. Good Luck.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Hillary was found to have in 2014 during the
2008 illegal campaign shadow operation going on $608,750 by minyon
moore. Do you really want this evil women in the white house? I hope
not!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The State Department misplaced and lost some $6 billion due
to the improper filing of contracts during the past six years, mainly
during the tenure of former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, according
to a newly released Inspector General report. The $6 billion in
unaccounted funds poses a “significant financial risk and demonstrates a
lack of internal control over the Department’s contract actions,”
according to the report. The alert, originally sent on March 20 and just
released this week, warns that the missing contracting funds “could
expose the department to substantial financial losses.”</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Hillary
Clinton said, It 'doesn't matter' if Bowe Bergdahl deserted his unit and
is the same excuse used somewhere else--BENGHAZI.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Hillary supported DOMA back in 1996 before she is now against the law her husband signed back in 1996.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">In a statement that was made in National Harbor, Maryland on May 6,
Hillary Clinton indicated that we as a country needed to adopt tighter
gun restrictions in an attempt to stave off economic inequality that is
contributing greatly to social collapse. By shifting the argument away
from the merits of gun control and towards the situation with the
economy, she has essentially conceded the point and given her detractors
all of the ammunition they need to beat her in future discussions and
debates. Whether or not she realizes that she's done that is a subject
that is up for debate.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Next, the child rapist she had acquitted
while as an attorney in private practice. Not only is there an audiotape
of her cackling over how she knew he was guilty, but she also verbally
belittled the 12-year-old victim on the stand so she could win her case.
Its’ her job was to wage a "war on little girls.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Recently,
Hillary Clinton said this at a recent campaign event: 'Don’t let anybody
tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.
Hillary Clinton is completely out of touch with REALITY.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It’s not
Clinton’s first gaffe of the unofficial 2016 race. This past June, when
she released her latest book, “Hard Choices,” she said she and her
husband, the ex-president, came out of the White House in 2001 “dead
broke.” For a couple that could instantly command multimillion-dollar
book deals and six-figure speaking gigs, the comment seemed strangely
off.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Common sense and the FACTS demand that voters say "NO" to Hillary Clinton.</span><br />
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-13075383397332934722014-12-12T10:48:00.000-08:002014-12-12T10:58:18.530-08:00Ten Quotes by Barack Hussein Obama About Islam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
10 Quotes By Barack Obama About Islam<br />
His library should be in Yemen or Saudi !<br />
#1 “Islam has always been part of America”<br />
#2 “we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities”<br />
#3 “These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common,
and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the
dignity of all human beings.”<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> #4
“America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition.
Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and
progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”<br /> #5 “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed”<br /> #6 “Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality”<br /> #7 “As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith.”<br />
#8 ”I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here
at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.”<br />
#9 “That experience guides my conviction that partnership between
America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And
I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United
States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they
appear.”<br /> #10 “I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story.”</span></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-79397526160240227722014-12-09T06:37:00.001-08:002014-12-09T06:38:12.010-08:00Afghanistan's Latest Investment Opportunity Going Through The Roof<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: large;">Thought you might want to consider getting on board early...<br />
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</span><span style="color: navy; font-size: large;">A British Engineer just started his own business in Afghanistan</span></span> <span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica, Helvetica; font-size: large;">.<br />
<br />
</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: Helvetica, Helvetica; font-size: large;">He's making land mines that look like prayer rugs.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica, Helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: Helvetica, Helvetica; font-size: large;">It's doing well.<br />
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He says prophets are going through the roof.</span></span></span></div>
Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-83388869007145656312014-11-25T16:23:00.000-08:002014-11-25T16:23:32.854-08:00The Bus Driver<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="font-size: large;"> </b><span style="font-size: large;">----- I was
sitting at a red light yesterday, minding my own business, Patiently waiting
for it to turn green even though there was no on-coming traffic.
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<span style="font-size: large;">A carload of bearded, young, loud
Muslims, shouting anti-British slogans, With a half- burned Union Flag
duct-taped to the boot lid of their car and a "Remember 9-11" slogan, spray
painted on the side, stopped next to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly they yelled, "Allah Akhbar!" and took
off before the light changed. Out of nowhere a bus came speeding through the
junction and ran directly over their car, crushing it completely and killing
everyone in it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">For several minutes I sat in my car thinking to
myself, "Bloody hell! That could have been me!" So today, bright and
early, I went out and got a job as a bus driver.</span></div>
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-12690687665633950372014-11-19T09:57:00.001-08:002014-11-19T09:57:54.207-08:00The Shoe Bomber Was A Muslim... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Shoe Bomber was a Muslim<br /> The Beltway Snipers were Muslims<br /> The Fort Hood Shooter was a Muslim<br /> The underwear Bomber was a Muslim<br /> The U-S.S. Cole Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Madrid Train Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Bafi Nightclub Bombers were Muslims<br /> The London Subway Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Moscow Theater Attackers were Muslims<br /> The Boston Marathon Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Air France Entebbe Hijackers were Muslims<br /> The Iranian Embassy Takeover, was by Muslims<br /> The Beirut U.S. Embassy bombers were Muslims<br /> The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack was by Muslims<br /> The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers were Muslims<br /> The Kenyan U.S, Embassy Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Muslims<br /> The Besian Russian School Attackers were Muslims<br /> The first World Trade Center Bombers were Muslims<br /> The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers were Muslims<br /> The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers were Muslims<br /> The September 11th 2001 Airline Hijackers were Muslims'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Think of it:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Buddhists living with Hindus = No Problem<br /> Hindus living with Christians = No Problem<br /> Hindus living with Jews = No Problem<br /> Christians living with Shintos = No Problem<br /> Shintos living with Confucians = No Problem<br /> Confucians living with Baha'is = No Problem<br /> Baha'is living with Jews = No Problem<br /> Jews living with Atheists = No Problem<br /> Atheists living with Buddhists = No Problem<br /> Buddhists living with Sikhs = No Problem<br /> Sikhs living with Hindus = No Problem<br /> Hindus living with Baha'is = No Problem<br /> Baha'is living with Christians = No Problem<br /> Christians living with Jews = No Problem<br /> Jews living with Buddhists = No Problem<br /> Buddhists living with Shintos = No Problem<br /> Shintos living with Atheists = No Problem<br /> Atheists living with Confucians = No Problem</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Confucians living with Hindus = No Problem</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Muslims living with Hindus = Problem<br /> Muslims living with Buddhists = Problem<br /> Muslims living with Christians = Problem<br /> Muslims living with Jews = Problem<br /> Muslims living with Sikhs = Problem<br /> Muslims living with Baha'is = Problem<br /> Muslims living with Shintos = Problem<br /> Muslims living with Atheists = Problem<br /> MUSLIMS LIVING WITH MUSLIMS = BIG PROBLEM</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> **********SO THIS LEAD TO *****************<br /> They’re not happy in Gaza<br /> They're not happy in Egypt<br /> They're not happy in Libya<br /> They're not happy in Morocco<br /> They're not happy in Iran<br /> They're not happy in Iraq<br /> They're not happy in Yemen<br /> They're not happy in Afghanistan<br /> They're not happy in Pakistan<br /> They're not happy in Syria<br /> They're not happy in Lebanon<br /> They're not happy in Nigeria<br /> They're not happy in Kenya<br /> They're not happy in Sudan</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> ******** So, where are they happy? **********<br /> They're happy in Australia<br /> They're happy in England<br /> They're happy in Belgium<br /> They're happy in France<br /> They're happy in Italy<br /> They're happy in Germany<br /> They're happy in Sweden<br /> They're happy in the USA & Canada<br /> They're happy in Norway & India<br />
They're happy in almost every country that is not Islamic! And who do
they blame? Not Islam... Not their leadership... Not themselves... THEY
BLAME THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE HAPPY IN!! And they want to change the
countries they're happy in, to be like the countries they came from
where they were unhappy and finally they will be get hammered<br /> !!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Islamic Jihad: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> ISIS: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Al-Qaeda: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Taliban: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Hamas: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Hezbollah: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Boko Haram: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Al-Nusra: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Abu Sayyaf: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Al-Badr: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Muslim Brotherhood: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Lashkar-e-Taiba: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Palestine Liberation Front: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Ansaru: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Jemaah Islamiyah: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> Abdullah Azzam Brigades: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION<br /> AND A LOT MORE!!!!!</span></div>
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-11350286351319462992014-09-17T15:52:00.000-07:002014-09-17T15:52:11.578-07:00A German's View of Islam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><span style="font-size: 24pt;">A GERMAN VIEW OF ISLAM</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>This is by far the best explanation of the Muslim terrorist situation I have ever read.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>The author's references to past
history are accurate and clear. It's not a lengthy read, it's easy to
understand, and it's well worth the read.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>The author of this email is Dr.Emanuel Tanya, a well-known and well-respected psychiatrist.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates.</u></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 18pt;">When he was asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"Very few people were true Nazis, ‘ he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>I was one of those who just thought
the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let
it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost
control, and the end of the world had come.<br />
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My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>We are told again and again by
'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and
that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>Although this unqualified assertion
may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant
to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of
fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.<br />
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The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>It is the fanatics who march.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>It is the fanatics who
systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa
and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.<br />
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The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>Communist Russia was comprised of
Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists
were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful
majority were irrelevant.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people..<br />
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The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a
warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across
South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic
murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel,
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>And who can forget Rwanda, which
collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of
Rwandans were 'peace loving'?<br />
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History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our
powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>Peace-loving Muslims will become
our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany,
they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the
end of their world will have begun.<br />
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Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs,
Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many
others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it
was too late.<br />
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Now Islamic prayers have been introduced into Toronto and other public
schools in Ontario, and, yes, in Ottawa too, while the Lord's Prayer was
removed (due to being so offensive?). The Islamic way may be peaceful
for the time being in our country until the fanatics move in.<br />
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In Australia, and indeed in many countries around the world, many of the
most commonly-consumed food items have the halal emblem on them.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>Just look at the back of some of the most popular chocolate bars, and at other food items in your local supermarket.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>Food on aircraft have the halal
emblem, just to appease the privileged minority who are now rapidly
expanding within the nation’s' shores.<br />
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In the U.K, the Muslim communities refuse to integrate and there are now
dozens of “no-go” zones within major cities across the country that the
police force dare not intrude upon.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><u>Sharia law prevails there, because the Muslim community in those areas refuse to acknowledge British law.<br />
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As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only
group that counts - the fanatics who threaten our way of life".<br />
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Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes
this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passivity that
allows the problems to expand.</u></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 18pt;">So, extend yourself a bit and send
this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this
and think about it, and they also continue to send it on - before it's
too late.<br />
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">And </span><span style="font-size: 30pt;">we </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">are silent.....and then. . . silenced.</span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Sent to me, not my work. Republished as Email.</span></u></div>
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Joe Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208119099643170875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982418315719116724.post-72595313965762293322014-08-28T20:03:00.002-07:002014-08-28T20:03:39.025-07:00CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?????</b></div>
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<b>This
is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish.
And send it on to everyone. Maybe this is why our American Muslims are
so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities. </b></div>
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<b>Can a good Muslim be a good American?</b></div>
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<b>Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon god of Arabia. </b></div>
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<b>Religiously - no. Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam. (Quran,2:256)(Koran) </b></div>
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<b>scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.</b></div>
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<b>Politically
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<b>Domestically - no. Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him. (Quran <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_433619584" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">4:34</span></span> )</b></div>
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based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.</b></div>
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<b>Philosophically
- no. Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran does not allow freedom of
religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every
Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic. </b></div>
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<b>Spiritually
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God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly
father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 excellent names. </b></div>
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<b>Therefore,
after much study and deliberation... Perhaps we should be very
suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both
'good' Muslims and 'good' Americans. Call it what you wish it's still
the truth. You had better believe it. The more who understand this, the
better it will be for our country and our future.</b></div>
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<b>The religious war is bigger than we know or understand!</b></div>
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<b>Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within. SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.</b></div>
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<b>THE MARINES WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S. THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS IT SQUASHED. </b></div>
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