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Sunday, March 9, 2014

What happened to our wonderful country?


Who feels safe in this new world we are sharing?  As we stumble along in this American Utopia created by the liberal establishment, so many are oblivious to the changes taking place before our very eyes.  When was the last time you felt safe letting your kids out to play from dusk to dark, allowing their imaginations to develop as children should be able to?  When was the last time you boarded a plane and didn’t find yourself scanning the crowd for possible terrorists?  When was the last time you felt it was safe giving a hitch hiker a ride?  Did you ever consider the fact that you’d be invited to a same sex marriage in your lifetime?  Do you feel totally safe at the mall or are you constantly looking at others wondering what they are thinking? 

Once upon a time America was considered the strongest country a fortunate citizen could be part of and the greatest ally another country could be aligned with.   The people who were coming here were coming to become part of our wonderful mixing pot of diversity,  it give you a sense of pride to be part of it all.  Now many of these emigrants are from the Middle East and are sheltering themselves in ghetto’s making their area into the same 16th century chaos as they left.  They’ve built enclaves in various cities that are beginning to look like typical Middle East cities.  They operate under the laws of Sharia & principles they supposedly came here to escape from.   They are not becoming Americanized living like this, rather than joining hands to build America even stronger they are divided from the American dream.   

The emigrant problem with Mexico is a different monster all together.  I believe that rather than allowing illegal’s to just assume our rights they should be given temporary work visa’s if they can prove they have a potential job paying at least minimum wage and they should report once a quarter to authorities to show they are still working.  They should not avail themselves of our welfare, or any other government assistance while here and it does not give them the right to bring family or others with them.  The anchor baby rule should be scrapped.  Even an American moving to Australia has to show they have enough money to survive for over 6 months.  Those who come here for work should be required to pay a portion of their income to the government to support the immigration agency that would control their movement.  If they fail to report a warrant should be issued to remove them from our country without possibility of returning.  Any gang affiliation would be instant deportation.  This in no way should affect the Farm Labor programs that are necessary for the success of our agriculture industry.  We need to close our border to the south with soldiers if necessary and use force just as it would be in any other nation’s border.  The illegal’s that are here should be evaluated for crime, welfare and any other social service not intended for illegal’s.  If they are steadily employed and have no criminal record they should be given green cards but not citizenship.  If they have been here for 10 or more years and have no major scrapes with the law they should be allowed to petition like any other alien for citizenship waiting for quota’s just like our parents and grandparents did. 

Emigrants are who built America and we cannot in good faith just stop all emigration, it just has to be controlled and legal.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

A letter from the Ukraine

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From: RSSOP [RETIRED SENIOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS OFFICER]
Sent:    03-Mar-14
Subj:  Ukraine - A good, private letter on the situation
This  is not at STRATFOR report but a letter from a retired US Army colonel who is working in   Ukraine.  Most informative.
One of my Ukrainian colleagues  asked me if I was informing my friends back home about the situation here. I  admitted that I've only talked to my wife much about it and he accepted  that. I got to thinking and decided that I've been  delinquent.
I came here in 2005 on a contract to help build a professional corps of NCOs for the Ukrainian Army. It was a dismal failure. The military budget couldn't support building the kind of  NCO corps the US Army has. Ukraine just doesn't have the budget for the personnel and training changes that are necessary . also, ss a result of many years of European and Soviet style military doctrine, the junior leaders are officers. NCOs are just technicians. That's worked for them for a couple centuries. The current mid grade officers recognized that this wasn't the most efficient way of leadership, but they just can't convince the civilians to put enough in the budget to professionalize the force.  Conscription stopped this year, but they are a long way from developing a small, professional army.
 I left Ukraine and went back to Iraq, then Germany, then Afghanistan. I came back to Ukraine when I got the opportunity to work at one of the  few diamonds in the rough that I'd seen in Ukraine on my earlier contract. I'm now a NATO procedures instructor at the Ukrainian Land Forces Academy, their version of West Point.  
 During my last 3 years here now, I've met and worked with several Ukrainian mid-grade (major through colonel) and junior grade (lieutenant and captain) officers.  Plus a few hundred cadets. I've made friends, a couple enemies, and a lot of good colleagues.  I've met local civilians and have eaten in some fantastic cafes. I enjoy living in Lviv, here in western Ukraine. It has a history that goes back a couple thousand years and is rich in a culture that even Soviet occupation for 50 years could not destroy.
 Ukrainians are almost as much of a mixed culture as is the USA. There are leftists, rightists, centerists, and a few idiots. There is a small but vocal group that bears resemblance to the Nazi Party in Germany in 1939. There are human rights activists, well educated professionals, business entrepreneurs, and criminals. Just like  home. What amazed me, however, was  the level of corruption.  I expected it, after having worked in former socialist countries before, and have seen what happens when you toss out the communists.  
 The only groups ready to replace  the com munists ... the only groups with an formal/semi-formal  hierarchy, organization, chains of command, resource procurement procedures, etc... the only groups immediately available... are the crooks and criminal  organizations.   What usually happens is the crooks make their way into government positions, both elected and appointed, and just raise the level of their operations to a national level. The people usually get tired of it, and either vote them out, or kick their asses out. Once they do, the only groups ready to move back in and take charge are.... the old communists! They'll have a new name, but old styles. So the folks kick them out and the damned crooks come back in... usually with less power.
 Ukraine has gone through these cycles. There is no civil service system here . When a new political party takes charge, everyone who works for the government expects to lose their job. Teachers, civil works technicians, cops, secretaries, postal workers, etc. If they don't offer a bribe to their new politically appointed boss, they will lose their paycheck.
 Cops are a special thing . No city cops, no state cops, just the national police. and they get paid MUCH less than minimum wage. A cop does not chase criminals, he chases his boss's political opponents . A traffic cop does not enforce traffic laws, he fights to get assigned to a check point on a good street so he can stop new cars and extort money from the driver (obviously well off...   he's driving a new car) using some trumped up charge. I've been stopped many  times. They want me to blow into a fake breathalyzer so they can charge me  with DUI. I was stopped once and they asked for my ID and drivers license. I unbuckled my seat belt to get to my wallet. The cop looked at my license and then wanted to charge me with not wearing my seatbelt. Normal Ukrainians  normally pay the cop somewhere between $12 to $20 to get on their way. I show my US passport and start dialing the embassy on my cell phone. They usually let me go.
 Businesses are extorted by officers attempting to enforce unwritten city codes. Driving schools don't teach kids to drive, the kids can buy a license for $50 and walk out the same day  they enrolled in the course. everything is like that.
 When I got here I was just flat amazed how deep the corruption was . My translator asked me how I would handle such a situation back in south Texas. I told him we had enforceable laws, much more accountability of officials ... and as a last resort, the .45 on my hip and  the AR-15 in my bedroom gun cabinet. He sighed.... said we have none of that. We can't make changes.
 Well folks. Ukrainians stood up on their hind legs these last few months, and they fought back against the crooks... and they won! More than one hundred of them died doing it. It'll take the new folks in government to change what they had. It's hard changing a nation, a culture of corruption, a business environment that doesn't know how to enforce contract law. But they want to give it a chance.
 And now, Vladimir Putin has decided that he can't  allow the new Ukraines to succeed. Because if they do, Russians might  decide to get rid of the criminals who are the Russian Mafia, and the people  like Putin who are trying to rebuild ... not the Soviet Union ... but the old Russian Empire . There are good geo-political reasons for him to desire that., but it comes at the cost of Ukrainian freedoms to chose.  
 The US will not, maybe cannot jump in here  and oppose the Russians militarily (the US has zero tanks left in Germany , folks). The Germans, Brits, French, etc don't have the forces to do it either. Nor the political will. So a NATO military option is out of the  question. The Ukrainian military is too small, too under-resourced, and too  tied to old Soviet style doctrine to go it alone .  
 So, what is left?
 That will be up to President  Obama, the British Prime Minister, Ban-Ki-Moon at the UN, and, believe it or not, the people and prime minister of Turkey. The Poles might go up against  the Russians. They've done it before. Polish military history is pretty brave. They've been outclassed and outmatched, but no one can ever accuse  them of cowardice. If the Russians try to take western Ukraine, the Poles might surprise everyone.
 I support what the Ukrainians are trying to do. I can't do much about it, except teach my cadets. Because of  the semi-official position I work in, I can't do much more. If it gets too dangerous out here in western Ukraine, I’ll have to go home. If it gets too politically strenuous for the US, the State Department might order us to go home. I'm not impressed with John Kerry whining that Putin doesn't respond to our super-civilized new world society. He is "stunned" that Mr Putin acted in the same old way that Russians have always reacted. By force. By making your enemies fear you. By  taking action, not talking. I'm amazed that anyone with a clue really thinks  that this 21st century is going to be much different than the 19th century. History shows us otherwise. Every Damned Time.
 So, I've made my conscience easier by writing this. The old Ukrainian colleague who asked if I had written my friends is a retired colonel.  A full professor.   And he is itching to put his uniform back on and go defend Ukraine against the Russians.  Against a force a hundred times bigger.   He has a beautiful, thirteen year  old daughter.  Who wants to be a ballerina.  And he wants her to  have the opportunity to do it in a free, law-abiding, free-enterprise nation.  And he's willing to go up against the Russian Bear to do it.  
 I just wanted you to  know.
 

Monday, March 3, 2014

Why are we allowing failure to consume America


From the very beginning this Presidency has been headed for failure.  Whether it's being brought down on purpose or just through sheer incompetence is for each of us to decide.  Either way we have to bring control back to the people if we are to survive.   Our debt crisis is just a tickle in the throat compared to what's ahead.  The loss of stature among our allies and the lack of fear among our adversaries has created a deep fracture in our domestic politics.  The scandals that have gone unanswered along with the bullying of business through un-necessary regulation by Federal agencies will eventually bring us a much deeper recession then previously seen in this country.  It is important to understand that without complete trust in our government the people of America will never come together as one again.  It's time for the politics to be set aside and the peoples voices be heard.  Our representatives seem to be blind and deaf to the destruction of our Constitution and are watching it be shredded without a whimper of protest.      

Those who have decided to partake of the free government cheese will never again feel the thrill of achievement until they shed the shackles of dependency that comes with Big Brothers help.  When you have a population that is uneducated in the true story of the United States and the suffering that went into the building of America it is hard for them to understand what is happening to our country and why it is so bad.  We need change and we need it now, if our Legislature is too engrossed in their personal wealth accumulation to stand up to the administrations power grab it's time for the people to start campaigning and demanding this weakling Senate, Congress and Judicial bodies to step aside.  The people are the power but only with knowledge can they accomplish anything significant.   

Saturday, March 1, 2014

A commonsense understanding of America

This article was submitted by an anonymous author;

 
   

     In a crowded society such as ours, unwanted -- often loathsome -- insects or animals present themselves in such growing numbers they cause serious damage and/or disease. If left unchecked  for even a short period, they pose a serious problem. If they are allowed to exist unconstrained for long, they will become a chronic nuisance that will require severe – even lethal – measures to drive out or destroy. If this action is not undertaken, the result will surely be irreparable damage or incurable disease. Today, easily the most dangerous single group of pests in our history are “Washington Bureaucrats.”

     A large segment of our society is too young to have experienced an America where our elected leaders were not only referred to as "public servants," but actually served the public. NO LONGER!  There are no longer true Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians or Independents in Washington ... just millionaires. Granted, most don't initially arrive in Washington as greed-ridden tycoons; many actually arrive there with average wealth, stars in their eyes, and altruism in their hearts. Unfortunately, that doesn't last long...

     There is a Washington orientation class awaiting the newly elected at every dinner party, every luncheon, every "power breakfast."  While there is rank  in the nation's capitol, no one wears chevrons or a patch on his or her sleeve. Essential to the new arrivals, "caste" positions must be determined quickly, lest they step on the toes of the long-established political superiors.  There are powerful players in this, the most amoral "game" in our country. 

     The D.C. rule is  simple.  Their maxim is: "Money and Power." Their goal is to shape the system to fit their requirements. Their mantra is: "Screw the Little Guy!" But what a game! If they follow their self-imposed Washington rules, the  rewards are beyond human belief. And once a member of this select group, it's nearly impossible to fail. If one or two err -- through being caught in a lie or in the ever more popular sexual scandal, their fellows will quickly pick them up and set them straight, alibi for them, and immediately use the political subterfuge they have honed to perfection. If there is no credible defense, constant denial by our nation's leaders will make it fade away -- no matter the time it takes.  After all, a successful money-machine requires careful care and supervision.

     Make no mistake, the denizens of Washington are a "Superbowl class" team, regardless of ridiculous labels such as "party affiliation" or any feeling of responsibility toward their electorate.  Power and personal wealth are virtually their sole pursuits. What was once a group of highly respected government officials has become a pack of elite and self-supervised predators with the unwitting private citizen their prey.

     Today, Washington D.C. is overrun by a political infestation: a professional ruling-class led by governing "masterminds." They have become detached, even isolated, from the states and communities from whence they came, in conflict with those who elected them,  and only return to their genesis to make hollow, unkeepable promises to ensure  their naive followers will reelect them. But Washington quickly becomes their true home, the town where their allegiance lies. Why? Simple: more money flows through Washington D.C. in a twenty-four hour period than the entire rest of the nation sees in months. The evolution is nearly immediate. When first arriving in D.C. a conforming member of the team soon finds that, if he holds out his hands in a certain way, varying amounts of those mainly-unaccounted-for trillions of taxpayer dollars will stick to his or her own fingers.

     Infighting in D.C. is largely forbidden. Oh sure, there are disagreements often caused by the hubris that exists with the long-serving "Beltway Bullies" who, through having held public office for far too many years, truly come to believe they are omnipotent and godly. But care is taken to avoid serious confrontations that might ruffle the feathers of their Golden Goose.  The inevitable interparty squabbling is even beneficial for it masks many of the perverse activities they must employ in the pursuit of their goals. In wartime, such diversion is called a stratagem. In commerce it's called artifice. In government it's called "politics as usual" (for more detail, you might want to Google some of our recent presidential speeches).

     Like a professional sports-team where millions of dollars are available to players, competition for political player-positions is vicious. But the benefits in landing a job in Washington are indescribably worthwhile. Virtually no one going to Washington remains a non-millionaire for long. The actual work requirement is laughable. Perks are unparalleled. Every expense imaginable is paid by a spendthrift government.  Successfully investing in the stock market is made easy for the very people who are writing and voting on the forthcoming laws of the land. In Washington no one ever gets fired. In the case of caught in a possibly-impeachable offense, one need only pick up the phone and call the White House or the Attorney General's office. If they can't fix the problem immediately, they'll "look into it." Methuselah wouldn't live long enough to see the outcome of that overused political maneuver.

     Unlike professional sports-players, bureaucrats need only win the first public election. There is no test of qualification. There is no mental or physical requirement -- as evidenced by the comedians, stage actors, sports figures, and rock-stars who waltz through elections thanks to the groupie segment of the electorate. The main prerequisite is a deep pocket or a wealthy backer.

     Unfortunately, today the need for truck-loads of money restricts the political field to the ultra-wealthy and/or opens the field to anyone who can find a deep-pocketed backer. It is near-criminal that such a process obligates -- actually coerces -- a political victor to play puppet to an unscrupulous benefactor.   Huge sums of money have replaced the need for any intelligence whatsoever when selecting today's Washington elite. That's a harsh indictment but can be easily proven by current events. Luckily for today's ruling elite, the average American voter is too busy to probe too deeply into the morality, lives or backgrounds of their nation's potential leaders. In truth, the American voter just doesn't seem to give a damn about the future of his homeland or his progeny.

     Finally, a lack of Congressional term-limits invites a long-lived ruling class populated by professional politicians. As a professional football team seeks new, strong young players, our voters should shun the perpetuation of "Old Turks" and instead seek bright, hardworking  replacements on a regular basis. The Founders spent more time discussing this looming problem than on any other single issue, yet they were unable to foresee just how dangerous to the twenty-first century Republic the problem really would be. We now have a nation burdened with career lawmakers who have served far too many years. One quick example: we currently have a retiring Representative who has held his seat for 58 years, 74 days. Where in the private sector could an 87 year old man fully contribute to any organization for such a length of time? The list of Congressmen with their ages and time in office would look more at home on the wall of an old-folks-home.

     Career politicians in our Congress didn't become a serious problem until the second half of the 20th Century. By then the members had passed laws enabling them to give themselves unlimited salary increases. Underhanded methods of doing so -- for example, making annual raises automatic unless they voted not to accept them -- shielded their actions from the voting public. Prior to their lawful misdeeds, members of Congress didn't make outlandish wages (note I didn't say "earn") and being a member of the Washington Gang wasn't all that great. During the last fifty years of the 1800s,  turnover in Congress averaged 50.2 . Just over half voluntarily returned to their non-government jobs each year. Beginning in the second half of the 1900s, that all changed. Members methodically usurped the authority of the public, sweetening their remuneration and perks until today you couldn't get a member of Congress out of his cushy job with a shoehorn! Imagine waking up every morning as a perpetual lottery winner.

    Our Framers strongly considered a restriction on time served in Congress in the Articles of Confederation. In Article V they stated, "...no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years..." Several of the delegates were also opposed to paying salaries to legislators and executive officers of the federal government. Alas, term limits and the no-pay question didn't make it into the Constitution. The Framers were obviously aware of the pitfalls of not rotating positions and offering jobs for life, but couldn't have foreseen the depth of the thievery, cronyism, graft and downright corruption that has turned Washington D.C. into an unassailable statist cesspool.

     We have a group of bureaucrats in Washington who dis-enjoy one of the lowest approval ratings in our history. Tell me why we consider them totally worthless yet WE keep putting them back in office?  Kinda' prompts one to wonder who the chumps really are that should be getting the low ratings ...

     Every election a lot of well-meaning freshmen go to Washington as Jack Armstrongs and in just a few months turn into Ebenezer Scrooges.  Can it be Washington itself? There must be something so dreadful lurking there that it can change tyro bureaucrats into greedy thieves almost overnight.   I can't find anything in the Constitution about having to keep our bureaucrats stationed in Washington D.C.  Not even in the United States.  
     Sometime shortly after November of this year there will be a bus leaving Washington for parts unknown.  Let's be sure a lot of 'em are on it.               

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Just a bump in the road

A SHORT POEM YOU WON'T FORGET
 

 
"A bump in the road" .... remember that calloused statement?  I don't know the author of this poem.. Received it today.  Very thought provoking and poignant.  I do recall, however, the President referring to the Benghazi incident as "a bump in the road."  Today I heard an ex-Navy Seal being interviewed on Fox News regarding a book he has written about how to handle crisis situations in our lives.  At the end of the interview he asked if he could make a comment on Benghazi and of course the anchor said yes.  He then thanked Fox News for keeping the Benghazi story in the news, since other news organizations are not.  He said the Seals who died deserve the public knowing the truth about the whole affair. 

 
The poem was written by a MARINE CORPS Officer (ANON). 
 

 
THE BATTLING BOYS OF BENGHAZI  

 
We're the battling boys of Benghazi
No fame, no glory, no paparazzi.
Just a fiery death in a blazing hell
Defending our country we loved so well.
 

 
It wasn't our job, but we answered the call,
fought to the Consulate and scaled the wall.
We pulled twenty Countrymen from the jaws of fate
Led them to safety, and stood at the gate.
 

 
Just the two of us, and foes by the score,
But we stood fast to bar the door.
Three calls for reinforcement, but all were denied,
So we fought, and we fought, and we fought 'til we died.
 

 
We gave our all for our Uncle Sam,
But Barack Obama didn't give a damn.
Just two dead seals who carried the load
No thanks to us.........we were just "Bumps In The Road".

 

So will this reach every American with a computer?  Or do we act like the press and give a pass to the incompetent people who literally sat there in the White House and watched the Seal's execution on live streaming video and did absolutely nothing?  The Obama Administration obviously won't be held accountable because we apparently accept Hilary Clinton's statement, "What difference does it make?"

 

One ladies answer to Cokes Super Ball ad.

I just had to reprint this letter from Mrs. Barbara Gilbert in reply to Cokes international attempt at our National song America the Beautiful.  I'll let her words speak for them self;

 
 Subject: Coca Cola wants to sell to Americans.......

 
She wrote:
 
I watched some of the commercials that were played during the Super Bowl.  I always enjoy the ones from Anheuser Busch.  They showed the “Welcome Home” celebration in Winter Park , Florida , for returning soldiers.  And who doesn't love those Clydesdales?   I didn't like the one from Coca Cola.  All those young women singing “America The Beautiful” dressed in ethnic garb and singing in a foreign language really pissed me off.  Americans sing in English to honor America ; not Farsi or Urdu.
 
I left a comment for Coke on YouTube under the video of that commercial.  I got a reply from them today, which you can read below, and then you can read my answer to them.  Maybe this time they’ll understand.
 
Thank you for your email and your loyalty to Coca-Cola over the years, . 
We greatly value your business and appreciate hearing from you.
 
“It’s Beautiful” was created to celebrate Coke moments among all Americans who together enjoy ice cold, refreshing Coke.  For centuries America has opened its arms to people of many countries who have helped to build this great nation.  “It’s Beautiful” provides a snapshot of the real lives of Americans representing diverse ethnicities, religions, races and families, all found in the United States .  All those featured in the ad are Americans and “ America The Beautiful” was sung by bilingual American young women.
 
We believe “It’s Beautiful” is a great example of the magic that makes our country so special, and a powerful message that spreads optimism, promotes inclusion and celebrates humanity – values that are core to Coca-Cola.
 
You can find out more about our ad by going to Journey.  I really appreciate your feedback and hope this will keep you as a valued customer of ours.  We appreciate your interest in our Company.
 
Timothy Industry and Consumer Affairs The Coca-Cola Company.
Please use the record number below should you have additional questions.
 
My Reply:
 
Where do you live, Timothy?  Since you’re with Coca Cola, it is likely Buckhead or one of Atlanta’s other exclusive, executive, country club neighborhoods.  I lived in one for over two decades, in Hudson , Ohio .. 
 
I know what they’re like.   My youngest son lives in one near Atlanta , too, as he is a successful broker with E-Trade, in Alpharetta.  Those neighborhoods are not what most of this country is like, however.  Maybe you haven’t traveled much, or lived in many different states as I have.
 
America’s not so beautiful anymore, and it is full of immigrants that have no intention of assimilating into our society or becoming truly American.  They brought their own culture, keep their own culture, and never learn anything about ours, except to use it to their advantage.  They don’t even like Americans.  They make no effort to learn our language.  Ever been to Detroit ?  I’ll bet you never tried to enter the closed Muslim festival that takes place near Ann Arbor , because you’d probably be assaulted before you got a block away.  We Americans are not so proud of that kind of behavior, and they aren't there to celebrate being American.
 
How about Collinsville, Ohio?  That’s a part of Cleveland , and the Collinsville police once yelled at me to “get the hell out of this black neighborhood, lady, or we will be calling the meat wagon!” because I had gotten lost there.  Police there were barricaded behind locked doors, and one could not see a police officer, but were required, in the lobby of the station, to pick up a phone to talk to one.   A white woman in that black neighborhood was in great danger, they explained. 
 
The slums of Cleveland , Detroit , Los Angeles , and especially Chicago , or any other major city are littered with filth and disease and the hatred of blacks toward whites.  It’s the same in the L.A. barrio, my friend, and they aren't singing Kumbaya, either.  A recent mayor of L. A. declared he intended to take California back as Mexican territory.  Do you consider that a Kumbaya moment?  An “ America , The Beautiful” kind of moment?  They call themselves “Reconquista”, and they are there to do just that.  They murder and steal from Americans who live near the Mexican border in Arizona , but our government says Arizonans can’t protect themselves from the marauders.
 
Is the America where you find massive amounts of illegal drugs and thick lines of cocaine on glass -top coffee tables to be considered beautiful?  That’s what illegal aliens brought to our once beautiful America .  Is that meth lab in the house down the street beautiful?  Is the heroin epidemic now seizing the weak in America your idea of “ America, The Beautiful”?  Singing it to us in foreign languages is repugnant to us, and it makes us resentful.  Being sung by a young woman who is forced by her family to wear the clothing demanded by the oppression of her religion is also repulsive.
 
Do you have children?  Are they allowed to wear a symbol of our country on their clothing?  America’s schools don’t allow American flags anywhere anymore.  Where are your children going to learn of a “beautiful” America ?  It won’t be at their school.   They are being taught how wonderful Islam is, and to celebrate Cinco de Mayo when their brother may be shot at by an Afghan terrorist or an alien illegally crossing our border to bring harm to our country in the form of theft, drugs, prostitution, or terrorism.   Watch the news; you’ll see how often there’s a squabble over such things, and how angry it is making real Americans.  You know, those folks that say the Pledge of Allegiance and mean it.  Probably like your mom and dad.  Those that came here to flee oppression and build an America they were also willing to die to defend. 
 
Not the ones who want to “fundamentally change America ”.
 
How about Watts, or South Central Los Angeles? ... Boston , or New York , or Patterson , New Jersey ? Do you ever have a desire to participate in or watch the Boston marathon again? You think the Tsarnaov brothers are a part of beautiful America ?
 
Beautiful?  No, it isn't.  Not anymore.  Huge numbers of Muslims that threaten the white residents of Wylie , Texas by moving into a new neighborhood and holding closed, secret meetings in the park, intimidating white children, and frightening the elderly don’t make this a beautiful America .
 
Illegal people from all over the world enter America through wide open borders and suffer no consequences.  Lovely people like MS 13 and other gangs, and terrorists from the Middle East ..  Mexican, Central and South Americans serve as donkeys, as beasts of burden, bringing thousands of tons of illegal drugs into America , and you want to celebrate their heritage?  Why?  And you want me to celebrate their heritage with you?  Have you all lost your collective minds?
 
More than a thousand people were brought into the New York City area as prostitutes to serve the football fans that came to see the Super Bowl.  Many of them were children.  The FBI has been busy rounding them up.  Some are only 13 years old.  Is that your America , of which you sing in a foreign voice?  Human trafficking in this country is rampant; do you suppose a kid was given an ice-cold Coke to enjoy after some sweaty, grunting Denver or Seattle fan finished his sex act with her? 
 
I hope it makes you shudder and puke.  Those kids were mostly brought into our country from a foreign land.  Is that what you want them to know of America , and sing it in their language?  What about the adult women who were victimized in that group of more than a thousand?   Know this - they do not come willingly.  They do not perform those acts willingly.  And they sure as hell don’t do it to be in the land of Coca Cola ...   They hate us because we allow it to happen.  I hate to tell you what they would do to you with a bottle of Coke, and that I know of because I am an R. N. who witnessed such things in an emergency room.  That’s not “ America , The Beautiful”.
 
Well, Timothy, change for the better under liberals is just not going to happen, and the backlash I’m giving you is only a polite synopsis of the feelings millions of us have about those immigrants who speak different languages and come from cultures that we do not embrace, nor do we want our children or grandchildren exposed to them or their culture except from afar.  We do not want our grandchildren celebrating Cinco de Mayo and being told that they cannot display the American flag on their own home or a T-shirt.  It makes us angry, and where we once practiced tolerance and helped those who wish to assimilate, we now shun and cower in fright, or watch violent clashes between cultures on the nightly news.  And we arm ourselves against the invasion.
 
If Coca Cola is going to be politically correct and sing Kumbaya while hoping that we who are outside that closed executive neighborhood of yours enjoy a cold refreshing Coke and smile at your distinctly anti-American silly song, you’re badly mistaken.  You’re going to watch your sales plummet.  You’re going to watch others show real patriotism, like Anheuser Busch, and applaud the way they show appreciation to our soldiers who are killing the relatives of those Muslims in Detroit and Patterson who would spit on you, or worse, if you went to their neighborhoods.  And I’ll be at those Independence Day parades, applauding our troops and those who know the real America the way it is supposed to be and was before liberals took over and convoluted and ignored our laws, spat on our Constitution, and ruined our America .
 
I’m through supporting companies that support our enemies.  Bye-bye, Coke.  It used to be America’s drink. 
Now your company is America's poison.
 
Barbara Gilbert Wife of a retired American military officer Mother of  2 American military veterans Grandmother of  3, or maybe 4 future military veterans, because they will be taught to serve a real America , for Americans. 
 
All our grandchildren will be taught who the real friends of America really are, as we enjoy an ice cold cola from Grandma’s pretty red SodaStream machine from Israel .. 
 
(At least they’ll know who their real friends are.)

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

What ever happened to "Not for identification purposes"



This information came to me from a forwarding email & I thought it was something that everyone should know.
don
 
 
Your  SOCIAL SECURITY CARD

Surprising how many people don’t know the facts of the Social Security card and how it has evolved through the years.
History Lesson on Your Social Security Card 
History Lesson on Your Social Security Card 
It's easy to check out, if you don't believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what's what and it doesn't matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts.

Social Security Cards
 up until the 1980's expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. 
Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION, was removed.

An old Social Security card with the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message.
Our Social Security 

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social
Security (FICA) Program. He promised: 

1.) That participation in the Program would be
Completely voluntary,
 
No longer Voluntary
 

2.) That the participants would only have to pay
1% of the first $1,400 of their annual
Incomes into the Program,
 

Now 7.65%
 
on the first $90,000 

3.) That the money the participants elected to put
into the Program would be deductible from
their income for tax purposes each year,


No longer tax deductible
 

4.) That the money the participants put into the
independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the
general operating fund, and therefore, would
only be used to fund the Social Security
Retirement Program, and no other
Government program, and,
 
Under Johnson the money was moved to

The General Fund and Spent !!!!!


5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income. 
Under Clinton & Gore

Up to 85% of your Social Security can be Taxed 

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are
now receiving a Social Security check every month --
and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of
the money we 
paid to the Federal government to 'put
away' -- 
you may be interested in the following: 

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the
independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the
general fund so that Congress could spend it? 
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically
controlled House and Senate. 

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax
deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding? 
A: The Democratic Party. 
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social
Security annuities? 
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the
'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the
Senate, while he was Vice President of the US 

------------ --------- -------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Q: Which Political Party decided to start
giving annuity payments to immigrants? 

AND MY FAVORITE: 
A: That's right!
 
Jimmy Carter
 and the Democratic Party. 
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them,
even though they
 never paid a dime into it! 
------------ -- ------------ --------- ----- ------------ --------- ----- 
Then, after violating the original contract (FICA),
the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away! 
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!
 If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
awareness will be planted and maybe changes will
happen.

It's worth a try. 

How many people can YOU send this to? 

Actions speak louder than bumper stickers!!

Monday, February 17, 2014

2016, the most important documentary for our time.


I first watched this documentary just before the 2012 elections, I was already against the re election of Obama so I sat and agreed to just about everything it had to say.  Yesterday I took the video off the shelf and watched it again with some friends that had never viewed it.  Wow it's amazing how accurate D'Souza's predictions are.  I think the more times you see this the more you pick up from his history.  This is the perfect time to view this film and to spread it around before the midterm elections.  This is not a gotcha documentary on Obama it simply tells where his head is and why he does the things he does.  The film is available at Amazon and it will be the best $12 you could spend.  Do it for yourself, do it for our country but most of all watch it for you kids.  These mid terms of 2014 will be some of the most important elections in our history.  It will decide where America will be for the next generation and beyond.

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