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It seems that today's leaders are more concerned with re-election than standing on the fundamental and sound judgment of those that built this great nation. From the oval office to the local school board; it seems today's politicians are more interested in buying a vote than earning the trust and respect of those, who elected them. We as a society should put more emphasis on the unwavering principles, of our elected officials. Focus less on what they can do for us, and concern ourselves with the content of their character, and what they as our elected leaders can do for this great nation.

I'm tired of watching snake oil salesmen, elected to office based on bumper stickers, and slick slogans. Each man has a moral code, they live by. If it doesn't include, a strong belief in freedom, liberty, independence, and individuality; then he has no place in office. An elected official should concern himself with the prosperity of his respective jurisdiction. It's not his place to make promises, that will be payed for, by the sweat of others.

Honesty, and common sense is what's lacking most, in American leaders.The American people, don't need empty promises, mixed with a little mindless rhetoric. What we need are results. What we need is for someone to make the hard decisions. Our country is going to hell in a hand basket, and our elected officials are still making promises that, we just can't keep.

Thank God somebody gets it. Thank God somebody understands, we can't just continue with this tax and spend mentality. Recently a man, by the name of Chris Christie was elected, by the people of New Jersey, to serve as governor. Governor Christie, appears to have the wherewithal to repair a broken state. A state, that per capita has the highest deficit in all of the United States.

Already, the governor has froze spending, as well as made many hard decisions on cutting programs, and program assistance. What amazes me is, if Mr. Christie, gets his way he will fix New Jersey, and he'll do it with a common sense approach. Where have people like this been hiding? While everyone else is out there spending, as if they've won the lottery.

Let's get back to the basics, in this country. Back to the fundamental principles that made our country, the greatest ever known. It is the strength, and ingenuity of the American people, that made us the economic leaders of the world. When you place the burden of over taxation on the entrepreneurial spirit of the American people; you stifle progress. Therefore slowing Economic growth.

By: Lannis Mock
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That approach has led to most of the current problems in many areas. By not developing a comprehensive and complete bailout plan before implementing it, banks have been able to thwart many of the original intentions of the bill. Once the money was delivered, we have found it hard to correct the problems that resulted.

Medicare was passed with the assumption that we'd be able to fine tune it as needed. It is in desperate need of repair. Social Security has had problems since 1960, and has required repeated adjustments, but no major reforms have ever been accomplished.

Based on past performance, it is doubtful that major changes will be made to any healthcare bill that gets passed. I believe that it is crucial that it be done properly to avoid being stuck with another program that doesn't work properly. The present healthcare system is a result of that approach.

Hardly anyone will dispute the need for healthcare reform. That healthcare providers have gotten excessive in their charges is unquestioned. Pharmaceutical companies are able to manipulate the FDA to block some effective treatments or approve dangerous ones is apparent. Insurance companies such as AIG are noted for the frequency with which they refuse to pay claims for pre-existing conditions, even though the patient was unaware of them. People also abuse the system, demanding un warranted or unnecessary procedures, and doctors prescribe them because they pay better. Medicare and Medicaid fraud is rampant. Reform is vital.

Unfortunately, a bill which does not address all the problems will serve to perpetuate those which it doesn't address. The present bills only deal with a few of the issues, leaving greater opportunity for abuse in some of the others. If The doctors are to be paid regardless of the patient's ability to pay, there is no incentive for either the patient or the doctor to consider other alternatives. If everyone is required to have insurance, there is no deterrent to excessive pricing. People just have to pay it.

If the proposed healthcare passes, I fear that Congress will dust their hands and say "well, we took care of that," and many of the unattended problems will become systemic. My children and grandchildren will suffer the consequences. Is that what we want?

Wouldn't it be better to take the necessary time to find out all the issues, from everyone affected, then develop a bill that addresses as many as possible? I Realize that it will not be possible to satisfy everyone, but let's try for something that will at least meet a majority of the needs. After all, we'll be stuck with it for a very long time. Let's do it right the first time so we don't have to do it again.

By: Donald Fishgrab
Donald Fishgrab writes the blog BeingChristianToday to help others in understanding the Bible. Each post is in the form of a study connecting to the passages before and after.]]> http://politics.californiapersonalinjuryattorneys.us/index.php?entry=entry100305-184453 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z
I am grateful for the healthcare I have received throughout my life. In 1957 I was born in a small rural hospital in East Tennessee with a club foot. At 10 years old, doctors performed surgery to straighten my legs. I would later become an athlete and routinely outperform others in physical activities. I want to start a boxing league for guys over 50 right now.

My kids experienced numerous health problems landing them in hospitals. We had multiple knee surgeries and one burst appendix. Even with insurance, my family has qualified for the medical deduction on income taxes multiple times. I have no complaints about the nurses, doctors, or hospitals. I have never appreciated the complicated billing process or the mounds of paperwork required. Like everyone, I hate how much medical care costs.

My greatest fear is that this healthcare plan will limit services, increase costs, and overall reduce the quality of care. Obama promises just the opposite. I hope he is right. My problem is that once the government is in charge there is no accountability. The progressives say that over 40,000 people die each year because they do not have access to healthcare. Once this bill is passed, that stat will be hidden. If the bill passes, will anyone question 10 years from now how many died due to lack of care? Even if 80,000 were to die the government would claim success. They would say that 160,000 would have died without the bill.

Ditto on the costs. I believe each of us will pay more for healthcare regardless of this bill. The government again will boast of their genius for reducing costs. They will say that costs would have skyrocketed without their intervention.

The big number is the uninsured. Obama says this bill will insure 30 million people who do not currently have insurance. Does the government have the names of those people and will they follow up in 10 years to see how many are in the program? That would be no, but they will proclaim loudly about the millions who received it. When you get government control, you get political spin and no real accountability.

I listened to two doctors, on both sides of the issue, debate about the bill's effect on various medical procedures until my head was about to explode. Each procedure carries it's own unique requirements, complications, and risks. Is Nancy Pelosi really the best person in the country to provide a solution to this mess?

I am getting sicker by the minute.

By: William H Watson
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If the US had not invaded Iraq Saddam Hussein and his sons would still been in power. Throughout the 90's Saddam killed hundreds of thousands of his own people. He targeted the Kurds in the north and the Shi'ite Muslims in the south. As his sons gained more power they became ruthless with their own personal terror machines. The only debate would be concerning the number of victims. Would it have been thousands or hundreds of thousands during this past decade? It is terrible that over 4000 of our soldiers died in the war with Iraq. But every American death may have saved a thousand lives or more.

Saddam had a thing going on with the United Nations. On the one hand the UN had placed sanctions against Iraq, while on the other hand, Saddam made millions off the "Oil for Food" program. The scandal allegedly involved financing for Al Qaeda. The program was suggested by the US in 1995 to allow Iraq to trade oil for food and other humanitarian supplies. These provisions were then supposed to go to the poor Iraqi citizens hurt by the sanctions. Very little happened to the culprits of this scandal. I'm sure Saddam would have generated many more sweet deals to fund his operations through the UN.

UN Resolution after resolution had been given against Saddam through the 90's. Everyone believed he had weapons of mass destruction and was looking for ways to deliver them. Do you remember how he kept all the weapons inspectors confused? I'm sure there would have been more powerless resolutions and Saddam would have only grown more embolden to deceive the world. He attacked Iran in the 80's and Kuwait in the 90's. Would he have joined Al Qaeda in this decade?

The big question is what Saddam would have done after 9/11. I will never forget the image of Saddam celebrating after the attacks. I don't think he was a participant in the 9/11 attacks, but he was thrilled and certainly would have supported an escalation to the war. After the invasion of Afghanistan, many of the worst terrorists escaped to Iraq for safe haven. The most famous was al-Zawqawi, the guy who beheaded so many Americans on video. There is no doubt that Iraq would have been the primary training ground and maybe the launching point for Al Qaeda attacks against America.

I am grateful our military crushed Saddam, his sons, and the Ba'ath Party in Iraq. We should have taken them out after the first Iraq war. There are liberals in this country that want to send Bush and Cheney to jail because this was an illegal war in their minds. I wish they would turn their energies toward fighting dandelions or some other issue that will not drive me so crazy.

Thank you military for what you accomplished in Iraq.

By: William H Watson
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There can be a case to be made for man made or anthropogenic global warming but it has absolutely nothing to do with CO2. We have over 5,000 jets flying over our air space in this country at any one time. That does not include the rest of the jets flying around other countries. These jets have an exhaust temp of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. That could add to the average temperature increase.

We have millions of miles of asphalt roads that heat up and reflect back the heat causing increased temps. We have millions of houses with asphalt shingles that heat up and reflect heat back into the atmosphere.

We have millions of cars and trucks that put heat out into the atmosphere.

Then we have the heat sensors for recording temps being set up in cities. This gives a false positive for increased temps because of the "heat island effect". This is a scandal that is little reported in scientific circles much as less in public circles.

We also have industry as well as heating plants burning coal to generate electricity that all contribute heat into the atmosphere.

The best microcosm of the globe can be represented by the Mall of America located in Minneapolis, MN. It is the second largest mall in the world. The temperatures routinely get down to 20 below zero in the wintertime. Now the Mall has no heating apparatus or furnaces of any kind. In spite of this, it stays a comfortable 68 degrees F in the winter time. That is an increase of 88 degrees F from outside ambient temperature. How is this possible. All of the heat from the lights in the mall plus the aggregate body heat from all of the visitors.

We have increased the world population by billions of people. Isn't it possible that the increase population and all of the other heat causing factors mentioned in the article could result in the one degree increase in world wide temperatures. Does this not make more sense than CO2 which is a heavier than air gas that sinks to the ground when it is released. There is a principle in science called Occam's Razor. The gist of Occam's Razor is that the simplest explanation is usually correct. Does not my explanation make more sense than CO2? You decide and let me know what you think.

By: John Wilder
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Forced Outcomes, through government, have had an enormously destructive effect on America.

HOW HAS THIS HAPPENED

The Liberal movement has a stranglehold on the national microphone. Exposure to that microphone, begins with early childhood. That microphone consists of:

1. The Nanny-State Media
2. The Public-School-Monopoly
3. University Professors
4. Democrat Politicians

Almost 100% of those above will create zero wealth for their entire lives. This will not stop them from condemning those who took the risk, to provide their very good living and opportunity, for a lifetime. Vilifying business and profits, especially the rewards of risk and achievement, has been the mantra of the Liberal movement since FDR.

CLASS WARFARE, escalated greatly after LBJ, then turned deadly, upon hearing Ronald Reagan utter the words, "Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem."

Those 4 groups with that powerful microphone, consist of very few, who have ever taken a serious risk in creating wealth, which is so crucial to opportunity. They have spent a lifetime reading books, writing and talking, but experiencing little, in the vital areas of wealth creation, opportunity or making and keeping the nation strong and safe, all so vital to the freedom we enjoy.

Yet, non-stop, they appear on TV every day, confidently telling the public how and what needs to be done to remake America into their utopia.

Nor have more than a handful served their country on active duty in the military, in anything more than paltry numbers, if that. Even in tough physical team sports, Americans love and greatly respect, such as football, not more than a few, who have the most to say, would have any background as tough competitors.

If any entity would raise doubts about this, we certainly could ask the Washington Press Corp, or the other 3 groups, to send data to refute this. Opportunity in America has been the envy of the world, for about 150 years. Our living standard, our national strength and freedom, technological advances and all major areas of our existence have come largely from risk/reward/competition.

THE FREEDOM TO COMPETE

The freedom to compete has advanced America greatly, both within and internationally.

Conversely, restricting competition, has contributed greatly to centuries old dictatorships, tyranny, illiteracy and poverty.

Since Liberals resent America's system of REWARD BASED ON ACHIEVEMENT, they vote unceasingly for redistribution by GOVERNMENT. They elect and reelect, politicians who reward them and their selected victim groups. The expropriation of the daily labor, of those who persist at work, gets used for social engineering, resulting in massive entitlement programs. Famed British playwright (Pygmalion/My Fair Lady) George Bernard Shaw, said it best:

"Whenever you rob Peter To Pay Paul, you can always count on the support of Paul."

Lifetime Democrat, Zell Miller, left the U.S. Senate in disgust in 2004.

In his book, A NATIONAL PARTY NO MORE, Sen. Miller, referring to fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate, stated "They also believe in purity.

Like that old Ivory Soap commercial, 99.44/100 percent pure is all that will do. You cannot agree on just seven of their ten issues, or even nine. All ten must be embraced and ostentatiously hugged to your bosom with slobbering kisses."

The Microphone

1. JOURNALISTS-THE NANNY-STATE MEDIA

A huge majority in the Mainstream Media are liberals. They are registered Democrats in large numbers, They consistently vote, 80% or more for Democrats. They contribute to Democrat politicians, by a similar margin.

EXAMPLE: MSNBC.com identified 143 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 16 gave to Republicans. That's a ratio of 8 to 1.

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In 1992, Bill Clinton received 92% of the vote of the Washington D.C. Press Corp, George H. W. Bush received 7%. This trend has existed for decades, with little if any, change.

2. The Public-School-Monopoly

Any believer in traditional American values, would likely be horrified by reading the platform of the National Education Association (NEA). Much of that agenda has a basis in forced outcomes, while virtually ignoring traditional values.

The Public-School-Monopoly is and has been brainwashing young minds as scandalously and dangerously as recent dictatorships, getting and setting young minds in one direction. A certain percentage of young minds, will remain brainwashed for a lifetime.

3. University and College Professors--Are They Economic Illiterates?

Most professors in our universities have no experience in wealth creation. Frequently they are referred to as Egghead Professors. Most of their learning and life's experiences have come from books. Never having met a payroll or created 1 job, liberal profs fill the heads-almost unanimously-of young inexperienced minds just several years removed from adolescence, with nanny-state, special interest, victim-laden nonsense, learned from books.

Winston Churchill's quote Is Worth Reflection:

"Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over 30 who is not a conservative has no brains."

THE UNCEASING ADVANCEMENT OF THE NANNY-STATE

4. Politicians

This category is the most powerful and damaging of all. No congress, controlled by Democrats in the last 45 years has voted to hold or spend less than any President, from their own party or the Republican Party.

Republicans, acted responsibly, under the Contract With America, when they forced President Clinton to sign a 7 year Balanced Budget Amendment. Instead of taking 7 years, it took only 4 years to turn deficits into surpluses.

From 2000 to 2006, the Republican congress, acted irresponsibly, as its members spent money as if they were Democrats. Democrats as always, fought for even more spending.

This President and Democrat Congress are going wildly in the opposite direction of responsible spending, plunging us into enormous debt and expanding both the nanny-state and government power to unimaginable levels.

Class warfare against competition and reward is inherently damaging and evil, it could actually bring down this greatest of all nations. We must act quickly and decisively against such tyranny.

By: Mick McNesby
Mick McNesby is a former tax advisor, consultant and negotiator. He was a frequent guest on political talk shows in Atlantic City, N.J., discussing the benefits of the lower cost of government. He can be visited at http://conservative-politics-infofind.com]]> http://politics.californiapersonalinjuryattorneys.us/index.php?entry=entry100212-200301 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z
"We are certainly not trying to go away from American history," Rebecca Garland, the chief academic officer for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, told Fox News. "What we are trying to do is figure out a way to teach it where students are connected to it, where they see the big idea, where they are able to make connections and draw relationships between parts of our history and the present day." She concluded. "The students are in school for 13 years. They certainly are taught U.S. and North Carolina history in middle school."

While students may learn something about the nation's history in the lower grades. The concepts being taught in the later grades are the ones students will carry forward. Not being able to understand the philosophy of our country in its infancy and comparing this to the years that followed and the thinking and economics leading up to the Civil War provides no basis for studying about what happened after this conflict.

A review of the department's draft of Essential Standards for the course, which is available online, indicates that United States History studies skew to the cultural rather than historic aspect of the subject. There is little time devoted to the two World Wars we fought. Study of the Great Depression focuses on expanding the size and power of (and, therefore, dependence upon) the federal government. The Korean Conflict seems to have been overlooked. The objective of the Vietnam discussion is to analyze the war's effect at home. The Gulf War and the current conflicts were not included in the syllabus.

However, there is much devoted to the women's movement (dating back to Susan B. Anthony and on through Gloria Steinem), civil rights, immigration and the rise of labor unions. Also covered is technology and government regulation, economic crises and the need for government regulation as well as the impact non-renewable resources will have in regards to government, business and consumers. Perusing the course standards suggests the emphasis is more about social attitudes and less about civic realities. The subject matter appears to move away from history and some might interpret it to be a subtle means of rewriting it by eliminating those topics the school administrators find objectionable or not conducive to advancing their points of view.

Are similar changes taking place in your local school district? Are your grand children in danger of being taught revisionist and/or incomplete American history? Are pre-boomers going to let agenda-driven educators deprive the next generation of Americans from the full story of this great experiment in freedom known as democracy? No way.

By: Don Potter
Don Potter, a Philadelphia native, was born in 1936 and is a 50 year veteran of the advertising agency business. Now living in Los Angeles, he has written two novels in retirement, frequently writes on marketing issues, and has a blog dedicated to pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945).

Read more articles for and about pre-boomers with thoughts, comments and opinions designed to spark thinking, foster discussion, and stimulate debate by logging on to http://www.pre-boomermusings.com]]> http://politics.californiapersonalinjuryattorneys.us/index.php?entry=entry100210-130048 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
My government is fine... it is theirs that is in trouble!

Who is there to represent us?

In order to get a handle on what is wrong with government, we must first get a handle on what is wrong with us. But who is us? Do we even know who we are anymore?

When was the last time you heard a government official say, "It is your personal rights that are important?" And when was the last time you demanded your individual rights? Are you aware that the Constitution carefully protected your natural rights to live your life as you wish, and government was given no control over you?

Elected government officials swear an oath to do just that? At the start of each new Congress (corporate), in January of every odd-numbered year, those newly elected or re-elected Congress members - the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate - must recite the following oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

The key word in question is 'United States'.

Just what is the United States? Is it an alliance of sovereign individual States (like countries) within a geographic border, whereby certain laws are uniformly shared, and where borders are open between the states - or is the United States a sovereign government with power over the individual States and the people?

Yet which 'constitution' do the representatives actually swear an oath to? You might be surprised. It all depends on the connotation used. It is a very clever play on words, and contract law.

Under the original Constitution, the government of the United States of America was formed as a union of States. Yet in 1871, the 'District of Columbia' was formed. This was a private corporation hired to carry out the business needs of the national government. This corporation was later changed to the name 'United States Government' in 1878 after it was reorganized, because the people weren't happy with the arrangement. Remember, this was not our government - it was a mere corporation carrying out certain business needs of the national government.

This is where things get confusing.

After the corporation was renamed to 'United States Government', they must have realized that, being a corporation, they could also use other trademark names, because no other corporations had used them. So, magically, they also began using the trademark names 'United States', 'USA', U.S.A.', 'US', 'U.S.', and even 'America'. You see, the national government wasn't a corporation, and therefore it had not trademarked those names. So the names were fair game to the corporation, with the intention of assuming the role of government. They were very clever.

In my opinion there is an incredible amount of deception and corruption in government these days; yet it seems that we the people accept no responsibility for this. We all seem to moan and groan about the abuses, but stop short of doing anything about it. And to make it worse, those in control have their Executive Branch, their Legislature, their Courts, and their so-called free press to cover up the illusion of corporate government. You see, it is not government, but rather a business, pretending to be government.

The corruption is so out of control that most American's are convinced that nothing can be done about it... so why fight it. And besides, we don't understand what's going on anyway. So most of us just go with the flow, and live our lives according the the dictates and the whims of corrupt politicians. The ironic part is that the major politicians are even more controlled by the international banksters than we are, as they must keep in mind who often hand picked them for office in the first place.

We must take total responsibility for our government being abandoned, and for allowing Corp. U.S., the business manager, to assume control, and to be in the condition that it is in. It was up to us to be vigilant, and stay in control of government, rather than allow government to control us.

So what condition is our government really in?

If my assessment is accurate, then you would know that government today is really not 'our' government at all. So you might be saying, "who cares...my life is going fine. I have a nice family, and a home, a couple vehicles, and a boat. So what makes you think there is a problem."

First we must understand what 'our' government is. Our government, the United States of America is a republic, whereby each of us is equal in status, and we individually retain our rights to live our lives as we choose. Our government is in position to protect those rights, as well as to set controls on the officers whom we hire to represent us.

So whose government is the democracy, called the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT? Is it really government?

I don't know about you, but my government...

...recognizes the natural individual rights of the Citizens it was created for.

...has elected representatives who understand constitutional law, and follow it.

...has elected officials who make decisions that take into account our natural rights, and protect them.

...has Congressional representatives who know exactly what they are voting for in the legislative process, by thoroughly studying each bill before them before voting on them.

...has elected officers who realize that any bill that benefits the collective population must never violate personal liberty of the Citizens.

...does not have any control over the Citizens

...has no tax with respect to income on the Citizens

...does not use the the creation of worthless currency to perpetuate an illusionary economy that ultimately robs the people of their freedom

...and my government would never mortgage the future of our children to satisfy the greed it's elected officers, and then try to cover it up by renting insane amounts of worthless currency to stall the inevitable disaster they created.

The question is, which government is yours?
I have always been a frustrated and reluctant scholar, and now author. Like most students, history and government were probably my least favorite subjects. Something happened in my late thirties, about nineteen years ago, when I had seen enough of what I considered propaganda from the media and government. I've been studying ever since.

It is my life goal to help awaken the world by first stimulating critical, logical thought. Governments of many countries don't allow the people to speak freely when their leaders get out of line. In America we still have that power...if we can keep it.

I coined the term for my new enterprise, FreeSyncracy, to sum up my passion in one word. It represents the personal freedom and limited government that our republic guarantees, while honoring the diverse cultures, races and faiths of the land.

The United States of America is a most unique country, without any particular ethnic group. We are a microcosm of the world, and therefore should be a positive example for the world to follow. I'm sure you agree that it is America's intent to continue to be that positive example, however isn't it fairly obvious that we the people simply don't have access to enough information to stop the current government to fouling up that role for all of us? So instead of being a government of the people, we have become followers and subjects of a corporate controlled international leadership group.

Instead of enjoying the freedoms of the republic, America has slowly evolved into what they call a democracy, whereby tragically the rules change at the whim of those in charge; and where privileges and benefits have replaced our foundational rights - slowly diminishing our liberty over time. I believe it is now that time!

By: Larry Andreen]]> http://politics.californiapersonalinjuryattorneys.us/index.php?entry=entry100205-224930 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z
Well, you cannot determine that yet, but he is on his way. Maybe "change" was not delivered as we expected or wanted. Americans unfortunately have been indoctrinated to spell relief "ROLAIDS" and diapers are commonly referred to as "PAMPERS." What does this mean?

Simple, it means Americans are victims of manipulative advertisement, commonly known as false propaganda. Americans live in a culture of quick-fix, fast foods and immediate gratification. This phenomenon places everyone in society in a position to spend money on products they do not need, items they cannot afford, and believing in delusional promises of hope. Then, when reality slams everyone in the face, the obvious becomes evident. So has Obama failed?

Unfortunately, we must live and learn by trial and error and we will eventually find out if Obama has failed. Sometimes electing a president is a learning experience. If only Americans could learn to live without the things they have grown so accustomed to having, but do not need. If Americans could only envision a dream where sacrificing their immediate gratification would mean a blessed prosperous future for their children, then failure would not be an option. If it takes the horrors of an earthquake in Haiti to drive Americans to give selflessly in an attempt to help our neighbors, then what kind of an earthquake will Americans need to help themselves?

Could the Massachusetts political earthquake that elected a Republican to Democrat Ted Kennedy's long held Senate seat be the determining factor in America succeeding and whether Obama fails? Maybe not, but if the Massachusetts Senate election that resulted in Scott Brown's winning is a sample of what is to come for Obama, we are witnessing failure in progress. Wake up Mr. President and learn to change!

By: Raul Correa
Raul Correa publishes a periodical blog at http://www.RaulCorrea.com and expresses facts, news and opinions on the issues that impact our lives and world.]]> http://politics.californiapersonalinjuryattorneys.us/index.php?entry=entry100205-222326 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z
A Himalaya Mountain Range temperature reading was too high but was readily corrected. Some of these weather temperature reports are actual mistakes, while some others are outright lies. The problem is that whether they are mistakes or lies, when temperature data is incorrect, it has the same disastrous results.

More Money for Climate Change on False Information

President Obama is giving away millions of dollars for climate change research. This is money that is desperately needed for the economy to help hurting people. Obama is not very observant about the weather so he takes information like reported on the Himalaya's and runs with it.

One of the most prized reports of the global warmers was the famous "Hockey Stick Graph." The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, also known as the IPCC, proudly flaunted this graph. The graph showed a steady warming of our good old planet earth. But guess what happened? The information the IPCC used on increasing CO2 amounts was also not credible.

Again, the estimates when the graph was made may have been an honest mistake. It does not matter. People in powerful positions are making earth shattering decisions on this wrong information. And to add insult to injury - temperature data from other sources have been lied about.

Case In Point

Emails from scientists have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that fraud has been committed by changing temperature readings. Can our leaders just look out the window and see the weather? Sometimes you do not need a scientist or meteorologist to tell you there is cold weather or hot weather. Just observe. Feel it. Climate change is cyclical.

It does not matter that Obama was in freezing weather in Copenhagen, Denmark during the "global warming" conference. Or that he came back to Washington D.C. in a snow storm and again freezing temperatures. Then three weeks later a winter storm with record breaking temperatures. And now more of the same. Cold weather is consistent during winter just like hot weather is during summer.

The winter storms have been cold, long and deadly across much of the globe - not just the United States.

We are having global freezing right now. Many scientists also believe the earth is entering, or has already entered, a global cooling trend. But you know something? People that have an agenda will not CHANGE even if the evidence is right in front of them. The false data on the Himalaya's should cause any reasonable human being to seriously question global warming.

How About This?

Get the news about the weather. All someone has to do is watch The Weather Channel. Simple. One of my favorite sayings is "Common Sense Is Not So Common."


By: Brian H Campbell
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So, the question is "Where has all that money gone?" A search for stimulus fund projects on the internet returns very little information other than wishes and a search in a state's website does not return any usable information about where new jobs may be.

One thing that has become clear is that most of the people we elected to Congress are not interested in the best interest of our country. The deficit continues to grow, and our congressional leaders continue to blame somebody else, usually the last administration of the other party. There is no bipartisan support for programs that will end the recession, improve the quality of life or eliminate the deficit. Our elected leaders are too busy telling us what we need to listen to our opinions about what we need.

If the country were run like a corporation, most of our leaders would have been fired for incompetence by now. Our Congress is made up of people who are not our good friends, not our good neighbors and we are not in good hands. We are gradually losing the freedoms this country was founded upon to our own government.

This mess is probably the fault of the average voter because we can see where the problems lie, but we continue to vote for the same people over and over again. But in our own defense, most of us are too busy trying to survive to be able to pay close attention to the people running our country.

While the problems with the economy are too big and cost too much for a lot of us to even comprehend, a common sense approach might reveal some solutions that are workable. The real problem is that some of them may take more guts than are available in the congressional offices.

The most important thing that could happen in Congress is for the blame game to stop. We have serious problems with the economy. Foreign investors are taking over a lot of major industries and buying up a lot of real estate. Our congressional leaders must stop blaming past administrations and come up with some real solutions. These problems did not happen overnight or in the last four years. They have been around for at least a generation, regardless of which party controls the white house or congress.

The second most important thing that needs to happen is probably an attitude change. We don't need more economic programs. We need to fix the programs we already have and Congress needs to stop raiding the entitlement programs to fund new programs and stop loading up new programs with special interest amendments and set asides that add billions to otherwise good programs. We don't need to fix a neighborhood pool or build a multi-million dollar bridge to nowhere.

We have serious problems and we need serious people to work on those problems. Our elected officials at all levels of government are put in office because we believe they are serious people. Sometimes they need prodding to get things done in an acceptable manner.

As the taxpayers, we have a responsibility to make sure that the people we elect to govern us know that they are elected and should pay attention to our opinions. I encourage everyone to stay in touch with your local congressional offices, attend city or town council meetings and get involved. Only through involvement will any real meaningful change take place.

By: Marshall Crum
Marshall Crum has spent more than 25 years working as a safety professional and writes articles about health and safety issues and other subjects of interest. All of them based on his observations and opinions. More information can be gotten from his retirement website or weight loss diet tips website. He offers his apologies if this article seems like a rant. If you have an opinion on this, please leave a comment.]]> http://politics.californiapersonalinjuryattorneys.us/index.php?entry=entry100131-004556 2010-01-31T00:00:00Z 2010-01-31T00:00:00Z
This was not an accident. America was always exceptional. From the time the early settlers arrived on our shores through the colonists' fight for freedom to the war on slavery and our joining in WWI, the citizens believed in doing what is right rather than what is easy. If others suffered, we suffered with them and tried to right the wrong, without regard for what dissenters might think or say.

The same kind of attitude prevailed in our nation's businesses, both large and small. A good idea became a great idea when people got excited and applied American ingenuity and old-fashioned hard work to make the dream come true. Our generation saw the advent of frozen food including pizza, television followed by TV dinners, jet travel, fast food restaurants, a man on the moon spawned Tang in several flavors as well as satellites, copying and answering machines, pagers, cell phones, personal computers and all the hi-tech gear that followed, plus much more.

Most of these inventions changed our lives forever and continue to prompt change as they inspire an ongoing flood of new and improved products vying for the consumer's attention - many of which will make our quality of life somewhat better, and all of them are designed to make money for the individuals and companies involved in bringing these products to the marketplace, here and around the world. America has always provided an atmosphere for creativity and we have shown the world how to market goods and services. So, while there's cheap labor available in other parts of the world, we are the ones with the ideas, build the initial products and provide the marketing capabilities to establish brands worldwide.

Because America creates what others eventually copy, we must continue to innovate in areas such as energy, food and pharmaceuticals for the world. The need to innovate applies to more than business ventures. Our educational system is in great need of help. Just as we test market products, it is vital to try then perfect new ways to better educate our children and prepare them for the changing world they will face. America's health care system needs to be studied and revamped to attend the needs of the aging citizens and to make it affordable to our younger population.

America's exceptionalism will be challenged in the years ahead. We must not let this happen from within. Instead, we have to view the problems facing us lemons and make some lemonade. That's the American way.
By: Don Potter
Don Potter, a Philadelphia native, was born in 1936 and is a 50 year veteran of the advertising agency business. Now living in Los Angeles, he has written two novels in retirement, frequently writes on marketing issues, and has a blog dedicated to pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945).

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