The Tiny Dot

This brilliant video by Larken Rose is so pure in it's simplicity. It shows the power that We The People would have if we would ALL stand up and be counted. The big question for me is what is the next step after we ignore "The Tiny Dot"?
Here is the creator of this video explaining it. The Tiny Dot Explained

Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!

http://bobmccarty.com/2010/01/07/barack-obamas-promise-of-transparency-mia/

Here is just another example of the lack of transparency in the Obama administration. A San Francisco Chronicle reporter, Carla Marinucci, videoed protesters at the Democratic National Convention singing their request of "We paid our dues, where's our Change?", after which the White House communications office threatened retaliation and subsequently lied about the threat. Per the Chronicle: "White House communications office who told us they would remove our reporter, then threatened retaliation to Chronicle and Hearst reporters if we reported on the ban, and then recanted to say our reporter might not be removed after all."

I didn't realize transparency was only supposed to be used when it suited the President. Where's Joe Wilson when we need him?

Holy Thursday and Obama Traffic



 Holy Thursday is the day that Christ celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples, four days after His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

What better way to celebrate this day than to be stuck in another traffic jam caused by Obama's need for political donations. So what if traffic is so backed up you can't get to your place of worship. Obama needs re-election funds. Don't be offended though, Christians, lest you be called racists.

Brown Nosing RepubsTurn Me Independent

Brown-nosing Republicans Bill Berryhill, Katcho Achadjian, Anthony Cannella, Paul Cook and Tom Berryhill have pushed me over the edge this April 15th. Here they are having a special fundraiser for themselves and cozing up with the Geezener. These are the 5 outcast Republican legislators who could possible side with Jerry Brown and vote to put taxes on the ballot. I guess they don't remember we voted taxes down ALREADY. So to mark this occasion, on this day, April 15, 2011, I am separating myself from the Republican party by filling out a new voter registration card as an American Independent.

The Disconnect: Public Employees and The Public

Much has been written and said on this issue, and others have said it more skillfully than I could. See the post Union Thugs at publiusnm.org, one of my recent favorite blogs. Growing up, my view of unions have been mostly positive due to reading books like the The Jungle by Upton Sinclair about the horrific conditions of the meat-packing industry in the early 20th century. Then as a working adult I was a union member for a very short time in the private sector. A short time because I realized then that the union and the company were working hand in hand to feather their nests at the expense of the union member.  When private companies suffer the collective bargaining of the unions, if too many concessions are demanded, the private company goes out of business and the workers are out of a job. Not so with public employee unions. There really isn't any bargaining involved at all. The public unions, to whom the politicians are deeply indebted to, merely tell the legislators their demands and they are granted. The legislators have no need to bargain, as it is not their own money that is being spent. They merely return to the source (the taxpayer) and tell them they have to raise taxes or else schools will be closed, houses will burn and violence will take over the streets. This is exactly the tact that Gov. Brown of my state of California will take if the Republican legislators in Sacramento renege on their pledges to not raise or assist in raising taxes and a tax bill gets on the ballot. Barrels and barrels of money will flow from the public employee unions to pay for ads intended to scare the sheeple into extending the taxes that were voted down previously. And because taxpayers dare to raise their voices and demand their taxes get spent more judiciously instead of being continually asked for more, they are disrespected and held in contempt by legislators throughout this country.

It's Not Hate Speech If You Are Liberal

I suppose liberals really can't help themselves. They seem to think that they are the guardians of all that is good and true. And in their minds the end result really does justify the means. That's why when they depict a gun pointing at Sarah Palin or a beheaded George Bush it's okey dokey. I mean it must be since MSNBC promotes haters on their network. What ever happened to journalism for God's sake? Facts people, just facts. I guess we are just too stupid since they spin the stories for us instead of letting us make up our own minds.

Focus on Fluoride Not CO2

Just reviewed a great video from Brasscheck TV of an interview with Christopher Bryson, author of The Fluoride Deception. It is just amazing that Dr. Harold Carpenter Hodge, who helped choreograph human radiation experiments on unsuspecting and uninformed patients, was also a fluoride "researcher" who promoted adding fluoride to the water supply. Another bad actor was Dr. Robert Kehoe. He reassured citizens and scientists that adding industrial fluoride to the water supply was safe. The fact that he also defended the safety of adding lead to gasoline is rather worrisome.

Being reassured by Hodge and Kehoe is like being told by Josef Mengle that anesthesia is not required for surgery. Remember those old commercials where doctors promoted smoking? How about "DDT being Good For Me". Or when some of America's leading corporations got together and put lead, a known poison, into gasoline, for profit. Meanwhile, heroic doctors and researchers who found and published the truth about the dangers of fluoride had their reputations ruined. Some of these include:

• Dr. George L. Waldbott - first to warn of the fatal allergic reaction to penicillin and first to warn of the dangers of emphysema due to smoking, was smeared by the Public Health Service for his opposition of fluoride.
• Dr. William Marcus - a toxicologist who was fired for his opposition to fluoride.
• Dr. Phyllis Mullenix - invented a new technology to study neurotoxicity of chemicals which found fluoride caused effects similar to attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity basically reducing the I.Q. of children. She was an industry funded, leading toxicologist at a Harvard affiliated research institute who was fired after her study was accepted for publication. She has been offered no academic research position since her objection to fluoride was made public.

I am hitting just a few of the high points. A more in depth article on this issue is How A Toxic Poison ended Up In Our Water by Chris Wark at his blog Chris beat cancer. He does an excellent job and gives suggestions on how to avoid fluoride.

Final point: 98% of Europe rejects water fluoridation, while only 24% of U.S. water supplies are NOT fluoridated.

#1 Reason To Vote The Bastards Out!!

Here is a great example of why we have to vote out those conniving crooks we call CONgress people. Last year in October, the Social Security Administration came out with a news release announcing that there will be no COLA (cost of living adjustment) in 2010. This will be the first year of no adjustment since COLA's were instituted in 1975.

OK. Things are tough all over. Everyone will be sharing the pain, right?

One month later, November 2009, CONgress voted themselves a cost-of-living increase in 2010.
Need I say more?

Thanks America, Love Michelle

This came to me by email today and I couldn't help but post it since my husband has been out of work for over a year and we haven't taken a vacation in over 5 years. While obviously a parody it smacks us all in the face with the truth that this administration really does breathe rarified air.

Subject: A Thank you from Michelle

For only the second time in my adult life, I am not ashamed of my country. I want to thank the hard working American people for paying $242 thousand dollars plus additional expenses for my vacation in Spain . My daughter Sasha, several long-time family friends, my personal staff and various guests had a wonderful time. Honestly, you just haven't lived until you have stayed in a $2,500.00 per night suite at a 5-Star luxury hotel. We only booked 70 rooms for our friends, staff and family. Thank you also for the use of Air Force 2 and the 70 Secret Service personnel who tagged along to be sure we were safe and cared for at all times.


Air Force 2 only used 47,500 gallons of jet fuel for this trip and carbon emissions were a mere 1,031 tons of CO2. It costs only $11,500 per hour to operate Air Force 2 and each additional plane for the other members of our party group. These are only rough estimates, but they are close (who's counting?). That's quite a carbon footprint as my good friend Al Gore would say, so we must ask the American citizens to drive smaller, more fuel efficient cars and drive less too, so we can lessen our combined carbon footprint.


I know times are hard and millions of you are struggling to put food on the table and trying to make ends meet. I do appreciate your sacrifice and do hope you find work soon. I was really exhausted after Barack took our family on a luxury vacation in Maine a few weeks ago. I just had to get away for a few days. Will write more from Martha's Vineyard where we will spend our sixth vacation this year with more of our family and friends.
Cordially,
M. Obama

Sharia Law Comes To Anaheim

 

It's no wonder Disneyland is being sued by a Sharia-Compliant employee. Right here at the corner of Lincoln and Brookhurst in Anaheim, California (behind the Jiffy Lube facing north) is this billboard promoting Sharia-Compliant Home Financing with GuidanceResidential. Sharia Law does not allow paying interest, therefore this company becomes a co-owner instead of a lender. See How It Works. While this seems rather innocuous, and perhaps appealing since we would all rather not pay interest, the problem with Sharia Law is you don't just get to abide by the parts you agree with. It is all or nothing. Here is an article that explains why Sharia Law must be stopped.

It's Called Disneyland NOT Ramadanland

Headline: Amish Man Refused Employement At Happiest Place On Earth
Peter vonVoren was refused employment at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA because of his religious beliefs. Amish men follow the law of the Hebrew scriptures with regards to beards. VonVoren has worn a beard since he married and refused to comply with the dress code at Disneyland (The Disney Look). He requested a special dispensation from Disney corporate office regarding his beard but has been told that Disney has a zero tolerance for beards.
Suppose the position my imaginary amish man was applying for was a character part as Prince Charming. Must we allow a bearded man to play Prince Charming? Doesn't Disney have a right to have a dress code? Disney has been known for its strict dress code, called the Disney Look, which has been in place since 1957. Anyone not wanting to comply with the dress codes need to look elsewhere for work.
In June, Disney for the first time allowed women to have bare legs when wearing skirts or dresses. Moustaches were banned until 2000. Beards are still banned.

Compare this story with that of the female employee insisting on wearing her hijab to work at Disney's Storybook Cafe. She was also made aware of the policy and complied until recently when she was advised that she didn't need to comply. (CAIR) She went to all the trouble to become an American citizen and instead of complying with Disney's dress codes as millions of other Americans have, she is filing a Federal lawsuit on the matter. Welcome to America. In Afghanistan she could have her nose and ears cut off for running away from an abusive husband under the strict interpretation of Islam , yet Disney is evil for having a dress code. Only in America...

Obama Gridlocks Los Angeles for Fundraiser

President Obama brought Los Angeles to a stand still yesterday and today. Was there an emergency?

Was the State of the Union in danger? No, the Democratic party needed money so our tax dollars were used to fly and protect Obama on a fundraising junket to Los Angeles. Parents could not get home to their children, employees could not get to their jobs, all in the name of Democratic fundraising. See the following You Tube videos. Obama L.A. Gridlock P.1 Obama L.A. Gridlock P.2 Obama L.A. Gridlock P.3 

Streets remained blocked for hours -- even when Obama was inside TV producer John Wells' Hancock Park home at a fund-raiser. Here is a link to someone's blog who was trapped for 3 hours.

Just another example of a president who is out of touch with real people.

What President Obama Should Have Said About Building The Ground Zero Mosque

"And although our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable, what better way to prove to the American people that Islam really is the religion of peace than to recognize and respect the sensitivities surrounding the development of Lower Manhattan and NOT build the mosque in the vicinity of Ground Zero. This would indeed exemplify that one rule at the heart of every great religion, including Islam --- that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us."

Federal Workers Earning Double Their Private Counterparts

As if the salaries of the City of Los Angeles workers weren't enough to send me over the edge, we have USA Today reporting the salaries of federal workers DOUBLE the salaries of their counterparts in the private sector. My favorite quote from the story is that of Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, who says "The data are not useful for a direct public-private pay comparison." Really! The article also states that "public employee unions say the compensation gap reflects the increasingly high level of skill and education required for most federal jobs".  When was the last time you interfaced with a federal employee and experienced that "high level of skill and education"?


Bottom line: Federal compensation has grown 36.9% since 2000 after adjusting for inflation, compared with 8.8% for private workers. How about that!

Feel Better Now?

The goal was to make the taxpayers feel better by listing the salaries of Los Angeles City employees, For me it only brought to light the fact that I should not have wasted my money on college but concentrated on getting a job in the City of Los Angeles. I could be a janitor and make more money than I do now. Scroll through the 547 pages and see why taxes are so high.

Sophie's Choice in California-"Vague" Whitman or "Scary" Brown

"Putting the foot on the other shoe", Meg Whitman's interview yesterday on KFI640 with John and Ken exemplified the bob and weave that politicians go through when asked direct questions. Listening to the interview was one thing, watching the video is something else.  John and Ken put her through the wringer. It showed as she was unable to answer anything without the word "So..." prefacing her reply. It was as if she needed to reset her brain in order to select the pseudoapplicable talking point. John and Ken really earned their paychecks as they attempted to pry answers out of her. Yesterdays answers. Who knows what the answers will be in the future? Today is another day, and tomorrow is too. What this interview highlighted is that, as with the presidential race, we are have been given 2 unacceptable candidates to choose from, a Sophie's Choice.

Oh, Now I Understand...It's Our Geography!

Thanks to Meg Whitman, republican candidate for Governor of California, I understand why California can't do anything about illegal immigration. It's our geography. Recently on on Talk Radio's America's Morning News she said:"...I don't think the Arizona law makes sense for California because we have a much bigger state with much bigger geography."  Well, if California's geography is so big, there is no hope that federal immigration law will be upheld, since by Meg's reasoning the U. S. has MUCH MUCH bigger geography. 

Aw, jeez, now I've got to choose between Governor Moonbeam and the Geography queen.

Obama says: "It Could Be Worse!"

Frankly, I can't figure out why our economy is not booming right now. I'm sure nothing gives the country a bigger warm fuzzy than hearing President Obama's dulcet tones telling voters every chance he gets that things would be a lot worse if not for the stimulus bill and other steps he took. At least the recession never became a depression, the president says. There are no better words that instill a feeling of confidence than "It could be worse!" Although, blaming the media for an Obama administration gaff is also a confidence builder. Let's just hope the media doesn't have access to the nuclear button. It will be a real pain for Obama to have to blame them for an errant nuclear strike from a bunker located deep underground.

Chemtrails? Real or Not? You Decide.

Compliments of www.tankerenemy.com This site is in Italian, so you will need to let Google translate it for you.

An Immigrant's Trip to Arizona

In retelling his naturalized mother's experience on a trip to Arizona "An Immigrant's Trip to Arizona, July 10, 2010", Hector Tobar tries to pull at our heart strings. His conclusion is that Arizona "Doesn't sound like a bad place to visit — if you don't mind carrying a passport."


Is that the big deal? That a naturalized citizen should be required to carry a passport or other document? I suppose driving my car around is nice, as long as I don't mind carrying my driver license (and proof of insurance ). And by the way, if I forget them and I'm driving, I feel scared.

Hector should tell his mother that instead of feeling sad because of the new Arizona law, she should feel sad for all the people who immigrated here legally, and who waited so long, being disrespected by those who feel they don't need to follow any "stinkin' U.S. laws".

Tell her I feel sad because I am considered a racist for wanting people to come to my country legally. Tell her I feel sad because we are not allowed to be a sovereign country. And last, but not least, tell her I'm sad that she had to leave the country of her birth. It is sad when your own country does not look out for it's own citizens and allows it to become so unbearable people will risk their lives to leave. I know exactly how she feels and so do the Arizonians.