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Working together we can bring back "sustainable, predictable governance to the USA."Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.comBlogger427125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-72048168559669461912014-04-06T22:25:00.001-07:002014-04-06T22:25:12.419-07:00The 2nd Amendment Protects all Other American Rights<p>Couldn’t logout for the night without sharing another brilliant video that forewarns to protect liberty we must protect all the rights as outlined within the Bill of Rights… <strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly </em></strong></p> <hr> <h5> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:9c3e51af-feab-437d-a322-d6ee43d8b2ca" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div id="c91e208f-0b71-439f-b21e-04bfc64d3c40" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03XEUPfD0qM" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-u2Pq0lMrFWw/U0I2tle6I2I/AAAAAAAAA14/gaomyFkeRoU/videof1afbfaa38a6%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('c91e208f-0b71-439f-b21e-04bfc64d3c40'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/03XEUPfD0qM&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/03XEUPfD0qM&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div></h5> <blockquote> <h5 align="center">Amendment I</h5> <p>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. <h5 align="center">Amendment II</h5> <p>A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. <h5 align="center">Amendment III</h5> <p>No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. <h5 align="center">Amendment IV</h5> <p>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. <h5 align="center">Amendment V</h5> <p>No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. <h5 align="center">Amendment VI</h5> <p>In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. <h5 align="center">Amendment VII</h5> <p>In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. <h5 align="center">Amendment VIII</h5> <p>Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. <h5 align="center">Amendment IX</h5> <p>The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. <h5 align="center">Amendment X</h5> <p>The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.</p></blockquote> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-7436293701466783662014-04-06T21:34:00.001-07:002014-04-06T21:57:59.968-07:00Progressive Agenda Cries Foul on Supreme Court Campaign Ruling: Remains Silent on Comcast – Time Warner MergerWell it has been a while since anything really motivated me to post to my blog, but these items brought forth a need to ask why? Why is the public so silent to the real loss of independent thought, personal choice and diversity? These recent items in the national news require the reader to look for the nexus between political parties, media monopolies and big money influence over politics and social issues.<br>The media would have us fearful of the ability for individuals to give privately to political candidates of their own choice, but no fear is sown for mega-media monopolization. Over the past ten years the progressive mafia have made it their business to whack anyone who they perceive to be a threat to their agenda. <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/04/04/bill_maher_there_is_a_gay_mafia_if_you_cross_them_you_do_get_whacked.html" target="_blank">Look at what happened to a Brendan Eich, CEO of Mozilla.</a> The fascist behavior and intolerance is on full display. Pay attention! Just like the actions of <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mozilla-ceo-resignation-raises-free-190346256.html;_ylt=AwrSyCPnL0JTmHYAIJ_QtDMD" target="_blank">Mozzilla</a> to one of their own, Time Warner and Comcast have deep ties to the Progressive Agenda and all who fail to grasp the danger of too big to fail in media, need to do their homework on how the progressive agenda is steam rolling America into a form of tyranny that she may not recover from.<br><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif"></span>Pay attention America. While the main stream media cries foul with the left side of their mouth, their right side silently grins at the perceived brilliance of their actions that go unnoticed or heralded by their supposed opponents. I ask why? Do you?<br><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</em></strong><br> <hr> <h3>Supreme Court strikes down overall limits on political contributions</h3>Published April 02, 2014 - FILE: June 20, 2013: The U.S. Supreme Court building, in Washington, D.C.AP <br><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/02/high-court-voids-overall-contribution-limits/#"><img style="margin-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 0px" alt="Supreme Court BIG TOP.jpg" src="http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn-latino/news/876/493/Supreme%20Court%20BIG%20TOP.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" width="240" align="left" height="135"></a>WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled Wednesday that limits on the total amount of money individuals can give to candidates, political parties and political action committees are unconstitutional. <br>The major ruling, which was hailed by Republican congressional leaders as a First Amendment victory, removes the cap on contributions, which was set at $123,200 for 2014. It does not change limits, though, on individual contributions for president or Congress, currently set at $2,600 per election. <br>Chief Justice John Roberts announced the decision, which split the court's liberal and conservative justices. <br>“Money in politics may at times seem repugnant to some, but so too does much of what the First Amendment vigorously protects,” Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “If the First Amendment protects flag burning, funeral protests and Nazi parades – despite the profound offense such spectacles cause – it surely protects political campaign speech despite popular opinion.” <br>The overall limits "intrude without justification on a citizen's ability to exercise `the most fundamental First Amendment activities,"' Roberts said, quoting from the court's seminal 1976 campaign finance ruling in Buckley v. Valeo. Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the outcome of the case, but wrote separately to say that he would have gone further and wiped away all contribution limits. <br>Others, though, described the ruling as a major blow to vital campaign finance rules. <br><em><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/02/high-court-voids-overall-contribution-limits/" target="_blank">Continue reading article at this link.</a></em> <br> <hr> <h1>How Comcast Bought the Democratic Party</h1> <h3>A huge merger brought about by high-intensity lobbying goes unopposed.</h3> <p><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/author/901092"><img style="margin-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 0px" alt="" src="http://c3.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/styles/square_author_article/public/page_2013_matthew_continetti_square.jpg?itok=QH0NdWC3" width="100" align="left" height="100"></a>By <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/author/matthew-continetti">Matthew Continetti</a> <br> <br></p> <p> </p> <p><br>The communications giant Comcast announced in February that it would buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion, creating the largest cable provider in America, with more than 33 million customers. That is about one third of the U.S. cable- and satellite-television market. FCC approval is required for the merger to go into effect. Critics of the deal say it would lessen competition and lead to even shoddier customer service. They are probably right, as all of us will soon find out, because there is little chance the merger will be stopped. Comcast, Time Warner, and their political fixers have spent years preparing for this moment — by buying off the Democratic party.<img style="margin-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-right: 0px" src="http://c8.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/uploaded/pic_giant_040514_SM_How-Comcast-Bought-the-Democratic-Party.jpg" width="400" align="right" height="233"> <br>Comcast, which employs more than 100 lobbyists, spent almost $19 million last year on lobbying activities. Its president and CEO, Brian L. Roberts, is a golf buddy of President Obama’s, and a Democratic donor who has contributed thousands of dollars not only to the president’s campaigns, but also to the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the DNC Services Corporation, and to Steny Hoyer, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Bob Casey. Roberts’s executive vice president, David Cohen, is a former aide to Democratic bigwig Ed Rendell. Cohen skirts lobbying regulations through loopholes, has raised more than $2 million for Obama since 2007, and in 2011 hosted a DNC fundraiser at which the president called him “friend.” Cohen has visited the White House 14 times since 2010, including two visits to the Oval Office. He attended the recent dinner for President Hollande of France. <br>Cohen plays a major role in the Comcast Foundation, which has disbursed more than $3 billion since 2001, primarily to “groups that serve African-Americans, Latinos, and Asians” and other segments of the Democratic coalition. You will be surprised to learn that many of the groups to whom the Comcast Foundation has donated now support the proposed merger. Of the $33 million Comcast has spent on political campaigns since 1989, more than half, or some $18 million, has gone to Democrats. Barack Obama is No. 1 on the list of the top ten recipients of Comcast’s largesse. There are four Republicans on the list. <strong><em></em></strong><br><em><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/375116/how-comcast-bought-democratic-party-matthew-continetti" target="_blank">Continue reading article at this link.</a></em></p> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-20848175720638710652013-07-26T20:26:00.001-07:002013-07-26T20:26:38.672-07:00Are B.O.’s Administration Policies beginning to Stink Up America?<p>I found this article at <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/" target="_blank">techdirt.com</a> to be an interesting aside to all of the <strong><em>false hysteria</em></strong> President Obama preached about at his public speech yesterday.</p> <p>Pass the Right Guard, cause it’s going to be a long, sweaty hot summer for B.O.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> </em></strong></p> <h3><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130726/01200123954/obama-promise-to-protect-whistleblowers-just-disappeared-changegov.shtml" target="_blank">Obama Promise To 'Protect Whistleblowers' Just Disappeared From Change.gov</a></h3> <h5>from the <i>not-the-change-we-were-looking-for</i> dept</h5> <p>The folks from the Sunlight Foundation have noticed that the Change.gov website, which was set up by the Obama transition team after the election in 2008 has <a href="http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/07/25/obama-promises-disappear-from-web/">suddenly been scrubbed of all of its original content</a>. They noted that the front page had pointed to the White House website for a while, but you could still access a variety of old material and agendas. They were wondering why the administration would suddenly pull all that interesting archival information... and hit upon a clue. A little bit from the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130425082834/http://change.gov/agenda/ethics_agenda/">"ethics agenda"</a>: <blockquote><i><b>Protect Whistleblowers</b>: Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process.</i></blockquote>Yeah. That statement seems a bit embarrassing at the very same time Obama's administration is <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130725/16470723949/senate-appropriations-committee-approves-trade-sanctions-against-any-country-that-offers-asylum-to-snowden.shtml">threatening trade sanctions</a> against anyone who grants asylum to Ed Snowden. Also... at the same time that we get to see how whistleblower Bradley Manning's "full access to courts and due process" will turn out. So far, it's been anything but reasonable, considering that the UN has already <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/12/bradley-manning-cruel-inhuman-treatment-un">condemned</a> Manning's treatment as "cruel and inhuman." And people wonder why Snowden left the country... <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ef44f1c4-6ffb-464b-9b4c-47ea1da1abf2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Whistle+Blower" rel="tag">Whistle Blower</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Change.gov" rel="tag">Change.gov</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Obama" rel="tag">Obama</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Barack+Obama" rel="tag">Barack Obama</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Free+Speech" rel="tag">Free Speech</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Patriotism" rel="tag">Patriotism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Constitution" rel="tag">Constitution</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-41863524599719224482013-07-25T23:04:00.001-07:002013-07-25T23:07:14.803-07:00Welcome to America–How May We Spy on You? <p>It has truly become disturbing that “We the People,” the citizens of America are not demanding that <strong><u>unwarranted searches and privacy violations, must be stopped immediately</u></strong>. The Federal Governments actions to inventory the private citizen’s of this Country is an appalling fact that this nation will regret and our children, or grandchildren and ever-after they will ask us; <em>“Why did everyone do nothing to stop this?”</em> Of course, since they’ve never truly experienced the type of freedom I had in my youth, they’ll never know what was stolen from them.</p> <p>If we do not protect all of your civil rights, we will soon have <em>no civil rights</em>. Come on America, wake-up and tell your Senators and Congress to stop this madness. </p> <p><strong><em>YiT – Shelly <hr> </em></strong></p> <h3>Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords</h3> <p>Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form. <p><a href="http://www.cnet.com/profile/declan00/"><img alt="Declan McCullagh" src="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/10/12/headshots_declan_mcCullagh_140x100_60x43.jpg" width="60" height="43"></a> by <a href="http://www.cnet.com/profile/declan00/">Declan McCullagh</a> / July 25, 2013 11:26 AM PDT <p><img alt="" src="http://asset1.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/07/25/nsa-password-110527_1_610x410.jpg" width="513" height="345">(Credit: Photo illustration by James Martin/CNET) <p>The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed. <p>If the government is able to determine a person's password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could be used to log in to an account to peruse confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user. Obtaining it also would aid in deciphering encrypted devices in situations where passwords are reused. <p>"I've certainly seen them ask for passwords," said one Internet industry source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We push back." <p>A second person who has worked at a large Silicon Valley company confirmed that it received legal requests from the federal government for stored passwords. Companies "really heavily scrutinize" these requests, the person said. "There's a lot of 'over my dead body.'" <p>Some of the government orders demand not only a user's password but also the encryption algorithm and the so-called salt, according to a person familiar with the requests. A salt is a random string of letters or numbers used to make it more difficult to reverse the encryption process and determine the original password. Other orders demand the secret question codes often associated with user accounts. <p>"This is one of those unanswered legal questions: Is there any circumstance under which they could get password information?"<br>--Jennifer Granick, Stanford University <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/" target="_blank">Click here to read the full article.</a></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1f1b440d-f728-4c09-b2ac-98adc7a02b73" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Bill+of+Rights" rel="tag">Bill of Rights</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Deception" rel="tag">Deception</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Surveillance" rel="tag">Surveillance</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Spy" rel="tag">Spy</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Spying" rel="tag">Spying</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Federal+Government" rel="tag">Federal Government</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=President" rel="tag">President</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=National+Security" rel="tag">National Security</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Patriotism" rel="tag">Patriotism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Politics" rel="tag">Politics</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Inventory" rel="tag">Inventory</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Controlled+Society" rel="tag">Controlled Society</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Agenda+21" rel="tag">Agenda 21</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-2688200883665813042013-07-07T12:38:00.001-07:002013-07-07T12:53:16.411-07:00We Will No Longer Accept the Lies!<p>Is this the message that will register with the voters for 2014? <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/we-will-no-longer-accept-the-lies-becks-prepared-remarks-for-washington-d-c-rally/" target="_blank">“No More Lies,” was the speech delivered by Glenn Beck, in Washington D.C., on June 19th, 2013.</a> With all of the recent deception that has been revealed on major incidents that under normal circumstances should have demanded for recalls, firings and even impeachment of political leaders for their actions, I wonder if people would recognize the truth if it stared them in the face?</p> <p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/22/trail-benghazi-security-lapses-leads-higher-at-state-department-records-show/" target="_blank"><strong><font color="#00a400">Benghazi</font></strong></a><strong><font color="#00a400"> / </font></strong><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/06/report-two-more-killings-traced-to-missing-fast-furious-guns/" target="_blank"><strong><font color="#00a400">Fast and Furious</font></strong></a><strong><font color="#00a400"> / </font></strong><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/irs-tea-party-scandal-congress-nonprofit-obama" target="_blank"><strong><font color="#00a400">Tea Party vs. IRS</font></strong></a><strong><font color="#00a400"> / </font></strong><a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/11689/nsa-surveillance-violates-fourth-amendment-and-right-to-privacy" target="_blank"><strong><font color="#00a400">NSA violation of the 4th Amendment</font></strong></a></p> <p><font color="#000000">The 2014 election cycle for Washington State and Whatcom County is an opportunity to put people into office who are principled believers in the <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html" target="_blank">U.S. Constitution</a>, the <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html" target="_blank">Bill of Rights</a> and the <a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/LAWSANDAGENCYRULES/Pages/constitution.aspx" target="_blank">Washington State Constitution</a> <a href="http://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/history/1889-Constitution-color.pdf" target="_blank">(view electronic image of the original WA State Constitution here)</a>. Don’t let this opportunity slip past you. The only thing required will be to take the time necessary to research the candidates and get to know them a bit before casting your vote. The primary is just around the corner, August 6th, 2013, will be here soon.</font></p> <p><strong><u>Things to ask Candidates at Political Forums:<a href="http://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/history/1889-Constitution-color.pdf"><img title="Image_of_Cover_Constitution_of_the_State_of_Washington" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image_of_Cover_Constitution_of_the_State_of_Washington" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-04WArR3G8xY/UdnHDBRF5JI/AAAAAAAAA0A/TI_nXumHGR4/Image_of_Cover_Constitution_of_the_State_of_Washington%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="162" height="244"></a></u></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>How long have you lived here?</p> <p>What’s your current job?</p> <p>Have you ever worked in the private sector?</p> <p>Do you own your own private home, or property?</p> <p>Do you have children?</p> <p>Have you served in the military?</p> <p>Will you insure that the individual is lawfully protected from the actions of the Crowd?</p> <p>What’s your vision for Whatcom County, or your City?</p> <p>What do you perceive your duties of office to be?</p> <p>Can you read a financial report?</p> <p>Is debt a good or bad thing?</p></blockquote> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</em></strong></p> <hr> <iframe height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qF4SdhmjPn0?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-29645765950252316932013-06-10T21:58:00.000-07:002013-06-10T21:58:39.454-07:00GB Message to Save America<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The past week Glenn Beck appeared to be suffering from laryngitis, but has now had it confirmed that he is suffering from temporary paralysis of his larnyx. If "We the People," were unable to hear Glenn Beck speak the truth aloud again, would we stop listening or working to restore Ameriica? I want to personally thank Glenn Beck for everything he's done thus far and to let him know that I would miss hearing him deliver his monologues, or speaking truth to adversity, but I would understand if he were unable to return to the full-time radio and TV. Glenn Beck has truly changed a lot of peoples lives and I know that he's changed mine forever.</div>
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<br />Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-70575450280007895402013-06-09T10:48:00.001-07:002013-06-09T10:48:28.988-07:00The Speech that Rocked Virginia<p>E.W. Jackson is running for Lt. Governor in the State of Virginia. Most Lt. Governor races are fairly blasé due to the fact that the Lt. Governor’s role is a fairly limited one with regards to policy and legislation to a State. But, if the fire in this politician’s belly resonates, as the fire-in-the-belly of politicians like Cruz, Paul, Rubio, Lee and our own Rep. Jason Overstreet; America does have hope to regain her stature as <strong><em>“the shining light upon the hill.”</em></strong></p> <blockquote> <p>LET FREEDOM RING!</p></blockquote> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</p> <p> <hr> </p> <p><iframe style="height: 324px; width: 557px" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eGD6O283ipo?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p></em></strong> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:948a9bd1-1460-44d0-b231-05a6e6a1e69a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Politics" rel="tag">Politics</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Jackson" rel="tag">Jackson</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Lt.+Governor" rel="tag">Lt. 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This site is dedicated to highlight progressive policies that I believe are deleterious to “We the People.” Today I found an article through <strong><em><a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/" target="_blank">The Drudge Report</a></em></strong> that could change a lot of minds on the topic of <strong><em><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/?s=abortion&nl=1&x=-1431&y=-114" target="_blank">abortion</a>.</em></strong></p> <p>Now I want to bring you back to what’s happening with <strong><em><a href="http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-facts.php" target="_blank">Obamacare</a></em></strong> and the mandate by this abuse of power, that <strong><em><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/04/north_branch_company_sues_feds.html" target="_blank">all insurers must provide abortion coverage.</a></em></strong></p> <p>Please read and share this article with others. It could mean life or death for many innocent lives to come.</p> <p><em><strong>YiT ~ Shelly</strong></p> <p><strong> <hr> </strong></p> <h4>Doctor Who Did 1,200 Abortions Tells Congress to Ban Them</h4> <p><em><strong>by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 5/23/13 12:52 PM</strong></em> <p>Dr. Anthony Levatino is a pro-life physician from New Mexico but, before having a change of heart on the issue of abortion he was an OBGYN who also performed abortions.</p> <p>Levatino did as many as 1,200 abortions — some of them after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Then, after his daughter died in a tragic automobile accident, he re-evaluated his position on abortion and stopped doing abortions. <p>Today, Dr. Levatino told members of a Congressional committee that they should support <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/17/congressman-pushes-national-ban-on-abortions-after-20-weeks/">a bill sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks that would ban abortions nationwide aft 20 weeks of pregnancy</a>. <p><iframe style="height: 351px; width: 606px" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8szDctI9lXM?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3996ce26-468a-4e81-820d-c386f7b2ab2b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Partial" rel="tag">Partial</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Birth" rel="tag">Birth</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Abortion" rel="tag">Abortion</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Life" rel="tag">Life</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=News" rel="tag">News</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=OBGYN" rel="tag">OBGYN</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Levatino" rel="tag">Levatino</a></div></em> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-69419762057695872862013-05-12T11:56:00.001-07:002013-05-12T11:56:40.656-07:00Should the Tea Party accept the IRS’s apology?<p>The Country appears to be going through another change. What is that change? It’s a monumental change where people who espouse fiscal sanity, constitutional ethics, transparency in government, principled politicians and honest treatment of all US Citizens are targets of their own government. The recent revelation that the IRS <strong>was targeting any group that showed any affiliation with Tea Party principles</strong> for “closer scrutiny” by the federal taxing authority of the United States of America has been exposed and admitted to.</p> <p>Should the “Tea Party,” who ever they are, accept their apology?</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> <iframe height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p89a95rgezg?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2b974da5-072b-46b7-b9de-411b2573f5c6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=IRS" rel="tag">IRS</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Targets" rel="tag">Targets</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Tea+Party" rel="tag">Tea Party</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Patriotism" rel="tag">Patriotism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Constitution" rel="tag">Constitution</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Politics" rel="tag">Politics</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Apology" rel="tag">Apology</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Taxes" rel="tag">Taxes</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Audit" rel="tag">Audit</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Conspiracy+Theories" rel="tag">Conspiracy Theories</a></div></em></strong></p> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-22945115990056656602013-04-24T21:36:00.001-07:002013-04-25T14:00:40.273-07:00Updates on the Saudi National–Held after Boston Bombing–Gone but not Forgotten–The People Demand Answers for their Safety!It’s time to put out a series of updates I have been following through the Blaze TV.<br />
There are a lot of questions that need to be answered for the sake of public safety of all U.S. citizens. If the main stream media will not do their job and the story from the Obama’s Executive Administration keeps changing, then we have to keep up the pressure to get <strong><em>real answers.</em></strong> We deserve it and I guess we’ll only get what we deserve if we demand it.<br />
Contact your U.S. Congress and demand that they get to the bottom of this matter. Why was this Saudi National given a 212, 3B file? How was it removed? Was it removed? Where is Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, the Saudi National? Are we truly safe in America if we don’t know the truth about all of these questions?<br />
<em><strong>YiT ~ Shelly</strong></em><br />
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<strong> </strong><span style="color: #c0504d;">Recent video of Glen Beck reporting on The Blaze:</span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c6xOO8MWiXk?feature=player_detailpage" style="height: 314px; width: 553px;" width="640"></iframe> <br />
<span style="color: #c0504d;">Image of the Department of Homeland Security declaring that Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, the Saudi National arrested after the Boston Bombing, has been given a 212, 3B rating:</span><strong><img alt="Can a 212 3 (B) File Be Changed? Experts Weigh In on Saudi Nationals Status" height="204" src="http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-10.24.50-AM.png" width="559" /></strong><br />
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CAN A 212, 3B FILE BE CHANGED? EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON SAUDI NATIONAL’S STATUS</h3>
Apr. 24, 2013 8:19pm <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/author/tiffanygabbay/">Tiffany Gabbay</a> <br />
The Blaze has been extensively covering the strange details surrounding Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, the Saudi national who was once considered a person of interest in the Boston Marathon attacks. On his Wednesday evening broadcast, Glenn Beck explored Alharbi’s immigration status as well as provided viewers with another look at the event file he said was created on the Saudi student.<br />
Earlier on Wednesday, Erica Ritz<a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/24/armed-and-dangerous-becks-latest-revelations-on-saudi-national-once-considered-person-of-interest-in-boston-bombings/"> provided a timeline</a> of the events surrounding the Saudi national as follows: <em><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/24/can-a-212-3b-file-be-changed-experts-weigh-in-on-saudi-nationals-status/">(Click here to read the full article)</a> </em><br />
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ARE THESE PICTURES OF MICHELLE OBAMA VISITING THE SAUDI STUDENT PUT ON A WATCHLIST LAST WEEK?</h3>
Apr. 24, 2013 12:25pm <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/author/mytheosholt/">Mytheos Holt</a> <br />
Photos of <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-news-michelle-obama-visited-saudi-national-hospital-155429954.html">a visit Michelle Obama is alleged to have had</a> with Abdul Rahman Alharbi — the Saudi national previously considered to be <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/24/armed-and-dangerous-becks-latest-revelations-on-saudi-national-once-considered-person-of-interest-in-boston-bombings/">“person of interest,” “armed and dangerous</a>,” and <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/23/janet-napolitanos-major-admission-saudi-student-was-put-on-watch-list/">worthy of inclusion on a watch list</a> — may have appeared on a Facebook page associated with an English language school in Boston or students who share a common bond of going to English schools in the area. <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/24/are-these-pictures-of-michelle-obama-visiting-the-saudi-student-put-on-a-watchlist-last-week/"><em>(Click here to read the full story)</em></a><br />
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<em>‘ARMED AND DANGEROUS’: BECK’S LATEST REVELATIONS ON SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE A ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ IN BOSTON BOMBINGS</em></h3>
<em>Apr. 24, 2013 11:04am </em><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/author/erica-ritz/"><em>Erica Ritz</em></a> <br />
<em>For the past week, Glenn Beck has been investigating a Saudi national once identified as a “person of interest” in the Boston Marathon bombing. The story has taken a number of alarming twists and turns, but on his radio program Wednesday, Beck released some of the most interesting information yet.</em> <br />
<em>But first, here are a few background points on how the case developed:</em> <br />
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<li><em>A Saudi national originally identified as a “person of interest” in the Boston Marathon bombing was set to be deported under section 212, 3B — “Security and related grounds” — “Terrorist activities” after the bombing on April 15 </em> </li>
<li><em>TheBlaze received word that the government may not deport the Saudi national — identified as Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi — as the story gained traction on April 18. </em> </li>
<li><em>Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano </em><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/18/janet-napolitano-responds-to-report-of-deportation-for-former-person-of-interest-not-worthy-of-an-answer/"><em>refused to answer</em></a><em> questions on the subject by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) on Capitol Hill on April 18, saying the inquiry was “so full of misstatements and misapprehension that it’s just not worthy of an answer.”</em></li>
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-4301421799758815722013-04-19T07:41:00.000-07:002013-04-19T07:41:08.383-07:00Not Again! Tell the Media to Cover this Story!Exclusive on “The Blaze,” that the mainstream media is ignoring.<br />
If you follow Glen Beck’s website, <em><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/18/report-saudi-national-ruled-out-as-suspect-in-boston-marathon-bombings-to-be-deported-on-national-security-grounds-next-week/">The Blaze</a>,</em> then you know something a lot of other United States citizen’s don’t. There appears to be a potential cover-up in play to deport a Saudi national.<br />
Read the story and if you believe as I do, <em>that this deserves to be covered at a much larger level</em>, then please contact your local and national news markets.<br />
<strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly </em></strong><br />
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EXCLUSIVE: SAUDI NATIONAL ONCE CONSIDERED ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ MAY BE DEPORTED ON ‘SECURITY’ GROUNDS — AND HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE FRAMED</h3>
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<strong>U</strong><strong>PDATE I</strong>:<br />
<img align="left" height="157" src="http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ScreenSnapz068.jpg" style="display: inline; float: left;" width="164" />Sources tell TheBlaze that the Saudi national is set to be deported on “security and related grounds.” His visa also has been revoked. Below is some of the information that has been communicated to us: <br />
1. One source at the FBI and another at the Saudi Embassy referred to the student as connected to an important Saudi family.<br />2. An “event” was created on this guy three days ago. An event is a file. The file contains his deportation record and the reason he is being deported. According to ICE the reason is under section 212 3B — “Security and related grounds” — “Terrorist activities”<br />3. His visa has been revoked.<img align="right" height="128" src="http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ScreenSnapz069.jpg" style="display: inline; float: right;" width="172" /><br />4. The FBI said a file was started “just in case he was found to be connected to the crime,” however, the file shows he was scheduled to be deported. This was not a precaution, it was in “orders.”<br />5. One source said they believe a “voluntary” departure has been signed — that means the Saudi Student could be out of the country as early as today.<br />6. The file was immediately classified. We believe the deportation order will be classified as well — requiring a FOIA to get it.<br />7. The story was going to be “he wanted to go home,” however he was actually being deported.<br />8. Our source said the FBI believes the Saudi student is tied to 2 to 3 more people.<br />9. Our source said this “looks like they were trying to make this a ‘lone wolf’ crime so, the Saudi government would be spared embarrassment and the U.S. would avoid explaining how a terror cell was active when we had AQ on the run.” <br />
<strong>UPDATE III</strong> (10:50 am ET): <br />
TheBlaze Chief Content Officer Joel Cheatwood reported on “The Glenn Beck Program” Thursday morning that TheBlaze has been informed that the government is now considering <em>not deporting</em> Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi. <br />
“Just got a note from one of our investigative reporters that she has been told that there is now discussion that they may not allow this man to be deported,” Cheatwood said. <br />
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Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-16151689797989778772013-04-14T17:05:00.001-07:002013-04-14T17:05:09.310-07:00Dr Easterbrook v. WWU Geology Department “Out of their League?”<p>Some articles deserve to be posted in their entirety, because the controversy of one man, one published man, one published man with emeritus standing at Western Washington University has been personally maligned because he went before the Washington State Legislature to share his knowledge on Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW); <em>aka Human caused global warming due to our dependence on fossil fuels for energy and their contribution to increased levels of CO2.</em></p> <p>Before you read Dr. Easterbrook’s rebuttal to the WWU Geology Departments opinion piece, published in the Bellingham Herald, I would ask that you read the article links posted below. The second link is the original WWU Geology article that I referenced previously. The third link is a rebuttal submitted by Dr. David Deming, <em><font color="#c0504d">(which the Bellingham Herald refused to publish)</font></em> that was published at the WUWT blog.</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/03/26/2939145/retired-wwu-professor-a-global.html#storylink=misearch">March 26, 2013 opinion piece of Dr. Easterbrook’s presentation to the Washington State Legislature</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/03/31/2943649/wwu-faculty-find-overwhelming.html#storylink=misearch">March 31, 2013 opinion piece of WWU Geology Department faculty refuting Dr. Easterbrook’s testimony to the State Legislature</a></li> <li><a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/04/08/rebuttal-to-the-attack-on-dr-don-easterbrook/">WUWT posting of Dr. David Deming, Professor of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, rebuttal of the WWU Geology Departments letter</a></li> <li><a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/04/14/don-easterbrooks-response-to-a-smear-by-wwu-geology-faculty/">WUWT posting of the Bellingham Heralds release of Dr. Easterbrook’s rebuttal to the WWU Geology Department, opinion piece published on March 31, 2013</a></li></ol> <p>What would we do if the Mainstream Media and our Universities would actually give balanced time and opinion of what’s really happening out there? Possibly <strong><em>real problems</em></strong> that <strong><em>need real solutions</em></strong> would receive the funding that is needed. And, we could potentially stop wasting time and valuable resources to solve something that’s not a problem, if it ever was a problem.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> </em></strong></p> <h3>Easterbrook disputes WWU faculty global warming opinions</h3> <p>Published: April 14, 2013 <p>By DON EASTERBROOK — COURTESY TO THE BELLINGHAM HERALD <p>"WWU faculty find overwhelming scientific evidence to support global warming." Of course there is overwhelming evidence of global warming! Everyone agrees! But that doesn't prove it was caused by carbon dioxide! The authors fail to understand: <p>Of the two periods of global warming this century, the first, and warmest, occurred before rise in carbon dioxide; <p>Twenty periods of global warming occurred over the past five centuries; <p>The past 10,000 years were warmer than present; <p>Multiple periods of intense warming (20 times more intense than recent warming) occurred 10,000-to-15,000 years ago. All of these happened long before rise in carbon dioxide, so could not possibly have been caused by carbon dioxide. <p>The Bellingham Herald opinion column is a diatribe against me personally (just read the slurs and innuendos) containing misrepresentations, no real data to support their contentions, and displays an abysmal ignorance of published literature. The reason becomes apparent when you realize that not a single one of the 13 Western Washington University authors has ever published a single paper on global climate change and none have any expertise whatsoever in climate issues. <p>Their claim that my publications "have not passed through rigorous peer review" is false. Virtually all of my 180 publications were peer-reviewed. The real joke here is they "fully support the 2007 IPCC report," but Donna Laframboise in 2011 documented that 30 percent of the references used were not peer-reviewed, so using their own standard, they would be forced to reject the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report! <p>The authors claim that "CO2 is a powerful greenhouse gas" that has "significant and measureable impact on surface temperature." Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, but it has little impact on temperature because it makes up only 0.038 percent of the atmosphere, has changed only 0.008 percent since carbon dioxide rose after 1945 (if you double nothing, you still have nothing), and accounts for only 3.6 percent of greenhouse warming. Carbon dioxide is incapable of changing global temperature by more than a fraction of a degree. <p>The authors "decry the injection of such poor quality science into the public discourse." I work with 20 of the world's top scientists, including atmospheric physicists, astrophysicists, geologists, and marine geophysicists who wouldn't waste time working with me if my research was "of poor quality." <p>The authors claim that my work requires "broad, decades-long conspiracy ....to falsify climate data." <p>In 1999, NASA data showed the 1930s were the hottest decade of the century and 1936 the hottest year. In 2012, NASA subtracted temperatures from the 1930s data and added to recent temperatures to claim that recent years were "unprecedented and the warmest ever recorded." Check NASA data tampering at http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/data-tampering-at-ushcngiss/. This lies behind all of the false claims that recent global warming is "unprecedented." <p>The authors claim a "vast consensus of the science community." However, 31,487 U.S. scientists (including 9,000 with doctorates) with degrees in atmospheric, Earth sciences, physics, chemistry, biology and computer science have signed a statement that reads: "There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing, or will in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate." Check names and expertise at http://www.petitionproject.org/. Signatures of 1.5 million scientists would be required to achieve the claimed "vast consensus" of scientists! The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman admitted that 80 percent of the people involved in the panel were not even scientists! <p>The WWU faculty was challenged to debate the issues. The response from David Hirsh was: "I don't want the media to present both sides of an issue." "Well, the problem is it's not 'my' science. I do not now, nor have I claimed to be an expert in climate science. The question was would I support a debate-type forum to be hosted at WWU? I would not." He went on to say that he didn't want to debate because he had not addressed any of the scientific issues, but supported the personal attack. <p>So what can we conclude about The Bellingham Herald opinion column? Perhaps more than anything it shows that amateurs with no expertise in climate issues are way out of their league and would be wiser to stick to their own areas of expertise, hard rock geology. In the end, nature will tell us who is right and that is happening right now as the climate continues to cool with no warming in 15 years. <p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR <p><em>Don Easterbrook, a professor emeritus of geology at Western Washington University. For more information about him, go online to myweb.wwu.edu/dbunny.</em> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-70361838917057329652013-03-02T19:33:00.001-08:002013-03-02T19:34:32.422-08:00Innocents Betrayed ~ from Dr. Piazza of Front Sight Training Inst.<p>If you like this video parody that obviously takes on the Hollywood-Communitarian-Bullies, then you’ll probably enjoy the <strong>Front Sight Training Institute <a href="http://www.frontsight.com/patriot/" target="_blank">website</a> and <a href="http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/blog/" target="_blank">blog</a>.</strong> Front Sight is a firearms training facility. The Front Sight Institute is owned by Dr. Ignasius Piazza and has become renowned for their ability to train and educate citizens in the proper use and understanding of firearms.</p> <p>Here’s a quote from Dr. Piazza:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>“If every law abiding American citizen was trained in the safe and responsible use of defensive firearms to levels that exceed law enforcement and military standards, together we would positively change the image of gun ownership in our lifetimes, restore the Second Amendment, and create a country forever protected against enemies foreign and domestic.” </em> <p><em>“It is a stated goal of to positively change the image of gun ownership in our lifetimes.”</em></p></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><em>“Nobody can dispute these historical facts. I know because I co-produced with Aaron Zelman of JPFO an entire documentary on the subject of governments killing their own people immediately following gun confiscation. The award winning documentary is titled Innocents Betrayed. You can watch it here </em><a href="http://libertycrier.com/front-page/innocents-betrayed-genocide-by-gun-control-true-history-of-gun-confiscation/?utm_source=The+Liberty+Crier&utm_campaign=bc918dc2ad-The_Liberty_Crier_Daily_News_1_12_2013&utm_medium=email"><em>http://libertycrier.com/front-page/innocents-betrayed-genocide-by-gun-control-true-history-of-gun-confiscation/</em></a>”</p></blockquote> <p><iframe height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XW15CGAiscw?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Will you find lots of things that they’re advertising? Of course you will. That’s what capitalism is all about!</p> <p><strong><em>YIT ~ Shelly</em></strong></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:06112632-2346-4e27-9f2e-bf83f46770f6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=2nd+Amendment" rel="tag">2nd Amendment</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Gun+Rights" rel="tag">Gun Rights</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Gun+Control" rel="tag">Gun Control</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Constitution" rel="tag">Constitution</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Patriotism" rel="tag">Patriotism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Capitalism" rel="tag">Capitalism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Political+Humor" rel="tag">Political Humor</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Shooting" rel="tag">Shooting</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Training" rel="tag">Training</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Education" rel="tag">Education</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Front+Sight" rel="tag">Front Sight</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Dr.+Ignasius+Piazza" rel="tag">Dr. Ignasius Piazza</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-87227075633189922092013-03-02T15:12:00.001-08:002013-03-02T15:14:03.174-08:00Restore the Two-Thirds; a Freedom Foundation Petition<p>All hands on deck! It’s time to get the grassroots, common sense people to let the will of the people be heard. The Freedom Foundation has posted an online petition demanding our political leaders to <a href="http://myfreedomfoundation.com/blog/page/petition-restore-the-two-thirds" target="_blank">“Restore the Two-Thirds,”</a> requirement to raise taxes and make it permanent. </p> <p>All it takes to effect change is to raise our voices in unison for a common cause. Washington State has increased spending above revenue projections far too long and now, due to an activist State Supreme Court (elections do have consequences) the will of the people (64% of them) has been subverted. Since <strong><a href="http://www.elc.wa.gov/sub/chronology.pdf" target="_blank">Initiative 601</a></strong>, the voters have passed the two-thirds requirement five times. Each time it passes with an even greater majority than the last one. It’s time to send the message straight to Olympia that <strong><em>We the People </em></strong>have spoken and no less than a State Constitutional Amendment requiring the two-thirds vote of the House and Senate will do.</p> <p>Please check-out the Freedom Foundation’s petition to restore the two-thirds majority vote as a constitutional amendment. And, please share this with all of your friends and family.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</em></strong></p> <hr> <p>The State Supreme Court just made it a lot easier for the legislature to raise your <a href="http://myfreedomfoundation.com/blog/page/petition-restore-the-two-thirds" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; float: right" alt="Sign our petition" align="right" src="http://myfreedomfoundation.com/imgLib/20130302_FFFBook.WallGraphic_Restore.jpg" width="275" height="275"></a>taxes—and we know they’re going to try.<br>Washington voters have repeatedly (6 times) and overwhelmingly (64% in 2012) voted to require a super-majority vote for the legislature to increase taxes or fees. Yet six State Supreme Court justices sided with special interests to strike down this law.<br>Some politicians claim tax hikes are essential just to support basic services. It’s an outright lie. State revenue for the next budget is projected to be $2 billion more than in the last budget, yet politicians say it’s not enough. In fact, revenue has consistently increased over time. Washington State don’t have a revenue problem—we have a spending problem.<br>Let’s tell Olympia, loud and clear, that we don’t need more taxes. <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:d319e57c-a6f0-4484-90c0-9aa5d35ab357" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Restore" rel="tag">Restore</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Freedom+Foundation" rel="tag">Freedom Foundation</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Taxes" rel="tag">Taxes</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Two-Thirds" rel="tag">Two-Thirds</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Majority" rel="tag">Majority</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Raise" rel="tag">Raise</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Increase" rel="tag">Increase</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Washington" rel="tag">Washington</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Washington+State" rel="tag">Washington State</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=State+of+Washington" rel="tag">State of Washington</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Whatcom+County" rel="tag">Whatcom County</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Legislature" rel="tag">Legislature</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Budget" rel="tag">Budget</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=State+Constitution" rel="tag">State Constitution</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-69612550948785509462013-02-27T23:37:00.001-08:002013-02-27T23:38:06.868-08:00Woodward Questions White House Sanity over Sequester<p>President Obama mocked politician’s who manufacture crisis's, in his <strong><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/02/12/2013-state-union-address-0" target="_blank">State of the Union</a></strong> address. How many times have I<strong> </strong>heard the<strong> President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Wolf" target="_blank">cry wolf</a>?</strong> Even if the sky were falling, or the big bad wolf were at my door, I do not believe I would believe it to be true. In truth the <a href="http://uspolitics.about.com/od/thefederalbudget/a/What-Is-Sequestration.htm" target="_blank">sequester agreement</a> <u><em>is not</em></u> a <strong>cut in the federal budget.</strong> Sequester is a reduction in the growth of federal spending and a very small reduction at that. If this fact doesn’t bother you, possibly this one will. <strong><em>POTUS has the ultimate say in what federal program receives less federal revenue for their budget.<img alt="Picture" src="http://www.sml-libertyrd.com/uploads/1/2/9/6/12963093/8274163.jpg?681" width="507" height="369"></em></strong></p> <p>Let’s imagine for one minute what that might look like in a real world. Consider this; you’ve at the grocery store to buy food for the week and you usually spend $100.00 to cover your costs. You believed you were getting an 8% raise, so you increased your food budget by 8% (that’s an extra $8.00) and you planned for $108.00 in buying power. But, then your raise was reduced to 6%, you’ve now adjusted your food budget to $106.00. You now have a few choices to make about your food purchasing <strong>choices.</strong> If you’ve already made a grocery list that uses the full $108.00 and you choose what items not to purchase from your list, based on your priorities. Or, you can buy everything that is on your list, looking for them to be on sale or a find a coupon to reduce the costs. Or, better yet, you access your preferred media resource to do comparison shopping and learn where, or what other brands, are available at reduced costs.</p> <p>When faced with difficult choices a leader knows how to make a plan, prioritize and implement it. The Obama Administration, with the complicit help of the mainstream media, we are bombarded with one crisis to the next and I refuse to be Chicken Little, or Henny Penny screeching, “the sky is falling, the sky is falling!”</p> <p><iframe style="width: 547px; height: 317px" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NO04VXBIS0M?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <blockquote> <p>Winston Churchill once said; “The difference between a politician and a statesman is; a politician is always thinking about how to get elected and consolidate power. The statesman is focused on what’s best for the nation.”</p></blockquote> <p>It’s time for <em>We the People<strong> </strong></em>to start electing statesmen who will speak the truth and make the choices needed to rebuild the publics trust in government.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> </em></strong></p> <h3>BOB WOODWARD: A 'Very Senior' White House Person Warned Me I'd 'Regret' What I'm Doing</h3> <p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/brett-logiurato">Brett LoGiurato</a> | Feb. 27, 2013, 6:53 PM | 733,723 | <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-white-house-reporting-price-politics-2013-2#comments">733</a> <p>Bob Woodward said this evening on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/cnn">CNN</a> that a "very senior person" at the White House warned him in an email that he would "regret doing this," the same day he has continued to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-republicans-2013-2">slam President Barack Obama over the</a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-republicans-2013-2">looming forced cuts known as the sequester</a>. <p align="left">CNN host <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/wolf-blitzer">Wolf Blitzer</a> said that the network invited a White House official to debate Woodward on-air, but the White House declined.<img style="display: inline; float: right" border="0" alt="Bob Woodward" align="right" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/512e9b59eab8ea7378000004-902-676-400-/bob-woodward-3.jpg" width="165" height="124"></p> <blockquote> <p align="left">"It makes me very uncomfortable to have the White House telling reporters, 'You're going to regret doing something that you believe in,'" Woodward said. "I think they're confused," Woodward said of the White House's pushback on his reporting.</p></blockquote> <p align="right"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWoodward_1945.JPG">Wikimedia/Bektour</a> <p>Earlier <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-republicans-2013-2">today on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Woodward ripped into Obama</a> in what has become an ongoing feud between the veteran <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/washington-post">Washington Post</a> journalist and the White House. Woodward said Obama was showing a "kind of madness I haven't seen in a long time" for a decision not to deploy an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf because of budget concerns. <em><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-white-house-reporting-price-politics-2013-2#ixzz2MApYV2hZ" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story</a>.</em> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a861cb6e-a820-45ee-9050-7873a978e0d9" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Sequester" rel="tag">Sequester</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Obama" rel="tag">Obama</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Woodward" rel="tag">Woodward</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Budget+Cuts" rel="tag">Budget Cuts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Bully" rel="tag">Bully</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=White+House" rel="tag">White House</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Henny+Penny" rel="tag">Henny Penny</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Chicken+Little" rel="tag">Chicken Little</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Leaders" rel="tag">Leaders</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Churchill" rel="tag">Churchill</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-36473959137497359372013-02-19T21:45:00.001-08:002013-02-19T21:59:21.885-08:00Tax Dollars Used for Racist Sensitivity Training<p>Diversity at its best? Hah! Diversity at its worst and we’re paying for it! Your tax dollars and mine are being used to do this type of <strong><a href="http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.5052719/" target="_blank">diversity training</a></strong> at all levels of government. It’s time to raise our voices and let our elected officials know how we feel about this type of indoctrination happening with our tax dollars.</p> <p>If this is happening in adult settings with our government workers, can you imagine what’s happening in the public school classrooms? I shudder to think as it was shared with me that public schools (who cannot honor <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03724b.htm" target="_blank">Christmas</a>, <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05224d.htm" target="_blank">Easter</a> or any <a href="http://christiancelebrationcenter.com/" target="_blank">Christian celebration</a>) commonly have special events like <strong><a href="http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html" target="_blank">Karl Marx</a> Day</strong>, and so many other anti-American, anti-Federalist, or anti-Free Market Capitalism. Our children rarely spend time studying the history of big-thinkers like <a href="http://millercenter.org/president/coolidge" target="_blank">President Calvin Coolidge</a>, economists such as the late <a href="http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Friedman.html" target="_blank">Milton Friedman</a> or <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/" target="_blank">Walter Williams</a>.</p> <p>Is it really any wonder that our nation is publicly $16.6T in debt, a <a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/index.html" target="_blank">debt that is 74.6% of our GDP</a> now, and an <a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/sources/transparent2.gif" target="_blank">external debt to GDP ration of 99.8%</a>? Just for kicks I checked out how the State of Washington is doing in comparison, but you should remember that States are actually supposed to abide by a balanced budget. So, even though the State of Washington appears to be doing much better than the Federal government, Washington State does spend more than we pay-in. The State of <a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-washington-debt-clock.html" target="_blank">Washington has a debt to GDP ratio of 20.5%</a>. If that made you feel better, try this on for size. The State of <a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-california-debt-clock.html" target="_blank">California’s debt to GDP ratio is 20.4%</a>. But heck, remember that statement from President Obama at the, no so long ago, State of the Union Address? I am paraphrasing here, but the President said; <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/14/obama-cant-outrun-culture-crisis-helped-create-523665467/" target="_blank">“We are living at a time where many political parties are manufacturing crisis after crisis.”</a></p> <p>What I’m asking you, if you’ve taken the time to check-in and read this posting, have you, will you take the time to contact your political representatives? Tell them to stop wasting tax dollars. Tell them that they could start by demanding that we stop promoting events like the one I’ve shared with you here.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</p> <p> <hr> <p><iframe style="width: 600px; height: 377px" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MaBHgYkoOQg?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p></em></strong> <p> </p> <p><iframe style="width: 597px; height: 374px" height="254" src="http://mlb.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?width=400&height=254&content_id=25605151&property=theblaze" frameborder="0" width="400">Your browser does not support iframes.</iframe></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:fc78cc9c-7fa5-41a7-87d7-9d15df0cfb54" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=USDA" rel="tag">USDA</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Sensitivity+Training" rel="tag">Sensitivity Training</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Whistle+Blower" rel="tag">Whistle Blower</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Debt" rel="tag">Debt</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Spending" rel="tag">Spending</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Federal+Government" rel="tag">Federal Government</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=State+Government" rel="tag">State Government</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Washington" rel="tag">Washington</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=California" rel="tag">California</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Glenn+Beck" rel="tag">Glenn Beck</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-38301734104985082942013-02-10T22:35:00.001-08:002013-02-10T22:38:03.817-08:00Governor Jay Inslee Pushes for Increased Electrical Rates<p>The 2013 legislative year has just started and our new Governor, Jay Inslee, has become an advocate for higher electrical rates. Governor Inslee denies that <a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/hydropower-profile/" target="_blank">hydropower</a> is <a href="http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/" target="_blank">green power</a>, if not greener, than wind, solar, thermal, bio-fuels, et al. The rest of the United States agrees that hydropower is green power. I guess we know something they don’t?</p> <p>Governor Inslee states, “promoting hydropower as green power would be a step backwards?” How can someone achieve his level of political power and not understand basic physics? Or, how can anyone deny that hydro-power (which the State of Washington has a lot of) meets green energy standards? There’s no common sense in his thought process? Is there an ulterior motive that we are not being told? Could any of this be interconnected to the Native Indian’s push to shut down and <a href="http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2013/02/06/congress-tear-down-these-dams-says-sf-chron/" target="_blank">remove dams in Washington State</a>? Could any of this be related to the <a href="http://rewilding.org/rewildit/" target="_blank">Earth First, Re-wilding Project</a>? We must ask Governor Inslee why? And, please do not accept answers that fly in the face of logic. Wind and solar power, both require fossil fuels and <a href="http://www.swissmetalassets.com/tag/solar-panels" target="_blank">precious metals</a> to be extracted to produce their structures. The amount of power they create is miniscule in comparison to hydro, natural gas, nuclear or fossil fuels. Their mere existence for operation, wastes more beautiful natural landscape than I can imagine, kills birds, <a href="http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/solarization.htm" target="_blank">sterilizes the soil</a> and wastes precious resources above and below the earth. That doesn’t even begin to deal with its effect on the cost of power, one of our most basic needs. We have the ability to deliver energy in plentiful supply, to insure that it is affordable and does not waste more power than it produces.</p> <p>Please contact Governor Inslee and weigh-in on this issue. While you’re at it, ask him to slow down on implementation of health exchanges in Washington State. Everyday I read horror stories on the affect that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is having on health insurance costs. The term <strong>Health Care</strong> means caring for peoples health and governments role in this process is just wrong.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> </em></strong></p> <h3><img style="display: inline; float: right" alt="David Horsey / Los Angeles Times" align="right" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f8eaee/turbine/la-na-tt-western-governor-20130117-001/600" width="330" height="260"></h3> <h3>New Western governor sets his sights on climate change solutions</h3> <p><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/18">January 18, 2013</a> | By David Horsey / Los Angeles Times <p>When we were classmates at Ingraham High School in Seattle, Jay Inslee was quarterback of the football team and a key player on the state champion basketball squad. I was a fledgling cartoonist and editorial writer on the student newspaper. On Wednesday afternoon, as I watched Inslee shoot hoops with his buddies under the new backboard he had just put up on his garage, it struck me that some things have not changed. It was still basketballs for him, cartoons for me.</p> <p>But, in truth, the change is rather dramatic. My bio now starts with the phrase “two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner.” Inslee, as a congressman, threw elbows and blocked shots on the White House basketball court with President Obama. And now, that hoop and net he just installed is attached to the garage outside the governor's mansion in Olympia, Wash. As of Wednesday, his bio has a new top line: 23rd governor of the state of Washington. <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/18/nation/la-na-tt-western-governor-20130117" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story.</a></p> <p> <hr> </p> <h3>Inslee says GOP going backward in Senate</h3> <p>Gov. Jay Inslee waded into the legislative fray Wednesday with his most pointed comments so far in state lawmakers’ 25-day-old session, taking aim squarely at ideas put forward by the Republican-dominated Senate majority. <p>JORDAN SCHRADER; staff writer <b>Published:</b> Feb. 7, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. PST <p>Gov. Jay Inslee waded into the legislative fray Wednesday with his most pointed comments so far in state lawmakers’ 25-day-old session, taking aim squarely at ideas put forward by the Republican-dominated Senate majority. <p>“I’m very concerned that the Senate already has gone backwards on two areas,” the Democratic governor said, citing workers’ compensation and clean energy – and then adding a third to his list, a GOP proposal to require parents be notified before their underage daughter has an abortion. <p>But Inslee stopped short of any veto threat. “I’m developing what I hope will be (a) good working relationship with legislators, and the third week of the session is probably a little early, too early, to start waving around red pens real vocally,” he said. <p>Inslee took office Jan. 16, two days after a coalition of 23 Republicans and two Democrats took power in the Senate and elevated one of the Democrats, Medina’s Rodney Tom, as leader of their business-friendly majority. <p><strong></strong></p><strong>GREEN POWER MANDATES QUESTIONED</strong> <p><strong></strong>“I had some businesspeople in here last week,” Tom told reporters in his office after Inslee’s news conference, “and they were talking about, it’s funny that Washington’s the only state in the nation that doesn’t recognize hydro as a renewable power resource, when we are kind of the front-runners on that.” <a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/02/07/2465071/inslee-says-gop-going-backward.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story.</a></p> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-18352284301000880242013-01-27T20:27:00.001-08:002013-01-28T09:49:22.494-08:00Score “One” for the Constitution v. Executive Office Abusers<p>Some of the best news I’ve read in a <strong>long</strong> time. There is still some sanity in our courts and an understanding that the U.S. Constitution set-up a <strong><a href="http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/legislatures/separation-of-powers-an-overview.aspx" target="_blank">separation of powers</a></strong> intentionally to protect you and I from government tyranny.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.landmarklegal.org/DesktopDefault.aspx" target="_blank"><strong><em>Landmark Legal Foundation</em></strong></a> (aka Mark Levin) has done our Country a great service by forcing this issue into the courts and setting the precedent that <strong><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/executive-branch" target="_blank">Presidents and their Executive Branch</a></strong> must follow the laws of the Constitution.</p> <p>Enjoy the article and don’t forget to send your thanks to the <strong><em><a href="http://www.landmarklegal.org/DesktopDefault.aspx" target="_blank">Landmark Legal Foundation for taking this issue to court.</a></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> </em></strong> <h3>Obama recess appointments unconstitutional</h3> <li>By <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/stephen-dinan/">Stephen Dinan</a> <p>The Washington Times; Friday, January 25, 2013 <ul> <li><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/obama-sec_livejpg/"><img style="display: inline; float: left" alt="Richard Cordray stands left as President Obama announces in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 24, 2013, that he will re-nominate Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a role that he has held for the last year under a recess appointment, and nominate Mary Joe White to lead the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). (Associated Press" align="left" src="http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2013/01/25/obama-sec_live_s160x107.jpg?6ac50f60a459a9d02e0f8fbcfa10b77b4a677545" width="160" height="107"></a> <p>Richard Cordray stands left as President Obama announces in the State Dining ... <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/obama-sec_livejpg/">more ></a></p></li></ul> <h6>VIDEO:</h6> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/video/national-news/white-house-strongly-disagrees-with-ruling/"><img style="display: inline; float: right" alt="White House: 'Strongly Disagrees' With Ruling " align="right" src="http://media.washtimes.com/media/video/preview_image_9md2ZxODpi06uSgmnMqPwgwBAWXL2CAn_s160x90.jpeg?a844b4c63467bf513a2ece74ba07239561ee293b" width="160" height="90"></a> <p>Runtime: 01:05<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/video/national-news/white-house-strongly-disagrees-with-ruling/">White House: 'Strongly Disagrees' With Ruling</a></p></li></ul> <h6>AUDIO</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/audio/01-25-13-stephen-dinan-andy-parks/">Audio Clip: 01-25-13 Stephen Dinan with Andy Parks</a></li></ul> <h6>RELATED STORIES</h6> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/25/decision-casts-heavy-shadow-over-nlrb-authority/">Labor board vows to press ahead despite ruling</a></li></ul> <p>In a case freighted with major constitutional implications, a federal appeals court on Friday overturned President <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/">Obama</a>’s controversial recess appointments from last year, ruling he abused his powers and acted when the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/senate/">Senate</a> was not actually in a recess. <p>The three-judge panel’s ruling is a major blow to <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/">Mr. Obama</a>. The judges ruled that the appointments he made to the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-labor-relations-board/">National Labor Relations Board</a> are illegal, and hence the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/national-labor-relations-board/">five-person board</a> did not have a quorum to operate. <p>But the ruling has even broader constitutional significance, with the judges arguing that the president’s recess appointment powers don’t apply to “intra-session” appointments — those made when <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/congress/">Congress</a> has left town for a few days or weeks. They said <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/">Mr. Obama</a> erred when he said he could claim the power to determine when he could make appointments. <p>“Allowing the president to define the scope of his own appointments power would eviscerate the Constitution’s separation of powers,” the judges said in their opinion. <p>The judges said presidents’ recess powers only apply after <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/congress/">Congress</a> has adjourned a session permanently, which in modern times usually means only at the end of a year. If the ruling withstands <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/supreme-court/">Supreme Court</a> scrutiny, it would dramatically constrain presidents in the future <p>Read more:<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/25/federal-court-obama-broke-law-recess-appointments/#ixzz2JEx3JfOr">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/25/federal-court-obama-broke-law-recess-appointments/#ixzz2JEx3JfOr</a><br>Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=ctd-fI3Dar4z1uacwqm_6r&u=washtimes">@washtimes on Twitter</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:b1c4233b-d555-410e-a695-abf67876bf34" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=U.S.+Courts" rel="tag">U.S. Courts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Landmark+Legal+Foundation" rel="tag">Landmark Legal Foundation</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Recess+Appointments" rel="tag">Recess Appointments</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=NLRB" rel="tag">NLRB</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Executive+Office" rel="tag">Executive Office</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=President+Obama" rel="tag">President Obama</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Separation+of+Powers" rel="tag">Separation of Powers</a></div> <hr> </li> <blockquote> <p><em>Of course the </em><a href="http://www.nlrb.gov/" target="_blank"><em>NLRB</em></a><em> feels very confident that President Obama’s appointments will be upheld; so why adhere to a pesky verdict from an insignificant decision that goes against them? They have important work to do and until someone forcibly stops them, they’re going to continue on as if nothing has changed. Wonder if AG Holder’s office will step-in and uphold the </em><a href="http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/D13E4C2A7B33B57A85257AFE00556B29/$file/12-1115-1417096.pdf" target="_blank"><em>federal courts ruling</em></a><em>?</em></p></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</p></blockquote> <p> <hr> </p></em></strong> <h3>Obama’s Union-Controlled NLRB Thumbs Nose At Court Ruling, Chairman Vows To March Onward</h3> <h4></h4> <p>By: <a href="http://www.redstate.com/users/laborunionreport/">LaborUnionReport</a> (<a href="http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/">Diary</a>) | January 25th, 2013 at 09:15 PM | <a href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/01/25/obamas-union-controlled-nlrb-thumbs-nose-at-court-ruling-chairman-vows-to-march-onward/#disqus_thread">29</a> <p><a href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/01/25/obamas-union-controlled-nlrb-thumbs-nose-at-court-ruling-chairman-vows-to-march-onward/nlrb-picketing/"><img alt="NLRB picketing" src="http://www.redstate.com/files/2013/01/NLRB-picketing.jpg" width="468" height="351"></a> <p>Following Friday morning’s appeals court ruling that Barack Obama’s “recess” appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional, union attorney (and current NLRB chairman) Mark Gaston Pearce vowed to ignore the court’s ruling. <p>In a statement posted on the <a href="http://www.nlrb.gov/news/statement-chairman-pearce-recess-appointment-ruling">NLRB’s website</a>, Pearce stated: <blockquote> <p>“The Board respectfully disagrees with today’s decision and believes that the President’s position in the matter will ultimately be upheld. It should be noted that this order applies to only one specific case, Noel Canning, and that similar questions have been raised in more than a dozen cases pending in other courts of appeals.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/01/25/obamas-union-controlled-nlrb-thumbs-nose-at-court-ruling-chairman-vows-to-march-onward/" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story.</a></p> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-69747157662751443992013-01-25T22:08:00.001-08:002013-01-25T22:12:46.425-08:00The Dismantling of the 2nd Amendment<p>With all of the debates on <strong>gun control</strong> which are happening around the nation on: </p> <ul> <li>Who’s to blame for mass murders?</li> <li>Why does anyone need a gun?</li> <li>How can we protect the children?</li> <li>What’s the need for mega-sized magazines for guns?</li> <li>This isn’t the 17th Century and the Founders wouldn’t approve of citizen’s having high powered, military style weapons today.</li> <li>We’ve got to register and restrict gun ownership, because guns are too dangerous.</li></ul> <p>Heard it before? We’ll hear it again and again, I fear, because we’ve abdicated our responsibility to <strong><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teach" target="_blank">teach</a></strong> our children how to use and respect guns. We’ve failed to <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/teach" target="_blank">teach</a></strong> our children that life is precious above all else. We’ve allowed a <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/culture?s=t" target="_blank">culture</a></strong> of <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/death?s=t" target="_blank">death</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/violence?s=t" target="_blank">violence</a></strong> to permeate every aspect of so-called, <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/entertainment?s=t" target="_blank">entertainment</a> </strong>to occupy our minds at leisure. There is an apparent concerted effort between <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/progressives?s=t" target="_blank">progressives</a></strong> in the <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/media" target="_blank">media</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/politics" target="_blank">politics</a></strong> to <strong><a href="http://www.fragmentsweb.org/fourtx/powfertx.html" target="_blank">use fear to control us</a></strong>.</p> <p>The <strong><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment" target="_blank">2nd Amendment</a></strong> <em>was not written to make certain man would always be capable of feeding themselves</em>, but to <em><strong>insure that man would always be capable of defending themselves</strong> from criminals and tyrannical government.</em></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/html/amdt2_user.html#amdt2_hd2" target="_blank">“A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”</a></p></blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://constitutionus.com/" target="_blank">We the People</a></strong> have <em>nothing to fear</em> from a <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moral" target="_blank">moral</a></strong> and well <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/educated?s=t" target="_blank">educated</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/populace?s=t" target="_blank">populace</a></strong>. <strong><a href="http://constitutionus.com/#transmit" target="_blank">We the People</a> </strong>should be <strong><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/watchful?s=t" target="_blank">watchful</a></strong> that an ever <strong><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/143624/majorities-view-gov-intrusive-powerful.aspx" target="_blank">growing and powerful government</a></strong> does not enable itself to be our <strong>Father, Mother, Teacher, Warden and Priest</strong>.<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324081704578234010962821032.html" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="Nra Gun Control" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/932578/thumbs/r-NRA-GUN-CONTROL-large570.jpg?7" width="520" height="217"></a></p> <p>The author of the post below, David Mamet, is a self-professed, born-again conservative. David’s journey from progressive to conservative was a long struggle that he wrote about in his recently published book; <a href="http://davidmamet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/chapter1.pdf" target="_blank">“The Secret Knowledge on the Dismantling of American Culture.”</a> David’s latest published article in Newsweek sums up a lot of <em>why</em><strong> </strong>we must resist the urge to give over our freedom and liberty to <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_government" target="_blank">Big Government</a></strong>.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> </em></strong></p> <h3><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek.html" target="_blank"><img alt="In Newsweek Magazine" src="http://www.thedailybeast.com/etc/clientlibs/dailybeast/img/hd/in-newsweek-magazine.png"></a></h3> <h3>Gun Laws and the Fools of Chelm†</h3>Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM EST <h4> <p><b>The individual is not only best qualified to provide his own personal defense, he is the only one qualified to do so. By <a href="http://davidmamet.com/" target="_blank">David Mamet</a>.</b></p></h4> <p><a name="body_text0"></a> <p>Karl Marx summed up Communism as “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” This is a good, pithy saying, which, in practice, has succeeded in bringing, upon those under its sway, misery, poverty, rape, torture, slavery, and death. <p><a name="body_brightcove"></a> <p>‘In announcing his gun control proposals, President Obama said that he was not restricting Second Amendment rights, but allowing other constitutional rights to flourish.’ <p><a name="body_text1"></a> <p>For the saying implies but does not name the effective agency of its supposed utopia. The agency is called “The State,” and the motto, fleshed out, for the benefit of the easily confused must read “<i>The State will take</i> from each according to his ability: <i>the State will give</i> to each according to his needs.” “Needs and abilities” are, of course, subjective. So the <i>operative</i> statement may be reduced to “the State shall take, the State shall give.” <p><a name="body_breakout"></a> <p><a name="body_text2"></a> <p>All of us have had dealings with the State, and have found, to our chagrin, or, indeed, terror, that we were not dealing with well-meaning public servants or even with ideologues but with overworked, harried bureaucrats. These, as all bureaucrats, obtain and hold their jobs by complying with directions and suppressing the desire to employ initiative, compassion, or indeed, common sense. They are paid to follow orders. <p><a name="body_text3"></a> <p>Rule by bureaucrats and functionaries is an example of the first part of the Marxist equation: that the Government <i>shall determine</i> the individual’s abilities. <p><a name="body_text4"></a> <p>As rules by the Government are one-size-fits-all, any governmental determination of an individual’s abilities must be based on a bureaucratic assessment of the lowest possible denominator. <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/01/28/gun-laws-and-the-fools-of-chelm-by-david-mamet.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story.</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0588b286-e983-4952-977e-39cd8c1b336e" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Second+Amendment" rel="tag">Second Amendment</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Gun+Control" rel="tag">Gun Control</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Mamet" rel="tag">Mamet</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Fear+and+Envy" rel="tag">Fear and Envy</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Government" rel="tag">Government</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Communism" rel="tag">Communism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Marx" rel="tag">Marx</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Common+Sense" rel="tag">Common Sense</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-29277045017973983522013-01-16T23:31:00.001-08:002013-01-16T23:31:56.795-08:00Will History Repeat Itself Again? “Tyrants, Gun-Control & Children”<p>It’s not often that I find it necessary to repost an entire article. It’s not often that I post from the controversial website InfoWars.com. But with the ongoing controversy, the almost manic behavior of the media and politicians, to see who can <em>out-do</em> themselves on the un-Constitutional actions to infringe <strong><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/second_amendment" target="_blank">“Our 2nd Amendment Rights.”</a></strong></p> <p>I’ve been listening to all of the points being made on why and what they are planning to implement as <strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/16/us/oregon-sheriff-gun-laws/index.html" target="_blank">gun control measures</a></strong> and do not agree a wit with their reasoning.</p> <ol> <li>There is no admission that the perpetrators of these <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers" target="_blank">mass murders</a></strong> are not just mentally ill, they’re also under the influence of prescribed psychotropic drugs.</li> <li>They are using this to further intrude on personal privacy by way of the doctor/patient relationship.</li> <li>A likely outcome of the executive orders, or any gun legislation that bans selling guns to the mentally ill and a lot of individuals who need help getting through a personal struggle, simply will not reach out for help. Would you?</li> <li>There are so many un-enforceable laws out there now, this will end-up being just another costly law that will make no difference to the safety of law-abiding citizens.</li></ol> <p>Here is another interesting tidbit that anyone can easily find online if they look:</p> <p>1. 61,911,000 Murdered: The Soviet Gulag State <br>2. 35,236,000 Murdered: The Communist Chinese Ant Hill <br>3. 20,946,000 Murdered: The Nazi Genocide State <br>4. 10,214,000 Murdered: The Depraved Nationalist Regime <p><a href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10shrtbl01.xls" target="_blank">FBI 2010 homicide statistics</a> for a total of 12,996 multiplied by 100 years, is 1,299,600 homicides.</p> <p>Enjoy the pictures, they’re worth a 1000 words.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</p> <p> <hr> </p></em></strong> <h3><a href="http://www.infowars.com/other-tyrants-who-have-used-children-as-props/">Other Tyrants Who Have Used Children As Props</a></h3> <p><strong>Infowars.com / </strong>January 16, 2013 <p>Obama’s shameless exploitation of children as set pieces is hardly new or original. In fact, tyrants and dictators have used kids as props down through the ages. <p>Here are a few more recent examples: <p>The Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin <p><img alt="" src="http://static.infowars.com/2013/01/i/general/stalinchildren.jpg" width="559" height="559"> <p>China’s Mao Zedong <p><img alt="" src="http://static.infowars.com/2013/01/i/general/maochildren.jpg" width="564" height="395"> <p>Germany’s Adolf Hitler <p><img alt="" src="http://static.infowars.com/2013/01/i/general/hitlerchildren.jpg" width="562" height="447"> <p>Cuba’s Fidel Castro <p><img alt="" src="http://static.infowars.com/2013/01/i/general/fidelchildren.jpg" width="562" height="390"> <p>North Korea’s Kim Il-sung <p><img alt="" src="http://static.infowars.com/2013/01/i/general/kimchildren2.jpg" width="558" height="504"> <p>Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez <p><img alt="" src="http://static.infowars.com/2013/01/i/general/hugochildren.jpg" width="567" height="360"> <p>Dictator Obama Exploiting the Children for Executive Action on Gun Control <p><img alt="Obama Exploits Children for Executive Action Press Conference on Gun Control" src="http://static.infowars.com/2013/01/i/general/obama_use_children_executive_order_guns.jpg"></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:f95f5b89-943b-4c0b-848a-7dddf9e9afd4" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=2nd+Amendment" rel="tag">2nd Amendment</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Agenda+21" rel="tag">Agenda 21</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Barack+Obama" rel="tag">Barack Obama</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Communists" rel="tag">Communists</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Constitution+Day" rel="tag">Constitution Day</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Conspiracy+Theories" rel="tag">Conspiracy Theories</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Marxist" rel="tag">Marxist</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=National+Security" rel="tag">National Security</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Patriotism" rel="tag">Patriotism</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=President" rel="tag">President</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Politics" rel="tag">Politics</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Regulations" rel="tag">Regulations</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-88482129270276541032013-01-12T00:25:00.001-08:002013-01-12T00:25:59.198-08:00Monetizing the Effects of Carbon - from WUWT<p>What a brilliant rebuttal to the argument. If we apply the same logic to all of the costs that are being heaped upon people for <strong>potential</strong> ecological degradation from human activity, we should also benefit from the benefits that those same human activities cause. There is no justifiable reason not to look at all sides of an issue to come to a conclusion. The laws of physics taught mankind long ago that for every action, there is a re-action. Likewise, for every cost there is a benefit.</p> <p>Enjoy the article and share widely.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</em></strong></p> <p> <hr> Posted on <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/11/monetizing-the-effects-of-carbon/">January 11, 2013</a> by <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/author/weschenbach/">Willis Eschenbach</a></p> <p>I see that the New York Times (NYT) is going to close their environmental desk. Given that there still are actual environmental problems on the planet, I consider the closing as a sad commentary on the hijacking of the environmental movement by carbon alarmists. CO2 alarmism has done huge damage to the environmental movement, and thus to the environment itself. <p>In any case, a few months ago in the NYT Green Blog they <a href="http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/the-social-cost-of-carbon-how-to-do-the-math/">talked</a> about “monetizing” the “social cost” of carbon. The article said: <blockquote> <p>In 2010, 12 government agencies working in conjunction with <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/the-monetizing-of-carbon.jpg"><img style="display: inline; float: right" alt="the monetizing of carbon" align="right" src="http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/the-monetizing-of-carbon.jpg?w=640" width="134" height="179"></a>economists, lawyers and scientists, agreed to work out what they considered a coherent standard for establishing the social cost of carbon. The idea was that, in calculating the costs and benefits of pending policies and regulations, the Department of Transportation could not assume that a ton of emitted carbon dioxide imposed a $2 cost on society while the Environmental Protection Agency plugged 10 times that amount into its equations.</p></blockquote> <p>How does one “monetize” something, and what is a “social cost” when it is in its native habitat? <p>First, the easy one. A “social cost” is generally some estimated or inferred cost to society from something, in particular a cost that is not reflected in the price of the item itself. For example, alcohol has a social cost in the form of a variety of societal problems. That cost is not included in the raw ex-factory price of alcoholic beverages. <p>First, the easy one. A “social cost” is generally some estimated or inferred cost to society from something, in particular a cost that is not reflected in the price of the item itself. For example, alcohol has a social cost in the form of a variety of societal problems. That cost is not included in the raw ex-factory price of alcoholic beverages. <p>Next, to “monetize” a social cost means 1) to attach some monetary value to that social cost, and then 2) to attach that monetary value to the retail cost of the product in the form of an increased price. In the case of alcohol, that is usually done through government taxes. Sometimes, the revenue from these taxes is dedicated to ameliorating that social cost. In the case of alcohol, that might be in the form of alcohol dependence programs or clinics. Other times the income goes into the general fund. <hr> <p>My second objection is that while people are often in a hurry to monetize the social <b>costs </b>of something, they rarely take the necessary other step. They rarely are in a hurry to monetize the social <b>benefits</b> of something. But if you do one, you have to do the other. After all, this is why it’s called a “cost/benefit” analysis … <p>I have even had someone seriously argue that there is no need to monetize the social benefits, because they were already included in the market price. After all, he argued, the reason we buy something is because of the perceived benefits. So they are already included in the price. <p>I find this argument singularly unconvincing. Some benefits are already included in the price, and some aren’t. Since a single counter-example will serve to disprove the general theorem, let me take a social benefit of CO2 as an example. This is the known effect of atmospheric CO2 levels on plants, which is that they increase their production with increasing atmospheric CO2. Obviously, nobody goes out and buys gasoline for their car in order to help the plants, so it is not included in the market price. However, increased plant growth is an undoubted social benefit, a huge one that affects the whole world. Therefore, it is an un-accounted for social benefit, one which does not get included in the price. <p><a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/11/monetizing-the-effects-of-carbon/" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story.</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:25209e7a-11d7-42c4-ab4b-a844fb3adfc5" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Cap+%26+Trade" rel="tag">Cap & Trade</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Carbon+Costs" rel="tag">Carbon Costs</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=EPA" rel="tag">EPA</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Environment" rel="tag">Environment</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Regulations" rel="tag">Regulations</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Taxes" rel="tag">Taxes</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Social+Benefit" rel="tag">Social Benefit</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=CO2" rel="tag">CO2</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-72192311425957881042012-12-30T22:41:00.001-08:002012-12-30T22:41:56.230-08:00“Smart Growth” Hidden in the Heartland of the United States…<p>Whether it’s called <strong>Smart Growth, Sustainability, Livability, Home, Vision, Tomorrow, Today, Friends </strong>or<strong> some other fuzzy word that doesn’t defend liberty</strong>, this lady’s got it right!</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</em></strong> <hr> </p> <p><iframe style="width: 571px; height: 328px" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-WmG1txDsVs?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <h3><a href="http://victoriajacksonshow.com/5951/smart-growth-hidden-in-the-heart-of-franklin-tn">“Smart Growth” Hidden in Heart of Franklin, TN</a></h3> <p>Posted by <a href="http://victoriajacksonshow.com/author/victoria">Victoria Jackson</a> on December 14, 2012 at 12:23 pm <p>There’s a cancer spreading across TN…and America…It’s insidious. It’s hiding in plain sight. <p>I was poking around Leiper’s Fork, TN looking for country singing stars and fantasizing that I was one, and that I owned a big ol’ cattle farm when I stumbled upon a free magazine (in existence only a year) from Journal Communications, <a href="http://livability.com/">(livability.com</a>), that had big, lush photos of Williamson County. There was a gorgeous spread about a ‘non-profit’ called, “Friends of Franklin Parks,” which upon closer examination is connected to “<a href="http://www.franklintomorrow.org/">Franklin Tomorrow</a>.” <p>I had just asked Ken Freeman, co-creator of <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/11592-alabama-adopts-first-official-state-ban-on-un-agenda-21">SB 477</a>, (the strongest protection against the UN scheme (Agenda 21) passed anywhere in America so far…and that has had “virtually no mention in the establishment press,”) what a “smart growth” meeting looks like. Surprisingly, within two days I accidentally uncovered two “smart growth” publications, three “smart growth” NGO’s, a couple “smart growth” PPP’s, and a “smart growth” mayor who were all guilty of spreading this “smart growth”-Agenda 21-redistribution-disease. <p>Since my “<a href="http://victoriajacksonshow.com/5849/anti-agenda-21-spreading-like-fire">Agenda 21</a>” radar was on alert, this “Friends of Franklin Parks” article sent giant, red flags up, flares. Not one word in the article mentioned “Sustainability,” “Smart Growth,” or “Sustainable Development,” but I could still smell the putrid scent of communism disguised as ‘a vision of Franklin’s future development.’ There were other clue-words, parks, parks, parks, grant, non-profit, PPP (public-private-partnerships), population control, foundation, umbrella, grantors, future, public garden. So sneaky. Why, what could be bad about bicycle paths, reduced traffic and parks, parks, parks? Well, taking away private property to make the parks, parks, parks is one bad thing. Stealing a private farm to make it a government-owned public farm is a very bad thing. It’s the number one goal of Marxism and the United Nation’s Agenda 21 – separate citizens from their private property. <p><iframe style="width: 560px; height: 331px" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/15FLVtMYVq8?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://victoriajacksonshow.com/5951/smart-growth-hidden-in-the-heart-of-franklin-tn" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story…good stuff there!</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0b6ae46e-60b9-4c79-b723-e914874b9efc" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Agenda+21" rel="tag">Agenda 21</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Cap+%26+Trade" rel="tag">Cap & Trade</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=ICLEI" rel="tag">ICLEI</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Regulations" rel="tag">Regulations</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=United+Nations" rel="tag">United Nations</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Friends" rel="tag">Friends</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Vision" rel="tag">Vision</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Community" rel="tag">Community</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Sustainability" rel="tag">Sustainability</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Livability" rel="tag">Livability</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Home" rel="tag">Home</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Park" rel="tag">Park</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Smart+Growth" rel="tag">Smart Growth</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-32497713169392348672012-12-30T21:45:00.001-08:002012-12-30T22:42:26.068-08:00OBAMA signs renewal of Foreign Surveillance Law<p>Isn’t he a peach! The most transparent administration has gone black to avoid the limelight of his (and Congress’ s) traitorous actions. Not to mention they reauthorized <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/ndaa-indefinite-detention-bill-rand-paul_n_2347774.html" target="_blank"><strong>the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),</strong></a> without any partisan complications.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly</em></strong> <hr> <p>Dec 30, 5:49 PM EST <h3><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_SURVEILLANCE_LAW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-30-17-49-22" target="_blank">OBAMA SIGNS RENEWAL OF FOREIGN SURVEILLANCE LAW</a></h3> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government's authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. <p>The warrantless intercept program would have expired at the end of 2012 without the president's approval. The renewal bill won final passage in the Senate on Friday. <p>Known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the law allows the government to monitor overseas phone calls and emails without obtaining a court order for each intercept. <p>The law does not apply to Americans. When Americans are targeted for surveillance, the government must get a warrant from a special 11-judge court of U.S. district judges appointed by the Supreme <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_SURVEILLANCE_LAW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-30-17-49-22" target="_blank"><em>Court. Click here to read the full story. <hr> </em></a> <h3><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/ndaa-indefinite-detention-bill-rand-paul_n_2347774.html" target="_blank">NDAA Indefinite Detention Bill Passes Senate After Rand Paul Calls It An 'Abomination'</a></h3> <p><iframe style="width: 531px; height: 314px" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GvuhVu0z9p4?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" width="640" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>The Senate passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that was stripped of a prohibition of the indefinite military detention of US citizens on American soil by an 81-14 vote on Friday, but only after a furious dissent on the chamber's floor by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who called it an "abomination." <p>The National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 will now head to the White House, which had earlier pledged to veto the NDAA because it prevents the president from closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. It is unclear whether the president will follow through on the threat. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/ndaa-indefinite-detention-bill-rand-paul_n_2347774.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story.</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:59866669-354b-431f-bca2-e58e4d4bed5b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=NDAA" rel="tag">NDAA</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Foreign+Surveillance" rel="tag">Foreign Surveillance</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Congress" rel="tag">Congress</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Obama" rel="tag">Obama</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=President" rel="tag">President</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Detention" rel="tag">Detention</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Rand+Paul" rel="tag">Rand Paul</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-19232522826952440192012-12-16T23:15:00.001-08:002012-12-16T23:16:14.907-08:00Merry Christmas to who? Is there a “Sandy Scam???”<h4><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/little_help_here_1kW6aQ8fElj4CKwbheEV0N"> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ed5d3f22-98ab-4f08-b0bb-78700dcb7a19" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Budget+Cuts" rel="tag">Budget Cuts</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Economy" rel="tag">Economy</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Finance" rel="tag">Finance</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Spending" rel="tag">Spending</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Hurricane+Sandy" rel="tag">Hurricane Sandy</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Sandy+Scam" rel="tag">Sandy Scam</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Pork" rel="tag">Pork</a></div> <hr> Obama Sandy aid bill filled with holiday goodies unrelated to storm damage</a></h4> <h4>Vics suffer as $60B aid plan gets porked up</h4> <ul> <li>By S.A. MILLER and GERRY SHIELDS Post Correspondents </li></ul> <p>WASHINGTON — President Obama’s $60.4 billion request for Hurricane Sandy relief has morphed into a huge Christmas stocking of goodies for federal agencies and even the state of Alaska, The Post has learned.</p> <p>The pork-barrel feast includes more than $8 million to buy cars and equipment for <p><img style="display: inline; float: left" title="BARELY HOLDING ON: A woman stands amid rubble in Sandy-thrashed Breezy Point, Queens, where more federal assistance would be welcome." alt="BARELY HOLDING ON: A woman stands amid rubble in Sandy-thrashed Breezy Point, Queens, where more federal assistance would be welcome." align="left" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/12/15/news/web_photos/15.1n020.Sandy.C--300x300.jpg" width="195" height="195">the Homeland Security and Justice departments. It also includes a whopping $150 </p> <p>million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to dole out to fisheries in Alaska and $2 million for the Smithsonian Institution to repair museum roofs in DC. <p>An eye-popping $13 billion would go to “mitigation” projects to prepare for future storms. </p> <p><strong>BARELY HOLDING ON:</strong> A woman stands amid rubble in Sandy-thrashed Breezy Point, Queens, where more federal assistance would be welcome. Dan Callister <p>Other big-ticket items in the bill include $207 million for the VA Manhattan Medical Center; $41 million to fix up eight military bases along the storm’s path, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; $4 million for repairs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida; $3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and $1.1 million to repair national cemeteries. <p>Budget watchdogs have dubbed the 94-page emergency-spending bill “Sandy Scam.<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/little_help_here_1kW6aQ8fElj4CKwbheEV0N" target="_blank"> <hr> Click here for full story.</a> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122641848770103941.post-80488556532192508512012-12-09T11:38:00.001-08:002012-12-09T11:38:41.891-08:00The Extreme Weather Page<p>As advocates for <strong><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20sense" target="_blank">common sense</a></strong>, it is incumbent upon us all to share the knowledge we find. At the <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/" target="_blank">WUWT.com</a> website, they have posted a series of statistical reports to debunk the claims that Co2 has led to a pattern of <strong><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/extreme-weather/miller-text" target="_blank">Extreme Weather</a></strong> (aka: global cooling, global warming, climate change).</p> <p>Enjoy this resource and share widely.</p> <p><strong><em>YiT ~ Shelly <hr> </em></strong></p> <h3><a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/reference-pages/climatic-phenomena-pages/extreme-weather-page/" target="_blank">“Extreme Weather” Page</a></h3> <p><strong>Tropical Cyclones</strong> <p>Global Tropical Cyclone Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) – 1971 to Present <p><a href="http://policlimate.com/tropical/global_running_ace.png"><img title=" Global Tropical Cyclone Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE)y - 1971 to Presentt" alt="" src="http://policlimate.com/tropical/global_running_ace.png" width="507" height="277"></a> <p>Ryan N. Maue PhD – PoliClimate.com – Click the pic to view at source</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:b8b7cb34-53a6-42f9-91e9-1ea82ed5405a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">LiveJournal Tags: <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=extreme+weather" rel="tag">extreme weather</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=weatherman" rel="tag">weatherman</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=agenda+21" rel="tag">agenda 21</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=regulations" rel="tag">regulations</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=EPA" rel="tag">EPA</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=global+warming" rel="tag">global warming</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=global+cooling" rel="tag">global cooling</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=Climate+Change" rel="tag">Climate Change</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=consipracy+theories" rel="tag">consipracy theories</a>,<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=WUWT" rel="tag">WUWT</a></div> Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02964256615385057003noreply@blogger.com0