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<![CDATA[Pretty arrogant comments coming from someone wearing a tin foil hat. How can anyone take you serious when you believe the FEMA concentration camp conspiracy theories hahahahaha. I bet you also think 911 was our govts doing. So lame!!! ]]>

<![CDATA[ <h1>WorldNetDaily, Serial Liar</h1> <h3>Building on its long history of lying about Democratic presidential candidates, WND is now making up things about Barack Obama.</h3> By Terry Krepel Posted 8/7/2008 <hr size="1"> If a news organization repeatedly reported falsehoods, would you read it? Of course not.Yet, somehow, WorldNetDaily remains in business despite a long history of lying to its readers. WND's favorite targets of lies are Democratic presidential candidates. In 2000, it published a series of 20 attack articles by Charles C. Thompson II and Tony Hays that (it <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=4347" rel="nofollow"> brags</a>) cost Al Gore the election because they allegedly caused him to lose Tennessee, a state that, had he won, would have made the Florida turmoil moot. But the article contained false claims about a Gore supporter, Clark Jones -- a fact it was finally forced to admit more than seven years later to settle a libel and defamation lawsuit from Jones. Not only did WND <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/wndlawsuit2.html" rel="nofollow"> admit</a> that "no witness verifies the truth" of what was said about Jones, "the sources named in the publications have stated under oath that statements attributed to them in the articles were either not made by them, were misquoted by the authors, were misconstrued, or the statements were taken out of context." If just one sample claim in these 20 articles is so egregiously false, there's no reason not to assume that other claims in the article about Gore and others are equally mendacious. After all, as ConWebWatch <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2007/wndlawsuit.html" rel="nofollow">detailed</a>, WND made no effort to fact-check the articles before purchasing the rights to publish them -- what some might call an act of journalistic negligence, because the time to have verified the articles' claims should have been before they were published, rather than seven years after. If WND were genuinely concerned about maintaining a reputation as a source of truthful information, it would have announced upon settlement of the Jones lawsuit that it was checking all other claims made in the Thompson-Hays articles to see if they are accurate, followed by a declaration that such shoddy reporting would never appear in WND again. Instead, WND couldn't even be bothered to properly apologize to Jones (let alone Gore); the statement says only that WND "regret[s] whatever harm occurred" to him and that it "wishes him well." It also would have made no effort to keep the settlement's provisions confidential -- perhaps it was too ashamed to disclose how much money it had to pay Jones (it can be presumed that it was a not-insignificant amount) -- and would make public the donors to and finances of its legal defense fund. In 2004, WND uncritically <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2004/wndkerryrumors.html" rel="nofollow"> repeated</a> unverified rumors about a John Kerry affair and never apologized when they were proven false. It <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2004/swiftboat2.html" rel="nofollow">peddled</a> every misleading or completely false claim made by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- then hired Jerome Corsi, co-author of the book that first promoted those claims, as a reporter. WND published a Kerry attack book by the discredited conservative activist David Bossie, about whom WND itself <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=16608" rel="nofollow"> asserted</a> a few years earlier was "either extremely incompetent or was intentionally trying to sabotage investigations" in his previous role as an anti-Clinton investigator for a House committee. And WND editor Joseph Farah himself <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2004/wndheinz.html" rel="nofollow"> falsely</a> <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2004/wndheinz2.html" rel="nofollow"> claimed</a> that money donated to a group by Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, went to "radical causes"; in fact, it was earmarked toward specific environmental projects. WND started off the 2008 presidential season by targeting Hillary Clinton -- <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2007/willey.html" rel="nofollow">repeating</a> dubious claims against her from a pair of discredited figures, documented liar Kathleen Willey and convicted felon Peter Paul. But as Barack Obama surged in the primaries, WND reacted by <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/wndsinclair.html" rel="nofollow"> uncritically repeating</a> never-verified claims by <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11164.html" rel="nofollow">career criminal</a> Larry Sinclair that he and Obama did drugs and had sex. This came, by the way, just a few days after settling the Clark Jones lawsuit, so one would think that verifying information it published to see if it was true in order to avoid future legal action would have been foremost on Farah's mind. Apparently not. After Sinclair's claims fizzled -- he later discredited himself even further in a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/18/obama-accuser-larry-sincl_n_107900.html" rel="nofollow"> press conference </a>a few months later -- WND settled for manufacturing controversy about Obama, mostly through reporter Aaron Klein's <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/obamaklein.html" rel="nofollow">repeated attempts</a> at guilt by association. <table border="0"> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td></td> </tr> </table> Klein followed that up by a further manufactured controversy -- an <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=61631" rel="nofollow"> interview</a> he and conservative radio host John Batchelor conducted with a member of the militant group Hamas, who appeared to endorse Obama. Klein has <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/kleinhamas.html" rel="nofollow">refused to disclose</a> the circumstances surrounding the interview -- why a member of Hamas would submit to questions from two people on the record as highly critical of Hamas, or whether he knew he was playing into his hosts' anti-Obama agenda by expressing support for Obama. WND has now moved from manufacturing controversy for Obama and embracing discredited sources to simply making up stuff about him. Because these are easily disproven and could have been accurately reported had WND chosen to do so, we shall presume active negligence and declare them lies. Let's look at some of these falsehoods: Lie No. 1: Obama distorted the Holocaust In a July 15 <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69738" rel="nofollow"> article</a>, Klein asserted that Obama forwarded a "a discredited distortion of the Holocaust." In fact, as Klein himself details, the controversy is over which Obama relative helped to liberate which concentration camp during World War II. Obama said nothing about the Holocaust, and Klein makes no claim that he did -- yet he chose to describe what was a misstatement at worst as a "distortion of the Holocaust." This makes Klein a liar and, thus, even more untrustworthy on his Obama reporting than his obsessive guilt-by-association attacks and manufactured controversies already have. <a rel="nofollow"></a>Lie No. 2: Obama wants to create a police state apparatus In a July 15 <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php/index.php?pageId=69601" rel="nofollow">column</a>, Farah sounded the alarm bells about a statement Barack Obama made in a July 2 speech -- "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." Farah went into freak-out mode: <blockquote> Now, since I've never heard anyone inside or out of government use the phrase "civilian national security force" before, I was more than a little curious about what he has in mind. [...] If we're going to create some kind of national police force as big, powerful and well-funded as our combined U.S. military forces, isn't this rather a big deal? I thought Democrats generally believed the U.S. spent too much on the military. How is it possible their candidate is seeking to create some kind of massive but secret national police force that will be even bigger than the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force put together? Now, maybe he was misquoted by the Congressional Quarterly and the Chicago Tribune. I guess it's possible. If so, you would think he would want to set the record straight. Maybe he misspoke. That has certainly happened before. Again, why wouldn't the rest of my colleagues show some curiosity about such a major and, frankly, bone-chilling proposition? Are we talking about creating a police state here? [...] Is Obama serious about creating some kind of domestic security force bigger and more expensive than that? If not, why did he say it? What did he mean? So far, despite our attempts to find out, the Obama campaign is not talking. [...] Who will Obama appoint to administer this new "civilian national security force"? Where will the money come from? Where in the Constitution does he see justification for the federal government creating such a domestic army? The questions are endless.</blockquote> Farah clearly didn't look very hard to find an answer to those questions. From a July 8 Military Times <a rel="nofollow"> Q-and-A</a> (as noted by <a href="http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/9940.html" rel="nofollow"> Sadly, No!</a>): <blockquote> I should add, by the way, that part of the change that I want when it comes to Army and Marine structures is the mix of training that we’re providing and mix of personnel that are in these forces. One of the things I have been so impressed with is the heroic job that our men and women in uniform have done basically on the fly having to train themselves on the spot to function as engineers or function as social workers or function as translators or political consultants. There’s just been a whole bunch of work that has been done that we haven’t prepared people for. They learn on the job, but if anything Iraq should have given us a template for the kinds of skill sets that we’re going to have to provide to our military. And that’s true in Iraq. That’s true in Afghanistan. That also means, by the way, that we’re going to have to, I believe, reconfigure our civilian national security force. In a way that just hasn’t been done. I mean, we still have a national security apparatus on the civilian side in the way the State Department is structured and [Agency for International Development] and all these various agencies. That hearkens back to the Cold War. And we need that wing of our national security apparatus to carry its weight. When we talk about reinventing our military, we should reinvent that apparatus as well. We need to be able to deploy teams that combine agricultural specialists and engineers and linguists and cultural specialists who are prepared to go into some of the most dangerous areas alongside our military. Q: WHAT SECRETARY GATES HAS CALLED SOFT POWER. A: Absolutely, but the only problem with soft power is the term itself makes people think it’s not as strong as hard power. And my point is that if we’ve got a State Department or personnel that have been trained just to be behind walls, and they have not been equipped to get out there alongside our military and engage, then we don’t have the kind of national security apparatus that is needed. That has to be planned for; it has to be paid for. Those personnel have to be trained. And they all have to be integrated and that is something that we have not accomplished yet, but that’s going to be what’s increasingly important in our future to make sure that our military has the support that it needs to do what it does the best, which is fight wars.</blockquote> Given that this Q-and-A was posted a full week before Farah wrote his false accusations, it would seem that Farah is either incompetent or lazy. We'll go with the latter. Despite such evidence to contradict his scaremongering, Farah expanded on his lie in a July 21 <a href="http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=70160" rel="nofollow">column</a>, falsely referencing "Barack Obama's secret $439 billion plan for a mysterious initiative called the 'civilian national security force.'" Farah went on to lie: "We don't know any more about this plan than we did when Obama announced it July 2 in a speech," going on to claim that it's "some kind of domestic Big Brother program as the chilling words first suggested to me." Farah played dumb, making no reference to the Military Times interview; while he notes that "a few have suggested" Obama was talking about "a greatly increased commitment to the Foreign Service," Farah quickly dismisses it in order to launch into his conspiracy theory. Farah included among the alleged "questions raised by this nebulous proposal": "Why do Obama campaign officials not respond to WND's repeated requests for more information about his initiative?" Could it be because WND has an established track record of telling lies about Obama and smearing him at every opportunity while John McCain receives relatively <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/wndmccain.html" rel="nofollow">benign treatment</a>? Farah concluded: "The only thing that will force Obama to come clean on this plan is public pressure." Or maybe if Farah stopped lying about Obama. Lie No. 3 Obama's only energy plan is keeping tires inflated A July 30 WorldNetDaily <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71044" rel="nofollow"> article</a> -- headlined "Obama energy policy: 'Inflate your tires' " -- states the following: <blockquote> "There are things you can do individually, though, to save energy," Obama said. "Making sure your tires are properly inflated – simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling – if everybody was just inflating their tires? And getting regular tune-ups? You'd actually save just as much!" That's his energy plan? Inflate your tires? Get more tune-ups? WND Editor Joseph Farah, organizer of a campaign to step up the pressure on Congress to drop its moratorium on offshore drilling and reverse its decisions to ban exploration for oil in Alaska's ANWR reserves before adjournment at the end of September, says Obama's apparent naiveté illustrates why the country has no time to waste. "My goodness, it's time to educate America's so-called leaders about the law of supply and demand," he says. "I don't care if they really understand it. But let's make sure Congress acts before it's too late. Energy prices are robbing our country of jobs, seriously hurting real Americans' ability to make ends meet, driving up prices for every other product and service imaginable. This is no time to be talking about tire pressure. Let's put some pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid."</blockquote> In featuring only that statement and a video of Obama making only that statement, Farah fails to mention that in that same <a href="http://www.kspr.com/news/local/26099264.html" rel="nofollow">speech</a>, Obama made numerous other energy-related proposals. And Obama also has a detailed energy <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/issues/energy/" rel="nofollow">plan</a> on his website. Lie No. 4: Obama supports cash reparations A July 30 WorldNetDaily <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71043" rel="nofollow"> article</a> claimed the following regarding a speech by Barack Obama to "UNITY '08, an event for journalists who claim membership in various minorities": <blockquote> "I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds," he said. The issue of reparations to African-Americans for the historic slave trade or Native Americans for the "invasion" by Europeans periodically has been raised. Several years ago a lawsuit was filed claiming damages for labor at a current value of $1.4 trillion.</blockquote> This was followed by baseless speculation from pair of right-wing columnists (though not identified as such): One asked, "Is 'serious investments' code for 'reparations'? And how expensive and devastating would Obama's income redistribution policy be?" while the other even more baselessly speculated that Obama "even include reparations for al-Qaida soldiers, since, after all, they've been held in violation of their 'rights.'" Curiously missing from the article was an account of Obama's full <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200807310013" rel="nofollow">remarks</a> in context, in which he made clear what he meant by "reparations" just after he said "the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds": <blockquote> QUESTION: When it comes to reparations, would you take it a step further, in terms of apologizing for slavery or offering reparations to various groups? OBAMA: You know, I have said in the past, and I'll repeat again, that the best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are unemployed. And I think that strategies that invest in lifting people out of the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow, but that have broad applicability and allow us to build coalitions to actually get these things done, that, I think, is the best strategy.</blockquote> WND's <a href="http://forums.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=113&pollShowResults=1" rel="nofollow"> opt-in poll</a> that day misled further by asking, "What do you think about Obama's promotion of 'reparations' to blacks and Native Americans?" despite the fact that "promotion" is not what he did. How can a self-proclaimed news organization possibly stay in business when it lies -- regularly and transparently, to the point that such falsehoods can only be considered intentional -- to its readers? We would love to see how Joseph Farah accounts for lying to readers in WorldNetDaily's business plan. [This is the full article as it appears at ConWebWatch]  Source Link:  <a href="http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/wndliar08.html" rel="nofollow"> http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2008/wndliar08.html</a>  ]]>

<![CDATA[everybody knows this already.]]>

<![CDATA[Posted: March 17, 2010 8:55 pm Eastern By Joe Kovacs © 2010 WorldNetDaily Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is accused of using legislative trickery to push through health-care reform. America's system of government based on the U.S. Constitution is being overthrown through illegal legislative "trickery" Congress is using to pass controversial health-care reform. That's the conclusion of some on the political right who are calling for the impeachment of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi along with the defeat of the health legislation. "This is the overthrow of the U.S. constitutional system, orchestrated from the White House through the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid," said radio host Rush Limbaugh today. "This is beyond rational explanation and description. This makes Watergate look like Romper Room." At issue is the possibility that reforms pushed by President Obama and other Democrats will be approved without ever actually having a direct vote, but could be "deemed" to have been passed, then signed into law by Obama. The process is called the "Slaughter Strategy," named for Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., who chairs the House Rules Committee. Wake up, America! Your country is about to disappear. Read Mark Levin's No. 1 best-seller "Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto" Discussing the need for this procedure, Pelosi said: "I like it, because people don't have to vote on the Senate bill." Indeed, Democrats could actually vote for the rule, yet still claim they're against the Senate bill. U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., agrees with Limbaugh that the "deem and pass" method is ludicrous and worthy of impeachment. "The other thing is treason media," Bachmann told radio host Sean Hannity. "Where is the mainstream media in all of this not telling this story? This is a compelling story, that the speaker of the House would even consider having us pass a bill that no one votes on? That should laugh her out of the House and there should be people that are calling for impeachment off of something like this. That's how bad this is. I mean, trust me. Dennis Hastert could have never gotten away with this. President Bush never could have gotten away with it." Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said, "In our lifetime, this is the most undemocratic, un-American step that we'll have ever seen our Congress take. It's appalling. It takes my breath away that they would think that this is OK to do. But again, we can't feign surprise. Remember this is what Barack Obama had promised in the campaign. He said as a candidate that he was just days away from beginning the transformation of America." In a commentary posted at Carolina Journal, John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, said he's simply not going to comply with the legislation if it's not properly voted on: I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not planning to recognize such a result as legally binding. I'm not going to pretend to obey any dictates from federal health-care bureaucrats that have never been authorized by a constitutional vote of both houses of Congress. I will not submit to any extra-constitutional order to dismantle the consumer-driven health plan I have set up for my employees. I will not comply. If the government tries to make me comply, I'll sue. And I'll win. This is not (yet) a banana republic where constitutions are seen as inconvenient impediments to the rule of the despot. This is not (yet) a European-style welfare state where some powerful parliament can exercise legislative, executive, and judicial power all in one stroke. Limbaugh expounded on the "deem and pass" procedure the House is considering, saying, "The word 'deemed' means what? It means pretend!" "Maybe we can just deem our tax returns to have been filed. But we don't actually file 'em. We just deem our taxes to have been paid. We just deem it! I mean, if they can deem to have passed laws, we can certainly say that we are 'deemed' to have complied with them." <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128829" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128829</a>]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>After observing <a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1648726626.html" rel="nofollow">your post,</a> it's clear, that if you actually read Kipling's "KIM", then you only grasped the simplest interpretation being portrayed. If you actually read it and that's all the insight you gained, then your cognitive skills have been hindered. I would guess because of the federally funded school system. Or more likely, you just now skimmed through it..(it is a short story, for those who don't know).. and only managed to grasp a simple story-line... Sorry, but that's how it appears to be.Yea, I suppose I could have mentioned Lincoln.. I could remind everyone that most of what nearly everyone learned about his place in history has been wildly distorted. For one thing he tried to push legislation as a Congressman from Illinois to expand slavery. Yea,.. He signed the Emancipation Proclamation (freeing the slaves) on Jan 1 1863... (it literally layed on his desk for months) three years into the Civil War. 'They needed something to blame the deaths of many hundreds of thousands of American citizens on. So they decided freeing the slaves would be a grand gesture. I guess I should also mention that the slaves were only freed in the states that seceded from the Union. Oh, don't get me wrong, He also had some good traits with strong patriotic tendency's, but the crooked bankers woudn't stand for such noble stature. So they had him killed.Socrates,; I quoted his writings all through grade school.. I shall not waste it here. Thomas Jefferson.. Few people realize that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, (the main drafters of our U.S. Constitution) who's signatures reside on the Decleration of Independence July,4 1776, along with Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine.. (Two other names you mentioned) Both Jefferson and Adams also died on the same day... On July, 4 1823. NOTE..Working from memory here, the year of their death year could be off, but I think it's right. I find it very ironic that the two key participants in our Constitution would both pass on the same July, 4.. many years laterKissinger... I'm not in the mood to become nauseated.... Matters of treason does that to me... You Bastard... Now look what you've done... I gotta go throw-up.... I'll end with a quote from Sir Francis Bacon.. "A wise man speaks because he has something to say, and a fool because he has to say something."... Although history suggests that this is a Bacon quote.. History also suggests that he was an avid plagiarist. ... So... If you feel you have to say something more... PS... I've included an 'in your face' historical error in the above posting... You seem intent on testing my limited wisdom.. Well this is my way of forcing you to learn something for yourself....Please locate and report... "The most important person to prove something too, is ones-self" Harrad Noble]]>

<![CDATA[As an old guy with great health insurance, I despair for my daughters and their kids. Government is not the problem. The de facto coup that has resulted in the displacement of our government by corporations is. And as a people, we are too numb, too divided, and frankly, too drowned in misinformation to have the will or the tools to fight it. Maybe the Marxists were right--things will have to get bottom of the barrel bad for enough people before change will come. It will not be easy. It will not be clean. I anticipate that the only way change will arrive now is violence on a massive scale, and I never thought I would say that about a country I so love, and which has seen the services of my ancestors in its armed forces for over 200 years. I will be long dead before that happens, of course, and will have to watch the continuing humiliation of our legislators by corporate lobbyists, insulated from the consequences of their actions by a morally and legally bankrupt Supreme Court, and by the evisceration by that court over decades now of our antitrust laws. I feel for all of you who are young, and poor, and unemployed. My generation has left you a bitter inheritance. ]]>

<![CDATA[Source: Wikipedia * Corporatocracy or corpocracy is a form of government where corporations, conglomerates or government entities with private components, control the direction and governance of a country. * A republic is a form of government in which the citizens choose their leaders [1] and the people (or at least a part of its people)[2] have an impact on its government. * Democracy is a political government carried out either directly by the people (direct democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people (Representative democracy). <hr> What do you think we are?]]>

<![CDATA[So let me get this straight -- When asked to provide examples to us as to why we should listen to your insight about history and politics -- You give us Rudyard Kipling. You could have chosen Socrates, Sun Tsu, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Ben Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Abe Lincoln, Henry Kissinger, Howard Zinn or numerous others -- but you give us a story about British Imperialism and the colonial struggles in India. You basically say Obama is bright minded and he has been mentored since birth to rule the world -- and you also say that you are smarter than "all those dumb-ass' in the White house combined." -- but wait if you are more bright minded than Obama why weren't you singled out to be the chosen one? I detect a little jealousy. ]]>

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<![CDATA[To whom it may concern... <h4>When Obama stampeded onto the political scene a few years ago, I, like many were caught off-guard. Who is this guy, where did he come from? And as the contrivery surrounding him began to unfold, it reminded me of a story by Rudyard Kipling. Simply titled "KIM"... If you haven't read it, you should.. It's an intriguing insight on human nature and the susceptibility of people to be manipulated emotionally, And how the bright minded are singled out and mentored for political gain. I do not intend to banter ideologies with anyone. Knowledge is only for those who seek it. "If you do not seek truth, you are at the mercy of liars." Harrad Noble... </h4>]]>

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<![CDATA[<h4>In response to <a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1648199462.html" rel="nofollow">YOUR POST in its entirety</a>A portion of your post in italic...</h4>...Any piece of legislation can be repealed at anytime. Look at how many laws have been repealed over the centuries! We still have the amendment process to the constitution which over rides anything Harry freakin Reid does!<h3>One little part of your statement worries me though..." We still have the amendment process to the constitution " .. That's assuming we will still have a Constitution when they're done destroying this country... Maybe that's why it's worded the way it is... Is Harry Reid that ignorant.. or are their plans even more sinister than most can comprehend?...Hmmm...Assuming he's stupid... This just proves my point that, we have a bunch of ignorant tyrant wanna-b's in charge of our country. The insane are not cognitive of their insanity... It is up to the American people to recognize the insanity, and then deal with it. P.S.... I post things to point out the absurdity of these type stupid antics. We are dealing with thieves, liars, and despotically inclined thugs who are in a state of delirium, writhing in their demonic spells. The little power we afforded to them has totally corrupted their existance. They can only survive by feeding their insatiable appetite for power with more power. They are criminals, and must be dealt with accordingly.</h4> <center><img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3p13of3lf5Te5P35R8a3h870dba5f8ca71e13.jpg">]]>

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<![CDATA[The health care Debate is just another piece on a big, big puzzle. I am sorry if your counting on that handout to save your life or family it won't really you would only be disappointed AGAIN by our Corrupt Government. Also they would be totally up in all your family's business! How is is it a handout to reign in corporations from literally killing people or destroying their lives. How is it a gov't takeover to ensure people are covered who have pre-existing illnesses? What is so socialist about covering kids on their parent's insurance until they're 26? What is so wrong with removing liftetime caps on your coverage especially if you've been paying into it for 35 yrs? What is wrong with making it illegal for insurance companies to drop you or your sick kid just b/c they don't feel like paying for treatment? What's wrong with closing donut holes? What's wrong with setting up an exchange (which is a Republican idea) to let people pick and choose what ins plan suits them and their family the best? Are you saying the people don't deserve the same option as the a-holes we elect in Washington?]]>

<![CDATA[Would the Republicans on the board try using logic and critical thinking before spouting the bullshit they've been spoon fed, please? Stop masturbating to images of Ronald Reagan and understand your party does not promote reasoning. Instead, they use fear tactics to manipulate you. Try thinking for yourself. A majority of Americans aren't Republican or Democrat. We need a powerful third party and term limits to upset the balance of powers. This would make it more difficult to halt the decision making process and politicians wouldn't be able to make a career out of their position. ]]>

<![CDATA[I can say that I probably know more about American history, and the Constitution than probably all those dumb-ass' in the White house combined. There's a big difference between What I know as a history enthusiast and 40 years of personal passion... and the lies that you and I accepted as truth in the school system... Please enlighten us! What authors do you enjoy? What are your favorite books? I agree with you about our textbooks. We have been lied to for a long time. How else are the powerful elite supposed to stay in power? It's interesting how this wk the conservative TX school board decided to leave out Thomas Jefferson as one of the figures whose writings inspired revolutions in the late 18th century and 19th century -- talk about rewriting history! Corporations are in control and the gov't is doing their bidding. Who do you think benefits more from having the masses controlled? Obviously business. Gov't doesn't run the post office or the VA for profit. The latest Surpreme Court case in favor of unlimited contributions to political campaigns from corporations exemplifies the problems in D.C. We need public financing in our elections to ensure the gov't does the people's bidding in D.C. - not the mega billion dollar corporate entity. ]]>

<![CDATA[<h3>BAAH HA HA Ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah , BAAHHH Ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah , Bah Ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah .....</h3>WOW you right wingers are complete mental cases!!! FEMA camps for dissenters? Obongo a British spy? Only one craigslist poster is the perfect authority on history and all others are idiots because you owned a library? What library? Where are copies of the true history that was removed? Where is the website of this so called info? If you really cared you'd share it. Anyone can make a website these days. Youre a total whack job who probably wears a tinfoil hat all day! Talk about mental disorder 101. I fear none of this as it was prophesied to happen in the last days. Bring it on, because that means its almost over and I will not have to share a planet with you paranoid people any longer! NWO now! Lets wrap this thing up! conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity". THIS IS SO TRUE AND YOU CRAZY NUT JOBS PROVE IT DAILY! <h3>BAAHH AH ah ah ah ah ah BAH Ah Ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, BA ah ah ah ah ah =:o)</h3>]]>

<![CDATA[Amen . Maybe there is hope for us yet . After reading your post I scrolled up and found a reply ro your reply and of course it is a prime example of just what it was you were speaking of . The idea "that couldn't or wouldn't happen in our country " is a dangerous idea to embrace . It most certainly would or could . The Health Care Bill is a precurser of things to come . First of all this is Socialism at it's best . Some will argue Socialism is a wonderful thing and the best direction for us to move in . I agree , Socialism sounds great . Who can resist the " idea" of something for nothing ? The problem lies in the fact that such policy was the brain child of Marx , Lenin and Stalin . Three individuals the people and government of this country have vilified for as long as I can remember and yet we fully support their policies and deny the association . Social Health Care was right at the top of Marx list of what Socialism can do for you , along with house the people and feed the people . Sounds good , right ? Marx also said Socialism is the transition from Democracy to Communism . Still sound good ? Socialism is an economic system and Communism is an economic and political system . I mention this because just this morning Tim Kaine the National Democratic Committee Chairman described healthcare reform as not only a social victory but a political one . Huh , so where's the motivation ? The good of the people or the good of the party ? Beyond that whats the rush ? Why is the the Health Care Bill being hurled through loopholes to pass ? Is it because the people might actually take the time to read it and have a sudden change of heart or is it because they need the leash on the people to go into affect as soon as possible ? It is one thing to support the bill because one has read it , to support it after reading it is another . What does one think when the government clearly in black and white desrcibes a policy of controlling through economic sanctions the people , business owners , hospitals and physicians ? Sounds good to me ? When in black and white it sets up a system of a Commisioner and committee to determine ones eligibility , ones allowed coverage , what is and is not considered acceptable coverage and whether or not a treatment or procedure is considered covered under one's policy ? How does one support forced coverage ? Yes forced . Every individual is required to have health care coverage , whether private or governmentally funded . How will they insure this ? By requiring that every taxpayer provide proof of coverage when filing their taxes . You must prove you were covered for that taxable year . What if you don't ? You get taxed 2.3% of your adjusted gross income , but it will not be considered tax . Yes it says that . If your income changes you must notify the government . What if you don't ? Well you have to pay the government what you would have been charged as a premium for the level of coverage your income would have designated or you get to pay the government back for what they put out . Lots of good stuff . How does one feel about the government taking a look at your bank accounts to determine your ability to pay for a procedure etc ? How about withdrawing the money to cover it ? Don't think it says any of this ? Read it . You , sir , are alot closer to the truth than most could comprehend or admit . It is terribly difficult to vilify a government that loooves you , wants to take care of you , has nothing but your best interest at heart and has great sympathy for you and your plight . You know we're working for you . Pay no attention to the fact that the people have protested , questioned and demanded transperancy yet are ignored . Don't mind that billions of dollars were poured in to big banks so they could stabalize and open lines of credit yet people can't get loans on their money ( those billions of dollars are our billions of tax dollars) . We'll regulate credit card companies ( or present the illusion we have ) . They can't openly gouge you , we'll provide loopholes and terminology that allows them to bill you in other ways . We'll bailout the auto industry to save jobs with your money we just need you to look the other way while they continue to cut jobs while spending your tax dollars . We'll give big corporations tax breaks to create jobs , hope you don't notice your still standing in the unemployemnt line . We'll help you keep your house , we'll provide government assistance to ensure that you don't become homeless . Oh did we mention you have to meet eligibility just as you would any other time and if you couldn't a month ago with your bank you aren't going to with us either . Just leave your key on the counter when you leave . Hey on the upside the guy who buys your house at a quick sale price is gonna get a $8000 tax break . Don't you feel better ? You know what we'll do ? We'll pour billions into infrastructure . We'll create jobs for guys who lost theirs . Oh thats right we're going to actually hire companies that already have employees to build the roads etc , well at least they'll be getting a paycheck . You will too though it'll just be an unemployment check . Same thing isn't it ? We know it's getting hard to feed your family , we'll put a hault to inflation . What , every week you go to the market there has been a price increase ? Huh , well you know it was cheaper to make a week ago . The silver lining is their family won't go hungry this week . Who needs a car , a house , a job or food when you can have healthcare ? Here's the upside once we get you good and desperate you'll give up whatever you have to as long as we promise you whatever you want and you won't even have to lift a finger we'll take care of it all . You just sit back and relax we've got this all under control . At least two of us recognize what's happening here . This isn't about the government using it's power to take care of us , it's about us taking care of the governments power . ]]>

<![CDATA[You sir are a complete idiot! Any piece of legislation can be repealed at anytime. Look at how many laws have been repealed over the centuries! We still have the amendment process to the constitution which over rides anything Harry freakin Reid does! Im also 100% positive that this little piece of legislation will end up in the courts. Take off the tin hat ans step away from the computer and remove youtube from your favorites list. LET ME MAKE ANOTHER POINT YOU RIGHT WING NUT JOB!! The republican party will not ever repeal any liberal piece of legislation. They havent in the past and they never will. If you really want change then leave craigslist and vote third party in 2010 because if you vote republican you will get more of the same! ]]>

<![CDATA[WOW you right wingers are complete mental cases!!! FEMA camps for dissenters? Obongo a British spy? Only one craigslist poster is the perfect authority on history and all others are idiots because you owned a library? What library? Where are copies of the true history that was removed? Where is the website of this so called info? If you really cared you'd share it. Anyone can make a website these days. Youre a total whack job who probably wears a tinfoil hat all day! Talk about mental disorder 101. I fear none of this as it was prophesied to happen in the last days. Bring it on, because that means its almost over and I will not have to share a planet with you paranoid people any longer! NWO now! Lets wrap this thing up! conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity". THIS IS SO TRUE AND YOU CRAZY NUT JOBS PROVE IT DAILY! ]]>

<![CDATA[They never stop, they will keep trying to shove this down our throats until they get it through...pass on to everyone... The impudent tyranny of Sen. Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is proving once again the maxim that darkness hates the light. Buried in his massive amendment to the Senate version of Obamacare is Reid's anti-democratic poison pill designed to prevent any future Congress from repealing the central feature of this monstrous legislation! Beginning on page 1,000 of the measure, Section 3403 reads in part: ". it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection." In other words, if President Barack Obama signs this measure into law, no future Senate or House will be able to change a single word of Section 3403, regardless whether future Americans or their representatives in Congress wish otherwise!! Note that the subsection at issue here concerns the regulatory power of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board (IMAB) to "reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending." That is precisely the kind of open-ended grant of regulatory power that effectively establishes the IMAB as the ultimate arbiter of the cost, quality and quantity of health care to be made available to the American people. And Reid wants the decisions of this group of unelected federal bureaucrats to be untouchable for all time. No wonder the majority leader tossed aside assurances that senators and the public would have at least 72 hours to study the text of the final Senate version of Obamacare before the critical vote on cloture. And no wonder Reid was so desperate to rush his amendment through the Senate, even scheduling the key tally on it at 1 a.m., while America slept. True to form, Reid wanted to keep his Section 3403 poison pill secret for as long as possible, just as he negotiated his bribes for the votes of Senators Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Bernie Sanders of Vermont behind closed doors. The final Orwellian touch in this subversion of democratic procedure is found in the ruling of the Reid-controlled Senate Parliamentarian that the anti-repeal provision is not a change in Senate rules, but rather of Senate "procedures." Why is that significant? Because for 200 years, changes in the Senate's standing rules have required approval by two-thirds of those voting, or 67 votes rather than the 60 Reid's amendment received. Reid has flouted two centuries of standing Senate rules to pass a measure in the dead of night that no senator has read, and part of which can never be changed. If this is not tyranny, then what is? DON'T SIT BY AND LET THIS HAPPEN IN THE DARK!!! FORWARD TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST! ]]>

<![CDATA[Russia Holds Obama For Suspicion Of Being a British Spy Back In 2005! Investigator In Chicago Fingers Obama For Being A British Spy As Far Back As 2004! Jump to Comments When I heard this the other night it hit me like a ton of bricks! I remember the plane with the US Senator being held at the airport in Russia! I remember thanking it was crazy that they believed the Senator on the Plane was a Spy for the British! So, for the last 24 hours I have been looking for news articles on this! This is what I have been able thus far! I also want to ask you this… Why would Russia way back in 2005 thank that this Senator was a spy for the British? Could it happen to be that they new he had a British pass port at some point in his life. Hummmmmmm Guys it just got stranger! It was kind of odd how Chicago investigator Sherman Skolnick *just happened* to pass away just before Barack Obama announced his run for President. Skolnick was founder and chairman of the Citizens Committee to Clean Up the Courts, which nailed two Illinois Supreme Court justices, Roy J. Solfisburg Jr. and Ray Klingbiel, who had accepted bribes of stock from a defendant in a case on which they ruled. The scandal catapulted John Paul Stevens, special counsel to the resulting investigating commission to a seat as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Skolnick had indeed uncovered so many links between plots and participants in conspiracies that he may have come to see some where none existed…but he also uncovered others that noone else had noticed, and Obama was right in his back yard. CLOAK’S EXCLUSIVE AUGUST 2005 STORY EXPOSING OBAMA’s KENYAN BIRTHPLACE FORCES OBAMA TO SANITIZE HIS PASSPORT FILE Insiders Report It Was Accomplished With The Assistance of the Clinton Mob CLOAK EXCLUSIVE! Filed 8/28/05 BRITISH SPY FINGERED: ACCUSATIONS CONFIRMED! BY SHERMAN SKOLNICK CLOAK Co-host Sherman Skolnick prior to the 2004 Election fingered Barack Obama running in Illinois for the U.S. Senate as a British Intel agent born in Kenya. Skolnick, as a co-spy watcher unmasked Obama on his regular CLOAK program, Shop Talk From Plot H.Q. Today Russian President V. Putin ordered U.S. Senator Barack Obama, who is also tight with MOSSAD, to be held in custody under suspicion of being a British operative illegally spying in Russia at off-limits secret facilities. Spying with Obama, who was locked up, was U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, pro-Bush, was detained by Putin but unlike Obama, quickly released. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar and Committee member Barack Obama at a base near Perm, Russia. This is where mobile launch missiles are being destroyed by the Nunn-Lugar program. Lugar delegation detained for three hours in Perm after inspecting nuke weapons facility US Senator Richard Lugar, who was briefly detained with a US delegation in Perm, Siberia, after inspecting the site, which is being dismantled with US funding. Nils Båhmer/Bellona A US delegation headed by Republican Senator Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was detained Sunday for three hours at an airport in the Siberian city of Perm, Russia before being allowed to leave the country for Ukraine in a diplomatically chaotic incident Sunday. Charles Digges, 29/08-2005 US officials were nonetheless anxious to downplay the incident in an apparent effort to avoid diplomatic fallout with the increasingly hard-line regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has publicly expressed dismay over a number of US-Russian disarmament programmes. LUGAR, OBAMA DETAINED IN RUSSIA DELEGATION RELEASED AFTER STANDOFF RESOLVED A U.S. delegation headed by Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was detained Sunday for three hours at an airport in Russia before being allowed to leave the country for Ukraine. Russian border guards at the airport in the Siberian city of Perm demanded to search the U.S. government aircraft carrying the delegation, which also included Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who was making his first foreign trip since becoming a senator. Obama is also a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. American officials, citing a U.S.-Russian agreement that does not allow such inspections, refused to allow the search, leading to a three-hour standoff at the airport, …<a href="http://americanreporter.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/russia-holds-obama-for-suspicion-of-being-a-british-spy-back-in-2005-investigator-in-chicago-fingers-obama-for-being-a-british-spy-as-far-back-as-2004/" rel="nofollow">http://americanreporter.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/russia-holds-obama-for-suspicion-of-being-a-british-spy-back-in-2005-investigator-in-chicago-fingers-obama-for-being-a-british-spy-as-far-back-as-2004/</a>]]>

<![CDATA[Was in the news yesterday, with the SS bankrupt, Medicare Bankrupt,Done by Governmental design, He still is pushing for things we can not afford Like Socialized health-care. If you want a model of where our country is going just look at Detroit. Government handouts made the people in Detroit Helpless. this was done by design started in the 40s when the Auto industry was going strong. What person in their right mind would take a Industrial giant as the US WAS and sell its people down the drain with NAFTA etc unless the sinister forces wanted to shut us down! You can argue all you want but its is written in Black and white. The health care Debate is just another piece on a big, big puzzle. I am sorry if your counting on that handout to save your life or family it won't really you would only be disappointed AGAIN by our Corrupt Government. Also they would be totally up in all your family's business! Please don't get me wrong, there are times that a Hand up is well warranted and I do all I can to help as many as I can personally We all seen the family in walmart with 6 kids buying filet mignon Steak and 60 dollar boxes of Shrimp these are the people I am referring to not a hard working family that is genuinely trying I have no problem its the abusers of the system that pisses me off. We just can not afford to keep that momentum with gov programs and the dumbing down of America. We need to Stand proud as we once was and Kick the hell out of these so called politicians that is giving our country away to the elitist. its happening everyday more and more of our freedoms are being eroded, they want to take our guns. If there is nothing wrong with the fed taking our guns Why would the Individual states start passing laws to Arrest fed agents that imposes on our 2ND? we know what they are doing and many of us see and will not react because of different reasons ie Fear of being called a Nut, Terrorist, alarmist, Tyranist that's my favorite because that is exactly what our government is today, Tyranist or tyrannical. Wake up wake up before its to late for our Kids and brothers and sisters. Can your family pay for this tax hike? I can not. Where is the trillion missing dollars from the tarp bailouts?, missing and no ones accountable In DC and we just set here counting the days til we get to go the hospital for free! We got to wake up and start charging these bastards with treason. Our constitution has been trampled beyond belief and it time we start assembling as a nation to take it back from the worlds elite/sinister corps. Just my 2 cents]]>

<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-15/unrepentant-bankers-undercut-reform-with-vengeance-david-pauly.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-15/unrepentant-bankers-undercut-reform-with-vengeance-david-pauly.html</a> Unrepentant Bankers Undercut Reform With Vengeance: David Pauly March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Bankers should be a humble crew. Their reckless trading almost ruined the world economy. But they are as arrogant as ever. While bank chiefs pay lip service to reform, their lieutenants in the trenches resist government attempts to prevent future financial disasters with the same old Chamber of Commerce gusto. Bank lobbyists in Washington, for instance, have their cannons aimed at the proposed Volcker Rule, which would prevent banks from trading for their own account and from running hedge and leveraged-buyout funds. The prohibition, named after its proponent, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, would mitigate the use of bank deposits to take inordinate risks, such as gambling on subprime mortgages with gobs of borrowed money. A ban on proprietary trading won’t work, the banks say, because it’s hard to separate trades they make for themselves from ones they make for customers. Do they mean that the math geniuses they have on their payrolls couldn’t figure it out? Banks insist on the status quo because taking risks is where the big profit and the huge bonuses are. That’s why commercial banks a decade ago got the law changed to allow them forays into investment banking. This is the system that Wall Street wants to keep: One where Richard Fuld, who as chief executive officer of now- bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., signed off on misleading financial statements, making himself “at least grossly negligent,” according to a court-appointed examiner’s report last week. Who, Us? This is the system that Wall Street wants to keep: One where CEO Lloyd Blankfein sees nothing wrong with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. having made trading bets against the very investments it had sold to customers. This is the system that Wall Street wants to keep: One where JPMorgan Chase & Co. got so caught up in the profit possibilities for mortgages that CEO Jamie Dimon told a government panel in January, “We never questioned that home prices would not go up forever.” Bank CEOs support a new government body that would wind down failed big banks in a way that wouldn’t upset the financial system. They prefer not to think about a better option: Separating investment banks and commercial banks again and making sure no institution gets too big. In Full View Banks also fight against proposals that the trading of derivatives -- contracts that companies and investors use to hedge risks -- must be on exchanges. That would mean guaranteed trades made openly by firms with adequate capital. Financial lobbyists say it’s not practical to trade all derivatives on an exchange because in many instances, banks have to customize hedges for certain risks. Looks like another worthy job for those Wall Street Ph.D.s -- hedging a one-of-a-kind risk with generic contracts. Banks maintain that derivatives didn’t cause the credit crisis. Apparently, derivatives -- in this case credit-default swaps that were insurance on bonds -- didn’t cause the collapse of American International Group Inc. and the massive government bailout of that insurance company. Giant banks resist derivatives reform because they fight anything that fosters disclosure. Information about their trades makes for more efficient markets. Banks make more money in inefficient markets; the combination of opaque pricing and their own information gives them an advantage. Clamping down on the banks should be a no-brainer given their low standing with the public. Yet bankers still get a hearing when they try to undercut reforms, if not defeat them. In the end, it may be business as usual on Wall Street. Bank CEOs gloat at the prospect.]]>

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<![CDATA[Please enlighten us! What authors do you enjoy? What are your favorite books? I agree with you about our textbooks. We have been lied to for a long time. How else are the powerful elite supposed to stay in power? It's interesting how this wk the conservative TX school board decided to leave out Thomas Jefferson as one of the figures whose writings inspired revolutions in the late 18th century and 19th century -- talk about rewriting history! Corporations are in control and the gov't is doing their bidding. Who do you think benefits more from having the masses controlled? Obviously business. Gov't doesn't run the post office or the VA for profit. The latest Surpreme Court case in favor of unlimited contributions to political campaigns from corporations exemplifies the problems in D.C. We need public financing in our elections to ensure the gov't does the people's bidding in D.C. - not the mega billion dollar corporate entity. ]]>

<![CDATA[I hate republicans because I know they're RIGHT. ]]>

<![CDATA[Thank you for posting that. Very well said and articulated. Peace]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>All your narrow-minded assumptions are based on us having a Republic left in a couple years... As things appear right now, that very-well may not be the case. From your postings it's clear you consider yourself well informed. But I can tell you this, The government mandated curriculum that has been spoon-fed to our youth for many decades is mostly fiction when it comes to history. That includes you and me being spoon-fed as well as Bush, Clinton, Obama, etc; etc;. Today's society is literally made up of several generations of forced ignorance... What I refer to as 'genus idiots'. The more you learn from the public school system.. the more ignorant you become. With out you even knowing it. This strategy was formulated by our Federal Government shortly after the Civil War, aka brain-washing, (the more ignorant the masses.. the easier to govern) But what the originators failed to anticipate was, that as time passed the whole of society fell victim to the idiocy. Now we have a culture of self-proclaimed mental gurus with their heads stuffed with falsehoods taught as truth. The teachers teaching what they were taught to teach. Ego's plump with pride. Not having a clue it's all lies. Back in the 70's I bought-out an old library that dated back to the mid 1800's. (when I acquired it, it had not been in service since the 1940's) I had always been a history buff, especially the Civil War era. Without going into extensive detail, there were several 'Townsend' college curriculum text books dealing with Civil Government. . Until you've studied history as it was taught over 140 years ago you cannot begin to imagine just how much you and I have been lied too!.. To paraphrase one thing that sticks in my my mind... "This form of government our founding Fathers afforded to the Amrican people is the best form of government ever devised for man-kind. 8 years in the making.. It is the best form of government for an informed populace. It is the worst kind for an ignorant society, of which it will revert to a Imperialistic state"... In summation. We are ALL ignorant in many matters. You know things that I don't. I'm sure there's homeless people living in boxes and under bridges all over America that know things you, & I, do not know. With that thought in mind... I can say that I probably know more about American history, and the Constitution than probably all those dumb-ass' in the White house combined. And when I refer to you as a dumb-ass, useful idiot, etc; etc;.. It's nothing personal, it's just the way it is. There's a big difference between What I know as a history enthusiast and 40 years of personal passion... and the lies that you and I accepted as truth in the school system... Don't take it the wrong way.. Those who taught it to us also believed it to be truth. That's why I coined the phrase "Genius idiots".. Our country is inundated with them Your post below...Shows without a doubt that you are clueless as to what is actually taking place in the world today. Please understand... It has nothing to do with left/right.. dem/pub, you an idiot, me an idiot, black/white...so on/and so on. Those in those frames of mind, are exactly where the power slobbering despots planned you to be... But of course, if you never take the time to search for the truth.. Then you are destined to rely the lies... Good luck with that..</h4>If the voters of this country vote republican in 2010, which is what is coming, then you guaranty Obama a 2nd term in 2012. American voters will be as disillusioned with the republicans for the next 2 years as they are with the dems now, thus insuring an Obama 2nd term and the stacking of the courts with leftist judges. You republicans are so arrogant that you cant see it..............................I bet you even think Sarah Palin will beat Obama .. HAHAHAHAHA.. Im voting democrat because I want to see the same crap coming from them for the next 2 years insuring that a democrat will not get elected in 2012 and protecting the delicate balance of the courts. Its always 5-4 and if Obama gets to appoint one or 2 more he will insure a left leaning court for decades. So remember in Nov you right wingers that if you punch the REP side you will insure a 2nd term for Obama. Lets say the Reps turn it all around in 2010 and the economy takes off. Dont you think that Obama will get the credit??? Hell yea he will!!! He will get a 2nd term just like Clinton did. His conservative congress did great and the sheeple re elected him and he gave us 2 left leaning judges. Dont let history repeat itself this NOV. Vote democrat so we can seal their fate in 2012. Make america so sick of them that they will never vote for another again.!!!]]>

<![CDATA[The courts always rule 5-4 with one judge being the swing vote. Doesnt matter who appointed them because ultimately its the senate that approves them. You can blame the presidents all day but the senate controls who gets on the court. You got a problem with the courts then take it up with the senate not the prez! What the court needs is someone who actually knows what the constitution says and doesnt twist it for their own agenda. The supreme court is the biggest failing branch of the federal govt but what can ya expect from a bunch of people educated in the colleges of america? How can one not see the right to own guns? How can one not see the rights of states to determine their own fate? How can one not see that the framers didnt want a big federal govt dictating what the states can and cant do? There is no constitutional authority for 90% of what the federal govt does but you wont ever convince none of the 9 sitting judges of that fact. They are all idealogs. ]]>

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<![CDATA[<a href="http://reason.com/archives/2004/10/20/pathologizing-conservatism" rel="nofollow">http://reason.com/archives/2004/10/20/pathologizing-conservatism</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/aug/13/usa.redbox" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/aug/13/usa.redbox</a> Well we all knew liberalism is a mental disorder but now its been proven that the opposite is a mental disorder too. I kinda knew it already given the behavior of most of them. These are much more reliable scientific sources than WND.com is LMAO!!!!! hahahahaha .. Now what can cure it????????? I KNOW WHAT WILL, BUT NONE OF YOU CARE ENOUGH TO WANT IT. Typical right wing behavior!!! A study funded by the US government has concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity". As if that was not enough to get Republican blood boiling, the report's four authors linked Hitler, Mussolini, Ronald Reagan and the rightwing talkshow host, Rush Limbaugh, arguing they all suffered from the same affliction. All of them "preached a return to an idealised past and condoned inequality". ]]>

<![CDATA[True story.. This is exactly the mentality of most if not all the extreme right wing loons that ive met. Me and the wife visited my brother and his family is GA. It was the night that the Dallas cowboys training facility collapsed due to bad weather. I'll never forget it. I was minding my own business on the laptop and he comes running upstairs screaming that the cowboys facility crashed. SO I as a normal person turn the news on to find out more. He found his info on a FOX news website. Go figure! Anyway, I made the horrible mistake of turning his TV to CNN to find out whats up. He goes off screaming to turn that liberal trash off. Its his tv etc blah blah blah. You can imagine because im sure you all have met these types. Brainwashed Hannity worshipers. I reply with "hey man its just news about the cowboys chill out its not political stuff".. He gets worse screaming to turn it off cnn. I finally had enough and said you will not talk to me like im you child. He gets worse and throws us out of his house at 930 PM in a rain storm. We had to drive 6 hours in the middle of the night back home in a rain storm. We damn near crashed in Birmingham. Needless to say, I havent spoken to him since and probably wont ever. He is forgiven but his right wing behavior isnt forgotten and never will be. This self centered arrogant right wing behavior is a plague in this country. Its a poison that devides rather than unites. He has been completely brainwashed by the likes of Hannity and Beck so much so that he has lost a brother because of it. I will never vote for a republican even if I am forced at gun point to do so. I'd rather die than have more of you nut jobs in office. I'll vote third party even if the candidate is not viable. ]]>

<![CDATA[I saw something someone said on youtube so it must be true! We're all doomed because it was on youtube! Quick get all the guns and run to the hills because a nut job on youtube said to! ]]>

<![CDATA[Tell me, where did you receive your political education or gain experience in politics?]]>

<![CDATA[If the voters of this country vote republican in 2010, which is what is coming, then you guaranty Obama a 2nd term in 2012. American voters will be as disillusioned with the republicans for the next 2 years as they are with the dems now, thus insuring an Obama 2nd term and the stacking of the courts with leftist judges. You republicans are so arrogant that you cant see it..............................I bet you even think Sarah Palin will beat Obama .. HAHAHAHAHA.. Im voting democrat because I want to see the same crap coming from them for the next 2 years insuring that a democrat will not get elected in 2012 and protecting the delicate balance of the courts. Its always 5-4 and if Obama gets to appoint one or 2 more he will insure a left leaning court for decades. So remember in Nov you right wingers that if you punch the REP side you will insure a 2nd term for Obama. Lets say the Reps turn it all around in 2010 and the economy takes off. Dont you think that Obama will get the credit??? Hell yea he will!!! He will get a 2nd term just like Clinton did. His conservative congress did great and the sheeple re elected him and he gave us 2 left leaning judges. Dont let history repeat itself this NOV. Vote democrat so we can seal their fate in 2012. Make america so sick of them that they will never vote for another again.!!! ]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>Former Republican!.. LMAO!.. You're the same liberal dumb-ass today as you were yesterday.. <a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1646904884.html" rel="nofollow">Your post</a> proves liberalism is a mental disorder. It also proves the divide and conquer strategy is alive and well, and I apologize to all, for the irresistible urge that over-rode my better judgment as to responding in this manner to something that is actually nothing at all. We all must realize this is a big part of the elites strategy. Again I apologize.. But this guys posting just oozes liberalism, or perhaps acorn employee, ...=:o)</h4><img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n03mb3pa5Tc5P75R5a355432e741446414f4.jpg"> ]]>

<![CDATA[After reading the comments from the republican I have decided that I can no longer in good conscience be on his/her side. Your comments are self righteous and self serving. You are full of assumptions as well as coming off as pompous and lacking compassion. Republicans were once compassionate but now have become selfish and uncaring to others tough circumstances. I am embarrassed to have ever called myself a republican after reading this stuff. Nowhere in the persons posts did they say they wanted a lifetime hand out!! They just want a little help. You FEMA camp radicals have infected the republican party and I for one am done with you all. Family values party????????????? I think not. Signed Former Republican ]]>

<![CDATA[TPMMuckraker Appeals Court Upholds $20,000 Fine Against Orly Taitz Justin Elliott | March 16, 2010, 8:50AM The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Orly Taitz's appeal of the $20,000 fine imposed on her for making frivolous filings in a long-running Birther case. "We have fully considered Taitz's arguments," the ruling from a three-judge panel reads. "We find them unpersuasive and therefore affirm the district court's sanctions judgment." A federal judge in Georgia imposed the sanction on Taitz in October, blasting her for, among other things, using "the courts as a platform for a political agenda disconnected from any legitimate legal cause of action." After Taitz failed to pay the fine within 30 days, the judge directed the U.S. Attorney to collect the judgment.]]>

<![CDATA[Now youre onto the diet? WTF will get thru to you? Probably nothing. I got my bad knees due to sports injuries.WHICH IS CONSIDERED EXERCISE IN CASE YOU ARE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND!! Im well with in the proper guidelines of weight to height ratios. The wife isnt fat. She eats right. She doesnt eat processed foods at all..She eats raw veggies daily. Eats plenty of fiber for breakfast.We dont feed our kids sugar cereals.She has done the colon cleanse stuff. You people are so brainwashed and self centered. You right wing scumbags are pathetic!! I hope you dont have kids because passing on your genetics would be such a tragedy!!! ]]>

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<![CDATA[WOW what a bunch of right wing paranoid morons!!! FEMA camps??? People who need medical attention will be placed in FEMA camps because Obama is Hitler reincarnated?? WTF?? How stupid are you? You say others are third graders but it seems like you paranoid right wing morons are the duped ones!!! Holy crap!!! Juts because some paranoid right wing financial darwinist says on youtube that there are FEMA camps for americans doesnt make it true!!! Holy crap you people are gullible!! Crawl back under the rock you came from and grow up!!! They wont be putting anyone in FEMA camps anytime in the next 100 years!! Wellll I take that back. They may take morons like you and sterilize you in order to get rid of the stupid genes from the pool!!! Well I can dream cant I?? You people are so self centered!! There has to be a safety net for those who fall on hard times!! We cant just let everyone fall over dead because they lose there job due to right wing outsourcing or right wing downsizing!!! Remember you right wing nut jobs, when the shit hits the fan it will be you who gets hanged in the public square not me!!! You always point to history as your example so I will too. People for thousands of years have grown weary of being treated bad by the rich and eventually rise up and remove you from your ivory towers!! Its time to stop the selfishness and deal with the problems people are facing. We are the UNITED STATES of america not the I got mine and dont care about you states of america!! ]]>

<![CDATA[By Aaron Klein © 2010 WorldNetDaily Jim Wallis Rev. Jim Wallis, a member of President Obama's "faith council" who is described as a spiritual adviser to the president, is a socialist activist who has championed communist causes and previously labeled the U.S. "the great captor and destroyer of human life." Wallis was in the news last week urging Christians to stop watching Fox News host Glenn Beck's program for Beck's remarks against churches that preach "social justice." The Associated Baptist Press described Wallis as a "politically progressive evangelical and longtime advocate for the poor." The Huffington Post identified Wallis as a "Christian author and social justice advocate." Wallis, however, is a long time socialist advocate and founder of a far-left magazine, Sojourners, that has championed communist causes. <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128053" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128053</a>]]>

<![CDATA[REBELLION IN AMERICA 5th state exempts guns. Is Washington noticing? 'I think they're going to let it ride, hoping some judge throws out case' Posted: March 15, 2010 9:11 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2010 WorldNetDaily A fifth state – South Dakota – has decided that guns made, sold and used within its borders no longer are subject to the whims of the federal government through its rule-making arm in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and two supporters of the growing groundswell say they hope Washington soon will be taking note. South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed into law his state's version of a Firearms Freedom Act that first was launched in Montana. It already is law there, in Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming, which took the unusual step of specifying criminal penalties – including both fines and jail time – for federal agents attempting to enforce a federal law on a "personal firearm" in the Cowboy State. According to a report in the Dakota Voice, the new South Dakota law addresses the "rights of states which have been carelessly trampled by the federal government for decades." "As the federal government has radically overstepped is constitutional limitations in the past year or so, an explosion of states have begun re-asserting their rights not only with regard to firearms, but also in shielding themselves against government health care, cap and trade global warming taxes, and more," the report said. <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128035" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128035</a>]]>

<![CDATA[Obviously the warning was for State Department Employees.]]>

<![CDATA[I am the poster of the the one you quoted.. Whats wrong did I strike a nerve? Your way off base,I am Not a fan of organized religion because its bullshit! I am also not a fan of giving what I have to you [ which is not much] because you were careless and made babies that you could not take care of! If I go break my leg is it right for me to ask you to pay for the medical expenses? hell no I did it, it is my responsibility somehow to take care of it. that's all I am saying. As a Nation the people have come to expect handouts. When we have many people in our gov wanting to give our vital resources, school,welfare,Hud,fha housing to illegals that's Bullshit. that's our money and they [ politicians and illegals] are stealing from us. We can not afford the legals and the politicians want amnesty!. Illegals has bankrupt Cali, Arizona almost. You getting pissed because I just said people should take care of their Own and not expect a Nationalized health-care program to be enacted and be the cure all for everything as far as medical. It wont be believe me. Not a thing the government has touched has worked out. If the media has reported so its propaganda and most likely can be refuted. I have compassion for people's problems but I have my own , your not knocking on my door saying Hey take 13 dollars out of my paycheck, If you work, i want you to have this because you deserve it. I would not take it because it just would not be right. I didn't work for it so what entitlement would I have for your money? before you label me , because that seems to be what most people do when they can not have a intelligent conversation about the topics at hand. I know we are in for some real bad times, if you can not take care of your basic necessities you will be some of the first to go ro the fema camps and believe me they will take care of you there if that's what you want. I am not paying for it! its from money they already stole from US that's you and me! Do you think for one minute that this economy has got this way unintentional? this was very carefully constructed and you my friend have played right into their hands. When you get upset at someone because they say be responsible and you think you have this entitlement for other people to pay your way in this life your fucked up! plainly. get some seeds and start growing some food and stock piling water, can some veggies. this would be a start to surviving without going to "Camp" Peace]]>

<![CDATA[While your busy calling people names and being third grade please be advised that "we the people" are being screwed not only by republicans, By Democrats, by Libs, By Assholes, Attempting to make the general populous submit to their will. I don't buy into the illusion that our problem with the country is a republican thing or a democratic thing. That system was set up for the very purpose that were doing here today on craigslist, cause friction among us!! Remember the divide and conquer theory Well this is one of them, just as racism was manipulated the same way, whites against the blacks , etc. there was even books written on it in 1840's how the elite could use the racism card to control the masses and it worked and the people whites and blacks were oblivious to the whole thing they thought it was really about being black or white but it was not. the system was set up by White elitist from Europe that settled here around the civil war erea. This is another corrupt thing by the elite for the elite to bring us down as a country and individually into slave status. the Illusion that we elect the president is totally bogus. When ever the elites want another angle to control us they create another problem , get us all at odds with one another and step in like a first grade teacher and makes us all put our heads down . Are we to ignorant as a society to see what they are doing? Are we to ignorant to see their manipulations with health-care, 9/11 the "patriot act}Spying,Cameras on every corner, spy chips in our clothing tags and they are working to make them smaller!. For what purpose? if there is nothing cynical going on , why do they need to be smaller than a Dime and ink pen points. They are doing this and Many of you people can not accept that they are manipulating the people into a health care "Crisis" How stupid/ignorant are you not to see or even try to see. Close minded people got on the train in Poland and Germany over 60 years ago because they could not "believe" that their Fuhrer could do such a thing. We have come to know as second knowledge[the halocost] they were also closed minded and thought he was a messiah. Many of them were at odds with each other, the ones that saw what he was about tried to tell what they knew, The messenger was deemed crazy, just like now! The pols and the Germans/Jew people thought that he was going to take care of them, or feed them His tactics were. what Our past few presidents and the fed has done to this country, Made money out of thin air, recked the economy, everybody was starving so they were taking handouts, they actually thought it was a good thing in the beginning. the trains! Will you people think the same thing??? You people Are completing the cycle and history. I feel sorry for the closed minded that can not, will not, see whats happening to this country and their freedoms. It was said in 1910 from a well known aristocrat, he was also a politician " if you starve a nation they are just like cattle they will submit to your every word just by offering crumbs" With all that said, peace]]>

<![CDATA[Obama does need healthcare.... So he can get the best proctologists to help get his head out of his ass. A crowbar would help.]]>

<![CDATA[ Capitalism is killing capitalism in favor of fascism!]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>After reading <a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1644929157.html" rel="nofollow">*your post*</a> it is abundantly clear you have been successfully (over-the-top) brain-washed. The powers that be have you thoroughly convinced that you and all other earthly citizens will be much better off wearing the same government issued clothes, driving the same government auto, living in the same type government housing, etc; etc;. ~*~~*~~La La la la la... Peace to all man-kind~~*~~*... It all sounds so happy and wonderful, and for MORONS it is a great deal with mommy and pappy GOV looking out for your every need. LMAO... Wake-Up Dumb-ass'. Don't you realize that what you're hoping for is to have power slobbering despots set themselves up as LORD and MASTER over your very existence. And the minute you're deemed no longer a productive servant of the government/GODS you will simply be done away with. Due to the neglect of the silent majority, (NORMAL people) we became complacent and much too tolerent with the actions/behaviors of to many ignorant people. Now it is time for the Moral Majority to step up and deal with the insane, despotic power Mongers WE allowed to manifest through negligence on our part. Because of such negligence, now we have two MINOR obsticles to overcome. Number one... Remove a few hundred corrupt, insane. despotic, power-drooling tyrants from their self perceived positions of power... (Reality.. The only power these despots possess is what WE the people allow them to possess).... Number two... Then WE herd up all the little flocks of confused, indoctrinated sheep and explain to them they've been hypnotized by our crooked Governments propaganda... They'll be fine in a month or so. And from then on... Make sure that in order to vote people must pass a fundimental quiz on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.. Once these minor issues are corrected, then we can direct some ernest effert to some real problems like jobs and health-care. But first these insane NWO/dictator wanna b's has to has to be dealt with. Take a look at the following short video and then see if you want the Government running healthcare...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7n2m-X7OIuY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7n2m-X7OIuY</a> </h4>]]>

<![CDATA[For those of you who oppose health reform... Why do you think premiums keep going up? You are already paying for people who don't have insurance. When you guys say that it is a "gov't takeover of healthcare" -- you are wrong! A gov't takeover would mean that the hospitals and doctors work for the gov't like mail carriers do. No one is suggesting that. I personally have problems w/the bill as well, but to do nothing (which is what Republicans want to do) would mean our premiums are going to double in 10 yrs. The guy that is always posting on here insulting people and their ideas, never offers up anything positive. No ideas, nothing! It's quite funny, because I would be willing to bet money that this guy is on Medicare and gets social security. I guess he doesn't mind the gov't when they are giving him socialized medical care and money, but god forbid anyone else get it!]]>

<![CDATA[You reps babble on about welfare bums!!! Do you realize the same corporations you run and work for get corporate welfare? Where is the outrage from that waste of money? Name one corporation that deserves my tax money!!!! YOU CANT!!!!!!! The amount of corporate welfare is way more than the social welfare. DOnt believe me?? DO SOME reading.. Turn off Hannity and Beck!!! Go apply for a job at walmart or target etc and see if they dont ask you have you been on welfare recently! See if they dont get tax breaks AKA corporate welfare for hiring your ass and minimum wage!!!! How many trillions have gone to corporate welfare over the last 30 years or more??? How many billions went to corporate welfare aka THE BAILOUTS??????? Where were you? It was your right wing messiah BUSH that started it all. So next time you decide you want to get all self righteous about someone needing help take a look at the right wingers who get the same help!!! You right wingers make me sick!!! Youre all a bunch of bloody hypocrits!!! <a href="http://www.corporations.org/welfare/" rel="nofollow">http://www.corporations.org/welfare/</a>]]>

<![CDATA[Socialism means being socially conscious. We depend on the people around us to a degree most of us to not understand or consider. We are social creatures. Socialism is rooted in concern for the world around us and our place in it. Capitalism turns us into cattle. We are producers or consumers. If we can no longer produce because of age or disability or aren't interested in running out and consuming/buying the newest thing, we are of no value. If we produce few tax dollars for our government we are little value. Just look at the way we care for our elderly. Capitalism reduces us to assets or liabilities in the workplace and to our government. ]]>

<![CDATA[The republicans have nothing!!!!!!!!! You all are empty suits wanting to give power away to the biggest corporation!! You have nothing to offer to fix the health insurance issues. Tort reform wont help!!!!! You are no more than scavenging jackals looking for the next financial victim! You all take and take and give nothing back. You preach one thing on sunday and then live a selfish life mon-sat. You preach american patriotism and then sell us out to foreign companies and create crap like the patriot act. You preach pro life but dont care that people die everyday from lack of proper healthcare. You say killing a fetus is wrong but protect big drug makers and Drs who kill millions every year!! hypocrits everyone of ya.. You babble on about gun rights but when in power never overturn ONE gun law! You bitch about states rights but never repeal ONE law that steps on states rights! When in power republicans never shrink govt. You only talk about it. Blah blah blah!!!! You preach faith based charities should take care of the poor but you never do!! You preach honesty and integrity in govt but your businesses are more corrupt and dirty than any politician has ever been. You preach anti gay but play butt darts with the page or intern when ya get the chance. The republican party is nothing more than a bunch of snake oil salesmen and you all should be ashamed of yourselves!!!!!!!!!! You all claim you care about children but when someone with kids needs help the first thing out of your mouths is " they arent my responsibility"!!! You blather on about being the party of the family but when families need help and fall on hard times your first response is "GET A JOB IM NOT PAYING FOR YOU"!!!! You people have a mental disorder just as much as the left wingers do!!! ]]>

<![CDATA[You said this too was created . Look way beyond the BS in front of our faces what is being offered as a solution. Its the bullet or poison whether you come from the left or right or middle, outer space. If the government gets involved with OUR health care we are screwed again. No one ever said Go be irresponsible and make three kids without having the means to pay for them. Nobody ever said you go and have a family and I make sure you get what you need. Where did you people get the idea that its my responsibility to take care to take care of you never has been and never will be so get over it. This entitlement that people are possessing these days is out of control. RE WOW. I bet youre a member of christ church or the peoples church in franklin. People fall on hard times you fool!!! What church do you attend??? Id really like to know because I am willing to bet you were there yesterday!!! Drop dead youre a waste of human skin!! ]]>

<![CDATA[Well I see the typical right wing so called christian responders have chimed in. You people make me sick!!! Un sympathetic and totally selfish. Im sure God is proud of you all!!! You probably had a great service yesterday and felt good because you sang a song and paid your tithe!!!! You people are the reason I quit going to your little social clubs!! I had my family insured for a long time until you right wing neo cons started outsourcing and moving great jobs overseas!!! Im not talking about the politicians im talking about you right wing CEO types who "got yours" so why should you feel sorry for anyone else!! Your kind can drop dead for all I care!! I said before im not in favor of a govt takeover but you failed to see that because you right wingers have a microscopic view of a telescopic world!! You all make me sick!! Im not for socialized medicine but what has the right wing offered?? NOTHING!!!! Tort reform will not help me!!! There is a chance my wifes intestinal issues could be colon cancer and we cant get any help!!! DROP DEAD you right wing neo con bastards!! You people babble on about charities can take care of the uninsured but where are they??? You people babble on about it not being your responsibility!!! So your solution is to just let those who are sick die?? How sweet of you!!!! How american!! How right wing christian of you... I find it funny that you right wingers bitch about the schools teaching darwinism and not creation but when it comes to helping people in need you become DARWIN!!! Only the strong like you, survive!!!!!!! You bitch about so called death panels and abortion and old people being cut off from care to just die but what do you offer?? NOTHING!!!! The right wing has become just like Darwin!! Only the strong survive. Maybe next month your wife will be diagnosed with colon cancer and your insurance company will cut you off and you'll see what its like on the other side!! ]]>

<![CDATA[Republicans again have no answers. Their answer is the bash Obama and produce nothing while hoping for the best in the next election. Don't be manipulated by their scare tactics and disinformation. Check out these statistics on the use of filibusters to obstruct movement in the government: <a href="http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/03/02/republican-obstruction-at-work-record-number-of-filibusters/" rel="nofollow">http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/03/02/republican-obstruction-at-work-record-number-of-filibusters/</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gRk0FZDifKVczo6ssCt82rw2lTYQD9E5NHCO1" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gRk0FZDifKVczo6ssCt82rw2lTYQD9E5NHCO1</a> Truth is, they want it to seem like Obama wasn't able to accomplish anything during his term which will give their tired ideas a chance in the next election. Don't be seduced by the Republican idiots on this board who bring nothing to this discussion outside of insults. They are a party of no ideas and poor decisions. Check your facts at politifact.com and factcheck.org]]>

<![CDATA[this too was created . Look way beyond the BS in front of our faces what is being offered as a solution. Its the bullet or poison whether you come from the left or right or middle, outer space. If the government gets involved with OUR health care we are screwed again. No one ever said Go be irresponsible and make three kids without having the means to pay for them. Nobody ever said you go and have a family and I make sure you get what you need. Where did you people get the idea that its my responsibility to take care to take care of you never has been and never will be so get over it. This entitlement that people are possessing these days is out of control.]]>

<![CDATA[I am sorry that your family has health issues. Please do not take me wrong but here is my point of view. While it is sad that you have problems , but should all the rest of America have to lose their independence to choose their health care and how they get because you can not afford it? Should we all become victim's of the recent health scheme for YOUR family. I don't mean to sound ignorant. If the health-care bill passes it might do a few things to help your family but In the long run it will destroy our country and your family because they will be totally controlled by the fed government. Would you rather be sick and free or needled and prodded and maybe taken care of a little bit with the loss of your freedom, or whats left? the Insurance companies want the health care bill to pass, a mandatory fine for anybody that does not buy it! will you be able to afford the mandatory healthcare, if not your get a fine and that will be worse. They have broke everything they have touched we don't need another biggie in that list. Eat healthier, circumvent preventable diseases, find some supplemental like dental,eye. Get a health saving account and put 50 dollars in every payday. there is a lot of Insurance providers that are affordable without the gov getting in your business. try NASE.com even if your not self employed there might be something there for you and your family. Good luck, peace]]>

<![CDATA[ Epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson explains why it's equality, and not high income, that makes a society thrive. March 9, 2010 <a href="http://www.alternet.org/health/145955/what_makes_the_healthiest_and_happiest_societies_hint%3A_it%27s_not_wealth" rel="nofollow">http://www.alternet.org/health/145955/what_makes_the_healthiest_and_happiest_societies_hint%3A_it%27s_not_wealth</a> We live in a world of deep inequality, and the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. We in the rich world generally agree that this is a problem we ought to help fix—but that the real beneficiaries will be the billions of people living in poverty. After all, inequality has little impact on the lives of those who find themselves on top of the pile. Right? Not exactly, says British epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson. For decades, Wilkinson has studied why some societies are healthier than others. He found that what the healthiest societies have in common is not that they have more—more income, more education, or more wealth—but that what they have is more equitably shared. In fact, it turns out that not only disease, but a whole host of social problems ranging from mental illness to drug use are worse in unequal societies. In his latest book, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, co-written with Kate Pickett, Wilkinson details the pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, encouraging excessive consumption. The good news is that increased equality has the opposite effect: statistics show that communities without large gaps between rich and poor are more resilient and their members live longer, happier lives. YES! Magazine web editor Brooke Jarvis sat down with Richard Wilkinson to discuss the surprising importance of equality—and the best ways to build it. Brooke Jarvis: You've studied the impact of inequality on public health for a long time. Did any of your recent findings surprise you? Richard Wilkinson: Oh, all of them. In fact, the relationship is weaker for health than for many other problems—we looked at life expectancy, mental illness, teen birthrates, violence, the percent of populations in prison, and drug use. They were all not just a little bit worse, but much worse, in more unequal countries. If I'd known how strong those connections would be, I would have looked for them a decade earlier. In fact, I'm still surprised that no one did look at them earlier.]]>

<![CDATA[Well where do I go?? No answer from you neo cons... You have nothing to offer do ya. Pitiful !!! Just keep repeating the hannity Beck montra!! You fight the take over plan from the left but offer no help to those who need it!! Its all empty words!! Meanwhile my family stays sick with no options!! You all can rot for all I care. Left wingers and right wingers!! ]]>

<![CDATA[Thats what I want]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>Let me get this straight......we're trying to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president that also hasn't read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke. What the hell could possibly go wrong????</h4><center><img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n03mb3pa5Tc5P75R5a355432e741446414f4.jpg"> ]]>

<![CDATA[I don't want the pending Obama/Democrat health legislation, nor do I want anything that the Republicans have (tongue in cheek) offered ............. and I don't want to pay for all those fat Missippians who need gastric bypass surgery . . . . . (they should just stop eating so much!!) - - - - NO!! I want a common sense, low-cost, REASONABLE approach to someting that all Americans should have - - I WANT TO PAY FOR MY OWN HEALTHCARE WITHOUT BEING RAPED BY HOSPITALS AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES!!!!!!!!! I want to pay a reasonable monthly fee, and be assured that I will actually GET the services that I have been paying for, with out being dropped or excluded for "PRE-EXISISTING CONDITIONS" ......................... that's not too much to ask for!! No it is not. Both the Democrats and the Republicans SUCK on this score. The people in Washington all need to be cleared out. If I had any money, I'd run for office myself, even though I detest politics, just to help clean this mess . . . . . ]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>Bumper stickers for sale... To all you 'Proud Obots', get your "I'm a Proud Obot..aka/Usefull Idiot".. bumper-stickers here, only $49.95..call 615 555 1212 (you will be charged for the call also) Order today . Although sales are way down due to the great awakening, for a limited time, just for you hard-core usefull idiots you can still purchase one of these 'I'm proud-to-be-an-idiot' stickers destined to be hanging on the walls of the idiots hall of fame. Be the laughing-stock of your neighborhood. Get all the giggles, snickers, leers, and finger pointings you so richly deserve.... You know, You really do need to post more often. and with even more gusto and flare... Cause when people read your cult-like obedience rhetoric it will only help wake up the remaining few Obots. Keep up the great work. P.S. I apologize for not having the ability to conjure up an original thought of my own and I'm aware my vocabulary suffers miserably, but I do try and crowd as many three cylinder words in my writings as I can think of... =:o)... >><a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1644058871.html" rel="nofollow">**Your Posting**</a> <center><img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n03mb3pa5Tc5P75R5a355432e741446414f4.jpg"> ]]>

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<![CDATA[If obama gets this commie health care passed and it cost me my business I will slap a liberal evrytime I see one.]]>

<![CDATA[ <h4>Reply To: </h4> <h4>"In your attempt to prove someone wrong you managed to show everyone just how ill-informed and gullible you truly are. It is quite apparent you are a perfectly indoctrinated useful idiot... The websites you posted contain nothing more than infamil to barely furbish the simple-minded.... There's one very important 'FACT' you obots just can't seem to grasp.... Our government is LYING to US... And that 'US' includes 'YOU' too...Dumb-ass...<a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1643091505.html" rel="nofollow">** Your Post **</a>"</h4>   <h4>My Response: I would rather be a useful idiot than a useless idiot any day of the week.  If our government is lying to the people - it cannot be any worse than how previous Administrations have lied.  The website posted is from the CBO.  You think the CBO only exists to serve the simple-minded?  End your rhetoric and have a useful conversation.  Everyone knows where you stand.  You hate Obama.  Everyone that thinks he might do better is an "O-bot".  (I like that name.  I'd buy the bumper sticker that says "I'm an OBot").  We'll call the Democrats "O-bots" and the Republicans "deceptiNEOcons" - just like Transformers.  Would that make you happy?  Do we need to play Transformers? See if you can formulate a post without using asterisks, All-caps, and childish name-calling.  Try it.  You might be able to transition from useless to useful.  I believe evolution is possible - even for you.  You can evolve into a productive person with a thoughtful opinion rather than continuing to rant and call other people "ill-informed", "gullible", "indoctrinated", "idiot", and whatever other names you may have in your seemingly small vocabulary.  Tell me, wise one, have you ever had an original thought come to you?  If so, have you been able to articulate that thought into text so that other people can understand what your thought may be?  Assuming that you can think and articulate back - I am going to politely ask you - What are your thoughts on the government? Do you hate all government?  We are all waiting for the useless idiot to post back and try to formulate a constructive thought. We, The People - Told you all in 2008 what we were going to do.  <img src="http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8297/progressiveeraposter.jpg"></h4>   ]]>

<![CDATA[I wouldn't be surprised if Hannity did have a drug problem. I mean look at Beck and Limbaugh they are both drug addicts. None of them have college degrees either. Why people on the right listen to these goofballs is beyond me. I prefer to get my info from people who have knowledge of what they're talking about -- these guys are just hate mongers -- they bring out the hate in people which is very easy to do. ]]>

<![CDATA[By Igor Volsky on Mar 12th, 2010 at 5:15 pm I’ve been arguing that the GOP’s health care proposals would shift the risk and the cost of insurance from the employer and the government to the individual. It’s what Jacob Hacker calls The Great Risk Shift. By relying on high deductible plans in the individual health insurance market and health savings accounts, Republicans are dismantling the kinds of pooling mechanisms that spread risks “across rich, and poor, healthy and sick, able-bodied and disabled, young and old” and shifting more of the economic costs and risks of insurance onto a single individual. That’s the essence of consumer-driven medicine. Skyrocketing health care costs are already forcing employers to switch into plans with higher deductibles and co-payments and a new survey of employers finds that without significant reform, Americans will move faster towards the conservative health care utopia. A growing number of employers are predicting that unsustainable health care spending will force them to “charge more to cover spouses, tighten eligibility standards for their health plans and dispense financial rewards or penalties based on the results of certain lab tests“: Meanwhile, employees at many companies can expect significantly higher premiums, deductibles and co-payments…the new survey is a reminder that even people who are satisfied with their insurance plans cannot count on a continuation of the status quo. With or without reform, coverage at big corporations is likely to become less affordable, and it could become more restrictive. [...] In addition, employers are increasingly moving toward high-deductible plans, which carry lower premiums while leaving workers responsible for higher out-of-pocket expenses. Next year, 12 percent of employers plan to offer only high-deductible coverage, the survey found. Conservatives have pushed back against health care reform by arguing that most Americans like the insurance they have. And indeed, reform advocates have had a difficult time engaging the insured majority — who feel insulated from the insurance problems of others. But many Americans in employer based coverage are already experiencing the kind of shifts the survey describes and I suspect if reform doesn’t pass this time around, those poll numbers will begin to shift. Nobody actually wants to use the Republican prescription. Especially when they get sick. <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/" rel="nofollow">http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/</a> ]]>

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<![CDATA[<h4>In your attempt to prove someone wrong you managed to show everyone just how ill-informed and gullible you truly are. It is quite apparent you are a perfectly indoctrinated useful idiot... The websites you posted contain nothing more than infamil to barely furbish the simple-minded.... There's one very important 'FACT' you obots just can't seem to grasp.... Our government is LYING to US... And that 'US' includes 'YOU' too...Dumb-ass...<a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1643091505.html" rel="nofollow">** Your Post **</a></h4><center><img src="http://images.craigslist.org/3n03mb3pa5Tc5P75R5a355432e741446414f4.jpg"> ]]>

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<![CDATA[ You asked to be proven wrong. Obama care is not free, in fact it will cost more than any health care in the world. It will cost us our freedom, Its just another way for the left wing liberals to hold americans hostage. Jobs are being lost everyday and non being created under the obama administration, except government jobs which are a liability to american tax payers. We need to stop this administration in their tracks and start over and cut all fat and beauracy out of health care so the average american can afford health insurance. If this is not true please post your facts rebuking this statement.   <blockquote> From the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office: Updated Estimate of Budgetary Impact "CBO and JCT now estimate that, on balance, the direct spending and revenue effects of enacting H.R. 3590 as passed by the Senate would yield a net reduction in federal deficits of $118 billion over the 2010-2019 period." Source:  <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/113xx/doc11307/Reid_Letter_HR3590.pdf" rel="nofollow"> http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/113xx/doc11307/Reid_Letter_HR3590.pdf</a>   You post your opinion as fact and demand that someone "post facts to rebuke" your statement.  Yet not one fact is sourced in your post.  No one ever said that health care reform would be free.  Freedom isn't free.  (Wasn't that the cry from the right when the debt got racked up?) Freedom is not free.  Health care will not be free.  The government has wasted more tax dollars on so many frivolous projects on no-bid contracts alone over the past ten years than the cost of health care will be over ten years. It is past time that the American people have affordable health care.  So many millions of Americans go without health care for no reason other than money.  The money issue can be solved.  The health care legislation that will pass soon does not change doctor/patient privacy nor does it infringe on anyone's freedom as an American.  The Obama Administration is handling the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression excellent.  You know, we could have 25% unemployment or higher had Congress not took action with the Stimulus Act.  Losing 35,000 jobs a month is not comparable at all to losing 700,000+ jobs per month, as was the case, when the President was sworn into office. The Great Recession caused by the Bush Administration is easing.  Each day, more and more jobs become available.  Not all jobs are government jobs.  In a recent bill passed by Congress, tax incentives were given to small business to help spur job creation in the private sector. Additional funding to the private sector was given during the Recovery Act. You can see all of the private-sector jobs created at recovery.gov if you would go there.  It is a bit challenging to bring new jobs to the private sector when you have mutli-billion dollar corporations such as Wal-Mart selling cheap crap from China and hiring illegal workers. Immigration reform is next on the Obama agenda. So many products used to be made in the United States.  Thanks to the profit motive and relentless toll unregulated capitalism has brought to this country thanks to previous Administrations (Bush and Clinton and even Reagan).  These former administrations did nothing short of opening the floodgates for jobs to be taken to China and Mexico.  Americans cannot compete with someone who will work 100 hours a week for a sack of rice. We need an expansion of jobs in all surviving industries that cannot be outsourced.  (This includes the health care industry). We need to increase our exports and lead the world in solar and wind technology.  We need to become the engineers the Japanese cannot replicate so we can once again lead the world. While we wait, we can start by taxing the crap out of the large businesses that have sent our jobs offshore.  We tried offering them tax cuts and we all know how that worked out.  They still sent the jobs overseas and raised the cost of their products which are lower in quality than when they were made in the U.S.A.  More Americans are getting higher costs and lower quality products and this is what happens without regulation.  Americans are rejecting the stale ideals from the  Republican party.  You cannot answer "No" to every question and problem and expect that to always be the right answer.  That's similar to picking "C" for every question on a multiple-choice test.  It's a losing strategy. If you R's don't see the political calamity in saying "No" to every single domestic issue you need a few more election cycles to better understand how doing nothing is not leadership. Democrats are not thrilled at every thing Congress is coming up with either.  At least the Democrats are trying to implement solutions.  We will replace these Blue Dog Dems with more bold, progressive candidates.  Hell will freeze over before Republicans hold a majority again.    </blockquote> ]]>

<![CDATA[Obama care is not free, in fact it will cost more than any health care in the world. It will cost us our freedom, Its just another way for the left wing liberals to hold americans hostage. Jobs are being lost everyday and non being created under the obama administration, except government jobs which are a liability to american tax payers. We need to stop this administration in their tracks and start over and cut all fat and beauracy out of health care so the average american can afford health insurance. If this is not true please post your facts rebuking this statement.]]>

<![CDATA[Im not a fan of federal govt run health insurance but tell me what do me and my family of five do?? My 3 kids were turned down for tenncare because we made too much money... B.S!! We bring in if we are lucky $1800 month. I have been unemployed for too long. We cant afford $500 or more a month for insurance. We have a small house and barely get by.Cars are paid for. What do we do? Where do we go? My wife has medical problems with her digestive system but cant get any care. What do we do? We cant get treatment at an emergency room. Tell me neo cons what do we do? Where is the charity? Maybe your mega churches can help HAHAHAHAA!!! yea thats if the pastors can sell their 50k dollar cars and mansions!!! I have issues with my knees and heart/blood pressure. What do we do? We exercise and eat right to prevent the problems from increasing. What do we do? Tell me oh wise right wing, so called christian, neo con??? Are you going to heal us? Maybe raise us from the dead? Isnt that what your mega churches brag about being able to do? I havent seen it and if you all had the faith to do it we wouldnt need govt health insurance now would we?? What do we do? Answer me that!!! ]]>

<![CDATA[What's wrong with America? It's not socialism, it's corporatism! I know several of you on here are already saying whatever -- just another obot! Well, if you read this it will show you how Obama is just another corporatist like Reagan, Bush and Clinton. This group, called the Business Roundtable, consist of CEOs from GE, Newscorp, Comcast, AT&T, Halliburton, Shell, Walmart, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and on and on... They are the new world order and they are making sure everything stays business as usual -- very rich get richer and the middle class sinks lower and lower. They are in control -- as is the World Bank, World Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund. If you take the time to read anything this wnkd - this is it - this coming from someone who voted for Bush in 2000! Thanks. <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/145996/the_most_powerful_destructive_corporate_business_club_most_americans_have_never_heard_of?page=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.alternet.org/economy/145996/the_most_powerful_destructive_corporate_business_club_most_americans_have_never_heard_of?page=1</a> "It has now become evident to a critical mass that the Republican and Democratic parties, along with all three branches of our government, have been bought off by a well-organized Economic Elite who are tactically destroying our way of life. The harsh truth is that 99% of the US population no longer has political representation. The US economy, government and tax system is now blatantly rigged against us.Current statistical societal indicators clearly demonstrate that a strategic attack has been launched and an analysis of current governmental policies prove that conditions for 99% of Americans will continue to deteriorate. The Economic Elite have engineered a financial coup and have brought war to our doorstep. . . and make no mistake, they have launched a war to eliminate the US middle class." I don’t view the Economic Elite as a small group of men who meet in secrecy to control the world. They do feature elements of conspiracy and are clearly composed of secretive organizations like the Bilderberg Group -- this is not a conspiracy theory, this is a conspiracy fact - but as a whole the Economic Elite are primarily united by ideology. They’re made up of thousands of individuals who subscribe to an ideology of exploitation and the belief that wealth and resources need to be concentrated into the fewest hands possible (theirs), at the expense of the many. That being said, there are some definite lead players in this group and it is important that we are not too vague and expose the individuals who publicly lead them. Focusing on the fundamental structure of the US economy, we have people like Hank Paulson, Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, Alan Greenspan, Lloyd Blankfein, Jamie Dimon, John Mack, Vikram Pandit,and John Thain. In total, the Economic Elite are made up of about 0.5% of the US population. At the center of this group is the Business Roundtable, an organization representing Fortune 500 CEOs that is also interlocked with several lead elite organizations. Most Americans have never heard of the Business Roundtable. However, in my analysis, it is the most influential and powerful Economic Elite organization. “The Business Roundtable joined the Business Council at the heart of both the corporate community and the policy-formation network and now has the most powerful role…. The Roundtable’s interlocks with other policy groups and with think tanks are presented [below].” -– G. William Domhoff, Who Rules America? The Roundtable’s first year of operation was 1972, which coincided with the beginning of the CEO salary explosion, and has been the driving force behind the unprecedented concentration of wealth since their inception. Their dominance over the US economy and government is unparalleled. Their members are a Who’s Who of everything that is wrong with our economy. Here is a partial list of some of their lead members: ——-Lloyd C. Blankfein, Goldman Sachs ——-James Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co. ——-James P. Gorman, Morgan Stanley ——-Vikram S. Pandit, Citigroup, Inc. ——-Brian T. Moynihan, Bank of America ——-Brendan McDonagh, HSBC ——-Robert W. Selander, MasterCard Incorporated ——-Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express Company ——-Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation ——-Glenn A. Britt, Time Warner Cable Inc. ——-Philippe Dauman, Viacom, Inc. ——-Jeffrey R. Immelt, General Electric Company ——-Brian L. Roberts, Comcast Corporation ——-Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft Corporation ——-John T. Chambers, Cisco Systems, Inc. ——-Randall L. Stephenson, AT&T Inc. ——-Ivan G. Seidenberg, Verizon Communications ——-David G. DeWalt, McAfee, Inc. ——-Steven R. Loranger, ITT Corporation ——-Paul T. Hanrahan, AES Corporation, The ——-Riley P. Bechtel, Bechtel Group, Inc. ——-W. James McNerney , Boeing Company, The ——-Rex W. Tillerson, Exxon Mobil Corporation ——-Marvin E. Odum, Shell Oil Company ——-John S. Watson, Chevron Corporation ——-James J. Mulva, ConocoPhillips ——-John B. Hess, Hess Corporation ——-James E. Rogers Duke Energy Corporation ——-J. Larry Nichols, Devon Energy Corporation ——-Ronald A. Williams, Aetna Inc. ——-David Cordani, CIGNA ——-Jeffrey B. Kindler , Pfizer Inc. ——-Angela F. Braly, WellPoint, Inc. ——-John C. Lechleiter, Eli Lilly and Company ——-Edward B. Rust, Jr., State Farm ——-Andrew N. Liveris, Dow Chemical ——-James W. Owens, Caterpillar Inc. ——-Ellen J. Kullman, DuPont ——-Edward E. Whitacre Jr., General Motors Company ——-Michael T. Duke, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Read the rest: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/145996/the_most_powerful_destructive_corporate_business_club_most_americans_have_never_heard_of?page=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.alternet.org/economy/145996/the_most_powerful_destructive_corporate_business_club_most_americans_have_never_heard_of?page=2</a> ]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>You can be told you're being brain-washed by the very brain-washing mechenism being used and people still won't except the fact they're being brain-washed.... The insanity of Humanity... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfGdbFh6cSI&NR=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfGdbFh6cSI&NR=1</a></h4>]]>

<![CDATA[2 years in jail also possible for agent enforcing U.S. regulations on firearm Posted: March 13, 2010 12:20 am Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2010 WorldNetDaily Wyoming has joined a growing list of states with self-declared exemptions from federal gun regulation of weapons made, bought and used inside state borders – but lawmakers in the Cowboy State have taken the issue one step further, adopting significant penalties for federal agents attempting to enforce Washington's rules. According a law signed into effect yesterday by Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal, any agent of the U.S. who "enforces or attempts to enforce" federal gun rules on a "personal firearm" in Wyoming faces a felony conviction and a penalty of up to two years in prison and up to $2,000 in fines. WND reported just days ago when Utah became the third state, joining Montana and Tennessee, to adopt an exemption from federal regulations for weapons built, sold and kept within state borders. A lawsuit is pending over the Montana law, which was the first to go into effect. But Wyoming's law goes further, stating, "Any official, agent or employee of the United States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both." Here are answers to all your questions about guns, ammunition and accessories. Gary Marbut of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, who has spearheaded the Montana law, now describes himself as a sort of "godfather" to the national campaign. (Story continues below)Continue>>>> <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127787" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127787</a>]]>

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<![CDATA[ It is time we start getting pissed again about the fuel , their getting ready to ram it up our ass again! . We all knoe texaco must make way over their last year profit of 395 billion in order to break even[ yeah bull shit] that's what they say. I just thought I would put this out there again. I feel they are gonna hit us real bad again. Hell Nobody is making it now if Gas goes to 4 dollar again we are fucked. lets stand for some Gas outs and bring it down. Oh have you seen that the amount of food that you buy has been cut again, pretty soon when you buy frozen veggies you'll get three peas for 150 per bag. i went to kroger today and was blown away at the prices, I have found they are all inflated to the hilt. When are we as a nation gonna start speaking our minds instead of being complacent little sheep? thanks ]]>

<![CDATA[If obama said to a crowd of liberals that shit don't stink they would believe it. They can cry all they want but most americans are not buying the shit obama is selling. Why because shit stinks, no matter who says it don't.]]>

<![CDATA[...must be very serious. Why else would SEAN claim "I never questioned anyone's patriotism." (HANITY on 9/18/03) We ALL HEARD him say "Is it that you hate this president, or that you hate America?" (HANNITY TO ATTORNEY STAN COHEN on 4/30/03) and we ALL HEARD him say "Governor, (a democrat) why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country?" (HANNITY on 6/12/03) and we ALL HEARD him say "'I hate America.' This is the extreme left." (HANNITY on 1/23/02) and we ALL HEARD him say "You (Sara Flounders of International Action Center) don't like this country, do you? You think this is an evil country." (HANNITY on 9/25/01) SEAN also said "It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state." (HANNITY 8/25/03) But in REALITY, the 1st Ammendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." (See U.S. Constitution) SEAN said "If he (John Kerry) had his way and the CIA would almost be nonexistent." (HANNITY on 1/30/04) But in REALITY Kerry supported $200 billion in intelligence funding over the past seven years, a 50 percent increase since 1996. Kerry votes supporting intelligence funding include: a) FY03 Intel Authorization $39.3-$41.3 Billion [2002 Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 9/25/02], b) FY02 Intel Authorization $33 Billion [2001 Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 12/13/01], c) FY01 Intel Authorization $29.5-$31.5 Billion [2000, Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 12/6/00], d) FY00 Intel Authorization $29-$30 Billion [1999 Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 11/19/1999], e) FY99 Intel Authorization $29.0 Billion [1998 Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 10/8/98], f) FY98 Intel Authorization $26.7 Billion [1997 Senate Roll Call Vote #109], g) FY97 Intel Authorization $26.6 Billion [1996 Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 9/25/96] SEAN also said "The author of the Bill of Rights (James Madison) hired the first chaplain... and I think the author of the Bill of Rights knows more about the original intent--no offense to you and your liberal atheist activism--knows more about it than you do." (HANNITY 9/4/02) But in REALITY Madison himself was NOT PLEASED by the presence of chaplains in Congress: "Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative." (James Madison) SEAN also said "Colin Powell just had a great piece that he had in the paper today. He was there [in Iraq]. He said things couldn't have been better." (HANNITY on 9/19/03) But in REALITY Colin Powell said "American commanders and troops told me of the many threats they face--from leftover loyalists who want to return Iraq to the dark days of Saddam, from criminals who were set loose on Iraqi society when Saddam emptied the jails and, increasingly, from outside terrorists who have come to Iraq to open a new front in their campaign against the civilized world." (Colin Powell, 9/19/03) SEAN also said "In northern Iraq today, this very day, al Qaeda is operating camps...they are attacking the Kurds in the north." (HANNITY on 12/9/02) But in REALITY David Kay (appointed by Bush) said his team, who were on the ground for months investigating Saddam's regime, did not find "any links at all" between Saddam and Al Qaeda. (Boston Globe, 6/16/04) SEAN also said "Betsy (McCaughey), they're not going to lose it (public housing) because if you work less than 30 hours a week...if you work more than 30 hours a week...you have free housing." MCCAUGHEY (a Conservative) answered "No, Sean. Let me correct you. People in public housing are not receiving free housing. Many pay market rates." To which SEAN replied: "Betsy, that is so ridiculous and so false, it's hardly even worth spending the time. (HANNITY on 10/23/03) FACT: Public housing residents pay rent that is 30 percent of monthly adjusted income. No one lives in public housing for free. (Department of Housing & Urban Development) ]]>

<![CDATA[The principal power in Washington is no longer the government or the people it represents. It is the Money Power. Under the deceptive cloak of campaign contributions, access and influence, votes and amendments are bought and sold. Money established priorities of action, holds down federal revenues, revises federal legislation, shifts income from the middle class to the very rich. Money restrains the enforcement of laws written to protect the country from abuses of wealth--laws that mandate environmental protection, antitrust laws, laws to protect the consumer against fraud, laws that safeguard the securities markets, and many more: Richard N. Goodwin - Speechwriter for John F. Kennedy]]>

<![CDATA[Right-wing media are using an exchange between President Obama and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to falsely claim that the Senate health care bill would cause individual health insurance premiums to increase. In fact, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the Senate's version of health care reform would result in lower premiums for most individual enrollees. CBO: Premiums paid by most individuals would decrease. The CBO estimated that premiums paid by a majority of people insured on the individual market would decrease when factoring in federal subsidies that are included in the bill. <a href="http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10781/11-30-Premiums.pdf#page=7" rel="nofollow">http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10781/11-30-Premiums.pdf#page=7</a> ]]>

<![CDATA["I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavour to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." Abraham Lincoln]]>

<![CDATA[<center><h1>**ACORN ALERT**</h1></center><h4> The poster of the following is undoubtedly the (scared of the truth) usefull idiot FLAGGER!....</h4> Wow! You think secretaries of state are being "installed" by George Soros??? The conspiracy theories just don't stop with you freaks, huh? Secretaries of State are elected in the general election in most states. In the other states they are appointed by governors or elected by state legislatures. Read up before you open your mouth and World Net Daily talking points just spew out and make you look like a bigger idiot then you already are. ]]>

<![CDATA[it's a windfall for drug companies and insurance companies But wait, I thought Obama was a socialist? I didn't know socialists were so business friendly.]]>

<![CDATA[Did you know the biggest shareholder of Fox News outside of the Rupert Murdoch family was Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal – a nephew of the Saudi king. Did you also know that Saudi Arabia is where all the oil is. Man, no wonder all the climate change deniers!! Sure would suck for Saudi Arabia if the US shifted to cleaner greener energy!! It's not that hard to connect the dots, folks -- I just think some of you rather go on believing the propaganda b/c it allows you to think less]]>

<![CDATA["I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." Thomas Jefferson]]>

<![CDATA[Published: March 11, 2010 The first of these myths, which has been all over the airwaves lately, is the claim that President Obama is proposing a government takeover of one-sixth of the economy, the share of G.D.P. currently spent on health. Well, if having the government regulate and subsidize health insurance is a “takeover,” that takeover happened long ago. Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs already pay for almost half of American health care, while private insurance pays for barely more than a third (the rest is mostly out-of-pocket expenses). And the great bulk of that private insurance is provided via employee plans, which are both subsidized with tax exemptions and tightly regulated. The only part of health care in which there isn’t already a lot of federal intervention is the market in which individuals who can’t get employment-based coverage buy their own insurance. And that market, in case you hadn’t noticed, is a disaster — no coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions, coverage dropped when you get sick, and huge premium increases in the middle of an economic crisis. It’s this sector, plus the plight of Americans with no insurance at all, that reform aims to fix. What’s wrong with that? The second myth is that the proposed reform does nothing to control costs. To support this claim, critics point to reports by the Medicare actuary, who predicts that total national health spending would be slightly higher in 2019 with reform than without it. Even if this prediction were correct, it points to a pretty good bargain. The actuary’s assessment of the Senate bill, for example, finds that it would raise total health care spending by less than 1 percent, while extending coverage to 34 million Americans who would otherwise be uninsured. That’s a large expansion in coverage at an essentially trivial cost. And it gets better as we go further into the future: the Congressional Budget Office has just concluded, in a new report, that the arithmetic of reform will look better in its second decade than it did in its first. Which brings me to the third myth: that health reform is fiscally irresponsible. How can people say this given Congressional Budget Office predictions — which, as I’ve already argued, are probably too pessimistic — that reform would actually reduce the deficit? Critics argue that we should ignore what’s actually in the legislation; when cost control actually starts to bite on Medicare, they insist, Congress will back down. But this isn’t an argument against Obamacare, it’s a declaration that we can’t control Medicare costs no matter what. And it also flies in the face of history: contrary to legend, past efforts to limit Medicare spending have in fact “stuck,” rather than being withdrawn in the face of political pressure. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/opinion/12krugman.html?src=twt&twt=NytimesKrugman" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/opinion/12krugman.html?src=twt&twt=NytimesKrugman</a> ]]>

<![CDATA[“... the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.” Alex Carey: Australian social scientist, quoted by Noam Chomsky in World Orders Old and New]]>

<![CDATA[<h4>Reading your 'double-talk' is like reading off one of bamas teleprompters... Get a life dumb ass. The American people are aware it's not a repub/dem thing or bama/bush... of which are just the most recent front and center dummies to confuse other dummies like your-self... It has everything to do with despots in positions of power... your very feeble attempt at feigning intelligence seats you very comfortably at the table of liberalism. You know, that mental disorder thingy... <a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1640787844.html" rel="nofollow">** YOUR POST **</a></h4> ]]>

<![CDATA[I love this Obama bashing from Republicans who have no ideas of their own other than trying to make the guy look bad. For the record, I would have voted for Ron Paul if the Republican party would have listened to reason and gaven him a chance, but they picked McCain and that idiot Palin so you have to go with the lesser of two evils. *Something has to be done about Health Care and what is the Republican plan? Demonize Obama and offer nothing of their own because so many of them are worried about the next election to make a decision is political suicide. Better to do nothing and hope for the best. This is what our political system has become. *We're in debt and it isn't Obama's fault. The stimulus money Bush spent went to China where everything we buy is made and to companies that screw the American people out of jobs by moving them to China where they can take advantage of workers and capture greater profits. We're in debt because Bush decided to start two wars with no clear objective or enemy. If you didn't agree with what he said you were a terrorist. This makes Democrats terrorists. *Obama isn't going to take away guns no matter how much fear mongers like Republicans try to convince us he will. I'm in the center and there is no way I'd go of any more gun control. By the way, gun ownership is at an all time high during his administration with more people than ever holding a conceal and carry permit. How's that for Obama gun control. *Obama wants to get rid of Guantanamo. Great idea. Bush made the world see us a imperialists and Obama is trying to clean that idiot's mess up. We have no right to hold people for years without giving them a trial. How is that American? How does that show proof of justice? Bush should be tried for crimes against humanity for our involvement in the war along with Cheney. I travel quite a bit and see a very different attitude toward the United States over the past 10 years when I'm in other countries. *Republicans raise taxes every time the cost of living goes up. If you pay more for everything you pay more in taxes. The price of fuel increased during the Bush years and the price of everything increased as a result. More taxes! Can't you see that? *THE VALUE OF A THING IS THAT WHICH PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO AND ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. The whole housing crisis is a result of overvalued homes being sold and people making a killing in construction and the rest of the housing market. Nobody cared at the time because everybody was making huge profits, but when the price of fuel went up and everything started getting more expensive people no longer had money to spend on overpriced homes. Snowball effect. They lost them and the price of homes is falling back to where it should have been in the first place. *Being socially conscious isn't a terrible thing because it equates to being concerned about the world around us and our place in it. Everything we do has an effect on people around us and it is time we understand we are social creatures. We can't isolate ourselves in gated communities or a this country as a whole without fear that negative decisions we make come back to haunt us. Send a job overseas or give it to an illegal immigrant and you put an American out of work which gives us more people needing benefits. Kill a few people in Iraq and Afghanistan who aren't the "enemy" and you create a whole new crop of jihadist muslims looking for revenge. I don't see them targeting parts of the world that stay out of these conflicts. Cause and effect. By the way, most Americans aren't Republican or Democrat. Consider what both parties stand for and most of us are in the middle. I am. We just have to choose between the two when most of us fall into the middle. Create a strong third party and let the fringe idiots fall by the wayside. ]]>

<![CDATA[Fed agencies seize toys, call them 'machine guns' Claim pot metal frames actually could fire bullets Posted: March 12, 2010 12:45 am Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2010 WorldNetDaily A gun rights organization has launched a Freedom of Information request following a decision by federal Customs and Border Protection agents to seize a shipment of toy pellet guns and a determination by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that they could be converted into machine guns so they must be destroyed. Government agencies have explained that the Airsoft toys, made of a soft pot metal and lacking a firing mechanism, easily could be converted into a true weapon capable of automatic fire. "Our firearms technology branch classified this as a machine gun," BATFE Special Agent Kelvin Crenshaw said in a report assembled by Gun Owners of America. "With minimal work it could be converted to a machine gun." Gun Owners spokesman Erich Pratt told WND today his organization has launched a FOIA demand for information to find out on what basis the government reached that conclusion. The case stems from the confiscation just weeks ago of the shipment of several dozen of the plastic pellet-firing Airsoft toys from Brad Martin and his son, Ben, in Cornelius, Ore. CONTINUE READING>>><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127706" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127706</a>]]>

<![CDATA[Wow! You think secretaries of state are being "installed" by George Soros??? The conspiracy theories just don't stop with you freaks, huh? Secretaries of State are elected in the general election in most states. In the other states they are appointed by governors or elected by state legislatures. Read up before you open your mouth and World Net Daily talking points just spew out and make you look like a bigger idiot then you already are. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_state_%28U.S._state_government%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_state_%28U.S._state_government%29</a>]]>

<![CDATA[<h4><a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/pol/1640438144.html" rel="nofollow">Great post!...</a> I flagged it 'Best Of Craigslist.. Those simple-minded flaggers are probably $10.00 an hour acorn idiots working for the current corrupt administration which is panicking, and what they fail to see is... is that their actions just galvanizes the truth in the statement..."Liberalism is a mental disorder" ]]>

<![CDATA[You say: No I do not support Socialism . It is dangerous , disrespectful and Un-American . If this is the case, my friend, then you should vow today right here on craigslist to abstain from the following socialist programs, goods and services: (put your money where your mouth is) *Social Security *Medicare/Medicaid *State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) *Police, Fire, and Emergency Services *US Postal Service *Roads and Highways *Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA) *The US Railway System *Public Subways and Metro Systems *Public Bus and Lightrail Systems *Rest Areas on Highways *Sidewalks *All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009 federal senate appropriations--<a href="http://grassley.senate.gov/issues/upload/Master-Approps-73109.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://grassley.senate.gov/issues/upload/Master-Approps-73109.pdf</a>) *Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!) *Public and State Universities and Colleges *Public Primary and Secondary Schools *Sesame Street *Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children *Public Museums *Libraries *Public Parks and Beaches *State and National Parks *Public Zoos *Unemployment Insurance *Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services *Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them) *Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them) *Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions) *Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking *Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies *Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies *If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C. I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to: *Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History *The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments *The government-operated Statue of Liberty *The Grand Canyon *The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials *The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery *All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare. I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America. I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army. I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees. Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks. Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die. ]]>