tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42051177433881033012023-11-16T11:12:30.532-05:00No Apology AcceptedLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of HappinessRoger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-9232575711891314632011-11-16T13:26:00.002-05:002011-11-16T13:56:35.234-05:00Waterboarding: EIT or Torture?<div class="MsoNormal">The Waterboarding issue has been raised again as “torture” by the Communist Broadcasting System, also known as CBS in a recent presidential debate and, of course our fearless leader, while in the Pacific archipelago of Hawaii, which is not in Asia as he believes, had to input his opinion by saying that it is torture.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
So, while I’m not a constitutional law professor, or any kind of lawyer for that matter, just a “Joe Six Pack” (actually more like a keg lately), who can read and think for himself, I'd like to take this opportunity to review the U.N. Convention Against Torture and define the act itself, which by its own definition, I am opposed to.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Definition of torture; Article 1 of the Convention defines torture as:</div><div class="MsoNormal">Any act by which <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental</b>, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. <br />
— Convention Against Torture, Article 1.1</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Now watch the video clip bellow from the motion picture G.I. Jane, with Demi Moore portraying Navy SEAL Lt. Jordan O'Neil. As a part of the SERE training she is waterboarded, the difference is that in the actual SERE training, the cloth is placed over the nose and mouth to keep the water in, distribute the water across the face, and prevent the subject from taking a clear breath. Mind you ALL special forces trainees go through this training. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Now read the definition of torture again as described by the U.N. Convention Against Torture. Notice the word “severe”?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
This is where common sense is useful, and personally, I fail to see the severe pain and suffering in this video. Uncomfortable, I’m certain but severely painful, no. As for the mental part I never met a SEAL who complained about waterboarding nightmares and I don’t believe that a terrorist who is hell bent on killing you, me and every other westerner is going to have many nightmares about his or her interrogation technique.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
First of all, my liberal friend, you don’t have to worry, no one is going to be using this technique on you and if they did, I would be totally against for two reasons, one: It would be a waste of tax-payers money, because you have no information worth applying this, in that small liberal mind of yours . Reason number two, considering that recently they have found that liberalism is actually a mental disease, I am completely against using this technique on mentally challenged people. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
The characters that we do use this technique on, are Islamic extremists A.K.A TERRORISTS. As I previously mentioned, they are hell bent, without any reservations on ending yours, mine and everyone else’s life, which do not ascribe to their perverted belief of Islam, and I’m not going to go into details here on how they justify this hatred, but let’s just say that is the law. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Not one of these people have been found wearing a recognizable uniform of a legitimate nation. They hide in plain civilian clothes amongst women and children so that they cannot be distinguished and as cowards. They are unlawful combatants or unprivileged combatants/belligerents, defined as: A civilian who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of the laws of war, which clearly states that, you must wear a uniform. Article 5, of the Third Geneva Convention, states that the status of a detainee <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">may be</b> determined by a "competent tribunal” by the detaining power. Please note the bold words again, “<u>MAY BE</u>”, meaning, the "detaining power" may choose to accord the detained unlawful combatant the rights and privileges of a prisoner of war, including a trial, but is not required to do so. An unlawful combatant, under the Fourth Geneva Convention, must be treated with humanity and, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IN CASE OF TRIAL</b>, shall not be deprived of the rights of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fair and regular trial</b>. Meaning, should the detaining power <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHOOSE</b> to afford the detainee a trial, it must be fair. We elected not to afford this illegal combatant a trial, because we did not have to. It is that simple and no international law has been violated.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
These unlawful or illegal combatants that we use these Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, are such because they were found wearing civilian clothes not the uniform of a regular army, hiding amongst civilians and most likely holding an AK47, an RPG or a makeshift bomb belt with the intent to kill or cause injury to an internationally recognized uniformed legal combatant, another words, they broke the rules of war. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
They were captured and brought to a military base in a sunny Caribbean island where they were given a place to sleep, food according to their dietary restrictions and afforded the rights of any other prisoner of war including their Holy book and prayer time. The only variance is the lack of a trial, because as we already discussed, the detaining power is not required by international law to provide one, due to the fact that they are unlawful or illegal combatants. They have been treated with “humanity” as required by the Geneva Conventions, which is more than the consideration that they have for you and me and the millions of people that they are sworn to destroy, on their way to meet the seventy virgins. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
The Enhanced interrogation Techniques of Waterboarding and Sleep Deprivation, while uncomfortable, are not torture, they do not cause SEVERE pain physical or emotional, and in full accord with all the requirements by the United Nations. Those being interrogated under these techniques are afforded all the legal rights of a prisoner of war with the exception of a trial as required by the Geneva Conventions. Furthermore, if these techniques gives us information and intelligence that saves one single life, American or otherwise, I have no problems with its usage an neither should the Commander-in-Chief as he has sworn to defend the people who elected him into office and which he serves.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><br />
<object style="height: 330px; width: 580px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H5_wUObzb4U?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H5_wUObzb4U?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="580" height="330"></object>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-71546363368842897482010-07-18T16:53:00.004-04:002010-07-18T16:59:21.745-04:00The Obama Deception (Full Version)<embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=7886780711843120756&hl=en&fs=true style=width:550px;height:446px allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed><br />
<br />
The Obama Deception is a hard-hitting film that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people. The Obama phenomenon is a hoax carefully crafted by the captains of the New World Order. He is being pushed as savior in an attempt to con the American people into accepting global slavery.Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-59711278799674076722010-06-23T20:24:00.016-04:002010-06-23T20:49:52.021-04:00Gulf Disaster More Than an Accident, a Payback!On April 20th 2010 an unexpected explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico roughly 41 miles from the shores of Louisiana. Some estimates placed it by late May or early June, 2010, as among the largest oil spills in the world with tens of millions of gallons spilled to date originating from a deepwater wellhead 5,000 feet (1,500 m) below the ocean surface. The Deepwater Horizon was a 9-year-old semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), a massive floating, dynamically positioned drilling rig built by Hyundai Heavy Industries that could operate in waters up to 8,000 feet (2,400 m) deep and drill down to 30,000 feet (9,100 m). It was owned by Transocean, operated under the Marshalese flag of convenience, and was under lease to BP until September 2013. <br />
<br />
<br />
My premise has been that this disaster, despite accounts that claim methane gas from the well, under high pressure, shot up and out of the drill column marine riser, expanded onto the platform, ignited and exploded engulfing the platform in fire was not an accident, but caused by a group of people who have conspired in creating this disaster with a twofold purpose: 1) financial gain, and 2) expanding an agenda. I have to admit that it is only a theory backed by at best, circumstantial evidence uncovered in the days and months that followed the events of April 20th 2010. In actuality, we will never find the truth as to who is really behind this ecological catastrophe that led to the death of 11 dead victims and millions of others financially affected. We can however, and should analyze all the relevant evidence that allows us to deduce the truth with or without conclusive facts and question those individuals and corporations who can financially gain from it. At best, the following people and/or their corporations are guilty of suspicious behavior, if not guilty of various crimes including manslaughter and a series of environmental crimes. Remember that human nature is to profit from others at all costs.<br />
<br />
<strong><a href="http://www.nalco.com/index.htm">NALCO</a></strong>: The manufacturer of the chemical dispersant known as Corexit which holds the oil below the water's surface and breaks up the spill into smaller pools is currently being used in the Gulf in an attempt to disperse the oil before it reaches the shoreline known as the “Top Kill”. BP has long claimed that this is the best manner of dealing with the spill however; it does nothing to stop the flow of oil from its source. Corexit is highly toxic and presently banned in Europe. Nalco also has a deep relationship with the University of Chicago Argonne which received $164 Million Dollars in stimulus funds. In November 2009, <strong><a href="http://www.blogster.com/joannemor/bombshell-expose-the-real-reason-the-oil-still-flows-into-the-gulf-of-mexico">Warren Buffett</a></strong>, primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of <strong>Berkshire Hathaway</strong>, consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people, and the third wealthiest person in the world as of 2010, one of the most successful investors in the world, and one of president Obama’s senior financial advisors, increased his stock holdings of NALCO. <br />
<br />
<strong>March 31st 2010</strong>, (20 days before the “accident”) President Barrack <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFJ16zTcXDs">Obama shifts major US policy</a> by opening vast areas of the east and southern coast of the United States to oil and gas exploration. Although as presidential candidate, Obama clearly stated that he intended to keep in place the moratorium that “prevented oil companies from drilling off Florida’s coast”<br />
<br />
<strong>Goldman Sachs</strong>: <strong>Lloyd Craig Blankfein</strong> Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Goldman Sachs. Blankfein is a contributor to Democratic Party candidates and Goldman employees and their relatives contributed almost a million dollars to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, the second most from any one employer, Blankfein has visited the White House at least four times. Former Goldman executives who hold senior positions in the Obama administration include Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Mark Patterson, a former Goldman lobbyist who is chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; and Robert Hormats, the undersecretary of state for economic, energy and agricultural affairs. In September 23, 2008, <strong>Berkshire Hathaway</strong> agreed to purchase $5 billion in Goldman's preferred stock, and also received warrants to buy another $5 billion in Goldman's common stock, exercisable for a five-year term. Goldman also received $10 billion preferred stock investment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2008, as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. In the first quarter ending on March 31st 2010 <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/BP-CEO-and-Goldman-Sachs-sell-BP-shares-before-oil-spill">Goldman Sachs sells</a> over 4 million shares or 44% of BP stock. Was this an active insider trading and did someone at Goldman Sachs have foreknowledge of this disaster?<br />
<br />
<strong>Tony Hayward</strong>: Chief Executive of oil and energy company BP Group, a multinational oil company and the fourth largest company in the world. Hayward was appointed Chief Executive of BP with immediate effect on 1 May 2007, after Lord Browne resigned. On June 5th 2010, the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7804922/BP-chief-Tony-Hayward-sold-shares-weeks-before-oil-spill.html">Daily Telegraph</a>, a newspaper largely distributed in the UK reported that a month prior to the April 20th 2010 explosion of the Deep Water Horizon Mr. Hayward sold 1.4 million Sterling Pounds or one third of his BP stock. Why would the CEO of any oil company dump one third of his shares in a company that has just tapped into one of the world’s largest oil supplies? <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36783.html">BP</a> and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Donations come from a mix of employees and the company’s political action committees — $2.89 million flowed to campaigns from BP-related PACs and about $638,000 came from individuals. In addition, the oil giant has spent millions each year on lobbying — including $15.9 million last year alone — as it has tried to influence energy policy. <br />
<br />
<strong>April 29th 2010</strong>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkCt5xDEeTE">President Obama sends SWAT</a> teams to inspect all oil platforms and rigs. SWAT stands for special weapons and tactics. Why would the President or anyone else in this administration send a special weapons and tactics team to the Gulf for the purpose of inspecting the oil rigs? Are SWAT teams trained in the inspection of oil rigs and wells or did this administration believe that the April 20th explosion of the Deep Water Horizon oil rig might have been more than a simple accident and therefore sent the aforementioned SWAT teams to protect the other rigs?<br />
<br />
<strong>May 2nd 2010</strong>, Louisiana <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7STcAQI1XY0&feature=related">Gov. Bobby Jindal</a> states in a press release that he requested from the Obama administration large amounts of resources needed by state parishes to handle the situation, including three million feet of absorbent boom, 5 million feet of hard boom and 30 barges. To date, only a fraction of this request has been granted, even though the federal government has all the resources at hand and in storage. Also, immediately after the disaster, several countries including Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway and France offered their vast resources and expertise to help with the clean up only to be declined by the federal government. Why would the government and President Obama drag his proverbial feet on this disaster and not accept foreign help? Frankly, the Jones act that was passed in 1920 to protect the Merchant Marine and unionized ship builders should not be an excuse as this could have easily been waived.<br />
<br />
<strong>May 27th2010</strong>, President Obama initiates a moratorium on all drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet. On June 22nd 2010 this moratorium was overturned by New Orleans federal judge Martin Feldman citing the calamitous impact the measure would have on local economies, ." Although wells already producing oil are not affected by the moratorium, 33 rigs in the process of exploratory drilling are now sitting idle. They employ some 8,000 people. With average weekly oil-rig wages of $1,804, the potential for lost income is about $57.7 million per month. The White House has promised an immediate appeal.<br />
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
This <strong>conspiracy</strong> (<em>a secret plan or agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal or subversive act</em>) <strong>theory</strong> (<em>a set of facts, propositions, or principles analyzed in their relation to one another and used, to explain an occurrence or event</em>) delves in deeper and finds one much bigger shadowy character behind this affair pointing to a much murkier outcome. <br />
<br />
<strong>The Left’s Green Agenda</strong>: Sher Zieve wrote in the Canada Free Press: "Obama is doing the bare minimum so that destruction will be at an all-time maximum -- in order to shove his Cap and Trade bill down our throats." In spite of what President Obama told the American people during his Oval Office address to the nation, he did not adequately respond to this crisis. Clearly this administration has not only failed in terms of organization and the use of resources available to the federal government but this same national address from the oval office was clearly a launching platform for the renewal of this agenda. <br />
<br />
Indisputably politicians on Capitol Hill are attempting to exploit this disaster in an effort to push so-called cap and trade legislation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently revealed: "At the same time as Americans wonder when this gusher will ever be plugged, we hear word that the administration and my good friend the majority leader want to piggy back their controversial new national energy tax -- also known as cap and trade -- to an oil spill response bill that could and should be an opportunity for true bipartisan cooperation.” So here again, we see the administration using a crisis (remember Rahm Emanuel’s words, “never let a good crisis go to waste”—and when there is no crisis, manufacture one. [my words]), in this case the crisis in the gulf, as an opportunity to muscle through Congress another deeply unpopular bill that has profound implications for small business and struggling households. Obama wants to institute a massive new energy tax, masquerading as sound energy policy that will dramatically raise the cost of just about everything you produce or consume, deprive you of income, control your behavior and repress your liberties. Remember that Cap and Trade was one of Obama’s primary campaign positions along with the now passed health care reform bill. <br />
<br />
<strong>George Soros</strong>: a Hungarian-American currency speculator, stock investor, businessman, philanthropist and President Obama’s main money man. He became known as "the Man Who Broke the Bank of England" after he made a reported $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis. In an interview with The Washington Post on November 11, 2003, Soros said that removing President George W. Bush from office was the "central focus of my life" and "a matter of life and death." He said he would sacrifice his entire fortune to defeat President Bush, "if someone guaranteed it." Soros not only has deep pockets but his grip and influence runs far and wide in the “Democratic/Progressive party”.<br />
<br />
He has a $3+ million dollar influence in the: <strong>Center for American Progress</strong>, a liberal “ public policy research and advocacy organization”. The Washington Post reported that "seed money pledged by such deep-pocketed Democrats as financier George Soros. Its President and Chief Executive Officer is <strong>John Podesta</strong>, who served as chief of staff to U.S. President Bill Clinton, Citing Podesta's influence in the formation of the Obama Administration, a November 2008 article in Time stated that "not since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a single outside group held so much sway." The Center for American Progress also publishes a daily global warming blog called Climate Progress. Edited by Joseph J. Romm, the blog discusses climate science, climate technology solutions and political news related to climate change. It is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. In April 2008, TIME magazine named this blog one of the "Top 15 Green Websites", writing that it "counters bad science and inane rhetoric with original analysis delivered sharply.... Romm occupies the intersection of climate science, economics and policy.... On his blog and in his most recent book, Hell and High Water, you can find some of the most cogent, memorable, and deployable arguments for immediate and overwhelming action to confront global warming."[12] In March 2009, Thomas L. Friedman, in his column in The New York Times, called the blog "indispensable". Recently obtained, through the Freedom of Information Act, White House E-mails reveal that advice from the Center for American Progress was requested on issues, such as off shore drilling. CAP issued articles calling for Obama to not only shut down all drilling in the Gulf, but also to force BP to pay billions in advance of claims. Nearly every suggestion that the CAP has made since Obama took office has been acted upon. BP is a main client of the lobbying group owned by John Podesta and his brother Tony.<br />
<br />
A $5+ million dollar influence in <strong>MoveOn.org</strong>, an American progressive/liberal[2], public policy advocacy group and political action committee which has raised millions of dollars for candidates it identifies as "moderates" or "progressives" in the United States. A 2004 e-mail composed by Eli Pariser, the former Executive Director of MoveOn.org, and the organization's current Board President stated that, in regards to the Democratic Party: "Grassroots contributors like us ... bought it, we own it, and we're going to take it back.”<br />
<br />
…and $10 million dollar influence in the now defunct <strong>America Coming Together</strong> (ACT), a liberal, political action, 527 groups dedicated to get-out-the-vote activities. <br />
<br />
These groups worked to support and influence Democrats in the 2004 and 2008 presidential election.<br />
<br />
In addition, <a href="http://www.stockpickr.com/port/George-Soros/">Soros is invested</a> $811 Million Dollars deep in <strong>Petrobras</strong>, Brazil’s national oil company who is also engaged in deep off-shore drilling. In September 2009, just days after Soros increased his stake in Petrobras, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration had committed up to $10 billion to Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras to finance oil exploration off Brazil’s coast. Historically, Obama has opposed expanded oil drilling. This was not only a strategic decision, aimed at pleasing the environmental Left, but also a personal choice, since Obama sincerely believes that drilling is deeply destructive to the natural environment. Thus, as a Senator, Obama voted against permitting the U.S. to drill for oil and natural gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the grounds that it would be a crime to despoil such “beautiful real estate.” Similarly, during last year’s presidential campaign, he warned of the “environmental consequences” of oil drilling, and insisted that “we cannot drill our way out of the [energy] problem.” <br />
<br />
But apparently <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=36166">George Soros can</a>. The president has elected to help another nation with the same type of drilling that he opposes so vehemently for this country, and the reason seems to be Soros’ investment in Petrobras. The company just happens to be the largest holding in Soros’s investment fund next to Gold. Soros’s connection to the company is no secret; he has been investing in Petrobras since 2007. A profitable venture, Petrobras has estimated recoverable reserves for the so-called Tupi oil field of between 5 and 8 billion barrels. With his billion-dollar loan, Obama has taken patronage politics to striking new level. The American Petroleum Institute estimates that oil exploration in the U.S. could create 160,000 new, well-paying jobs, as well as $1.7 trillion in revenues to federal, state, and local governments, all while fostering greater energy security. Federal data from the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of Interior says the U.S. has enough oil and natural gas to fuel more than 65 million cars for 60 years, and enough natural gas to heat 60 million homes for 160 years. In fact, the government estimates that there are 30 billion barrels of undiscovered technically recoverable oil on federal lands currently closed to development. But rather than investing in the country’s energy future, the administration seems to be offering an expensive kickback to a political ally in a time of economic recession and high unemployment.<br />
<br />
If the Obama administration wins the drilling moratorium battle with the courts, Petrobras will be leasing the drilling platforms in the Gulf and moving them off of the coast of Brazil and who is to profit from this? George Soros who owns $811 Million Dollars in Petrobras and coincidentally also was along with “Big Labor” unions the force and finances behind Obama’s rise to power. Let’s also not forget that, Andy Stern, one of Obama’s supporters and now also advisor, one of labor's most powerful figures declared regarding his expectations for the Obama presidency, according to a WSJ article on December 6th, 2008: "I expect nothing less than what he said he was going to do, and we should hold him accountable." This is no empty warning; organized labor invested $450 million to get Democrats elected. SEIU and Mr. Stern was the biggest contributor in the 2008 election with $85 million. The SEIU also set aside an additional $10 million in emergency funds to get people un-elected if necessary. "We would like to make sure people appreciate that we take them at their word and when they don't live up to their word there should be consequences." Stern also added.<br />
<br />
So, could this have been a manufactured crisis created as a payback for past and even future political support and who would gain from this disaster?<br />
<br />
<strong>Warren Buffett/Berkshire Hathaway</strong>: Hold stock in NALCO manufacturers of the chemical dispersants used and financial advisor to President Obama. <span style="color: red;">Suspicious</span> - <span style="background-color: white; color: lime;">Gaining</span><br />
<br />
<strong>Goldman Sachs</strong>: Contributor to Obama’s presidential campaign, dumps BP stock weeks prior to rig fire. <span style="color: red;">Suspicious</span> - <span style="color: lime;">Gaining</span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="color: black;">Tony Hayward</span></strong>: BP CEO dumps BP stock weeks prior to rig fire. <span style="color: red;">Suspicious</span><br />
<br />
<strong>President Barrack Obama</strong>: Uses crises to push “His” green agenda and drags feet on clean-up efforts and coming up with a solid solution while finger pointing at BP. <span style="color: red;">Suspicious</span> <span style="color: lime;">& Common denominator</span><br />
<br />
<strong>George Soros</strong>: One of Obama’s primary financial and organizational backers, stock holder in Petrobras Brazil’s state run oil company benefiting from disaster by moving US oil industry to Brazil. <span style="color: lime;">Gaining</span>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-51398862644385040832010-05-13T16:09:00.004-04:002010-06-23T20:31:41.868-04:00The Inability to Argue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRQFLnhH1v4gkdXhT2kpgGd34NFqiLLOHr_NCNjYZL8-9y_naonlS2dvffAoMeD8JQjqb8y6PIhVkdeqD7KYSLM1X5C6dftMZIOVuycULKnqAawqQTLAlDCEtI3J0kCrg7PDudlmRsik/s1600/123+argue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRQFLnhH1v4gkdXhT2kpgGd34NFqiLLOHr_NCNjYZL8-9y_naonlS2dvffAoMeD8JQjqb8y6PIhVkdeqD7KYSLM1X5C6dftMZIOVuycULKnqAawqQTLAlDCEtI3J0kCrg7PDudlmRsik/s320/123+argue.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div>Yesterday, I came across a most amusing situation. An Obama supporter, after making the ridiculously unsubstantiated and comical statement to a close friend that Mr. Obama has cut the tax burden to 95% of Americans, refused to discuss his assertion with me because, in his words, I watch the Glenn Beck show. I couldn’t help but silently laugh at his ignorance and stupidity, as I very seldom watch Glenn’s show, it is true however, that I have glanced at his book “Arguing with Idiots”; I find it well written and somewhat humorous to say the least. <br />
<br />
Conversely, my quarrel with the current political state of affairs in our Country is not derived from some talking head on the radio or TV (i.e. Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reily, etc…), my disagreement with the current administration and congressional leadership is a direct result of my lifelong political experience and familiarity with the socialistic dogma. I did not grow up in the U.S.; I grew up in Portugal, now a failing socialist democratic country. I have lived under a totalitarian right wing regime and saw the rise of socialism in that nation (see April 25, 1974 revolution). I am well versed in socialistic propaganda and doctrine, I studied it in school; therefore I speak from experience. <br />
<br />
When I first heard President Obama talk about “spreading wealth”, I knew exactly what he was referring to, and when he spoke of “fundamentally” changing the country, I recognized his true intentions; democratic socialism, was on the way. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out, but the “followers” inspired by “Hope and Change”, the rally frenzies and all the deception put out by the media, Hollywood and Obama’s campaign staff, failed to recognize the true meaning of his statements.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
<br />
Devoid of substantial and factual reasoning the blind “followers” were merrily led like sheep to the edge of the precipice while proudly wearing Mao T-shirts, holding hands and in unison singing Kumbayha, willingly jumping to their fantasy of a socially equal state and in an effort to continuously show support for the pied piper in chief and not appear to be the buffoons that they truly are, refuse to acknowledge their abysmal ideological demise while not realizing that Shambala is only an hallucination that will turn into a national nightmare. <br />
<br />
Nevertheless, the consensus is that the blowhard left-wing libtards and their blind “followers” have a definite inability to argue when challenged with facts, logic and common sense. Like a common house fly, they have the uncanny ability to be really annoying, they buzz around your head lecturing their bovine solid waste matter until you confront them. They lack the testicular fortitude of a castrated cocker spaniel to argue their misguided position as they possess no facts, only manufactured lies provided to them by the lame stream media and the left wing propaganda machine! Their only recourse is the now all too familiar cowardly ludicrous remark: “you’re a racist idiot”. With this last word in, they desire to discourage and disarm those that can think on their feet and simultaneously walk and chew gum, from continuously exposing these fabricated deceptions and mendacity to mislead the masses, and when that fails they simply tuck their tails between their cowardly tremulous legs and scatter like roaches in a room when the lights go on! <br />
<br />
I am neither a racist nor am I an idiot, and in my book, anyone who feels the need to pull out the race card in a political discussion is indeed the true “racist idiot”. When all else fails and due to their insecurities, these coward closet bigots speak of race, because that is what they see, a man’s skin color, they are far from being color blind as they claim to be, and instead of looking at the man under the skin and simply ascertaining his aptitude by his qualities and credentials, they judge him by his ethnicity. This is not about the President’s skin color, nor is it personal as I don’t know him. It’s about policies. Policies that affect my family and me, policies that concern every single one of us and these policies, I take issue with, because I am all too aware of their results, all one has to do is watch the news relating to Greece, Spain and Portugal, “Hope and Change” doesn’t seem to be working too well for them. <br />
<br />
So, before you go pointing your sticky dirty little left-wing fingers at anyone who challenges your mediocre inadequate intellectual reasoning take my advice; arm yourself with real facts first, or shut the hell up, ‘cause I just about had enough of your nonsense!Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-77506938013448625142010-04-29T14:36:00.006-04:002010-06-23T20:32:52.722-04:00So You Want to Live in America?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwyQQxoHUtroU8nFBMlQyUOZoPWxALP6AYn_QCL_mIWSzdVtb0bJWDmo1tnLfBwRniNb8v5OsA3rVL_A_nsynyKX-hBedkmvnuIJReJSCPHKyQMSC0Nze0GOLntTPyrSScYJMqtACyi0/s1600/Statue_Of_Liberty_%2520NewYork%2520_Harbor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwyQQxoHUtroU8nFBMlQyUOZoPWxALP6AYn_QCL_mIWSzdVtb0bJWDmo1tnLfBwRniNb8v5OsA3rVL_A_nsynyKX-hBedkmvnuIJReJSCPHKyQMSC0Nze0GOLntTPyrSScYJMqtACyi0/s320/Statue_Of_Liberty_%2520NewYork%2520_Harbor.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div>Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of American history. Recently and as of 2006, the United States had accepted more legal immigrants than all other nations in the world combined. The number of first-generation legal immigrants residing in the United States has quadrupled, from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. <br />
<br />
<br />
Our country was built with and by immigrants from all four corners of the world, from all walks of life, people just like you and I, looking for opportunities that are too numerous to mention and irrelevant to this discussion but opportunities that they could not find in their native country of origin, and unless you are a native American, you are either a descendant of one of these adventurous and courageous people or one of them yourself. They left all they knew and all they had behind, including loved ones, got on a boat or on a plane, many with little or no money and headed for an unknown land, many unable to communicate, risking all, but hope drove them to what was to be their land of opportunity. Once here, they decided to better themselves, working hard to provide their idea of the “American dream” for their families. However, our ancestors and maybe even you, came through the front door, rang the bell, and came in legally, following all the laws, rules and regulations, worked hard, served the country, paid taxes and one way or another made a positive impact, and as a result were and are protected by all the laws in the Nation, having all the same benefits of those naturally born here, except voting, but even that is covered by the law, should one decide to stay for a minimum of five years, he or she can also have that right and participate in our democratic process as a naturalized citizen.<br />
<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Illegal immigrants however, do not fall into this category. By not following, choosing to ignore, bypassing and break all the laws, rules and regulations in their eagerness to reach the land of opportunity, they forfeited all the rights that their legal siblings enjoy. They settle for substandard employment opportunities by unscrupulously greedy employers that are simply concerned about lowering overhead costs, accepting substandard salaries however, above standard in comparison to their country of origin, literally enslaving themselves to their employers or sponsors, in fact Indian, Russian, Thai, and Chinese women have been reportedly brought to the United States under false pretenses. “As many as 50,000 people are illicitly trafficked into the United States annually, according to a 1999 CIA study. Once here, they're forced to work as prostitutes, sweatshop laborers, farmhands, and servants in private homes.” US authorities call it “a modern form of slavery”. The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women has reported scores of cases where women were forced to prostitute themselves. “Trafficking in women plagues the United States as much as it does underdeveloped nations. Organized prostitution networks have migrated from metropolitan areas to small cities and suburbs. Women trafficked to the United States have been forced to have sex with 400-500 men to pay off $40,000 in debt for their passage.” At least 45,000 Central American children attempt to illegally immigrate to the United States every year and many of them finish in brothels as sex slaves, according to Manuel Capellin, director in Honduras of the humanitarian organization House Alliance.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
<br />
Some argue that illegal immigrants perform jobs that American citizens and legal permanent resident aliens refuse to do, and this is true, but not by choice and only by necessity, once legal they too will refuse to perform those jobs. I have never met anyone who came here illegally, and I have met many, who are now legal, picking oranges in the groves of central Florida. On the other side of this argument is the fact that many also perform jobs that many Americans and legal immigrants would have no problem in doing however, because illegal immigrants are willing to take a much lower pay structure, the aforementioned unscrupulous and greedy employer will choose and continue to hire them at the risk of a simple petty fine, increasing the unemployment ranks by 3.5 percent, increasing unemployment costs, lowering national wage rates by 4 percent and increased incarceration rates of minorities by almost one percent. The presence of illegal immigrants and their exploitation drives down wages for certain sectors of the American populace, further widening the socioeconomic gulf between the poor and the middle class. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In many cities, including Washington D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, Minneapolis, Miami, Denver, Baltimore, Seattle, Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine, who have adopted “sanctuary” ordinances banning police from asking people about their immigration status, this petty fine is not even an issue and illegal immigrants can seek employment with just about anyone without fear of repercussion but still at a lower compensation. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One other problem is the amount of money leaving the country sent by illegal immigrants to their families abroad. In 2003, Mexico’s President Vicente Fox stated that the transfer of funds to Mexico by illegal Immigrants, "are our biggest source of foreign income, bigger than oil, tourism or foreign investment" and that "the money transfers grew after Mexican consulates started giving identity cards to their citizens in the United States." He stated that money sent from Mexican workers in the United States to their families back home reached a record $12 billion. Two years later, in 2005, the World Bank stated that Mexico was receiving $18.1 billion in remittances and that it ranked third (behind only India and China) among the countries receiving the greatest amount of fund transfers.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Another issue is that many illegal immigrants in an effort to appear legal obtain through the “black market" fake or stolen social security numbers in order to acquire fake work documentation, as a result creating and reinforcing the need for an identity theft market. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In October 2008, talk radio station KFYI reported that according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, five million illegal immigrants hold fraudulent home mortgages. Radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Lee Rodgers later also repeated a variation of this claim and I can personally avow that recently a group of illegal immigrants were occupying a bank foreclosed home in my subdivision and eventually apprehended by the DEA, FBI and ATF.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It is my opinion that the so called “amnesty” or any other resolution so far proposed by our elected officials is not the answer to this national dilemma. “Amnesty” is simply another scheme by the recently embattled Democratic Party to add millions of new voters to their ranks as most immigrants tend to vote Democratic, however they’d have to become naturalized first, that will take another five years. So that will not work unless they plan on skipping that small detail. Illegal immigrants are by definition criminals; therefore amnesty would reinforce the notion that crime does pay.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Bottom line is that illegal immigrants broke the law the moment they set foot in this country; they continued to break the law as they perpetuated their illegal residence here and in an effort to give the perception of legality. They have caused financial stress along with numerous other difficulties and distress to those of us who were either born or are legally here and while illegally searching for the golden egg in the land of opportunity, to themselves. Gov. Brewer and the citizens of Arizona have it right, the only answer is to enforce the existing laws, send all illegal immigrants home, and since they already broke all principles and regulations of the land of opportunity, close the door, and lock it up for them. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This is not an issue of hatred or bigotry, this is abhorrence to crime. My parents just like so many before them, including my grandparents who entered our great country through Ellis Island, left it all behind and with only $200 in their pocket, brought me here in 1979 with the hope and faith that I would have more opportunities here than where I was born, so I too am an immigrant, one that loves and respects America, the difference is that we rang the bell, asked for permission to enter, the great people of immigrant descendants that were already here welcomed us with a great big smile and allowed us through the front door. You have truly given me enormous opportunities, some I have taken some not, but I am forever indebted and grateful to every single one of you for letting me be here accepting me as one of your own!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-78766413069675854522010-03-25T12:13:00.002-04:002010-05-13T08:33:29.231-04:00The Road to Economic Stability!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiT6Mvo7MlcAotm9LTP1L1FLKlbZ3Ol-SFEfsAupj23ywCfh-NxkBWvwmMg4mzbkTrKeqXJ3r-_mJqpj1afiVXVSG5IvdlIKi5msCZaDvmGIH7nIA0_1iVk3LBXpMz7nqApcnpiJbtCxA/s1600/sign-road-to-bankruptcy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiT6Mvo7MlcAotm9LTP1L1FLKlbZ3Ol-SFEfsAupj23ywCfh-NxkBWvwmMg4mzbkTrKeqXJ3r-_mJqpj1afiVXVSG5IvdlIKi5msCZaDvmGIH7nIA0_1iVk3LBXpMz7nqApcnpiJbtCxA/s320/sign-road-to-bankruptcy.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Just like me, I am certain that you are frustrated! The national socialistic healthcare “reform” bill was passed and signed amidst massive boiler room deals, arm twisting and against the will of the vast majority of the American people! Half truth speeches have been given by those who are pro to calm our worst fears and to hide what this major entitlement program truly is, a major power grab by our government. Government will have total access to your medical files and it will control what medical care you can or cannot have! Those are just two of the many controversial issues contained in Obama’s health care scam, not to mention the almost $1,000,000,000,000 (trillion) added to the national deficit in the next 10 years and don’t forget that it will take that much time of tax collections for only 6 years of service, and by now you should have a pretty good idea of how this will turn out after that. <br />
<br />
<br />
So here we are, scratching our heads feeling as though the light at the end of the tunnel has been put out and wondering how we can ever get out of this financial catastrophe! Make no mistake, Obama and Pelosi were not the architects of this debacle, they are following a blueprint for socializing America and eventually the World, drawn up over 100 years ago, which every President and Congress since then, Republican and Democrat, have undoubtedly added to this mess! <br />
<br />
The majority of Americans recognize that we cannot continue on this road as this will doom our country, but what is the solution to this dilemma? How do we secure a sound financial future for ourselves and our children? The obvious answer to these questions is to beat the left wing liberals at their own game, followed by a clear and comprehensive yet simple dual plan to get the country back on the right track! <br />
<br />
First, we must become united and organized in our combined effort, relentlessly using all available media and resources at our disposal with-out prejudice to effectively persuade with fervor those sitting on the fence and those who just don’t care, starting with our close friends and family that the current order of business must be rescinded and that the country will not and cannot remain on this path to financial annihilation without personal consequences to every single individual and to our way of life!<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
Second, we must stop all entitlement programs that are bankrupting America and any and all foreign and domestic subsidies! <br />
<br />
• Domestic Entitlement Programs.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10609044/">A Dec, 2005 article on MSNBC</a> noted that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are three major entitlement programs that singlehandedly consumed nearly half of all federal spending in 2004, accounting for more than $1 trillion in the 2004 budget year, and budget analysts expect them to make up an even bigger share in the future. We all know that anyone who was born after 1965 will not be able to exclusively rely on Social Security or Medicare for a comfortable retirement even if it’s still solvent at that time and we cannot currently and immediately cut these programs as many Americans presently rely on them to maintain a fair albeit budgeted lifestyle; however we could and should establish a specific timeline to end them in 20 years so that anyone retiring after that time should have plenty of time to plan accordingly through a high yield savings account, all taxes now being collected from these individuals should cease and anyone presently receiving these benefits would continue to collect without interruption.<br />
<br />
Welfare, stop it immediately, this is simpler than it appears, just get a job! Don’t tell me that you can’t work; you just don’t want to work and I don’t want to support your laziness!<br />
<br />
• Foreign Aid and Subsidies<br />
<br />
Foreign aid is far from being altruistic; it is a transfer of resources for the benefit and with the intent to influence politically or otherwise the subsidized nation. Foreign aid and subsidies can be divided into two types: Humanitarian and Developmental aid. I have not been able to find exactly how much the US spends annually on foreign aid but I am certain that it is in the billions of dollars, however the way I see it is, U.S. taxpayers are increasingly taxed more and more each year, sending money to foreign countries most of whom “hate” us, simply to advance the politics of whomever is in Office at that time regardless of what those actually paying for this aid really want! This undoubtedly a simplistic view of or the issue but regardless I say we should immediately stop all foreign aid and subsidies for foreign nations. If they need money they should collect it from their citizens, if they need military assistance or food they can buy ours! The only foreign aid that I will support is from the private sector! <br />
<br />
Now, how much money do you really think that we will save yearly, simply by doing this? Billions! <br />
<br />
Some might say this is simplistic and heartless, but we only have two choices: higher taxes and ever increasing governmental control of your lives in an effort to curb national bankruptcy which is guaranteed if we continue on this course, or the so called “simplistic and heartless” approach to this complicated matter! Should you have better ideas, feel free to comment as presently I am fresh out of complicated solutions!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/economy/25social.html">This was published by the NYTimes after this article was published!</a>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-25137945302655872522010-03-11T11:49:00.005-05:002010-05-13T08:34:27.226-04:00We Survived, Will Our children?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6msa7zAXQiR-sajBYzx449ubl5XgSjLv7sOPf0q1v8l8eKMACx2k90jh2esV7f-9t9cTK6Et_YacaxXZs3vAiS5vh28VXzdxtJp_NMeWjEmGCLycFR09b977fZopmXeuypZYyiMH0WY/s1600-h/children'sfuture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6msa7zAXQiR-sajBYzx449ubl5XgSjLv7sOPf0q1v8l8eKMACx2k90jh2esV7f-9t9cTK6Et_YacaxXZs3vAiS5vh28VXzdxtJp_NMeWjEmGCLycFR09b977fZopmXeuypZYyiMH0WY/s320/children'sfuture.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div><br />
If you were born in the 1930’s, ‘40’s, ‘50’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’, congratulations!<br />
<br />
<br />
We were born to mothers who may have smoked and drank while they were pregnant; they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes. We survived!<br />
<br />
We were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright lead-based paints. We survived!<br />
<br />
We had no child-proof lids on medicine bottles, door locks on doors or cabinets. When we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets on our heads or padding on our elbows and knees. We survived!<br />
<br />
We rode in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts and air bags, some had bald tires, and sometimes even no brakes. Riding in the back of a pick-up truck was always a special treat. We survived!<br />
<br />
We drank water from the water hose or the faucet, not from a bottle. No one died from sharing a soft drink with four friends, from one bottle! We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. Cool-Aid was made with real sugar. We survived!<br />
<br />
We were always playing outside, so we never got overweight. No one could reach us all day, we left in the morning and when the street lights came on at night we went home! We survived!<br />
<br />
We would spend hours building go-carts from scraps, rode them down hill only to find out we had no brakes and after running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem. We survived!<br />
<br />
We did not have Playstations, Nintendos, Xboxes, video games, 150 HD channels on cable TV, DVD’s, surround sound CDs, cell phones, personal computers, internet or chat rooms. We survived!<br />
<br />
We found our friends outside, fell out of trees, got cuts, put dirt on the wounds to stop the bleeding, broke bones, even some teeth and we got pimples never seeing a dermatologist. We survived! <br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
We would get spankings with wooden spoons, pink-pong paddles, belts and even the occasional bare hand. Teachers would discipline us, if we complained to our parents they’d smack us back. No one ever called child services to report abuse. We survived!<br />
<br />
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made bows and arrows from old umbrellas, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We survived!<br />
<br />
We rode our bikes everywhere, or walked to a friends’ house. The idea of being bailed out by a parent if we broke the law, was unheard of, they actually sided with the law. We survived! <br />
<br />
Because of this we are some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. We learned from our freedom, failures, successes and responsibilities. However, we have failed our children! We have over protected them, deprived them of the freedom we benefited from, the capability to learn from their failures and successes, the ability to take responsibility and the value of hard work. They were taught mediocrity in school and we allowed lawyers and government to regulate their lives, saving them in the name of progress and for their "own good", yet we never got involved because we were too busy working to obtain for our children the possessions we never had. <br />
<br />
Now, we can cry foul, yell, scream and stomp our feet because we don’t approve of our government's policy of taking over our lives, our freedom and our country. We have a vision for our children’s future which is under clear and eminent danger; however we must remember that it was our children who voted them into office, many out of ignorance, blindness and even peer pressure, others because they truly believe, although erroneously, that this is the correct course. The bottom line is my friends, we fell asleep at the wheel and dropped the ball, and so… we must take full responsability, if anybody is to blame for this mess, are you and I! <br />
<br />
The result and solution, is that we must continue the struggle, carry on the effort, remain constant and unmovable to reverse our failure to take action when action was necessary. Idleness is not an option now! Our childhood experiences will guarantee us success; but we must stay informed, speaking loud and clear using any and all means available to reverse this debacle and tragedy. Our children's future is at stake!Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-43419812905296055802010-03-04T16:53:00.006-05:002010-03-18T14:47:19.766-04:00Who’s Behind the Red Door?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJ6iaGawQjFmQbYlk1BbJbyjWypC6uLuvFU2uNcoqR8RIiRKy5RjxxMUKkIEhoxhqr-uQFuf4Q1X6CDt4Dd8CB4yPUBKG4yT5R5vZHkLfubFVEDzDiPzHR8R9VO9mFTfBmSCYQ5nJe50/s1600-h/large_Nancy-Pelosi-Barack-Obama-Jan5-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJ6iaGawQjFmQbYlk1BbJbyjWypC6uLuvFU2uNcoqR8RIiRKy5RjxxMUKkIEhoxhqr-uQFuf4Q1X6CDt4Dd8CB4yPUBKG4yT5R5vZHkLfubFVEDzDiPzHR8R9VO9mFTfBmSCYQ5nJe50/s200/large_Nancy-Pelosi-Barack-Obama-Jan5-09.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I can’t help but laugh at Nanny Pelosi’s recent attempt to rally up the troops for Obama’s big government takeover of our health care system. The speaker urged the members of congress to back Obama’s health care bill even if it costs their political careers. I sometimes wonder if the elevator goes all the way to the top on this woman! She’s aware that the majority of the people across the country reject this legislation, yet she is so bent on forcing it down the throats of the American people, that she exhorts members of congress to support it regardless. <br />
<br />
<br />
So why is she so hell bent on passing this bill? "We're not here just to self-perpetuate our service in Congress," she claimed. "We're here to do the job for the American people." How is she doing her job for the American people if Sixty-one percent of the people (61%) say Congress should drop health care reform and focus on more immediate ways to improve the economy and create jobs? It is also interesting to note that 66% of Democrats think Congress should pass health care reform before the November elections while eighty percent (80%) of Republicans and 59% of unaffiliated say it’s better to wait until voters select a new Congress. Makes you think, doesn’t it? Something is certainly wrong if you really think about it! What’s the big rush? After all, this bill would be effective incrementally starting in 2012! <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/february_2010/61_say_congress_should_start_all_over_again_on_health_care">http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/february_2010/61_say_congress_should_start_all_over_again_on_health_care</a><br />
<br />
Nanny Pelosi also mentioned that "Time is up; we really have to go forth." Bottom line is, after November, you can kiss this entitlement program bill goodbye, she knows it and she’s willing to give up Democratic majority in congress to get this done, but why? Is Nanny Pelosi, President Obama and their liberal friends really so concerned about the fictitious “46 million uninsured” Americans, that they are willing to kamikaze this bill and commit political seppuku? Could special interest groups be behind this mess? <br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
The AFL-CIO union movement is fighting for this health care plan! “mobilizing a 1-million-member health care mobilization team working with a broad alliance of grassroots organizations to win progressive reform and give millions more union members the information and tools to become active players and health care voters.” as evident by this website <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/">http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/</a><br />
<br />
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka also released this statement on December 17th 2009:<br />
<blockquote>“The labor movement has been fighting for health care for nearly 100 years and we are not about to stop fighting now, when it really matters. But for this health care bill to be worthy of the support of working men and women, substantial changes must be made. The AFL-CIO intends to fight on behalf of all working families to make those changes and win health care reform that is deserving of the name. The absolute refusal of Republicans in the Senate to support health care reform and the hijacking of the bill by defenders of the insurance industry have brought us a Senate bill that is inadequate: It is too kind to the insurance industry. Genuine health care reform must bring down health costs, hold insurance companies accountable, assure that Americans can get the health care they need and be financed fairly. • That's why we are championing a public health insurance option: It is the way to break the stranglehold of the insurance industry over consumers that has led to double digit premium increases virtually every year. • Employers must pay their fair share. • And the benefits of hard-working Americans cannot be taxed to pay for health care reform--that's no way to rein in insurance companies and it's the wrong way to pay for health care reform. Those are the changes for which we will be fighting in the coming days. The Senate bill does some good things: It will provide health insurance to 30 million more Americans and provide subsidies to low income individuals and families. Benefits will have to meet minimum standards and insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions or impose lifetime or unreasonable annual limits. The bill also includes some relief for plans with early retirees as well as delivery system reforms that may lead to lower costs over the long haul. And Senate leaders have made a commitment to close the Medicare prescription drugs donut hole which is so costly to seniors. But because it bends toward the insurance industry, the Senate bill will not check costs in the short term, and its financing asks working people and the country to pay the price, even as benefits are cut. The House bill is the model for genuine health care reform. Working people cannot accept anything less than real reform.” </blockquote>Pass the tissues please, cue the violins. Gosh, this guy really cares about the low income families and the elderly! Obviously, this statement has nothing to do with the union members paying his salary or voting him out of his job, should he fail to act and succeed on their behalf. Who is he kidding? Does he really wants us to believe that he cares about us "little ignorant and stupid" peons? I think not! But, he is not the only union “boss” engaged in this fight.<br />
<br />
The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) and its president Andy Stern, one of Obama’s many left wing supporters and one of labor's most powerful figures today, certainly supports this bill. He commented on December 21st, 2009 about the Senate's health care bill passage, that "for working Americans, this vote signals progress.” Previously he declared regarding his expectations for the Obama presidency, according to a WSJ article on December 6th, 2008: "I expect nothing less than what he said he was going to do, and we should hold him accountable." This is no empty warning; organized labor invested $450 million to get Democrats elected. SEIU and Mr. Stern was the biggest contributor in the 2008 election with $85 million. The SEIU also set aside an additional $10 million in emergency funds to get people un-elected if necessary. "We would like to make sure people appreciate that we take them at their word and when they don't live up to their word there should be consequences." Andy Stern added. Consequences, what does he have in mind? <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122852244367484311.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122852244367484311.html</a><br />
<br />
What do labor Unions have to gain from a governmental mandated national health care? Why would Andy Stern warn our elected officials about “consequences”, should his pre-approved policies not be implemented? <br />
<br />
According to AFL-CIO, “Unions have built a national standard of comprehensive health care benefits funded by employers. As the cost of health care spins out of control, businesses that offer health care are hobbled in a global marketplace and also are at a competitive disadvantage here at home. Today’s broken system drags down the American economy. And that hurts everyone. In addition, health care costs are increasingly the crux of many union negotiations, and union members say they simply can’t continue to take on increased costs.” <br />
<br />
Cue the violins again, please and put on your galoshes because it’s going to get sticky! These guys want us to believe they care about businesses being at a disadvantage? Ok… moving on. “…union members… can’t continue to take the increased costs”, but… they have “comprehensive health care benefits funded by employers”? I don’t get it, who pays for union members health insurance, employers or members? See why you need galoshes?<br />
<br />
Anyway, someone needs to pay for the insurance that they can’t afford, so… does that suggest free health insurance to the millions of Union Members who already have insurance? Not so fast, but “Big Labor” did hammer out behind closed doors, a sweetheart deal on January 14th, 2010 with President Obama and congressional Democrats, where they agreed to exempt union workers from the “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health-care plans until 2018. This will save union employees at least $60 billion over the years involved, while others won't be as lucky as they'll have to cough up almost $90 billion.<br />
<br />
Paul Krugman an American economist, columnist, author and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, and left wing progressive advocate, while calling the legislation "a seriously flawed bill we'll spend years if not decades fixing," applauded it as "an awesome achievement." "This is a good bill... And there are going to be many additional steps that will be necessary along the way, but all of us are committed to following in those steps," mentioned the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, the primary Democratic co-sponsor of the bill.<br />
<br />
These comments imply that it is best to pass this flawed bill now and iron out the details later and although union workers might not qualify under this proposed plan, it does not mean that they will not qualify for it later by simply amending it while you and I, who are satisfied with our current plan and intend on keeping it, will certainly see an increase on our share of taxes in order to pay for union members health insurance who already have it and if you happen to have a so called “Cadillac” plan because you want the best for your family, you really in for it! <br />
<br />
This really isn’t about the fictitious 46 million or 30 million un-insured Americans (about 10 million of them illegal immigrants, 18 million making in excess of $50k annually) this is not about the low-income family or the seniors not being able to afford insurance, this is not about people not being covered for pre-existing conditions, and it’s not about increasing health care coverage rate hikes or the “evil” health insurance companies making a whopping profit of 3.6% (unacceptable to any other business), because these guys really don’t give a hoot about us! This is about a $450 million “debt” to labor unions, also known as “pay-back”. This is the real motivator in getting this bill passed by this administration before November 2010. I fail to understand why nobody has taken the time to connect the proverbial dots here! But the real question here is: who is running this country after all, the people, through their elected officials or the labor unions?<br />
<br />
Forget what “we the people” want or a government “for the people, by the people”. Our elected officials have made this crystal clear. They have opted to ram this piece of unconstitutional legislation and the largest welfare entitlement program ever down our throats at all costs, while jeopardizing their political careers, because labor unions have made it obvious that if they don’t comply with their mandates, there would be “consequences” putting them in full control of our country and our lives. <br />
<br />
Our government hold more fear for the unions, their “bosses” and many other special interest groups that have not been discussed here, than the people who elected them. By their actions they have revealed to have no respect for the constitution, which they swore to uphold, this is truly scary but expected! However, we will soon have our voices heard loud and clear and we will show them who is truly in charge. They are wolves posing as sheep, claiming to care for the poor and disenfranchised fighting for you and me while only concerned about their own selves! We are and always will be unmovable and will never be intimidated by bullies pushing agendas for personal gains on the majority, while benefiting the few whilst ignoring the constitution. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><em>Amended on March 5th, 2010 by publisher;</em></span><br />
<br />
So, yesterday I ended up ticking off Big Labor Unions and half of our government, today I’ll take it a step further and tick off ever bigger potatoes, but first I’d like to make a disclaimer; when we hear a conspiracy theory, we tend to back off and dismiss it, however we must understand exactly what a conspiracy theory really is; it’s a theory, an hypothesis or speculation of a scheme or plan by one or more parties to achieve a goal under total secrecy that cannot be proved accurate unless someone involved drops the ball and somehow those who are not involved finds out; somewhat akin to the evolutionary theory, it cannot be proved absolutely factual but most people accept it, thus becoming true. With that said, here is a conspiracy theory that will most definitely scare the pants out of you. It is long therefore give your-self some time to watch it, it’s worth it. This video is called “The Obama Deception” and connects our presidents from Kennedy to Obama to the allusive Bilderberg Group. For all the left wing Obama supporters out there who believe he is beyond reproach, I have news for you, “the new boss is the same as the old boss”. <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ChangeDaChannel#p/u/50/eAaQNACwaLw">The Obama Deception</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1267798293142"><br />
</a><br />
… And read this…<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/leaked-agenda-bilderberg-group-plans-economic-depression.html">Leaked Agenda: Bildergerg Group Plans Economic Depression</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-44301839001489034342010-02-24T19:09:00.006-05:002011-11-16T13:40:06.825-05:00Sarah Palin: An Inconvenient Truth!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwK3T4P4EkDUNQkzZ9uzxy_iiyJZDvKuchvYyRhqfKAWQ1aTbmKUhzOg6NlISGQK32uwnULo8h_6O1FBjM5Btr_XY72_PrSXu-1-PXhfhpQdN8NfGQdEM5Af0_E9SIlk5A2202zUZLRU/s1600-h/sarah_palin_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwK3T4P4EkDUNQkzZ9uzxy_iiyJZDvKuchvYyRhqfKAWQ1aTbmKUhzOg6NlISGQK32uwnULo8h_6O1FBjM5Btr_XY72_PrSXu-1-PXhfhpQdN8NfGQdEM5Af0_E9SIlk5A2202zUZLRU/s200/sarah_palin_.jpg" width="160" /></a></div>Sarah Palin stepped into the national political limelight in August 2008 when then presidential candidate John McCain chose her as his running mate, making her the first female vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party. Since that day, Sarah Palin has come under much scrutiny from the press, severely and cruelly attacked by the justly insecure, propagandist fanatical left who for some unknown reason contend that she is “stupid” and “dangerous” to America. <br />
<br />
<br />
I recently interviewed many of my friends and asked them how they felt about Gov. Palin. The consensus response was unsurprisingly unanimous, accompanied by facial expressions of bewilderment and disdain: “I hate her”. When further pressed to elaborate on the response, most, just stared at me with a shocked, panicked, and confused expression on their faces, simply replying: “She’s stupid, just look at her face.” Three, however were willing to tackle the subject. <br />
<br />
The first, a young lady in her early twenties, stated that if I showed her any interview involving the former Gov. of Alaska, she would point out specifically why she despises her, so I asked her to help me and research it further. One week later, when asked if she had completed the research on this query, she merely countered “No, but I take issue with her saying that she’s "rogue", it makes her look as though she doesn’t know the meaning of the word. Put that on your blog”. Ok…Fair enough! <br />
<br />
Encarta Dictionary definition of the word “rogue” as it relates to the context: <br />
<br />
<blockquote>Rogue (adjective) 1.Unorthodox and unpredictable. Acting independently and using unorthodox methods that are unpredictable and are likely to cause trouble. </blockquote>I’m not sure who is uninformed on the meaning of this word “rogue”, but as I see it; it actually seems to be an appropriate use of word, describing the course the former governor has chosen to take in her political career on both state and national level, Palin also explained that she took the title of her national bestselling book “Going Rogue: An American Life” from the phrase 'gone rogue' used by McCain staffers to describe her behavior when she spoke her mind on the issues during the campaign. Another words; she doesn’t follow, she leads!<br />
<br />
The second, a young man who claims not to be interested in politics, mentioned the statement Mrs. Palin made in her Sept. 11, 2008 interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson regarding Russia: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska." albeit it was misquoted as if she had said that she could see Russia from her house instead of from “land here in Alaska”. The surprising fact is that you can see Russia from Alaska, and all of Sarah’s critics either fail to research this or mention it, leading those who hear about it, to believe that it’s simply an unintelligent avowal.<br />
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
Mainland Russia and Alaska are separated by the Bering Strait, which is about 55 miles at its narrowest point. In the middle of the Bering Strait are two small islands: Big Diomede, which sits in Russian territory, and Little Diomede, which is part of the United States. At their closest, these two islands are a little less than two and a half miles apart, which means that, on a clear day, you can actually see one from the other. Also, according to a New York Times article written in the fading years of the Cold War, if you stand on high ground on the tip of St. Lawrence Island, you can see the Russian mainland, about 37 miles away. The same article claims that you can see Russia from the Tin City Air Force facility at Cape Prince of Wales, which is the westernmost point of the mainland Americas. The station chief at Tin City confirms that, for roughly half the year, you can see Siberian mountain ranges from the highest part of the facility. It seems as though the Gov. does know what she’s talking about as she should, better than most of us who never even been to Alaska. However, contrast this statement against president Obama’s: “I’ve now been to fifty-seven states, and one left to go, Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go” (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws</a>) and one might want to think twice about calling Sarah Palin “stupid”.<br />
<br />
The third was very eloquent in elaborating his opinion as to why he “hates” Sarah Palin and gave a lucid example of what turned out to be another misconstrued report. His position was based, however misquoted, on a blog post that included "fake Governor Sarah Palin quotes" made up by a blogger to satirize her and popularized by actor Matt Damon that Mrs. Palin believed men and dinosaurs co-existed on earth about 6,000 years ago. The L.A. Times citing an anonymous source and quoting, Wasilla, Alaska resident Philip Munger posted on Sept. 28th 2008 and authored by Stephen Braun (<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/28/nation/na-palinreligion28">http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/28/nation/na-palinreligion28</a>) also helped promote this myth. Although, the idea of a "young Earth" - that God created the Earth about 6,000 years ago, and dinosaurs and humans coexisted early on - is a popular a belief among some Christians, Mr. Munger’s assertion has never been confirmed by independent sources as factual and if Mrs. Palin’s viewpoint coincide with this belief, we can ask these questions; What does this belief have to do with effectively and responsibly running the country? How would ascribing to it be a “danger” to the national security of the United States? How, specifically would this particular faith based principle make one stupid? And, what gives anyone the right to ridicule another human for their particular religious beliefs? Because we cannot establish this malignant claim as accurate, it’s all nothing more than a big IF. Predictably, they have been repeated often enough by supposed credible sources as genuine Sarah Palin quotes that people are convinced they're real.<br />
<br />
It seems to me, that most people only see what they want, choosing the easy path of following and having others do the thinking for them, instead of creating reasonable and educated opinions and ideas based on sensible and rational facts using prudence in reaching any final conclusions! <br />
<br />
Sarah Palin is a threat, but not to the American people. Sarah Palin is a threat to the propagandist left wing fanatics’ agenda to fundamentally change this country into a mediocre society of governmental dependent citizens while employing “plantation” politics. She is viable and uncompromising, politically conservative candidate, who not only loves her country, but also values and recognizes its constitution as supreme, absolute, unquestionable and conclusive. For this reason she had to be absolutely discredited by invective, malicious and unsubstantiated allegations that thankfully, many Americans are able to understand and see them for what they truly are!<br />
<br />
<br />
One interesting article published Saturday, February, 27, 2010 by Doug Brady is worthy of reading further on this issue. <a href="http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/02/more-advice-from-from-know-it-alls-why.html">http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/02/more-advice-from-from-know-it-alls-why.html</a>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-32548852583267345072010-02-19T10:57:00.005-05:002010-02-19T16:55:57.766-05:00A Question of Integrity!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOl-SnRUzo4FHuFIur2sy8r0oUTYjgcTb61cvuqU6vnkCCW_hhGIJWNnTzLVtHj2Mz_kqgE9vqEQwtOECXfrzdCQQ5XyBkmSoZbl_4ToMlELd0GKW4F5x5UZYAzIISiTJqrwiGQbg9_I/s1600-h/Beer%2520summit%2520one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOl-SnRUzo4FHuFIur2sy8r0oUTYjgcTb61cvuqU6vnkCCW_hhGIJWNnTzLVtHj2Mz_kqgE9vqEQwtOECXfrzdCQQ5XyBkmSoZbl_4ToMlELd0GKW4F5x5UZYAzIISiTJqrwiGQbg9_I/s200/Beer%2520summit%2520one.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Race, the final frontier, this is an issue we all avoid, to seek out new paths, new ways, to boldly go where most… Well, you get the idea! Yes my friends, most of us would prefer to bury our heads in the sand and pretend this isn’t an issue, but it is and it’s deeply entrenched in our society! I’m talking about xenophobia a.k.a. racism. <br />
<br />
In a recent conversation with a childhood -friend, I found out that her father was not fond of me because, well… to be blunt, I was left in the proverbial toaster for longer than some! On the other hand, I was audaciously labeled a “racist” simply because I disagree with the political policies of someone who is of African ancestry. So, since I get slapped equally from both sides of the ignorant asylum, I feel that this is a pretty safe subject for me. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
In a recent debate with my good friend Robert Smith, he brought up this same subject, claiming that most Tea Party people are racists because they can’t bear the thought of a “black” man being in the White House. I expressed to him that there might be some in the Tea Party movement who may be racially prejudiced, as I am confident that ignorance and extremism can be found equally on the other side of the political spectrum as demonstrated by the liberal left continuous attacks at Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Steele and anyone else who happen to oppose their socialistic ideology. However that is not the concern that Tea Partiers have with the current administration. <br />
<br />
Robert went on to say that Glenn Beck called the president a racist, which left me speechless and bewildered, as I had never heard Glenn make such claim. This had to be more half truths broadcasted on some left wing propagandist channel and as usual taken out of context. When analyzed within the proper context, this assertion would be much less nebulous and unambiguous than is being spread.<br />
<br />
While researching YouTube for unusual videos, I came across a Vlog from the comedian, actor and radio talk show host Jackie Mason, who went where no man ever wants to go, applying without reservation, this label on the President. I might not agree with Mr. Mason’s statement, however, I do understand his viewpoint and reasoning, when properly examined in the context and milieu. <br />
<br />
Mr. Mason referred to the debacle involving a Cambridge Police Officer and Cambridge resident Prof. Gates, who was seen entering a house through the window. The law enforcement officer, upon witnessing this act, legally and with-in reason questioned this man as to what he was doing, why and who he was. This created a verbal contest between the two men that received national attention, leading president Obama, admittedly biased and devoid of all the facts to comment on the situation, saying the “Cambridge police acted stupidly”. Later, this fiasco ended up with the infamous “beer summit”. <br />
<br />
Mr. Mason goes on to mention that if the officer failed to question Prof. Gates he would be neglecting his duty, and the community would complain that the police didn’t care about intruders in the neighborhood, however because he did perform his duties he was criticized and branded by the president. <br />
<br />
Either way, regardless of his actions that day, the Cambridge Police Officer would lose and in my opinion, Mr. Mason is absolutely correct in his reasoning on this particular point. President Obama should have steered clear of this subject and by intervening and commenting on this, the president certainly raised many questions about his character.<br />
<br />
I will leave Mr. Mason’s Vlog and let you moderate this issue without restraint, however respectfully. <br />
<br />
Bellow is Jackie Mason’s Vlog.<br />
<br />
<object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/BhVcyNdIS0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/BhVcyNdIS0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object><br />
<br />
Maybe the president has poor judgment when choosing friends, because when reflecting on his many shadowy associations, past and present, together with this ignominy, questions could be raised as to his integrity and ability to be unbiased and impartial to the racially, culturally and diverse populace of this nation, who’s rights are guaranteed by the constitution and bill of rights which he swore to defend.Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-63866018216949155302010-02-18T17:02:00.004-05:002010-02-25T18:13:46.903-05:00When Will They Learn?It’s amazing; the elitist left-wing media continuously jabs the American People! <br />
<br />
The recent emergence of the “Tea Party” movement, a grass-roots faction of the American People that unite around fiscal conservatism and the conviction that the government, regardless of political affiliation, has overstepped its powers, arranged earlier by the constitution, has many a left wing elitist anxious. This anxiety has led many prominent individuals from various media outlets, in their arrogance, to come out and attack the dignity, integrity and intelligence of the American people, labeling us with several choice invective terms austerily because we fail to agree with the established progressive/liberal governmental policies. Is there any wonder why the New York Times readership has fallen to catastrophic levels and MSNBC's ratings are declining dramatically on almost a daily basis! <br />
The following video documentary, samples exactly what these exclusive snobs think of us. <br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
<object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/7OmqSNwnZUM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/7OmqSNwnZUM&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object><br />
<br />
As history has taught us so many times, when all else fails, vilify them, if that fails as well, eradicate them. It is apparent at least to this blogger, that the pompous left wing propagandists who openly pretend to be loving of diversity of thought, are only concerned with 1st amendment rights when it suits their tainted ideology. The evidence indicates beyond contestation that these rights, guaranteed to all under the constitution, are being sabotaged by these misinformed malcontents who deem them not pertinent to the “Insalubrious” minds of those who dissent with the status quo. <br />
<br />
It’s interesting that just before the mid XX century, a form of socialistic government appeared in Europe, that oddly enough began in a similar fashion. It ended with the murder of over six millions of its citizens, many because of their race, many others, because of variance with their government! <br />
<br />
Now, in no way am I making a comparison between the present government and Germany’s National Socialist Party of the mid XX century, also known a the "NAZI" party. I am simply comparing the current socialistic liberal Medias' intolerance, for a populace American movement, that has placed its government on notice by reminding them of who they work for, and exactly, what is expected of this elected leadership!Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-80683048946159659382010-02-18T17:01:00.004-05:002010-02-25T18:16:32.617-05:00Miss Me Yet?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHz2-WzeBQ1JYgqSmQJz7tsY35dfWuiLJBDuPLaNfRnXf2NvAzRGxdaagrEwtLfju-sQZJD3J1kJ046WPQOvf-xKe6SiCfBvpFvwSAYNhuNjItEjpuA6a3JTEuPA_p_cxIDTxOhFfhIU/s1600-h/george-bush-miss-me-yet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHz2-WzeBQ1JYgqSmQJz7tsY35dfWuiLJBDuPLaNfRnXf2NvAzRGxdaagrEwtLfju-sQZJD3J1kJ046WPQOvf-xKe6SiCfBvpFvwSAYNhuNjItEjpuA6a3JTEuPA_p_cxIDTxOhFfhIU/s200/george-bush-miss-me-yet.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Recently I had a delightful discussion with a democratic acquaintance of mine regarding the leadership of our country. The opposing view was that our current president is undoubtedly the “best president we ever had”. His argument is that Obama's ability to manage this nation is solely based on him being an extremely intelligent man established by the fact that he graduated from Harvard Law School. President Obama is indeed an Harvard Law School graduate, no one can take that from him, and there is no doubt that he is intelligent, however, is that what qualifies him to lead the country? Let’s examine Obama’s credentials. <br />
<br />
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He won the election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. Obama's presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
According to my democratic colleague, George W. Bush was simply a bumbling idiot who was not fit to run a convenience store. Now, I am not President Bush’s greatest fan either, but I would propose that we place the resumes of both of these men side by side and allow the reader to evaluate them. <br />
<br />
So, let us now analyze Bush’s qualifications. George W. Bush is one of only two American presidents to be the son of a preceding president. After graduating from Yale University in 1968. Served with the Texas Air National Guard and the Alabama Air National Guard until 1974 and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1975 with an MBA. Bush worked in his family's oil businesses creating Arbusto Energy, later becoming Bush Exploration, which in 1984 merged with Spectrum 7. Afterwards, Bush served on the board of Harken Energy. He co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team from 1989 to 1998. Defeated Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election and held this office until his election to the presidency in 2000. <br />
<br />
To review, Bush graduated from Yale and Harvard Universities, served in the military, lead several businesses and governed the State of Texas. Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, worked as a community organizer, a civil rights attorney, a constitutional law professor, Illinois State Senator and United States Senator. That is what genuinely qualified these two men for the presidency. Except, one actually managed several enterprises, served in the military and governed a state, the other was a lawyer, a professor and a politician.<br />
<br />
This lack of administrative experience is now evident in the polls and the itinerary this country is taking. So let us examine both of these presidents’ approval ratings a year into office, Obama 46% vs. Bush 60%. My question to you is: Why is Obama more qualified to manage this country than Bush? If intelligence is measured by your education, why is Obama so much smarter than Bush, when both men graduated from Harvard? What has Obama done so far as President, that you are so found of? <br />
To quote my friend Sunoco: "Common sense is just not that common any more." <br />
<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Blue - Approve</span> <br />
<span style="color: #990000;">Red - Disapprove</span> <br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">Green - Indifferent</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVLcJ0QQmLnZIG3z-ofl4zNH6hFTUvrpoWa8k6jsv1IQRgXlg5iqihOdMaHZWjWSriVpq9o8TNAtyRDRsYdGS-keXUwVMRTMfQ4epr9MSSz4cRCtTbeMeVErXrdVawqZjnO0OsWKgIHs/s1600-h/Obamas+ratings+02-11-10.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVLcJ0QQmLnZIG3z-ofl4zNH6hFTUvrpoWa8k6jsv1IQRgXlg5iqihOdMaHZWjWSriVpq9o8TNAtyRDRsYdGS-keXUwVMRTMfQ4epr9MSSz4cRCtTbeMeVErXrdVawqZjnO0OsWKgIHs/s320/Obamas+ratings+02-11-10.gif" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMClHPb4F7K5DILgGvtx7oU9Yog2u-893VnGmcDO6jGHgzrRJz605OZV56ohLlVvyEZlDLxVwzO2JzsqIWMvoPBEcZx1Cyd8EB7OpFdPE-5IRkQdsFr16m4tg5SFdMSJfzgMfdKV0om_U/s1600-h/800px-George_W_Bush_approval_ratings_svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMClHPb4F7K5DILgGvtx7oU9Yog2u-893VnGmcDO6jGHgzrRJz605OZV56ohLlVvyEZlDLxVwzO2JzsqIWMvoPBEcZx1Cyd8EB7OpFdPE-5IRkQdsFr16m4tg5SFdMSJfzgMfdKV0om_U/s400/800px-George_W_Bush_approval_ratings_svg.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #666666;">George W. Bush ratings through his eight year administration.</span>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-11582925477022134622010-02-04T15:14:00.007-05:002010-02-25T18:17:11.716-05:00The Audacity to Lie!Our President is indeed audacious! There should be absolutely no doubt in our minds now. But if memory serves me correctly that was the title of one of his books, "The Audacity of Hope". However, his audaciousness is not hope but flat out lies.<br />
<br />
<br />
Barack Obama in his nationally televised State of the Union Address, on January 27th 2010 said:<br />
<br />
<blockquote><span style="color: #666666;">“To close that credibility gap we must take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to end the out sized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; and to give our people the government they deserve... That’s what I came to Washington to do. That’s why – for the first time in history – my Administration posts our White House visitors online. And that’s why we’ve excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions.”</span></blockquote><br />
Well... well... well. I wonder why the liberal media, in all its glorified self righteousness has not jumped on this head first. After all, had these been the words of a conservative president they surely would have ripped him apart for telling flat out lies, like this to congress and the American people. What lies you're asking? Well my friend, allow me to give you the disparaging news that this White House administration is all but void of lobbyists.<br />
<br />
Shall we start with Mr. William Lynn, serving in the Pentagon, assigned by Obama as the Deputy Defense Secretary. Now, before working for the President, William Lynn was, guess what? You're right! A lobbyist for none other than defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a senior executive.<br />
<br />
Now, one would say, ok somebody slipped through the cracks, give the man a break, what's the big deal! Well my friends it's not just Mr. Lynn.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
1. Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed]<br />
<br />
2. Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.<br />
<br />
3. William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.<br />
<br />
4. David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.<br />
<br />
5. Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.<br />
<br />
6. Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.<br />
<br />
7. Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.<br />
<br />
8. Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.<br />
<br />
9. Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.<br />
<br />
10. Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.<br />
<br />
11. Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president’s assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005<br />
<br />
The President said: "And that’s why we’ve excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions.” Hum! No one on this list makes policies, work on a federal board or commission? Does he really think we're that stupid? Oh, yeah... we've been called that too, when they fail to have a good argument!Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205117743388103301.post-43758215437069627772010-02-03T18:39:00.009-05:002010-02-19T12:26:34.615-05:00How Ironic!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkIx0zQzo71EWa61JfSbX8bvQu6BgsBdMmnTiuhCVZyOHbwf4NEQjFOh29JDciuyaW_nThYxiXqoENrMie_m8MvNh2XejYM1ej6AYBpVOirfMvGzjAjALkhp7dpVT5MJrL9yN4m5Rk5c/s1600-h/mediocrity_240.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434181814770554114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkIx0zQzo71EWa61JfSbX8bvQu6BgsBdMmnTiuhCVZyOHbwf4NEQjFOh29JDciuyaW_nThYxiXqoENrMie_m8MvNh2XejYM1ej6AYBpVOirfMvGzjAjALkhp7dpVT5MJrL9yN4m5Rk5c/s320/mediocrity_240.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 184px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
<div> In one of his many recent media appearances, President Obama mentioned without the least bit of irony that our children are growing up in a society that does not value hard work. This is indeed an excellent observation by our leader. Now, if only someone could get to the bottom as to why our children are not taught the values of hard work and self reliance! Hum... let me think here... could it be that the left wing progressive, latte drinking, tree hugging, Volvo driving, bleeding heart liberal media and educational professionals teach our children that they can be rich and famous with-out doing any work. Oh... wait... The President did say that! My bad. However, he did leave out as to where our children get those ideas from! That's right, they get it from the President's friends, the left wing progressive, latte drinking, tree hugging, Volvo driving, bleeding heart liberal media and educational professionals. That's right kids, never fear, big brother is here and if you happen to buy a champagne priced house while only being able to afford the beer priced one, we'll bail you out. If you happen to drive a "clunker" we'll bail you out. That's right boys and girls, fairness to all, we're all equal, everyone should have equal and free of everything, and the government will do it all for you! Now, should you make too much money, we'll have to take it from you in the form of taxes and spread it around with those who are "less fortunate" than us, who choose to sit on their asses and wait for a hand out from big brother.<br />
<br />
How about this Mr. President, considering that you have failed to keep all the promises you made in you campaign even though you had a house full of your own com-padres, do something right for a change, take the lead on this since you brought it up and explain to you progressive buddies in Washington that we are not a socialist republic nor will we ever be. You taught constitutional law in Harvard! You know that we will never let it get to that. After you finish, you can then stop spending money as if it grew on trees, what was your budget for this year? 3.8 trillion dollars? Are you kidding? Where is all that money coming from, China? Oh, yes it is... we're borrowing from china the money we pay them to purchase their Products! Makes a whole lot of sense! How about stopping all entitlement programs, welfare? No welfare for anyone. Actually, speaking of welfare, I recently came across this snippet from the great and talented comedian Bill Cosby, if I may reproduce it here for all to see. Now let's keep in mind that Mr. Cosby is a comedian and at times he might be going a bit over-the-top, but I believe that we can all get the idea as to what he is saying.<br />
<br />
<blockquote>AMERICA NEEDS A CANDIDATE WITH THIS PLATFORM!!<br />
<br />
<br />
I HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE YEAR 2012...<br />
<br />
HERE IS MY PLATFORM: <br />
<br />
(1). Any use of the phrase: ‘Press 1 for English’ is immediately banned. English is the official language; speak it or wait outside of our borders until you can.<br />
<br />
(2). We will immediately go into a two year isolationist attitude in order to straighten out the greedy big business posture in this country. America will allow NO imports and we’ll do no exports. We will use the ‘Wal-Mart’s policy, ‘If we ain’t got it, you don’t need it.’ We’ll make it here and sell it here!<br />
<br />
(3). When imports are allowed, there will be a 100% import tax on it coming in here.<br />
<br />
(4). All retired military personnel will be required to man one of the many observation towers located on the southern border of the United States (six month tour). They will be under strict orders not to fire on SOUTHBOUND aliens.<br />
<br />
(5). Social Security will immediately return to its original state. If you didn’t put nuttin in, you aren’t gettin nuttin out. Neither the President nor any other politician will be able to touch it.<br />
<br />
(6). Welfare. — Checks will be handed out on Fridays, at the end of the 40 hour school week, the successful completion of a urinalysis test for drugs, and passing grades.<br />
<br />
(7). Professional Athletes — Steroids? The FIRST time you check positive you’re banned from sports … for life.<br />
<br />
(8). Crime — We will adopt the Turkish method, i.e., the first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There is no more ‘life sentences’. If convicted of murder, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for the victim you killed: gun, knife, strangulation, etc.<br />
<br />
(9). One export of ours will be allowed: wheat; because the world needs to eat. However, a bushel of wheat will be the exact price of a barrel of oil.<br />
<br />
(10). All foreign aid, using American taxpayer money, will immediately cease and the saved money will help to pay off the national debt and, ultimately, lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we’ll ask The American People if they want to donate to a disaster fund and each citizen can make the decision as to whether, or not, it’s a worthy cause.<br />
<br />
(11). The Pledge of Allegiance will be said every day at school and every day in Congress.<br />
<br />
(12). The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc.<br />
<br />
My apology is offered if I’ve stepped on anyone’s toes …. Nevertheless…<br />
<br />
GOD BLESS AMERICA!<br />
<br />
Sincerely, Bill Cosby</blockquote><br />
<span style="color: black;">With this said, Mr. President, start leading, be the President! Let's start creating jobs... you can do this is by getting the government off our necks and ending the continuous stomping on business, big or small. Allow them to expand and create jobs. Let us go about our lives, stop telling us to listen to you as if you were the all mighty O-racle, you listen to the people.</span></div>Roger Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12436980067150973656noreply@blogger.com2