Memorial Day Weekend

Happy Memorial Day weekend to All The first weekend of the summer season is here and the Bar B Que grills will be smoking everywhere. As we all enjoy time with family and friends, let us also remember what this weekend means. Remember those that have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today (at least what is left of them). Let’s not forget the families as well, they also suffered. I don’t believe anyone wants war, especially those for all the wrong reasons. But those are not the fault of the warriors and their families, so be kind and thank a Vet this weekend.

Monday Musings

Happy Monday SUFA As we head towards the first holiday weekend of the summer, the political landscape is full of scandals and the weather has been deadly in many parts of the MidWest.  The latest was  a trailer park in Shawnee, Oklahoma.    As a kid, we always thought trailer parks as tornado magnets.  I would not choose to live in one in tornado alley.   We all somehow live in areas that can have deadly weather events.  All of these events are horrible for those affected.   As we watch these events unfold, let’s not pretend that planning for these types of events isn’t important.   Do your best to understand what events may affect your area, and prepare as best you can for them.   In some cases such as hurricanes, floods  and wildfires, evacuation may be the best plan.  For people dealing with blizzards or lengthy power outages, staying home may be in order.  Have a storm cellar where tornados are common.   Regardless of location, plan ahead and stay safe.

Weekend Happenings

One never knows when something big is going to happen, so to speed up loading, let’s have another thread. A few subjects that came up, Human cloning, being one. I don’t think we need this type of technology, but it’s out there. There could be some good lessons taught in the future using this technology, but I’ll let you use your imagination for now   Feel free to bring forward any previous discussions as usual.

When Are the Lies Enough?

What is it going to take in this country to see the Federal Government for what it is?   Benghazi, being bad enough, now the IRS targeting organizations based on political ideology.  Even as the IRS has admitted such, Obama still uses the word “IF” in his recent answers to the questions.   Is it time for the informed public to remove their consent of the Federal Government and dismiss them as criminal.  Demading the military remove them from office could be the next step in maintaining peace through the process.  Just some thoughts, feel free to post as an Open Mic and have a Great Day 

Benghazi…..the truth.

By D13 !

The first thing that I need to say is that I am not going to “link” to anything. To link to any of the supposition that is flying around the internet would be the incorrect thing to do because I can guarantee you that none of the world news organizations has the faintest idea of what is going on. This entire article is going to be based on experience, first hand knowledge, and reality…..so, if you want links as to my source, do not waste your time. The internet is NOT the purveyor of truth.
Instead, this article will relate to what is and how it happens. So let us first start with geography. Benghazi is in Libya….on the coast. ( The Med…..and no, I have not been there ). So, in the scheme of things with all the action around Tripoli, what is the big deal of Benghazi? It is important for several reasons. First, it is the second largest regional city in Libya. It is a major business center and has one of the three branches of the central bank of Libya (in other words, money). The headquarters of the Arabian Gulf Oil is also located in Benghazi. This makes Benghazi a major economic center. This is important in the larger scheme of things. Secondly, and maybe the most important thing, is the population in Benghazi is mainly Arab descent compared to the Berber domination in Tripoli. The uprising originally started in Benghazi against Tripoli. The Arab population is supported by the Muslim Brotherhood, while the Berbers are almost uniquely supported by the Iranians. The survival of Assad’s Syria is singularly important because Assad is the main ally of Iran in supporting the Palestinian movement and the arming of Hezbollah. In addition, the loss of Tripoli and the Syrian support puts another enemy of Iran in the region….. The Muslim Brotherhood.

Never Stop Asking Questions

When I was growing up, I remember Walter Cronkite on the Evening News. It seemed as though everyone knew and trusted him like he was part of the family. Those were the days when the media was seemingly honest and actually reported on events like journalsists should report on events, with honesty and a sense of pride.  Today, we have all of what is known as the Main Stream Media, corporate owned business’s wjose owners also engage in lobbying in the District of Clowns.   Many of us have realized that what the MSM is reporting, isn’t always (if ever) the truth.  Those days of trusting the nightly news anchor are long gone, and long missed.

Today I wonder how things would be if we had the same kind of media as we did when Dick Nixon was taken down.  Would Obama still be President?  Would Bush and Cheney be in a Levenworth jail cell today?  I have shyed away from the MSM and mostly read alternative news sites on the internet.  That doesn’t mean that they are any more honest, but it would behoove them if they want to succeed as a news entity.  While I remain skeptical of all the media, I do post articles mainly from the alternative media.  It’s not because I believe what is written, but to get even a small discussion going.

While I am deemed a conspiracy theorist often, it’s not because I believe the conspiracy, but I don’t believe what the lying MSM is saying.  Just about everything that could have a political side too it, is often reported differently by all the organizations.  That may be called “Free Press” to some, but not to me.  I will continue to ask questions and challenge the “Official” story at every turn.   I hope you do as well

Todd’s Topic

Pat Toomey: Background Checks Died Because GOP Didn’t Want To Help Obama

Posted: 05/01/2013 10:58 am EDT  |  Updated: 05/01/2013  4:51 pm EDT

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) blamed partisan politics for the failure of his bipartisan push to expand background checks for gun sales. (Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) revealed that some members of his party opposed expanding background checks for gun sales recently because they didn’t want to “be seen helping the president.”

Two weeks ago, only three Republican senators voted for the bipartisan background checks amendment sponsored by Toomey and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), despite overwhelming popular support for such a measure.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/pat-toomey-background-checks_n_3192690.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

I think this is a great topic, or it’s a pretty good chance for me to ambush the Toddster.  Seems like a win/win for me so why not?  I think it’s fair and accurate to note the HuffPost is very liberal & biased.  They point out the Repugs that crossed party lines to support this but skip the Dem’s that crossed those same lines to oppose.  (My states Mark Pryor is one & it would have hurt his chances, will post more on this later)  But for now, allow me to introduce a “gentleman” with steadfast bias.  I find that refreshing in that he is honest about where and why he has this viewpoint.  Make no mistake that he will present things so as to favor his side, omit things and only refer to what helps his cause.   The thing that gets me is when I read this HuffPost article, I automatically think of it as being a news report.  I have to re-look and search for what’s left out or misleading.

Standing Guard

By Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President

Not Enforcing Existing Gun Laws—That’s A Crime

If anybody in Chicago is culpable for the armed carnage on that city’s mean streets, it’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who never misses an opportunity to blame peaceable, law-abiding gun owners for the daily bloodletting by violent Chicago thugs.

Emanuel steadfastly refuses to demand application of tough federal laws that would surgically rid the streets of criminals who currently terrorize many Chicago neighborhoods. And that represents a kind of aggressive political malfeasance.

For Emanuel—a former U.S. congressman, former chief of staff in President Barack Obama’s White House and former Bill Clinton White House gun-ban guru—to intentionally blow off federal laws punishing illegally armed violent criminals is especially vile.

The reason is simple. If Chicago citizens knew the extent of existing harsh criminal sanctions and that those laws could readily be applied to prosecute real criminals, Emanuel’s endless call for new “gun control” would be seen for what it is: an evil campaign to disarm the innocent. And those federal laws apply equally in every corner of the nation.

Monday Morning Quarterback

Todd says:

Let’s be honest and non-PC, it wasn’t/isn’t a lock-down. It is martial law.

Well imagine that – you manage to be dishonest and contradict yourself in just two sentences.  Pretty impressive!

So when we disagree, I’m lying?

Martial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis.

How was it Martial Law in Boston?  And if all you can do is piss-n-moan about my definition, look it up yourself…

Such a way with words Todd, really invites polite, thoughtful conversation.

It wasn’t martial law.  It wasn’t even a lock-down.  It was a shelter-in-place request.

A request made by pointing fully automatic weapons at homeowners and advising them to stay in their homes?  If a guy points a gun at you and demands all your money and you comply, did he rob you or did you willingly give him your money?  Words matter.  So do actions.  Call it a request but it was an enforced action.

Almost a million residents of Boston and surrounding towns were ordered to stay in their homes on Friday as the hunt for one of the suspects in the marathon bombing continued.

The suspects were identified as brothers, reportedly of Chechen origin. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, remains on the loose. Law enforcement officials said he was the suspect wearing the white hat in images released by the FBI on Thursday of the bombing suspects. His elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in the early hours of Friday after a car chase and shootout with police.

Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick warned people to remain indoors “with their doors locked” until further notice, after a night of high drama during which a campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was shot dead.

“We’re asking people to shelter in place: in other words, to stay indoors, with their doors locked, and not to open the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer,” Patrick said.

“That applies here in Watertown, Cambridge, Waltham, Newton, Belmont and at this point all of Boston. All of Boston. This is a serious situation. We’re taking it seriously; we’re asking the public to take it seriously as well.”

The announcement, made during a brief press conference in Watertown just after 8am on Friday, dramatically extended the lockdown area to over 930,000 across the six neighborhoods. Earlier, residents in Watertown, population 32,000, had been told to stay inside, and public transport systems in and around Boston had been shut down.

“There is a massive manhunt underway, [and] a lot of law enforcement involved in that,” Patrick said. “We’ve got every asset that we can possibly muster on the ground right now.”

It is the police/government deciding your rights to personal safety shall be overridden by keeping the majority safe.

This is such a tortured argument.  No one’s rights to personal  safety was overridden.  If the bad-guy confronted you – you still had a right to defend yourself…

It’s a very simple argument, why couldn’t those who wanted, flee the area?  How about the women and children first?  They were looking for a skinny, young male.  Could the old, fat guys be allowed a peaceful exit before a heart attack?

If the bad guy’s in your house, it’s better for the state and majority that you be sacrificed so they catch/kill the bad guy before he kills a larger number. Limit them to one school, not five.

And this is just as bad.  If the bad guy is in your home, fight back, call the cops, flee – all the things you’d normally do. 

 Difficult, they have one of the lowest rates of gun ownership in the nation.  He was armed with a pistol.  Even Obama would advise against that fight.

 I don’t think you’ll be arrested for violating the “Martial Law” if you’re running down the street with the bad guy chasing you…

No, you would have been arrested for leaving your home and violating the “shelter-in-place” request.  Charges might be changed later, public nuisance, resisting arrest, interfering with police operation. etc…  The point, whatever words are used to describe it, the actions were the same as martial law.  The police acted as if they were a military force and imposed a forced curfew.

And if you do call the cops in this situation, the empty streets will allow them to respond faster, spot the bad guy fleeing, etc.

Don’t allow parents to pick up their kids because the bad guy could escape in the confusion. ( Limit them to one school, not five.)

Ridiculous – the “Martial Law” was declared early in the morning – most people were at home, especially the kids.  The “idea” was to keep them there…My comment was intended as a response to Anita’s original post:

Anita says:

Question GMan, regarding the Boston lock down.

For instance..Today in my neighboring county there were 3 guys up to no good..shots fired in a neighborhood. The cops locked down 5 schools. It lasted a couple of hours and the cops flushed the bad guys out of a nearby home. Once the area was secure the cops lifted the school lock down. I’m not sure how other areas handle a police situation like this, but that’s how these things are handled around here. Does this fit your “police state” definition?

Don’t let residents evacuate a neighborhood because the bad guy mights dress up like a woman and escape.

Don’t you think the bad guy escaping during the evacuation is a real possibility?  Yes I do and agree it is best to prevent.  He’s already a mass bomber, don’t allow hin a chance to re-load.

How would you decide which neighborhoods to evacuate, and which not too?  Evacuate the entire Boston area?  Do you have any idea how much confusion this would create?  How many resources are you going to divert from the search to coordinate and protect this evacuation?

Above all else, don’t allow common sense or any thinking to disrupt a “plan”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2LrbsUVSVl8

What “common sense” or “thinking” was ignored?

http://www.dailypaul.com/283151/death-sentence-for-looking-out-window

Plans are made for a reason – so you don’t have to made so many “snap” decisions.  And despite your childish arguments – it worked.  Which is probably the part that bothers you the most.

I agree government does and should have the right to impose martial laws when an attack such as this takes place. I think their tactics and execution beg for exposure, thought, lawsuits and reform.

Then layout your “Monday Morning Quarterback” plan and tell us how much better it would work…

And if they had followed your “plan”, I have no doubt you’d be pointing how much better “shelter-in-place” would have been…

My plan, as such…allow limited evacuation.  An officer would have to walk up to each house and have a conversation with a homeowner.  This would expose them to a high risk that the (or a ) bad might be hiding at any one of these houses.  It has one benefit, you are forcing them to respond instead of allowing them to set up a situation where the odds are more in their favor.  The homeowners are given the choice to evacuate right then, or stay.  If they leave, the officers observe who leaves, search the vehicle ( for the fugitive only, permission will be given as a condition to evacuating).  The family leaves, front door unlocked (police are responsible for security until emergency is over) front door is tagged house empty.  For those who stay, front door tagged, house occupied & homeowner has indicated they are safe and alone.  Rather than waiting for the bad guy to make a mistake and be caught or decide to start shooting as many as he can, this would allow a reduction in the number of potential victims and at least let us act like we are still a free nation, not a police state.  Simple principle, allow people to make informed choices.

And maybe how I word things is a problem for some, let’s be honest is equal to the brutal truth is or as my aunt say’s, call a spade, a spade.   Consider ALL law enforcement agencies in the supposed freest nation in the world use ammunition banned for use in warfare.  Innocent until proven guilty, meet take no prisoners….  And the political strategy of “shelter-in-place”, can we find similarities in life?  In nature it would be “playing opossum”.  A gambler would call it playing “roulette”.  Russian roulette is loading one bullet in a revolver, spin and fire at your head.  US Homeland Security Roulette, when a terrorist attacks, wait until he kills some people where you can see him and kill him as quickly as you can. (oh, might want some ambulances and medical things handy….does Homeland security stockpile band-aids??)
I would also like to point out some of Todd’s comments.  We see all too often liberal attach, insult and disparage anyone they don’t agree with.  If you disagree with Obama for any reason, you are a racist.   Think Susan Rice lied to the American public?  Go ahead and admit it, you miss slavery.

Well imagine that – you manage to be dishonest and contradict yourself in just two sentences.  Pretty impressive!

 And if all you can do is piss-n-moan about my definition, look it up yourself…

 And despite your childish arguments – it worked.  Which is probably the part that bothers you the most.

This is a tactic to shut down conversation.  Liberals say they want free speech and an honest exchange of ideals.  They want a “conversation”, up til the point a different viewpoint is expressed.  When they cannot defend their position with logic, the personal attacks come out.  This seems to be the Tood’s of the blogosphere intent.  Attack, belittle, silence those who they disagree with.  USWeapon started this site wanting a place where ideals were voiced, where conversations took place without the personal attacks.  We you could disagree, but still respect the others opinion.  I have to wonder if Todd’s intent is to shut down SUFA by these tactics.  If we give up or become like him, he wins!

@D13, the dailypaul show a pic of a “soldier” pointing a machine gun at someone looking/filming out there window.  There is a shout, “don’t look out the window”.  By definition, this was not “martial law”.  The civilian government requested the civilian population to stay at home or indoors, where they were.  The state/federal government ordered police (& military?) to force people to stay indoors who then ordered at gunpoint, the civilian population to comply.  If a robber asks you to give him your money at gunpoint, it’s robbery, not charity.  If a soldier (Boston PD, FBI, Nat. Guard) points a machine gun (M4) at you and tells you to stay in the house or not to look out your window, that is martial law.  Technically, legally it may not have been.  But in reality, a para-military organization took over the streets of a major US city and by threat of arms, demanded civilians give up their right to move freely.

Midweek efforts and Open Mic

Happy HumpDay A new thread to keep things speedy and efficient.  I am also making a concerted effort to be a nicer, kinder person when debating.  Ridicule takes away from the debate itself and should be avoided.  I have been just as guilty as anyone else, Yes, I can take, but I can give it back as well.  This should not be the forum for that kind of activity.  We are all much smarter than to continue down that path.   I see things differently than most here, as far as the reasons for events that take place and even laws that are passed.   We can’t all think alike, although that has been mentioned a time or two.   Debate away Folks and remember, be kind to someone today 

Weekender

New thread for speed. Crazy week is finally behind us, let’s hope there are no more explosions or manhunts. Happy Saturday  

Midweek Screams

After the emotional gambit we all went through after the Boston attack, things are nor fully moving into the sorrow and mourning stage. Depending on the media source the one (s) to blame are as diverse as the number of victims. Regardless of the who or the why, it is a sick act of cowardice perpetrated by a coward. Claiming anything else is giving to much credit for the act.   With that in mind, feel free to post as usual. 

A Changing World

The world sure is changing. Each day, some new emergency is on the news from somewhere. Cypriot’s have been robbed by their own government, Kim Jung Un is pounding his chest and thinks the world should shutter in fear, and the division between the people here in the USA continues to widen. Is this a promising future for our Grandchildren?

Will the Nork’s attack?

As we head into the weekend, it’s time for a new thread to speed up load times. The Nork’s are still shooting off at the mouth about some terrible war they want to start.  So as we watch and listen to what may amount to nothing but bluster,  I hope that everyone enjoys the weekend.

The Netherlands Chat

This past weekend, I did some traveling to visit family out of state and get out of the “cabin” for awhile. The weather was good and a cookout ensued on Sunday under sunny skies and mid 70 temperatures.  As the guests gathered, a nice family arrived, friends of my sister and brother-n-law.  Marc, Trista and their two boys were really nice people and we had a great time playing cornhole and enjoying the great weather.  Marc, is a legal immigrant from the Netherlands.  His mother still resides there, is retired and visits when she can.  So I thought I’d ask questions about life over there, especially when it pertained to the Socialist utopia that a few have been brainwashed into believing.  Here is a look at what we talked about.

Healthcare-  Healthcare has been 100% socialized up till the recent few years where it is taking a turn towards privatizing.  This was paid for through taxes and co-pays.  Co-pays were based on income, the more you make, the more your co-pays were.   I asked why the push away from socialized medicine.  The reply was simple, government costs too much.  There was also no talk about lowering taxes as a result of this, and the government would not address the question.  (not a shock there).

Weekend Open Mic

As you read this, I am traveling to Southern Virginia to visit family. I’ll be in Hampton Va for the weekend. With the weather getting warmer ( it’s about time ), most of us will be spending more time outdoors and less time on the computer.  At least Spring has finally arrived!

The Sound of Silence

 I have friends who are police officers.. used to know a FBI agent by name (not saying we were friends or close, just knew each other).  I’m having these dark thoughts because I am seeing more and more instances of police abuse.  This is then followed by judicial corruption.  Police have protection from legal consequences when they follow procedure.  How many blatant abuses of their authority and immunity have happened lately?  I remember when we were talking about the Aurora theater shooting the comments about having a CCW holder armed in that room.  Some had the opinion that such a “civilian” would “blaze away”, injuring or killing innocents without regard.  But they thought a “trained” law enforcement officer would have reduced the number shot without endangering those innocents.

( all of my comments are in red for this article) 

Let’s Solve Problems

There is a lot of things going on in the world that tend to keep our minds busy. While we all have our own solutions to fix these problems, but can’t seem to find an agreeable solution that we can all live with. Let’s bring the fixable issues forward and see if we can agree on a fix.  On Wednesday, Life of Illusion has an article ready to go. 

Happy Easter

Here we are, it’s Good Friday 2013. Easter is Sunday and hopefully everyone will be sharing a holiday feast with family.  After this week’s heated debate, we can head into the weekend and open up the subject line to anything that is of interest.  Happy Easter!

Racism – The Dichotomy

BY:  D13

The very first thing one has to do is to define racism. So let us start there. Webster defines racism as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial difference produces an inherent superiority of a particular race. Like the era of Hitler where he wanted a master race of blond haired, blue eyed behemoths. Pure blood, so to speak, and that any other race or ethnicity was not acceptable and, consequently, inferior. Many times racism and slavery are linked but history has shown that slavery and racism only share a small link. Slavery has existed since 800 BC and it was COLOR BLIND. Slavery usually was a by-product of war. History also shows that Caucasian and Asian slavery was more prevalent than black slavery prior to the 18th Century. It was not until the Europeans needed cheaper labor, that African slavery became prominent and this is when the racism began to appear. It was commonly thought among ALL PROGRESSIVE nations of the world in the 18th and 19th and 20th centuries that the native African population was considered not equal or substandard. Why? Simply because they lacked behind the rest of the world in development. Nothing more….nothing less…as it was cheap and easy labor sold into the slave trade by their own black brothers. It is often thought that the North American continent was the forerunner of slavery and racism when it was not. Over 90 percent of the slaves from Africa went to South and Central America, long before their introduction into the United States. Therefore, for the purposes of this article, slavery is only a small part of the issue of racism.

Cyprus makes a Decision

According to many news reports, Cyprus will be making an important decision about their bailout today. Whatever happens, the decision will have far reaching implications across the entire world. If The Cyprus government chooses to tax deposits, the Russians will not be very happy.   If they choose not to tax deposits, will they be kicked out of the European Union and how will that effect the Cypriotic economy?   There are many questions still to be answered about this situation, so stay tuned.   I’m still hoping to get D13′s article published, but I cannot do it from the pending section.   Feel free to bring forward any discussions as we wait for the Cyprus situation to play out.

Troubling Times Ahead?

There sure is a lot of things going on in the world, it’s hard to keep up with it all sometimes. Natural events like snowstorms, tornado’s, earthquakes, volcano’s and meteors to man made events like North Korea spouting off at the mouth, Syrian rebels using chemical weapons, strange economic solutions in Cyprus and Fukashima still spewing radioactive garbage into the air. One has to stay very busy to keep up with it all. There have also been many questions concerning the actions of our own government. Why does the DHS need all the firepower they are buying? Are drones a good idea over U.S. soil? Why are some states passing gun laws that are only going to be challenged in court, costing taxpayers millions?

At 7:02 am est, we welcomed Spring with a big hooray!  Then I looked outside to the blanket of snow    Bummer!  We will all keep moving ahead with whatever plans we have, just don’t slip on the ice!

Let’s start trying to find answers to the many questions that are out there.  It’s an increasingly crazy world, that may require increasingly difficult actions.

Cyprus, The New Reality

This past Friday, Cyprus announced a new tax as part of it’s “bailout” solutions to it’s problems. The details are still a little muddy, but, the new tax is on existing bank accounts inside the country. Smaller deposits will be taxed 6.6% while larger deposits will be taxed 9.9%. Basically, the government decided to simply steal private property to help fix their financial woes.  This involves all accounts, citizen of Cyprus or not.   While this is a European Union issue, it is unprecedented in it’s nature.  I can’t imagine this happening in a larger country like Spain or Italy.  Now, one must wonder if they are next.

This brings me to some stories related to the USA.  The Democrats in D.C., namely Pelosi and Obama, have said that they have a revenue (not enough taxes coming in) problem, not a spending problem.  In the past, there have been whispers of the Federal govt demanding that some portions, if not all, of current retirement accounts, being Federalized and used to purchase Treasury Bonds.  While many have blown this off as another “conspiracy theory”,  the threat is very real.   The way things have been operating in D.C. as of late, all of this could occur without the initial consent of Congress.  By the time all the court hearings are concluded, the damage would be done, and likely irreversible.

Open Mic for Speed

As we await the good Colonel, D13, to finish his expected article, let’s speed up the loading speeds. (Note to USW, I can only open my drafts in the Dashboard) I’m trying to get some more writers to come on board and add their input, as well as be part of the daily chat, wish me luck!  On another note,  Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School,  gun control has been a daily issue in the alternative news.   I am, as you know, totally against any form of gun control, at all.  I believe I can debate this issue with anyone, including any current politician.  At the same time, I am trying to NOT beat the issue into the ground here at SUFA.   If I’m overdoing the subject, please give me a kind reminder   For now, let’s move forward!  I can’t believe I said that!   

New Open Mic

I’m working on an article to post tomorrow or Thursday. I bet that should get some folks saying “Oh Crap” In the meantime I’m bringing forward some of the most recent posts for discussion.

Mid week Open Mic w/a Twist

I’m putting forward a link, that within the link is a lengthy movie that is dated 1993.  I watch and read a great deal things each day.  I love a good conspiracy theory, it’s entertaining and helps the mind to really think.  Granted, most things I bring up are far fetched in many ways, others a rather simple.  This movie, which I have just seen, blew my mind as to how close it talks about what is happening in today’s world.  It talks about the Iron Mountain Report.  A government ordered study that began in 1961.  The report that is covered is amazingly accurate to today’s day and age.  Please take the time to watch this.   It is 30 years old, but the response I have gotten from those who have watched is telling. As for all Open Mic’s Feel free to pick a subject and bring it up for discussion!

http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2013/03/un-agenda-21-this-is-the-video-that-started-it-all-iron-mountain-blueprint-for-tyranny-full-length-video-2498636.html

A Different Vision

As I go through all the different news and opinion articles, it’s hard to not see just how bad things have become in our nation. We no longer control our government. There are two voices of government, as you all know. The Democrats (known as Liberals for some reason) and the Republicans (known as conservatives for some reason). We, as a people who are politically in tune, follow one or the other. The Democrats are considered left of center, the Republicans are right of center on the fantasy political scale.  I stand on the right of center, but I do not consider myself a Republican.  I attack those on the left, because I disagree with them.  It’s quite simple, really.  My beliefs really aren’t in agreement with the Right, either.  This is what will try and focus on in this article.  The Republicans are just as much the enemy as the Democrats in the United States of America!  This is my best attempt to prove that, so pay attention and open your minds!

Sequestration Weekend Chat

It’s finally here! The formulated crisis known as Sequestration is to occur today at Midnight. I will be looking out the window waiting with bated breath, watching the sky fall! OH!, You mean it won’t fall? It was never really going to fall? Please don’t tell me that our illustrious President and members of his Administration have not been telling the truth! 

Tuesday Chat

Time to speed up the process alittle. I’m still curious about the Sequester mess that is all over the news. The way the MSM and the White House makes it out to be, this 2% cut in future spending is going to cause all the problems that Obama has been railing about. Is Obama lying again?  Probably a dumb question.  On another note, the Republicans have been rather useless, but then again, the MSM don’t give them much air time.  Should we not hold each MSM outlet accountable by calling them out? 

Weekend Open Chat

As we prepare some new articles to consume, let’s continue some chats that have been ongoing.  I have a discussion for Charlie that I will bring forward and hope some other subjects will continue as well.  I’m still in travel mode till Sunday.  Sunday is also the “Great American Race”, the Daytona 500.  This is usually the only race I watch, unless I catch one when the weather is bad.   I have not missed on Daytona 500 since they started being shown live on TV.  This year, Danica Patrick has the pole, the first women ever to hold a pole position in the history of NASCAR.  Good luck to Danica.

Mid Week Open Mic

It seems that attempts to discuss ideas on how to solve the gang violence problem didn’t get very far. The divisions within our society are far to deep to allow for any common sense ideas to be given a chance to work. If nothing else, that lesson has been relived.  As is the norm, please feel free to bring up any subject that you wish to talk about, or bring forward stuff from past discussions.