Happy Halloween

The Declaration Of Independance

"Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within." Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955)

Balance, order, the very captivation of the American Spirit is stated so well in Jose's quote. Written down for us to view and to be part of when we read the "Declaration Of Independence", "The Constitution Of The United States" and the "Bill Of Rights". Follow the link in the title to read, maybe again for the first time what we, the United States of America are all about.

How often we have been warned by our greatest leaders, that it is not the government, but the people that 'Is' the America we live in.

"Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."

Ronald Reagan

Answered Prayers, He's Home.

This is my brother Louis that just returned home from Afganistan.

An Honorable Service Medal from NATO

Twenty Plus years in the United States Air Force, now he's home to stay.

Ezra Jordan

This is my two year old Grandson, Ezra Jordan,.. I call him EeZee. Whenever I have the blues, I just have to look at mygrandson and smile....... he is truely a joy.

McKinney-Vento Act for the Homeless

After my last post, I got to thinking about the homeless situation, and from further research found this site full of information. Here is a paragraph of facts from this web site that seems to go on for ever. Being homeless has been the study of many for years.

One approximation of the annual number of homeless in America is from a study done by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, which estimates between 2.3 and 3.5 million people experience homelessness. According to a study released this month by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an estimated 744,313 people experienced homelessness in one night in January 2005. Some 56 percent of them were living in shelters and transitional housing and, 44 percent were unsheltered.

That is a lot of homeless on any given day and I have to wonder how the Federal Government is involved in solving this condition. Finding as I did in the link of the title to this post, here is a portion of my findings, and there is so much more. I found that in money we provide more than a billion dollars a year currently, and have spent as much as one point four billion in a single year.

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act was the first —and remains the only—major federal legislative response to homelessness. President Ronald Reagan signed the act into law in 1987.

As I have mentioned the homeless being Organised for voter registration by the 'National Coalition of the Homeless', I've found that only 26% of the homeless are considered 'cronic', due to mental illness, drug use, age or choice. With that said, I applaud the NCH's attempt to help those in need to be part of the system they have left behind due to circumstance. As to the NCH,the funding for them is limited, and here is where if comes from:

"Finances: NCH receives its support from individual contributions, the Combined Federal Campaign, foundation grants, special events, and telemarketing. Full audited information is available upon request. NCH is a 501 (c)(3) organization. Contributions to NCH are tax exempt to the fullest extent allowed by law. Federal ID# 52-1517415. CFC number 10844.

In the 'Combined Federal Campaign', this is where I found that our money and the contributions of employees also help the homeless through the NCH. Odd is what it says under the CFC header. I was so relieved to see we are:
"Ensuring that our Federal Government has an effective workforce"

Smoke and Mirrors

"You've got to vote for someone, It's a shame, but's got to be done." Whoopie Goldberg

Assisting the Homeless to Vote. Right or Wrong? How about the masses that ACORN has given registration cards to?

The concern over issues, involvement in government, thought concerning cost and effect of laws and taxes, this is the responsible citizen voting in this country. I say this is wrong to use coercion to involve a person who has no information or desire to vote. This is the new American system of voter fraud, along with registering the fictional..

That is just microcosm of the system now in play:

• We have Obama handing tax breaks to those whom already receive all their federal tax money back in the form of a refund. Now, if they vote for him, once a year they will get even more than they paid in beyond the credits already in play.


• Health care for every poor family and child. Who is paying? Oh, every one who has a job making over forty two thousand dollars as that is where the standard deduction leaves you paying federal taxes.


• Even 'if' the tax breaks Obama 'promised' happen to pass congress, after the first two years any tax cut will be lost with the expiration of the "Bush Tax Cuts".

This is political smoke and mirrors 101. Hiding the facts and the issues, Lets; 'Look at all you get if you vote for Obama'.

1. New Supreme Court Justice


2. Redistribution of wealth and government cost


3. New direction in Iraq and Afghanistan


4. Go Green, Government not the market will 'lead the way' for new technology


5. No Third World, poverty will end world wide as we buy his brother a new shanty


6. Air in your tires and wind turbines will end the energy crisis


7. No drilling oil, no burning coal and no nuclear power plants


8. Unified tax and spend Congress


9. A 'Messiah' for president, the question is whose

From the looks of the recent early voting statistics, we will have a larger, more informed electorate than ever in History. I don't doubt the voters and the cause they follow, I doubt the information they've received, and in what frame of mind and how they interpret it. That said, "my opinion is also suspect"

"A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment." Willis Player

The way to "Communist USA"

I know I'm howling to the wind,... I'd post this on the BBC or ABC and it would go no where. To be insulted or angry if I took it to serious, but once again I am to the point that I no longer wish to share true convictions, just be a visitor, an observer. By reading what is posted allot can be deduced about that person, the reasonable argument, the insult, their political convictions. Sometimes I can even understand why people get peasant, fowl and mean though it serves them nor others any purpose.

For the many times I've posted my thoughts and shared my newly found information, I never before have thought about 'why I do it?' Lately I have realized most of it was for myself, working through the many facts, lies and innuendo that present possibilities for change in ways not expected.

That said, here I sit re-reading the quote from Senator Obama, and his take on the constitution. Now I fear for my country if this man gets elected President and is let lose upon us with the likes of Representative Pelosi and Senator Reid. Barack Hussein Obamas socialism isn't to be taken lightly like Jimmy Carters, he is an activist with a messiah complex, like Hitler, Castro and Chavez.

I've heard from Europe's fine posters on the BBC, that they like this guy Obama, and America would be foolish not to embrace him, but they are not Americans, don't understand Americans, never lived the life we have,... gotten the goosebumps during the national anthem, teared at the unknown soldiers graveside for what they sacrificed, prayed for the president, your country and your blessings.

To get to the point, Barry Obamas Quote:

"[T]he Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.

And to that extent as radical as people tried to characterize the Warren court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it’s been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.

It says what the states can’t do to you, it says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn’t shifted.

One of the I think tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change and in some ways we still suffer from that."

Do note the italic of his 'plan to keep track' of political organising, think rebellion of the status quo and activities, think protest, marchs and militant, and about the redistributed change, think Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, Vietnams National Liberation League, and in some ways we still suffer that, think of being non communist.

Bob Dylan said it so well long ago, "The times they are a changing", for what we have now may soon be "Blowing in the wind", but, "I am a boxer, a fighter by trade".

Is this art?

Placement and Polls

Just got this from Ed, laughed so hard that I just had to post this link. This is insight to President Reagan that we all forget.

And then, here is Barry Obama in 2001, if they haven't pulled the link to the audio like they do of all things showing Obama in a true light.

"You know, I’m not optimistic about bringing about major redistributive change through the courts. The institution just isn’t structured that way. [snip] You start getting into all sorts of separation of powers issues, you know, in terms of the court monitoring or engaging in a process that essentially is administrative and takes a lot of time. You know, the court is just not very good at it, and politically, it’s just very hard to legitimize opinions from the court in that regard. So I think that, although you can craft theoretical justifications for it, legally, you know, I think any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts.”

This is him in a real light, with his real plans. Take this guy as you know him from his friends and associations

Just 'whois' Barack Obama

The time is running down, the fast and furious fight for the White House is upon us. Any self respecting political junkie is now typing, calling, eating and disseminating politics. Families are divided, marriages in trouble and parent, spouses or children are living in motel rooms till the election is over.

Nah, ain't all that bad for some.

I don't understand it, why would otherwise intelligent people vote for Barack Obama. As the link of my title shows, this man is a confirmed communist, known to be so by his piers and party, and they 'don't care'. This in it self is scary. BHO has views on the constitution of the United States puts him at direct odds with it, and as shown to me by blogger Guns'n'religion, he will also end up Commander and Chief of our Brigade Combat Team, basically our Homeland Security Army.

I add to this the Creed I was raised by, "You are known by the company you keep",... and well, BHOs friends, acquaintances and religious teachers are all at odds with every thing he says, and who I want for President. To listen to Biden and Barry today, they are centrist moderates that,.. dang, but by the letter after their names, would be republicans,... you betcha. NOT!

BULL, just bull, O'Biden and O'Bama are what they have always been, liberals of near communist proportions. I find it odd that Democrats move to the right to get elected as their 'actual' leanings are so far from the main stream of our society. It is not that they are anti-American, I would never say that, just that their plans for my country aren't mine. I question their judgement, not their patriotism.

Theodore Roosevelt on Immigration

Theodore Roosevelt in 1907

'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but ! an Amer ican...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.'

Even though I think every American citizen needs to read this, I also think every new immigrant should. I would love to see the hypen-ated citizen lose the 'other part' of thier nationality. No more with the "Mexican-American" or "African-American", as these divide the nation on lines of color and nationality.

The Year 1908

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1908. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1908 :

• The average life expectancy was 47 years.
  
• Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
  
• Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
  
• There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
  
• The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
  
• The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower
  
• The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour.
  
• The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year .
  
• A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
  
• More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME
  
• Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
  Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which
  Were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard. '
  
• Sugar cost four cents a pound.
  
• Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
  
• Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
  
• Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used
  Borax or egg yolks for shampoo. ONCE A MONTH???
  
• Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country
  for any reason.
  
• Five leading causes of death were:
  1. Pneumonia and influenza Tuberculosis Diarrhea Heart disease Stroke
  2. The American flag had 45 stars.
  3. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
  4. Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
  5. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
  6. Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.
  7. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
  
• Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, 'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.' (
  
• Eighteen percent of households had at least
  one full-time servant or domestic help.
  
• There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
  

Cost Of Obama / Democracy

Saved this more for my own information, but sharing doesn't hurt does it? The real search is now on for the cost of McCain's plans, and the cost if we don't at least use part of BHOs.

• Tax relief for trial lawyers -- $1.5 billion worth over a decade by changing rules to encourage more and riskier “jackpot justice” lawsuits. (Section 311 of H.R. 6049.)

• Obama’s own proposed Global Poverty Act that would require the United States to spend its own money working at “eradicating extreme hunger, promoting gender equality, empowering women… ensuring environmental sustainability…[and] achieving significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers” worldwide. Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy did the math and concluded this would amount to a new commitment of $845 billion in new foreign aid through 2015. (S.2433)

• New federal subsidies to buy gas for families making up to three times the federal poverty line, which would be $63,600 in annual income for a family of four. (H.R. 6561)

• Wage insurance. Create a new federal payroll tax on all workers to pay for “insurance” that would – get this – pay people up to 50 percent of the difference in wages between an old job and a new, lower-paying job. So if John Doe voluntarily takes a new job that requires 10 hours less work per week, the government would pay him for five of the hours that he doesn’t work – courtesy of other, harder-working wage earners.

• A new, Cabinet-level, multi-billion-dollar federal Department of Peace, dedicated to “peace education and training.” (H.R. 808)

I'm starting to think it really is:

'Trick or Treat'

Pay Rate Politics

Thursday was looking to be the start of a better day. Market was looking up, opportunity struck by phone call first thing in the morning,... an international company based in Montreal, with an office in Houston was looking for an installation manager/superintendent. My experience in commercial construction and the sign industry were a match for this position.

As opportunities in construction management go, some superintendent positions on commercial projects are available, though the pay has tanked. Thursdays offer was more dissappointing than usual. I can't justify working away from Dallas, on the road for the offer.

So now I want to know how to collect as my pay rate has fallen due to the the rise in my age?

Ageism, it's an age old problem solved only by death,.... nah, cover it up with democat leanings and just take it from the young. tax'em more cause they earn more. That way they'll never own thier house free and clear like I do. Take it from the young as they don't deserve it, and Obama deserves to be in office. I just don't like that guy, yet every need I have he promises to satisfy.

I think we can better, but McCain ain't it. Actually heard of a 'T shirt' that had on it along with a big picture of McCain, "AVOID THE PAIN, VOTE McCAIN",... and my mind went instantly numb.... and then I thought,..."VOTE OBAMA, AVOID THE PA(L)IN", and I don't see any money in it, who would buy that this late in the game.

Rambling at this point, the interuptions are takling the toll. This'll post and I'll change later.

I'm humbled by two I've just noticed are following this blog, thanks. Just want you to know that this, my bull shit typing post, and I am so glad I deleted a bunch of shit before I linked to GnR.

Just words, just speeches

Ronald Reagan,

"But I have an uncomfortable feeling that this prosperity isn't something on which we can base our hopes for the future. No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income. Today, 37 cents out of every dollar earned in this country is the tax collector's share, and yet our government continues to spend 17 million dollars a day more than the government takes in. We haven't balanced our budget 28 out of the last 34 years. We've raised our debt limit three times in the last twelve months, and now our national debt is one and a half times bigger than all the combined debts of all the nations of the world. We have 15 billion dollars in gold in our treasury; we don't own an ounce. Foreign dollar claims are 27.3 billion dollars. And we've just had announced that the dollar of 1939 will now purchase 45 cents in its total value."

Could be today rather than "The Speech"