Live Earth 07.07.07

The media is making it sound like Live Earth was a great success. It is impressive that they got such knowledgeable experts to speak on the environment and global warming. People like Leonardo DiCaprio, Yusuf (Cat Stevens in the old days), Cameron Diaz, Melissa Ethridge, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Beastie Boys, Pussycat Dolls, Genesis, John Legend, Duran Duran, and so many other internationally known experts.

You guessed it... I'm not convinced of Gore's "Global Warning" is real. I was always taught that we are coming out of the last ice age and there has been many ice ages. Could it possibly be that the earth is going through a normal cycle?

I'm not saying that carbon emissions shouldn't be controlled. However, I think the priority should be reducing our dependence on oil, especially foreign oil. The sooner this country can get away from importing oil the better we will all be.

Did You Know?

This has been around for a while, but was sent to me again by a friend. I decided it was worth posting.

DID YOU KNOW?

As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view .. it is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?

As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.

DID YOU KNOW?

As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?

There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington , D.C.

DID YOU KNOW?

James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement:

"We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."

DID YOU KNOW?

Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Fathers of our country said:

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ".

DID YOU KNOW?

Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW?

Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.

DID YOU KNOW?

Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law, an oligarchy, the rule of few over many.

DID YOU KNOW?

The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said:

"Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers."

How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional? Let’s put it around the world and let the world see and remember what this great country was built on.

It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, it is very hard to understand why there is such a mess about having the Ten Commandments on display or "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the other 14% to Sit Down and SHUT UP!!!

The President's Power to Pardon

The Constitution of the United States

Article 2, Section 2

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

I didn't see anything that distinguishes between Republican and Democrats. Apparently, an awful lot of liberal democrats think only democrat President have this power. When Republican Presidents exercise this power it is crony-ism. When Democrat Presidents exercise this power it is a service to the country and righting a wrong... like pardoning drug traffickers such as Roger Clinton or felons on the lam like Marc Rich. At least if Hillary is elected President she won't be able to pardon "Slick Willy" from impeachment that the House of Representative convicted.

Don't re-elect incumbents! Or quasi-incumbents!

Another Opinion on the Clintons and Pardons

Do the Clintons Now Support Jail Time for Perjurers?

By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

With the Clintons we can get two (2) Presidents with one vote... would that cancel out the Vice Presidential office?

Don't re-elect incumbents!

"Scooter" Libby

Although I am opposed to the commuting of Scooter Libby's sentenced incarceration term the President has the right and power to do it.

Leading Democrats including Presidential candidates are expressing outrage, "crony-ism," and Bush arrogance, etc. I can't remember but it is probably about the same expressions of political emotions the Republicans expressed at the end of Bill Clinton's term we he granted pardons to his political cronies including Marc Rich who had fled to Switzerland.

Senator Schumer (D-NY) called the commutation "Bush's disregard for the law." Senator Clinton (D-NY) called it "crony-ism." Senator Clinton would certainly know about crony-ism considering her husband was impeached and granted record numbers of pardons at the end of his term.

Here is just a few of Bill Clinton's pardons, not commutations, granted in January 2001:

• CISNEROS, Henry G., False statement (misdemeanor)
• CLINTON, Roger, Conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Distribution of cocaine
• GREEN, Pincus, Switzerland, Wire fraud, mail fraud, racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, criminal forfeiture, income tax evasion, and trading with Iran in violation of trade embargo
• McDOUGAL, Susan H., Mail fraud, aiding and abetting in misapplication of Small Business Investment Corporation funds, aiding and abetting in making false entries, aiding and abetting in making false statements
• RICH, Marc, Switzerland, Wire fraud, mail fraud, racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, criminal forfeiture, income tax evasion, and trading with Iran in violation of trade embargo
• SHAW, Patricia Campbell Hearst, Wilton, Connecticut, Armed bank robbery and using a firearm during a felony
• SYMINGTON, John Fife, III, False statements to federally insured financial institutions, wire fraud, attempted extortion, and false statements in bankruptcy proceeding

For a complete list of the hundreds of pardon granted (not commutations) by "Slick Willie" (William Jefferson Clinton) go to: http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonpardon_grants.htm

Crony-ism, just one more reason I keep advocating:

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Bill of Rights - First Amendment

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

How do you get "separation of church and state" out of this? How does this convert to "no prayers in school?"

To me, what this says is Government is not to make laws restricting Church not shall they restrict the people from practicing religion.

Although the Supreme Court ruled against school prayer, that restricts schools and teachers from conducting prayers in our schools and school sponsored functions. Few people, including school boards, administrators and teachers realize that students are permitted to pray at school and school functions and can actually lead prayers. If school officials forbid student lead prayer it is a violation of the First Amendment and the Supreme Court ruling.

Judges who have the opinion that the Constitution is what they interpret it to be are wrong and have no place on the bench, whether Supreme or District. There job is to interpret the law, but not to make law. When you look at the history of this country and our founding fathers it is obvious that their intent was not to keep prayer out of schools.

Out next President and Congress should be looking to appoint and consent to judges who are willing to revisit this issue in a realistic world.

This is one more reason I keep saying...

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Kennedy on Immigration Bill

Ted Kennedy has said that he doesn't understand why the American public would want a "broken border." That isn't the only thing he doesn't understand. He just doesn't get it!

The American public wants the existing laws enforced! Build the fence, hire the border guards, deport the illegals and not just the Mexican illegal immigrants. It isn't xenophobia... it's the desire to have the American laws enforced.

Many Senators have said they got more response on this issue than anything since Clinton's impeachment.

Mr. Kennedy, just listen to your constituents and the American public!

Immigration Bill Vote

Due to a vote this morning in the Senate the "Comprehensive Immigration Bill" is dead, again. Proponents have vowed to bring it back to life but it probably can't be done during this term and possible not before elections.

The following is a list of the 46 Senators who voted to give this country to illegal aliens. Each of these people should be targeted when they come up for re-election and voted out of office. Each has decided that what 80% of the American public wants is not what they, personally, want. They have decided not to represent the American public but represent illegal aliens.

YEAs ---46

Akaka (D-HI)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Craig (R-ID)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Just one more reason to...
Don't re-elect incumbents!

Xenophobia

Google Web Definition

• fear or dislike of strangers or the unknown, often used to describe nationalistic political beliefs and movements
• intolerance of the unfamiliar.
• irrational fear of strangers.
• unreasonable hatred or fear of foreigners.
• fear or hatred of foreigners or of those who are different
• a fear of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples. literally means fear of strangers. It is a form of prejudice.
• Fear and loathing or hatred of strangers. Often applied to members of other races, ethnic groups or nationalities.
• hatred and fear of foreigners or members of some ethnic group other than one's own. an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers
• Xenophobia denotes a phobic attitude towards strangers or of the unknown and comes from the Greek words ξένος (xenos), meaning "foreigner", "stranger", and φόβος (phobos), meaning "fear". The term is typically used to describe fear or dislike of foreigners, but racism in general is sometimes described as a form of xenophobia. In science fiction, it has come to mean 'fear of extraterrestrial things. ...

This is the liberal left's description of those 80% of American who are opposed to the "Comprehensive Immigration Bill." I can honestly say that none of these describe how I feel about illegal aliens. I just think they should abide by the laws of the United States and enter this country legally. I actually think Mexico has it right... illegal aliens have NO rights and cannot occupy any type of job and legal or illegal aliens aren't allowed to hold elective office!

Any American politician that supports this bill falls into my category of...

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Tony Blair and the Middle East

Former British Prime Minister is set to take on the responsibility of Middle East Envoy. He has stated that he is committed to a "Two State Solution."

In 2003 the United States, Russia, European Union and United Nations issued a "road map" to Israeli-Palestinian peace. Although little progress has been made on implementing the "road map" one of the provisions is to divide Jerusalem. This portion of the "road map" is completely unacceptable and should be unacceptable to all Christians. Israel and Jerusalem belong to the Jews. God gave these lands to his people and they must remain.

Any American politician who supports this provision is not a Christian and does not serve the interests of the American public.

One more reason to...

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Comprehensive Immigration Bill

"We will secure our borders, give amnesty to illegal aliens and penalize businesses that employ illegal aliens." This is what we were told in 1985/86 when the existing legislation was passed by Congress. Does it sound familiar? It is the same thing we are being told now about the new Comprehensive Immigration bill.

Recent polls show that as many as 80% of Americans don't want this bill. The polls even show that many legal aliens don't want this bill because they entered this country legally and it took years in many cases. These same legal aliens have expressed concern over what will happen to their own wages when the 12-20 million illegals are granted amnesty.

I am certainly not opposed to immigration; my ancestors immigrated to this country from Europe. I just feel like it ought to be fair for all those wanting to enter this country. Those who have been waiting to enter for months and years should receive priority over those here illegally.

I am astonished that our representative in the U.S. Senate are not listening to what the American public wants. A recent Gallop poll shows that Congress as a 14% approval rating. Not only is it lower than President Bush's approval rating, it is the lowest rating for Congress since Gallop has been doing poll.

Kansas Senator Sam Brownback has said he will vote for the bill. If he ever had a chance at being elected President, it is certainly dead the minute he casts a vote for this bill. Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell is still taking a "wait and see" attitude. Pressure needs to be applied to him and all Senators.

Any Senator that votes for this bill must be targeted at the next election and voted out of office. These Senators are supposed to be representing us, not their own interests and power plays! That is why I continue to plead...

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Lott - Feinstein

Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) figured out why the American public doesn't want the Comprehensive Immigration bill... "Congress sits on the hill and comes up with great bills and forgets to explain them." Yeah, right! Mr. Lott don't patronize the American people. The majority of Americans are intelligent; the majority of Americans can read; the majority of Americans call this bill "amnesty, unfair, expensive, another lie" and don't want this bill.

Unfortunately, Mr. Lott, you and many of your cohorts that have yet to figure out that you are supposed to be representing the American public, not illegal aliens. You, McCain, Kennedy, Brownback and many others will incur the wrath of the constituents at the next election if this bill passes and you vote for it!

The Fairness Doctrine is the requirement for equal time for opposing political view. Television and radio producers used to sit with stop watches so they would know how much time to give the political opposition. The FCC decided with the great number of radio and television station owners and with the advent of the Internet opposition could be heard so the doctrine was not longer needed.

Now, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) wants to bring the Fairness Doctrine back. She has something to say but no one wants to hear it. There are so few people who want to hear what she has to say that talk radio and opinion television would have to cancel money making programs.

The best thing Senator Feinstein could do is go back to California and help Mr. Feinstein with all those government contracts she helped him acquire.

Here are two (2) more reasons why I keep repeating...

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Frivolous Law Suit

Administrative Judge Roy Pearson has lost his $54 million suit against Washington dry cleaners owned by a Korean couple. The suit stemmed from the cleaners losing the pants to a $1,000 suit owned by Judge Pearson. Later the couple found the pants and offered to return them but the Judge refused to accept them back.

U.S District Judge Judith Bartnoff ruled Washington's Consumer Protection Act was not violated when the owner's of Custom Cleaner's failed to meet Roy L. Pearson's standards. Judge Bartnoff wrote in her opinion, "Plaintiff Roy L. Pearson, Jr. takes nothing from the defendants, and defendants Soo Chung, Jin Nam Chung and Ki Y. Chung are awarded the costs of this action against the plaintiff Roy L. Pearson, Jr." The Chungs has asked for the return of their attorney fees and the judge is to rule at a later date as whether Pearson will have to reimburse them.

I hope Judge Bartnoff rules that Pearson must repay the Chungs for their legal fees. In addition, I feel Judge Pearson should, at the very least, be removed from the bench for bringing "frivolous law suits." I think he abused his status as a judge (even though he was an administrative judge) to try to intimidate this couple. In reality, I would like to see Pearson dis-barred!

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Embryonic Stem-cell Research

This morning President Bush vetoed a bill passed by the Democratically controlled (with the help of a few Republicans) congress that would have expanded federally funded embryonic stem-cell research.

The bill would have expanded embryonic stem-cell research by allowing the use of excess human embryos that were created for fertility treatments and would otherwise be discarded. The key here is "excess." I don't consider any human embryo "excess" or "discard"-able. Imagine if you were considered "excess," or your child, or your grandchild.

Even though I am a two (2) time stem-cell transplant patient and thankful for the technology and treatment I used by own stem-cells. Embryonic stem-cells would not have put me in remission but would have caused me great guilt. There has never been a cure for disease using embryonic stem-cells.

I applaud President Bush for his decision to veto this bill!

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Politics

Fred Thompson and Hillary Clinton were walking down the street when they came to a homeless person. DC has a lot of them.

The Republican, Fred Thompson, gave the homeless person his business card and told him to come to his office for a job. He then took $20 out of his pocket and gave it to the homeless person.

Hillary was very impressed, so when they came to another homeless person, she decided to help. She walked over to the homeless person and gave him directions to the welfare office. She then reached into Thompson's pocket and got out $20. She kept $15 for her administrative fees and gave the homeless person $5.

Now, do you understand the difference?

al Qaeda Murders Children

The U.S. bombed an al Qaeda hideout in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the cowards had forced children into the hideout as protection. Now the U.S. is apologizing for killing seven (7) children.

Using civilians is a tactic that the radical Islamists use to protect themselves. They know that moral democracies like the U.S. and Israel will do anything to avoid injuring innocent civilians. However, as cruel as it sounds the U.S. must confront this policy and change it or we will not only lose the Iraqi war but we will also lose the war when they follow us back to the U.S. Innocents die in all wars... they did in WWI, WWII and on 9/11.

With the recent shelling and bombings in Israel you can bet Iran is up to something else. They always active their proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups to divert attention when they are up to something. It doesn't bother any of these groups, including Iran, to murder innocents in the name of Islam. They believe that anything is allowed including murder and lying in order to advance Islam. The final goal is that all the world will follow Islam or the world will end. This is exactly what the president of Iran is up to.

Our Congressional representative have got to quit debating illegal immigration amnesty and get real on the terrorism and nuclear threat from Iran before it is too late and the U.S. and Israel are wiped off the map.

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Massachusetts Dumps Democracy

In the true spirit of Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, today Massachusetts lawmakers prohibited a constitutional amendment from going to voters. The constitutional amendment was a ban on gay marriages!

Massachusetts remains the only state to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Obviously, Massachusetts lawmakers were afraid their constituents would vote the amendment down so they kept it from them. I can't help thinking that the two Senators from Massachusetts will laud this decision... It is probably the way they would run the country if either was elected president. We can only be thankful that Kennedy's past keeps him from running and Kerry indecision kept him from the presidency.

Don't re-elect incumbents!

Bomb Iran

It has been reported that Senator Joe Lieberman has called for the bombing of Iran. Actually, what he said was that we need to be prepared to bomb Iran if they don't play by the rules. This was in response to reports that Iran is involved in the death of at least 200 U.S service people.

I have no doubt that Iran is guilty of being involved in killing our service people. It has been proven they are provided IEDs to the terrorists in an effort to drive America out of Iraq. They, and Syria want America out of Iraq so an extremist Islamic government can be established.

The big picture here is that Iran wants to "wipe Israel of the map." That is a direct quote from the Iranian President. This one of the reasons Iran wants nukes. Another reason is to wipe America off the map. If America is to bomb Iran it should be to stop their nuclear proliferation.

America should defend itself from this threat, but more importantly, America should join Israel in protecting Israel. Israel is God's chosen people and must be protected regardless of the cost. Iran cannot and should not be trusted.

Support Our Troops

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"All of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people of your countries were behind you. "

Ronald Reagan, June 6, 1984, Remarks at a Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-day

McPherson Co. (Kansas) District Court

The District Court of McPherson County, Kansas is one of the biggest jokes to our legal system I have ever seen. Either that or Judge "J" is the most gullible judge elected in a number of years.

I have a "friend" trying to obtain a divorce and custody of his son, but his wife continues to delay and the Judge keeps allowing her to get away with it. She has missed court appearance multiple times, perjured herself numerous times (the Judge has witnessed the lies on the stand), defied a contempt of court order, refused to take drug and alcohol tests ordered by the court and in addition, has been arrested for skipping out on a gas purchase and forged endorsements on an insurance check. Once of the endorsements was a federally insured financial institution. If that is not enough, she took the check and cashed it at another federally insured financial institution. She "fired" her attorney but probably what really happened is she didn't have any money to pay him so he "fired" her!

All of this and she is still out on the streets probably peddling drugs to the kids of McPherson and McPherson County.

She says she wants custody of her son but doesn't even contact him. She hasn't seen or talked to him in about 2 months. She didn't even bother to send him a birthday card on his 10th birthday. For Christmas she called at 5:30 pm Christmas Eve (30 minutes before Wal-Mart closed) to ask what he wanted for Christmas. He got a bicycle that he had to leave in McPherson, but it was too big for him anyway.

The latest episode happened Sunday evening when her Aunt called to talk to the boy. He was at the pool so she left a message that she would call back Monday evening. Here it is Tuesday and no call.

Unfortunately, the boy has learned to not depend on his mother. Now he is learning that her family is just as unreliable has his mother. He doesn't even want to see her and has said he doesn't have a mother. What a shame!!

All this and the McPherson County District Court and Judge "J" can't even get to the point of making a decision that is supposed to be in the boy's best interest.

Shame on McPherson County District Court, Judge "J", the boy's mother and her family!

Fortunately, I have a good friend helping me and taking care of me and a young man that entertains me daily and makes me so happy that I have gotten to know him!