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updated three times a week or "there about"JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-28162255612376092102012-04-26T23:04:00.000-04:002012-04-26T23:04:17.036-04:00Doctors vs. Gun Owners<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Doctors</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.<br />(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.<br />(B) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.<br />Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now think about this:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.<br />(Yes, that’s 80 million)<br />(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is<br />1,500.<br />(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188.<br />Statistics courtesy of FBI.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more<br />dangerous than gun owners.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Remember, ‘Guns don’t kill people, doctors do.’
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT almost everyone has at<br />least one doctor.<br />This means you are over 9,000 times more likely to be killed by a<br />doctor as by a gun owner!!!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors<br />before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Out of concern for the public at large, we withheld the statistics on<br />LAWYERS for fear<br />the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!</span></b></div>
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</div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-36376055063001754032012-04-25T20:14:00.000-04:002012-04-25T20:14:11.889-04:00The Night Watchman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.</b></div>
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Congress said, “Someone may steal from it at night.” So they created a night</div>
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watchman position and hired a person for the job.</div>
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Then Congress said, “How does the watchman do his job without instruction?”</div>
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So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write</div>
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the instructions, and one person to do time studies.</div>
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Then Congress said, “How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks</div>
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correctly?” So they created a Quality Control department and hired two</div>
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people. One was to do the studies and one was to write the reports.</div>
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Then Congress said, “How are these people going to get paid?”</div>
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So they created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer then hired two</div>
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Then Congress said, “Who will be accountable for all of these people?”</div>
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So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative</div>
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Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.</div>
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Then Congress said, “We have had this command in operation for one year and we</div>
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are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back.”</div>
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So they laid-off the night watchman.</div>
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Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF</div>
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ENERGY during the Carter administration?Anybody? Anything? No? Didn’t</div>
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think so!</div>
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the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember!</div>
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Ready?? It was very simple… and at the time, everybody thought it very</div>
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appropriate.</div>
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The Department of Energy was instituted on 8/04/1977, TO LESSEN OUR</div>
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DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. Hey, pretty efficient, huh???</div>
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AND NOW IT’S 2012 — 35 YEARS LATER — AND THE BUDGET FOR</div>
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THIS “NECESSARY” DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. IT</div>
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HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000</div>
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CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT</div>
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HAS DONE! (THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND</div>
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SAY, “WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?”)</div>
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34 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our</div>
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oil consumption is foreign imports. Ah, yes — good old Federal bureaucracy.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><b>NOW, slowly, let it sink in. Quietly it seems, we go like sheep to slaughter. But perhaps enough </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><b>or us finally can smell the slaughter house.</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-30268733358940359082012-01-10T15:01:00.000-05:002012-01-10T15:01:27.215-05:00Drone Technology Comes to the Prepper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Yes, now even the lowly civilian can access drone technology for their own security.</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The AR.Drone remote-control quadricopter is a groundbreaking device combining the best of many worlds, including modeling, video gaming, and augmented reality. The AR.Drone is remote-controlled by your device (see compatibility below) and features a number of sensors, including a front camera, vertical camera, and an ultrasound altimeter. The AR.Drone can also be used in video games, such as AR.FlyingAce, a dogfight between two AR.Drones.</span><br />
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<b>screen shot <u>A.R. Drone</u> </b><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://diydrones.com/">http://diydrones.com</a>/</span></u></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Build your own Predator UAV</span><br />
<b><u><a href="http://www.securitytube.net/video/880">http://www.securitytube.net/video/880</a></u></b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/fly-your-own-spy-drone-for-300.html">Fly Your Own Spy Drone … For $300</a></b><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Jim Goad is one of my favorite internet writers, I have searched out and read everything written by him that I can find. Normally he writes about culture and his observations on politics and our society, but he has just ventured into new territory- Prepping for Armageddon. Take the time to chase the link, it's well worth reading.... twice even.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">So if the dollar is dying and food prices are rising, comestibles may become the stablest of currencies. As the saying goes, “</span><a href="http://preparetoday.com/store/index.php/shop-by-category/food/mre-1.html?limit=all" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #000099; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">You can’t eat gold, silver or lead</a><span style="text-align: left;">.” True, but you can’t protect your </span><a href="http://www.harmonyhousefoods.com/TVP-Family-Pack-6-Gallon-Jugs_p_1852.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #000099; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">six-gallon jugs of freeze-dried textured vegetable protein</a><span style="text-align: left;"> against looters if you don’t have ammo. The smartest investment you could make these days would be to trade some of your excess cash for food </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">and</em><span style="text-align: left;"> bullets. If guns aren’t to your taste, at least invest your money in your own basement food bank rather than in Bank of America. But tread lightly—if you start getting </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">too</em><span style="text-align: left;"> prepared, the owner of the local military-surplus store might rat you out as a </span><a href="http://www.jimgoad.net/images/BJAflyer.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #000099; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">potential terrorist</a><span style="text-align: left;">. In a recent speech on the Senate floor, </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pK0pEFSX7Ns" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #000099; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Rand Paul</a><span style="text-align: left;"> warned: <b>Read the whole thing; <a href="http://takimag.com/article/packing_a_suitcase_for_armageddon/print#axzz1i7zS4kEa">packing a suitcase for armageddon</a></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Robert A. Hall, Author of -</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Coming Collapse of the American Republic- wrote-</span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b> </b><i>"In WWII Budapest, it is reported that the Nazis (doubtless to the approbation of their Islamic admirers) would line up Jews who were chained together on a bridge over the Danube. They would shoot the more fortunate one on the end, who would fall into the river, dragging the others to their drowning deaths one by one." </i></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The US economy has the prudent states chained to the feckless, and ultimately to other economies, eventually to Greece, Spain, Ireland, and the rest of the EU disaster states. It’s hard to see how their collapse wouldn't drag the rest of us into the abyss with them. We are close to fiscal collapse, followed by political and social collapse. Meanwhile, everyone in Washington is demanding, “Borrow what you must, tax who you can, but don’t cut me!” </b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In a time when the incumbent president of the United States and our congress has done their very best to obfuscate the realities of our nations troubles and hide from their share of responsibility for our bankrupted country, flawed foreign policies, Americas continued invasion and colonization by the third world and a "jobless" recovery (which is no recovery at all), we have nowhere to turn but away.</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="style1" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you … you may know that your society is doomed. </span><br style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;" /><span class="smallcaption1" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b>Ayn Rand</b></span></span> <br />
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<div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><i>A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.</i> The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:</div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From bondage to spiritual faith;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From spiritual faith to great courage;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From courage to liberty;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From liberty to abundance;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From abundance to selfishness;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From selfishness to complacency;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From complacency to apathy;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From apathy to dependence;</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">From dependence back into bondage.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I did some Bartering, because I have a welding and machine shop on our homestead I get some work in drips and drabs from neighbors. The latest project was modifying a wild hog trap. Had to re-work the door and fab up a trigger mechanism. My payment will be in ham steaks and sausage..... I really will work for food!</b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; orphans: 0; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0.38in; widows: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All three virtues are required to commit to, to sustain, and to nurture a family. <span style="text-indent: 0.38in;">One cannot commit to a family without faith. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.38in;">One cannot nurture a family without charity. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.38in;">And one cannot persevere in the unceasing labors demanded by a family without hope.</span></span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">"for the first time the homeland is part of the battlefield’ and people can be jailed without trial, be they American citizen or not." <b>And "</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is not unfair to make an American citizen account for the fact that they decided to help Al Qaeda to kill us all and hold them as long as it takes to find intelligence about what may be coming next. And when they say, ‘I want my lawyer,’ you tell them, ‘Shut up. You don’t get a lawyer."</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>-</i>Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) a sponsor of NDAA says it was the White House that <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">insisted</span> the language be altered to include American citizens:</span></b></span></div><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The language which precluded the application of Section 1031 to American citizens was in the bill that we originally approved….and the administration asked us to remove (it) which says that US citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section."</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">-A<span style="color: magenta;"> </span></span><span style="color: magenta; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/12/admiral-and-judge-advocate-general-says-indefinite-military-detention-of-u-s-citizens-is-a-win-for-terrorists-the-enemy-is-just-laughing-over-this-because-they-will-have-gotten-another-victory.html" style="line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: magenta;">retired admiral, Judge Advocate General and Dean Emeritus of the University of New Hampshire School of Law</span></a> </span></b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">also says that it applies to American citizens on American soil.</span></b></span></span></div><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; 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border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>“In this war, the enemy doesn’t have to win,” </i><b>Hutson said.</b><i> “They can cause us to do things we wouldn’t otherwise do, such as indefinite detentions, in the name of fighting a war,” </i><b>he said, noting that the country has already subjected itself to invasive scrutiny that would not have been tolerated before Sept. 11, 2001.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; 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border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>In the case of the defense bill, the detention provisions would raise key questions about basic legal concepts that have long underpinned guarantees of freedom in America, including the habeas corpus right to contest being jailed and the Posse Comitatus Act passed after the Civil War to limit the military’s role in law enforcement. </b><span style="background-color: white; 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border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Two retired four star Marine generals have written a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/opinion/guantanamo-forever.html?_r=1" style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">stunning op-ed</a> in the New York Times which demands that President Obama veto the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill that allows the government to use the military to indefinitely detain American citizens without due process.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Charles C. Krulak and Joseph P. Hoar, both 4 star Marine generals, published the piece on December 12. The op-ed starts with a direct demand that President Obama veto the NDAA bill in order to protect our country from the “false choice between our safety and ideals.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;">It then gets into one of the most blatant anti American treasonous provisions in the history of the United States.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">-The ACLU</span><span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: magenta;"> <a href="http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/senators-demand-military-lock-american-citizens-battlefield-they-define-being"><span style="color: magenta;">agrees</span></a></span>;</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i>Don’t be confused by anyone claiming that the indefinite detention legislation does not apply to American citizens. It does. There is an exemption for American citizens from the mandatory detention requirement (section 1032 of the bill), but no exemption for American citizens from the authorization to use the military to indefinitely detain people without charge or trial (section 1031 of the bill). So, the result is that, under the bill, the military has the power to indefinitely imprison American citizens, but it does not have to use its power unless ordered to do so.</i></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even if our leaders support for NDAA was based on some obscure reasoning that it is beneficial to our war on terror, that in itself does not excuse their ignorance of the Constitution or the misguided nature of their supposed solutions. At what point will those undeserving be labeled as <i>enemies of freedom </i>because they disagree with our Maximum Leader or our governments minions. The term <i>homegrown enemy combatant </i>will be used as a muzzle on free speech and to quell organized dissent. </span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lets not forget these recent examples of our governments mindset:</span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Below are but a sampling of a -connect the dots- affair. It is not my intention to promote conspiracy theory. We are smart enough to interpret paranoia induced fantasies from legitimate erosion of liberties. It seems clear our Fedgov prepares for and treats catastrophe, collapse and uprising the same, all at the cost of our Constitution. It seems just as clear they feel the need to protect us.... even from ourselves. Truth be told it is their own misguided panacea they attempt to protect.</b></span><br />
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<h1 class="subheadlinemain" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/congress-to-fund-massive-expansion-of-tsa-checkpoints.html" rel="bookmark" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Permanent Link to Congress To Fund Massive Expansion Of TSA Checkpoints">Congress To Fund Massive Expansion Of TSA Checkpoints</a></span></h1><h1 class="subheadlinemain" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Congress is set to give the green light on funding for a massive expansion of TSA checkpoints, with the federal agency already responsible for over 9,000 such checkpoints in the last year amidst increased fears America is turning into a police state following the passage of the ‘indefinite detention’ bill.</span></span> </h1><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left;">The increase in funding has nothing to do with the TSA’s role in airports – this is about creating 12 more VIPR teams to add the federal agency’s 25 units that are already scattered across the country and responsible for manning checkpoints on highways, in bus and train terminals, at sports events and even high school prom nights.</span> </div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br />
</b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/62999.html"><span style="color: magenta;">Somewhere between Sept. 11 and today, the enemy morphed from a handful of terrorists to the American population at large, leaving us nowhere to run and no place to hide.</span></a></b></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Around the country, in tall, windowless telecom company buildings known as switches, NSA technicians quietly began installing beam-splitters to redirect duplicate copies of all phone calls and email messages to secret rooms behind electronic cipher locks.</span></span></span></span></div><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2857em; margin-bottom: 1.2857em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the NSA, thousands of analysts who once eavesdropped on troop movements of enemy soldiers in distant countries were now listening in on the bedroom conversations of innocent Americans in nearby states. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2857em;">“We were told that we were to listen to all conversations that were intercepted, to include those of Americans,” Adrienne Kinne, a former NSA “voice interceptor,” told me. She was recalled to active duty after Sept. 11. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2857em;">“Some of those conversations are personal,” she said. “Some even intimate. … I had a real problem with the fact that people were listening to it and that I was listening to it. … When I was on active duty in ’94 to ’98, we would never collect on an American.”</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2857em; margin-bottom: 1.2857em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mediacircus.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dhsrightwingextremismreport.pdf">Homeland Security's rightwing extremism report</a> </span> </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unlike the earlier period, the advent of the Internet and other informationage technologies since the 1990s has given domestic extremists greater access to </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">information related to bomb-making, weapons training, and tactics, as well as targeting of </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">individuals, organizations, and facilities, potentially making extremist individuals and </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">groups more dangerous and the consequences of their violence more severe. New </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">technologies also permit domestic extremists to send and receive encrypted </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">communications and to network with other extremists throughout the country and abroad, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">making it much more difficult for law enforcement to deter, prevent, or preempt a violent </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">extremist attack. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; 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</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.ihatethemedia.com/attorney-general-admits-that-obama-policies-have-radicalized-terrorists">We are now the enemy</a></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>ABC News has the Attorney General’s blunt admission:</b></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 1.286em; margin-bottom: 1.286em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It is one of the things that keeps me up at night,” Holder said. “You didn’t worry about this even two years ago — about individuals, about Americans, to the extent that we now do. And — that is of — of great concern.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.286em; margin-bottom: 1.286em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The threat has changed from simply worrying about foreigners coming here, to worrying about people in the United States, American citizens — raised here, born here, and who for whatever reason, have decided that they are going to become radicalized and take up arms against the nation in which they were born,” </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.286em; margin-bottom: 1.286em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2011/12/send-in-drones-predator-state-goes.html">Send In The Drones: The Predator State Goes Domestic</a></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyVkpoZsVHeKDN70VaOfpBfloteVTUfTDqNDHHhoIDE8Pjj3g0-0Bjve1AAp9q1FjC8hhSXwVFsb1Rc3nwW7UAMJACCPtGuCfvM7QpS8dGZ7Tzr7u9CWfdmB5nfla49BgND2dICWXS7Ha/s320/Global_Hawk_CBP_L..jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The Brossarts may well be eccentric or even misguided. They might be regarded by some as </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">poor neighbors. But only those with a unique gift for dishonesty – and a large measure of cravenness – could depict them as a Predator-worthy menace. The SPLC is amply endowed with the former, and Sheriff Janke’s department apparently boasts a large measure of the latter. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">As a result, we’ve seen the first test run of the vertically integrated Homeland Security State, in which your friendly local sheriff or police chief, using hit lists compiled by the SPLC, can call in the drones to help round up anybody he considers to be potentially troublesome. </span> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a href="http://homeland%20security%20moves%20to%20man%20fema%20camps/"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>Homeland Security Moves to Man FEMA Camps</b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">On December 6, we </span><a href="http://www.infowars.com/exclusive-government-activating-fema-camps-across-u-s/" style="color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">reported on</a><span style="text-align: left;"> a document originating from Halliburton subsidiary KBR describing services KBR is looking to farm out to subcontractors. The document was passed on to us by a state government employee.</span> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Our research has since discovered another document that further reveals the ongoing effort by the government to establish FEMA camps and provide services for them in the event of an emergency, including a real or more likely a false flag terrorist event.</span> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.roguegovernment.com/Army_National_Guard_Recruiting_FEMA_Camp_Or_&quot;Internment_Resettlement&quot;_Specialists/16714/0/13/13/Y/M.html"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Army National Guard Recruiting FEMA Camp Or "Internment/Resettlement" Specialists</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The Army National Guard is now recruiting individuals to fill job positions described as an </span><a href="http://www.nationalguard.com/careers/mos/description.php?mos_code=31E" style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">internment/resettlement specialist</a><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> according to job postings on </span><a href="http://jobview.monster.com/getjob.aspx?JobID=82289279&brd=1&q=internment&cy=us&lid=316&re=130&AVSDM=2009-07-16+09%3a18%3a00&pg=1&seq=1&fseo=1&isjs=1&re=1000" style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Monster.Com</a><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> and other employment based Internet sites such as one listed </span><a href="http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/054501-2009-07-31-army-national-guard-advertises-for-internment-specialists.htm" style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">here</a><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. In other words, they are recruiting individuals to man facilities that could be used to house political dissidents, so-called terrorists and other individuals that the government doesn’t like. The term “resettlement” indicates that individuals holding this job position could also be responsible for moving people to other locations against their will. It is a documented fact that the U.S. government has numerous facilities at their disposal that could easily be used to house large numbers of people. Combine that, with this new job posting by the Army National Guard, and it seems as if the U.S. government is continuing to prepare for an eventual popular uprising. </span></span></span> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/fusion-centers-fema-camps-and-martial-law-conspiracy-fact-or-theory_12042010"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Fusion Centers, FEMA Camps and Martial Law: </span></b></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">How else can one explain programs like Fusion centers located in major metropolitan areas and tasked with collecting information on all aspect of the lives of Americans, be it shopping habits, political beliefs, social networks and location information? These centers are specifically designed to identify threats, whatever that means, and either take action if necessary or categorize, itemize and save that information for a later date. It is not out of the question that in the event of a declared “emergency” Fusion center databases could be immediately utilized to generate lists of those who may be a danger to society, national security or themselves.</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Or what about government mandated residential centers (aka FEMA camps) that are designed like prisons with double fencing and inward facing barbed wire? Are we really to believe these are going to house illegal immigrants and their families like one spokesperson indicated – and if so, exactly which enforcement agencies will be handling the rounding up of these illegal aliens considering that any such actions by state law enforcement agencies have led to mass protests not just from immigrants, but government officials who cosponsored legislation to build the centers in the first place. Even if they were designed as emergency refugee centers, it is difficult to imagine this being the case when those in charge refuse to speak about the purpose of the centers and explain why people displaced in the event of an emergency would require being locked inside against their will.</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Obama Justifies FEMA imprisonment of civilians!"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Develop an appropriate legal regime"</i></span></b> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Listen carefully as the Leader of the free world tries.. in this video ..to wrap in the Constitution his explanation of wholly unconstitutional thinking. </b><b>In doing so he sounds like a Brezhnev era apparatchik trying to sell us the party line.</b></span></div></div></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Many years ago I had the misfortune of being in the employment of a chicken processing plant. At the beginning of the process (or the beginning of the end if your the chicken) there was an overhead conveyor designed in such a way as to hold the chickens -one after the other- hanging upside down. Once hung these chickens would ride along this conveyor for a 50 yard journey thru part of the plant and on a path leading to the beheading machine. One couldn't help but wonder what these chickens thought while traveling that last 50 yards of their life's journey. Did they undertand what was coming, could they sense the end was near or did they look at the other chickens around them with a small brained indifference until suddenly and briefly startled by their head being separated from their body.</b> <br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Because of these and other governmental betrayals I have decided to change direction and commit The Homestead Report's efforts more towards prepping and survivalism. It's time to circle the wagons. I have realized that trying to sway political agendas was simply wishful thinking, two sides of a coin may differ, but in the end they are but one coin.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Cicero's words ring true but I wonder, can we really survive our fools? We can, I suspect survive the -Prince of Fools- who now resides in the White House. And likely we can as well survive our collection of fools in congress. The damage they do can -over time- be undone. But the fools who put them in power and keep them there is another matter. A nation can survive it's fools, a nation of fools would seem doomed. </b></span></span></span></span></div><b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"History will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent it's happening." -Ronald Reagan</i></span></b></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-78923091278372294142011-12-21T15:27:00.003-05:002011-12-22T19:31:25.891-05:00Publications That May Be Of Help To Some Preppers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Countryside Magazine & Small Stock Journal. " src="http://www.countrysidemag.com/art/headline-1.jpg" /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I have received my first 2 issues of Countryside and it is now my favorite magazine. It covers many aspects of the "self sufficent" and "self reliant" lifestyle that would be of great benefit to preppers. It also deals with these in a more realistic and cost effective way compared to some of the similar publications. Their website has a generous amount of info that may be of interest as well.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="November/December, 2011" height="640" src="http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/95/95-6/cover95-6.jpg" width="484" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, 'sans serif';">COUNTRYSIDE is the truly original country magazine (established 1917) serving that branch of the Voluntary Simplicity movement seeking greater self-reliance (homesteading), with emphasis on home food production. This includes gardening, small-scale livestock, cooking, food preservation, resource conservation, recycling, frugality, money management, alternative energy, old-time skills, home business, and</span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif';"></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, 'sans serif';">much more. </span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">COUNTRYSIDE features reader-written personal experiences and photos straight out of family albums, making each issue just like a long letter from friends who are living the good life, beyond the sidewalks. <a href="http://www.countrysidemag.com/">http://www.countrysidemag.com/</a> </span></div><div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><img alt="Image Detail" height="640" src="http://downmagaz.ws/uploads/posts/2011-11/1321780706_motherearthnews.jpg" width="486" /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">MOTHER EARTH NEWS</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> is the guide to living — as one reader stated — “with little money and abundant happiness.” Every issue is an invaluable guide to leading a more sustainable life, covering ideas from fighting rising energy costs and protecting the environment to avoiding unnecessary spending on processed food. You’ll find tips for slashing heating bills; growing fresh, natural produce at home; and more. </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">MOTHER EARTH NEWS</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> helps you cut costs without sacrificing modern luxuries. </span><a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/#ixzz1hCJ0sASf" style="background-color: white; color: #003399; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">http://www.motherearthnews.com</a><span style="text-align: center;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white;">I have been a subscriber to Mother Earth News for several years and look forward to every issue. It is a fantastic resource for the "self reliant" lifestyle. This magazine and their website offers lots of info preppers will find useful. To be honest some of their content seems geared towards the more affluent among us but it is still the most popular magazine of this type and with good reason.</b></div><div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>Another one of my favorites, It's content falls between Countryside and Mother Earth News. Can't find a website for them but I did find their facebook page. It is currently published bi-annually and I'm hoping they go to 6 issues per year in the near future. Of note, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mack_Tappan">Nancy Tappan</a> is the Editor and was the wife of the late <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tappan">Mel Tappan</a> who was a very well respected and influential leader in the Survivalist movement in the 60's/70's and an oft published firearms expert.</b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Pioneer-magazine/148120905216104?sk=info">http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Pioneer-magazine</a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffdd;"><img alt="Image Detail" height="640" src="http://www.rhshumway.com/files/SH.jpg" width="492" /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;">Huge and unique selection of seed and garden supplies. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.rhshumway.com/" style="background-color: white;">http://www.rhshumway.com/</a></b></div><div style="font-family: arial, 'sans serif'; text-align: justify;"></div></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-22839747221496069182011-12-19T23:47:00.002-05:002011-12-20T17:54:58.331-05:00Messages From the Past<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h1 id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; height: 1.1363em; line-height: 1.1363em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-height: 1.1363em; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Ronald Reagan on Limited Government"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ronald Reagan on Limited Government</span></span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Ronald Reagan on Limited Government"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><b>How many Modern Presidents have you known that would say this?</b></span> </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/UqTt24PyNAA?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reagan vetoed 78 Congressional Bills, of which 9 were overridden by a rabidly spending Congress. How many Bills has Obama Vetoed?</span></b></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><h1 id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8333em; height: 1.1363em; line-height: 1.1363em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-height: 1.1363em; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.9166em; letter-spacing: -0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Ronald Reagan on Socialism- "Don't say we weren't warned!"">Ronald Reagan on Socialism</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/9jK2_trRPRk/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9jK2_trRPRk&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9jK2_trRPRk&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">In 1961 Ronald Reagan warned the public of socialism and how it can creep in slowly. His words ring eerily true today.</b></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>Without a doubt Ronald Reagan was one of the most prolific spokesmen for conservatism in our lifetime and perhaps well beyond. His words and actions helped define and re-energize a movement, a grassroots coalition stretching from one end of the nation to the other and helped define what it meant to be a conservative. His words (even today) speak well of the issues that our nation now struggle with. It is truly time for all men and women of good conscience to stand and be counted and once more reclaim our strong conservative heritage and save the last... best hope for mankind.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b><br />
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</span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Major Rulemaking Proceedings that Increased Regulatory Burdens, October 2009–September 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">October 2009</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">October 30, 2009, Environmental Protection Agency, “Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$94.9 million annually; $140.7 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">November 2009</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">November 17, 2009, Federal Reserve System, “Electronic Fund Transfers”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$10.9 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">December 2009</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">December 1, 2009, Environmental Protection Agency, “Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Point Source Category”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$810.8 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">December 4, 2009, Securities and Exchange Commission, “Amendments to Rules for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$34.9 million annually; $16.2 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">December 4, 2009, Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, “Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines”: $101.1 million annually; $130.1 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">December 23, 2009, Securities and Exchange Commission, “Proxy Disclosure Enhancements”: $66.5 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">January 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">January 8, 2010, Department of Energy, “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products (Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, Microwave Ovens, and Electric and Gas Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) and for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment (Commercial Clothes Washers)”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$23.4 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">January 11, 2010, Securities and Exchange Commission, “Custody of Funds or Securities of Clients by Investment Advisers”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $125.1 million annually; $1.2 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">January 15, 2010, Federal Reserve System and Federal Trade Commission, “Fair Credit Reporting Risk-Based Pricing Regulations”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $252.1 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">January 15, 2010, Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, “Positive Train Control Systems”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $477.4 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">January 28, 2010, Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, “Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital Maintenance: Regulatory Capital; Impact of Modifications to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; Consolidation of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs; and Other Related Issues”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">February 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">February 9, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency, “Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">February 17, 2010, Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, “National Organic Program; Access to Pasture (Livestock)”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">February 22, 2010, Federal Reserve System, “Truth in Lending”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">March 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">March 3, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency, “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$373.4 million annually; $744.7 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">March 4, 2010, Securities and Exchange Commission, “Money Market Fund Reform”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $60.2 million annually; $86.9 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">March 9, 2010, Department of Energy, “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Small Electric Motors”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $263.9 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">March 10, 2010, Securities and Exchange Commission, “Amendments to Regulation SHO”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $1.2 billion annually; $1.1 billion start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">March 19, 2010, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, “Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">March 26, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency, “Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> $7.8 billion annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">April 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">April 1, 2010, Federal Reserve System, “Electronic Fund Transfers”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">April 5, 2010, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, “Electronic On-Board Recorders for Hours-of-Service Compliance”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$139 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">April 14, 2010, Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, “Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances; Removal of Essential-Use Designation (Flunisolide, etc.)”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$181.9 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">April 16, 2010, Department of Energy: Energy Conservation Program, “Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$1.3 billion annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">May 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">May 6, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency, “Lead; Amendment to the Opt-Out and Recordkeeping Provisions in the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$419.5 million annually; $552 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">May 7, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; Final Rule”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$10.8 billion annually (2012–2016).</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">May 13, 2010, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, “Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Dependent Coverage of Children to Age 26 Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$11 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">May 28, 2010, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, “Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS-B) Out Performance Requirements to Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$100 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">June 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">June 4, 2010, Federal Reserve System, “Electronic Fund Transfers”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">June 17, 2010, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; Department of Health and Human Services, “Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Relating to Status as a Grandfathered Health Plan Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”: $25.2 million annually; <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$30.2 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">June 22, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency, “Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$1.6 billion annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">June 28, 2010, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; and Department of Health and Human Services, “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$4.8 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">June 29, 2010, Federal Reserve System, “Truth in Lending”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">July 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">July 14, 2010, Securities and Exchange Commission, “Political Contributions by Certain Investment Advisers”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$85.1 million annually; $22.6 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">July 16, 2010, Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, “Reasonable Contract or Arrangement Under Section 408(b)(2)—Fee Disclosure<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">”: $57.7 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">July 19, 2010, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; and Department of Health and Human Services, “Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cost not quantified.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">July 23, 2010, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; and Department of Health and Human Services, “Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$75.1 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">July 28, 2010, Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, “Registration of Mortgage Loan Originators”: $123.9 million annually; <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$283.3 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">August 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">August 9, 2010, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “Cranes and Derricks in Construction”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$151.6 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">August 12, 2010, Securities and Exchange Commission: “Amendments to Form ADV”: $20.5 million annually; <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$56.4 million start-up.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">August 20, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency, “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$253 million annually.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">September 2010</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">September 9, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency, “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants”: <i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">$1 billion in 2013.</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">September 16, 2010, Securities and Exchange Commission, “Facilitating Shareholder Director Nominations”:<i style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I’ve been talking to a friend who is trying to recover some-as-yet-to-be-determined amount of his money from the MF Global debacle. I’ve been following the events somewhat closely myself as well, when I ran across what we both think is the most insightful analysis of what happened there. This is a full interview with Jim Pulava at financialsense.com with Ann Barnhardt, formerly of Barnhardt Capital Management: <a href="http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/2011/12/02/ann-barnhardt/interview-transcript" style="color: #907817; text-decoration: none;">http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/2011/12/02/ann-barnhardt/interview-transcript</a></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">It’s “formerly” because she closed down her independent futures advisory practice which she had been running for six years and returned all of her clients funds, indicating that our financial markets had become so corrupt and so rigged that she could no longer advocate her clients participating in them. These were just a few of the favorite quotes from my friend from the interview transcript: <b>Read more... <a href="http://www.dollarvigilante.com/blog/2011/12/9/the-fraud-in-the-capital-markets.html">dollarvigilante.</a></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555;"><br />
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</div><h2 class="title" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://takimag.com/article/the_problem_with_global_finance" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Problem With Global Finance</a></span></h2><h2 class="title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Garamond, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The present European financial crisis seems absurdly complicated to the outside observer as well as to some <a href="http://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/why-michael-lewis-annoys-the-bejeepers-out-of-me/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f37f83; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">inside observers</a>. But the reality is fairly simple if you look at it the right way: Leave all ideology and economic theory aside, follow the money, and count things.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">In finance, we have this thing called a bond. A bond is a loan’s business end. When you own a bond, you own someone else’s debt. If this sounds like Slavery Lite, that’s because historically </span><a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/12/michael-hudson-debt-and-democracy-has-the-link-been-broken.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f37f83; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">it was</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. We’re a lot nicer about things now: People who make the loans are expected to assume risk and practice due diligence, because enslaving or imprisoning debtors isn’t as fashionable as it used to be. You can force delinquent debtors to declare bankruptcy and liquidate their assets, but you can’t actually own people anymore. You can only own their bonds, at least in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_modern_Africa" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f37f83; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Europe</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. </span> Read more... </span><a href="http://takimag.com/article/the_problem_with_global_finance#axzz1gTIaqf00" style="font-size: medium;">takimag the problem with global finance</a></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white;">The Dems insist that they need to raise taxes.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Those who don't pay their fair share are the problem... not Fedgov's obscene spending and vote buying. I wish they would look around and see how that philosophy is working out in other </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">countries.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">How does printing money and giving it to people having no idea how to conserve and save their assets is going to be good for the world economy. I’m speaking of America’s Bail-Out 2.0.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">America, in the form of Ben Bernanke’s Traveling Money Manufacturing and Economic Shortfall Show, has taken to the road. The next stop is Europe. The Federal Reserve has decided to print almost limitless greenbacks to assist the Euro, a hemorrhaging monetary structure more noted for the fact few people understand it, than not.</span></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: arial; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">United Kingdom</strong> has a 50% Income Tax and a VAT of 17.5 % Total taxation per citizen: <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">67.5%</span></em></strong> Tax rate. <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sweden</strong>: Income Tax 55%; VAT 25% Total: <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; 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border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Denmark:</strong> Income Tax 58%; VAT 25% Total: <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">83%</span></em></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; 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They’re in debt beyond their eyeballs and need bail-out money no other country can really afford to provide. Except Ben Bernanke; he’ll print money until it has NO value and then print some more. Some say Bernanke needs an exorcism. He’s channeling John Maynard Keynes to no good effect.... <i>Hat tip; <a href="http://www.woodpilereport.com/">woodpilereport.com</a> </i></span> Read more... <a href="http://www.thehayride.com/2011/12/welcome-to-bailout-2-0/">thehayride.com welcome to bailout 2.0</a></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 27px; line-height: 33px;">Klavan's Economic Smackdown: Paul </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 27px; line-height: 33px;">Ryan vs. Barack Obama</span></div></div></h2></div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare has spent more than $240 million of taxpayer money on penis pumps for elderly men over the past decade, and will surpass a quarter of a billion dollars this year for costs since 2001.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The cost to taxpayers for the pumps more than quadrupled during that period, from a low of $11 million in 2001 to a high of more than $47 million in 2010</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Consider every corny joke and personal anecdote you’ve ever heard about the United States Postal Service’s inefficiency, then savor this.</b></span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b> </b>In the 1960s, a stunning 83 percent of the agency’s total budget went to wages and benefits. Four decades later, after billions of dollars had been spent on automation, labor costs still account for 82 percent of the budget.... <b>Laughing... I didn't think so...</b></div></div></div></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-56841127970942085672011-12-14T23:52:00.000-05:002011-12-15T00:03:19.523-05:00Open letter to Mr. Holder from a US government agent operating in Mexico<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002211413/543904181_111005beelertoon_c20111005033217_xlarge.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002211413/543904181_111005beelertoon_c20111005033217_xlarge.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>The following is an open letter to Mr. Holder from a US government agent operating in Mexico. The letter was posted at the whistleblower site</b><a href="http://cleanupatf.org/forums/index.php?/topic/153-atf-operation-gunrunnerfast-furiousphoenix-division/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #a87406; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> CleanUpATF on 9 December 2011</a>:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Posted 09 December 2011 - 11:47 AM<br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">An Open Letter to Attorney General Holder</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Dear AG Holder:</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">From deep inside Mexico, thanks to streaming video, I was able to watch and listen to the entire House Judiciary Committee hearing. I’m a registered Independent - not Republican and not Democrat, so this is a non-partisan commentary. As I write this, my life, and the lives of my family members are more at risk because of the reckless actions of you and your ATF buddies allowing, facilitating and even paying for firearms to be smuggled into Mexico for criminals.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Wow! You really made points with us when you refused to acknowledge you were under oath.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">How many times did you answer “I don’t know”? You must be the most “know nothing” Attorney General in history. Funny, you had the answers for all the other issues brought up during the hearing…..</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">You said those who created “Fast & Furious” will be held accountable, but you still don’t know who did it and no one will be fired? You have to consider their overall service to the department???? Do you consider their overall service for any other crime?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">It’s been nearly a year since you assigned the investigation of Fast & Furious to the DOJ IG, although not in writing. Interesting. So, the DOJ is investigating itself? How long does it take for the IG to investigate? Is this the same IG that cooked up the false $16 muffin story? Is this the same IG that took (as gospel) ATF’s word that 90% of the guns recovered in Mexico and traced came from the U.S. - statistics later discredited - by ATF themselves?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">We watched and listened as you and your Democrat sycophants on the Committee parroted the same tired scripted mantra praising you for advancing gun control and begging for more gun regulations and more ATF funding. The same old figures were quoted about how many guns were traced from Mexico. Did your figures include all the duplicate traces from Mexico? All the.22 rabbit rifles and farmer’s shotguns that Mexico traced? Did they include 100 year old guns used by Pancho Villa? Did you explain that the average age of those guns traced from Mexico is over 14 years? ATF calls that “time to crime”, but may have nothing to do with a crime.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Did you explain that as far back as 1992, and as recently as 2009, the Congressional Research Service warned against the use of statistics from ATF’s tracing system? Did you also not read their warning, “The ATF tracing system is an operational system designed to help law enforcement agencies identify the ownership path of individual firearms. It was not designed to collect statistics.”? Or did you simply ignore it?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Did you explain that the new multiple rifle regulation which you are so strongly supporting would not have stopped a single Fast & Furious gun from being smuggled to Mexico? And won’t stop any future smuggling? And the multiple rifle purchase report requirement is so overly-broad that it includes 50 to 100 year old rifles of interest only to collectors - which will now be reported as ‘crime guns’? What’s with that? Oh, yeah….. Those sales are now permanently ‘registered’ in ATF registration databases. Was this supposed to be “under the radar”, too?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Did you explain why your buddies at ATF are reporting personal information (name, address, height, weight, date of birth, drivers license number, etc.) of totally innocent American gun owners to corrupt Mexican cops - through eTrace? Enough information for ID theft? These gun owners may have disposed of the guns many years ago - but ATF still reports the original owner as a ‘suspect’ to Mexican cops. Thanks a lot. That makes me feel really good while I’m here in Mexico….. Have you forgotten that in Mexico, you’re guilty until proven innocent?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">So this is the “Most Transparent Administration” in history? Well, on that issue, that’s right. With your performance in front of the Committee, and your obstruction of justice and obfuscation of the issues, you were completely transparent. Everyone could see right through you. And you’re refusing to release any more documents? What could be more transparent than that? Wow!</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Watching you in front of the Committee, for the first time in my life, you make me ashamed to be an American. Hell, Watergate was easier to understand….., and people didn’t die. How many people are going to be killed as a consequence of Fast & Furious?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">How do I explain to my Mexican friends and associates why ATF has illegally armed Mexican criminal gangs? And no one has gone to jail, or been fired, or suspended, or even identified…..? Isn’t that great for international relations…..</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Mr. Attorney General, you will be held accountable - by the American People.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Sincerely, (Name Withheld - still in Mexico)</div></blockquote></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-57773929585111070892011-12-13T19:35:00.000-05:002011-12-13T20:41:43.018-05:00Pecans!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b97400; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: large;">Pecans</span><br />
<span class="bod" style="font-family: Arial;"><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Pecans, named pakans by Algonquin Indians because of their hard shell, are a native American nut. They are a member of the hickory family and grow in temperate climates. The third ranking crop in the United States, pecans are cultivated in the States of Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas. They are at their peak when harvested in the fall, but are available year round.</span></small></span><br />
<a href="http://www.joyofbaking.com/images/pecans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><img alt="Pecans" border="0" height="294" src="http://www.joyofbaking.com/images/pecans.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><br />
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<div style="float: left; padding-right: 8px;"><small style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"></span></small></div><small><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">A smooth, reddish-brown, one-inch (2.54 cm) long oval shell encloses two golden-brown crinkled lobes with ivory-colored meat. Pecans have a buttery, soft-textured, slightly bittersweet taste that is enhanced when toasted. Place pecans on a baking sheet and bake for 6-8 minutes in a 350 degree F (180 degree C) oven until lightly browned. Cool before using.</span></small><br />
<span class="bod" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><small><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">Pecans are used in pastries and desserts such as the famous Southern pecan pie, quick breads, cakes, cookies, candies, pralines and ice creams. </span></small></span><br />
<span class="bod" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><small><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">Pecans are one of the more expensive nuts and are sold shelled, either coarsely chopped or in halves, or unshelled. When buying unshelled pecans, look for clean, unblemished, uncracked shells that do not rattle when shaken.</span></small></span><br />
<span class="bod" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial;"><small><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">Their high fat content (over 70%) causes them to go rancid quickly so store in the refrigerator (3 months) or freezer (6 months) in airtight containers or plastic bags.</span></small></span><br />
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<b>We're still harvesting loads of pecans. We gave a bunch away and shelled most of the rest and put them in the freezer. They taste great on their own but we have started experimenting with different recipes to add a little variety.</b><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxX2HmsKD67f7q3tWAX5wEUN0S2-5NhSDzy07DgBKD1Yzlcv_e_jpw20Kl9QRrlUUtiCEHP5Z8M5N27hg4WcW8khAOj3BB8zlukflNBpw6gEQUHQ62l904nP5ABQT-An8z_BQqrPuzJw/s1600/021a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxX2HmsKD67f7q3tWAX5wEUN0S2-5NhSDzy07DgBKD1Yzlcv_e_jpw20Kl9QRrlUUtiCEHP5Z8M5N27hg4WcW8khAOj3BB8zlukflNBpw6gEQUHQ62l904nP5ABQT-An8z_BQqrPuzJw/s640/021a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Just SOME of the pecans</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><h1 class="fn" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: url(http://simplyrecipes.com/i/u-black.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; clear: none; color: #4f1f06; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; text-align: left;">Sugared Pecans</h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Sugared pecans must be one of the easiest candies to make. No worries about melting sugar, humidity, or candy thermometers. Just coat the pecans with an egg white solution, and then again with some sugar and spices, pop them in the oven and bake for half an hour.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/photos/sugared-pecans-2-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://simplyrecipes.com/photos/sugared-pecans-2-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="clear: left; color: #4f1f06; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Sugared Pecans Recipe</span></h2><h2 style="clear: left; color: #4f1f06; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>INGREDIENTS</b></span></span></h2><div id="recipe-ingredients" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><ul style="color: #4f1f06; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://simplyrecipes.com/i/bullet-square.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1 egg white</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://simplyrecipes.com/i/bullet-square.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1 Tbsp water</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://simplyrecipes.com/i/bullet-square.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://simplyrecipes.com/i/bullet-square.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">8 oz pecans - about 2 cups</span></li>
<li class="ingredient" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://simplyrecipes.com/i/bullet-square.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">1/2 cup sugar</span></li>
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<div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 8px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><b>What</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><b>you need</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 8px;"></div><div class="table-row-gray" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 377px;"><div class="column1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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float: left; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 377px;"><div class="column1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 365px;"><div class="textarea" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="ingredientNodeIndent" rel="v:ingredient"><span class="ingredientNode" style="background-color: white; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><span class="ingredientNodeInner" property="v:amount">Dash</span> <span class="ingredientNodeInner" property="v:name">ground red pepper</span> (cayenne) </span></span><span class="ingredientNode" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04;"><strong style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px;">COOK </strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">pecans, honey and pepper in skillet on</span></span></span><span class="ingredientNode" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">medium-high heat 4 to 6 min. or until mixture</span></span></span><span class="ingredientNode" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">simmers and foams, stirring occasionally.</span></span></span><span class="ingredientNode" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px;">SPREAD </strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; line-height: normal;">onto greased baking sheet, separating</span></span><span class="ingredientNode" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; line-height: normal;">slightly with fork; cool completely.</span></span><span class="ingredientNode" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px;">SERVE </strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; line-height: normal;">in bowl for snacking or add to your favorite</span></span><span class="ingredientNode" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.75em;" typeof="v:ingredient"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; line-height: normal;">salad. </span></span></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/PLiKvSz_wX8/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLiKvSz_wX8&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLiKvSz_wX8&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">As soon as December 13, the President will sign NDAA Section 1031 into law, permitting citizen imprisonment without evidence or trial. The bill that passed Congress absolutely DOES NOT exempt citizens. The text of Section 1031 reads, "A covered person under this section" includes "any person who has committed a belligerent act". We only have to be ACCUSED, because we don't get a trial.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">- Confusingly, Obama threatened a veto for 1032, but NOT 1031. 1032 is UNRELATED to imprisoning citizens without a trial. He has never suggested using a veto to stop Section 1031 citizen imprisonment -- in fact, it was requested by the Obama administration. Watch the video for proof.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">- The Feinstein Amendment 1031(e) is dangerously misleading. Don't be fooled: In the text of 1031(e), "Nothing in this section shall be construed...", the only word that matters is "construed" because the Supreme Court are the only ones with the power to construe the law. The Feinstein Amendment 1031(e) permits citizens to be imprisoned without evidence or a trial forever, if the Supreme Court does not EXPLICITLY repeal 1031.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">- Any time you hear the words, "requirement for military custody" this refers to 1032 NOT 1031. We MUST not confuse these two sections. In its statements, the Obama administration has actually contributed to the confusion about 1032's "requirement for military custody", which is COMPLETEY UNRELATED to Section 1031 citizen imprisonment without trial. These tricky, misleading words appear even in major news stories. Don't fall for it!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">If we act urgently to tell our friends, family, and colleagues, we may still be able to prevent this. Here is what we can do:</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">1) Americans must know about this to stop it. Urgently pass this petiton as widely as possible: </span><a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-ndaa-section-1031-citizen-imprisonment-law-before-dec-13" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c62b9; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-ndaa-section-1031-citizen-imprisonment-law-before-dec-13">http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-ndaa-section-1031-citizen-imprisonment-l...</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">2) To spread this C-SPAN video evidence, Thumbs Up and comment on this video. People deserve to watch this before he signs it.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">3) Congress can still block the law before December 13. Write and call your Representative and Senator telling them to stop NDAA Section 1031 and the dangerously misleading Feinstein Amendment 1031(e).</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Contact your Representative: </span><a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://writerep.house.gov/writerep/" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c62b9; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm">http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm</a><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">4) Write and call the White House to tell the President you won't sit by and watch NDAA Section 1031 and the dangerously misleading Feinstein Amendment 1031(e) become law: </span><a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; 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font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Excerpt property of C-SPAN.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Fair Use: </span><a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://legacy.c-span.org/about/press/release.asp?code=video" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c62b9; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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<h1 style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><big style="background-color: white;">John Galt's Speech</big></h1><h1 style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">For twelve years you've been asking "Who is John Galt?" This is John Galt speaking. I'm the man who's taken away your victims and thus destroyed your world. You've heard it said that this is an age of moral crisis and that Man's sins are destroying the world. But your chief virtue has been sacrifice, and you've demanded more sacrifices at every disaster. You've sacrificed justice to mercy and happiness to duty. So why should you be afraid of the world around you?</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Your world is only the product of your sacrifices. While you were dragging the men who made your happiness possible to your sacrificial altars, I beat you to it. I reached them first and told them about the game you were playing and where it would take them. I explained the consequences of your 'brother-love' morality, which they had been too innocently generous to understand. You won't find them now, when you need them more than ever.</span></h1><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">We're on strike against your creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. If you want to know how I made them quit, I told them exactly what I'm telling you tonight. I taught them the morality of Reason -- that it was right to pursue one's own happiness as one's principal goal in life. I don't consider the pleasure of others my goal in life, nor do I consider my pleasure the goal of anyone else's life.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I am a trader. I earn what I get in trade for what I produce. I ask for nothing more or nothing less than what I earn. That is justice. I don't force anyone to trade with me; I only trade for mutual benefit. Force is the great evil that has no place in a rational world. One may never force another human to act against his/her judgment. If you deny a man's right to Reason, you must also deny your right to your own judgment. Yet you have allowed your world to be run by means of force, by men who claim that fear and joy are equal incentives, but that fear and force are more practical.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">You've allowed such men to occupy positions of power in your world by preaching that all men are evil from the moment they're born. When men believe this, they see nothing wrong in acting in any way they please. The name of this absurdity is 'original sin'. That's impossible. That which is outside the possibility of choice is also outside the province of morality. To call sin that which is outside man's choice is a mockery of justice. To say that men are born with a free will but with a tendency toward evil is ridiculous. If the tendency is one of choice, it doesn't come at birth. If it is not a tendency of choice, then man's will is not free.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">And then there's your 'brother-love' morality. Why is it moral to serve others, but not yourself? If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but not by you? Why is it immoral to produce something of value and keep it for yourself, when it is moral for others who haven't earned it to accept it? If it's virtuous to give, isn't it then selfish to take?</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Your acceptance of the code of selflessness has made you fear the man who has a dollar less than you because it makes you feel that that dollar is rightfully his. You hate the man with a dollar more than you because the dollar he's keeping is rightfully yours. Your code has made it impossible to know when to give and when to grab.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">You know that you can't give away everything and starve yourself. You've forced yourselves to live with undeserved, irrational guilt. Is it ever proper to help another man? No, if he demands it as his right or as a duty that you owe him. Yes, if it's your own free choice based on your judgment of the value of that person and his struggle. This country wasn't built by men who sought handouts. In its brilliant youth, this country showed the rest of the world what greatness was possible to Man and what happiness is possible on Earth.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Then it began apologizing for its greatness and began giving away its wealth, feeling guilty for having produced more than it's neighbors. Twelve years ago, I saw what was wrong with the world and where the battle for Life had to be fought. I saw that the enemy was an inverted morality and that my acceptance of that morality was its only power. I was the first of the men who refused to give up the pursuit of his own happiness in order to serve others.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">To those of you who retain some remnant of dignity and the will to live your lives for yourselves, you have the chance to make the same choice. Examine your values and understand that you must choose one side or the other. Any compromise between good and evil only hurts the good and helps the evil.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">If you've understood what I've said, stop supporting your destroyers. Don't accept their philosophy. Your destroyers hold you by means of your endurance, your generosity, your innocence, and your love. Don't exhaust yourself to help build the kind of world that you see around you now. In the name of the best within you, don't sacrifice the world to those who will take away your happiness for it.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><b style="background-color: white;">The world will change when you are ready to pronounce this oath:<br />
I swear by my Life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man,<br />
nor ask another man to live for the sake of mine.</b></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The survival of Mankind as a species is in jeopardy. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The only solution is an intentional commitment </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">to the Fulfillment of Mankind's Potential, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">which requires the Fulfillment of Individual Potential </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">– thru Empowerment – </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">of enough Individuals to tip the balance </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">toward </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">the practice of Reason.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="title" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">BCM Has Ceased Operations<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><strong style="font-size: 13px;">(<a href="http://barnhardt.biz/" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">source</a>)</strong></div><div class="posted" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify;">Posted by Ann Barnhardt - November 17, AD 2011 10:27 AM MST</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">Dear Clients, Industry Colleagues and Friends of Barnhardt Capital Management,</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">It is with regret and unflinching moral certainty that I announce that Barnhardt Capital Management has ceased operations. After six years of operating as an independent introducing brokerage, and eight years of employment as a broker before that, I found myself, this morning, for the first time since I was 20 years old, watching the futures and options markets open not as a participant, but as a mere spectator.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">The reason for my decision to pull the plug was excruciatingly simple: <strong>I could no longer tell my clients that their monies and positions were safe in the futures and options markets – because they are not.</strong> And this goes not just for my clients, but for every futures and options account in the United States. The entire system has been utterly destroyed by the MF Global collapse. Given this sad reality, I could not in good conscience take one more step as a commodity broker, soliciting trades that I knew were unsafe or holding funds that I knew to be in jeopardy.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">The futures markets are very highly-leveraged and thus require an exceptionally firm base upon which to function. That base was the sacrosanct segregation of customer funds from clearing firm capital, with additional emergency financial backing provided by the exchanges themselves. Up until a few weeks ago, that base existed, and had worked flawlessly. Firms came and went, with some imploding in spectacular fashion. Whenever a firm failure happened, the customer funds were intact and the exchanges would step in to backstop everything and keep customers 100% liquid – even as their clearing firm collapsed and was quickly replaced by another firm within the system.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">Everything changed just a few short weeks ago. A firm, led by a crony of the Obama regime, stole all of the non-margined cash held by customers of his firm. Let’s not sugar-coat this or make this crime seem “complex” and “abstract” by drowning ourselves in six-dollar words and uber-technical jargon. Jon Corzine STOLE the customer cash at MF Global. Knowing Jon Corzine, and knowing the abject lawlessness and contempt for humanity of the Marxist Obama regime and its cronies, this is not really a surprise. What was a surprise was the reaction of the exchanges and regulators. Their reaction has been to take a bad situation and make it orders of magnitude worse. Specifically, they froze customers out of their accounts WHILE THE MARKETS CONTINUED TO TRADE, refusing to even allow them to liquidate. This is unfathomable. The risk exposure precedent that has been set is completely intolerable and has destroyed the entire industry paradigm. No informed person can continue to engage these markets, and no moral person can continue to broker or facilitate customer engagement in what is now a massive game of Russian Roulette.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">I have learned over the last week that MF Global is almost certainly the mere tip of the iceberg. There is massive industry-wide exposure to European sovereign junk debt. While other firms may not be as heavily leveraged as Corzine had MFG leveraged, and it is now thought that MFG’s leverage may have been in excess of 100:1, they are still suicidally leveraged and will likely stand massive, unmeetable collateral calls in the coming days and weeks as Europe inevitably collapses. I now suspect that the reason the Chicago Mercantile Exchange did not immediately step in to backstop the MFG implosion was because they knew and know that if they backstopped MFG, they would then be expected to backstop all of the other firms in the system when the failures began to cascade – and there simply isn’t that much money in the entire system. <strong>In short, the problem is a SYSTEMIC problem, not merely isolated to one firm.</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">Perhaps the most ominous dynamic that I have yet heard of in regards to this mess is that of the risk of potential CLAWBACK actions. For those who do not know, “clawback” is the process by which a bankruptcy trustee is legally permitted to re-seize assets that left a bankrupt entity in the time period immediately preceding the entity’s collapse. So, using the MF Global customers as an example, any funds that were withdrawn from MFG accounts in the run-up to the collapse, either because of suspicions the customer may have had about MFG from, say, watching the company’s bond yields rise sharply, or from purely organic day-to-day withdrawls, the bankruptcy trustee COULD initiate action to “clawback” those funds. As a hedge broker, this makes my blood run cold. Generally, as the markets move in favor of a hedge position and equity builds in a client’s account, that excess equity is sent back to the customer who then uses that equity to offset cash market transactions OR to pay down a revolving line of credit. Even the possibility that a customer could be penalized and additionally raped AGAIN via a clawback action after already having their customer funds stolen is simply villainous. While there has been no open indication of clawback actions being initiated by the MF Global trustee, I have been told that it is a possibility.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">And so, to the very unpleasant crux of the matter. <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The futures and options markets are no longer viable. It is my recommendation that ALL customers withdraw from all of the markets as soon as possible so that they have the best chance of protecting themselves and their equity</span>.</strong> The system is no longer functioning with integrity and is suicidally risk-laden. The rule of law is non-existent, instead replaced with godless, criminal political cronyism.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">Remember, derivatives contracts are NOT NECESSARY in the commodities markets. The cash commodity itself is the underlying reality and is not dependent on the futures or options markets. Many people seem to have gotten that backwards over the past decades. From Abel the animal husbandman up until the year 1964, there were no cattle futures contracts at all, and no options contracts until 1984, and yet the cash cattle markets got along just fine.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Finally, I will not, under any circumstance, consider reforming and re-opening Barnhardt Capital Management, or any other iteration of a brokerage business, until Barack Obama has been removed from office AND the government of the United States has been sufficiently reformed and repopulated so as to engender my total and complete confidence in the government, its adherence to and enforcement of the rule of law, and in its competent and just regulatory oversight of any commodities markets that may reform. So long as the government remains criminal, it would serve no purpose whatsoever to attempt to rebuild the futures industry or my firm, because in a lawless environment, the same thievery and fraud would simply happen again, and the criminals would go unpunished, sheltered by the criminal oligarchy.</strong></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">To my clients, who literally TO THE MAN agreed with my assessment of the situation, and were relieved to be exiting the markets, and many whom I now suspect stayed in the markets as long as they did only out of personal loyalty to me, I can only say thank you for the honor and pleasure of serving you over these last years, with some of my clients having been with me for over twelve years. I will continue to blog at Barnhardt.biz, which will be subtly re-skinned soon, and will continue my cattle marketing consultation business. I will still be here in the office, answering my phones, with the same phone numbers. Alas, my retirement came a few years earlier than I had anticipated, but there was no possible way to continue given the inevitability of the collapse of the global financial markets, the overthrow of our government, and the resulting collapse in the rule of law.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">As for me, I can only echo the words of David:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: justify;">“This is the Lord’s doing; and it is wonderful in our eyes.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.25em; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With Best Regards- </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ann Barnhardt</div><br />
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</b></span></div></div><div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The doctors, lawyers, engineers, executives, small-business owners, top salespeople, and other professionals and entrepreneurs and blue collar craftsman who make this country run and work considerably harder than pretty much anyone at the OWS events and all politicians. They are not robber barons, or trust-fund babies, or plutocrats, or even celebrities. They are mostly the meritocrats who worked hard in high school and got into colleges and grad schools, where they studied while others partied. Or they entered the skilled trades, worked every hour available or for years worked two jobs, Then starting small businesses of their own, all in search of the American dream and financial independence. They pushed through grueling hours in their twenties and thirties at law firms, banks, hospitals, and businesses to earn salaries and success. Today — in their peak earning years, no group of people contribute more to their community. And now the president, who followed a somewhat different path to success is demonizing them. More problematically, he is penalizing their success and giving them very clear incentives to ratchet back on productivity.</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, what happens when the heart surgeons, dentists, business owners, and people who employ 10 or 20 other people decide that they don’t want to pay for the excessive, pointless spending that the president finds so compelling?</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>They go Galt.</b></span></div></div><br />
</div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-50434692653356405812011-12-01T22:59:00.000-05:002011-12-01T23:01:48.593-05:00Report on the Nation #14 Green Jobs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<h3 class="cufon single black" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://www.aim.org/wp-content/themes/liberal-media-bias/images/line_shadow.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Arial, 'helvetica neue', Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The Case of CH2M Hill: $2 Billion in Crony Stimulation</span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.aim.org/wp-content/themes/liberal-media-bias/timthumb.php?src=http://www.aim.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Obama-bows-to-campaign-fundraisers-throws-away-half-billion.jpg&w=580&zc=1" /></div><div><br />
</div><div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">“Not very much.”</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">This was the answer that the Department of Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, recently provided when asked of the amount the federal government will be able to recover from the Solyndra bankruptcy.</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">“Not very much.”</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The same could be said for the amount of research that the federal government has put into other companies involved in the Solyndra scandal. One such company, CH2M HILL, should be next on the House GOP radar, having used nearly $10 million in stimulus funding to design the elaborate Solyndra facility in Fremont, California. While CH2M HILL is in no danger of suffering the same bankruptcy plight, they also languish in a pool of mismanaged taxpayer funds. The firm has a history of fraud, kickbacks, violations, and cover-ups, not to mention one particular parallel with the Solyndra scandal—layoffs. This, despite receiving almost $2 billion in stimulus funding.<b> Read more.... <a href="http://www.aim.org/special-report/the-case-of-ch2m-hill-2-billion-in-crony-stimulation/">http://www.aim.org/special report the case of ch2m</a></b></span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 25px/26px georgia, 'times new roman', sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.05em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>Obama Fundraiser Pushed Solyndra Deal From Inside</b></h1><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><img alt="PHOTO: Steve Spinner, loan programs advisor at the Department of Energy, talks about green energy grants and loans in this YouTube video of the Bryan Cave Clean Tech Roundtable in Santa Monica, California on June 2, 2010." src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/ht_steve_spinner_jp_110923_wg.jpg" /></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">An elite Obama fundraiser hired to help oversee the administration's energy</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">loan program pushed and prodded career Department of Energy officials to move faster in approving a loan guarantee for</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/solyndra-execs-congress/story?id=14567091" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;">Solyndra</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">, even as his wife's law firm was representing the California solar company, according</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">to internal emails made public late Friday.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">"How hard is this? What is he waiting for?" wrote Steven J. Spinner, a high-tech consultant and energy investor who raised at least $500,000 for the candidate before being appointed to a key job helping oversee the energy loan guarantee program. "I have OVP [the Office of the Vice President] and WH [the White House] breathing down my neck on this." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">Many of the emails were written just days after Spinner accepted a three-page ethics agreement in which he pledged he would "not participate in any discussion regarding any application involving [his wife's law firm] Wilson [Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati]."</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;"><b>Read more... <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/obama-fundraiser-pushed-solyndra-deal-inside/story?id=14691618#.TthAkmPRt9I">abcnews.com/ obama fundraiser pushed solyndra deal</a></b></span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"></div><h1 style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">A123 cuts jobs at battery plant touted by White House</h1><div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Nov 29 (Reuters) - A123 Systems has cut 35 percent of the workers at two Michigan plants that supply lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles in response to a reduction in orders from major customer Fisker Automotive.</div><span id="midArticle_5" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: small; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">A123 cut about 225 full-time workers on temporary contracts in early November and laid off another 125 staff workers last week, company officials said on Tuesday.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In a return visit to the plant in July, Chu called it a "a great example of how we are working with industries to create jobs, strengthen our manufacturing industry and help our auto companies compete in the global market." <b>Read more... <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/29/a-idUSN1E7AS0P020111129">http://www.reuters.com/</a></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>The faddish obsession with "green jobs" is being revealed as a massive waste of taxpayer money.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Pipe dreams eventually are revealed for what they are – unrealistic, wishful thinking. It didn't take long for Spain's touted green-job revolution to be revealed as a financial disaster, siphoning taxpayer subsidies and destroying 2.2 real jobs for every green job created. </b><b>Domestic green-job pipe dreams similarly drain U.S. taxpayers' money into economic sink holes. The millions of so-called green jobs promised by President Barack Obama and other champions of taxpayer-subsidized energy schemes not only haven't materialized, many that did, already are disappearing.</b></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Lowlights of the saga include the recent bankruptcy of Evergreen Solar Inc. of Massachusetts, recipient of $58 million in direct subsidies and tax breaks, including federal "stimulus" funding, but which cut 800 jobs and is now $485 million in debt, with more job losses to come with the closure of a Michigan plant. Green Vehicles of Salinas received $500,000 in city subsidies, but closed last month without having produced anything of significance, Human Events magazine reported. The company had promised to create 70 jobs and pay back local taxpayers $700,000 a year in taxes.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Seattle got a $20 million federal grant to weatherize 2,000 homes and create 2,000 jobs. After a year, three homes had been retrofitted and 14 new jobs created, many of them administrative. That's a return on investment of about one job per $1.4 million. In Michigan, Fisher Coachworks is out of business two years after being touted as part of the state's green future, and despite millions in state subsidies to sell buses bought with federal tax money.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>The U.S. Forest Service awarded $490,000 in stimulus funding to Urban Forestry Revitalization Project in Clark County, Nev., to plant trees and other greenery in urban neighborhoods. It created 12 jobs, one of them a full-time temporary job, and 11 short-term and temporary.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Overall, estimates the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Chris Horner, $30 billion in green handouts in the stimulus bill cost taxpayers about $475,000 per job.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Almost no amount of tax subsidy can make consumers purchase something they don't want. When they don't, the enterprise is doomed to fail. Rather than prop up such failures with tax money, governments at all levels should allow taxpayers to find productive uses for their own money. As the demand arises for green energy, the private sector will rush in to fill that demand... as it has always done before.</b></div><div><br />
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</div></div></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-48687202588437202372011-12-01T17:15:00.000-05:002011-12-01T17:15:34.158-05:00Chinese Strategic Tunnels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<h1 id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; height: 1.1363em; line-height: 1.1363em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-height: 1.1363em; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Underground Great Wall - Chinese Strategic Tunnels"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Underground Great Wall - Chinese Strategic Tunnels</span></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/kOSf5n9mOi8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Underground Great Wall - Chinese Strategic Tunnels"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" dir="ltr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Underground Great Wall - Chinese Strategic Tunnels"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A very good educational video made by the Georgetown University, Washington DC, for the Arms Control Seminar, describing China's "Underground Great Wall" tunnel network, which plays an important role in China's nuclear deterrence capability by enabling China to have a survivable second strike ability, while simultaniously masking the true number of China's nuclear arsenal.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">By 2011, the "Underground Great Wall" is reported to amass 3500 miles in total, hiding an estimated number of 2500 to 3000 nuclear warheads.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">The "Underground Great Wall" also hides underground production/enrichment facilities and nuclear reactors for additional warhead production.</span></span></div></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-65393370425142545422011-11-29T18:06:00.000-05:002011-11-30T11:44:55.622-05:00The M1 Carbine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Preppers seeking a high-performance tactical carbine should give this vintage and battle proven firearm some consideration.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #373f4b; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="360" src="http://www.paratrooper.be/wp-content/uploads/sgt-horvath-M1-carbine.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #373f4b; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>There is a desire among preppers and others to have in their arsenal a capable "tactical" long gun with the specific purpose of self defense. There are many rifles that fit this category such as the AR-15, AK-47, Mini-14<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373f4b;"> </span>and many others.</b></span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">There is a readily available, often overlooked long gun that is superb for this purpose and that can compete with most of its more high-tech and more expensive competition -- the M1 carbine. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>With proper ammunition, the M1 carbine can easily compete in effectiveness with .223-chambered weapons out to at least 150 yards, and few have any need shooting at anybody farther away than that. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>In addition, the M1 carbine weighs only 5 1/2 lbs., making it a pound or more lighter than most of its competition, including even the pistol-caliber carbines, and considerably lighter than the M16A2 at 7.9 lbs. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>The M1 carbine has many other assets as well. It has superb reliability under the worst field conditions. Its accuracy exceeds that of virtually all the pistol-caliber carbines and is comparable with that of many of the semi-automatic .223 rifles. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Ballistically, the M1 carbine's little .30 caliber</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> cartridge packs about 2.5 times the kinetic energy of a standard .45 ACP or 9mm load fired from a pistol. This is solidly in the energy territory of the .44 Mag. revolver. Indeed it has only 90 ft./lbs. less energy at the muzzle than the Russian 5.45x39mm cartridge and is only a little farther behind the .223 when fired from 14.5" or 16" barreled carbines.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #373f4b; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Using</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373f4b; font-size: 15px;"> </span><b>expanding bullets,</b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>Out to at least 150 yards, the .30 Carbine cartridge usually makes a more serious wound than does the .223, .308 or .30-'06, when the latter are used with FMJ bullets. It is also greatly superior to any of the common defensive pistol rounds fired from a handgun or carbine, even when the latter uses hollow point ammunition. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>When the .30 Carbine cartridge is loaded with expanding bullets, its effectiveness as a manstopper increases exponentially. One police unit used M1 carbines loaded with JSPs in several shootings. They found the carbines to be extremely effective. Quoting one of their more experienced officers about the results from shootings with a .30 Carbine using expanding bullet ammunition, "We never had to shoot anyone twice."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><br />
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<h1 style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Detroit's clock striking midnight</span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20111116&Category=COL33&ArtNo=111160318&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Stephen-Henderson-Detroit-s-clock-striking-midnight" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Mayor Dave Bing is scheduled to announce plans to address Detroit's financial crisis tonight." border="0" src="http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20111116&Category=COL33&ArtNo=111160318&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Stephen-Henderson-Detroit-s-clock-striking-midnight" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;" /></a></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The City of Detroit is running out of money.</div></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Not in the theoretical terms we've imagined for decades, but in literal figures, splayed out over spreadsheets that tell a long story of mismanagement and incompetence, culminating in insolvency.</div></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Cash runs out by April, unless dramatic steps are taken. Tonight, Mayor Dave Bing will address the city to lay out his plan to avoid a financial implosion.</div></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">But he's late -- a leader who inherited a financial mess in 2009 but didn't act swiftly or decisively enough to stop a slide that had been building for decades.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The short-term options now are all either horribly unappealing or beyond the mayor's grasp. And financial analyses say even the most draconian (massive layoffs or repudiation of the city's retiree benefit obligations) buy the city only a short reprieve; the imbalance would return by next summer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read more... <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20111116/COL33/111160318/Stephen-Henderson-Detroit-s-clock-striking-midnight">Detroit's clock striking midnight</a></b></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;">.<b style="font-size: xx-large;"> </b></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Fall of a Once Mighty Empire...</span> Detroit</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The blight and stench stays with you long after you exit the city. Squatters are not uncommon, Often when you enter you are welcomed with a smell that makes you worry what you will find. Like these photo’s , I see the beauty hidden in the decay and wonder about these structures when occupants resided there. When a city cared about integrity and it's citizens and they in-turn cared for their city. I have read the Detroit Almanac cover to cover and it shares what a great city it once was. The blight can be attributed to so many different things, Greedy unions and politicians, mismanagement, suburban sprawl, corrupt mayors, crime and drugs, break downs in the family units and in the end a tax base fleeing an oppressive, overburdened and untrustworthy government. Each one, another brick on the back of a city that already struggled and eventually succumbed to the weight. The biggest factors that led to Detroit's downfall were the effects of "Free Trade", the mass exodus of the manufacturing base, along with Detroit's corrupted and entrenched government and it's refusal to put the city and it's citizens future ahead of their own. It went on for years- the last of them, Kwame Kilpatrick and his gang of thieves and thugs, are gone and perhaps Detroit can move forward, but it may be to late. </b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><b>If you care to look (it would take little more than a Google search or two and the effort of a couple of mouse clicks) you will find other once proud cities and (states) approaching a similar fate as Detroit. They now do all they think possible to ward off their final death throws.</b></span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> Look hard at what put them in such precarious positions.....</b><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> Our own Federal Government seems in a similar state. -JP</b></div></div></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_8" height="425" src="http://www.thecoolist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_8.jpg" width="640" /></div></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_17" height="500" src="http://www.thecoolist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_17.jpg" width="640" /></div></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_16" height="512" src="http://www.thecoolist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_16.jpg" width="640" /></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 160px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><img alt="ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_3" height="461" src="http://www.thecoolist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ruins-of-detroit_marchand-and-meffre_3.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">U.S. boosts estimate of auto bailout losses to $23.6B</span></b></div><div style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">The Treasury Department dramatically boosted its estimate of losses from its $85 billion auto industry bailout by more than $9 billion in the face of General Motors Co.'s steep stock decline.</div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">In its monthly report to Congress, the Treasury Department now says it expects to lose $23.6 billion, up from its previous estimate of $14.33 billion.In total, the government used $425 billion to bailout banks, insurance companies and automakers, and provided $45 billion in housing program assistance.</div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;">The government now expects to lose $57.33 billion, including the full cost of the housing program, up from $36.7 billion. The new estimate means the government doesn't believe it will make an overall profit on its bailouts. <b>Read more... <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20111114/AUTO01/111140434">detnews.com</a></b></div><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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<h1 style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">An Editorial: For President, Newt Gingrich</h1><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">By JOSEPH W. McQUAID<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />New Hampshire Union Leader Publisher</div><div class="article-timestamp" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Published Nov 27, 2011 at 3:00 am (Updated Nov 26, 2011) </div><br />
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</tbody></table><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><div class="article_body" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">This newspaper endorses Newt Gingrich in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />America is at a crucial crossroads. It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next year. We are in critical need of the innovative, forward-looking strategy and positive leadership that Gingrich has shown he is capable of providing.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />He did so with the Contract with America. He did it in bringing in the first Republican House in 40 years and by forging balanced budgets and even a surplus despite the political challenge of dealing with a Democratic President. A lot of candidates say they're going to improve Washington. Newt Gingrich has actually done that, and in this race he offers the best shot of doing it again.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />We sympathize with the many people we have heard from, both here and across the country, who remain unsure of their choice this close to the primary. It is understandable. Our nation is in peril, yet much of the attention has been focused on fluff, silliness and each candidate's minor miscues.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Truth be known, many in the liberal media are belittling the Republican candidates because they don't want any of them to be taken as a serious challenger to their man, Obama.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Readers of the Union Leader and Sunday News know that we don't back candidates based on popularity polls or big-shot backers. We look for conservatives of courage and conviction who are independent-minded, grounded in their core beliefs about this nation and its people, and best equipped for the job.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />We don't have to agree with them on every issue. We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what he thinks we want to hear.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Newt Gingrich is by no means the perfect candidate. But Republican primary voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running. In this incredibly important election, that candidate is Newt Gingrich. He has the experience, the leadership qualities and the vision to lead this country in these trying times. He is worthy of your support on January 10. <a href="http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111127/NEWS/711279999">unionleader.com</a></div></div>JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642551702999049124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822987701178576277.post-69592157478317323762011-11-21T23:05:00.000-05:002011-11-21T23:31:11.540-05:00Interrupting schedule for a bad sign<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div align="justify" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Ann Barnhardt describes herself as "an old-school commercial hedge broker specializing in cattle and grain. Farmers, ranchers, etc. Actual hedging of actual cattle and grain using futures and options. Very old-school original." On Thursday, November 17th she announced <em>Barnhardt Capital Management</em><a href="http://www.barnhardt.biz/" style="color: #666699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="art-link-symbol-tiny-grey-arrow-only.gif" border="0" height="15" src="http://www.woodpilereport.com/art/art-link-symbol-tiny-grey-arrow-only.gif" width="20" /></a> has ceased operations, saying, "my retirement came a few years earlier than I had anticipated, but there was no possible way to continue given the inevitability of the collapse of the global financial markets, the overthrow of our government, and the resulting collapse in the rule of law."</div><div align="justify" style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><em>Barnhardt Capital Management</em> is a highly regarded, closely followed, oft-quoted and influential outfit. The announcement shocked the market, as has her scathing indictment now circulating in the financial press and talk radio. If you don't read another financial article, this jaw-dropper is the one to see. Among her reasons: <a href="http://www.woodpilereport.com/">http://www.woodpilereport.com/</a></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">BCM Has Ceased Operations </span><strong style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">(<a href="http://barnhardt.biz/" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">source</a>)</strong></div><div class="posted" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Posted by Ann Barnhardt - November 17, AD 2011 10:27 AM MST</div><div class="posted" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><i style="text-align: justify;">Everything changed just a few short weeks ago. A firm, led by a crony of the Obama regime, stole all of the non-margined cash held by customers of his firm. Let’s not sugar-coat this or make this crime seem “complex” and “abstract” by drowning ourselves in six-dollar words and uber-technical jargon. Jon Corzine STOLE the customer cash at MF Global. Knowing Jon Corzine, and knowing the abject lawlessness and contempt for humanity of the Marxist Obama regime and its cronies, this is not really a surprise. What was a surprise was the reaction of the exchanges and regulators. Their reaction has been to take a bad situation and make it orders of magnitude worse. Specifically, they froze customers out of their accounts WHILE THE MARKETS CONTINUED TO TRADE, refusing to even allow them to liquidate. This is unfathomable. The risk exposure precedent that has been set is completely intolerable and has destroyed the entire industry paradigm. No informed person can continue to engage these markets, and no moral person can continue to broker or facilitate customer engagement in what is now a massive game of Russian Roulette.</i></div></div><div align="justify" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><b>When honest folk start boarding up their store fronts and heading to the hills it's worth noting. Follow</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><b>this link to Zero Hedge for the whole story.. <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/entire-system-has-been-utterly-destroyed-mf-global-collapse-presenting-first-mf-global-casualty">http://www.zerohedge.com/news/entire-system-has-been-utterly-destroyed-mf-global-collapse-presenting-first-mf-global-casualty</a></b></div><div align="justify" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />
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