I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table…everywhere.
Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.
After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore. I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be…quite, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.
Now lets see…our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands.
Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn’t speak English; Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press “one” to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than “Old Glory” are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.
Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
Take Down the Bird Feeder
Author Unknown, this story is making the rounds in forwarded emails and is very timely. Maybe I'll email it to some Congressmen. Maybe you will too.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Below is a copy of the email I just sent to the President, my two Senators and my Representative. I will also be forwarding this to other Senators.
Mr President,
I am a 62 year old retired woman who is willing to Volunteer to Build the Fence that Congress has already allocated millions of dollars to build. Where's the money? Where's the fence?
Recall the mandate of United States Citizens, if you will:
1- No North American Union
2- Secure the United States borders
3- No Amnesty for unlawful (law-breaking) immigrants
4- Build the Fence
5- Aggressive Deportation
6- No Benefits
7- No Work authorization to unlawful immigrants
8- English First before anyone is allowed to emigrate to the USofA
9- No Birthright Citizenship
Mr. President, Congress has approved the building of 843 miles of double fencing along the US border with Mexico. Only 14 miles of single fencing have been built. What kind of slap-in-the-face is this?
Mr. President, if you want to leave office with a legacy you can be proud of, it's time to get this fence building completed. There's money allocated to build it. You don't need 62-year old retired women volunteers. You know what the correct action is. So take it.
At this point in your Presidency, I am ashamed I voted for you. And I'm not sure I'll vote for another Republican for President if that person is going to follow in your footsteps and continue to sell the United States to foreign countries, piece by piece.
At the current time, only you can salvage the United States. How? By following through on the Mandate of the Citizens of the United States of America and Building That Fence along the Southern Border.
It's time to act or you alone will be responsible for the failure of the Republican Party to inspire trust and confidence in US Citizen Voters.
Remember your pledge on the day you took office as President:
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Be faithful to the United States.
C. E. D., Retired
Blairsville, GA 30512
http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com
Mr President,
I am a 62 year old retired woman who is willing to Volunteer to Build the Fence that Congress has already allocated millions of dollars to build. Where's the money? Where's the fence?
Recall the mandate of United States Citizens, if you will:
1- No North American Union
2- Secure the United States borders
3- No Amnesty for unlawful (law-breaking) immigrants
4- Build the Fence
5- Aggressive Deportation
6- No Benefits
7- No Work authorization to unlawful immigrants
8- English First before anyone is allowed to emigrate to the USofA
9- No Birthright Citizenship
Mr. President, Congress has approved the building of 843 miles of double fencing along the US border with Mexico. Only 14 miles of single fencing have been built. What kind of slap-in-the-face is this?
Mr. President, if you want to leave office with a legacy you can be proud of, it's time to get this fence building completed. There's money allocated to build it. You don't need 62-year old retired women volunteers. You know what the correct action is. So take it.
At this point in your Presidency, I am ashamed I voted for you. And I'm not sure I'll vote for another Republican for President if that person is going to follow in your footsteps and continue to sell the United States to foreign countries, piece by piece.
At the current time, only you can salvage the United States. How? By following through on the Mandate of the Citizens of the United States of America and Building That Fence along the Southern Border.
It's time to act or you alone will be responsible for the failure of the Republican Party to inspire trust and confidence in US Citizen Voters.
Remember your pledge on the day you took office as President:
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Be faithful to the United States.
C. E. D., Retired
Blairsville, GA 30512
http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
This Information Affects Every United States Citizen
Read and take heed as this information affect every one of us!
When you vote next time be sure to ask how your U.S. Congress members will vote....
These are stunning numbers and apparently easily verifiable.... Proves once again that Washington just doesn't get it!
I hope these 14 reasons are read by the majority of Americans. Then they will have verification to confront their U.S. Congress members.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.
11. Homeland Security Report: During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.
14. Violent Crimes Institute"The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States".
So using the LOWEST estimates, the annual cost OF ILLEGAL ALIENS (Unlawful Immigrants) is $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR! So if deporting them costs between $206 and $230 BILLION DOLLARS, by deporting unlawful immigrants we'll still be ahead after the first year!!!
Americans need to wake up! When it comes time to vote remember which politicians support the illegal aliens, keep them out of office This is not a matter of political party, it's the survival of America!
When you vote next time be sure to ask how your U.S. Congress members will vote....
These are stunning numbers and apparently easily verifiable.... Proves once again that Washington just doesn't get it!
I hope these 14 reasons are read by the majority of Americans. Then they will have verification to confront their U.S. Congress members.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.
11. Homeland Security Report: During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.
14. Violent Crimes Institute"The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States".
So using the LOWEST estimates, the annual cost OF ILLEGAL ALIENS (Unlawful Immigrants) is $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR! So if deporting them costs between $206 and $230 BILLION DOLLARS, by deporting unlawful immigrants we'll still be ahead after the first year!!!
Americans need to wake up! When it comes time to vote remember which politicians support the illegal aliens, keep them out of office This is not a matter of political party, it's the survival of America!
Thursday, August 09, 2007
The Other Half of the Story
It's all a part of the North American Union plan. Unless YOU act NOW, it WILL happen!
Some additional websites:
civilwarnow.com
(Send related websites to me in the comments section and I will add it to this post.)
United States at Risk of Losing Sovereignty!!!
MR. PRESIDENT, FREE RAMOS AND COMPEAN!
Stop the Invasion Billboard
Illegal Immigration Response
Where's the Fence?
A Coming Merger Between Mexico, Canada and the U.S?
The President is not listening to United States Citizens. WE are the ONLY ones who legally vote in Elections. Why is President Bush, why is Homeland Security, why is the United States Attorney General flipping off United States Citizens and planning a North American Union, similar to the European Union??? (And we all know how successful that is!)
Contact your Congressional Representatives. Tell them what you think about their inaction as President Bush works to destroy the sovereign independence of the United States of America! Vote with your pocketbook, even if it's just a few dollars. Support Grassfire dot org!
What President Bush is doing will end up with every US Citizen losing the fundamental rights outlined in the Bill of Rights. That includes the right to keep and bear arms! Look at the mess Europe is in. Do you want this to happen here?
You must act NOW or it WILL happen.
Stop the Invasion Billboard
Illegal Immigration Response
Where's the Fence?
A Coming Merger Between Mexico, Canada and the U.S?
The President is not listening to United States Citizens. WE are the ONLY ones who legally vote in Elections. Why is President Bush, why is Homeland Security, why is the United States Attorney General flipping off United States Citizens and planning a North American Union, similar to the European Union??? (And we all know how successful that is!)
Contact your Congressional Representatives. Tell them what you think about their inaction as President Bush works to destroy the sovereign independence of the United States of America! Vote with your pocketbook, even if it's just a few dollars. Support Grassfire dot org!
What President Bush is doing will end up with every US Citizen losing the fundamental rights outlined in the Bill of Rights. That includes the right to keep and bear arms! Look at the mess Europe is in. Do you want this to happen here?
You must act NOW or it WILL happen.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Letter sent to my Senators and Congressman
This Fox News article about the US House contemplating sending money to Mexico to aid them in stopping the drug trade between them and the USofA is . . . so much foolishness. The Best way to halt drugs coming in from Mexico is to Build A Fence and Stop the Drug Runners. The USofA has too many needs here at home for us to be "helping" the Country that is trying to undermine our entire way of life by sending their poor and uneducated citizens to the UsofA as illegal aliens (unlawful undocumented immigrants) to use up our resources as we educate them and their children, give them Medicaid, and give their Anchor Babies US Food Stamps. It has been verified that former Mexican President Vincente Fox had a picture book made especially for the less educated Mexican citizens explaining how to enter the USofA illegally/unlawfully. This “comic book” is available to Mexicans. Encouraging illegal unlawful immigration makes the Government of Mexico an accomplice in this crime against the USofA Government. And Vincente Fox’s “comic book” is not funny!
In this area of North Georgia, there are a lot of uneducated illegal undocumented Mexicans as well as undocumented Mexican Indians (Mayan and the like). These Mexicans cannot read or write Spanish and the Mexican Indians don’t speak Spanish as their first language. The illegal undocumented Mexicans drive while unlicensed, do not have auto insurance, and have a high rate of DUIs. Few towns in North Georgia actually demand jail time of Mexican’s with DUIs thereby giving them ample opportunity for vehicular manslaughter before they are removed from the general population and jail time is not guaranteed. Unlawful alien Mexicans with DUIs are merely fined, again and again. Every week there are at least two unlawful aliens with DUIs listed in the local weekly newspaper. The Sheriff’s department knows the men they arrest are unlawful aliens, but say that Homeland Security won’t come pick them up, so they just let the men go . . . every time they’re arrested for a DUI.
Does Mexico allow just anyone to enter their Country and siphon off their resources? Not for a minute. Mexico gave “Dog the Bounty Hunter” a lot of negative publicity when he located a criminal there and brought him to justice! There is a totally and completely unfair border practice between Mexico and the USofA and now the USofA wants to give Mexico a reward? NO!
NO, No, no. I agree with this statement made by www.grassfire.org: . . . the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America that President Bush agreed to on March 23, 2005, [that] President Bush has decided to integrate us -- political and economic integration with Mexico and Canada – he’s going to pursue that agenda whether he explains it to the American people fully or not.
Sir, this is wrong. This is the wrong direction for who the USofA is to take. It goes against everything the USofA was founded on. Our founding fathers would rise up from their graves if they could, take up arms, and fight again for the sovereignty and independence of the USofA. If we lose our independence, we will lose everything every soldier has fought for, from the Revolutionary War to the current conflagration. The USofA will be “undone” and this will be the end of our way of life.
Please do what you can to see that this bill is not passed. Please do not allow any ‘deals’ between Vincente Fox and any US President other than those that keep Mexicans and their drugs in Mexico to be honored. The USofA does not need to pay Mexico to keep their own laws. We only need to pay for a fence between the two countries to resolve the ‘drug runner’ problems. And I expect the cost of a real fence will be much less than the money the USofA would spend trying to pay off Mexican officials so that they honor their badges and enforce their own laws.
Thank you,
S/S
Retired
In this area of North Georgia, there are a lot of uneducated illegal undocumented Mexicans as well as undocumented Mexican Indians (Mayan and the like). These Mexicans cannot read or write Spanish and the Mexican Indians don’t speak Spanish as their first language. The illegal undocumented Mexicans drive while unlicensed, do not have auto insurance, and have a high rate of DUIs. Few towns in North Georgia actually demand jail time of Mexican’s with DUIs thereby giving them ample opportunity for vehicular manslaughter before they are removed from the general population and jail time is not guaranteed. Unlawful alien Mexicans with DUIs are merely fined, again and again. Every week there are at least two unlawful aliens with DUIs listed in the local weekly newspaper. The Sheriff’s department knows the men they arrest are unlawful aliens, but say that Homeland Security won’t come pick them up, so they just let the men go . . . every time they’re arrested for a DUI.
Does Mexico allow just anyone to enter their Country and siphon off their resources? Not for a minute. Mexico gave “Dog the Bounty Hunter” a lot of negative publicity when he located a criminal there and brought him to justice! There is a totally and completely unfair border practice between Mexico and the USofA and now the USofA wants to give Mexico a reward? NO!
NO, No, no. I agree with this statement made by www.grassfire.org: . . . the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America that President Bush agreed to on March 23, 2005, [that] President Bush has decided to integrate us -- political and economic integration with Mexico and Canada – he’s going to pursue that agenda whether he explains it to the American people fully or not.
Sir, this is wrong. This is the wrong direction for who the USofA is to take. It goes against everything the USofA was founded on. Our founding fathers would rise up from their graves if they could, take up arms, and fight again for the sovereignty and independence of the USofA. If we lose our independence, we will lose everything every soldier has fought for, from the Revolutionary War to the current conflagration. The USofA will be “undone” and this will be the end of our way of life.
Please do what you can to see that this bill is not passed. Please do not allow any ‘deals’ between Vincente Fox and any US President other than those that keep Mexicans and their drugs in Mexico to be honored. The USofA does not need to pay Mexico to keep their own laws. We only need to pay for a fence between the two countries to resolve the ‘drug runner’ problems. And I expect the cost of a real fence will be much less than the money the USofA would spend trying to pay off Mexican officials so that they honor their badges and enforce their own laws.
Thank you,
S/S
Retired
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Shakedown Hike Lessons
Hiked about 78 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Southwest Virginia in July and learned a lot from my friend who helped me understand that "lighter and lighter" is "better and better."
I learned that there's a lot of 'stuff' even if you're carrying only 20-25 pounds including food and 48 ounces of water that you don't need.
I haven't weighed it all yet, but here's 'my' list.
Pamola Pack (24 oz will be trimmed)
Rosaleen's Orange Pack Cover (weight unknown, silnylon)
NO water proof line liner, but carrying at least one 'extra' garbage bag
WM Caribou 30/35* sleeping bag (18 oz)
Outdoor Research HD Waterproof bag (4? oz, but it is completely waterproof)
3.4 Z-rest (20 oz??) Have to have for Pamola
ubermicro shoulder to hip pad (3 oz)
plastic sheeting for use in shelters as a ground cloth (1 oz?)
REI Minimalisht Bivy (16 oz)
5 (6?) by 8 Siltarp (6.5 oz)
Six stakes (3 oz)
WEARING: 1 pr nylon shorts, 1 nylon ss ladies Tee, pair sox, Salomon Solaris 2; scree gaitors; camo headband, orange bandana, 1 oz whistle, knife (going to get the one with toothpick, tweezers, scissors, & blade.
Other Items:
Camera (Sony CyberShot w/2 GB card, battery charger) (7 oz)
Guide Lite poles (14 oz)
Yellow Photon (for reading)
EverReady single lite headlamp that uses watch batteries
Green Photon (for night time use)
Clothing:
NoSeeUm Camo headnet (1 or 2 oz)
2 pr socks (no liners) 3 or 4 oz?
100 fleece long sleeve zip pullover (use entire hike)
100 fleece pants (only use when it's cold at beginning and end)
200 fleece socks (for sleeping in cold weather)
"brain freeze" fleece hat
knit liner gloves (may opt for fleece instead)
Above in a waterproof silnylon compression sack (2 oz)
RedHead Camo lite Goretex Rain Hat
Silnylon Rain Pullover and garbage bag for rain skirt
Teva Flip Flops (for showering in, esp)
First Aid:
Prescription drugs for 3 months (in plastic bags) 3 ounces (includes nsaid for knees)
Gold Bond double zipped (3 oz)
4 bandaids
2 bandaid blister protection
Spray On bandaid (1.5 oz) -- realized how much this would take care of a lot of little nicks and scrapes while on my shakedown hike
1/2 piece of moleskin (may need it for a pesky toe)
1 ounce of cotton squares/balls & 2 oz 91% alcohol (3 oz)
2 needles (one for putting down back in bag & sewing, one for blisters)
12 ft black polyester thread around a thick piece of paper for sewing
1 small bottle eye drops (under an ounce)
emergency blanket (1 oz)
Hygiene:
Lite toothbrush and small toothpaste tube (HATE the salt&bakingsoda mix, even with cinnamon added)
1/4 oz dr bronner's and small square Mr Clean wipe in a snack ziplock for when I use the poop-stake (1 oz)
MSR Red Snow Stake to use as trowel (1 oz)
T-Paper - 1/2 roll
Pee-rag the other half of the Mr Clean wipe
Bathing:
1 Mr Clean Cloth
Half a bar of Lemon Grass and Tumeric soap bar (bio-degradable) 2.5 oz
2 freezer bags (one to wash from, one to put bathing cloth, soap & bag into)
Hydration:
MSR Waterworks (16 ounces)
MSR Hozier system (4?? oz)
Extra MSR waterbag (2 oz)
Paint strainer (1/2 oz)
Cooking:
BoyScout aluminum Esbit/Fuel Tab stove (1 oz)
aluminum heat shield & wind screen\
Heat tabs (2 a day for days I eat hot meals or 1 Esbit a day)
Girl Scout Billie-Pot (that little inner pot) and lid
Spoon (not sure 'which' style)
Aluminum cup
10 Strike anywhere matches
small bic lighter
red & white checked bandanna for my 'table cloth' (1 oz)
Food:
4 oz Spanish Olive Oit
1 oz lite salt
2 oz Hot Sauce
And then whatever food I can find when I go looking, estimating one and a half pounds a day tops, including a cup of Gorp per day.
Jerky & Mashed Potatoes
Hummus & Crackers
Cheese & Bread
Bagels & Peanut Butter (even tho I hate most PB)
Tang, Energen*C, Teabags
Candy Bars
Any suggestions?
I learned that there's a lot of 'stuff' even if you're carrying only 20-25 pounds including food and 48 ounces of water that you don't need.
I haven't weighed it all yet, but here's 'my' list.
Pamola Pack (24 oz will be trimmed)
Rosaleen's Orange Pack Cover (weight unknown, silnylon)
NO water proof line liner, but carrying at least one 'extra' garbage bag
WM Caribou 30/35* sleeping bag (18 oz)
Outdoor Research HD Waterproof bag (4? oz, but it is completely waterproof)
3.4 Z-rest (20 oz??) Have to have for Pamola
ubermicro shoulder to hip pad (3 oz)
plastic sheeting for use in shelters as a ground cloth (1 oz?)
REI Minimalisht Bivy (16 oz)
5 (6?) by 8 Siltarp (6.5 oz)
Six stakes (3 oz)
WEARING: 1 pr nylon shorts, 1 nylon ss ladies Tee, pair sox, Salomon Solaris 2; scree gaitors; camo headband, orange bandana, 1 oz whistle, knife (going to get the one with toothpick, tweezers, scissors, & blade.
Other Items:
Camera (Sony CyberShot w/2 GB card, battery charger) (7 oz)
Guide Lite poles (14 oz)
Yellow Photon (for reading)
EverReady single lite headlamp that uses watch batteries
Green Photon (for night time use)
Clothing:
NoSeeUm Camo headnet (1 or 2 oz)
2 pr socks (no liners) 3 or 4 oz?
100 fleece long sleeve zip pullover (use entire hike)
100 fleece pants (only use when it's cold at beginning and end)
200 fleece socks (for sleeping in cold weather)
"brain freeze" fleece hat
knit liner gloves (may opt for fleece instead)
Above in a waterproof silnylon compression sack (2 oz)
RedHead Camo lite Goretex Rain Hat
Silnylon Rain Pullover and garbage bag for rain skirt
Teva Flip Flops (for showering in, esp)
First Aid:
Prescription drugs for 3 months (in plastic bags) 3 ounces (includes nsaid for knees)
Gold Bond double zipped (3 oz)
4 bandaids
2 bandaid blister protection
Spray On bandaid (1.5 oz) -- realized how much this would take care of a lot of little nicks and scrapes while on my shakedown hike
1/2 piece of moleskin (may need it for a pesky toe)
1 ounce of cotton squares/balls & 2 oz 91% alcohol (3 oz)
2 needles (one for putting down back in bag & sewing, one for blisters)
12 ft black polyester thread around a thick piece of paper for sewing
1 small bottle eye drops (under an ounce)
emergency blanket (1 oz)
Hygiene:
Lite toothbrush and small toothpaste tube (HATE the salt&bakingsoda mix, even with cinnamon added)
1/4 oz dr bronner's and small square Mr Clean wipe in a snack ziplock for when I use the poop-stake (1 oz)
MSR Red Snow Stake to use as trowel (1 oz)
T-Paper - 1/2 roll
Pee-rag the other half of the Mr Clean wipe
Bathing:
1 Mr Clean Cloth
Half a bar of Lemon Grass and Tumeric soap bar (bio-degradable) 2.5 oz
2 freezer bags (one to wash from, one to put bathing cloth, soap & bag into)
Hydration:
MSR Waterworks (16 ounces)
MSR Hozier system (4?? oz)
Extra MSR waterbag (2 oz)
Paint strainer (1/2 oz)
Cooking:
BoyScout aluminum Esbit/Fuel Tab stove (1 oz)
aluminum heat shield & wind screen\
Heat tabs (2 a day for days I eat hot meals or 1 Esbit a day)
Girl Scout Billie-Pot (that little inner pot) and lid
Spoon (not sure 'which' style)
Aluminum cup
10 Strike anywhere matches
small bic lighter
red & white checked bandanna for my 'table cloth' (1 oz)
Food:
4 oz Spanish Olive Oit
1 oz lite salt
2 oz Hot Sauce
And then whatever food I can find when I go looking, estimating one and a half pounds a day tops, including a cup of Gorp per day.
Jerky & Mashed Potatoes
Hummus & Crackers
Cheese & Bread
Bagels & Peanut Butter (even tho I hate most PB)
Tang, Energen*C, Teabags
Candy Bars
Any suggestions?
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Duplicity? I'd say so. How about you?
Insights into potential Democrat candidate for USofA Presidency, Baraka ("Blessed" from Koran) Hussein (From Muhammad's son, Hussein Ibn Ali) Obama (Muslim father from Kenya). In Arab culture and under Islamic law, if your father is a Muslim, so are you. And once a Muslim, always a Muslim.
Obama speaks regularly and without hesitation of the UTILITY of religious values "for America" (odd cultural constructionist line?)
Obama speaks regularly and without hesitation of the UTILITY of religious values "for America" (odd cultural constructionist line?)
Friday, July 27, 2007
Journalism's Lost Ethics
In 1922, editors of all of the major newspapers in the country met in Washington D.C. to establish a universal code of ethics. These executives owed their livelihood to the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America which prohibits Congress from making any law that would abridge the freedom of speech or of the press. Even so, they didn’t see freedom of the press — the freedom of their own industry — as an absolute right. At the time, people still had the common sense to know individual rights, of people and organizations, are relative to the rights of others, have limits, and come with obligations. They also were convinced that the responsibility for regulation of their industry (the limiting of their freedom, so to speak) was their own responsibility, and not primarily of the government. They wanted self-regulation, not government interference, to be the standard bearer for journalistic ethics. With this common goal, they established the “Canons of Journalism” — rules for sincerity, truthfulness, accuracy, impartiality, fair play and decency.
Fifty years later, with the genesis of new media, including tabloid journalism, members of the American Association of Newspaper Editors revised the Canons of Journalism written by their predecessors and renamed it a “Statement of Principles.” Much of the content in the new document reflects the original canons of 1922, but there are three glaring changes which, I believe, reflect the beginning of the environment of moral anarchy in which the media now swim:
1) The 1922 canon on “Fair Play” declared, “A newspaper should not invade private rights or feelings without sure warrant of public right as distinguished from public curiosity.”
• In the revised 1975 standards this entire sentence is removed (Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan?)
2) The 1922 canon on “Sincerity, Truthfulness, & Accuracy” stated, “Headlines should be fully warranted by the contents of the articles which they surmount.”
• No standard for headlines is given in the 1975 version, and the standard of “sincerity” is omitted completely.
3) The 1922 canon on “Decency” said, “A newspaper cannot escape conviction of insincerity if while professing high moral purpose it supplies incentives to base conduct, such as are to be found in details of crime and vice, publication of which is not demonstrably for the general good...” • In the 1975 articles, there is no mention of a standard for “decency.”
With the collapse of philosophical foundations, these changes of 1975 should not surprise us. Nor should the changes we see today and the ones we may see in the near future, to the point of a complete abolition of journalistic and media ethics. If as a society we reject our natural sense of right and wrong, we end up all speaking different languages and abandoning the possibility of saying anything is objectively better than anything else.
But we can alter this negative trend. I believe a look back at the long tradition of Western ethics, in particular, the respect for the dignity of the human person and the responsibility of government, industry, and the individual to seek the “common good” of society are the pillars for reestablishing a universal ethical code for the media, and in particular for the world of news.
Thanks to "Mike" for the above information which he found on FoxNews dot com.
Fifty years later, with the genesis of new media, including tabloid journalism, members of the American Association of Newspaper Editors revised the Canons of Journalism written by their predecessors and renamed it a “Statement of Principles.” Much of the content in the new document reflects the original canons of 1922, but there are three glaring changes which, I believe, reflect the beginning of the environment of moral anarchy in which the media now swim:
1) The 1922 canon on “Fair Play” declared, “A newspaper should not invade private rights or feelings without sure warrant of public right as distinguished from public curiosity.”
• In the revised 1975 standards this entire sentence is removed (Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan?)
2) The 1922 canon on “Sincerity, Truthfulness, & Accuracy” stated, “Headlines should be fully warranted by the contents of the articles which they surmount.”
• No standard for headlines is given in the 1975 version, and the standard of “sincerity” is omitted completely.
3) The 1922 canon on “Decency” said, “A newspaper cannot escape conviction of insincerity if while professing high moral purpose it supplies incentives to base conduct, such as are to be found in details of crime and vice, publication of which is not demonstrably for the general good...” • In the 1975 articles, there is no mention of a standard for “decency.”
With the collapse of philosophical foundations, these changes of 1975 should not surprise us. Nor should the changes we see today and the ones we may see in the near future, to the point of a complete abolition of journalistic and media ethics. If as a society we reject our natural sense of right and wrong, we end up all speaking different languages and abandoning the possibility of saying anything is objectively better than anything else.
But we can alter this negative trend. I believe a look back at the long tradition of Western ethics, in particular, the respect for the dignity of the human person and the responsibility of government, industry, and the individual to seek the “common good” of society are the pillars for reestablishing a universal ethical code for the media, and in particular for the world of news.
Thanks to "Mike" for the above information which he found on FoxNews dot com.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Democracy is followed by . . .
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."--Sir Alex Fraser Tytler
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Appalachian Trail Shake Down Hike
I'm in Damascus, VA, where the Library lets hikers get online for an hour at a time and for free. I've learned a lot about lightening the load on my back. I've also purchased some new, lighter equipment.
But that's not all. I also know what exercises I need to work on to get into shape for a Thru Hike next year and how many "personal" pounds I hope to lose between now and then.
I'm toying with starting somewhere North of Georgia, hiking to Katahdin and then hiking South from where ever I start. Traditionally it's a No-Bo (NorthBound from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Katahdin in Baxter State Park in Maine) or a So-Bo (just the opposite). Never, since I've been retired, have I been one for "tradition." I was rarely one for traditions when I was employed. Truth be told.
Suggestions of where I should start my Thru Hike?
More on the shake down hike later. My hour at the Damascus Library is nearly up.
But that's not all. I also know what exercises I need to work on to get into shape for a Thru Hike next year and how many "personal" pounds I hope to lose between now and then.
I'm toying with starting somewhere North of Georgia, hiking to Katahdin and then hiking South from where ever I start. Traditionally it's a No-Bo (NorthBound from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Katahdin in Baxter State Park in Maine) or a So-Bo (just the opposite). Never, since I've been retired, have I been one for "tradition." I was rarely one for traditions when I was employed. Truth be told.
Suggestions of where I should start my Thru Hike?
More on the shake down hike later. My hour at the Damascus Library is nearly up.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Not Guest Worker! What about Tourist Visa?
The latest letter sent to Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia. Up for re-election in 2008, too.
Senator:
Here's another thought, since I'm full of them (laughter okay).
The "skilled worker" immigrant issue is a smoke screen -- I think you reduced that to 200,000?
What about having everyone who wants to enter the USofA, unless as described below, be able to obtain a 3-month TOURIST VISA in exchange for a mouth swab for DNA, finger-prints, eye-print, and photo? (All placed in the FBI and CIA data base to be compared with criminals arrested for anything from misdemeanor to murder to working illegally as a tourist.
The 3-month VISA must be renewed and the person and his/her family can VISIT the USofA as Tourists only. No employment, No Medicaid, No Anchor Babies.
The SECOND set of Tourist Visas will be a "Tourist to Guest Worker Visa," also a 3-month Visa. What this is entails is the same swabbing, fingerprinting (of all household members), photographing, but allows the Tourist to Guest Worker to locate employment and an employer who will vouch for him. The employer MUST provide a) wages equal to or greater than minimum wage; b) access to health insurance for the entire family; and c) $500 for the Guest to Worker adult(s), $250 for a spouse who will not be employed during the Guest to Worker stay in the USofA, and $250 for each child in the household. The Head of Household MUST VERIFY legal marriage with a certified copy of a marriage certificate (translated into English). The income from the employer will be placed in a Federal Account and rationed to the 50 States at the end of each fiscal year based on the number of Guest to Worker Visa holders employed. The States will be mandated to use it to provide Medicaid and CHIPs in their State.
This SECOND group will be eligible for Medicaid for pregnant spouse and Medicaid for children who qualify or for the Children's HealthCare Initiative (WHICH NEEDS FULL FUNDING! Yes, I'm yelling.)
So we've got a huge data base of DNA, fingerprints, photos. Background checks can be completed on all Tourist Visa and Tourist to Guest Worker Visa.
What does the "Immigrant" have to do? He must report where and who he stays with while he's here on his 3 month Tourist Visa, every 30 days. (Computers can be set up in Libraries and various State and Federal Agencies for this "self reporting."
Penalities? Failure to provide information (even "no change") every 30 days will result in immediate deportation and subsequent barring from entry back into the USofA. A Tourist who is discovered employed in the USofA or a woman who has a baby while in the USofA will forfeit their Tourist Visa and the baby will NOT become an Anchor Baby, but will have the same citizenship as the Mother.
How to check? At first, it may be difficult as programmers enter data into the data base. But once the DNA and fingerprints AND TOURIST ID NUMBER are in the Data Base, anyone from Traffic Policeman to Potential Employer (through employment service) can access the Data Base to verify status. A Tourist will be reported immediately with current address, etc. A Tourist to Worker can be verified as employable.
Yes, the idea needs some work. But what about hashing it out with other Senators?
Thanks for reading my email.
Retired
http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com
Senator:
Here's another thought, since I'm full of them (laughter okay).
The "skilled worker" immigrant issue is a smoke screen -- I think you reduced that to 200,000?
What about having everyone who wants to enter the USofA, unless as described below, be able to obtain a 3-month TOURIST VISA in exchange for a mouth swab for DNA, finger-prints, eye-print, and photo? (All placed in the FBI and CIA data base to be compared with criminals arrested for anything from misdemeanor to murder to working illegally as a tourist.
The 3-month VISA must be renewed and the person and his/her family can VISIT the USofA as Tourists only. No employment, No Medicaid, No Anchor Babies.
The SECOND set of Tourist Visas will be a "Tourist to Guest Worker Visa," also a 3-month Visa. What this is entails is the same swabbing, fingerprinting (of all household members), photographing, but allows the Tourist to Guest Worker to locate employment and an employer who will vouch for him. The employer MUST provide a) wages equal to or greater than minimum wage; b) access to health insurance for the entire family; and c) $500 for the Guest to Worker adult(s), $250 for a spouse who will not be employed during the Guest to Worker stay in the USofA, and $250 for each child in the household. The Head of Household MUST VERIFY legal marriage with a certified copy of a marriage certificate (translated into English). The income from the employer will be placed in a Federal Account and rationed to the 50 States at the end of each fiscal year based on the number of Guest to Worker Visa holders employed. The States will be mandated to use it to provide Medicaid and CHIPs in their State.
This SECOND group will be eligible for Medicaid for pregnant spouse and Medicaid for children who qualify or for the Children's HealthCare Initiative (WHICH NEEDS FULL FUNDING! Yes, I'm yelling.)
So we've got a huge data base of DNA, fingerprints, photos. Background checks can be completed on all Tourist Visa and Tourist to Guest Worker Visa.
What does the "Immigrant" have to do? He must report where and who he stays with while he's here on his 3 month Tourist Visa, every 30 days. (Computers can be set up in Libraries and various State and Federal Agencies for this "self reporting."
Penalities? Failure to provide information (even "no change") every 30 days will result in immediate deportation and subsequent barring from entry back into the USofA. A Tourist who is discovered employed in the USofA or a woman who has a baby while in the USofA will forfeit their Tourist Visa and the baby will NOT become an Anchor Baby, but will have the same citizenship as the Mother.
How to check? At first, it may be difficult as programmers enter data into the data base. But once the DNA and fingerprints AND TOURIST ID NUMBER are in the Data Base, anyone from Traffic Policeman to Potential Employer (through employment service) can access the Data Base to verify status. A Tourist will be reported immediately with current address, etc. A Tourist to Worker can be verified as employable.
Yes, the idea needs some work. But what about hashing it out with other Senators?
Thanks for reading my email.
Retired
http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Another open letter to the Senate of the USofA
Senator:
1. I understand that Senate leaders are working on a back-room deal that will bring the Amnesty bill back for a vote in exchange for consideration on certain amendments.
2. I oppose this "Amendments for Amnesty" deal.
3. If you support this deal, then you will forever be listed as a supporter of amnesty.
4. The American people have spoken in opposition to this amnesty bill. I urge you to oppose this deal and the bill.
5. Build the Fence now! Start on it today and without delay. Fund it completely and include video monitoring.
6. Show that you are serious about representing the American Public by building the fence, supporting the Immigration Bill of 1986 and funding it, and obtaining a pardon for Border Agents Ramos and Compean!
7. We the People of the United States of America want unlawful "breaking, entering and looting" by illegal alien-immigrants stopped immediately. Send unlawful, undocumented immigrants back to their homeland. Send those who have overstayed their VISAs back to their homeland. Stop the looting of USofA resources by non-US Citizens and non-"green card" lawful immigrants.
8. Crime will decrease once the 12 to 21 Million undocuemted, unlawful immigrants are returned to where they came from. Drug smuggling into the USofA will decrease once the 12 to 21 Million unlawful, illegal, undocumented immigrants are returned to where they came from.
9. We the People of the United States of America have forebears who stayed on Ellis Island for 3 or more months before they were allowed to enter the USofA. Those who have unlawfully entered the USofA have not been screened for diseases or had a background check. They have broken into Casa USofA and are slowing stealing her resources (30% of HUD housing goes to undocumented alien-immigrants, illegals deplete the Hill-Burton Funds at hospitals to the detriment of US Citizens) and siphoning off her money (the #! import to Mexico is US Dollars).
10. The USofA is a sovereign nation. We the People of the United States of America do not want to be part of a "North American Union." We wish to remain free and independent. My forebears did not fight againts the British Crown in 1776 to be handed over to Mexico in 2007. No super-highway through the USofA.
11. You want a "plan?" Then give ALL undocumented unlawful immigrants "Tourist Visas" at the Borders in exchange for swabs for DNA, fingerprints, and photos, all of which will go into a Nationwide Data Base. Pass an amendment which states that babies born in the USofA to tourists (Tourist Visa current or expired) are not USofA Citizens but are citizens of the Country listed on their mother's Visa. And no person in the USofA on a Tourist Visa can legally work in the USofA. They'll have to submit paperwork for a "green card" if they wish to seek employment in the USofA. Spot checks on employers can be conducted randomly and across the USofA. Set up penalties for both "Tourist" and employer.
12. Think about the plan above. Think long and hard.
Thank you for reading my email, even if it upsets you.
Retired
http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com
1. I understand that Senate leaders are working on a back-room deal that will bring the Amnesty bill back for a vote in exchange for consideration on certain amendments.
2. I oppose this "Amendments for Amnesty" deal.
3. If you support this deal, then you will forever be listed as a supporter of amnesty.
4. The American people have spoken in opposition to this amnesty bill. I urge you to oppose this deal and the bill.
5. Build the Fence now! Start on it today and without delay. Fund it completely and include video monitoring.
6. Show that you are serious about representing the American Public by building the fence, supporting the Immigration Bill of 1986 and funding it, and obtaining a pardon for Border Agents Ramos and Compean!
7. We the People of the United States of America want unlawful "breaking, entering and looting" by illegal alien-immigrants stopped immediately. Send unlawful, undocumented immigrants back to their homeland. Send those who have overstayed their VISAs back to their homeland. Stop the looting of USofA resources by non-US Citizens and non-"green card" lawful immigrants.
8. Crime will decrease once the 12 to 21 Million undocuemted, unlawful immigrants are returned to where they came from. Drug smuggling into the USofA will decrease once the 12 to 21 Million unlawful, illegal, undocumented immigrants are returned to where they came from.
9. We the People of the United States of America have forebears who stayed on Ellis Island for 3 or more months before they were allowed to enter the USofA. Those who have unlawfully entered the USofA have not been screened for diseases or had a background check. They have broken into Casa USofA and are slowing stealing her resources (30% of HUD housing goes to undocumented alien-immigrants, illegals deplete the Hill-Burton Funds at hospitals to the detriment of US Citizens) and siphoning off her money (the #! import to Mexico is US Dollars).
10. The USofA is a sovereign nation. We the People of the United States of America do not want to be part of a "North American Union." We wish to remain free and independent. My forebears did not fight againts the British Crown in 1776 to be handed over to Mexico in 2007. No super-highway through the USofA.
11. You want a "plan?" Then give ALL undocumented unlawful immigrants "Tourist Visas" at the Borders in exchange for swabs for DNA, fingerprints, and photos, all of which will go into a Nationwide Data Base. Pass an amendment which states that babies born in the USofA to tourists (Tourist Visa current or expired) are not USofA Citizens but are citizens of the Country listed on their mother's Visa. And no person in the USofA on a Tourist Visa can legally work in the USofA. They'll have to submit paperwork for a "green card" if they wish to seek employment in the USofA. Spot checks on employers can be conducted randomly and across the USofA. Set up penalties for both "Tourist" and employer.
12. Think about the plan above. Think long and hard.
Thank you for reading my email, even if it upsets you.
Retired
http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com
Friday, June 08, 2007
Moochers
What or who makes your hair on the back of your neck rise like a dog ready for battle? What or who makes your eyes narrow, as if ready for conflict?
Hostility: Who, What, When, Where?
Been thinking of this due to a few situations familiar to me. And the situations have a lot in common.
FIRST: Unlawful immigration moochers from Mexico and other parts of the earth. They are looters who have unlawfully broken into Casa USofA and set up a squatter's rights sub-culture. They are defended by leftist-Marxists everywhere on earth. Right now, this includes support coming from the White House! They want to split Casa USofA; their motto "divide and conquer." And there are some people who would accommodate them, giving them Mexifornia, Mexizonia, New Meximexico and Mexas.
The Bush-Kennedy immigration amnesty bill is failing in the Senate. Now, "We the People" need to come up with a workable proposal. Many have been aired on talk-radio and on various television news shows. They all start with "ENFORCE THE EXISTING IMMIGRATION LAWS" and "BUILD THE FENCE FIRST." Why are Bush, Kennedy and a lot of Senators and Representatives playing footsie with unlawful immigrants? It's not for a few "grape and lettuce picker migrant workers" or "landscape migrants." Bush and Kennedy and a number of Congresspeople who were elected by USofAmerica Citizens have a "North American Union Agenda" to open up all borders to anyone who wants to enter the USofA. Terrorists included. Illegal Drug Runners included.
Did you hear or read how many USofA resources are being siphoned away from USofA Citizens to UNLAWFUL alien-immigrants? It's unconscionable. It's a travesty of justice. It is totally UN-American -- UN-USofA-American!
Congress must mandate that law enforcement in any USofA State arrest all unlawful, undocumented alien-immigrants in their area and turn them over to Homeland Security who will remove from the USofA the unlawful, undocumented alien-immigrant and return them, along with all family members here unlawfully and all children, whether "anchor-baby" or not, up to age 21, to their home Country within 10 days of being turned over to Homeland Security. The unlawful alien-immigrants will be swabbed, photographed, finger-printed and given a "you (list everyone in household, gender, date of birth) may apply for US Citizenship through your Country of origin when your youngest anchor baby is age 21 (with future date listed)." This lamminated card will spead up the legal immigration process when presented for Legal Immigration as the aforesaid fingerprints and DNA from the swabs can be run through NCIS and other governmental systems to determine if the person or persons applying for US Citizenship have committed any crimes which would deny them entrance to the USofA.
Congress must mandate that Homeland Security work with Border Agents to remove all Southern Border Agents who are family members or close friends with known drug-runners or coyotes who cross the Southern USofA border (with drugs or with persons who have no valid passport). The Border Agents removed for familiarity with drug-lords or coyotes can be offered positions at our Northern Border or an Airport or Port at least 500 miles from our Southern border. Border Agents Compean and Ramos must be pardoned by Congress, reinstated to their jobs, paid lost wages and all Court costs through the Texas District Attorney's office. And Johnny Sutton must be mandated to write appologies to both Border Agents.
Congress must mandate that Homeland Security conduct huge sweeps of areas known to harbor unlawful/illegal alien-immigrants, not just Mexicans. These unlawful immigrants must be swabbed, photographed, finger-printed, and returned to their Country of origin. Their identifying information will be kept on file indefinitely and used by law-enforcement from any State on an as needed basis. For instance, there are areas near Atlanta, GA, where Asian gangs rule. There are other known areas of the USofA where Asian, South American, and other gangs have overpowered the local law enforcement agency and rule.
Congress must mandate that every USofA Citizen obtain a Valid PassPort by the year 2010.
SECOND: Moochers and looters of other people's kindness and generosity. Most of this type personality are Leftist-Marxists. (So far no one who fits this description is serving in the White House. But there's a one in three chance that one will be running in the 2008 Presidential election. Democrats have a choice among a Saul Alinski trained Marxist, a black-separatist, and an ambulance chaser.)
Being generous can be a curse at times.
Moochers take many forms, but I have noticed a trend:
THIRD: Stalkers annoy me no end. I am not afraid of them because the law is on my side. Let me quote from an email I received the other day:
Needless to say, I'm reporting this to my local Sheriff's Office so that they can watch my house for any activity by this stalker. And, yes, I'll be taking other precautions available to me.
So, there you go. Three situations which raise the hair on the back of my neck.
Hostility: Who, What, When, Where?
Been thinking of this due to a few situations familiar to me. And the situations have a lot in common.
FIRST: Unlawful immigration moochers from Mexico and other parts of the earth. They are looters who have unlawfully broken into Casa USofA and set up a squatter's rights sub-culture. They are defended by leftist-Marxists everywhere on earth. Right now, this includes support coming from the White House! They want to split Casa USofA; their motto "divide and conquer." And there are some people who would accommodate them, giving them Mexifornia, Mexizonia, New Meximexico and Mexas.
The Bush-Kennedy immigration amnesty bill is failing in the Senate. Now, "We the People" need to come up with a workable proposal. Many have been aired on talk-radio and on various television news shows. They all start with "ENFORCE THE EXISTING IMMIGRATION LAWS" and "BUILD THE FENCE FIRST." Why are Bush, Kennedy and a lot of Senators and Representatives playing footsie with unlawful immigrants? It's not for a few "grape and lettuce picker migrant workers" or "landscape migrants." Bush and Kennedy and a number of Congresspeople who were elected by USofAmerica Citizens have a "North American Union Agenda" to open up all borders to anyone who wants to enter the USofA. Terrorists included. Illegal Drug Runners included.
Did you hear or read how many USofA resources are being siphoned away from USofA Citizens to UNLAWFUL alien-immigrants? It's unconscionable. It's a travesty of justice. It is totally UN-American -- UN-USofA-American!
Congress must mandate that law enforcement in any USofA State arrest all unlawful, undocumented alien-immigrants in their area and turn them over to Homeland Security who will remove from the USofA the unlawful, undocumented alien-immigrant and return them, along with all family members here unlawfully and all children, whether "anchor-baby" or not, up to age 21, to their home Country within 10 days of being turned over to Homeland Security. The unlawful alien-immigrants will be swabbed, photographed, finger-printed and given a "you (list everyone in household, gender, date of birth) may apply for US Citizenship through your Country of origin when your youngest anchor baby is age 21 (with future date listed)." This lamminated card will spead up the legal immigration process when presented for Legal Immigration as the aforesaid fingerprints and DNA from the swabs can be run through NCIS and other governmental systems to determine if the person or persons applying for US Citizenship have committed any crimes which would deny them entrance to the USofA.
Congress must mandate that Homeland Security work with Border Agents to remove all Southern Border Agents who are family members or close friends with known drug-runners or coyotes who cross the Southern USofA border (with drugs or with persons who have no valid passport). The Border Agents removed for familiarity with drug-lords or coyotes can be offered positions at our Northern Border or an Airport or Port at least 500 miles from our Southern border. Border Agents Compean and Ramos must be pardoned by Congress, reinstated to their jobs, paid lost wages and all Court costs through the Texas District Attorney's office. And Johnny Sutton must be mandated to write appologies to both Border Agents.
Congress must mandate that Homeland Security conduct huge sweeps of areas known to harbor unlawful/illegal alien-immigrants, not just Mexicans. These unlawful immigrants must be swabbed, photographed, finger-printed, and returned to their Country of origin. Their identifying information will be kept on file indefinitely and used by law-enforcement from any State on an as needed basis. For instance, there are areas near Atlanta, GA, where Asian gangs rule. There are other known areas of the USofA where Asian, South American, and other gangs have overpowered the local law enforcement agency and rule.
Congress must mandate that every USofA Citizen obtain a Valid PassPort by the year 2010.
SECOND: Moochers and looters of other people's kindness and generosity. Most of this type personality are Leftist-Marxists. (So far no one who fits this description is serving in the White House. But there's a one in three chance that one will be running in the 2008 Presidential election. Democrats have a choice among a Saul Alinski trained Marxist, a black-separatist, and an ambulance chaser.)
Being generous can be a curse at times.
Moochers take many forms, but I have noticed a trend:
- 1-Moochers play the "victim card" and turn on the tears if body language or verbal responses are not to their liking.
- 2- Moochers play on the generousity of others but never repay that generousity in-kind.
- 3- Moochers have a sad tale which always ends with their hands out waiting for a reward. What they fail to tell is how your financial help will further their ultimate agenda.
- 4- Moochers mooch off of other people's popularity by becoming "sudden friends" with them.
- 5- Moochers posture for a position at the top of the heap, even if it means elaborating and spreading gossip so that they can appear to be "the first to know and spread the (false) news."
- 6- Moochers feed off the lime-light. They are always "on stage" acting their part as "victim (moocher)." And if the lime-light drifts away from them, they'll act out however they have to, pulling no stops, to bring that lime-light back to them.
- 7-Moochers refuse to allow persons with greater talents dominate any discussion. Typical tactic of moochers is suddenly to bring up an unrelated topic in order to focus attention on themselves and their physical and/or mental disabilities.
- 8- Moochers are negative personalities.
- 9- Moochers drain energy from others, which is why they have no close friends, only distant acquaintances.
- 10- The most anoying trait: Moochers don't know when to shut up and go home.
THIRD: Stalkers annoy me no end. I am not afraid of them because the law is on my side. Let me quote from an email I received the other day:
Beware Dooms Days are coming,June,10,thru the 16th of June, roflomao
Needless to say, I'm reporting this to my local Sheriff's Office so that they can watch my house for any activity by this stalker. And, yes, I'll be taking other precautions available to me.
So, there you go. Three situations which raise the hair on the back of my neck.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Another Letter to a few Senators
Senator:
As I have written previously, I am very concerned about the current Immigration Bill being rushed through the approval process and the pressure placed on Republican and Democrat Senators to agree to it "in principle."
This current attempt at an Immigration Bill is not the answer to the unlawful immigrant problems of the USofA. And the Bill's supporters know this very well, which is why they have worked so hard to obtain your support of said bill.
First of all, the B-1 US Visa is for educated persons who will contribute to the general welfare of the USofA. This Visa would rarely if ever be used by the 12 to 21 Million unlawful immigrants currently in the USofA with pouring through our "open" borders every day. We can accept educated legal immigrants if we screen them to be sure they don't have a hidden agenda, such as plans to fly planes into tall buildings, bombing US Military facilities, bombing underwater train tunnels, or igniting airplane fuel in airport storage tanks. This "change" in the Immigration Bill was nothing but a smoke screen.
Secondly, how is Congress planning to fund the Immigration Bill presented to the Senate? Where will the money for more border patrol agents come from? Have you asked why the current USofA border laws, regulations and rules are not being rigorously enforced and why suddenly the supporters of the newest Immigration Bill are claiming that the new laws will be? How can we trust our own Government when current laws already on the books are ignored by the very people who are supposed to be enforcing them? Terrorists fly into our airports and whiz through Customs as if they were VIPs. Transfer trucks are driven across our border with Mexico and waved on by without checking the manifesto or the cargo.
IF the Federal Government is going to be enforcing any border regulations at all, why are Ramos and Compean still in jail? They were enforcing the law, but politics between Pres. George W Bush and former Pres. Vincente Fox were more important than enforcing the laws of this land!!!
Thirdly, if you want the USofA to exist as a sovereign nation, then anything which hinders that must be addressed and terminated immediately. Immigration reform must enhance national security, promote economic growth, and protect freedom and liberty. The Kennedy sponsored Immigration Bill falls short of those requirements. The downfall of Europe has been the European Union. There is declining patriotism in Europe. There is declining pride in nationality. The USofA does not and should not belong in a "Union of the Americas." The superhighway from Mexico through the USofA to Canada is a huge step in destroying the USofA. Democracy and individualism made this Country great and lawful immigration is a part of that greatness.
The style of unlawful immigration we currently have is not at all like the immigration into the USofA up to the closing of Ellis Island. The unlawful immigrants today are not screened at the border, their health is not checked, and for the most part, they have no jobs to go to in the USofA. The claim is that unlawful immigrants sneak into the USofA to enjoy the freedoms and liberties and "free" health care and education for their children which are offered here. This is dishonest at worst and misunderstood agenda at best. Why does Congress call it a "USofA freedom" to cause cities and towns to spend more of their legally obtained revenues to support a "sub-nation" of unlawful persons within the USofA? Why is over one-third of HUD housing allotments going to unlawful immigrants instead of 100% of HUD allotments going to US Citizens? Why are colleges giving grants and scholarships to unlawful immigrants and denying same to qualified US Citizen-students?
Something is vitally, dreadfully wrong in the USofA today: it is the parasitic draining of USofA resources, finances, and goodwill by a huge host of unlawful immigrants. This has to stop and it must stop now. The "good life" is being drained from the USofA by the very persons who say they enter unlawfully in order to obtain it.
Every year 1.4 million immigrants enter the USofA legally. There has been no talk of terminating legal immigration while the 12 to 21 million unlawful immigrants are "assimilated" into USofA culture over the next 12 to 21 years.
The farmers claim they need the migrants. They could pay better wages and include a benefits package and hire US Citizens who might know not to contaminate the fruit or vegetable they're picking with e. coli. Construction companies claim they need immigrant workers. Why don't they pay "an honest day's wage" and include a benefits package and hire US Citizens? Unlawful immigrants are hired to keep costs down and profits up. The bottom line is "money."
And, Senator, the bottom line in the current Immigrantion Bill is also Money. Who's getting it? Who's paying it? Who's benefiting the most from it?
Senator, Follow The Money! This Bill is being pushed on Congress and on the American Public too fast. And that, sir, causes me to wonder why.
As a Senator representing your District and the entire USofA Citizenry, it behooves you to find out why so that you do not continue the Federal Governments policy of chipping away at USofAmerica's freedoms.
When you were elected, you took that oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. This is what you are ordained to guard and champion with your very life, if necessary. And if you cannot offer your life, it's time to step down from office and allow someone willing to sacrifice all to replace you.
Thank you,
s/s
Retired
As I have written previously, I am very concerned about the current Immigration Bill being rushed through the approval process and the pressure placed on Republican and Democrat Senators to agree to it "in principle."
This current attempt at an Immigration Bill is not the answer to the unlawful immigrant problems of the USofA. And the Bill's supporters know this very well, which is why they have worked so hard to obtain your support of said bill.
First of all, the B-1 US Visa is for educated persons who will contribute to the general welfare of the USofA. This Visa would rarely if ever be used by the 12 to 21 Million unlawful immigrants currently in the USofA with pouring through our "open" borders every day. We can accept educated legal immigrants if we screen them to be sure they don't have a hidden agenda, such as plans to fly planes into tall buildings, bombing US Military facilities, bombing underwater train tunnels, or igniting airplane fuel in airport storage tanks. This "change" in the Immigration Bill was nothing but a smoke screen.
Secondly, how is Congress planning to fund the Immigration Bill presented to the Senate? Where will the money for more border patrol agents come from? Have you asked why the current USofA border laws, regulations and rules are not being rigorously enforced and why suddenly the supporters of the newest Immigration Bill are claiming that the new laws will be? How can we trust our own Government when current laws already on the books are ignored by the very people who are supposed to be enforcing them? Terrorists fly into our airports and whiz through Customs as if they were VIPs. Transfer trucks are driven across our border with Mexico and waved on by without checking the manifesto or the cargo.
IF the Federal Government is going to be enforcing any border regulations at all, why are Ramos and Compean still in jail? They were enforcing the law, but politics between Pres. George W Bush and former Pres. Vincente Fox were more important than enforcing the laws of this land!!!
Thirdly, if you want the USofA to exist as a sovereign nation, then anything which hinders that must be addressed and terminated immediately. Immigration reform must enhance national security, promote economic growth, and protect freedom and liberty. The Kennedy sponsored Immigration Bill falls short of those requirements. The downfall of Europe has been the European Union. There is declining patriotism in Europe. There is declining pride in nationality. The USofA does not and should not belong in a "Union of the Americas." The superhighway from Mexico through the USofA to Canada is a huge step in destroying the USofA. Democracy and individualism made this Country great and lawful immigration is a part of that greatness.
The style of unlawful immigration we currently have is not at all like the immigration into the USofA up to the closing of Ellis Island. The unlawful immigrants today are not screened at the border, their health is not checked, and for the most part, they have no jobs to go to in the USofA. The claim is that unlawful immigrants sneak into the USofA to enjoy the freedoms and liberties and "free" health care and education for their children which are offered here. This is dishonest at worst and misunderstood agenda at best. Why does Congress call it a "USofA freedom" to cause cities and towns to spend more of their legally obtained revenues to support a "sub-nation" of unlawful persons within the USofA? Why is over one-third of HUD housing allotments going to unlawful immigrants instead of 100% of HUD allotments going to US Citizens? Why are colleges giving grants and scholarships to unlawful immigrants and denying same to qualified US Citizen-students?
Something is vitally, dreadfully wrong in the USofA today: it is the parasitic draining of USofA resources, finances, and goodwill by a huge host of unlawful immigrants. This has to stop and it must stop now. The "good life" is being drained from the USofA by the very persons who say they enter unlawfully in order to obtain it.
Every year 1.4 million immigrants enter the USofA legally. There has been no talk of terminating legal immigration while the 12 to 21 million unlawful immigrants are "assimilated" into USofA culture over the next 12 to 21 years.
The farmers claim they need the migrants. They could pay better wages and include a benefits package and hire US Citizens who might know not to contaminate the fruit or vegetable they're picking with e. coli. Construction companies claim they need immigrant workers. Why don't they pay "an honest day's wage" and include a benefits package and hire US Citizens? Unlawful immigrants are hired to keep costs down and profits up. The bottom line is "money."
And, Senator, the bottom line in the current Immigrantion Bill is also Money. Who's getting it? Who's paying it? Who's benefiting the most from it?
Senator, Follow The Money! This Bill is being pushed on Congress and on the American Public too fast. And that, sir, causes me to wonder why.
As a Senator representing your District and the entire USofA Citizenry, it behooves you to find out why so that you do not continue the Federal Governments policy of chipping away at USofAmerica's freedoms.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity....
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. [So help me God.]
When you were elected, you took that oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution. This is what you are ordained to guard and champion with your very life, if necessary. And if you cannot offer your life, it's time to step down from office and allow someone willing to sacrifice all to replace you.
Thank you,
s/s
Retired
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Open Letter to the Senate of the USofA
CSPAN 2 had some Senators discussing Crimes Against Unlawful Immigrants. Here is my response:
Senator:
No crimes against unlawfully entered persons in the USofA would occur in the USofA if they were not living in the USofA illegally. Law breakers rights include swift judicial decisions and anyone without a passport, green-card or proof of birth in the USofA (or Territories) who is currently in the USofA is a lawbreaker!
The first crime is breaking into Casa USofA in the first place. If a person has no passport or legal proof that he should be in the USofA, then he's a burglar and a thief. He should be prosecuted AT THE BORDER of breaking (the laws of the USofA) and entering (unlawfully and illegally) and stealing resources belonging to citizens of the USofA.
You want to solve the ENTIRE situation? Pass legislation that EVERYONE in the USofA, including US Citizens, procure a PASSPORT from their Country of Birth by the end of 2008.
That way, when a person goes to the hospital or clinic, all she has to do is show her Passport and her child's passport. PROBLEM SOLVED.
Traffic stops would include proof of current Passport which could be double checked by a computer scan.
Congress would not be muddled in this amnesty-of-burglars-and-theives if they had done their jobs correctly after the Amnesty of August 26, 1996.
Senator, I don't care what your last name is or if you can speak American-English correctly or if you 'look' like a Middle Easterner or a mestizo, but if you are in the USofA unlawfully, you have broken the first Law of the Land, and you are guilty and should be sent back to where ever you came from and told to apply for entry into the USofA legally and lawfully.
No Amnesty. No "quickie" US Citizenship. Unlawfuls are criminals by their own choice of breaking into Casa USofA.
Senator, "We the People of the United States of America" say: The Casa USofA is CLOSED to amnesty as of August 26, 1996!!!
signed by me
Retired
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Political comments and losing our Free Speech Rights
One and All:
No computer yet, so I'm not able to be as active in politics (NO AMNESTY) as I'd like, although I have sent a few emails to Senators involved in the "let's push this immigration bill through before people realize the cost bill."
You can look at that number and assess that 6 to 10.5 MILLION people who have broken into "Casa USofA" (aka ILLEGALS) will cost the USofA and the States into the hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, in Welfare Costs alone during their lifetimes.
UNLAWFULS are depleting Hill-Burton Funds at Public Hospitals faster than any other low-income group. (Check it out.) In some States, UNLAWFULS have pre-empted low cost housing and college scholarships because of "diversity" -- which I do not protest if it is a GREEN-CARD IMMIGRANT who is getting the benefits. However, when UNLAWFULS take benefits away from US Citizens, it's time to say "NO AMNESTY" and "UNLAWFUL: GO HOME and Apply like an Honest Person!"
Crime has increased all across the USofA. In my County in Georgia, DUIs and Drug Arrests involve a disproportionate number of UNLAWFULS.
This "immigration bill" is a SHAM and should be protested. Congress wants it passed WHILE THEY ARE STILL WRITING IT! Once passed, Congress can re-write and add to it however they want. And that is a VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! THIS MUST NOT BE TOLERATED! Congress serves the Citizens of the USofA, not Mexico or Canada or any other Country!
ADDITIONALLY: Congresswoman Pelosi wants to redefine the term "lobbyist" so that your and my free speech rights are constricted. She wants to legislate the death of the First Ammendment. And if she's successful, you can bet she'll go after our Second Amendment rights, too.
Go check it out if you doubt me.
No computer yet, so I'm not able to be as active in politics (NO AMNESTY) as I'd like, although I have sent a few emails to Senators involved in the "let's push this immigration bill through before people realize the cost bill."
FACT: 49% of the 12 to 21 Million UNLAWFULS do not have a high school diploma.
FACT: 14% of all LAWFULS do not have a high school diploma.
FACT: 9% of United States Citizens do not have a high school diploma.
You can look at that number and assess that 6 to 10.5 MILLION people who have broken into "Casa USofA" (aka ILLEGALS) will cost the USofA and the States into the hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, in Welfare Costs alone during their lifetimes.
UNLAWFULS are depleting Hill-Burton Funds at Public Hospitals faster than any other low-income group. (Check it out.) In some States, UNLAWFULS have pre-empted low cost housing and college scholarships because of "diversity" -- which I do not protest if it is a GREEN-CARD IMMIGRANT who is getting the benefits. However, when UNLAWFULS take benefits away from US Citizens, it's time to say "NO AMNESTY" and "UNLAWFUL: GO HOME and Apply like an Honest Person!"
Crime has increased all across the USofA. In my County in Georgia, DUIs and Drug Arrests involve a disproportionate number of UNLAWFULS.
This "immigration bill" is a SHAM and should be protested. Congress wants it passed WHILE THEY ARE STILL WRITING IT! Once passed, Congress can re-write and add to it however they want. And that is a VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! THIS MUST NOT BE TOLERATED! Congress serves the Citizens of the USofA, not Mexico or Canada or any other Country!
ADDITIONALLY: Congresswoman Pelosi wants to redefine the term "lobbyist" so that your and my free speech rights are constricted. She wants to legislate the death of the First Ammendment. And if she's successful, you can bet she'll go after our Second Amendment rights, too.
Go check it out if you doubt me.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Ampersand
1- Still no computer access. I've got other things to keep me busy, so I'm not sitting at the Library (or here at a friend's) all day long. I don't really have any "computer withdrawal symptoms" and find it refreshingly freeing not to be sitting in front of the computer most of the day.
2- Being free of the computer, I read a novel this week. (I prefer historical novels as this one was and it's not here, so I don't recall title or author.)
3- No sign of the lost purse.
4- Have been doing a lot of sorting and have a few items to take to a local Thrift Store.
5- Am nearly ready to pack my backpack for my "AT shakedown hike" next month.
6- The only "problem" of not having the computer is that I can't be actively involved in politics as I was. But I'll make up for it as soon as my brother "fixes" the malware problem.
7- The dogs and cat like my constant availability since I'm computer-free. I took the dogs to the dog-walk (we're one of the few small counties with a dog trail) and will take them again later this week.
Life is good. Hope you're enjoying yours.
2- Being free of the computer, I read a novel this week. (I prefer historical novels as this one was and it's not here, so I don't recall title or author.)
3- No sign of the lost purse.
4- Have been doing a lot of sorting and have a few items to take to a local Thrift Store.
5- Am nearly ready to pack my backpack for my "AT shakedown hike" next month.
6- The only "problem" of not having the computer is that I can't be actively involved in politics as I was. But I'll make up for it as soon as my brother "fixes" the malware problem.
7- The dogs and cat like my constant availability since I'm computer-free. I took the dogs to the dog-walk (we're one of the few small counties with a dog trail) and will take them again later this week.
Life is good. Hope you're enjoying yours.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Wal-Mart
Maybe with this information you'll understand why I am so adamantly anti-Wal-Mart.
Do you see something wrong with this picture? This is a monopoly. The Congress split up AT&T which was one of the dumbest things in a list of dumb things Congress has done in over 200 years, yet they turn their heads when it comes to Wal-Mart. Considering the overall income for Wal-Mart, they reportedly give a paltry sum to political parties. Even the Walton sons give a small percentage politically.
So my question is: Where does all of Wal-Mart's money go?
- 1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.
- 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
- 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
- 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
- 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer.
- 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
- 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
- 8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
- 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
- 10. Wal-Mart has approximately 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are SuperCenters; -- 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.
- 11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population was approximately 6.5 billion shortly after noon today).
- 12. 90% of Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
Do you see something wrong with this picture? This is a monopoly. The Congress split up AT&T which was one of the dumbest things in a list of dumb things Congress has done in over 200 years, yet they turn their heads when it comes to Wal-Mart. Considering the overall income for Wal-Mart, they reportedly give a paltry sum to political parties. Even the Walton sons give a small percentage politically.
So my question is: Where does all of Wal-Mart's money go?
Saturday, May 05, 2007
No word about the fannypack/purse
So far no one's contacted me or mailed back my fannypack that I lost in Bristol, VA. I'm still hoping as some items, including the fannypack, are irreplaceable.
Got my charge cards, driver's license, health insurance card and some of my store-id cards. Still have a more agencies to call to obtain their cards.
My Fox 40 whistle was in the purse. As were my two Rosaries. I really want them back as they're hard to replace. And photos, business cards and the like, in my wallet.
Dang. It probably won't ever happen to me again, though!
Lesson learned.
My hard drive has malware and my brother is working on it. I don't have computer access but a few times a week and then, usually, for a short time, like half hour. Today longer.
I'm watching AMC and the Bruce Lee Story. I'm a big fan of Jeet Kun Do and Bruce Lee, if you've not read much of my blog.
Got my charge cards, driver's license, health insurance card and some of my store-id cards. Still have a more agencies to call to obtain their cards.
My Fox 40 whistle was in the purse. As were my two Rosaries. I really want them back as they're hard to replace. And photos, business cards and the like, in my wallet.
Dang. It probably won't ever happen to me again, though!
Lesson learned.
My hard drive has malware and my brother is working on it. I don't have computer access but a few times a week and then, usually, for a short time, like half hour. Today longer.
I'm watching AMC and the Bruce Lee Story. I'm a big fan of Jeet Kun Do and Bruce Lee, if you've not read much of my blog.
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