<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568</id><updated>2012-02-16T07:13:00.684-08:00</updated><category term='Obama&apos;s inevitable and predicted failures.'/><category term='you and I will be paying for a lot more fruitless trips'/><category term='we fail God and the future if we don&apos;t act soon'/><category term='Attempting to define political stances'/><category term='we might as well enjoy it'/><category term='Dealing with anti-American terrorists'/><category term='We dare not let the &quot;voices of reason&quot; be silenced.'/><category term='A sensible approach to &quot;gun control&quot;'/><category term='PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN'/><category term='who really is controlling our government?'/><category term='and to stop destroying our country'/><category term='Our entire way of life is being threatened - &quot;change&quot; for the worse is happening'/><category term='views'/><category term='We dare not exclude God and Jesus from our lives.'/><category term='etc.'/><category term='BURN YOUR OWN FLAG IF YOU&apos;RE NOT HAPPY'/><category term='addressing efforts to eliminate our country as we know it'/><category term='Looking at the positive side'/><category term='the Nobel committee has losts its integrity'/><category term='Introduction to my patriotism blog.'/><category term='we need an accounting from our government&apos;s leaders'/><category term='evaluating the hurry behind Obama&apos;s/Liberals&apos; agendas'/><category term='giving honor to whom honor is due'/><category term='So much of life is &quot;what you make it&quot;'/><category term='Wondering why Barry won&apos;t admit the truths'/><category term='unbiased judges in all courts'/><category term='We need to follow God&apos;s agenda.'/><category term='the voices of disgruntled Americans were heard yesterday'/><category term='Handling the matter of amnesty properly'/><category term='&quot;pork&quot;'/><category term='who is &quot;the enemy&quot; of our country?'/><category term='we need to create a balance in the political arena'/><category term='transparency'/><category term='we need to scrap the current plan and get the right people to give input for a viable healthcare program'/><category term='liberals have a tendency to forget what country they&apos;re living in'/><category term='if we&apos;re going to be &quot;controlled&quot;'/><category term='informing Americans on how to keep informed'/><category term='searching for right prospective on continued &quot;color&quot; talk'/><category term='America IS A Christian Nation'/><category term='bipartisanship'/><category term='philosophies.'/><category term='hoping to make sense for those who choose otherwise'/><category term='How far will despots go to destroy our America?'/><category term='we need fair-minded'/><category term='other promises - where is it all?'/><category term='Are all the &quot;donkeys&quot; in D.C. as dumb as they act?'/><category term='the attorney general should find better things to do with his time'/><category term='a civilized appeal to Mr. Obama to resign'/><title type='text'>Speaking For Americans</title><subtitle type='html'>The purpose of this blog is to speak for traditional
American values, those upon which our great nation
was founded, and those very same ones that all true
Americans still hold dear - those which our founding
fathers intended and which we need to adhere to.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-9022152908880799431</id><published>2012-02-08T15:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T15:33:07.325-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='So much of life is &quot;what you make it&quot;'/><title type='text'>UNIONS - GOOD OR NOT SO GOOD?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;So much of today's news includes and revolves&lt;br /&gt;around the activities, policies, and philosophies&lt;br /&gt;of unions, from the factory to the schoolroom, to&lt;br /&gt;the public workers' garage, and even in many cases&lt;br /&gt;into our shops and stores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having been a member of a couple of unions a&lt;br /&gt;while back, when living and working&amp;nbsp;near York,&lt;br /&gt;Pennsylvania, I'm coming&amp;nbsp;at this subject as one&lt;br /&gt;who has "some" knowledge and experience with&lt;br /&gt;unions.&amp;nbsp; Still, my comments in this blog should&lt;br /&gt;be perceived as being from "a layman", and not&lt;br /&gt;an expert in any sense of the word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To start, what do you believe was the purpose of&lt;br /&gt;unions when they were first formed?&amp;nbsp; From my&lt;br /&gt;public school education I learned that workers&lt;br /&gt;felt that they needed some "protection" from&lt;br /&gt;their employers, "safety" on the job, "wage&lt;br /&gt;security", and "seniority" guarantees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There may be other side issues, but I believe&lt;br /&gt;these are the main items addressed:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Protection:&amp;nbsp; By this I mean that a boss or&lt;br /&gt;employer could not demand a workload or&lt;br /&gt;type of work that was unreasonable for each&lt;br /&gt;particular union member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Safety:&amp;nbsp; Some early workplaces put so much&lt;br /&gt;emphasis on productivity and pumping out&lt;br /&gt;the goods that the welfare of some workers&lt;br /&gt;was put at risk, all for the "almighty dollar".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wage Security:&amp;nbsp; It was felt that each man or&lt;br /&gt;woman doing a certain job was entitled to&lt;br /&gt;the same basic rate of pay, with perhaps&lt;br /&gt;performance bonuses for the amount of&lt;br /&gt;product or service delivered over and above&lt;br /&gt;"the norm", or standard expectations.&amp;nbsp; Time&lt;br /&gt;with the company also earned advances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seniority Guarantees:&amp;nbsp; Whether a person was&lt;br /&gt;"liked" or not, as long as their work record&lt;br /&gt;was meeting acceptable standards, they had a&lt;br /&gt;job.&amp;nbsp; A worker could not be dismissed just&lt;br /&gt;because of their color, creed, religion, dress,&lt;br /&gt;etc., and could be safe in knowing that had&lt;br /&gt;a means of livelihood as long as they made&lt;br /&gt;the effort expected.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may refine or add to my basic premise,&lt;br /&gt;but to me this is what "value" the unions could&lt;br /&gt;offer and still should be offering their members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SADLY, there have been those over the years&lt;br /&gt;who have "bastardized" the original meaning &lt;br /&gt;and intent of forming unions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are some (many in my experience and&lt;br /&gt;estimation) who, without proper leadership&lt;br /&gt;qualifications, have advanced "through the&lt;br /&gt;ranks" of leadership, and their new-found&lt;br /&gt;positions and powers have gone to their egos,&lt;br /&gt;and have been corrupt in their dealings, not&lt;br /&gt;only with the companies, but with the union&lt;br /&gt;members who they've been elected to repre-&lt;br /&gt;sent, and all too often with the coffers of the&lt;br /&gt;treasuries from dues and pension contributions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've seen a few of these fellows who thought&lt;br /&gt;they were "big stuff", strutting around on the&lt;br /&gt;factory floors, acting&amp;nbsp;like they were "God's gift&lt;br /&gt;to the workers"!&amp;nbsp; Upsetting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take that minor (humble) beginning of the&lt;br /&gt;position of "Shop Steward" and magnify its&lt;br /&gt;power in the "locals" and the "national office",&lt;br /&gt;and you have a picture of the baser nature of&lt;br /&gt;humanity - corrupt and sinful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've all heard the threats and strong words&lt;br /&gt;of some union&amp;nbsp;"presidents" as they try to &lt;br /&gt;throw their "weight" around in both the labor&lt;br /&gt;negotiations and the political scenes.&amp;nbsp; THIS IS&lt;br /&gt;NOT WHAT THE ORIGINAL UNION&lt;br /&gt;FOUNDERS HAD IN MIND!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't mind being a "brother" or member at&lt;br /&gt;the time that I belonged, as I felt secure with&lt;br /&gt;the "power" of ALL of us in agreements with&lt;br /&gt;"the company" or "the corporation".&amp;nbsp; My wages&lt;br /&gt;were higher than I could have gotten if I'd just&lt;br /&gt;walked in off the street and been hired, but at&lt;br /&gt;the same time, that "union dues" deduction on&lt;br /&gt;my paychecks caused a bit of angst now and&lt;br /&gt;then.&amp;nbsp; I would ask myself, "What am I really&lt;br /&gt;getting for my money?".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There may well be a place still for the union,&lt;br /&gt;but as long as sinful, greedy, power-hungry&lt;br /&gt;individuals are allowed to "run the show", we&lt;br /&gt;will question the validity of their existence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Huge salaries, political appointments, audiences&lt;br /&gt;with high-ranking government people, lavish&lt;br /&gt;parties and suites, costly vacations, etc., have&lt;br /&gt;caused many of us to ask&amp;nbsp;"Do we really want&lt;br /&gt;or need the unions to have&amp;nbsp;such a big and&lt;br /&gt;powerful place in our society today?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sure there are some good, honest, well-&lt;br /&gt;intentioned men and women who are actively&lt;br /&gt;involved in unions, and many who sit in&lt;br /&gt;positions of leadership, but as in any or all&lt;br /&gt;other areas of life, if there are no checks-and-&lt;br /&gt;balances, no accountability, no honesty, &lt;br /&gt;UNIONS&amp;nbsp;CAN BE BAD, AND SOMETIMES ARE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A part of the solution, no doubt, would be for&lt;br /&gt;the members of unions to take a more active&lt;br /&gt;part.&amp;nbsp; Ask questions.&amp;nbsp; Offer input.&amp;nbsp; Hold your&lt;br /&gt;local officers accountable.&amp;nbsp; Be willing to take&lt;br /&gt;a position if it presents itself, in the hopes of&lt;br /&gt;"making a difference" for yourself and your&lt;br /&gt;union "brothers".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet, our governments also need to oversee&lt;br /&gt;the administration of unions, with respectable&lt;br /&gt;restrictions put on their activities, bookkeeping,&lt;br /&gt;and political involvement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without oversight,&amp;nbsp;some members and/or&lt;br /&gt;supporters of unions TEND TO BECOME THUGS,&lt;br /&gt;pushing&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;"weight" around, and acting as&lt;br /&gt;if they are entities unto themselves, with no&lt;br /&gt;expected rules and regulations of decency and&lt;br /&gt;decorum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do I want unions to "go away"?&amp;nbsp; It's tempting to&lt;br /&gt;say "yes", especially when we hear and read of&lt;br /&gt;the graft and evil that some have perpetrated, &lt;br /&gt;but "people of good will" stand to benefit from&lt;br /&gt;unions - IF THEY ARE PROPERLY RUN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. The motivation for this blog came partly&lt;br /&gt;from an internet experience earlier today, &lt;br /&gt;when I read numerous threats of violence,&lt;br /&gt;damage, and personal harm being directed to&lt;br /&gt;someone who had taken issues with some of&lt;br /&gt;his state's union activities.&amp;nbsp; Sad.&amp;nbsp; No person&lt;br /&gt;or group of persons have the right to confront&lt;br /&gt;another person or persons with whom they&lt;br /&gt;disagree, by stating their intentions to do&lt;br /&gt;them or their properties harm.&amp;nbsp; WRONG!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-9022152908880799431?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/9022152908880799431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2012/02/unions-good-or-not-so-good.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/9022152908880799431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/9022152908880799431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2012/02/unions-good-or-not-so-good.html' title='UNIONS - GOOD OR NOT SO GOOD?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-1457529054496675577</id><published>2012-01-02T10:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T10:44:21.844-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SHOULD A CHRISTIAN BE A DEMOCRAT?  (Subtitled, Can you be a Christian and a Liberal?)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;I know what you're thinking, some of you, "What kind of a question is this?&lt;br /&gt;Why does this have to be an issue?&amp;nbsp; Everybody's "religion" is a matter of person preference.&amp;nbsp; What does that have to do with politics?&amp;nbsp; Doesn't this guy have better things to do or to write about?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pegged you, didn't I?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, this subject has been plaguing my mind for a couple of months now, before even getting into it with some special people.&amp;nbsp; Soooo, I've tossed it around in my head (and my heart), trying to put the words together that I believe God wants me to write, in hopes of at least getting you to think about the matter at hand.&amp;nbsp; Be patient, I trust that if you read me all the way through, that&amp;nbsp;you'll understand my message (and God's?) and it will help you to act in a&amp;nbsp;conscientious manner that will soothe your conscience, especially in this tumultuous political climate we're currently experiencing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DISCLAIMER:&amp;nbsp; I am not a Democrat, a Republican, or a Libertarian.&amp;nbsp; I am not a Socialist, Marxist, Communist, or any other "ist".&amp;nbsp; I AM AN AMERICAN, AND I LOVE MY COUNTRY DEARLY - TIL DEATH, WHENEVER AND HOWEVER THAT OCCURS, EVEN IF IT MEANS "FIGHTING" FOR MY BELOVED&amp;nbsp;U.S.A., ORALLY OR PHYSICALLY!!&amp;nbsp; I am a "natural-born"&amp;nbsp;U.S. citizen, registered to vote, and I DO VOTE!&amp;nbsp; I CARE, and that's why I'm composing this, hopefully with God's direction and assistance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now to the business at hand.&amp;nbsp; First, I think we need to have a definition of "What is a Christian?".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christians were first so-called in the Book of Acts of the New Testament, the Holy Bible, because they not only spoke the name of Jesus Christ regularly, but they lived out&amp;nbsp;His teachings consistently and daily.&amp;nbsp; All that Jesus was, they tried to emulate.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Is that you?&amp;nbsp; How much like Jesus are you?&amp;nbsp; Do you "know"&amp;nbsp;Him?&amp;nbsp; I mean, is He your Saviour and Lord?&amp;nbsp; Have you accepted Him as such?&lt;br /&gt;MY POINT is that it's not enough to just be a WASP, or to be born into a Catholic family, or an Orthodox family, or anything of the sort, BUT THAT YOU MUST INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE TRUTH AND REALITY OF THE PERSONHOOD AND GODHOOD THAT IS JESUS CHRIST!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baptism doesn't cut it.&amp;nbsp; Confirmation isn't enough.&amp;nbsp; First holy communion will not qualify you for Heaven.&amp;nbsp; Church membership will not get you&amp;nbsp;through the "pearly gates".&amp;nbsp; Having a "church wedding" won't seal your eternal destiny, either.&amp;nbsp; As well and good as all of these things may be, YOU MUST BE "BORN AGAIN", AS JESUS TOLD NICODEMUS!!!&amp;nbsp; Whatever that means to you, you have got to have a personal encounter with the Son of God in order to start your life and journey as a Christian!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I KNOW I SOUND PREACHY, AND THAT'S NOT MY INTENT, but for our purposes, we must specify what&amp;nbsp;"a Christian" is, so as not to blur the distinctions that&amp;nbsp;we need to arrive at.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supposing, then, (and hopefully) that you are a "Christian", how should you conduct yourself in the normal course of living this life?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is unselfish.&amp;nbsp; A&amp;nbsp;Christian is compassionate.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is tolerant of others.&amp;nbsp; A Christian despises sin and evil.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is generous.&amp;nbsp; A Christian loves life, in all its stages.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is prayerful.&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is loving.&amp;nbsp; A Christian guards his/her speech.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is positive, hopeful, faith-filled.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is loyal.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is a good citizen of his/her country.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is obedient to Holy Scripture.&amp;nbsp; A Christian supports his/her church with offerings.&amp;nbsp; A Christian attends services as often as possible.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is a "good neighbor".&amp;nbsp; A Christian is generally "mild-mannered".&amp;nbsp; A Christian, through the embodiment of the Holy Spirit is "discerning".&amp;nbsp; A Christian is respectful.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is a good parent.&amp;nbsp; A Christian is law-abiding.&amp;nbsp; A Christian respects his/her mind and body and is careful what is put into it.&amp;nbsp; A Christian supports God's "chosen people", the Jews, whether in Israel, or New York, or wherever.&amp;nbsp; A Christian works to improve his family, local government, and national political environment, for the good of all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I COULD GO ON, AND ON, AND ON, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'RE STARTING TO GET THE PICTURE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully, it's not just Christians that feel, believe, and act these ways, but those of other faiths, as well, though we know it's not always the case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOW, TO MY (GOD'S?) POINT:&amp;nbsp; The descriptions given above, however brief (I could have said a lot more), are not just of what a Christian is or ought to be, BUT OF WHAT AN AMERICAN IS OR OUGHT TO BE!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SADLY, this is NOT THE CASE with all of our county's citizens.&amp;nbsp; There are TOO MANY who "march to a different drummer", or who "hear another tune", and these are those whose basic moral compasses are "tilting towards the South", or the "other pole", away from correctness and civility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For too long there has been a movement afoot in our great nation to LEAVE THE INTENTIONS AND HOPES OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND ORIGINAL CITIZENS, toward an environment of "laissez faire", or "devil-may-care" government and lifestyle.&amp;nbsp; There are people who&amp;nbsp;DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS, as long as they get their ways, and whatever it is that they want, mainly POSITION, POWER, AND WEALTH, and they are often destructive in their efforts to attain their goals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO THESE PEOPLE SOUND LIKE "CHRISTIANS"?&amp;nbsp; DO THEIR ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS SPEAK OF THE SAVIOUR?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll leave the answers to these questions for you to decide, but consider, if you will the following:&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LIBERALS are selfish, uncaring, have a disregard for others' lives in all of its stages, are intolerant of opposing or differing views, are stingy, are humanistic (thinking their ways are right instead of consulting God), give no mind to being "like Jesus", are hateful, are spiteful, do not usually support "God's chosen people" unless it benefits their agenda, speak with vileness, care little about our country's longevity, are quick to spend monies that are not theirs for causes that are immoral or just wrong, generally do not attend church except for weddings, funerals, or political gain/exposure, are deceitful and cunning, have wrong lifestyles (perverted, alcoholic, loose/immoral, abusers, etc.), and generally have little or no regard or place&amp;nbsp;for holiness or proper living/no use for God or His Son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I defer the specifics of all of these charges to you, my dear reader.&amp;nbsp; I could very easily have named names and instances, along with policies and sins, but even a cursory reading or hearing of the daily news will tell the story, that is if you really want to know the truth.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TO THE PREMISE OF MY ORIGINAL QUESTION:&amp;nbsp; Who makes the best citizens, Christians or "pseudo-Christians"?&amp;nbsp; Are REAL Christians better citizens because of their unique, personal relationship with God, the Bible, and the Saviour?&amp;nbsp; OR DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?&amp;nbsp; I pray that it does.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHO ARE YOU ALIGNED WITH?&lt;br /&gt;HAVE YOU GIVEN IT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT?&lt;br /&gt;DOES YOUR PARTY MEMBERSHIP OR POLITICAL VIEWPOINT MATTER TO GOD?&amp;nbsp; TO YOUR COUNTRY?&amp;nbsp; TO AMERICA'S FUTURE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that non-Liberals are perfect, or all great people or even great Americans.&amp;nbsp; I'm not saying that the Republican&amp;nbsp;Party is "God's party".&amp;nbsp; Nothing of the sort.&amp;nbsp; I'm not even implying that all Democrats are bad citizens or "wrong" for political office or anti-American or anti-God.&amp;nbsp; I'm not suggesting that Libertarians or "Independents" are of no value to our political discourse or direction.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT YOU CANNOT DIVORCE YOUR SPIRITUALITY FROM ANY SEGMENT OF YOUR LIFE, INCLUDING YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS AND ACTIVITIES!!&amp;nbsp; All that we are, all of life, HAS ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES, and we need to carefully and prayerfully choose what we believe, why we believe it, and how we should advance our "soulful" tenets in our daily experiences.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT WHAT YOU'VE READ ABOVE MAKES SENSE, AT LEAST SOMEWHAT, AND THAT I'VE GOT YOU THINKING ABOUT YOUR SPIRITUALITY AND HOW IT RELATES OR SHOULD RELATE TO YOUR POLITICAL STANCES AND EXPRESSIONS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless you and yours, and GOD BLESS AMERICA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. - Don't think that I'm condemning any party or all members of a&amp;nbsp;party - that is not my intention at all.&amp;nbsp; I'm simply trying to show the contrast between those who LOVE AMERICA AND AMERICANS and those who love themselves above their country or their countrymen.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-1457529054496675577?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/1457529054496675577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2012/01/should-christian-be-democrat-subtitled.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1457529054496675577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1457529054496675577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2012/01/should-christian-be-democrat-subtitled.html' title='SHOULD A CHRISTIAN BE A DEMOCRAT?  (Subtitled, Can you be a Christian and a Liberal?)'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-3540267538243664827</id><published>2011-09-01T10:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T10:33:16.299-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='who is &quot;the enemy&quot; of our country?'/><title type='text'>A PERSONAL LETTER TO TEA-PARTY MEMBERS &amp; SYMPATHIZERS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;IT'S STARTING TO "HEAT UP"!&amp;nbsp; You know what I&lt;br /&gt;mean, don't you?&amp;nbsp; The vitriolic rhetoric from the Left,&lt;br /&gt;the Libs, the Blacks, the Brotherhood, etc.&amp;nbsp; IT'S ON A&lt;br /&gt;ROLL, AND GATHERING MOMENTUM - AND YOU&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_ipr432="140"&gt;ARE ITS TARGET!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BRACE YOURSELF.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER.&lt;br /&gt;STAND FAST IN YOUR BELIEFS.&lt;br /&gt;DON'T STRAY FROM YOUR AGENDA.&lt;br /&gt;BE PREPARED FOR "WARFARE".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Up to now the criticism and accusations, including&lt;br /&gt;name-calling and bashing, have been somewhat MILD,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="157"&gt;with&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;half-wit or two whose offices have been jeopardized&lt;/div&gt;"throwing stones" in an effort to weaken your purpose&lt;br /&gt;and resolve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="158"&gt;THEIR GOAL IS TO DISCOURAGE YOU.&lt;/div&gt;THEIR GOAL IS TO DISENFRANCHISE YOU.&lt;br /&gt;THEIR GOAL IS TO GET YOU TO LOWER YOURSELVES&lt;br /&gt;TO THEIR "STANDARDS", or lack of.&lt;br /&gt;THEY INTEND TO INVOLVE YOU IN DISCOURSE THAT&lt;br /&gt;WILL DETRACT AND DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR MISSION.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't let them "win"!&amp;nbsp; Don't let them drag you down into the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="160"&gt;hateful and unintellectual abyss that they're in.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KEEP YOUR HEADS HIGH!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="161"&gt;KEEP THAT LOOK OF DETERMINATION ON YOUR FACES!&lt;/div&gt;KEEP THAT SMILE THAT IRRITATES THE HELL OUT OF THEM!&lt;br /&gt;KEEP THAT UNITY THAT THEY FAIL TO HAVE!&lt;br /&gt;KEEP YOUR DECORUM AND DON'T USE THEIR LANGUAGE&lt;br /&gt;OF FILTH, DISGRACE, DEBAUCHERY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REMEMBER HOW YOU STARTED?&lt;br /&gt;REMEMBER "WHY" YOU STARTED?&lt;br /&gt;REMEMBER WHEN YOU GOT INVOLVED?&lt;br /&gt;REMEMBER THE DISGUST THAT PROPELLED YOU TO&lt;br /&gt;"DO SOMETHING"?&lt;br /&gt;REMEMBER "AMERICA" BEFORE OBAMA?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THAT'S WHY WE ENJOIN THE FRAY - TO RETURN OUR&lt;br /&gt;BELOVED COUNTRY TO IT'S ORIGINAL CHARACTER OF&lt;br /&gt;MORALITY, TRUTH, COMPASSION, AND FAITH!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YOUR GOALS ARE NOBLE!&lt;br /&gt;YOUR GOALS ARE GOD-DRIVEN!&lt;br /&gt;YOUR GOALS ARE HONORABLE!&lt;br /&gt;YOUR GOALS ARE ATTAINABLE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not a "Tea Party" member.&amp;nbsp; Neither am I a Republican.&lt;br /&gt;Nor a Democrat.&amp;nbsp; God forbid.&amp;nbsp; I am not a Libertarian.&amp;nbsp; I am&lt;br /&gt;not a Socialist.&amp;nbsp; I AM AN AMERICAN!&amp;nbsp; I AM A PATRIOT!&lt;br /&gt;I AM A INDEPENDENT THINKER WHO WANTS THE&lt;br /&gt;BEST FOR MY BELOVED U.S.A., AS YOU DO!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are a "melting pot" of personalities that does not&lt;br /&gt;define a particular creed or agenda.&amp;nbsp; You are not a group&lt;br /&gt;of businessmen fighting for survival.&amp;nbsp; You are not an army&lt;br /&gt;of housewives fighting for sanity in the marketplace.&amp;nbsp; You&lt;br /&gt;are not an organization that wants to take over the seats&lt;br /&gt;of government.&amp;nbsp; You are not a horde of "riff-raff" that enjoys&lt;br /&gt;being involved in controversy and upheaval.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YOU ARE A REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF CITIZENS WHO&lt;br /&gt;SEEK THE BEST FOR OUR BELOVED NATION!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While there are those who "fear" that you are anarchists,&lt;br /&gt;their real "fear" is that they will be proven WRONG and&lt;br /&gt;DESPICABLE in the ways that they are running the show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEY WANT POSITION.&lt;br /&gt;THEY WANT POWER.&lt;br /&gt;THEY WANT THE "SPOILS" OF SUCH.&lt;br /&gt;SOME WANT EVIL &amp;amp; SELFISH "CHANGES".&lt;br /&gt;OTHERS DON'T GIVE A "DAMN" AS LONG AS THEY&lt;br /&gt;"GET&amp;nbsp;THEIRS".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEY'LL "GET THEIRS", ALRIGHT, AS LONG AS YOU&lt;br /&gt;AND I AND GOD CONTINUE TO PURSUE THEIR SORRY&lt;br /&gt;ASSES OUT OF THEIR SMUGNESS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DON'T BE INTIMIDATED!&lt;br /&gt;DON'T BE AFRAID!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="155"&gt;DON'T LET THEM SCARE YOU!&lt;/div&gt;THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.&lt;br /&gt;THEIR PUBLIC CURSES &amp;amp; EPITAPHS ARE THEIR WAY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;OF EXHIBITING THEIR INSECURITY AND FEARS.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;THEY WILL LOSE!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;AS LONG AS YOU TAKE HEART, PERSIST, DON'T LET&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;YOURSELVES BE SWAYED FROM YOUR MISSION, AND&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;LOOK TO GOD FOR HIS DIVINE ASSISTANCE, YOU&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;WILL PREVAIL!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;GOD BLESS YOU, "TEA PARTY"!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;"THANKS!" FOR HELPING TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;VISTA IN&amp;nbsp;D.C. AND IN MANY STATES AND CITIES.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;KEEP GOING!&amp;nbsp; KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_xwzair="156"&gt;BE ENCOURAGED - THE VICTORY IS WORTH THE BATTLE!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-3540267538243664827?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/3540267538243664827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/09/personal-letter-to-tea-party-members.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3540267538243664827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3540267538243664827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/09/personal-letter-to-tea-party-members.html' title='A PERSONAL LETTER TO TEA-PARTY MEMBERS &amp; SYMPATHIZERS'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4867171815105153002</id><published>2011-08-02T10:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T10:51:31.355-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ARE YOU A "COMFORTABLE" AMERICAN?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;It's probably not something that you've given any mind&lt;br /&gt;to, the "comfort zone" in which most of us live, but it's a&lt;br /&gt;subject that needs to be addressed, as I pray you'll agree&lt;br /&gt;when you've finished reading this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU?&amp;nbsp; What are you lacking?&lt;br /&gt;Of course some of us are never fully satisfied, no matter&lt;br /&gt;what or how much we have, but I dare say that few, if &lt;br /&gt;any of us are lacking much.&amp;nbsp; Think about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a home?&amp;nbsp; Whether house, apartment, etc.&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a motor vehicle?&amp;nbsp; Car, truck, van, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="160"&gt;Do you have a refrigerator?&amp;nbsp; Bet there's food in it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="160"&gt;Does your home have a furnace or means of heating?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="160"&gt;Do you have AC where you live and work, etc.?&lt;/div&gt;Do you have a job?&amp;nbsp; Most Americans do.&amp;nbsp; Some more&lt;br /&gt;than 1, sadly.&amp;nbsp; Others scrape by somehow.&lt;br /&gt;Do you have a paycheck?&amp;nbsp; As meager as it may &lt;br /&gt;seem at times, it is a means of substinence.&lt;br /&gt;Do you have an "Access" or foodstamp card?&lt;br /&gt;Do you have money in a bank or IRA or 401K?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF US ARE "COMFORTABLE"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are there children in your household?&amp;nbsp; What a blessing.&lt;br /&gt;Are there schools for them to learn and grow in?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Is your neighborhood clean, and quiet, and safe?&lt;br /&gt;Do you and your neighbors get along?&amp;nbsp; Hope so.&lt;br /&gt;Are there family members regularly in your life?&amp;nbsp; Daily?&lt;br /&gt;Are you a "religious" person?&amp;nbsp; Do you attend church?&lt;br /&gt;Is your health stable?&amp;nbsp; Do you have a good doctor?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Are you "free" to come and go?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Do you have vacations, whether at home or away?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Do you have a television?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Do you watch the news?&amp;nbsp; Just for the weather?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Do you watch sitcoms and drama to escape "the news"?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Do you prefer NOT to know what's happening in the world?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;(Some days I know the feeling.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Do you sometimes fear for you life?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Are you worried about invasions from outside the country?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Is crime "under control" where you live?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Do you worry about foreign elements moving into your&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;neighborhood or community?&amp;nbsp; Hope not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;TO MY POINT:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As Americans, we have had it quite well for a long&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;time, "the most blessed country on earth" as some have&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;said.&amp;nbsp; AND WE ARE BLESSED!&amp;nbsp; Agree?&amp;nbsp; Hope so.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;YET.................&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; There are "dark clouds" on the horizon that may &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;very well affect our being "comfortable"!&amp;nbsp; Can you see&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;them?&amp;nbsp; Do they concern you?&amp;nbsp; Best if they do, as we are&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;about to see some drastic changes to our way of living,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;some changes of which have already begun.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT TO CONTROL YOUR TV VIEWING!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT TO LIMIT AND MONITOR YOUR&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;INTERNET USAGE!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT TO DISARM HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;AMERICAN CITIZENS!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" DESIRE TO BANKRUPT OUR COUNTRY!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT TO CHANGE OUR EDUCATIONAL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;SYSTEM AND CURRICULUMS!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" HOPE TO MAKE "RELIGION" NON-EXISTENT!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" DESIRE TO MONITOR YOUR EVERY COMMUNICATION,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="141"&gt;WHETHER THE WEB, YOUR PHONE, OR YOUR PRIVATE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;CONVERSATIONS!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT A DIFFERENT SET OF "LAWS" FOR OUR&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="142"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_8143m6="149"&gt;UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAMELY "SHARIA"!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_8143m6="149"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_8143m6="149"&gt;"FORCES" WANT YOU TO CHANGE YOUR RELIGION - OR DIE!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT TO EAT, WHEN TO&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;EAT, AND HOW MUCH TO EAT!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT YOU TO SPEAK A SECOND LANGUAGE!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" ARE INSIDIOUSLY MOVING INTO THE HALLS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;OF OUR GOVERNMENT!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" ARE PLANNING TO "REWRITE" OUR CONSTITUTION!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT TO SHUT DOWN TALK RADIO AND TV IN&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;ORDER TO "QUIET DISSENTERS"!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT US TO BE PART OF A "ONE WORLD ORDER"!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" WANT US TO USE A COMMON MONETARY&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;EXCHANGE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"FORCES" HOPE TO ESTABLISH A MONARCHIAL DICTATOR/&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;LEADER IN OUR CAPITAL!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="144"&gt;"FORCES" WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU MAY SEE,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="140"&gt;HEAR,&amp;nbsp; WATCH, &amp;nbsp;AND READ.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="143"&gt;"FORCES" ARE PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF OTHER&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;COUNTRIES, NAMELY OUR CREDITORS, TO TURN OVER&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;OWNERSHIP OF OUR PROPERTY AND COUNTRY.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Are you getting my drift?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;My concern is that not enough people (although the number&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;is growing daily) care enough about their welfare and the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;"state of the union" to pay attention to the myriad of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;voices that are uniting to stop the EVILS that are already&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;being perpetrated upon America!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;AMERICAN, PATRIOT, FRIEND, for God's sake, and for&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;the sake of your family, especially your children and the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;generations to come, WAKE UP AND PAY ATTENTION!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;WE ARE IN A FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S LIFE!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Read between the lines.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Listen to patriotic commentators.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;Buy and read some of the many books predicting our doom if&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;we don't STAND and do something soon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE OUR COMFORTABLENESS!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;YOU ARE ABOUT TO HAVE YOUR LIFE TOTALLY ALTERED!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;THANK GOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE "SOUNDING THE ALARM"!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;AMERICA, AMERICANS "WAKE UP OR FOREVER SLEEP"!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;P.S.&amp;nbsp; Here are a few websites you may benefit from by checking:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Newsmax.com.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; WorldNetDaily&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; American Vision&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Vision To America&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Freedomworks.org&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Heritage Foundation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Blaze.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; USJF.org&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Weekly Standard.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; barenakedIslam.wordpress.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Patriot Update.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="145"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; creepingsharia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="145"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="145"&gt;"TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FOREARMED"!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="145"&gt;YOU HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED!&amp;nbsp; THE&amp;nbsp;REST IS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="145"&gt;UP TO YOU - BECOME INFORMED, BECOME&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_2cmxyj="145"&gt;INVOLVED, OR LOSE YOUR COUNTRY.&amp;nbsp; Bill.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_g214ld="159"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4867171815105153002?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4867171815105153002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/08/are-you-comfortable-american.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4867171815105153002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4867171815105153002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/08/are-you-comfortable-american.html' title='ARE YOU A &quot;COMFORTABLE&quot; AMERICAN?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-560102260398361442</id><published>2011-07-21T12:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T12:30:32.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why wouldn't someone like Glenn Beck?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;With all of the high-profile bantering these days about the&lt;br /&gt;explosiveness of America's politics, many voices have been&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_wrz866="159"&gt;added to the conversation and debate about "what's best &lt;/div&gt;for America".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_wrz866="160"&gt;You have your previously "big three" networks with their&lt;/div&gt;commentators, in addition to MSNBC and the daily vitriol&lt;br /&gt;that spews from Maddow, Matthews and company, AND&lt;br /&gt;you have your Fox News Network with the likes of Hannity,&lt;br /&gt;Van Susteren, Stossel, O'Reilly, and, of course, Glenn Beck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the last 2 or 3 years Beck has been the leader in giving&lt;br /&gt;us the latest on what's happening, not only in the USA, but&lt;br /&gt;around the world, politically and economically, as well as&lt;br /&gt;religiously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly for some, including myself, Beck is no longer on his&lt;br /&gt;daily 5 to 6 PM slot, but has been relegated to his daily&lt;br /&gt;radio show, his new project "GBTV", GlennBeck.com, and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_wrz866="161"&gt;"The Blaze" on the internet, in addition to the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_wrz866="161"&gt;"Restoring Courage" event in Israel next month.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While there are those who don't or won't miss Glenn's &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_wrz866="162"&gt;daily "rantings", many of us do, wondering why the &lt;/div&gt;"voice of reason" that he is was removed from the&lt;br /&gt;spotlight.&amp;nbsp; Some think Fox buckled under pressure from&lt;br /&gt;"the administration" of Barack Hussein Obama, while&lt;br /&gt;others, mainly I, believe that George Soros ("Spooky Dude"&lt;br /&gt;as Glenn calls him) had put some financial pressure on&lt;br /&gt;"someone" to have Glenn removed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We may never know the entirety of the matter, but this&lt;br /&gt;I'm sure of, "the powers that be" were tired of being&lt;br /&gt;confronted and exposed regularly in their attempts to&lt;br /&gt;diametrically and diabolically alter our great nation's&lt;br /&gt;character.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU LIKE GLENN?&amp;nbsp; Did you watch him?&amp;nbsp; Do you&lt;br /&gt;listen to him?&amp;nbsp; He's on in the AMs, 10 to 12 locally on&lt;br /&gt;the radio.&amp;nbsp; His websites provide a plethora of valuable&lt;br /&gt;information for those who care about their future and&lt;br /&gt;the future of America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why wouldn't a person like Glenn Beck?&lt;br /&gt;l.&amp;nbsp; He's caucasian.&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; He's male.&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; He's animated.&lt;br /&gt;4.&amp;nbsp; He's Christian/Mormon.&lt;br /&gt;5.&amp;nbsp; He speaks with conviction.&lt;br /&gt;6.&amp;nbsp; He fears no enemy.&lt;br /&gt;7.&amp;nbsp; He's vigorously patriotic.&lt;br /&gt;8.&amp;nbsp; He knows what he's talking about.&lt;br /&gt;9.&amp;nbsp; He exposes the enemies of America.&lt;br /&gt;10.&amp;nbsp; He attacks the enemies of free enterprise, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; capitalism, and democracy.&lt;br /&gt;11.&amp;nbsp; He uses humor to "help the medicine go down".&lt;br /&gt;12.&amp;nbsp; He's generally a "no-nonsense" reporter.&lt;br /&gt;13.&amp;nbsp; He's comparatively young.&lt;br /&gt;14.&amp;nbsp; He's not unattractive (sorta "cute").&lt;br /&gt;15.&amp;nbsp; He's not crotchety like many newspeople.&lt;br /&gt;16.&amp;nbsp; He loves his family.&lt;br /&gt;17.&amp;nbsp; He loves his country.&lt;br /&gt;18.&amp;nbsp; He's open to discussion and debate.&lt;br /&gt;19.&amp;nbsp; He informs his listeners/viewers constanly&lt;br /&gt;of the things we need to be aware of/know.&lt;br /&gt;20.&amp;nbsp; He cares about our nation's future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WAIT!&amp;nbsp; Those items could easily be the very reasons&lt;br /&gt;one should LIKE GLENN BECK!&amp;nbsp; Hmmmmmmmmmmm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My intention is not to put Glenn up as some sort of&lt;br /&gt;a saint or national hero, but friend, if you are a true&lt;br /&gt;American, and if you have any care about what's&lt;br /&gt;being done to your homeland - you'll pay attention&lt;br /&gt;to what Glenn (and others) are saying.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THESE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND EXPLOSIVE&lt;br /&gt;TIMES&amp;nbsp;- WE&amp;nbsp;NEED TO CARE, KNOW, AND INVOLVE&lt;br /&gt;OURSELVES IN THE&amp;nbsp;GOINGS ON AROUND US.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS GLENN BECK!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-560102260398361442?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/560102260398361442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-wouldnt-someone-like-glenn-beck.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/560102260398361442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/560102260398361442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-wouldnt-someone-like-glenn-beck.html' title='Why wouldn&apos;t someone like Glenn Beck?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-8105273467026519048</id><published>2011-07-18T11:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T15:09:17.617-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I AM AN EXTREME, RADICAL, AMERICAN PATRIOT!!</title><content type='html'>WARNING:&amp;nbsp; ASSOCIATING WITH ME OR READING MY BLOG&lt;br /&gt;MAY IDENTIFY YOU AS THE SAME.&amp;nbsp; IF YOU ARE COWARDLY,&lt;br /&gt;QUEASY, AFRAID, UNAMERICAN, ILLEGAL, OR OTHERWISE&lt;br /&gt;TOO LIBERAL TO HAVE A BACKBONE AND STAND ON THE&lt;br /&gt;RIGHT PRINCIPLES, DON'T READ THIS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MY NAME IS BILL (C.W.) RICHEY.&amp;nbsp; I LIVE IN PITTSBURGH,&lt;br /&gt;PENNSYLVANIA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I AM CAUCASIAN.&lt;br /&gt;I AM OF IRISH/SCOTTISH/GERMAN/ENGLISH DESCENT.&lt;br /&gt;I WAS BORN HERE.&lt;br /&gt;I AM MALE.&lt;br /&gt;I AM OF SOUND MIND.&amp;nbsp; (A MEMBER OF "THE HIGH I.Q.&lt;br /&gt;SOCIETY, AND QUALIFIED FOR "MENSA")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I LOVE MY COUNTRY.&lt;br /&gt;I BELIEVE IN ITS FOUNDING PRINCIPLES.&lt;br /&gt;I RESPECT&amp;nbsp;OUR "CONSTITUTION".&lt;br /&gt;I HONOR&amp;nbsp;OUR FLAG.&lt;br /&gt;I AGREE WITH THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE".&lt;br /&gt;I APPRECIATE "THE FEDERALIST PAPERS".&lt;br /&gt;I CHILL AT OUR "NATIONAL ANTHEM".&lt;br /&gt;I SALUTE AND/OR THANK MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY&lt;br /&gt;WHENEVER I ENCOUNTER THEM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I AM REGISTERED "INDEPENDENT", AS I WILL NOT&lt;br /&gt;"SELL MY SOUL" TO ANY POLITICAL PARTY.&lt;br /&gt;I WILL VOTE FOR THE PERSON WHO HOLDS TRADITIONAL&lt;br /&gt;AMERICAN, FAMILY, AND CHRISTIAN VALUES DEAR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I AM ANTI-GAY.&lt;br /&gt;I AM ANTI-MUSLIM.&lt;br /&gt;I AM ANTI-ATHEIST.&lt;br /&gt;I AM ANTI-LIBERAL.&lt;br /&gt;I AM ANTI-OBAMA.&lt;br /&gt;I AM ANTI-SOCIALISM/MARXISM/COMMUNISM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I OPPOSE ANY ONE OR ONES, WHETHER PERSON OR&lt;br /&gt;COUNTRY OR RELIGION OR IDEOLOGY, THAT WANTS&lt;br /&gt;TO DIAMETRICALLY AND DIABOLICALLY ALTER &lt;br /&gt;OUR NATION'S CHARACTER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I LOVE YOU.&lt;br /&gt;I LOVE GAYS.&lt;br /&gt;I LOVE ATHEISTS.&lt;br /&gt;I "LOVE" OBAMA.&lt;br /&gt;I "LOVE" MUSLIMS.&lt;br /&gt;I LOVE LIBERALS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO, I DON'T WANT THEM LIVING IN MY HOUSE,&lt;br /&gt;OR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IN MY CITY, BUT&lt;br /&gt;I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET THEM IN HEAVEN, IF&lt;br /&gt;THEY WILL ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOUR!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I BELONG TO THE NRA.&lt;br /&gt;I OWN.&lt;br /&gt;I CARRY.&lt;br /&gt;I WILL USE (SAFELY &amp;amp; RESPONSIBLY).&lt;br /&gt;I WILL DEFEND MY HOME, FAMILY &amp;amp; POSSESSIONS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I AM A CHRISTIAN, "BORN AGAIN" BY JESUS.&lt;br /&gt;I AM A CHURCH MEMBER.&lt;br /&gt;I GO TO CHURCH.&lt;br /&gt;I HONOR THE SABBATH.&lt;br /&gt;I RESPECT NATURE.&lt;br /&gt;I LOVE ANIMALS.&lt;br /&gt;I WORK (AND AM NOT ON WELFARE).&lt;br /&gt;I AM NOT RACIST.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I APPRECIATE MY FB FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE&lt;br /&gt;WHO ARE "IN THE FIGHT" WITH ME TO CHANGE/&lt;br /&gt;RESTORE OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE AND VALUES.&lt;br /&gt;I ENJOY GETTING EMAIL UPDATES ON WHAT'S&lt;br /&gt;HAPPENING IN D.C. AND AROUND THE U.S.A. AND WORLD.&lt;br /&gt;I WISH I COULD ABSORB MORE TRUTH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT IN MY LIFETIME I WILL SEE THE DEFEAT&lt;br /&gt;OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERALISM IN AMERICA, AND A&lt;br /&gt;SEMBLANCE OF PEACE IN THE WORLD.&lt;br /&gt;I'M SKEPTICAL OF THIS, AS THE "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD",&lt;br /&gt;"AL-QUEDA",&amp;nbsp;"HEZBOLLAH", AND OTHERS ARE AGAINST&lt;br /&gt;ALL SANITY AND HUMAN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS.&lt;br /&gt;I OPPOSE "SUPPORTING" ENEMY GOVERNMENTS WITH&lt;br /&gt;OUR MONEY AND LACK OF INVOLVEMENT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH TO KEEP OUR ENEMIES FROM&lt;br /&gt;CONTINUING TO INFILTRATE OUR SCHOOLS, OUR GOVERN-&lt;br /&gt;MENT, OUR CHURCHES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR&lt;br /&gt;SOCIETY.&lt;br /&gt;I WILL FIGHT WITH ANY MEANS AT MY DISPOSAL - FB,&lt;br /&gt;MY BLOGS, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, FAXES, PETITIONS,&lt;br /&gt;LITERATURE, PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS/APPEARANCES,&lt;br /&gt;CONVENTIONS, ETC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I FEAR NO MAN.&lt;br /&gt;I FEAR/RESPECT ONLY GOD, NOT "ALLAH", WHO IS NOT GOD.&lt;br /&gt;I FEAR THE DIRECTION OBAMA IS TAKING US.&lt;br /&gt;I FEAR THE "LEFT" HAS NO CLUE WHAT THEY DO.&lt;br /&gt;I FEAR THAT MARXISM IS TAKING HOLD HERE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT MY VOICE WILL BE HEARD.&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT MY CHILDREN &amp;amp; GRANDCHILDREN WILL&lt;br /&gt;HAVE AN AMERICA TO GROW UP IN AND THRIVE IN.&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT I CAN HELP OTHERS TO THINK CLEARLY.&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT I CAN PROMPT OTHERS TO BE PATRIOTS,&lt;br /&gt;NOT ONLY IN NAME, BUT IN BELIEFS AND ACTIONS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I LOVE MY COUNTRY.&lt;br /&gt;I THANK GOD FOR ITS INCEPTION.&lt;br /&gt;I'M THANKFUL FOR THE BRAVERY AND FORTITUDE&lt;br /&gt;OF OUR FOUNDERS.&lt;br /&gt;I'M GLAD WE'VE BEEN A "BEACON OF HOPE" FOR&lt;br /&gt;THE WORLD.&lt;br /&gt;I'M HAPPY WE HAVE WELCOMED THE OPPRESSED,&lt;br /&gt;HOPELESS, AND HOMELESS WITH OPEN HEARTS AND ARMS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'M GLAD FOR A SYSTEM OF LAWS THAT RESPECT LIFE.&lt;br /&gt;I APPRECIATE THE "CHECKS AND BALANCES" OF OUR LAW.&lt;br /&gt;I DON'T DENY ANYONE THE RIGHT TO LIVE HERE AND BE&lt;br /&gt;SAFE AND BE A CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR GREATNESS, AS&lt;br /&gt;LONG AS THEY DO SO RESPECTFULLY AND LEGALLY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND FRIEND - GOD BLESS YOU!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-8105273467026519048?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/8105273467026519048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-am-extreme-radical-american-patriot.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8105273467026519048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8105273467026519048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-am-extreme-radical-american-patriot.html' title='I AM AN EXTREME, RADICAL, AMERICAN PATRIOT!!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7180925542677866960</id><published>2011-07-04T12:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T10:00:30.548-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The United States Constitution</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;On this, the celebration of our great nation's 235th birthday,&lt;br /&gt;I've chosen to address the issues surrounding our country's&lt;br /&gt;foundational document, "The Constitution".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A treatise that has served us well for well over 200 years,&lt;br /&gt;and has survived many attempts to destroy it, while the&lt;br /&gt;governments of others have risen and fallen, "The Con-&lt;br /&gt;stitution" is a singularly excellent example of how to&lt;br /&gt;govern and be governed in light of human nature and&lt;br /&gt;behaviours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my estimation, "The Constitution" is on a par with &lt;br /&gt;Holy Scripture, to the effect that is describes for us the&lt;br /&gt;ideal manner in which to conduct the business of a&lt;br /&gt;people who want, need, and deserve to be FREE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much time was devoted to the construction of "The &lt;br /&gt;Constitution", with thought, debate, deliberation, and&lt;br /&gt;prayer.&amp;nbsp; This document was not lightly, quickly, or&lt;br /&gt;easily composed and compiled.&amp;nbsp; MEN OF CHARACTER&lt;br /&gt;worked together to give our fledgling nation the one&lt;br /&gt;map that would lead us to prosperity, posterity, and&lt;br /&gt;preservation of the many great principles for which the&lt;br /&gt;souls of all humanity cry:&amp;nbsp; Government of, by, and for&lt;br /&gt;the people.&amp;nbsp; NOT a government of the few, by the&lt;br /&gt;few, and for the few, as some today deem it to be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking ahead to the situations that may or would&lt;br /&gt;probably arise to test our nation's mettle and resolve,&lt;br /&gt;the authors tried to address every possible scenario.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of our "leaders" of today, and some of yesteryear,&lt;br /&gt;would like to rewrite our most sacred document to allow&lt;br /&gt;their base instincts and desires to conquer the others&lt;br /&gt;of us who love and cherish freedom properly granted&lt;br /&gt;and governed.&amp;nbsp; "TIME" magazine even had the gall to&lt;br /&gt;feature a cover story recently that pictured&amp;nbsp;"The&lt;br /&gt;Constitution" in the process of being shredded, with&lt;br /&gt;the story title "Does It Still Matter?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YES, it still matters.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It has ALWAYS mattered, and&lt;br /&gt;it WILL ALWAYS matter!&amp;nbsp; Why wouldn't it?&amp;nbsp; Why&lt;br /&gt;should "anyone" even ask such a question?&amp;nbsp; The&lt;br /&gt;answer, I'm afraid is painfully obvious - There are&lt;br /&gt;those who want to remove "The Constitution" and&lt;br /&gt;replace it.&amp;nbsp; With what?&amp;nbsp; That's the scary part.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you change "The Constitution"?&lt;br /&gt;How would you change it?&lt;br /&gt;When did you last read or study it?&lt;br /&gt;Do you understand what it is about?&lt;br /&gt;WHY would you alter it's intent?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frankly, I'm suspicious of anyone who thinks that he&lt;br /&gt;or she or they can write or compose a more suitable&lt;br /&gt;roadmap to our desires and needs to have a Republic&lt;br /&gt;which is democratic in its character.&amp;nbsp; My fear is&lt;br /&gt;that changing any part of it or replacing it will only&lt;br /&gt;institute anarchy, rebellion, despotism, and subservience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WE ARE A FREE PEOPLE, and we want to stay so!&lt;br /&gt;Anyone who does not like being FREE can go elsewhere.&lt;br /&gt;Liberals, Progressives, Socialists, or others who want to&lt;br /&gt;loosely interpret or deny "The Constitution" in its&lt;br /&gt;entirety and&amp;nbsp;purpose, are seeking things other than&lt;br /&gt;Freedom, Justice, Peace, Liberty, and Happiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friend of mine, please read "The Constitution", as I&lt;br /&gt;am currenty doing, and study it.&amp;nbsp; I believe that if you&lt;br /&gt;are indeed a true American, and a Patriot, that you&lt;br /&gt;will love what you read, and agree with its principles,&lt;br /&gt;so much so that you will begin or accelerate your&lt;br /&gt;support of this MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT&lt;br /&gt;of our country's existence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.&amp;nbsp; Many who read this will immediately know that&lt;br /&gt;my concerns and accusations are directed to them.&lt;br /&gt;My hope is that they will understand the truth and&lt;br /&gt;change their direction to keep our USA strong and&lt;br /&gt;great!&amp;nbsp; You know who I'm speaking to.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7180925542677866960?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7180925542677866960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/07/united-states-constitution.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7180925542677866960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7180925542677866960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/07/united-states-constitution.html' title='The United States Constitution'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-1575696456219945863</id><published>2011-06-28T16:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T16:07:54.208-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THINGS THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;AS A BALANCE TO&amp;nbsp;A PREVIOUS POST WHERE I LISTED &lt;br /&gt;"THINGS I LIKE.......", HERE IS MY LONG-AWAITED (AT &lt;br /&gt;LEAST BY ME) LISTING OF THE OPPOSITES:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE LIES. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE DOESN'T KNOW THE MEANING OF "HOPE".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE'S USING A SSN THAT WAS ISSUED IN CONNECTICUT,&lt;br /&gt;TO A MAN WHO IS NOW DECEASED!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LARRY SINCLAIR.&amp;nbsp; (ASK ME ABOUT THIS ONE.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE STILL HAS NOT ISSUED HIS "BIRTH CERTIFICATE" -&lt;br /&gt;THE FORM HE PRESENTED IS A FORGED FRAUD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE DEFIES THE CONSTITUTION, OUR MOST SACRED&lt;br /&gt;DOCUMENT, REGULARLY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE LIES.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE GOLFS TOO MUCH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE ALWAYS LOOKS NEAT AND CLEAN, NOT HAGGARD&lt;br /&gt;OR DISHEVELED AS IF HE SPENT THE NIGHT CONCERNED&lt;br /&gt;ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NONE OF HIS SUPPOSED-CLASSMATES OF COLUMBIA&lt;br /&gt;UNIVERSITY REMEMBER HIM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE NEVER SHOWS ANY EMOTION.&amp;nbsp; IS HE A ROBOT?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE WON'T CALL GLENN BECK'S "HOTLINE".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A LOT OF SINISTER MYSTERY SURROUNDS HIS BACKGROUND.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD TO CLAIM THE $100,000&lt;br /&gt;REWARD AS A WITNESS TO HIS "HAWAIIAN BIRTH".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE LIES.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE DESPISES GOD'S PEOPLE, THE JEWS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE LOVES MUSLIMS, AND PROBABLY IS ONE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HIS ASSOCIATES, FOR THE MOST PART, ARE DUBIOUS&lt;br /&gt;AND SUSPICIOUS - HOLDER, VAN JONES, AYERS, DORN,&lt;br /&gt;WRIGHT, EMMANUEL, FARAHKAN, ETC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE INTIMIDATED DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE RACE&lt;br /&gt;TO REPLACE HIM.&amp;nbsp; (WILL THE TRUTH EVER OUT?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE WON'T DISPLAY HIS PERSONAL OR SCHOOL RECORDS.&lt;br /&gt;(WORD IS HE WAS THROWN OUT OF OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE&amp;nbsp;DISTORTS THE FACTS/TRUTH OFTEN WHEN SPEAKING&lt;br /&gt;IN PUBLIC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE TOOK THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WHEN HE KNEW THAT&lt;br /&gt;HE HAD DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE IT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE LIES.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE ACCEPTED THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT WHEN HE KNEW&lt;br /&gt;FULL WELL THAT HE WAS ILL-EQUIPPED AND ILL-PREPARED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE'S NEVER AUTHORED A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE'S A PRODUCT OF "CHICAGO-STYLE" POLITICS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE SPENDS MILLIONS OF OUR DOLLARS TRAVELLING THE&lt;br /&gt;WORLD, WITH VIRTUALLY NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE'S OFFENDED OUR TRUE FRIENDS, WHAT FEW WE HAVE LEFT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE FEELS HE DESERVES ANOTHER TERM, BASED ON HIS&lt;br /&gt;"ACCOMPLISHMENTS" OF THE FIRST TERM.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;AM I MISSING&lt;br /&gt;SOMETHING HERE?&amp;nbsp; MAYBE HE JUST NEEDS 4 MORE YEARS TO&lt;br /&gt;TOTALLY RUIN OUR COUNTRY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HIS SO-CALLED "STIMULUS PLAN" HAS FAILED TO PRODUCE&lt;br /&gt;ANY NOTICEABLE RESULTS - WHERE'S THE MONEY?&amp;nbsp; WHERE&lt;br /&gt;ARE THE JOBS?&amp;nbsp; WHO BENEFITED?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE DUPED MILLIONS OF GOOD AMERICANS TO VOTE FOR&lt;br /&gt;HIM, MANY OF WHICH HAVE REGRETTED BEING FOOLED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE LIES.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.&amp;nbsp; I'M SURE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF MANY OTHER ITEMS&lt;br /&gt;TO ADD TO THIS LIST, AND I PROBABLY CAN, TOO, BUT&lt;br /&gt;SUFFICE TO SAY THIS GUY IS A CHARLATAN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-1575696456219945863?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/1575696456219945863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/06/things-that-i-dont-like-about-barack.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1575696456219945863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1575696456219945863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/06/things-that-i-dont-like-about-barack.html' title='THINGS THAT I DON&apos;T LIKE ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4429775691837080934</id><published>2011-06-02T15:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T07:46:24.167-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BURN YOUR OWN FLAG IF YOU&apos;RE NOT HAPPY'/><title type='text'>SOME THINGS REALLY IRK ME - THIS ONE IS NEAR THE TOP OF MY LIST</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;WHAT IRRITATES YOU?&amp;nbsp; ARE THERE THINGS OR PEOPLE THAT&lt;br /&gt;JUST MANAGE TO GET UNDER YOUR SKIN, REGULARLY?&amp;nbsp; ARE&lt;br /&gt;THESE VIABLE GRIPES, OR JUST THINGS THAT GO AGAINST&lt;br /&gt;YOUR GRAIN?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SPEEDERS UPSET ME.&lt;br /&gt;CRUEL PARENTS TIC ME OFF.&lt;br /&gt;UNSIGHTLY YARDS OFFEND ME.&lt;br /&gt;DISRESPECT DURING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM IRKS ME.&lt;br /&gt;PEOPLE WHO USE GOD'S NAME OR JESUS' NAME WRONGFULLY&lt;br /&gt;GET MY GOAT.&lt;br /&gt;HABITUALLY DIRTY, UNKEMPT PERSONS BUG ME.&lt;br /&gt;YELLOW, TOBACCO-STAINED TEETH TURN ME OFF.&lt;br /&gt;PARENTS WHO DON'T BUCKLE TODDLERS IN IRRITATE ME.&lt;br /&gt;LITTERBUGS MAKE ME FURIOUS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SHALL I GO ON?&amp;nbsp; I'M SURE YOU CAN ADD TO THE LIST, BUT&lt;br /&gt;I BELIEVE YOU'LL AGREE WITH MOST OF THE ABOVE, IF &lt;br /&gt;NOT ALL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS POSTING, HOWEVER, IS ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT IS&lt;br /&gt;TOO OFTEN IN THE NEWS THESE DAYS, BOTH AT HOME&lt;br /&gt;IN THE U.S.A., AND ABROAD IN MANY COUNTRIES:&lt;br /&gt;NAMELY, THAT OF FLAG-BURNING OF "OLD GLORY"!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RECENTLY A STUDENT LEADER ON THE CAMPUS OF LSU&lt;br /&gt;STEPPED IN TO STOP A PLANNED ATTEMPT TO SET FIRE&lt;br /&gt;TO OUR FLAG.&amp;nbsp; GOD BLESS HIM.&lt;br /&gt;WITH ALL OF THE UPRISINGS IN ARAB COUNTRIES, IN&lt;br /&gt;PARTICULAR, WE SEE PICS OF DEMONSTRATORS WHO&lt;br /&gt;FEEL THE NEED TO "SEND A MESSAGE TO AMERICA" BY&lt;br /&gt;IGNITING OUR STANDARD-BEARER, THE "RED, WHITE,&lt;br /&gt;AND BLUE".&amp;nbsp; WHY?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT DO THESE RADICALS HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?&lt;br /&gt;WHAT IS THEIR POINT?&amp;nbsp; DO THEY HOPE TO UPSET US?&lt;br /&gt;ARE THEY ANGRY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SENT THEM&lt;br /&gt;ENOUGH MONEY?&lt;br /&gt;ARE THEY JEALOUS OF OUR REPUBLIC AND ITS FREEDOMS?&lt;br /&gt;DO THEY THINK WE ARE GOING TO COWER IN FEAR AND&lt;br /&gt;GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT?&amp;nbsp; (DO THEY EVEN KNOW&lt;br /&gt;WHAT THEY WANT?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IN EVERY INSTANCE THE DEMONSTRATORS ARE &lt;br /&gt;EXHIBITING ANGER - OVER WHAT?&amp;nbsp; DO THEY MIND THE&lt;br /&gt;FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM TO HAVE&lt;br /&gt;A GOVERNMENT-OF-THE-PEOPLE, WITH THE ACCOMPANYING&lt;br /&gt;BLESSINGS, FREEDOMS, AND VOICE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT MESSAGE DOES BURNING OUR FLAG SEND?&lt;br /&gt;IS AMERICA HATED?&amp;nbsp; ARE WE EVIL?&amp;nbsp; ARE WE COLONIALISTS?&lt;br /&gt;ARE WE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OTHER PEOPLES?&amp;nbsp; HOW?&lt;br /&gt;OR IS IT BECAUSE OUR NATION, FOUNDED BY GOD-LOVING&lt;br /&gt;AND GOD-FEARING MEN AND WOMEN, HAS ENJOYED THE&lt;br /&gt;BLESSINGS OF LIBERTIES, PROSPERITY, AND HAPPINESS?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT IF WE WERE TO START BURNING THEIR FLAGS?&lt;br /&gt;WHAT IF WE WERE TO MARCH ON THE UNITED NATIONS&lt;br /&gt;HEADQUARTERS, AND BEGIN TO SET FIRE TO EACH FLAG&lt;br /&gt;OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE ARE NOT APPRECIATED &lt;br /&gt;OR WELCOME, OR WHERE OUR FLAG IS BURNED IN PROTEST?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HOW LONG BEFORE WE GET TO THEIR FLAG?&lt;br /&gt;WHAT WOULD BE THEIR REACTION?&lt;br /&gt;HOW MANY WOULD WE DESTROY BEFORE THEY GOT THE&lt;br /&gt;MESSAGE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SHOULD WE HOLD RALLIES IN THE STREETS AND TORCH&lt;br /&gt;OTHER NATIONS' FLAGS?&amp;nbsp; WOULD THERE BE UPRISINGS?&lt;br /&gt;WOULD THERE BE OPPOSITION?&amp;nbsp; WOULD WE BE STOPPED?&lt;br /&gt;WHAT MESSAGES WOULD WE BE SENDING?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BEFORE YOU ENDORSE, BE COMPLICIT WITH, OR IN ANY&lt;br /&gt;WAY ENJOY THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "STARS AND STRIPES",&lt;br /&gt;THINK ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OUR FLAG STANDS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE HOLD DEAR.&lt;br /&gt;PEOPLE FROM ALL NATIONS COME HERE TO BE FREE, AND&lt;br /&gt;OUR FLAG REPRESENTS THEM AND THEIR FREEDOMS.&lt;br /&gt;OUR FLAG SPEAKS OF THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT&lt;br /&gt;HAVE BEEN LOST IN DEFENSE OF OUR HOLY WAY OF LIFE.&lt;br /&gt;OUR FLAG MEANS THAT FOR OVER 2 AND 1/4 CENTURIES&lt;br /&gt;OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN A HAVEN, A HARBOR OF HOPE&lt;br /&gt;FOR ALL WHO HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED, TRODDEN DOWN,&lt;br /&gt;PERSECUTED, AND EVEN THREATENED TO BE KILLED.&lt;br /&gt;OUR FLAG MEANS THAT YOU AND I ARE FREE, FRIEND,&lt;br /&gt;TO FLY OUR COLORS, SPEAK OUR MINDS, DEBATE OUR&lt;br /&gt;DIFFERENCES, WORSHIP ACCORDING THE DICTATES OF&lt;br /&gt;OUR HEARTS, AND LIVE FREE FROM FEAR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHEN YOU SEE "OLD GLORY" FLYING OR WAVING IN THE&lt;br /&gt;WIND, SALUTE HER, GIVE THANKS FOR HER, AND THINK&lt;br /&gt;ABOUT ALL THAT IS YOURS THAT SHE STANDS FOR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COMING NEXT:&amp;nbsp; THINGS THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT&lt;br /&gt;BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4429775691837080934?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4429775691837080934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/06/somethings-really-irk-me-this-is-one-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4429775691837080934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4429775691837080934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/06/somethings-really-irk-me-this-is-one-of.html' title='SOME THINGS REALLY IRK ME - THIS ONE IS NEAR THE TOP OF MY LIST'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7235699896383061888</id><published>2011-05-31T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T10:43:11.586-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Looking at the positive side'/><title type='text'>THINGS I LIKE ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;While much of conservative, "right-wing", patriotic verbage is &lt;br /&gt;critical of the man currently occupying the White House, I have&lt;br /&gt;thought hard about the man's many qualities, so I hereby do&lt;br /&gt;submit to you, "The finer qualities of Barack Obama":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;l.&amp;nbsp; He always gives the appearance of being fit and trim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; Usually he's seen wearing a suit, white shirt, and tie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; When not dressed as above, he's in shirt sleeves and&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; maybe a jacket so as to relate to the "blue collar" &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; citizens he's calling upon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.&amp;nbsp; He reminds me of my Mom&amp;nbsp;- they're both left-handed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.&amp;nbsp; Basketball is his game of choice, as was mine for most&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; of my life, playing, coaching, refereeing, reporting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.&amp;nbsp; His wife is a "snazzy" dresser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.&amp;nbsp; When his teleprompter is working he sounds almost&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; as if he's convinced of what he is speaking about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.&amp;nbsp; His hair is always trimmed and neat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.&amp;nbsp; He speaks English.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.&amp;nbsp; He is the "posterchild" of all liberals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes, when he's poking fun at those of us&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; who are patriotic Americans, he's&amp;nbsp;ALMOST funny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12.&amp;nbsp; He rides in a beautiful black limo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13.&amp;nbsp; He's a "Chicago-style politician".&amp;nbsp; Oops, scratch that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14.&amp;nbsp; When he walks from his helicopter he has a certain&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "swagger" of confidence about him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15.&amp;nbsp; He can wave and smile and walk at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16.&amp;nbsp; His shoes are always polished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17.&amp;nbsp; I've never seen stubble on his face - he's always&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; clean-shaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18.&amp;nbsp; He's never met a Muslim he doesn't like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19.&amp;nbsp; Included in his "BFFs" are Rahm Emmanuel, George Soros,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Van Jones, the Steins, William Ayers, Bernadine Dorn,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and many other multi-talented and multi-cultural figures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20.&amp;nbsp; He killed Usama Bin Laden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21.&amp;nbsp; Soon he'll be in the Guinness Book&amp;nbsp;of Records for the&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; U.S. President who played the most rounds of golf,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; in a single, 4-year term.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22.&amp;nbsp; He likes Israel, and God's people, the Jews.&amp;nbsp; NOT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23.&amp;nbsp; He can listen to a preacher&amp;nbsp;(or anyone else) for 20&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; years and not hear a word that's being said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24.&amp;nbsp; Community organizing is one of his strong suits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;25.&amp;nbsp; He managed to escape from Chicago without being&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; tainted by the gangster-style politics there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;26.&amp;nbsp; We've not seen him set a bad example for our&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; youth by smoking in public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;27.&amp;nbsp; He's photogenic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;28.&amp;nbsp; Someone has to keep those right-wingers in line,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; so his title of "the most liberal Senator"&amp;nbsp;served an&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; important purpose and mission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;29.&amp;nbsp; My guess is that he smells good, because he often&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; hugs and kisses (on both cheeks, sometimes all 4&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; cheeks), other dignitaries he meets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30.&amp;nbsp; LASTLY (for now), he'll soon be "history" as he&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; vacates office for a true American to serve our &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; country properly and well.'&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7235699896383061888?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7235699896383061888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/05/things-i-like-about-barack-hussein.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7235699896383061888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7235699896383061888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/05/things-i-like-about-barack-hussein.html' title='THINGS I LIKE ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-5562491539014900591</id><published>2011-05-23T13:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T15:16:31.453-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WHY ALL THE WONDERMENT?  WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;CAN WE TALK?&amp;nbsp; CANDIDLY?&amp;nbsp; OPENLY?&amp;nbsp; HONESTLY?&lt;br /&gt;WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?&amp;nbsp; WHAT IS IT THAT HAS YOU&lt;br /&gt;BEFUDDLED OVER THE EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME THING AS MANY OTHER REAL&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS - WHY DOES THE MAN WHO IS SOME PEOPLES'&lt;br /&gt;PRESIDENT, NAMELY "HIS ARROGANCY" BARACK HUSSEIN&lt;br /&gt;OBAMA, CONTINUE TO SLAM GOD'S PEOPLE, THE JEWS,&lt;br /&gt;AND THEIR HOMELAND'S DESIRE FOR PEACE AND SAFETY,&lt;br /&gt;WHILE CONSISTENTLY TAKING THE PART OF THE ENEMIES&lt;br /&gt;OF ISRAEL, NAMELY THE PALESTINIANS, ARABS, MUSLIMS,&lt;br /&gt;AND NUMEROUS TERRORIST GROUPS?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHY?&amp;nbsp; I WAS AWED THAT A LOCAL RADIO PROGRAM THAT&lt;br /&gt;FEATURES A MAN AND A WOMAN WHO USUALLY ARE ON&lt;br /&gt;TOP OF THINGS, PATRIOTICALLY, CONTINUED A DIALOGUE&lt;br /&gt;FILLED WITH SURPRISE AND BEWILDERMENT AT "HIS&lt;br /&gt;ARROGANCY'S" WORDS AND BEHAVIOUR.&amp;nbsp; WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO WE FORGET THAT HE'S A MUSLIM?&amp;nbsp; HE SAID SO IN A&lt;br /&gt;NATIONALLY-TELEVISED SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WITH A&lt;br /&gt;WELL-KNOWN REPORTER.&amp;nbsp; HE TOLD A HIGH-RANKING&lt;br /&gt;EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL THAT "WHENEVER THERE IS AN ISSUE&lt;br /&gt;BETWEEN ANY PARTIES AND MUSLIMS, I WILL ALWAYS&lt;br /&gt;TAKE THE SIDE OF THE MUSLIMS".&amp;nbsp; DUH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE PRAYS WITH MUSLIMS.&amp;nbsp; I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES OF HIM&lt;br /&gt;TAKING OFF HIS SHOES TO JOIN THEM IN PRAYER.&amp;nbsp; HIS&lt;br /&gt;STUDENT RECORDS LIST HIM AS A MUSLIM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE CLAIMS TO BE "A CHRISTIAN", HAVING ATTENDED THE&lt;br /&gt;PATHETIC MINISTRY OF JEREMIAH WRIGHT, THE RACIST&lt;br /&gt;AND&amp;nbsp;HERETICAL MINISTER, FOR 20 YEARS!&amp;nbsp; YET, WHERE DOES&lt;br /&gt;HE "CELEBRATE" THE HIGH HOLY-DAY OF JESUS' BIRTH?&lt;br /&gt;IN HAWAII.&amp;nbsp; HE DOESN'T ATTEND CHURCH WITH ANY&lt;br /&gt;FREQUENCY AT ALL, YET WHEN HE DID ATTEND A SERVICE,&lt;br /&gt;IT WAS AT ANOTHER DUBIOUSLY-CONSIDERED D.C. CHURCH.&lt;br /&gt;HE SPEAKS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, HAVING HAD THE&lt;br /&gt;CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS COVERED IN THE BACKGROUND.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HAVE YOU EVER HEARD HIM MENTION THE NAME OF "JESUS"?&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS IN PRIVATE - SWEARING!?&amp;nbsp; HAVE YOU EVER HEARD&lt;br /&gt;HIM SAY THE NAME "CHRIST" OR "JESUS CHRIST"?&amp;nbsp; NOT IN&lt;br /&gt;PUBLIC, AND CERTAINLY NOT WITH ANY RESPECT OR&lt;br /&gt;REVERENCE.&amp;nbsp; WHEN HE OCCASIONALLY "GOD BLESS YOU"&lt;br /&gt;AFTER A SPEECH, WHICH "GOD" DO YOU THINK HE'S&lt;br /&gt;THINKING OF?&amp;nbsp; SURELY NOT OUR "JEHOVAH".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HIS INNATE SENSE OF LOYALTY TO HIS MUSLIM FATHER,&lt;br /&gt;AND HIS AWARENESS OF WHO HE IS AND OF THE MUSLUM&lt;br /&gt;SCHOOLING THAT HE HAD IN INDONESIA ALL FORM TOGETHER&lt;br /&gt;TO GIVE HIM HIS ANTI-SEMITIC CORE BELIEFS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE WANTS MUSLIMS TO PROSPER.&lt;br /&gt;HE WANTS MUSLMS TO CONQUER.&lt;br /&gt;HE WANTS MUSLIMS TO RULE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AND HE BELIEVES THAT HE IS IN THE POSITION THAT HE IS&lt;br /&gt;IN TO HELP TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.&amp;nbsp; REMEMBER,&lt;br /&gt;ISLAM TEACHES THAT ALL NON-MUSLIMS ARE PAGANS,&lt;br /&gt;DESERVING OF DEATH!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HAVING SURVIVED HIS FIRST TWO YEARS-PLUS IN OFFICE,&lt;br /&gt;(we survived them too, so far)&amp;nbsp; HE'S FEELING PRETTY COCKY&lt;br /&gt;AND SELF-ASSURED THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH PEOPLE&lt;br /&gt;WHO CAN BE DUPED, SUCH AS THOSE WHO PUT HIM INTO&lt;br /&gt;OFFICE, THAT HE CAN WEILD THE POWER OF OFFICE TO&lt;br /&gt;SAY OR DO ANYTHING HE WANTS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WERE IT NOT FOR TRUE &amp;amp; PATRIOTIC AMERICANS WHO&lt;br /&gt;BALK AT HIS MANY ERRANT TURNS, AND WERE IT NOT&lt;br /&gt;FOR THE PRAYERS OF SINCERE PRAYING PEOPLE, AND WERE&lt;br /&gt;IT NOT FOR THE DIVINE PLAN OF GOD FOR OUR HUMAN&lt;br /&gt;RACE, HE WOULD HAVE RUN AMUCK WITH HIS ANTI-&lt;br /&gt;AMERICAN AND ANTI-JUDEO/CHRISTIAN INTENTIONS, AND&lt;br /&gt;WE WOULD BE MUCH WORSE OFF THAN WE ARE NOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF ONE WAS TO ASK HIM IF HE HAD A CHOICE, A SECOND&lt;br /&gt;TERM, OR THE ISLAMIC OVERTHROW OF THE WORLD, I'D&lt;br /&gt;WAGER EVERYTHING EXCEPT MY SOUL THAT HE WOULD&lt;br /&gt;TAKE THE SECOND OPTION!&amp;nbsp; THE MAN IS EVIL.&amp;nbsp; HE INTENDS&lt;br /&gt;NO GOOD.&amp;nbsp; HE IS A PLANT.&amp;nbsp; HE IS A PUPPET, WILLINGLY SO.&lt;br /&gt;HE BELIEVES THAT HE HAS BEEN PUT INTO PLACE BY "THE&lt;br /&gt;WILL OF 'ALLAH'" TO HELP TO PERPETRATE THE GREAT&lt;br /&gt;PLAN OF ISLAMIC WORLD DOMINATION!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ASK HIM.&amp;nbsp; GAUGE HIS RESPONSE.&amp;nbsp; LOOK INTO HIS EYES,&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU DARE.&amp;nbsp; I DON'T&amp;nbsp;TRUST HIM IN THE LEAST.&amp;nbsp; I DOUBT&lt;br /&gt;HIS&amp;nbsp;EVERY WORD.&amp;nbsp; REMEMBER, TOO, THAT THERE IS A&lt;br /&gt;DOCTRINE IN&amp;nbsp;ISLAM THAT PERMITS AN ADHERENT TO&lt;br /&gt;DISGUISE HIMSELF AS ANYTHING HE FEELS HE NEEDS TO&lt;br /&gt;IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF ISLAM!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT HAS HIS PRESIDENCY ACCOMPLISHED?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN 3 YEARS AGO?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU WORKING?&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU FEEL SAFE?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU WORRIED?&lt;br /&gt;DID THE 787 BILLION DOLLAR STIMILUS CHANGE OUR COUNTRY?&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU HAVE AN "OBAMACARE" WAIVER?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOUR HEALTHCARE COSTS RISING ASTRONOMICALLY&lt;br /&gt;HOW MUCH MORE ARE YOU SPENDING FOR GAS A WEEK?&lt;br /&gt;HAS YOUR HOUSE BEEN FORECLOSED?&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU FEEL SAFE WITH MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS HERE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO HIS "PEEPS" CONCERN YOU?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;BILL AYERS.&amp;nbsp; BERNADINE DORN.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; THE STEINS.&amp;nbsp; SEIU.&amp;nbsp; VAN JONES.&amp;nbsp; ERIC HOLDER.&amp;nbsp; TIM GEITHNER.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; LOUIS FARRAKHAN.&amp;nbsp; MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.&amp;nbsp; IMAMS.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GEORGE SOROS.&amp;nbsp; RAHM EMMANUEL.&amp;nbsp; ETC., ETC., ETC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DEAR GOD, PLEASE SEND US A VIABLE AMERICAN WHO&amp;nbsp;WILL&lt;br /&gt;BE POSSESSED WITH THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS TO&lt;br /&gt;OPPOSE BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.&lt;br /&gt;WE NEED A MAN OR WOMAN OR A&amp;nbsp;COMBINATION TO GAIN&lt;br /&gt;THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF THE ELECTORATE, WITH&lt;br /&gt;SUFFICIENT CREDENTIALS AND CHUTZPAH AND A CLEAR&lt;br /&gt;MESSAGE TO REMOVE THE STENCH FROM THE WHITE HOUSE&lt;br /&gt;AND INSTALL CLEAN, CLEAR AMERICAN ATMOSPHERE IN&lt;br /&gt;OUR NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FRIEND, DON'T BE SURPRISED BY WHAT YOU HEAR FROM&lt;br /&gt;"HIS ARROGANCY" - HE'S BECOMING MORE COMFORTABLE&lt;br /&gt;IN HIS BRAZENNESS AND WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN&lt;br /&gt;WHILE HE IS IN "POWER".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS HE SEES THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS HE HEARS THE MARCHING OF PATRIOTIC FEET.&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS HE HEARS THE MUSIC OF "GOD BLESS AMERICA".&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS HE SENSES THAT HIS TIME IS&amp;nbsp;SHORT.&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS HE MUST ACT QUICKLY TO FULFILL "THE PLAN".&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS HE IS "DRIVEN" (OBSESSED) WITH HIS ROLE.&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS HE SMELLS THE SMOKE OF DEFEAT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FRIEND READING THIS, NOW IS&amp;nbsp;THE TIME TO BE VIGILANT.&lt;br /&gt;LISTEN TO WHAT PATRIOTIC AMERICANS ARE SAYING.&lt;br /&gt;PRAY.&amp;nbsp; AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEFORE, START NOW!!&lt;br /&gt;WE CAN, GOD WILLING, STAY THE HAND OF EVIL AND TURN&lt;br /&gt;OUR COUNTRY AROUND FOR THE GOOD AND THE RIGHT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE SOULS OF OUR FOREFATHERS ARE HOPING.&lt;br /&gt;THE BLOOD OF OUR SOLDIERS&amp;nbsp;IS CRYING OUT.&lt;br /&gt;EVERY GREAT AMERICAN PAST AND FUTURE IS DEPENDING&lt;br /&gt;ON YOU AND ME.&lt;br /&gt;WE MUST NOT FAIL.&lt;br /&gt;IF WE FAIL, WE FAIL&amp;nbsp;NOT ONLY OURSELVES, BUT OUR CHILDREN,&lt;br /&gt;OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND GENERATIONS TO COME.&lt;br /&gt;WE MUST TAKE UP THE TORCH.&lt;br /&gt;WE MUST ASSUME THE MANTLE.&lt;br /&gt;WE MUST PREVAIL - TOGETHER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO NOT LET THE FORCES OF EVIL OVERTAKE US.&lt;br /&gt;LET'S BAND TOGETHER AS ONE, RESTORING OUR NATION!&lt;br /&gt;DO NOT LET "THE DECEIVER" CONFUSE YOU.&lt;br /&gt;DO NOT BE DISTRACTED.&lt;br /&gt;EVEN IF YOU VOTED FOR "HIS ARROGANCY" THE FIRST TIME,&lt;br /&gt;NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO RIGHT THE RECORD AND REVERSE&lt;br /&gt;THE TREND OF HARM THAT HE HAS DONE AND IS DOING, AND&lt;br /&gt;INTENDS TO DO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BRACE YOURSELF - THERE'S MORE "OBAMAISM" TO COME!&lt;br /&gt;MAY JESUS&amp;nbsp;RETURN FIRST, BEFORE WE SUFFER MUCH MORE,&lt;br /&gt;UNLESS WE DO AS GLENN SAYS, AND "BAND TOGETHER"!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-5562491539014900591?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/5562491539014900591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-all-wonderment-we-shouldnt-be.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5562491539014900591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5562491539014900591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-all-wonderment-we-shouldnt-be.html' title='WHY ALL THE WONDERMENT?  WE SHOULDN&apos;T BE SURPRISED.'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7206712243588520215</id><published>2011-04-07T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-07T09:53:27.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WHY OR WHY NOT "THE DONALD"?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;It's getting exciting and frustrating, isn't it?&amp;nbsp; We have&lt;br /&gt;an inept "leader", "His Arrogance", who wants to&lt;br /&gt;raise a BILLION DOLLARS to ensure his reelection,&lt;br /&gt;and now a BILLIONAIRE potential candidate who&lt;br /&gt;wants to prohibit Hussein's second term.&amp;nbsp; Humph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's your take?&amp;nbsp; Is Donald Trump a viable force&lt;br /&gt;to displace "Nobama"?&amp;nbsp; Who else do you have in&lt;br /&gt;mind?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of all the the current wannabes in the conservative&lt;br /&gt;pasture, none of them has distinguished themselves&lt;br /&gt;as the "candidate-of-choice" of a significant majority&lt;br /&gt;of pre-campaign electors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I like a couple of the "leftovers" from the&lt;br /&gt;previous election, not mentioning names yet, but not&lt;br /&gt;one of them has surged into the frontrunner's slot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHY NOT DONALD?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not "trumping" or "stumping" for Trump, at least&lt;br /&gt;not yet, but he offers a lot for consideration and&lt;br /&gt;contemplation:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HE'S SUCCESSFUL.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HE'S "PRETTY".&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HE'S WELL-SPOKEN.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HE'S WELL-KNOWN.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HE'S POWERFUL.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HE'S VERSED.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HE'S PURPOSEFUL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try to find any of these qualities in the "best-that-the&lt;br /&gt;libs-can-offer", and I believe that you'll determine (if&lt;br /&gt;you're honest with yourself) that Donald Trump is&lt;br /&gt;head and shoulders above any other male or female&lt;br /&gt;potential presidential candidate at this time, at least&lt;br /&gt;any Democrat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald's not afraid to speak his mind.&amp;nbsp; I'm not sure&lt;br /&gt;that Obama has a mind or knows his mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald is known internationally.&amp;nbsp; "NObama" wasn't&lt;br /&gt;known by other peoples then, and still is an enigma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald has the dollars to add to his "clout".&amp;nbsp; Hussein&lt;br /&gt;hid his donor records, and hasn't account for the $34&lt;br /&gt;million left over from his election campain fund.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald got his riches by hard work and&amp;nbsp;smart&lt;br /&gt;business transactions.&amp;nbsp; We still don't know, and&lt;br /&gt;may never find out, who "Barry's" supporters are,&lt;br /&gt;or who&amp;nbsp;financed his schooling or election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald has plans to level the&amp;nbsp;playing field on&lt;br /&gt;international trading.&amp;nbsp; Barack and his advisors want&lt;br /&gt;to weaken and ultimately destroy the U.S.A.'s&lt;br /&gt;power and position in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MORE?&amp;nbsp; There will be more to come.&amp;nbsp; My main&lt;br /&gt;point for now is to get you to THINK!&amp;nbsp; Compare&lt;br /&gt;notes.&amp;nbsp; Compare persons.&amp;nbsp; Compare characters.&lt;br /&gt;Compare histories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donald brought himself back from the "brink of&lt;br /&gt;bankruptcy" not too long ago, and no doubt can&lt;br /&gt;devise a plan (if he doesn't have one already) to&lt;br /&gt;stabilize America's economy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I SAY GIVE HIM A CHANCE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We gave NObama, an unknown quantity a chance,&lt;br /&gt;and look at what we got - he and his cronies have&lt;br /&gt;foisted an immoral healthcare program on&amp;nbsp;us, his&lt;br /&gt;so-called stimulus plan has been ineffective, his&lt;br /&gt;foreign policy (if you think he has one) has done&lt;br /&gt;nothing but dug a deeper hole for our military and&lt;br /&gt;for our nation's security and continuance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF DONALD IS NOT OUR CHOICE, WHO IS?&lt;br /&gt;Conservatives and true Americans need to find and&lt;br /&gt;support someone who can and will return our&lt;br /&gt;country to greatness and respect.&amp;nbsp; PRAY, friend.&lt;br /&gt;WE NEED A REAL LEADER!&lt;br /&gt;Who will it be?&amp;nbsp; God help us.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7206712243588520215?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7206712243588520215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-or-why-not-donald.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7206712243588520215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7206712243588520215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-or-why-not-donald.html' title='WHY OR WHY NOT &quot;THE DONALD&quot;?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-2167109839726730636</id><published>2011-04-07T08:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-07T10:43:00.853-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='We dare not let the &quot;voices of reason&quot; be silenced.'/><title type='text'>"SAY IT ISN'T SO, GLENN!"  Don't leave us, please!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;For some weeks I've been thinking about writing to encourage people to tune in to the "Glenn Beck Program", which airs weekdays at 5 PM on Fox on Direct TV here in Pittsburgh. GLENN IS A "VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS", much like John the Baptist who heralded the arrival of the Messiah. No one else, sad to say, has been putting the pieces together like Glenn has, teaching us and warning us of "the coming judgment". While I do catch some Hannity, Greta, and O'Reilly(?), no one makes more sense and "does his homework" like Glenn Beck. Now the reports say that GLENN IS LEAVING HIS REGULAR SHOW sometime this year! Wha? Why? DID GEORGE SOROS HAVE HIS WAY? IS "HIS ARROGANCE" BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WINNING? ARE PELOSI AND REID GAINING A VICTORY? HAVE THE STERNS (SEIU) INFLUENCED PEOPLE? ARE WE BOUND TO BECOME A SOCIALIST NATION? IS BARNEY FRANK AND HIS ILK TAKING OVER? IS GOD STILL ON THE THRONE? The announcement of Glenn's "departure" worries and frightens me, and it should you, too. Every warm- blooded, flag-honoring, soldier-saluting, national anthem- loving American should be concerned!! ARE YOU? PLEASE, PLEASE, FOR GOD'S SAKE, AND FOR OUR COUNTRY'S SAKE, LISTEN TO (AND WATCH) GLENN WHILE YOU CAN. Let's pray that we don't lose a "voice of reason" in the din of attempts to totally change the character, personality, and future of our once-great, and still-great nation. WHO WILL STEP UP? WHO WILL "TAKE UP THE MANTLE"? WHO WILL BE THE JEFFERSONS, THE HAMILTONS, THE WASHINGTON, THE PAYNES OF TODAY? What is about to happen is A SAD COMMENTARY ON THE MORALITY AND SPIRITUALITY OF OUR U.S.A., AND OUR WORLD. IT'S A DIRE ASSESSMENT OF THE DIRECTION THAT OUR WORLD, IN PARTICULAR THE U.S.A. IS HEADING! One of the possible reasons advanced for Glenn's change is the absence of sufficient advertisers and sponsors. BECAUSE OF THE BRAVERY AND BRAVADO WITH WHICH GLENN PRESENTS "THE MESSAGE", MANY HAVE SHIED AWAY FROM ASSOCIATION WITH HIM AND HIS "TELL-IT-LIKE-IT-IS" MANNER! How sad! Dollars and "sense" don't seem to go together according to some people's and corporation's logic. GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS GLENN BECK and his staff and supporters. I intend to watch every show of his as long as I can, and will continue to give him moral and prayer support "for the duration", which probably means until our beloved nation is no longer recognizable as the nation we have been, and we are all subjects to a hellish regime and evil government, as many are planning and implementing at this very moment, and have been for a long time. DOES IT MATTER TO YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING? DO YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENS? ARE YOU IN PRAYER ABOUT THE SITUATION? WILL YOU "STAND UP AND BE COUNTED'? P.S. - I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS RAISED UP THIS "PROPHET", GLENN BECK, and as he often (on every program, I believe) encourages his listeners and viewers to "get the information for yourself", ie., don't take his word for things, but read, hear, research, and come to our own conclusions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-2167109839726730636?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/2167109839726730636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/04/say-it-isnt-so-glenn-dont-leave-us.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2167109839726730636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2167109839726730636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2011/04/say-it-isnt-so-glenn-dont-leave-us.html' title='&quot;SAY IT ISN&apos;T SO, GLENN!&quot;  Don&apos;t leave us, please!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4988787796832807532</id><published>2010-05-17T07:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-17T09:18:01.655-07:00</updated><title type='text'>APOLOGIES TO BARRY</title><content type='html'>To: Mr. Barack (Barry) Hussein Obama,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barry, I was wrong. Please accept my apologies and&lt;br /&gt;those of my constituent patriots who have misread&lt;br /&gt;you and your intentions for the past year and a half.&lt;br /&gt;How could we have been so mistaken? I apologize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we have been accusing you of being bad for our&lt;br /&gt;country (among other things), you have patiently&lt;br /&gt;endured our rantings and accusations, determined to&lt;br /&gt;see through your agenda to redirect our nation upward&lt;br /&gt;and back to its original greatness! We apologize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How silly of us to go with our emotions instead of our&lt;br /&gt;intellects and hearts, and not to realize that you had&lt;br /&gt;a plan from the beginning to return our economy and&lt;br /&gt;our entire way of living to their original intents! We're&lt;br /&gt;sorry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you and your "associates" passed that 787 billion&lt;br /&gt;dollar stimulus that was intended to create jobs and&lt;br /&gt;bring us back from "the brink of destruction", what you&lt;br /&gt;actually were doing was trying to get us hopeful, and to&lt;br /&gt;believe in ourselves again, while awaiting for the&lt;br /&gt;supposed "bailout" cash to rescue us from ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;Huh! What were we thinking? You were just trying&lt;br /&gt;to get us to believe in ourselves again, right, and to&lt;br /&gt;begin to work, think, pray, hope, and produce while&lt;br /&gt;we were supposedly to expect a check in the mail.&lt;br /&gt;Huh!&lt;br /&gt;I GET IT NOW - FINALLY. You were employing the&lt;br /&gt;"Reverse-Action-Method" (RAM), which you learned&lt;br /&gt;during one of your many college matriculations, right?&lt;br /&gt;Was it Occidental (Accidental?), Harvard, Columbia,&lt;br /&gt;or one of the many other institutions of "higher learning"&lt;br /&gt;where you learned or developed this unique but&lt;br /&gt;soon-to-be-proven method? IT'S WORKING!&lt;br /&gt;I should have gone to more colleges instead of the&lt;br /&gt;four that I did attend, I guess, then I would have&lt;br /&gt;been able to "see" what you were up to, I suppose.&lt;br /&gt;(Did you really apply for student aid as a "foreign&lt;br /&gt;student" at Occidental? What was that about?)&lt;br /&gt;By the way, may I see your diplomas, especially&lt;br /&gt;the one from Columbia, where your classmates&lt;br /&gt;claim (how silly) they don't remember you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, Barry. How could I and the many other&lt;br /&gt;patriotic American pundits have been so wrong about&lt;br /&gt;you? What were we thinking? I apologize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, where is all of the "stimulus money", and&lt;br /&gt;where DID it go, and WHAT did or is it doing? Just&lt;br /&gt;curious. I'm sure you've got the heartbeat of it all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THEN, when you and your liberal partners-in-slime&lt;br /&gt;spent all of that money and all of that time to come&lt;br /&gt;up with the ingenious Healthscare plan! Awesome!&lt;br /&gt;Instead of being overwhelmed by your superior&lt;br /&gt;mentality, we opposed you and the Obamascare bill.&lt;br /&gt;Huh? How could we doubt you? We should have&lt;br /&gt;known that your mind and heart is totally into what&lt;br /&gt;is best for "somebody", we just weren't convinced&lt;br /&gt;that we are the "somebody". Those "evil" health&lt;br /&gt;insurance companies and doctors and hospitals&lt;br /&gt;are getting their "come-uppance", thanks to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, it's clear to see that you used the RAM&lt;br /&gt;(Reverse-Action-Method) to get us to mobilize and&lt;br /&gt;to prepare those men and women who will step into&lt;br /&gt;offices (it's started already, thanks to you) now and&lt;br /&gt;in November, to REPEAL the immoral, illegal, evil&lt;br /&gt;device that will only cause ruin to our economy and&lt;br /&gt;our health industries, instead of correcting and&lt;br /&gt;fixing the areas of hurt and need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALL ALONG, YOU WERE SETTING THE SCENARIO&lt;br /&gt;FOR TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS WITH TRUE&lt;br /&gt;AMERICAN VALUES TO ENTER THE FRAY AND&lt;br /&gt;RETURN TO CONGRESS! How could we have been so&lt;br /&gt;blind? You're really a "Conservative-in-disguise",&lt;br /&gt;aren't you? It just took this long for us/me to see it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THANKS, BARRY! YOUR PLAN AND THE PLAN OF&lt;br /&gt;THOSE WHO BACKED YOU AND SUPPORTED YOU&lt;br /&gt;FOR THESE YEARS IS GOING AS PLANNED! We&lt;br /&gt;owe you a great debt of gratitude for helping us to&lt;br /&gt;return to our roots! How can we ever repay you?&lt;br /&gt;(By the way, WHO really are the people who put&lt;br /&gt;you up to running for office and who are controlling&lt;br /&gt;you and your actions? Just curious.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And all of those "bailouts" and EBT funds that you&lt;br /&gt;provided for the car companies and the all-so-&lt;br /&gt;important financial institutions! BRILLIANT! You&lt;br /&gt;are nothing like what I thought you were or would be!&lt;br /&gt;And to think that I actually tried to get people NOT&lt;br /&gt;to vote for you! Where was my heart? Heartless.&lt;br /&gt;If I'd been thinking "differently", I'd have voted for you.&lt;br /&gt;It's plain to see that once again, RAM (Reverse-Action-&lt;br /&gt;Method) was the only course that could be taken,&lt;br /&gt;AND WE COULDN'T SEE IT! Guess we didn't go to&lt;br /&gt;enough colleges or community-organizing rallies.&lt;br /&gt;Your plan, as I see it, and correct me if I'm wrong,&lt;br /&gt;was to gather sympathy for those banks and auto&lt;br /&gt;manufacturers, so that hardworking Americans&lt;br /&gt;would, out of the kindness of their hearts, empty&lt;br /&gt;their pockets, purses, wallets, savings, etc., to&lt;br /&gt;buy themselves "much-needed" and "well-deserved"&lt;br /&gt;new vehicles, all the while doing their patriotic&lt;br /&gt;duty and supporting America, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YOU SLY FOX, YOU! Once again, your superior&lt;br /&gt;intelligence and expert advisory "staff", (by the way,&lt;br /&gt;just WHO as advising and guiding you?), has come&lt;br /&gt;up with a "winner" for somebody. WHO? Us? Of&lt;br /&gt;course, how silly of me. I'm sorry for questioning&lt;br /&gt;you. I should just do as many are doing, and accept&lt;br /&gt;what is happening as "fate", or "progress", or "inevitable",&lt;br /&gt;and go into my room to pout, hey?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AGAIN, I APOLIGIZE FOR EVER DOUBTING YOU,&lt;br /&gt;BARRY, AS I NOW FINALLY SEE THAT ALL ALONG&lt;br /&gt;YOU WERE "ON OUR SIDE", STRIVING TO IMPROVE&lt;br /&gt;THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS AS&lt;br /&gt;WELL AS ALL MEXICANS AND KENYANS AND&lt;br /&gt;ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE&lt;br /&gt;OF OUR COUNTRY'S WEALTH, OPPORTUNITIES,&lt;br /&gt;AND FREEDOMS. You're "levelling the playing field",&lt;br /&gt;obviously, by redistributing the wealth of honest,&lt;br /&gt;hardworking Americans to those who don't earn&lt;br /&gt;or deserve it. Your announced platform is working.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forgive the intrusion, but would you please share&lt;br /&gt;with me (if your puppeteers allow it) what your next&lt;br /&gt;invention or course of action will be? Just asking.&lt;br /&gt;I'm very curious these days, being more politically&lt;br /&gt;interested and active than I've been in all of the&lt;br /&gt;previous 68 years of my life, THANKS TO YOU!&lt;br /&gt;(And thanks to those who have set you up and&lt;br /&gt;are "pulling your strings". And ours.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barry, the landscape on America's political front&lt;br /&gt;is changing dramatically, AND WE OWE IT ALL TO YOU!&lt;br /&gt;Who knows what would have happened if another&lt;br /&gt;ordinary liberal or socialist or marxist would have&lt;br /&gt;come into office instead of you? We could have&lt;br /&gt;anarchy! We could have a voter rebellion! We could&lt;br /&gt;have heated rhetoric and debates! We could have&lt;br /&gt;a "divided" nation! BUT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US&lt;br /&gt;TOGETHER! YOU HAVE CAUSED US TO REDISCOVER&lt;br /&gt;OURSELVES! YOU HAVE STIRRED THE PATRIOTIC&lt;br /&gt;FERVOR WITHIN US! Barry, you're a piece of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm am so anxious and eager to witness the end result&lt;br /&gt;of your "Reverse-Action-Method" (RAM) over the&lt;br /&gt;next few months. Tomorrow will give us a glimpse&lt;br /&gt;into the future, YOURS, and more importantly, OURS!&lt;br /&gt;(I have a pretty good idea of your future, hopefully,&lt;br /&gt;and I hope there's a position open for you in Chicago,&lt;br /&gt;as they need more community organizing there.)&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, YOU-CONSERVATIVE-IN-DISGUISE, Barry,&lt;br /&gt;my apologies and kudos for pulling off one of the&lt;br /&gt;greatest political manuevers in the history of man!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to you, true Americans, PATRIOTS, who&lt;br /&gt;believe in our country and its values and our&lt;br /&gt;founding fathers' integrity and intentions and&lt;br /&gt;intellect, WILL BE ENTERING THE SENATE AND&lt;br /&gt;THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to return us&lt;br /&gt;to GREATNESS AND TRUE AMERICANISM!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love, Bill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. May I see your Birth Certificate, now, now&lt;br /&gt;that we're "on the same page"? Please?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.S. Keep on "RAM"ing!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4988787796832807532?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4988787796832807532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/05/apologies-to-barry.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4988787796832807532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4988787796832807532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/05/apologies-to-barry.html' title='APOLOGIES TO BARRY'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-3020087610668776867</id><published>2010-04-15T06:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T06:53:31.466-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we fail God and the future if we don&apos;t act soon'/><title type='text'>TIME IS NOW TO STOP THE MADNESS/MADMAN!</title><content type='html'>My fellow American, I am not an alarmist, nor am I&lt;br /&gt;a doomsday prophet, but the handwriting is on the&lt;br /&gt;wall - America is changing rapidly, and will soon be&lt;br /&gt;unrecognizable as the once-great nation that she has&lt;br /&gt;been known to be!&lt;br /&gt;Bear with me, please, and hear me out - you may be&lt;br /&gt;very glad you did.&lt;br /&gt;If you're paying attention at all, and you'd best be&lt;br /&gt;doing so, you're noticing how our daily lives and our&lt;br /&gt; hopes and prospects for the years and generations to&lt;br /&gt;come are becoming continually bleaker and more&lt;br /&gt;undesirable by the day.&lt;br /&gt;Why?  What's the reason or reasons for my take and&lt;br /&gt;diagnosis of the situation? &lt;br /&gt;There are many causes, and some of them may be&lt;br /&gt;painful for each of us to accept and admit, but we&lt;br /&gt;must face the truth - WE ARE SEEING OUR COUNTRY&lt;br /&gt;DECLINE AND WE ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT!&lt;br /&gt;Where are those who are TRUE AMERICANS?&lt;br /&gt;Where is the SPIRIT OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS?&lt;br /&gt;Who cares anymore about out NATION'S HERITAGE?&lt;br /&gt;Is anyone concerned about those who are STEALING&lt;br /&gt;OUR MORALS AND PRINCIPLES FROM US?&lt;br /&gt;Who is the voice of the PATRIOT?&lt;br /&gt;Who is willing to be the voice of TRUE AMERICANISM?&lt;br /&gt;Who cares if the United States of America SLIPS INTO&lt;br /&gt;OBLIVION? &lt;br /&gt;DO YOU?&lt;br /&gt;Do you love your children?  Do you love your grand-&lt;br /&gt;children?  Are you the least interested in preserving&lt;br /&gt;the freedoms and rights and privileges that you've&lt;br /&gt;enjoyed for the generations to come?  ARE YOU?&lt;br /&gt;THEN IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why am I alarmed?  Why should you be affected by my&lt;br /&gt;words?  Why should you be asked to join in the cause&lt;br /&gt;to preserve our nation's character?&lt;br /&gt;Simply this - many forces and influences have gradually&lt;br /&gt;(and sometimes not so gradually, as today) eroded the&lt;br /&gt;basic way-of-life of our country:&lt;br /&gt;     l.  Immigration of various cultures.&lt;br /&gt;     2.  Influx of numerous religions.&lt;br /&gt;     3.  Advance of humanism.&lt;br /&gt;     4.  Teaching of evolution/Darwinism.&lt;br /&gt;     5.  Infiltration of Jihadist terrorists.&lt;br /&gt;     6.  Penetration of our borders by illegals.&lt;br /&gt;     7.  Unprincipled politicians.&lt;br /&gt;     8.  Unamerican professors.&lt;br /&gt;     9.  Socialist/Marxist/Communist adherents.&lt;br /&gt;    10. "Unknown quantity" squatting in the White House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU HEAR ME?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU LISTENING?&lt;br /&gt;There are other factors creating our demise, to be&lt;br /&gt;sure, but these are some of the major ones.  Hardly a&lt;br /&gt;day goes by that some decree, agreement, policy or&lt;br /&gt;bill/law isn't presented that IS CONTRARY TO WHAT&lt;br /&gt;WE HAVE BELIEVED, LOVED, AND TREASURED FOR&lt;br /&gt;OVER 230 YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU READ THE PAPERS &amp;amp; MAGS?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU WATCHING THE TV REPORTS?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU GETTING "BOTH SIDES"?  (Or are you only&lt;br /&gt;listening to what you/they want you to hear?)&lt;br /&gt;HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE ARGUMENTS OF THE&lt;br /&gt;PATRIOTIC/CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS AND&lt;br /&gt;REPORTERS?  You should.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am I trying to enlist you into a movement?  NO!&lt;br /&gt;What I hope to do is to get you to THINK FOR YOURSELF!&lt;br /&gt;Don't let the garbage reports from Washington be what&lt;br /&gt;you believe.  THINK FOR YOURSELF!  Can you see/hear&lt;br /&gt;the erosion taking place?  Do you question the actions,&lt;br /&gt;motives, consequences of what Congress and the&lt;br /&gt;illegal administration is doing?  YOU SHOULD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STOP THE MADNESS!&lt;br /&gt;STOP THE MADMAN!&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN (by rebirth), PRAY AND&lt;br /&gt;ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO ENLIGHTEN YOU!&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU'RE NOT A CHRISTIAN - IT'S TIME YOU&lt;br /&gt;SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED THE INVITATION OF&lt;br /&gt;JESUS CHRIST TO ACCEPT HIM AS SAVIOUR!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TIME IS SHORT!&lt;br /&gt;What true Americans and concerned citizens must&lt;br /&gt;do, we must do quickly!  Become informed.  Speak up.&lt;br /&gt;Write your politicians.  Call your politicians.  Email&lt;br /&gt;your congressmen and the White House.  If you don't&lt;br /&gt;know how, email me, I'll give you the needed info.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WE MUST STOP OBAMA AND HIS SUPPORTERS NOW!&lt;br /&gt;Sure, we can wait until November and make a&lt;br /&gt;"statement" at the polls, BUT WILL WE?  WILL YOU?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHO IS A TRUE AMERICAN?&lt;br /&gt;WHERE ARE THE TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS?&lt;br /&gt;WHO WILL SPEAK FOR US?&lt;br /&gt;WHO WILL DEFEND US?&lt;br /&gt;WILL WE MAKE OUR ANCESTORS PROUD?&lt;br /&gt;WILL WE FAIL GOD &amp;amp; OUR SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FRIEND, I'M BEGGING YOU TO GET INVOLVED!&lt;br /&gt;ENERGIZE!  ENLIST!  PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AND&lt;br /&gt;YOUR FUTURE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, I'm not suggesting that you become a "Tea Party"&lt;br /&gt;member, nor a Libertarian, nor a Republican.&lt;br /&gt;I'm not asking you to march, carry a placard, sing&lt;br /&gt;patriotic songs or jingles, attend rallies, I'm just&lt;br /&gt;ASKING YOU TO STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT&lt;br /&gt;ZONE, FOR THE SAKE OF FREEDOMS, AND BE&lt;br /&gt;KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE CURRENT&lt;br /&gt;SITUATIONS, SO THAT YOU CAN THEN DECIDE&lt;br /&gt;WHAT YOUR COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD BE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, we're losing our country.&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, America is changing daily.&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, our country's greatness is diminishing.&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, freedom's enemies are advancing.&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, our patriotic spirit is being drained.&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, one day there may be no America!&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, you and I may be blamed for failing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS, ARISE!&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS, ALERT!&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS, ACTIVATE!&lt;br /&gt;THE TIME IS NOW TO STOP THE MADNESS/MADMAN!&lt;br /&gt;LET'S PUT A QUICK HALT TO OBAMA'S "CHANGES"&lt;br /&gt;THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE AND ANTI-AMERICAN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.  Bill.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-3020087610668776867?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/3020087610668776867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/04/time-is-now-to-stop-madnessmadman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3020087610668776867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3020087610668776867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/04/time-is-now-to-stop-madnessmadman.html' title='TIME IS NOW TO STOP THE MADNESS/MADMAN!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7829719828609188411</id><published>2010-03-20T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-20T09:18:48.734-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='How far will despots go to destroy our America?'/><title type='text'>The Raping Of America - Part 2</title><content type='html'>It's hard to imagine that a true American would want&lt;br /&gt;to do what some in the administration and congress&lt;br /&gt;are proposing to do tomorrow with the pending vote&lt;br /&gt;and possible passing of the evil healthcare program.&lt;br /&gt;BUT WAIT - WE STILL DON'T KNOW IF BARRY IS&lt;br /&gt;ONE OF US, DO WE?  Why does he delay providing&lt;br /&gt;evidence or proof of his citizenship?&lt;br /&gt;As allegoried in yesterday's post, we have put our&lt;br /&gt;trust in certain individuals (politicians) to take our&lt;br /&gt;best interests at heart, and many of them are&lt;br /&gt;failing us.&lt;br /&gt;I've had a colonoscopy or two in recent years,&lt;br /&gt;(they are regrettable and forgettable experiences,&lt;br /&gt;however necessary), and each time I've felt both&lt;br /&gt;"inconvenienced" and violated.&lt;br /&gt;I'M FEELING THAT WAY NOW!&lt;br /&gt;Having  just tried to call Mssrs. Specter, Casey, and&lt;br /&gt;Murphy, I discovered that both Senators' mailboxes&lt;br /&gt;are full in Washington, and Specter's Pittsburgh box&lt;br /&gt;is full.  I was able to leave a voicemail in Casey's&lt;br /&gt;local box, and got a friendly young lady who seemed&lt;br /&gt;glad to take my message and forward it on to the&lt;br /&gt;Congressman.&lt;br /&gt;DID YOU CALL?&lt;br /&gt;DID YOU WRITE?&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU CARE?&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU CONCERNED/WORRIED?&lt;br /&gt;With names like Emanuel (Rahm &amp;amp; his brother),&lt;br /&gt;Stern (both brothers), Soros, Reid, Pelosi, and Obama&lt;br /&gt;involved in this government-attempted takeover of&lt;br /&gt;our healthcare and ultimately our entire economic&lt;br /&gt;structure, WE SHOULD BE WORRIED!&lt;br /&gt;With over 523 billion dollars of Medicare cuts, taxes&lt;br /&gt;increasing, hospital and other providers' services&lt;br /&gt;being curtailed, medical equipment being rationed&lt;br /&gt;while providers are limited, and small businesses&lt;br /&gt;being forced to provide health insurance at the risk&lt;br /&gt;of going "belly up", the current proposed legislation&lt;br /&gt;is EVIL, IMMORAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND WRONG!&lt;br /&gt;Socialized medicine, which is what's being voted on&lt;br /&gt;tomorrow, has failed miserably in England, Canada,&lt;br /&gt;and Massachusetts, among others.  Why do we want&lt;br /&gt;it throughout the whole country?  WHY?&lt;br /&gt;Besides, with the $940 billion pricetag that the CBO&lt;br /&gt;has put on it, who knows just how accurate it really&lt;br /&gt;is?  And, Rush reported on a "docket bill" that will&lt;br /&gt;be added later to take the total cost OVER 1.2 TRILLION!&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU LISTENING?&lt;br /&gt;If this plan was so great, why have so many evil&lt;br /&gt;BRIBES been offered to congressmen and their states&lt;br /&gt;and districts to get their votes?  HUH?  HELLO!&lt;br /&gt;HOW CHEAPLY AND EASILY SOME "SELL THEIR SOULS"!&lt;br /&gt;Already, some states are preparing to challenge&lt;br /&gt;this bill, if it passes, for its unconstitutionality!! &lt;br /&gt;Federal intrusion into states' sovereignty is WRONG!&lt;br /&gt;If this plan is so great, why do those proposing it&lt;br /&gt;have to continue to find new "rules" or procedures&lt;br /&gt;to get it voted on and hopefully (their hopes)&lt;br /&gt;passed?  HUH?  Reconciliation?  Slaughter?  Deemed?&lt;br /&gt;Up or down?  What are trying to do, confuse us?&lt;br /&gt;THEY'RE THE ONES CONFUSED!&lt;br /&gt;And what's this about taxes and paying now when&lt;br /&gt;the so-called benefits won't kick in for 4 or 5 years?&lt;br /&gt;HUH? &lt;br /&gt;Why did the unions get special consideration?  I'm&lt;br /&gt;talking about you, Andy Stern, and your SEIU!&lt;br /&gt;What does Nancy Pelosi get out of this?  Will she&lt;br /&gt;succeed where Hillary failed, and get into the&lt;br /&gt;White House as resident?  Harry Reid is too old to&lt;br /&gt;even considerate it. &lt;br /&gt;In a poll taken this week, Congressman Tim Murphy&lt;br /&gt;got an 80% NO (79.16) on the issue, compared to 20%&lt;br /&gt;(19.18) YES.  CAN'T THEY GET THE MESSAGE?  ARE&lt;br /&gt;THEY DEAF?  DUMB?  IGNORANT?  DIABOLICAL?&lt;br /&gt;Friend, and fellow-American, listen to both sides of&lt;br /&gt;the issue, please.  Hear and read the guys and gals&lt;br /&gt;on Fox, Newsmax, Heritage Foundation, and others&lt;br /&gt;who offer sensible opposition to the pending&lt;br /&gt;legislation.  Hear what Hume, Levine, Morris,&lt;br /&gt;Van Susteren, O'Reilly and others are saying.  PLEASE!&lt;br /&gt;Log onto their websites.&lt;br /&gt;Try to call your legislator, maybe you'll get through.&lt;br /&gt;IF THIS EVIL THING PASSES, WE WILL OPPOSE ITS&lt;br /&gt;INSTITUTION WITH APPEALS, REPEALS, SUITS AS&lt;br /&gt;FAR UP AS THE SUPREME COURT, AND PRAYERS&lt;br /&gt;TO GOD FOR HIS ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE.&lt;br /&gt;Too bad those behind this bill didn't do that earlier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA!  Bill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.  Congressman Murphy can be contacted and&lt;br /&gt;heard from at &lt;a href="mailto:tim.murphy@congressnewsletter.net"&gt;tim.murphy@congressnewsletter.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7829719828609188411?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7829719828609188411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/03/raping-of-america-part-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7829719828609188411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7829719828609188411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/03/raping-of-america-part-2.html' title='The Raping Of America - Part 2'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-2679031575231360092</id><published>2010-03-18T08:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T17:52:37.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE RAPING OF AMERICA</title><content type='html'>A young lady was walking down the street&lt;br /&gt;around dusk, on her way home from work.&lt;br /&gt;Wisely, she strode along next to the curb, to&lt;br /&gt;avoid anyone who might be hiding in the&lt;br /&gt;shadowy doorways or alleys on her route.&lt;br /&gt;Soon she noticed a figure standing on a&lt;br /&gt;street corner under a streetlight. Getting&lt;br /&gt;closer, she recognized the person to be a&lt;br /&gt;male acquaintance, someone whom she had&lt;br /&gt;known for a few years. Accepting his offer&lt;br /&gt;to walk along beside her for a while to give&lt;br /&gt;her some company and security, the two&lt;br /&gt;continued on for a while when suddenly,&lt;br /&gt;without warning or provocation, the man&lt;br /&gt;grabbed her by the shoulders and half-pushed,&lt;br /&gt;half-dragged her into an alley where he proceeded&lt;br /&gt;to rape her.&lt;br /&gt;Really not a totally unfamiliar account, wouldn't&lt;br /&gt;you agree, though the young lass could have&lt;br /&gt;exercised additional caution, perhaps. Actually,&lt;br /&gt;sometimes it's hard to know who you can and&lt;br /&gt;who you cannot trust.&lt;br /&gt;AMERICA, YOU ARE ON THE VERGE OF BEING&lt;br /&gt;THE POSSIBLE VICTIM OF A RAPE!!&lt;br /&gt;The insistence and persistence of the socialists&lt;br /&gt;and their congressional counterparts to pass&lt;br /&gt;an evil and dispassionate healthcare bill this&lt;br /&gt;weekend will totally change the ways that you&lt;br /&gt;and I have lived, including how, when, and&lt;br /&gt;how soon we'll die.&lt;br /&gt;THINK ABOUT IT!!&lt;br /&gt;l. Thousands of doctors have already announced&lt;br /&gt;that they will leave their profession if this&lt;br /&gt;mindless piece of legislation is passed! WHY?&lt;br /&gt;Because they know that their hands will be tied&lt;br /&gt;as to who they treat, how much they can help,&lt;br /&gt;and what treatments they will be allowed to use.&lt;br /&gt;2. Your money will be used to help loose-moraled&lt;br /&gt;persons to kill the babies in their wombs, conceived&lt;br /&gt;by sinful intercourse and wrong lifestyles. The&lt;br /&gt;total disregard and disrespect of human life, at&lt;br /&gt;any stage, leads to MURDER!  SIN!&lt;br /&gt;3. People who do not need health coverage, as&lt;br /&gt;well as those who cannot afford it, will be forced&lt;br /&gt;to buy it at the risk of being fined and imprisoned!&lt;br /&gt;The bill and the administration backing it, will&lt;br /&gt;give the government too much control!&lt;br /&gt;4. Illegals will probably end up with the same&lt;br /&gt;"health coverage" (if you can call it that) that you&lt;br /&gt;and I have, and that at little or no cost to them-&lt;br /&gt;you and I will be paying for them!&lt;br /&gt;5. ______________________fill in the blanks&lt;br /&gt;with other wrong elements that you have heard&lt;br /&gt;and/or read about. There's plenty of them.&lt;br /&gt;PLEASE, FOR GOD'S SAKE, AND AMERICA'S SAKE,&lt;br /&gt;CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATORS&lt;br /&gt;TODAY OR TOMORROW, and tell him or her that&lt;br /&gt;YOU WANT THEM TO VOTE AGAINST THE BILL&lt;br /&gt;THAT WILL HELP TO RUIN OUR COUNTRY!&lt;br /&gt;If you do nothing, you'll have no one to blame&lt;br /&gt;but yourself when things "go south" on us all.&lt;br /&gt;THE CONGRESSIONAL SWITCHBOARD PHONE&lt;br /&gt;NUMBER IS: 202-225-3421. Just ask for your&lt;br /&gt;senators' or representatives office and you will&lt;br /&gt;be connected. You'll probably get a staff member,&lt;br /&gt;but he or she will take your message, and pass&lt;br /&gt;along your concerns, especially your "YEA" or&lt;br /&gt;"NAY" vote on this unpatriotic and inhumane&lt;br /&gt;legislation.&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS (&amp;amp; HELP) AMERICA!&lt;br /&gt;Bill.&lt;br /&gt;P.S. If you don't know who your persons in&lt;br /&gt;Congress are, look them up in the phone book,&lt;br /&gt;or call your local municipality office.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-2679031575231360092?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/2679031575231360092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/03/raping-of-america.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2679031575231360092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2679031575231360092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/03/raping-of-america.html' title='THE RAPING OF AMERICA'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7895939209737160909</id><published>2010-01-23T09:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-23T10:11:14.554-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need to create a balance in the political arena'/><title type='text'>HOW TO CONVERT A LIBERAL - FINAL CHAPTER</title><content type='html'>There's been a sudden, sullen, somber cloud hanging&lt;br /&gt;over D.C. the last few days, ever since the "Barry Express"&lt;br /&gt;was halted rapidly by the signal from Massachusetts&lt;br /&gt;that there is a "bridge out" ahead!&lt;br /&gt;Ms. (as in miserable or mistaken) Pelosi has been&lt;br /&gt;uncharacteristically quiet and unseen since last&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, and "Leader" (as in leader-dog?) Reid&lt;br /&gt;looked like a whipped puppy as he appeared before&lt;br /&gt;the microphones a couple of days ago.&lt;br /&gt;Even Barry has changed his tune - he's doing a bit&lt;br /&gt;of a different "dance" now, turning the emphasis&lt;br /&gt;to jobs and the economy, at least for this week.&lt;br /&gt;Why, even "Air America", the liberal broadcast&lt;br /&gt;network went belly-up this week, as their efforts&lt;br /&gt;since being founded in 2004 to "derail" the message(s)&lt;br /&gt;of the Conservatives were not getting "a full head of&lt;br /&gt;steam" with listeners or sponsors. Maybe they should&lt;br /&gt;have brought Al Franken back?&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps we should call this week "Black Week", and&lt;br /&gt;hang black ribbons and wreaths all around D.C.,&lt;br /&gt;especially the White House.&lt;br /&gt;Some of you read my email recently with what I&lt;br /&gt;call my "classic definition of a liberal" - I reiterate&lt;br /&gt;it here:&lt;br /&gt;"A LIBERAL is someone who has no respect for&lt;br /&gt;the principles or foundations of our country's past,&lt;br /&gt;nor for anyone else's ideas or ideals, disregarding&lt;br /&gt;our nation's history or character, and is interested&lt;br /&gt;ONLY in advancing his or her agendum or goals&lt;br /&gt;which would profit or benefit his or her welfare,&lt;br /&gt;regardless of the outcome or consequences for&lt;br /&gt;others."&lt;br /&gt;In other words, "A LIBERAL IS EVERYTHING THAT&lt;br /&gt;MY MOTHER NEVER WANTED ME TO BE"!&lt;br /&gt;Have you noticed, now they're preferring to call&lt;br /&gt;themselves "Progressives"? Even some of the&lt;br /&gt;Conservatives are using that term. I have a better&lt;br /&gt;one - "Regressives". How do you like that one?&lt;br /&gt;You probably don't if you're a liberal - but what I&lt;br /&gt;see and what I'm saying is that if we were to continue&lt;br /&gt;down the track that Barry and his assistant "engineers"&lt;br /&gt;were taking us down, we'd be going backwards.&lt;br /&gt;THE "TRAIN RIDE" IS NOT OVER, HOWEVER, AS&lt;br /&gt;THERE ARE PROBABLY "SECRET" "TRANSPARENCY"&lt;br /&gt;MEETINGS BEING HELD AT THIS MOMENT, EVEN&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU'RE READING THIS DURING THE NIGHT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, here is is, my final (for now) appeal to clear-&lt;br /&gt;headed, sensible, patriotic Americans to make an&lt;br /&gt;appeal to the above-defined individuals who have&lt;br /&gt;not been taking our country's best interests to heart:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;l. Ask your liberal friends to describe their "take" on&lt;br /&gt;our founding documents. Their answers will say a lot.&lt;br /&gt;2. Remind "them" that true American citizens want &amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;deserve &amp;amp; need to be involved in the discussions and&lt;br /&gt;decision-making processes.&lt;br /&gt;3. Ask for a list of priorities that they use to determine&lt;br /&gt;whether an action, opinion, stance, bill, or law is&lt;br /&gt;credible and right for Americans.&lt;br /&gt;4. Ask your liberal politicians who they are aligned&lt;br /&gt;with, politically and support-wise.&lt;br /&gt;5. Try to get them to explain how that additional&lt;br /&gt;trillions of dollars of taxes and national indebtedness&lt;br /&gt;is practical or smart.&lt;br /&gt;6. Require an explanation about unions running the&lt;br /&gt;show in both D.C. and in our nation's workplaces.&lt;br /&gt;7. With dangers ever-increasing, why do they want&lt;br /&gt;to decrease defense spending? (Duh.)&lt;br /&gt;8. What is your liberal friend's view of our place in&lt;br /&gt;the global economy &amp;amp; politics - their answer just&lt;br /&gt;may frighten you!&lt;br /&gt;9. Why, when our ancestors came to these shores&lt;br /&gt;by right processes, should we grant blanket amnesty&lt;br /&gt;to those who knew they were coming here illegally?&lt;br /&gt;10. Ask who is their favorite American person in&lt;br /&gt;history, and why. Prepare to be shocked.&lt;br /&gt;11. Make an attempt to get their views on:&lt;br /&gt;Iraq; Afghanistan; Russia; Israel; Iran; Yemen.&lt;br /&gt;12. Mention these names and gauge their reactions:&lt;br /&gt;Glenn Beck; Bill O'Reilly; Lou Dobbs; Sean Hannity;&lt;br /&gt;John Savin; Rush Limbaugh; Dick Morris; Bill Richey.&lt;br /&gt;13. Ask them if they ever watch or listen to the&lt;br /&gt;ever-growing voices of Conservatism, and why or&lt;br /&gt;why not? (It really is a good idea to take other points&lt;br /&gt;of view into consideration.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LENIN said, "Socialism is a transition stage between&lt;br /&gt;capitalism and communism." THINK ABOUT IT!&lt;br /&gt;You've noticed that I've repeated a few of the items&lt;br /&gt;from the previous 3 blogs, but I tried to highlight&lt;br /&gt;some of the most important points and arguments&lt;br /&gt;for discussion and consideration.&lt;br /&gt;PLEASE RETURN AND REREAD THE OTHER THREE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not my intent or goal to reduce our country's&lt;br /&gt;political landscape to a one-party system. That would&lt;br /&gt;give us Communism. My efforts are simply to get&lt;br /&gt;cloudy-thinking and misdirected persons, both those&lt;br /&gt;in office and in the public sector, to think more clearly&lt;br /&gt;and more responsibly about their positions and&lt;br /&gt;values, especially values.&lt;br /&gt;A two-party system, while it definitely has its flaws,&lt;br /&gt;as history has proven, is the minimum form of&lt;br /&gt;structure that our U.S.A. needs, and PERHAPS THE&lt;br /&gt;FORMATION OF A THIRD PARTY IS IN ORDER!?&lt;br /&gt;Am I talking "Tea Party"? Not necessarily, though&lt;br /&gt;they've gotten some of our attention. Should we look&lt;br /&gt;to the Libertarians? Listen to their dialogue, is all&lt;br /&gt;I'm asking.&lt;br /&gt;While the Massachusetts "surprise" (to some, not to&lt;br /&gt;all of us) sent a message or two, it illuminates the&lt;br /&gt;idea that we "Independents" have a lot of say and&lt;br /&gt;sway, and we intend to continue to hear what both&lt;br /&gt;major parties are about, and to have a voice in&lt;br /&gt;keeping both in check, creating a "balance", if you&lt;br /&gt;will, in our governments' politics, both national&lt;br /&gt;and local.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REMEMBER - love those who differ from you in their&lt;br /&gt;views, and show respect to them, even if you're&lt;br /&gt;convinced that they're wrong. We must have sane,&lt;br /&gt;sensible, respectful dialogue with each other, in the&lt;br /&gt;hopes and goals of CREATING A BETTER AMERICA!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7895939209737160909?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7895939209737160909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-convert-liberal-final-chapter.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7895939209737160909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7895939209737160909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-convert-liberal-final-chapter.html' title='HOW TO CONVERT A LIBERAL - FINAL CHAPTER'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-8402970396366851511</id><published>2010-01-20T08:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T09:19:49.519-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the voices of disgruntled Americans were heard yesterday'/><title type='text'>AMERICA WON IN MASSACHUSETTS-NOW WHAT?</title><content type='html'>IT'S OFFICIAL!  WE WON! &lt;br /&gt;Sadly, though, while we're celebrating and revelling&lt;br /&gt;in Scott Brown's historic victory in the Massachusetts&lt;br /&gt;election, the "war" is far from over.&lt;br /&gt;In retrospect, Barry, "The Enchanter", and his&lt;br /&gt;minions were so cocksure of themselves that they&lt;br /&gt;waited until almost the end to show up and give&lt;br /&gt;physical support to "poor" Mrs. Coakley.  IT WAS&lt;br /&gt;HARD FOR THEM TO IMAGINE THAT ANYONE&lt;br /&gt;OTHER THAN A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT WOULD&lt;br /&gt;SIT IN "KENNEDY'S SEAT"!!&lt;br /&gt;Humph!  Surprise!  Shock!  Did you feel the ground&lt;br /&gt;tremble last evening?  The epicenter was in D.C.!!&lt;br /&gt;What's even more alarming to "the establishment"&lt;br /&gt;is that the larger portion of the electorate in the&lt;br /&gt;fine state of Massachusetts are registered as Dems!&lt;br /&gt;Humph!  Who could have even imagined or dreamed&lt;br /&gt;(or nightmared) that an American conservative&lt;br /&gt;would receive the margin of victory that Brown did?&lt;br /&gt;Not Barry.  Not Nancy.  Not Harry.  Not Duvall.&lt;br /&gt;THE CRUX OF THE MATTER, quite simply, is this-&lt;br /&gt;Americans and patriots have HAD ENOUGH of the&lt;br /&gt;"business as usual" that the liberals have foisted&lt;br /&gt;upon us, and the reverbrations (aftershocks) are&lt;br /&gt;being felt from the "epicenter" in D.C. to every&lt;br /&gt;state, city, town, village, and farmhouse in our&lt;br /&gt;great nation.&lt;br /&gt;As after the Virginia and New Jersey "K.O.'s", the&lt;br /&gt;White House and the Dems are already trying to&lt;br /&gt;recluse themselves from any part in their losses.&lt;br /&gt;They blame Coakley's "weak" campaigning, among&lt;br /&gt;other lame excuses. &lt;br /&gt;WHAT THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT is that AMERICANS&lt;br /&gt;ARE WAKING UP from the trance that "The Enchanter"&lt;br /&gt;has tried to put upon them, and they are no longer&lt;br /&gt;willing subjects to the "taking away of our country"&lt;br /&gt;by power-hungry, position-maddened, inexperienced,&lt;br /&gt;unknowledgable, and uncaring politicians, from&lt;br /&gt;Barry on down to the party precinct captains.&lt;br /&gt;CELEBRATE, AMERICA!  Exactly what Brown's&lt;br /&gt;victory means or will mean, only time will tell.&lt;br /&gt;The immediate and obvious message is that the&lt;br /&gt;Libs will now have to reconnoiter and they are&lt;br /&gt;already trying to find ways to bypass the normal&lt;br /&gt;procedures to shove the "Obamacare" bill through&lt;br /&gt;before Brown can cast a vote.  HOW WRONG!&lt;br /&gt;But they don't care.  Expediency and their agenda&lt;br /&gt;is all that they care about.  HOW WRONG!  HOW SAD!&lt;br /&gt;THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO MADE PHONE&lt;br /&gt;CALLS OR WROTE LETTERS OR PRAYED FOR&lt;br /&gt;YESTERDAY'S VOTING. &lt;br /&gt;Thank God for victory.  Now we just have to wait&lt;br /&gt;and see what the Libs next trick will be.  PRAY!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-8402970396366851511?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/8402970396366851511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/america-won-in-massachusetts-now-what.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8402970396366851511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8402970396366851511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/america-won-in-massachusetts-now-what.html' title='AMERICA WON IN MASSACHUSETTS-NOW WHAT?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-6618387449321382500</id><published>2010-01-11T07:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T08:04:59.824-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Are all the &quot;donkeys&quot; in D.C. as dumb as they act?'/><title type='text'>WHERE ARE THE JOBS, BARRY?</title><content type='html'>Promises, promises, promises. It wasn't that&lt;br /&gt;long ago, Barry, that you were campaigning for&lt;br /&gt;the office that disillusional Americans had the&lt;br /&gt;audacity to vote you into. Remember? Do you&lt;br /&gt;remember all the things that you VOWED that&lt;br /&gt;you would do? Did you mean them? Did you&lt;br /&gt;have any idea what you were saying? Were&lt;br /&gt;those your words? Did you really believe you&lt;br /&gt;could "pull it off"?&lt;br /&gt;HOW DO YOU THINK NOW? Not so easy, is it?&lt;br /&gt;That is, if indeed you really meant all those&lt;br /&gt;things you said.&lt;br /&gt;I HAVE A SUGGESTION! Surprised, aren't you?&lt;br /&gt;No? Never mind.&lt;br /&gt;For all those people, over FOUR MILLION of them,&lt;br /&gt;who have lost their jobs since you "assumed" office,&lt;br /&gt;and for all those THREE MILLION jobs that you&lt;br /&gt;promised to create (not "save"), let's put a plan&lt;br /&gt;into place that will employ all of that UNUSED AND&lt;br /&gt;UNDESIGNATED STIMULUS MONEY, to put&lt;br /&gt;Americans back into the work force.&lt;br /&gt;How about, let's form an oversight panel, made&lt;br /&gt;up of NON-GOVERNMENTAL members, and let's&lt;br /&gt;name it People's Institute for Stimulus Spending,&lt;br /&gt;of PISS for short!? It's a start.&lt;br /&gt;Here are some areas that you should consider for&lt;br /&gt;getting our great nation's economy back onto its&lt;br /&gt;feet and running strong:&lt;br /&gt;l. Repairing and repaving our highways.&lt;br /&gt;2. Repairing and replacing our bridges. It's quite&lt;br /&gt;obvious that our infrastructure is in serious&lt;br /&gt;need of attention.&lt;br /&gt;3. Cleaning up our urban areas by demolishing&lt;br /&gt;unusable buildings and replacing them with&lt;br /&gt;parks, playgrounds, daycare centers or job&lt;br /&gt;centers, training schools, etc.&lt;br /&gt;4. Gradually investing in SMALL BUSINESSES,&lt;br /&gt;the backbone of our country's economy, doling&lt;br /&gt;out monies gradually as they increase their&lt;br /&gt;workforce, production, and services.&lt;br /&gt;5. "Earmarking" (don't you just love that word? I&lt;br /&gt;know you do, based on your limited tenure in&lt;br /&gt;the U.S. Senate and your record of "earmarks")&lt;br /&gt;funds to put welfare recipients to work earning&lt;br /&gt;their subsistence.&lt;br /&gt;6. Creating a form to be submitted to "PISS" that&lt;br /&gt;those interested in starting businesses can use to&lt;br /&gt;apply for the necessary "startup" money for&lt;br /&gt;their venture.&lt;br /&gt;7. Giving money to "real" districts, not those&lt;br /&gt;FICTITIOUS ones that were claimed on the&lt;br /&gt;previous reports. TSK, TSK, TSK!!&lt;br /&gt;8. Support honest, hardworking students who&lt;br /&gt;have a desire to further their educations, and&lt;br /&gt;who have a proven track record of industriousness.&lt;br /&gt;9. Providing RETRAINING or re-education to those&lt;br /&gt;who have lost their jobs because of scaling down&lt;br /&gt;or company closures. Also give living support to&lt;br /&gt;them while studying.&lt;br /&gt;10. Aid our transportation industry, without&lt;br /&gt;expectation of payback, so that airlines, rail&lt;br /&gt;systems, trucking, coach lines, etc. may continue&lt;br /&gt;to serve our citizens. DO THIS WITHOUT GOV'T&lt;br /&gt;TAKEOVER OR OWNERSHIP!&lt;br /&gt;There you have it, Barry, a start, I hope, on what&lt;br /&gt;could become a plan to revitalize the economical&lt;br /&gt;doldrums and woes of the United States of America!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. JEHOVAH HELP US if we don't soon get something&lt;br /&gt;started to save us from total ruin. (Sorry, not&lt;br /&gt;really, but Allah can't help us, as he doesn't exist.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.S. Why are an ever-growing number of us getting&lt;br /&gt;the idea that YOU REALLY DON'T CARE? Why&lt;br /&gt;are we thinking that YOU'RE JUST ON ONE BIG&lt;br /&gt;VACATION ADVENTURE? Huh? Duh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.S.S. - CALL ME and we'll have a "Root Beer"&lt;br /&gt;                  Summit to discuss the situation.  My&lt;br /&gt;                  number is (724) 263-0505.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-6618387449321382500?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/6618387449321382500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-are-jobs-barry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6618387449321382500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6618387449321382500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-are-jobs-barry.html' title='WHERE ARE THE JOBS, BARRY?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-6918264275713295280</id><published>2010-01-05T11:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T07:17:54.298-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wondering why Barry won&apos;t admit the truths'/><title type='text'>"MERRY 'X-MAS' ", BARRY, I'M BACK!</title><content type='html'>Hi, Barry, did you miss me?&lt;br /&gt;I haven't written to you or about you since&lt;br /&gt;mid-November, and I'm not happy about that!&lt;br /&gt;How about you? Ready for a new year and&lt;br /&gt;a new commitment to "say it like it is"?&lt;br /&gt;How was your Ramadan? Happy Kwanza.&lt;br /&gt;Did you miss the snow and the Christmas carols&lt;br /&gt;and songs and the tree and lights and holiday&lt;br /&gt;spirit that real Americans enjoyed?&lt;br /&gt;They have any of that in Hawaii? What did you&lt;br /&gt;get? What did you give Michelle? Did the girls&lt;br /&gt;get some nice presents, or was the trip to the&lt;br /&gt;islands enough for them?  Oh, wait, silly me,&lt;br /&gt;Muslims don't celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ,&lt;br /&gt;the true Messiah.  Duh.&lt;br /&gt;I hear that "somebody's" planning to erect a&lt;br /&gt;statue in the state of your supposed birth,&lt;br /&gt;is that true? Where? Near which of the two&lt;br /&gt;hospitals that you were "born in"? You know,&lt;br /&gt;I hope, that a statue is not the same as a&lt;br /&gt;"Birth Certificate", don't you? A statue in every&lt;br /&gt;state or every city does not prove anything,&lt;br /&gt;only YOU can prove "something", that is, if you're&lt;br /&gt;man enough.&lt;br /&gt;And......what's this about NOBODY in your class&lt;br /&gt;(of '83") knowing or remembering you? Huh? Did&lt;br /&gt;you not "excel" or "stand out" that your classmates,&lt;br /&gt;even those in the same study program do not know&lt;br /&gt;of you? Were you there? Under another name?&lt;br /&gt;Why are your records sealed? Why don't you talk&lt;br /&gt;about your time at Columbia, or anywhere else?&lt;br /&gt;Huh?&lt;br /&gt;Someone posted a picture of you removing your&lt;br /&gt;footwear with others in preparation for prayers&lt;br /&gt;in a mosque. Huh? You said you are a Christian.&lt;br /&gt;That is, after you said you are a Muslim. Huh?&lt;br /&gt;I have that interview moment saved, too.&lt;br /&gt;Barry, who are you really? Who are your&lt;br /&gt;"sponsors" or "financial supporters" or ideolog&lt;br /&gt;backers? What are you and they hoping to gain,&lt;br /&gt;at the expense of our great nation?&lt;br /&gt;YOU WORRY ME, BARRY, and a lot of other&lt;br /&gt;people, not just those at Fox! Many are starting&lt;br /&gt;to "catch on" to your agenda and ineptness.&lt;br /&gt;STILL WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?&lt;br /&gt;A life in private business sounds better and&lt;br /&gt;better all the time, doesn't it? GO FOR IT!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. - your healthcare plan that was created&lt;br /&gt;with the devious assistance of "comrades" Reid&lt;br /&gt;and Pelosi and others, "stinks"! Scrap it and go&lt;br /&gt;back to the planning table with the people who&lt;br /&gt;have valid and integral input. Thanks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-6918264275713295280?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/6918264275713295280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/merry-x-mas-barry-im-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6918264275713295280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6918264275713295280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2010/01/merry-x-mas-barry-im-back.html' title='&quot;MERRY &apos;X-MAS&apos; &quot;, BARRY, I&apos;M BACK!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-2959776758176895911</id><published>2009-11-14T09:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T12:42:00.728-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals have a tendency to forget what country they&apos;re living in'/><title type='text'>How To Convert A Liberal - Part Three</title><content type='html'>Long overdue, I know, but wanting and needing&lt;br /&gt;to "get my brain around" as much usable material&lt;br /&gt;as possible in the hopes of changing the radical&lt;br /&gt;direction of our GREAT COUNTRY!&lt;br /&gt;Yes, there will be a "Part Four" and final chapter&lt;br /&gt;on this subject, and hopefully sooner than the&lt;br /&gt;time between these last two sections. Thanks&lt;br /&gt;for your patience and prayers.&lt;br /&gt;FIRST and most importantly, we need to address&lt;br /&gt;the way we address liberals - it's much like&lt;br /&gt;witnessing to a non-believer (sinner) about the&lt;br /&gt;prospect and promises available when they turn&lt;br /&gt;their lives to Jesus Christ:&lt;br /&gt;l. LOVE them, no matter how wrong they are.&lt;br /&gt;2. PRAY for them, no matter how upset you get.&lt;br /&gt;3. SOW SEEDS of kindness.&lt;br /&gt;4. SOW SEEDS of doubt into their minds.&lt;br /&gt;5. APPEAL to their conscience.&lt;br /&gt;Liberals often appear to have no conscience or&lt;br /&gt;concern about the consequences of their decisions&lt;br /&gt;or actions. They have little or no respect for our&lt;br /&gt;past or our future. Political expediency is the&lt;br /&gt;name of the game for Liberals - whatever works&lt;br /&gt;quickly and for now, and for them, and hang the&lt;br /&gt;results or whoever gets hurt. Duh!?&lt;br /&gt;In an effort to create a sense of guilt or right&lt;br /&gt;for a Liberal, ask things such as, "What do you&lt;br /&gt;think about tax cheats?", or "Is it okay to sell&lt;br /&gt;a senate seat?", or "Why would a president hide&lt;br /&gt;and seal his personal records?", or "Is it okay to&lt;br /&gt;date with taxpayers' money?", or "How can you&lt;br /&gt;ever justify broken promises that were made&lt;br /&gt;knowing they'd be impossible to keep?"&lt;br /&gt;GET MY GIST?&lt;br /&gt;It would also be interesting (and frustrating,&lt;br /&gt;I'm sure) to get a Liberal's definitions of morality,&lt;br /&gt;patriot, conservative, liberal, and American.&lt;br /&gt;ARE LIBERALS BAD? No, they're just confused.&lt;br /&gt;ARE LIBERALS UNAMERICAN? Hopefully not,&lt;br /&gt;they're just socialists/marxists.&lt;br /&gt;ARE LIBERALS EVIL? I'd hate to think so, I&lt;br /&gt;believe that they're just conscienceless.&lt;br /&gt;ASK YOUR LIBERAL FRIEND TO WATCH OR&lt;br /&gt;LISTEN TO CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOWS&lt;br /&gt;WITH YOU. It's important to do it together,&lt;br /&gt;as numerous talking points will probably surface.&lt;br /&gt;Sound, sane discussion is the order of the day, for&lt;br /&gt;arguing and bickering, which most Liberals enjoy&lt;br /&gt;doing, will accomplish nothing.&lt;br /&gt;ASK A LIBERAL HOW HE/SHE FEELS WHEN&lt;br /&gt;THEY HEAR A PATRIOTIC SONG!!&lt;br /&gt;ASK A LIBERAL HOW HE/SHE FEELS WHEN&lt;br /&gt;THE FLAG PARADES BY!!&lt;br /&gt;ASK A LIBERAL HOW OFTEN HE/SHE HONORS&lt;br /&gt;A VETERAN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, NOT&lt;br /&gt;JUST IN PUBLIC CEREMONIES!!&lt;br /&gt;Ask your liberal friend what they envision America&lt;br /&gt;becoming in the next decade or two, or even beyond.&lt;br /&gt;MAKE THEM THINK!&lt;br /&gt;The consequences of their attitudes and views now&lt;br /&gt;will go a long way to forge the United States of America&lt;br /&gt;in the not-too-distant future. DO THEY CARE?&lt;br /&gt;I DO. DO YOU?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Tell your Liberal friends, it's not just about&lt;br /&gt;them - IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-2959776758176895911?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/2959776758176895911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-convert-liberal-part-three.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2959776758176895911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2959776758176895911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-convert-liberal-part-three.html' title='How To Convert A Liberal - Part Three'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-504955574241822185</id><published>2009-11-04T08:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T10:47:59.452-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='you and I will be paying for a lot more fruitless trips'/><title type='text'>A Letter To The White House Travel Department</title><content type='html'>Watching the news yesterday afternoon, and seeing&lt;br /&gt;the early election results scroll across the bottom of&lt;br /&gt;the screen, it occured to me that we should be ready&lt;br /&gt;for a list of explanations to accompany the final&lt;br /&gt;tallies in Virginia and New Jersey.&lt;br /&gt;What do you think we would have heard had the&lt;br /&gt;Liberal candidate(s) won? "It's a mandate for&lt;br /&gt;Obama's agenda!" "Americans are waking up to&lt;br /&gt;what is needed in our country." "Two more states&lt;br /&gt;have spoken for the 'changes' that were promised."&lt;br /&gt;"Obama's power, presence, and influence are being&lt;br /&gt;felt everywhere." Shall I go on? You can imagine&lt;br /&gt;other responses, should the votes have gone his way.&lt;br /&gt;So, what are we hearing from Barry now? "The votes&lt;br /&gt;were not about Obama, they were about the issues."&lt;br /&gt;Wha? Huh? Somebody wake me up!&lt;br /&gt;Did they have this reaction prepared in advance?&lt;br /&gt;Did they stay up all night to excuse themselves?&lt;br /&gt;How much money was spent on trips to support the&lt;br /&gt;Liberal candidates? Your money! My money!&lt;br /&gt;NOW - the White House travel department needs&lt;br /&gt;to get busy setting Barry's itinerary for 2010, as&lt;br /&gt;there are Liberal congressmen and senators who&lt;br /&gt;need his support in their frantic run for reelection!&lt;br /&gt;HURRY! Acorn and the SEIU may be booking the&lt;br /&gt;halls and meeting places ahead of you, mobilizing&lt;br /&gt;their military for intimidating the populace into&lt;br /&gt;voting their people into office!&lt;br /&gt;HURRY! Before the patriotic American right gets&lt;br /&gt;its message into the public's eyes and ears and&lt;br /&gt;starts to make sense to the thinking electorate!&lt;br /&gt;HURRY! Barry's supporters want to see "the&lt;br /&gt;Messiah" and thank him for all the wonderful&lt;br /&gt;"changes" that he has promised and fulfilled!  Huh?&lt;br /&gt;HURRY! November's election day will be here&lt;br /&gt;before you know it, and clear-minded candidates&lt;br /&gt;may deliver reasonable platforms to those of&lt;br /&gt;us, a growing majority, who have "had enough"!!&lt;br /&gt;THANKS, BARRY, for what you've done to help&lt;br /&gt;the citizens of New Jersey and Virginia onto the&lt;br /&gt;right path - the path to freedom, independence,&lt;br /&gt;and progress. IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE&lt;br /&gt;WITHOUT YOUR HELP!!&lt;br /&gt;Please, please, Barry, start making your trips as&lt;br /&gt;soon as possible, as rhetoric and charisma and empty&lt;br /&gt;promises are what the voters in other states are&lt;br /&gt;wanting and waiting for. Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Will I see you in Pennsylvania? Soon? Please&lt;br /&gt;have the travel office inform me of your appearance&lt;br /&gt;in my area. I can't wait.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-504955574241822185?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/504955574241822185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/11/letter-to-white-house-travel-department.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/504955574241822185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/504955574241822185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/11/letter-to-white-house-travel-department.html' title='A Letter To The White House Travel Department'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4357440387606057049</id><published>2009-10-19T09:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T11:39:13.639-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='informing Americans on how to keep informed'/><title type='text'>Websites To Strengthen Your Patriotic Stance</title><content type='html'>Friend; while you're waiting for "How To Convert&lt;br /&gt;A Liberal - Part Three", here are some websites&lt;br /&gt;that you should check out for updated, daily info&lt;br /&gt;on what's happening with your country:&lt;br /&gt;Newsmax.com&lt;br /&gt;Expose Obama.com&lt;br /&gt;American Vision.com&lt;br /&gt;The Patriot Update.com&lt;br /&gt;Human Events Online.com&lt;br /&gt;One News Now.com&lt;br /&gt;Conservative Action Alerts.com&lt;br /&gt;Senate Conservatives.com&lt;br /&gt;Numbers USA&lt;br /&gt;The Patriot Depot.com&lt;br /&gt;AFA.net (American Family Association)&lt;br /&gt;My Heritage.org&lt;br /&gt;Campaign For Liberty.com&lt;br /&gt;aclj.org (Jay Sekulow)&lt;br /&gt;breitbartTV&lt;br /&gt;The Daily Fish Online (John Savin)&lt;br /&gt;USJF.net&lt;br /&gt;and............each of these will have links to&lt;br /&gt;other websites and sources to strengthen&lt;br /&gt;your partiot zeal.&lt;br /&gt;P.S. The Washington Post often has&lt;br /&gt;columns that are consistent with our views&lt;br /&gt;and beliefs on Americanism &amp;amp; partiotism.&lt;br /&gt;P.S.S. - Of course, the Fox News site gains&lt;br /&gt;you access to the hosts of their programs,&lt;br /&gt;ie. Beck, Hannity, Huckabee, etc.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4357440387606057049?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4357440387606057049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/websites-to-strengthen-your-patriotic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4357440387606057049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4357440387606057049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/websites-to-strengthen-your-patriotic.html' title='Websites To Strengthen Your Patriotic Stance'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-5989865038972363284</id><published>2009-10-15T08:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T19:34:25.087-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etc.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Nobel committee has losts its integrity'/><title type='text'>Re:  The (Ig)noble "Peace" (Sur)prize.........</title><content type='html'>Sorry to be the last (and late) to post a thought or&lt;br /&gt;two about the debacle of last Friday, but I've got&lt;br /&gt;to say something about the travesty of the awarding&lt;br /&gt;of the Nobel Peace Prize.&lt;br /&gt;I rather imagine that Nobel, himself, is trying to&lt;br /&gt;return to ask those who are misusing his name and&lt;br /&gt;intentions. It's difficult to think that the inventor of&lt;br /&gt;dynamite, among other explosives, expected to&lt;br /&gt;have such an earth-shaking event that dishonors&lt;br /&gt;his name.&lt;br /&gt;WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? Maybe we don't&lt;br /&gt;want to know, as so much has been written and said&lt;br /&gt;about the political and economical implications of&lt;br /&gt;choosing who they did.&lt;br /&gt;WHAT WERE THEY SMOKING? Who knows, but&lt;br /&gt;they caused hallucinations and dumbstruckness in&lt;br /&gt;the most of the civilized world.&lt;br /&gt;IS THIS A JOKE? When I first heard the announcement,&lt;br /&gt;I was literally shocked. I'm thinking as many others,&lt;br /&gt;"This can't be true." "On what basis?" "Where is there&lt;br /&gt;'peace' today because of him?"&lt;br /&gt;IF THE AWARD IS INTENDED TO HONOR ONE&lt;br /&gt;WHO TALKS A LOT AND DOES VERY LITTLE, then&lt;br /&gt;I understand. If anything, the words of the awardee&lt;br /&gt;are causing strife and fear that hadn't existed before&lt;br /&gt;his speeches and apologies for America! Peace? Huh.&lt;br /&gt;THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HAS LOST ITS&lt;br /&gt;PRESTIGE AND LUSTER! Pity those who will&lt;br /&gt;follow in getting this now-questionable honor! How&lt;br /&gt;can this man possibly measure up to those great&lt;br /&gt;men and women who have, indeed, succeeded in&lt;br /&gt;the cause and quest for world peace?&lt;br /&gt;In "Washington Insider" by Ronald Kessler, found&lt;br /&gt;at &lt;a href="http://www.neswmax.com/"&gt;http://www.neswmax.com/&lt;/a&gt;, numerous sources are&lt;br /&gt;quoted, not the least of which is Peggy Noonan in&lt;br /&gt;a Wall Street Journal piece: "This is an award for&lt;br /&gt;not being George Bush." THINK ABOUT IT!&lt;br /&gt;All of the bashing that "Barry" and his comrades&lt;br /&gt;have done about the former President, and they&lt;br /&gt;have yet to get dust on their shoes for anything&lt;br /&gt;near George W.'s accomplishments!&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Bush toppled Sadam Hussein, who had killed&lt;br /&gt;300,000 people, tortured numerous thousands,&lt;br /&gt;and dominated 50 million in his country.&lt;br /&gt;Hussein had electric prods attached to genitals,&lt;br /&gt;gave acid baths, drilled holes in ankles and skulls,&lt;br /&gt;put naked people into refrigerators for days,&lt;br /&gt;cut off tongues and ears, and forced Iraqi men to&lt;br /&gt;watch forced rapes of their wives and sisters.&lt;br /&gt;THAT ALONE QUALIFIES GEORGE W. FOR&lt;br /&gt;RECOGNITION!!&lt;br /&gt;Add to this the fact that Afghan women can now&lt;br /&gt;attend school, don't have to be accompanied in&lt;br /&gt;public by a man, and are allowed to hold jobs,&lt;br /&gt;and Mr. Bush is a "shoe-in"!!&lt;br /&gt;THERE'S MORE! Because of the $15 BILLION&lt;br /&gt;sent to Africa to fight AIDS, deaths are down&lt;br /&gt;dramatically, and Bush's approval rating in that&lt;br /&gt;continent is at 80 percent or higher!&lt;br /&gt;WHAT IS "BARRY'S" APPROVAL RATE ANYWHERE?&lt;br /&gt;Because of President George W. Bush's quick and&lt;br /&gt;determined action, the world, especially the U.S.A. is&lt;br /&gt;safer than before 9/11! YOU'D BETTER BE&lt;br /&gt;THANKFUL THAT WE ARE STILL FREE AND&lt;br /&gt;SAFER!&lt;br /&gt;Were there other candidates more qualified than&lt;br /&gt;"Barry"? YES! Dozens of them. WHAT WAS THE&lt;br /&gt;COMMITTEE THINKING/ WHAT ARE THEY&lt;br /&gt;SMOKING?&lt;br /&gt;I'm anxious to hear the "acceptance speech" - it's&lt;br /&gt;got to be a doosy (sic)!&lt;br /&gt;P.S. - I didn't hear - did "Barry" fly over to talk&lt;br /&gt;to the committee before they made their choice?&lt;br /&gt;HA-HA! "Tambourines and elephants, grazing&lt;br /&gt;in the grass, take a ride on a flying spoon......".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-5989865038972363284?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/5989865038972363284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/re-ignoble-piece-surprize.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5989865038972363284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5989865038972363284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/re-ignoble-piece-surprize.html' title='Re:  The (Ig)noble &quot;Peace&quot; (Sur)prize.........'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-1625823866508192316</id><published>2009-10-11T18:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T18:55:18.451-07:00</updated><title type='text'>we pause for this message..........</title><content type='html'>For those of you who are my loyal readers,&lt;br /&gt;I apologize for not "getting all over the&lt;br /&gt;Nobel Peace Prize issue" before this, but I&lt;br /&gt;have a good reason - I spent the weekend&lt;br /&gt;at a youth retreat as one of the staff. You&lt;br /&gt;can be sure that when I got the news at&lt;br /&gt;work Friday morning that I was angry,&lt;br /&gt;befuddled, and more than anxious to address&lt;br /&gt;"the incident", knowing that I had to wait.&lt;br /&gt;To the specialists tomorrow morning for the&lt;br /&gt;results of the CT Scan of two weeks ago, then&lt;br /&gt;to the lab (again) for more blood work, then&lt;br /&gt;to work in the PM.&lt;br /&gt;TUESDAY MORNING I WILL BE POSTING&lt;br /&gt;MY ACCUMULATED THOUGHTS, MANY&lt;br /&gt;OF THEM WRITTEN DOWN OVER THE&lt;br /&gt;WEEKEND. I promise.&lt;br /&gt;Jack Savin has some excellent things to say&lt;br /&gt;about the matter at "TheDailyFishOnline".&lt;br /&gt;He speaks fancier than I do - I'm just plain.&lt;br /&gt;Huh? You'll see when you read him.&lt;br /&gt;A lot more is being said at "Breitbart TV".com.&lt;br /&gt;Check it out.&lt;br /&gt;And there's always FoxNews and the other&lt;br /&gt;"Right" websites. I'll post a list of them soon.&lt;br /&gt;And...............of course, both conservs and libs&lt;br /&gt;are talking, laughing, and scratching their heads&lt;br /&gt;until they're bloody over the debacle!&lt;br /&gt;Watch for Part Three of the current series to&lt;br /&gt;be available on Wednesday. Thanks, Bill.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-1625823866508192316?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/1625823866508192316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/we-pause-for-this-message.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1625823866508192316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1625823866508192316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/we-pause-for-this-message.html' title='we pause for this message..........'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-2523479141413247403</id><published>2009-10-08T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T17:25:15.263-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How To Convert A Liberal - Part Two</title><content type='html'>It's come to my attention that some who read&lt;br /&gt;my comments and suggestions in Part One may&lt;br /&gt;think that I offered up a "5-course meal", which&lt;br /&gt;may be way too much for one sitting.&lt;br /&gt;Actually, my intent was to give you appropriate&lt;br /&gt;material that you can use at your discretion, and&lt;br /&gt;any combination of "thinking" or "talking" points&lt;br /&gt;when engaging a Liberal in conversation.&lt;br /&gt;FIRST, let me behoove you to obtain a copy of&lt;br /&gt;The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution,&lt;br /&gt;and the ensuing Bill Of Rights and additional amend-&lt;br /&gt;ments. (These are easily gotten by just typing in&lt;br /&gt;their titles on your web browser and printing them&lt;br /&gt;out from any of a number of sources.)&lt;br /&gt;SECOND, read them over carefully, as I'm doing,&lt;br /&gt;highlighting those special portions that will add fuel&lt;br /&gt;to our fire, or give more ammo during our presen-&lt;br /&gt;tations.&lt;br /&gt;THIRD, be passionate but calm during your debates&lt;br /&gt;or "calling out" processes. There's no need to be&lt;br /&gt;argumentative, overly emotional, or to resort to&lt;br /&gt;name-calling, there'll be enough of that from the&lt;br /&gt;"other side". Besides, people "in/on the Right" don't&lt;br /&gt;have to press their point(s) - the truth will prevail!&lt;br /&gt;FOURTH, accusations and innuendoes are not&lt;br /&gt;necessary, as the truth and facts will accuse alone.&lt;br /&gt;FIFTH, offer quotes from those great men who&lt;br /&gt;wrote and signed our country's establishment docu-&lt;br /&gt;ments, hopefully some from their biographies or&lt;br /&gt;other papers or speeches that they authored.&lt;br /&gt;SIXTH, determine to ascertain their religious&lt;br /&gt;background, philosophy, and lifestyle. Much can&lt;br /&gt;be learned by knowing a person's religion or lack of,&lt;br /&gt;especially the conscientiousness of their decisions.&lt;br /&gt;SEVENTH, ask them what they hope to leave for&lt;br /&gt;their children's and grandchildren's future, as far&lt;br /&gt;as the United States of America, that is, if any-&lt;br /&gt;thing is left for them to enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;TELL YOUR LIBERAL FRIENDS THAT IT'S&lt;br /&gt;NOT JUST ABOUT THEM, IT'S ABOUT&lt;br /&gt;ALL OF US!&lt;br /&gt;Sorry to be brief, especially since I have enough&lt;br /&gt;material for at least two more postings, but my&lt;br /&gt;schedule has limited my creativity and availability.&lt;br /&gt;Parts Three and Four next week. God bless your&lt;br /&gt;efforts, and God bless America!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-2523479141413247403?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/2523479141413247403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-convert-liberal-part-two.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2523479141413247403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2523479141413247403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-convert-liberal-part-two.html' title='How To Convert A Liberal - Part Two'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-8591046111128179876</id><published>2009-10-03T15:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T14:50:59.799-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hoping to make sense for those who choose otherwise'/><title type='text'>How To Convert A Liberal - Part One</title><content type='html'>I thought it rather bemusing that my dictionary,&lt;br /&gt;the "American Heritage Dictionary - College Edition",&lt;br /&gt;published by Houghton Mifflin Company, describes&lt;br /&gt;a politically "conservative" person as "one who&lt;br /&gt;favors traditional views and values" (such as our&lt;br /&gt;nation's historical character), while a "liberal" is&lt;br /&gt;said to be "one who promotes governmental power&lt;br /&gt;for 'social progress' and civil liberties."&lt;br /&gt;Now I agree that I'm not "the sharpest tack in the&lt;br /&gt;pack", but there are a lot of inferences in that&lt;br /&gt;latter statement, and a lot more definition to&lt;br /&gt;fully describe what a modern-day "Liberal" really is.&lt;br /&gt;Preferring to defer a more intricate description,&lt;br /&gt;allow me please to simply offer some steps and&lt;br /&gt;points of discussion that may more clearly&lt;br /&gt;define what/who is a "Liberal", and how/why&lt;br /&gt;they need to be "converted" in their thinking.&lt;br /&gt;l. Ask them to tell you what the founding&lt;br /&gt;documents of our country say.&lt;br /&gt;2. Relate particular portions of The Declaration&lt;br /&gt;Of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill Of&lt;br /&gt;Rights and the ensuing Amendments to their&lt;br /&gt;peculiar style of governing or politicking.&lt;br /&gt;3. Explain to them, if they'll listen, how important&lt;br /&gt;it is NOT to equivocate, prevaricate, &amp;amp; fabricate -&lt;br /&gt;these are morally wrong! Remember the&lt;br /&gt;Kennedy era's "mental reservations" theory?&lt;br /&gt;4. Tell them that citizens want to make their own&lt;br /&gt;decisions, not have government officials, whether&lt;br /&gt;elected or appointed, to speak for them or tell&lt;br /&gt;them what they must do!&lt;br /&gt;5. Explain to them that selfishness and covetousness&lt;br /&gt;is SIN!&lt;br /&gt;6. Ask them how much they've read about our&lt;br /&gt;Founding Fathers, and ask them to do so - SOON!&lt;br /&gt;7. Ask them how they would fit in with the originators&lt;br /&gt;of our nation and its documents.&lt;br /&gt;8. Request a list of criterions that they follow in&lt;br /&gt;determining what bills or laws should be written&lt;br /&gt;and implemented. I'd really like to hear that&lt;br /&gt;conversation, that is, if they will respond honestly.&lt;br /&gt;9. While there has been some discussion as to&lt;br /&gt;whether we are a "democracy" or a "republic",&lt;br /&gt;both are forms of representative governments&lt;br /&gt;that allow the voice of the populace to be the&lt;br /&gt;rule or law of the land, not the ideas of the few&lt;br /&gt;who ominously use their power and position to&lt;br /&gt;do otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;10. Ask a liberal just what their political philosophy&lt;br /&gt;is, if they can describe it. You'll be surprised and&lt;br /&gt;shocked.&lt;br /&gt;11. Ask liberal policymakers who they are indebted&lt;br /&gt;to, or are "in bed with", and if they don't have a&lt;br /&gt;conscience that tells them that paybacks and&lt;br /&gt;acting for political or financial gain are WRONG!&lt;br /&gt;12. Encourage them to be open to an exchange of&lt;br /&gt;ideas from their constituency, not just what they&lt;br /&gt;think is the proper course of action.&lt;br /&gt;13. Remind them that our country must be put&lt;br /&gt;FIRST - IT'S NOT WRONG TO DO SO! - as it's&lt;br /&gt;necessary that we remain strong to continue to be&lt;br /&gt;a "beacon of hope" and "big brother" to other&lt;br /&gt;peoples and nations who are struggling for survival&lt;br /&gt;and identity.&lt;br /&gt;14. NO ONE, whether conservative, liberal, or&lt;br /&gt;otherwise, has the right to "police" peoples' minds&lt;br /&gt;or thoughts; dictate peoples' words unless incendiary&lt;br /&gt;or defamatory; tell upright citizens that they cannot&lt;br /&gt;or may not defend their lives and property!&lt;br /&gt;15. Liberals, based on their record, have a reputation&lt;br /&gt;of being selfish, self-centered, and egotistical, all to&lt;br /&gt;the point of not allowing guilt or sorrow or remorse&lt;br /&gt;to be a part of their agendas or personas.&lt;br /&gt;IN OTHER WORDS - TELL YOUR LIBERAL&lt;br /&gt;FRIENDS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THEM!!&lt;br /&gt;IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-8591046111128179876?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/8591046111128179876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-convert-liberal-part-one.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8591046111128179876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8591046111128179876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-convert-liberal-part-one.html' title='How To Convert A Liberal - Part One'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4522459739845586304</id><published>2009-09-17T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T10:33:39.653-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='if we&apos;re going to be &quot;controlled&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we might as well enjoy it'/><title type='text'>Suggestions/Requests For Additional "Czars"</title><content type='html'>Someone in our government ("Hi!", Barry), seems to&lt;br /&gt;think that he needs help doing his job, to the point&lt;br /&gt;that he has illegally and unconstitutionally appointed&lt;br /&gt;"czars" to do his dirty work, to act as his militia.&lt;br /&gt;I've always been taught that czars are dictator-&lt;br /&gt;like people who run peoples' lives.  Who's paying&lt;br /&gt;these people, with what funds, to whom are they&lt;br /&gt;accountable, and just exactly what do they do to&lt;br /&gt;help our country be better?&lt;br /&gt;HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?&lt;br /&gt;Departing from my normal attempts at serious&lt;br /&gt;commentary, suggestiveness, and derisiveness,&lt;br /&gt;here are 32 (!) additional ideas for "czars" that&lt;br /&gt;doubles the number of current such persons, and&lt;br /&gt;may actually make living in the U.S.A. happier!!&lt;br /&gt;l.  Snack Food czar - to mandate that everyone&lt;br /&gt;    gets their fair share of Twinkies, HoHos, etc.&lt;br /&gt;2.  Cowboy Channel czar - to order a TV channel&lt;br /&gt;    dedicated to showing only "good quality" Westerns!&lt;br /&gt;3.  Racing czar - in charge of developing or using&lt;br /&gt;    current freeways exclusively for speeders.&lt;br /&gt;4.  NASCAR czar - their cars need to be more fuel&lt;br /&gt;    efficient, quieter, and more crash-proof.&lt;br /&gt;5.  Pro Sports czar - developing a league of just those&lt;br /&gt;    players who have committed crimes.&lt;br /&gt;6.  College Sports czar - to establish a more equitable&lt;br /&gt;    way to decide the football champion.&lt;br /&gt;7.  Green Lawn czar - (Van Jones need not apply)&lt;br /&gt;    mandating greening and mowing of lawns.&lt;br /&gt;8.  Floral czar - requiring that everyone have a&lt;br /&gt;    minimum number of flowers in their yards.&lt;br /&gt;9.  Weather czar - finding a way to improve the&lt;br /&gt;    temps year 'round, and basing forecasters' pay&lt;br /&gt;    on their accuracy, etc.&lt;br /&gt;10.  Travel czar - arranging for everyone to get&lt;br /&gt;       to visit a site of their choice every five years.&lt;br /&gt;11.  Wealth czar - oh, wait, we already have one&lt;br /&gt;      of these in the White House, no?  NO!  An&lt;br /&gt;     earnings "ceiling" and "basement" for all?!?&lt;br /&gt;12.  Pizza czar - having automatic pizza delivery&lt;br /&gt;      to every household once a week, and shutting&lt;br /&gt;     down the "bad pizza" makers.&lt;br /&gt;13.  Noise czar - setting a decibel limit on all car&lt;br /&gt;      stereo systems and neighborhood parties!&lt;br /&gt;14.  Sleep czar - having biological clocks reset&lt;br /&gt;      in those who don't get sufficient rest.  Huh?&lt;br /&gt;15.  Reading czar - requiring that all citizens,&lt;br /&gt;      including "naturalized" persons, have at least&lt;br /&gt;      a 6th-grade reading proficiency, and that we&lt;br /&gt;     read at least one book a month!&lt;br /&gt;16.  Work czar - not letting anyone get "freebies"&lt;br /&gt;      without finding community service to perform.&lt;br /&gt;17.  Bloggers czar - teaching everyone who wants&lt;br /&gt;      to how to express their opinions to a vast audience.&lt;br /&gt;18.  Media czar - mandating that the liberal media,&lt;br /&gt;      especially ABC, CBS, and NBC give fair and unbiased&lt;br /&gt;     reports.&lt;br /&gt;19.  Sex czar - offering government-funded aids and&lt;br /&gt;      assistance to those who are under-loved.&lt;br /&gt;20.  Teeth czar - giving dental and orthodontic care&lt;br /&gt;        to everyone in need, and eliminating "bad smiles"!&lt;br /&gt;21.  Smile czar - fining those who refuse to smile at&lt;br /&gt;       least once an hour.&lt;br /&gt;22.  Bathing/Body Odor czar - placing foul-smelling&lt;br /&gt;       persons into specially-plumbed cells for showers.&lt;br /&gt;23.  Tattoo czar - requiring only "tasteful" tattoos&lt;br /&gt;      to be exposed - ugly ones placed only on butts!&lt;br /&gt;24.  Language czar - setting up night schools for&lt;br /&gt;      those who can't speak without foul language.&lt;br /&gt;25.  English czar - teaching our national language&lt;br /&gt;      to "visitors", and not requiring any others.&lt;br /&gt;26.  Clothes czar - advertising "acceptable" styles&lt;br /&gt;      clothing, intended to cover body parts.&lt;br /&gt;27.  Career czar - issuing brooms, shovels, sickles,&lt;br /&gt;      scythes, and needed materials to the "untrained"&lt;br /&gt;     and "unused" work force.&lt;br /&gt;28.  Death czar - devising inexpensive ways to lay&lt;br /&gt;      our loved ones to rest without depleting the&lt;br /&gt;     families' bank accounts or inheritances.&lt;br /&gt;29.  Postal czar - developing reusable stamps&lt;br /&gt;      or huskier postal workers, along with cheaper&lt;br /&gt;      vehicles and machinery to operate.&lt;br /&gt;30.  Immigration czar - putting electric fences and&lt;br /&gt;      land mines along our border to eliminate the&lt;br /&gt;     influx of unwanted persons.&lt;br /&gt;31.  Religion czar - deporting all those who believe&lt;br /&gt;      that their religion is "the only one", and requiring&lt;br /&gt;      the removal of any creeds that discriminate by&lt;br /&gt;     wishing the deaths of "other" faiths.&lt;br /&gt;32.  Chocolate czar - (wife, Cindy's suggestion) -&lt;br /&gt;       "good quality" chocolate mailed or delivered&lt;br /&gt;      at least once a week to all women.&lt;br /&gt;WELL, there you have it, a departure from my&lt;br /&gt;norm, to say the least, and mostly humorous (you&lt;br /&gt;decide for yourself which may be "serious") ideas&lt;br /&gt;to help alleviate the current tension in our nation,&lt;br /&gt;and to create more "happiness for all"!!  Ha-Ha?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4522459739845586304?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4522459739845586304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/09/suggestionsrequests-for-additional.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4522459739845586304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4522459739845586304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/09/suggestionsrequests-for-additional.html' title='Suggestions/Requests For Additional &quot;Czars&quot;'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7675013126977510790</id><published>2009-09-12T09:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T09:45:23.051-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a civilized appeal to Mr. Obama to resign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='and to stop destroying our country'/><title type='text'>Barry, Get Out Of the Kitchen Before It Gets "Hotter"!</title><content type='html'>Barry, may I call you Barry? After all, that is&lt;br /&gt;one of the names you've gone by, isn't it? There&lt;br /&gt;are many other names you're being called&lt;br /&gt;these days, but I won't bother to mention them&lt;br /&gt;here or now. Sound familiar?&lt;br /&gt;Barry, you've really gotten yourself into it this&lt;br /&gt;time, haven't you? It's not like editing the&lt;br /&gt;"law review" or sitting in the Illinois Senate, is&lt;br /&gt;it? You've dug quite a hole for yourself, not&lt;br /&gt;bothering to pay attention or be in the U.S.&lt;br /&gt;Senate long enough to know what national&lt;br /&gt;and international politics and policies are all&lt;br /&gt;about, haven't you?&lt;br /&gt;Sorry. Shame. Just who was it that influenced&lt;br /&gt;you into thinking that you were qualified to fill&lt;br /&gt;the highest position in our land? Soros?  William&lt;br /&gt;Ayers? Ghadafi? Malcolm X? Frank? Farrakhan?&lt;br /&gt;Wright? Blagojevich? Strange bedfellows all.&lt;br /&gt;Just what do you owe them? What is it that&lt;br /&gt;they'd like you to do? Just what you're doing?&lt;br /&gt;What "vested interest" do each one of them&lt;br /&gt;have in you succeeding and "US" failing?&lt;br /&gt;We'd really like to know.&lt;br /&gt;Now look what you've done. The whole country&lt;br /&gt;is up in arms over your insistence that we&lt;br /&gt;accept your socialistic healthcare reform plan.&lt;br /&gt;Tsk, Tsk! How dumb do you really think we are?&lt;br /&gt;Then, you claim now to have "saved" or developed&lt;br /&gt;1 million jobs with your stimulus plan and our&lt;br /&gt;money? Really? Where? Why isn't the GAO or&lt;br /&gt;the Chamber of Commerce or any other agency&lt;br /&gt;verifying your assertions? I have yet to talk&lt;br /&gt;to anyone whose life is better or who has a&lt;br /&gt;new job because of your actions. Hmmmmm.&lt;br /&gt;Then you said you were saving the financial&lt;br /&gt;industry by "bailouts", all the while curtailing&lt;br /&gt;abuses, particularly those of the executives.&lt;br /&gt;Guess what? They didn't stop. Huh!?&lt;br /&gt;Demeaning our country's values held dear&lt;br /&gt;since our inception, trying to place your&lt;br /&gt;brand of "religious philosophy" into our&lt;br /&gt;lifelong values, ethics, and beliefs.&lt;br /&gt;Decrying our nation's "failures" and weaknesses&lt;br /&gt;to peoples and leaders of other tribes and&lt;br /&gt;governments. What's that about? Not that we&lt;br /&gt;feel that we're sinless or anything like that, but&lt;br /&gt;we have taken the welfare of the world to&lt;br /&gt;heart, and have given and given to help others&lt;br /&gt;who were in need from famine, drought, civil&lt;br /&gt;insurrection, natural disasters, blights and&lt;br /&gt;plagues, and attacks from the outside of their&lt;br /&gt;borders. WHERE have we failed?&lt;br /&gt;And what about those 32 "czars" that you&lt;br /&gt;appointed - UNCONSTITUTIONALLY AND&lt;br /&gt;UNCONSCIONABLY - who's paying them?&lt;br /&gt;How much?  Why?  Methinks it because you&lt;br /&gt;cannot do your job, or because you want to&lt;br /&gt;continue "jaunting" and vacationing around the&lt;br /&gt;globe with our money!  And the NYC "date"?&lt;br /&gt;Your latest "disapproval rating" is 55% or more!&lt;br /&gt;Guess what? We know what you're up to,&lt;br /&gt;and we don't like it. We'd really like for you&lt;br /&gt;to face the truth, confess your inabilities and&lt;br /&gt;insufficiencies and inefficiencies, and RESIGN!&lt;br /&gt;Seriously, there's no shame in resigning - in fact,&lt;br /&gt;it would be the sane and manly thing to do!&lt;br /&gt;Seriously, while there is a new hue and cry afoot&lt;br /&gt;to have you impeached, it would just be better&lt;br /&gt;that you accept reality and STEP DOWN!&lt;br /&gt;NO OTHER PRESIDENT has ever caused so&lt;br /&gt;much furor, divisiveness, dissent, distress,&lt;br /&gt;worry, concern, fear, and unsettledness!&lt;br /&gt;NO OTHER PRESIDENT has ever had the&lt;br /&gt;mainstream of our citizens mobilize into the&lt;br /&gt;flood of disagreement and dissatisfaction that&lt;br /&gt;you have done.&lt;br /&gt;NO OTHER PRESIDENT has faced the daunting&lt;br /&gt;task of leading the greatest nation on earth,&lt;br /&gt;the leader of the free world, with the lack of&lt;br /&gt;awareness and conscience and abilities that you&lt;br /&gt;have done!&lt;br /&gt;NO OTHER PRESIDENT has come close to&lt;br /&gt;totally reversing the established cores of our&lt;br /&gt;character.&lt;br /&gt;NO OTHER PRESIDENT has taken undue&lt;br /&gt;advantage of his position and propagated the&lt;br /&gt;antitheses of our founding fathers' intentions.&lt;br /&gt;How can you continue? Save yourself from&lt;br /&gt;having the most ignominious tenure in the&lt;br /&gt;White House by gracefully and graciously&lt;br /&gt;BOWING OUT!&lt;br /&gt;You'll gain respect and gratitude from all of us&lt;br /&gt;if you'll just admit that you cannot properly&lt;br /&gt;handle the job, and SUBMIT YOUR RESIGNATION!&lt;br /&gt;Are you man enough to do so?&lt;br /&gt;Are you sane enough to do so?&lt;br /&gt;Are you conscientious enough to do so?&lt;br /&gt;Are you humble enough to do so?&lt;br /&gt;I PRAY THAT YOU ARE.&lt;br /&gt;SAVE YOURSELF AND US!&lt;br /&gt;The ever-increasing discontent and upset&lt;br /&gt;that is present in the populace can only&lt;br /&gt;continue if you insist on having your way!&lt;br /&gt;AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE ANGRY!!&lt;br /&gt;Be a sport and quit - imagine the release&lt;br /&gt;of pressure and stress that you and your&lt;br /&gt;family will enjoy! THINK OF OTHERS!&lt;br /&gt;Novel concept, hey?&lt;br /&gt;FROM FELLOW PATRIOTS TO YOU,&lt;br /&gt;BARRY - "THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7675013126977510790?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7675013126977510790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/09/barry-get-out-of-kitchen-before-it-gets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7675013126977510790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7675013126977510790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/09/barry-get-out-of-kitchen-before-it-gets.html' title='Barry, Get Out Of the Kitchen Before It Gets &quot;Hotter&quot;!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-1787396845049719118</id><published>2009-09-01T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T10:57:43.555-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the attorney general should find better things to do with his time'/><title type='text'>Who Is Eric Holder, And Why Is He Jeopardizing America's Security?</title><content type='html'>I'M ANGRY! You, too? It's no wonder, what&lt;br /&gt;with "czars" and questionable appointments by&lt;br /&gt;the administration that threaten our nation's&lt;br /&gt;greatness and SECURITY!!&lt;br /&gt;Who is Eric Holder, and why does he think he has&lt;br /&gt;any authority or right to even think about "investigating"&lt;br /&gt;the actions of the CIA and the recent Bush administration's&lt;br /&gt;handling of post-9/11 actions?&lt;br /&gt;First of all, despite his educational background and&lt;br /&gt;various positions in and out of government, Holder&lt;br /&gt;has a questionable history of involvements and&lt;br /&gt;decisions.&lt;br /&gt;FOR EXAMPLE: (1) his involvement with Bill&lt;br /&gt;Clinton's pardon of fugitive and Democratic contributor&lt;br /&gt;Marc Rich; (2) his recommendation of clemency to&lt;br /&gt;the members of the Boricua Popular Army who had&lt;br /&gt;stolen MILLION$ of dollars in the 1983 Wells Fargo&lt;br /&gt;robbery, despite their refusal to disclose the location&lt;br /&gt;of Victor Manuel Gerena, their leader, who was on&lt;br /&gt;the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List", or the whereabouts&lt;br /&gt;of the loot; (3) he joined with Janet Reno in opposing&lt;br /&gt;the overturn of the Washington, D.C. ban on handguns&lt;br /&gt;in the 2008 "D.C. vs. Heller" case; (4) he favors the&lt;br /&gt;closing of Guantanamo Bay and the "dispersion" (my&lt;br /&gt;word) of its inmates; (5) he has criticized waterboarding&lt;br /&gt;as "torture"; (6) he called America a "nation of cowards"&lt;br /&gt;about racial issues (2/18/09); and (7) memos from&lt;br /&gt;the recent Bush administration that okayed "enhanced&lt;br /&gt;interrogation techniques" he is responsible for&lt;br /&gt;releasing! IS THAT NOT ENOUGH?&lt;br /&gt;Now, with all the pompousity and arrogance of the&lt;br /&gt;administration for whom he works, HE PROPOSES&lt;br /&gt;TO "CRIMINALIZE" THOSE PATRIOTS WHO&lt;br /&gt;WENT INTO IMMEDIATE ACTION AFTER THE&lt;br /&gt;TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 9/11, AND WHO SAVED&lt;br /&gt;OUR GREAT NATION FROM FURTHER MURDEROUS&lt;br /&gt;PLOTS AND DESTRUCTION!!&lt;br /&gt;What does Holder hope to accomplish or prove?&lt;br /&gt;Is this a political move to demonize the former leaders&lt;br /&gt;of our government and to make the current people in&lt;br /&gt;power seem "lily-white"?&lt;br /&gt;Does Holder/Obama hava a vendetta against those&lt;br /&gt;who are trying to hold them in check with their&lt;br /&gt;numerous attempts to "power grab"?&lt;br /&gt;Is this a form of intimidation that is intended to&lt;br /&gt;keep true and concerned Americans, especially&lt;br /&gt;members of the media and the law-enforcement&lt;br /&gt;agencies of our Federal Government fearful of&lt;br /&gt;"crossing" the current "movement"?&lt;br /&gt;Does he not care that names, techniques, and&lt;br /&gt;invaluable information will be compromised to the&lt;br /&gt;BENEFIT OF OUR ENEMIES?&lt;br /&gt;Is Holder's sense of patriotism and national pride&lt;br /&gt;lacking to the point that he intends to make&lt;br /&gt;CRIMINALS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SAVED HIS&lt;br /&gt;AND OUR NECKS?&lt;br /&gt;Does he not see that by compromising the intelligence&lt;br /&gt;community that we will lose, not only the expert and&lt;br /&gt;dedicated personnel currently "covering our behinds",&lt;br /&gt;but that future enlistees may hesitate putting&lt;br /&gt;themselves "in harm's way" by becoming subject to&lt;br /&gt;his and others' scrutiny and condemnation?!&lt;br /&gt;MR. HOLDER - BACK OFF! CONSIDER THE&lt;br /&gt;SHORT AND LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS OF&lt;br /&gt;YOUR PROPOSED ACTIONS!&lt;br /&gt;What was done was in the best and long-term&lt;br /&gt;interests of our nation's life and longevity - we do&lt;br /&gt;a disservice to those who have given their lives&lt;br /&gt;on both foreign and home soils to protect our&lt;br /&gt;freedoms and existence if we demean those who&lt;br /&gt;have worked so diligently to protect us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE:  the factual information in the first half&lt;br /&gt;of this blog is from Wikepedia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-1787396845049719118?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/1787396845049719118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-is-eric-holder-and-why-is-he.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1787396845049719118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1787396845049719118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-is-eric-holder-and-why-is-he.html' title='Who Is Eric Holder, And Why Is He Jeopardizing America&apos;s Security?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-5433022087133594922</id><published>2009-08-29T12:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T18:28:20.009-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our entire way of life is being threatened - &quot;change&quot; for the worse is happening'/><title type='text'>We Were Promised "Change" - We Got It!!</title><content type='html'>During the presidential campain we heard over&lt;br /&gt;and over the promise of "change" from one of the&lt;br /&gt;candidates. Signs with just the word "CHANGE"&lt;br /&gt;were held up at rallies, and the rhetoric was filled&lt;br /&gt;with the promises and prospects of change.&lt;br /&gt;We weren't really told what kind of change was&lt;br /&gt;coming, and if we had truly known, I believe that&lt;br /&gt;the outcome of the election would have been&lt;br /&gt;different.&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS ARE ANGRY! We are troubled!&lt;br /&gt;We are upset! Some are fearful! Many simply&lt;br /&gt;worry that their lives are about to be totally&lt;br /&gt;disrupted. AMERICANS don't like what they&lt;br /&gt;perceive the future to be with the current trends&lt;br /&gt;and attitudes displayed by the leaders of our&lt;br /&gt;government!&lt;br /&gt;Many with whom I've spoken, normally quiet,&lt;br /&gt;uninvolved citizens, are passionate about the&lt;br /&gt;wrong turns the current administration and&lt;br /&gt;Congress are taking us! There is a somewhat-&lt;br /&gt;less-than-quiet revolution taking place in the&lt;br /&gt;marketplaces and homes of our great nation!&lt;br /&gt;WE DON'T LIKE WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR,&lt;br /&gt;and we intend to do SOME THINGS about it!&lt;br /&gt;We will speak out!&lt;br /&gt;We will make phone calls!&lt;br /&gt;We will send emails!&lt;br /&gt;We will attend town halls!&lt;br /&gt;We will send faxes!&lt;br /&gt;WE WILL VOTE IN THE MID-TERM ELECTION!!&lt;br /&gt;DO YOU HEAR THAT, WASHINGTON - WE WILL VOTE&lt;br /&gt;IN THE MID-TERM ELECTION, AND THINGS&lt;br /&gt;WILL "CHANGE"!!&lt;br /&gt;Washington, are you listening?&lt;br /&gt;Liberals, are you paying attention?&lt;br /&gt;"Quick-change" politicians, take note!&lt;br /&gt;WE DO NOT WANT OR NEED A "COMPLETE&lt;br /&gt;OVERHAUL OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM"!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want the voices of dissent to be silenced!&lt;br /&gt;We have always valued and held dear the privilege&lt;br /&gt;of stating our differing viewpoints!&lt;br /&gt;WE DO NOT WANT THE PALESTINIAN AND&lt;br /&gt;ARAB PEOPLES TO BE CATERED TO AT THE&lt;br /&gt;RISK OF ISRAEL'S WELLBEING AND FUTURE!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want a "civil militia" to roam our streets!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want Communists and Marxists in control!&lt;br /&gt;WE DO NOT WANT A "ONE-PARTY" GOVERNMENT!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want D.C. to tell us how to live!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want a Stalin/Mussolini/Marxist-type leader!&lt;br /&gt;WE DO NOT WANT TAXPAYER-FUNDED MURDERS&lt;br /&gt;OF HUMANS STILL IN THE WOMB!!&lt;br /&gt;We do NOT want our elderly disposed of in a Hitler-&lt;br /&gt;Nazi type of dictatorship!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want our personal protection taken away!&lt;br /&gt;WE HAVE A GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO "BEAR ARMS"!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want to support other countries at the&lt;br /&gt;loss of American jobs!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want non-Americans to have what they&lt;br /&gt;are not entitled to because they haven't contributed!&lt;br /&gt;WE DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN FEAR BECAUSE&lt;br /&gt;OF WHAT SOMEONE ELSE THINKS WE ARE&lt;br /&gt;THINKING!&lt;br /&gt;We do not want an intimidating religion to infiltrate&lt;br /&gt;and populate our nation to the potential exclusion&lt;br /&gt;and eradication of our Christian/Judeo beliefs!&lt;br /&gt;WE DO NOT WANT OUR FREEDOMS AND OUR&lt;br /&gt;TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIFE ERODING BEFORE&lt;br /&gt;OUR EYES AND EARS!!&lt;br /&gt;Washington, are you listening? We are angry at&lt;br /&gt;your arrogance and fear-mongering! Those of us&lt;br /&gt;who cannot or will not or are afraid to speak up&lt;br /&gt;will be spoken for by those of us who, like them,&lt;br /&gt;HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE AND EVERYTHING&lt;br /&gt;TO KEEP!!&lt;br /&gt;We don't like or want the kind of "changes" that are&lt;br /&gt;taking place and that loom in our future! WE WANT&lt;br /&gt;A GOVERNMENT AND LEADERS THAT TRULY&lt;br /&gt;CARE ABOUT OUR CITIZENS, AND SHOW IT BY&lt;br /&gt;THEIR LAWS, ATTITUDES, AND ACTIONS!!&lt;br /&gt;In other words "take your 'change' and shove it"!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-5433022087133594922?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/5433022087133594922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-were-promised-change-we-got-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5433022087133594922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5433022087133594922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-were-promised-change-we-got-it.html' title='We Were Promised &quot;Change&quot; - We Got It!!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-8422121413505789959</id><published>2009-08-21T09:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T10:10:39.252-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;pork&quot;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bipartisanship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='other promises - where is it all?'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transparency'/><title type='text'>An Open Letter To Barry</title><content type='html'>Barry, may I call you Barry?&lt;br /&gt;That is one of the names you've been known&lt;br /&gt;by, isn't it? Of course there are some others&lt;br /&gt;that people are using these days, but I won't&lt;br /&gt;repeat them here.&lt;br /&gt;You've really gotten yourself into it, haven't you?&lt;br /&gt;Dug a hole that you may well never get out&lt;br /&gt;of! You should have known. But then, all of&lt;br /&gt;the hype and brainwashing and mind games&lt;br /&gt;that your mentors and tutors inculcated into&lt;br /&gt;you probably left you with no option.&lt;br /&gt;"Be all that you can be." You've heard that&lt;br /&gt;before, haven't you, Barry? Of course it's one&lt;br /&gt;of the U.S. Army's mottoes, one that you may&lt;br /&gt;never share, as you have no military past, and&lt;br /&gt;probably wouldn't have been able to enlist,&lt;br /&gt;anyway.&lt;br /&gt;Barry, what is your agenda? Is it that of the&lt;br /&gt;people that you have surrounded yourself with?&lt;br /&gt;Socialists. Marxists. Black Panthers. Communists.&lt;br /&gt;Pseudo-Christians.  Radicals.  Self-servers,&lt;br /&gt;instead of those looking out for the good of the&lt;br /&gt;citizens of our great U.S.A.&lt;br /&gt;What part did you play in writing the current&lt;br /&gt;healthcare reform bill? Any? Or did Ezekiel, Nancy,&lt;br /&gt;Harry and company concoct it all? What were they&lt;br /&gt;thinking? Anything? Your first six months in office&lt;br /&gt;have been the antithesis of what this nation has&lt;br /&gt;stood for. Printing fake money. Hiring highly-paid&lt;br /&gt;"czars" to do your dirty work. Putting down the&lt;br /&gt;people who disagree with you. "Ramming through"&lt;br /&gt;legislation without proper deliberation. Threatening&lt;br /&gt;those who think differently. Threatening our&lt;br /&gt;country's safety and security by putting in place&lt;br /&gt;those who, like you, Barry, want to disarm honest,&lt;br /&gt;upright, responsible Americans.&lt;br /&gt;Barry, Barry, Barry. Will you ever get it right?&lt;br /&gt;All of the polls have shown your approval rating&lt;br /&gt;falling rapidly. People who voted for you are&lt;br /&gt;having their eyes opened, and many of them&lt;br /&gt;regret casting their ballots the way they did.&lt;br /&gt;We tried to tell them. Your inexperience and&lt;br /&gt;naivete' would be detriments to your performance.&lt;br /&gt;It's coming true. Too bad all of your education&lt;br /&gt;didn't teach you to select people without agendas&lt;br /&gt;to help you to succeed. It may be too late.&lt;br /&gt;Barry, you won't need to unlock your records&lt;br /&gt;before the next term and/or display your&lt;br /&gt;birth certificate before the campaign or election.&lt;br /&gt;There will not be a second term, guaranteed!!&lt;br /&gt;Maybe if you'd not been so anxious and given&lt;br /&gt;yourself more time to learn what a president&lt;br /&gt;should be and do you'd have made your mark&lt;br /&gt;in history. Now......................................?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-8422121413505789959?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/8422121413505789959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-letter-to-barry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8422121413505789959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8422121413505789959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-letter-to-barry.html' title='An Open Letter To Barry'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4461896390692981755</id><published>2009-08-18T07:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T08:13:33.861-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need to scrap the current plan and get the right people to give input for a viable healthcare program'/><title type='text'>Current Healthcare Reform Bill Is Evil!</title><content type='html'>I've listened to the Representatives, Senators,&lt;br /&gt;Obama, doctors, liberal and conservative commentators,&lt;br /&gt;and average Americans, and say what you will,&lt;br /&gt;the Healthcare Reform Bill in its current state is&lt;br /&gt;inherently and intrinsically EVIL!!&lt;br /&gt;My advice is to SCRAP what is on the table, call a&lt;br /&gt;consortium of concerned and involved individuals&lt;br /&gt;and organizations, and GET IT RIGHT, or as close&lt;br /&gt;as it can be - surely a lot closer than it is now!&lt;br /&gt;WHO wrote this bill and its proposed amendments?&lt;br /&gt;What are their qualifications? Are there "outside"&lt;br /&gt;interests who are trying to "change" our country?&lt;br /&gt;THIS KIND OF "CHANGE" WE CAN DO WITHOUT!&lt;br /&gt;Talk about your "unAmericanism"! Telling doctors&lt;br /&gt;how much they can earn? Setting fees for services&lt;br /&gt;that are "equal" even if there is a great disparity&lt;br /&gt;between the type and quality and necessity of&lt;br /&gt;those services? Paying for abortions with MY money?&lt;br /&gt;GIVING healthcare to those who are not here&lt;br /&gt;legally, while reducing the support of hospitals and&lt;br /&gt;patients by cutting back on Medicare subsidies?&lt;br /&gt;Forcing private insurance companies to "compete"&lt;br /&gt;with the government, which essentially will bring&lt;br /&gt;the private sector to its knees and potentially out&lt;br /&gt;of business? Limiting services? Mandating end-&lt;br /&gt;of- life consultations and planning? Withholding&lt;br /&gt;treatments from the aged because of their "loss&lt;br /&gt;of vialibility"?&lt;br /&gt;WHERE WILL IT END?&lt;br /&gt;Doubling the national debt, no matter what the&lt;br /&gt;proponents of the plan try to cover up? Taxing&lt;br /&gt;plastic surgery, even if a necessary procedure is&lt;br /&gt;performed? Paying for "sex-change" operations?&lt;br /&gt;NOT WITH MY MONEY!&lt;br /&gt;"The government" whoever they are, having&lt;br /&gt;access to your bank accounts and medical records?&lt;br /&gt;WHY? Using groups such as the suspicious ACORN&lt;br /&gt;to help implement census and "informational and&lt;br /&gt;instructional" programs? Exempting nonresident&lt;br /&gt;aliens from individual taxes? Restrict "special&lt;br /&gt;needs" patients' coverage? Businesses of various&lt;br /&gt;sizes will be "taxed" (fined) for not providing health&lt;br /&gt;coverage to their employees, depending on the&lt;br /&gt;size of the business, not their financial stability?&lt;br /&gt;Government regulation and oversight of rental and&lt;br /&gt;purchase of power-driven wheelchairs? Over 88&lt;br /&gt;billion dollar$ in a "Quality Standards" fund will&lt;br /&gt;be partially subsidized by transfer of monies from&lt;br /&gt;"other" government trust funds? Are you talking&lt;br /&gt;about Social Security and Medicaid? WRONG!!&lt;br /&gt;There's so much more that could be said, but I&lt;br /&gt;think this one is "the kicker" - veterinarians will&lt;br /&gt;be included as part of the "Public Health Workforce&lt;br /&gt;Corps"! What? Health reform for animals? Huh?&lt;br /&gt;Thanks go to Professor Marc Siegel, medical&lt;br /&gt;professor at NYU, Mat Staver, dean of the Liberty&lt;br /&gt;University School of Law, and Peter Fleckenstein,&lt;br /&gt;who posts on FreeRepublic.com and blogs at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.flecksoflife.com/"&gt;http://blog.flecksoflife.com/&lt;/a&gt;., for their invaluable&lt;br /&gt;input and information.&lt;br /&gt;Fellow American, call, write, and speak up - we&lt;br /&gt;need an intelligent, take-everyone-into-account,&lt;br /&gt;FAIR healthcare program! MAYBE IT'S NOT&lt;br /&gt;TIME FOR IT YET? Maybe we have a lot of&lt;br /&gt;work to do yet? Maybe the "wrong" people are&lt;br /&gt;setting the standards?&lt;br /&gt;GOD HELP AMERICA!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4461896390692981755?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4461896390692981755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/healthcare-reform-bill-is-evil.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4461896390692981755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4461896390692981755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/healthcare-reform-bill-is-evil.html' title='Current Healthcare Reform Bill Is Evil!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7974700623112003371</id><published>2009-08-04T08:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T08:46:11.463-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need fair-minded'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unbiased judges in all courts'/><title type='text'>Sotomayor Is Not Qualified - Let's Stop Her!</title><content type='html'>The nomination of Judge Sonja Sotomayor to the&lt;br /&gt;Supreme Court of our land is a big mistake, one&lt;br /&gt;of many that Obama has made in his first six&lt;br /&gt;months.&lt;br /&gt;Sotomayor has shown an obvious bias and disdain&lt;br /&gt;for our laws and the intent of our Constitution,&lt;br /&gt;by rendering decisions that have been WRONG,&lt;br /&gt;as evidenced by dozens of them being reversed&lt;br /&gt;in higher (appeals) courts.  The most recent of&lt;br /&gt;her disastrous exhibitions of misjudgement was&lt;br /&gt;the case of the white New Haven, Connecticut, fire-&lt;br /&gt;fighters who were denied promotions even after&lt;br /&gt;proving themselves by passing an "approved"&lt;br /&gt;exam, and after having proven themselves by&lt;br /&gt;years of exceptional service and performance.&lt;br /&gt;SHE DECIDED AGAINST THEM, which, in effect,&lt;br /&gt;was deciding FOR THOSE WHO FAILED TO&lt;br /&gt;PROVE THEMSELVES OF PROMOTION!  Duh?!&lt;br /&gt;The people who "failed" were "people of color",&lt;br /&gt;largely.  &lt;br /&gt;Her statement that a Latina woman is more&lt;br /&gt;qualified than a white man is a blatantly racial&lt;br /&gt;slur against not only the other judges of our&lt;br /&gt;judicial system, but of the seers that now sit&lt;br /&gt;on the Supreme Court, men that is most cases&lt;br /&gt;have proven their wisdom and qualifications.&lt;br /&gt;I can understand the desire to have a "balanced"&lt;br /&gt;Supreme Court by having another woman, and&lt;br /&gt;even by wanting a minority to fill the vacancy,&lt;br /&gt;but JUST BEING A MINORITY WOMAN DOES&lt;br /&gt;NOT IN AND OF ITSELF MAKE ANYONE&lt;br /&gt;SUITABLE!!&lt;br /&gt;The scripted answers that Sotomayor gave to&lt;br /&gt;the Senate panel who quizzed her were the&lt;br /&gt;obvious result of weeks of coaching, tutoring,&lt;br /&gt;and indoctrination in preparation for grilling.&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU WERE LISTENING, you'd know that&lt;br /&gt;many of her "canned" responses and explan-&lt;br /&gt;ations were contrary to her record - the&lt;br /&gt;decisions she has handed down over the years.&lt;br /&gt;Do our Senators think that she has "seen the light"?&lt;br /&gt;Has she had a "conversion experience"? Did her&lt;br /&gt;tutors convince her to have a philosophical&lt;br /&gt;change? Is she "different" than the person who&lt;br /&gt;exhibited such discrimination and bias for the&lt;br /&gt;last few years? I THINK NOT!&lt;br /&gt;If, and I pray she doesn't, she gets elected, we&lt;br /&gt;who are believers in the sanctity of life, the&lt;br /&gt;right of Americans to defend their lives and&lt;br /&gt;property, and the concept of "free speech"&lt;br /&gt;will be challenged every time a case comes&lt;br /&gt;before the highest court of our great nation!&lt;br /&gt;The pendulum is swinging far to the left,&lt;br /&gt;thanks to Obama's agenda, and the intentions&lt;br /&gt;of his domestic and foreign controllers.&lt;br /&gt;WE MUST STOP SOTOMAYOR'S ELECTION!&lt;br /&gt;CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW!&lt;br /&gt;The numbers for the Senate Office Building is&lt;br /&gt;(877) 851-6437, or (866) 220-0044. Just ask&lt;br /&gt;for your Senaor's office. You'll probably get a&lt;br /&gt;staff member or an answering machine, but&lt;br /&gt;LET YOUR VOICE &amp;amp; MESSAGE BE HEARD!!&lt;br /&gt;God save America, and the traditional values&lt;br /&gt;we have held so dear for so long - may we never&lt;br /&gt;give them up!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7974700623112003371?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7974700623112003371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/sotomayor-is-not-qualified-lets-stop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7974700623112003371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7974700623112003371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/sotomayor-is-not-qualified-lets-stop.html' title='Sotomayor Is Not Qualified - Let&apos;s Stop Her!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-8829131897034659720</id><published>2009-08-01T09:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T09:40:53.376-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evaluating the hurry behind Obama&apos;s/Liberals&apos; agendas'/><title type='text'>WHY THE RUSH TO "HEALTHCARE"?</title><content type='html'>I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but&lt;br /&gt;I'm becoming a professional patient, what with&lt;br /&gt;numerous visits to various doctors and three&lt;br /&gt;"draws" at the lab in the last three weeks. Nor&lt;br /&gt;am I an expert on insurance companies, medical&lt;br /&gt;practices and procedures, or the inner workings&lt;br /&gt;of Congress and the White House.&lt;br /&gt;BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT "SOMEONE" IS IN&lt;br /&gt;A HURRY TO GET LEGISLATION PASSED&lt;br /&gt;THAT WILL TOTALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE&lt;br /&gt;LIVE AND DIE in our great America!&lt;br /&gt;From a variety of national and personal contacts&lt;br /&gt;and sources, there is trepidation among an ever-&lt;br /&gt;increasing number of Americans about the attempts&lt;br /&gt;of Obama, socialists, and perhaps even foreign&lt;br /&gt;entities to have our government control every aspect&lt;br /&gt;of our public and private lives.&lt;br /&gt;Answer for yourself, how is it that a man can come&lt;br /&gt;into office and in his first six months create so much&lt;br /&gt;alarm and fear in our citizens? What is his or his&lt;br /&gt;supporters' goal? Are we better than we were before&lt;br /&gt;he took office? Is the path that he's taking us onto&lt;br /&gt;going to make a "change" for the better?&lt;br /&gt;There seems to be a hurry to get things done without&lt;br /&gt;proper deliberations and input. How did the stimulus&lt;br /&gt;bill come about so quickly? How did the supposed&lt;br /&gt;"Obamacare" package get composed so quickly? One&lt;br /&gt;friend of mine thinks that some of these items were&lt;br /&gt;"on the drawing board" or even written long ago!&lt;br /&gt;Who are the authors? Where is the "transparency"&lt;br /&gt;that we were promised? How idiotic for John Conyers&lt;br /&gt;and others to insist that it's impossible to know&lt;br /&gt;everything that's in the bill before voting on it and&lt;br /&gt;passing it? WHAT WERE THEY ELECTED TO DO?&lt;br /&gt;Did doctors or medical practitioners participate in&lt;br /&gt;the writing? Did hospitals or nursing homes? Did&lt;br /&gt;insurance companies or patients? THE AUDACITY&lt;br /&gt;OF THE AUTHORS TO THINK THEY KNOW MORE&lt;br /&gt;THAN THE PROFESSIONALS!!&lt;br /&gt;I say lock all of Congress in a room with their copies&lt;br /&gt;of the supposed "healthcare" bill, and don't let them&lt;br /&gt;take "recess" or vacation until they prove that&lt;br /&gt;they've read, understand, and have made the&lt;br /&gt;probably numerous changes and corrections that&lt;br /&gt;the bill should have "operated on"!&lt;br /&gt;I'll try to address specific issues in my next&lt;br /&gt;writing, hopefully before any "rush to judgment"&lt;br /&gt;is finalized, but in the meantime, call, write,&lt;br /&gt;fax, or see your congressman and let him know&lt;br /&gt;what your/our concerns and fears are.&lt;br /&gt;If you've been watching and listening, the&lt;br /&gt;adoption of a social medicine program has had&lt;br /&gt;many horror stories in Canada and England -&lt;br /&gt;and that's what is being proposed here!&lt;br /&gt;LET YOUR ELECTED SENATOR AND/OR&lt;br /&gt;REPRESENTATIVE KNOW THAT HE/SHE&lt;br /&gt;IS WORKING FOR YOU!! You put him/her&lt;br /&gt;into office, and you and I and others can see&lt;br /&gt;that they don't continue in that position!&lt;br /&gt;STAND UP, FIGHT, SPEAK UP, AND LET&lt;br /&gt;YOUR VOICE BE HEARD IN WASHINGTON!!&lt;br /&gt;We are America! Let's stay that way!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-8829131897034659720?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/8829131897034659720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-rush-to-healthcare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8829131897034659720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8829131897034659720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-rush-to-healthcare.html' title='WHY THE RUSH TO &quot;HEALTHCARE&quot;?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4908515965029723640</id><published>2009-08-01T08:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T08:54:59.016-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='searching for right prospective on continued &quot;color&quot; talk'/><title type='text'>WHAT'S ALL THIS BUZZ ABOUT "COLOR"?</title><content type='html'>I wonder, I do, if the whole scenario about the&lt;br /&gt;arrest of "Professor" Gates was planned and&lt;br /&gt;scripted from the start?&lt;br /&gt;It's really not surprising that he acted and reacted&lt;br /&gt;the way he did, having his "honor" and "credibility"&lt;br /&gt;assailed as he claims, since his history is one of&lt;br /&gt;dubious relationships and memberships.  What is&lt;br /&gt;not being said in "mainstream media" (I despise&lt;br /&gt;that term) is that Gates is a disciple of&lt;br /&gt;W.E.B. Du Bois, for whom the department that&lt;br /&gt;Gates heads at Harvard University is named.&lt;br /&gt;Du Bois, I've read, was a communist and a&lt;br /&gt;socialist sympathizer - how coincidental that&lt;br /&gt;Gates is a "confidant" of Obama!&lt;br /&gt;While we may never know all the details and&lt;br /&gt;ramifications of the arrest incident, it is not&lt;br /&gt;unreasonable to believe that Gates "wears a&lt;br /&gt;chip on both shoulders", having been reported&lt;br /&gt;as cultivating black radicals to his race studies&lt;br /&gt;department, most prominently Cornel West,&lt;br /&gt;an advisor to Louis Farrakhan.&lt;br /&gt;Starting to make sense?  There's more.&lt;br /&gt;Socialist sympathizer Kwame Appiah, a&lt;br /&gt;Ghanaian, and William Julius Wilson, who is&lt;br /&gt;"close" to the Democratic Socialists of America&lt;br /&gt;(whoever they are, probably a growing number,&lt;br /&gt;based on what's happening in the White House&lt;br /&gt;and the Congress), have both been added to the&lt;br /&gt;Harvard staff.&lt;br /&gt;Also, Gates co-authored two books with West,&lt;br /&gt;who is quoted as saying that he admired "the&lt;br /&gt;sincere black militancy of Malcolm X" and the&lt;br /&gt;"defiant rage of the Black Panther Party."&lt;br /&gt;WHOA!  Alarming and insightful, I say.&lt;br /&gt;It seems to me that Professor Gates and many&lt;br /&gt;others of his race are intent on continuing to&lt;br /&gt;make an issue of the discrimination claims that&lt;br /&gt;some say still exist.  I don't deny that there are&lt;br /&gt;still "pockets" of racism, but what Gates did, in&lt;br /&gt;my humble but expert opinion, is an example&lt;br /&gt;of "reverse racism" by acting as he did, and by&lt;br /&gt;demeaning Officer Crowley, who was just doing&lt;br /&gt;his job, as 99% of our law enforcement do daily.&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps Gates was trying to get national public&lt;br /&gt;attention.  Perhaps he was just living out his&lt;br /&gt;life's philosophy.  Perhaps what we can learn here&lt;br /&gt;is how overly sensitive some are to what they&lt;br /&gt;once termed as "white oppression"?  The answer&lt;br /&gt;may not be simple, in fact it may be more complex&lt;br /&gt;than we can imagine.&lt;br /&gt;If cool heads had prevailed, especially Gates',&lt;br /&gt;the whole situation had never needed to come to&lt;br /&gt;the whole world's attention.  SAD!&lt;br /&gt;P.S.  Obama only made a bigger mess of things&lt;br /&gt;by interjecting his immature ranting and&lt;br /&gt;accusation.  Maybe he was just looking for&lt;br /&gt;someone to sit and have a beer with him?&lt;br /&gt;P.S.S.  Some of the statements made in this&lt;br /&gt;blog came from a report from "WorldNetDaily".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4908515965029723640?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4908515965029723640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/whats-all-this-buzz-about-color.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4908515965029723640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4908515965029723640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/08/whats-all-this-buzz-about-color.html' title='WHAT&apos;S ALL THIS BUZZ ABOUT &quot;COLOR&quot;?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-6522676865854471281</id><published>2009-07-14T14:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-14T14:29:36.674-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='we need an accounting from our government&apos;s leaders'/><title type='text'>WHERE'S THE MONEY FROM THE FIRST "STIMULUS"?</title><content type='html'>In the infamous words from the movie&lt;br /&gt;"Jerry McGuire", "show me the money"!&lt;br /&gt;People in Washington, D.C. are starting to talk&lt;br /&gt;about a "second stimulus plan", when no one&lt;br /&gt;seems to know what happened to the funds from&lt;br /&gt;the first stimulus!?  ARE YOU KIDDING?&lt;br /&gt;Our national debt is now over a TRILLION $s!&lt;br /&gt;Can you cipher that?  Larger than it's ever been!&lt;br /&gt;How has the stimulus plan helped?&lt;br /&gt;HAS THE STIMULUS PLAN HELPED ANYBODY&lt;br /&gt;other than those who "took the money and ran"&lt;br /&gt;straight to bankruptcy court?  How many jobs&lt;br /&gt;have been created?  Obama promised 3 million&lt;br /&gt;new jobs, remember?  Where are they?&lt;br /&gt;People that I talk to are disgusted, angry, and&lt;br /&gt;confused, and others are so perplexed that they&lt;br /&gt;don't want to talk about it, or they don't know&lt;br /&gt;what to say.  I'M ANGRY!!  Aren't you?&lt;br /&gt;The staggering figure of 787 BILLION DOLLARS&lt;br /&gt;is where?  Who or what has it helped?  How much&lt;br /&gt;of it has been doled out?  I've heard only 10 %&lt;br /&gt;of it went "anywhere", wherever that is.&lt;br /&gt;If the $250 checks that some of who are on&lt;br /&gt;Social Security and/or who filed tax returns for&lt;br /&gt;last year were a part of the "stimulus", then&lt;br /&gt;WHERE, OH WHERE IS THE OTHER&lt;br /&gt;786 BILLION, figuring that 200 million people&lt;br /&gt;got those checks?&lt;br /&gt;Obama has no problems taking "junkets" with&lt;br /&gt;his family to various places around the world!&lt;br /&gt;Congressmen and women are still going out on&lt;br /&gt;"fact-finding missions" with your and my money!&lt;br /&gt;Do you remember another president taking his&lt;br /&gt;family out on "dates" and "vacations" with the&lt;br /&gt;money that could be helping the jobless, the&lt;br /&gt;sick, the veterans who have been physically&lt;br /&gt;and emotionaly wounded, and even small&lt;br /&gt;businesses to survive or start up?&lt;br /&gt;THERE IS NO COMPASSION IN D.C.!&lt;br /&gt;THERE IS NO CONSCIENCE IN D.C.!&lt;br /&gt;Let's lean on our "career politicians" to have&lt;br /&gt;some sanity and good sense, and cut out all&lt;br /&gt;the "pork" in our government, when millions&lt;br /&gt;of our citizens are hurting - NEEDING THE&lt;br /&gt;STIMULUS MONEY NOW!!&lt;br /&gt;Please call or write now - I'll help you to get&lt;br /&gt;the phone numbers and addresses, many of&lt;br /&gt;which I have.&lt;br /&gt;GOD HELP AMERICA!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-6522676865854471281?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/6522676865854471281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/07/wheres-money-from-first-stimulus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6522676865854471281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6522676865854471281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/07/wheres-money-from-first-stimulus.html' title='WHERE&apos;S THE MONEY FROM THE FIRST &quot;STIMULUS&quot;?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-3828248297104778666</id><published>2009-07-07T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T07:33:18.560-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='addressing efforts to eliminate our country as we know it'/><title type='text'>Say "Goodbye", America!</title><content type='html'>It's happening daily, right before our eyes and&lt;br /&gt;ears - our precious country is being decimated&lt;br /&gt;little by little, piece by piece, freedom by freedom.&lt;br /&gt;Subtly and gradually, those who sit in seats of&lt;br /&gt;power are changing everything about our once-&lt;br /&gt;great nation, and they won't stop until all we&lt;br /&gt;are is a memory.&lt;br /&gt;The recent "accord" between Obama and&lt;br /&gt;Medvedev of Russia only robs us of the needed&lt;br /&gt;power to protect ourselves from the upstart&lt;br /&gt;third-world dictators and madmen who are&lt;br /&gt;obsessed with destroying us. That's only a&lt;br /&gt;small part of the "puzzle" that many of us&lt;br /&gt;fail or refuse to see. These subsersives won't&lt;br /&gt;stop until we are annihilated or made slaves&lt;br /&gt;of their demonic regime(s).&lt;br /&gt;Weaken our defenses, stretch our military&lt;br /&gt;beyond its proper capabilities, apologize to&lt;br /&gt;our self-proclaimed enemies of Arab and&lt;br /&gt;Muslim governments, disarm our citizens,&lt;br /&gt;take over our manufacturing facilities, assume&lt;br /&gt;control of the financial industry, control the&lt;br /&gt;internet, limit the amount of energy each&lt;br /&gt;person or family unit uses, "bug" our&lt;br /&gt;communications, and stifle free speech and&lt;br /&gt;dissent.&lt;br /&gt;Sound familiar? Sound like America?&lt;br /&gt;Never.&lt;br /&gt;I'm convinced in my heart and mind that the&lt;br /&gt;forces behind the actions being taken both&lt;br /&gt;nationally and globally are meant to bring&lt;br /&gt;about the demise (death) of our country.&lt;br /&gt;The current government wants total control!&lt;br /&gt;Sound familiar? Sound like America?&lt;br /&gt;Never.&lt;br /&gt;But the odds are against us. IF WE DON'T&lt;br /&gt;SOON BEGIN TO STAND UP, SPEAK UP,&lt;br /&gt;AND VOTE OUR CONSCIENCES, we will be&lt;br /&gt;"accessories to the crime" of the ages - the&lt;br /&gt;death of America!&lt;br /&gt;We know we can't trust Russia. They haven't&lt;br /&gt;changed from the same people who have broken&lt;br /&gt;every treaty we've ever signed with them. Duh!&lt;br /&gt;And what do we do when we suddenly find&lt;br /&gt;ourselves attacked from various directions, as well&lt;br /&gt;as the attacks that we are suffering within?&lt;br /&gt;LISTEN! Hear the voices of Glenn Beck, Michael&lt;br /&gt;Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Newt&lt;br /&gt;Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, and others who are, like&lt;br /&gt;modern-day Paul Reveres, "sounding the alarm"!!&lt;br /&gt;Learn what's happening in the House of Repre-&lt;br /&gt;sentatives, the Senate, the Oval Office, the&lt;br /&gt;Cabinet. Notice the innuendos. Read between&lt;br /&gt;the lines and interpret the mean-spirited,&lt;br /&gt;hell-bent directions we're being taken into.&lt;br /&gt;Call or write your legislators. Call or write the&lt;br /&gt;White House. I've done so often, and will continue.&lt;br /&gt;HOPEFULLY, IT'S NOT TOO LATE!!&lt;br /&gt;If Obama leaves enough of our country at&lt;br /&gt;the end of his first term, WE PATRIOTS&lt;br /&gt;MUST RISE AND REGAIN OUR PRIDE&lt;br /&gt;OUR VALUES, AND OUR UNITED STATES&lt;br /&gt;OF AMERICA!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-3828248297104778666?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/3828248297104778666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/07/say-goodbye-america.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3828248297104778666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3828248297104778666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/07/say-goodbye-america.html' title='Say &quot;Goodbye&quot;, America!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-4950475905165070783</id><published>2009-07-04T08:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T09:01:51.777-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giving honor to whom honor is due'/><title type='text'>GIVING PROPER HONOR TO OUR MILITARY</title><content type='html'>It's "Freedom Day", as I like to label it, and we&lt;br /&gt;who are still free owe a continuing debt to every&lt;br /&gt;woman and man who has served in any capacity&lt;br /&gt;in our military's ranks.&lt;br /&gt;Having only served in "the Lord's army", I can&lt;br /&gt;only imagine the privations and costs that these&lt;br /&gt;true American patriots endure to maintain and&lt;br /&gt;preserve the quality of life that I fear you and I&lt;br /&gt;take for granted too often.&lt;br /&gt;For example, to have to be away from one's&lt;br /&gt;loved ones, both family and friends, for an extended&lt;br /&gt;period of time must take an emotional toll on our&lt;br /&gt;precious guardians! To be away for so long, not&lt;br /&gt;seeing, hearing, touching those who we value and&lt;br /&gt;love most has got to be traumatic. Those of us&lt;br /&gt;who have never endured such stress need to pray for&lt;br /&gt;and support our troops with our letters and gifts.&lt;br /&gt;It doesn't matter where they are, or what their&lt;br /&gt;MOS (job description) is, they have surrendered&lt;br /&gt;the daily privileges that you and I take for granted,&lt;br /&gt;namely sleeping in our own beds, having a choice&lt;br /&gt;of breakfasts, going to school or work or club,&lt;br /&gt;watching our favorite TV shows, reading the&lt;br /&gt;newspapers or magazines that we prefer, etc.&lt;br /&gt;AT WHAT COST FREEDOM?&lt;br /&gt;Those precious souls that are on the front lines&lt;br /&gt;of battle face even more sacrifices than those&lt;br /&gt;listed above. Fearing injury or loss of their lives&lt;br /&gt;daily! Obeying orders that they may not like&lt;br /&gt;or understand or agree with. Being asked and&lt;br /&gt;expected to take the lives of other human beings&lt;br /&gt;that may or may not be their (our) enemies!&lt;br /&gt;Seeing their comrades suffer the stress of the&lt;br /&gt;war, not only from physical harm, but the&lt;br /&gt;invisible emotional damage that will affect them&lt;br /&gt;for their entire lives, and that has caused many&lt;br /&gt;(thousands we've been told) to take their own&lt;br /&gt;lives.&lt;br /&gt;OH, THE HELL OF WAR!&lt;br /&gt;Heat. Dirt. Sand. Sweat. Limited foods. Cots&lt;br /&gt;or bunks to sleep on, if indeed they can sleep.&lt;br /&gt;Noise of artillery and rifle fire. Enemies all&lt;br /&gt;about, with the closest "friends" being your&lt;br /&gt;fellow-soldier who lives in daily fear just as you&lt;br /&gt;do! Limited contact with home and the rest of&lt;br /&gt;the world. Uncertainty about your next day,&lt;br /&gt;hour, minute, assignment! Wearing clothes&lt;br /&gt;longer than you want to, shaving less often than&lt;br /&gt;you've been used to, bathing and applying&lt;br /&gt;body scents and deodorants infrequently.&lt;br /&gt;AND WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED!&lt;br /&gt;We must honor them. We must lift them up&lt;br /&gt;in prayer daily! We must show them respect&lt;br /&gt;when we pass them on the street or sit near&lt;br /&gt;them in a public or private place! We should&lt;br /&gt;send letters, cards, emails, and gifts as the&lt;br /&gt;occasion presents itself. Phone calls and&lt;br /&gt;pictures must help if we get the chance to&lt;br /&gt;do so.&lt;br /&gt;OUR MILITARY HAVE SAVED US TO&lt;br /&gt;CELEBRATE ANOTHER "FREEDOM DAY"!&lt;br /&gt;America is a great nation, and has been since&lt;br /&gt;its inception. Let's hope, fight, and pray that&lt;br /&gt;she stays GREAT! In spite of problems within&lt;br /&gt;and troubles without, we still have a large&lt;br /&gt;majority of the populace that loves its country,&lt;br /&gt;and who do not want us to lose those precious&lt;br /&gt;rights and blessings that we've enjoyed for&lt;br /&gt;233 years!&lt;br /&gt;Freedom of speech! Freedom of assembly!&lt;br /&gt;Freedom of worship! Freedom to bear arms!&lt;br /&gt;Freedom to vote! Freedom of ownership!&lt;br /&gt;EVERY GOD-GIVEN FREEDOM THAT HAS&lt;br /&gt;BEEN OURS IS BEING THREATENED, AND&lt;br /&gt;IT'S FOR THOSE FREEDOMS THAT OUR&lt;br /&gt;GREAT ARMED FORCES HAVE FOUGHT&lt;br /&gt;AND DIED FOR OVER TWO CENTURIES!&lt;br /&gt;In all of our celebrating and commemorating,&lt;br /&gt;with our picnics, family get-togethers,&lt;br /&gt;fireworks and concerts, etc., let every one of&lt;br /&gt;us take moments to individually and collectively&lt;br /&gt;GIVE THANKS, HONOR, AND PRAY FOR&lt;br /&gt;EVERY MEMBER OF OUR MILITARY!&lt;br /&gt;God continue to bless America!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-4950475905165070783?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/4950475905165070783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/07/giving-proper-honor-to-our-military.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4950475905165070783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/4950475905165070783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/07/giving-proper-honor-to-our-military.html' title='GIVING PROPER HONOR TO OUR MILITARY'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-358881371330780876</id><published>2009-06-30T07:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T08:23:46.501-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='who really is controlling our government?'/><title type='text'>Who Are "The Powers" Behind The Scenes?</title><content type='html'>Mystery and mystique surround Obama and the&lt;br /&gt;current trends to perform plastic surgery on the&lt;br /&gt;face of America.  Is he the "Anti-Christ"?  Is he&lt;br /&gt;a socialist?  Is he "a plant"?  How many, if any of&lt;br /&gt;his ideas and actions are really his?  Does he have&lt;br /&gt;magical, spiritual, "supernatural" powers and&lt;br /&gt;insights that will create a New World Order,&lt;br /&gt;starting with the United States?&lt;br /&gt;Those of you who have read the "Left Behind"&lt;br /&gt;series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins are&lt;br /&gt;probably seeing similarities with the main&lt;br /&gt;character in the books, namely Nicolae Carpathia,&lt;br /&gt;whose quick rise to power catapults him into&lt;br /&gt;the international forefront and situates him&lt;br /&gt;to a position that no other man or woman has&lt;br /&gt;ever assumed, not even the emperors of the&lt;br /&gt;Roman, Persian, or other well-known empires.&lt;br /&gt;Is this Obama's destiny?  Is this our fate? &lt;br /&gt;Many have hinted about the possibilities of&lt;br /&gt;a united world with a single leader in control,&lt;br /&gt;and I don't doubt that this goal is in some&lt;br /&gt;people's agenda, but let's hope not soon.&lt;br /&gt;The political and international casual observer&lt;br /&gt;can "sense" the direction that our globe is&lt;br /&gt;heading - Universalism!  One government,&lt;br /&gt;one currency, one food supply, one language(?),&lt;br /&gt;and oppression galore from the power-hungry&lt;br /&gt;brokers that sit in dark, secret places.&lt;br /&gt;How much do you know about the Bilderbergers?&lt;br /&gt;Ask Tim Geithner, maybe he'll fill you in, though&lt;br /&gt;I doubt it.  How much power does the World Bank&lt;br /&gt;have over international finance and trade and&lt;br /&gt;governments?  Who are the members of the&lt;br /&gt;Trilateral Commission, and what is their role in&lt;br /&gt;this plot?  Do the secret societies of the various&lt;br /&gt;"knight" groups, the Masons, or other such&lt;br /&gt;exclusive bodies have interests and influences&lt;br /&gt;that we may be frightened or alarmed to learn about?&lt;br /&gt;Many of us who are patriots, conservative, and&lt;br /&gt;traditional Americans believe that Obama is&lt;br /&gt;not acting entirely on his own, maybe not at&lt;br /&gt;all on his own, but that the financiers and people&lt;br /&gt;in positions and power that invested millions&lt;br /&gt;of dollars into his campaign, and who greatly&lt;br /&gt;influenced the overwhelming attention that&lt;br /&gt;was given Obama by the mostly-liberal media&lt;br /&gt;are the very individuals who are "running the&lt;br /&gt;show" behind the scenes, with their diabolical&lt;br /&gt;and selfish motives.&lt;br /&gt;The ultimate intent, as we see it, is to weaken&lt;br /&gt;the strength and ability of our citizens, as well&lt;br /&gt;as our resolve, making us vulnerable to any&lt;br /&gt;"takeover", whether within our own nation's&lt;br /&gt;ranks, or from whichever outside forces move&lt;br /&gt;in to assume power within our borders.&lt;br /&gt;Can their evil intentions be halted?  Yes!  Will&lt;br /&gt;they be?  IT DEPENDS ON YOU AND I, MY&lt;br /&gt;FRIEND, WHO NEED TO QUESTION, VOTE,&lt;br /&gt;OPPOSE, AND GENERALLY STAND UP FOR&lt;br /&gt;OUR COUNTRY'S TRADITIONAL STANDARDS&lt;br /&gt;AND VALUES!!&lt;br /&gt;We can make a difference!  Will we?  Will you?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-358881371330780876?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/358881371330780876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/06/who-are-powers-behind-scenes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/358881371330780876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/358881371330780876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/06/who-are-powers-behind-scenes.html' title='Who Are &quot;The Powers&quot; Behind The Scenes?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-9101408262143057826</id><published>2009-06-27T08:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T09:04:27.759-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama&apos;s inevitable and predicted failures.'/><title type='text'>Obama "earns" an "F"/What would John do?</title><content type='html'>A number of people prophesied that Obama would&lt;br /&gt;"be tested" during his first few months in office,&lt;br /&gt;Vice President Joe Biden not the least of those&lt;br /&gt;seers.&lt;br /&gt;THE TESTS ARE TAKING PLACE NOW - On&lt;br /&gt;the order of "final exams", with a lot at stake,&lt;br /&gt;basically the future of the free world and free&lt;br /&gt;peoples, including democracy.&lt;br /&gt;Just minutes ago Ahmadinejad, the despotic ruler&lt;br /&gt;of Iran, threatened our country with serious&lt;br /&gt;consequences if we don't back off and let him&lt;br /&gt;and his henchmen run their country the way&lt;br /&gt;they want to. Sound familiar? Does Sadam Hussein&lt;br /&gt;come to your memory?&lt;br /&gt;"The messiah" (lower case on purpose), being the&lt;br /&gt;diplomat that he thinks he is, has done nothing more&lt;br /&gt;than talk, talk, talk. No appeal to the U.N. about&lt;br /&gt;the Iran or North Korea situations or threats. No&lt;br /&gt;interception of the boat that's thought to be laden&lt;br /&gt;with warheads. No sanctions against either regime&lt;br /&gt;for their diabolical tirades and threats to "wipe the&lt;br /&gt;U.S. off of the map".&lt;br /&gt;Our military might is being stretched almost beyond&lt;br /&gt;its capacity, and both of these "devils" know that,&lt;br /&gt;feeling that we do not have the power, resolve, or&lt;br /&gt;character to stop their evil intentions.&lt;br /&gt;What's wrong with a U.N. supervised recount of&lt;br /&gt;the Iran votes? What's wrong with a U.N. sponsored&lt;br /&gt;re-vote? How many Iranians have to be hurt, maimed,&lt;br /&gt;or killed before sane minds order a cessation to the&lt;br /&gt;madness? If so many are protesting, marching,&lt;br /&gt;and willing to sacrifice their personal safety in&lt;br /&gt;an effort to right the situation, shouldn't we be&lt;br /&gt;taking notice? Just how many votes were cast?&lt;br /&gt;What were the "winning" and "losing" numbers?&lt;br /&gt;Methinks that Obama has "hit the wall". He has&lt;br /&gt;no rhetorical solutions to the current crises.&lt;br /&gt;THE TESTS ARE NOW - HE'S FAILING - "F"!!&lt;br /&gt;So we wonder - what would John McCain do if&lt;br /&gt;he had been elected President? What do you&lt;br /&gt;think?&lt;br /&gt;Embargo. Blockade. Flotilla. Sanction. Movement&lt;br /&gt;of troops. Call an emergency session of the U.N.&lt;br /&gt;Air surveillance. Satellite filmings. STERN&lt;br /&gt;VOCAL WARNINGS, and not "pussyfooting"!!&lt;br /&gt;The weak, inexperienced, confused, and probably&lt;br /&gt;frightened Obama is in over his head, and he does&lt;br /&gt;not know what to do!! His advisors and staff are&lt;br /&gt;too concerned with healthcare reform (subject of&lt;br /&gt;another blog), stimulus plans (are you better off&lt;br /&gt;than you were a year ago?), global climate&lt;br /&gt;control (it's probably too late to make changes&lt;br /&gt;that matter - see my new spiritual blog - "UPLIFT"&lt;br /&gt;for more about that soon), catering to illegals,&lt;br /&gt;and disarming our country's citizens (which I've&lt;br /&gt;already addressed) than they are securing the&lt;br /&gt;future existence of the U.S.A.!&lt;br /&gt;WE HAVE MANY REAL ENEMIES, AND NOT&lt;br /&gt;JUST THE GERMANY AND JAPAN OF TIME&lt;br /&gt;GONE BY - THESE ENEMIES ARE MORE IN&lt;br /&gt;NUMBER, LOCATION, AND MEANS OF&lt;br /&gt;ATTACK THAN THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN!&lt;br /&gt;It's time for Obama to "man up", take some&lt;br /&gt;difficult but necessary actions, or step out of the&lt;br /&gt;way and let a "real American" take over (I also&lt;br /&gt;wrote about that previously, as have and are&lt;br /&gt;many others).&lt;br /&gt;MR. OBAMA - YOU'VE FAILED EVEN THOSE&lt;br /&gt;WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU AND VOTED&lt;br /&gt;YOU INTO OFFICE!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-9101408262143057826?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/9101408262143057826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/06/obama-earns-fwhat-would-john-do.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/9101408262143057826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/9101408262143057826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/06/obama-earns-fwhat-would-john-do.html' title='Obama &quot;earns&quot; an &quot;F&quot;/What would John do?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-8891456425955910231</id><published>2009-05-31T10:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T17:46:05.710-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Attempting to define political stances'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='views'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophies.'/><title type='text'>ARE YOU A CONSERVATIVE, MODERATE, OR LIBERAL?</title><content type='html'>Kudos to the California Supreme Court for its&lt;br /&gt;decision to respect the vote of its state's citizens&lt;br /&gt;and deny "same-sex" marriages' legality.&lt;br /&gt;Every culture and empire since the beginning of&lt;br /&gt;time has considered "one man-one woman" to be&lt;br /&gt;the NORM for marriage. While there were those&lt;br /&gt;who allowed multiple wives, there were still&lt;br /&gt;no allowances or acceptances of people of the&lt;br /&gt;same gender being "united in marriage".&lt;br /&gt;Being one of the centers of liberalism (Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;being the other), one would expect that the Calif.&lt;br /&gt;"gay" lobby would be winners, knowing as to&lt;br /&gt;that the capital of entertainment is in this&lt;br /&gt;state. Politicians of the "gender-bending" sort&lt;br /&gt;have made more than their share of noise over&lt;br /&gt;the last few decades, all in the effort to erode any&lt;br /&gt;opposition to their "lifestyle". The battle continues,&lt;br /&gt;as I've already written, and will go on until they&lt;br /&gt;get their agenda passed, a major step to the&lt;br /&gt;ultimate ruination of mankind and society as we&lt;br /&gt;have known it, and as God has designed it.&lt;br /&gt;All this begs the question, "Are you a conservative,&lt;br /&gt;a moderate, or a liberal?".&lt;br /&gt;Here, in a novices' attempt at defining, and based&lt;br /&gt;on my years of limited involvement, are my&lt;br /&gt;definitions/interpretations of the "castes" or&lt;br /&gt;"classes" of political camps or viewpoints:&lt;br /&gt;CONSERVATIVES: By the very definition of the&lt;br /&gt;word, these are people who are hesitant and&lt;br /&gt;careful to act or initiate policies until they are&lt;br /&gt;thought out or thoroughtly discussed.&lt;br /&gt;CONSERVATIVES, generally speaking, are for&lt;br /&gt;limited government; support public initiatives&lt;br /&gt;for social programs; are watchdogs of government&lt;br /&gt;expenditures; tend to be fiscally responsible;&lt;br /&gt;believe in and practice Judeo/Christian morality&lt;br /&gt;and lifestyles; practice their religious beliefs;&lt;br /&gt;want accountability for illegals; seek to fix the&lt;br /&gt;problems in government; are family oriented;&lt;br /&gt;trust America's citizens to be responsible gun-&lt;br /&gt;owners; covet the heritage and continuation of&lt;br /&gt;our country's pride and principles; speak to&lt;br /&gt;protect our right-to-be; value life from its onset&lt;br /&gt;to the grave; want health care to be policed in&lt;br /&gt;hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, etc.;&lt;br /&gt;are savvy, knowledgable, and respectful, even&lt;br /&gt;when critiquing others; are "cool under fire"&lt;br /&gt;concerning our national interests; and desire&lt;br /&gt;sane, intelligent discussions.&lt;br /&gt;LIBERALS are quick to rush to judgment or&lt;br /&gt;action, based on emotions or personal wants&lt;br /&gt;at the time of decision.  They are "liberal"&lt;br /&gt;with their thinking and acting.&lt;br /&gt;LIBERALS: like BIG government, much like&lt;br /&gt;the "big brother" concept of socialists and&lt;br /&gt;communists regimes; love to spend money, even&lt;br /&gt;if there is no money to spend and they have to&lt;br /&gt;"manufacture" dollars; don't care about our&lt;br /&gt;children's or grandchildren's future when they'll&lt;br /&gt;have to bail us out for our lack of fiscal insight;&lt;br /&gt;practice their "religion" when it's politically&lt;br /&gt;expedient to do so, otherwise it's not an issue&lt;br /&gt;or a subject to bring up; belong to traditional,&lt;br /&gt;liturgical, "apostate" religions/churches who&lt;br /&gt;have no real moral teachings or practices - a&lt;br /&gt;"form of religion" as the Bible mentions; want&lt;br /&gt;amnesty for the lawbreakers who have broken&lt;br /&gt;our borders; are quick to assign blame to others;&lt;br /&gt;believe that immorality or breaking of marriage&lt;br /&gt;vows don't matter (Kennedy, Hart, Clinton, Edwards,&lt;br /&gt;et al); liberals want to severely limit the possession&lt;br /&gt;of firearms for decent people who desire them for&lt;br /&gt;sport or personal protection; would readily meld&lt;br /&gt;us into "the new world order"; apologize for taking&lt;br /&gt;the necessary means to protect ourselves; have no&lt;br /&gt;problem taking life from conception on into any&lt;br /&gt;stage (which will eventually result in euthanasia&lt;br /&gt;and "mercy killings"); don't care about preserving&lt;br /&gt;"the American way"; would "nationalize" our&lt;br /&gt;health care, resulting in socialized medicine, ie.&lt;br /&gt;lower quality care, denied treatments, and limited&lt;br /&gt;access;, elect or appoint based on personality not&lt;br /&gt;experience; are easily angered, vengeful, insulted;&lt;br /&gt;can't handle criticism, opposition, or different&lt;br /&gt;points of view.&lt;br /&gt;MODERATES have personality conflicts! Ha-Ha.&lt;br /&gt;Seriously, if you agree with half or more of either&lt;br /&gt;overall definitions above, you are a "conservative"&lt;br /&gt;or a "liberal". There's nothing sinful about having&lt;br /&gt;differences or agreements with either of the "poles".&lt;br /&gt;Just believe what you believe, be convinced of&lt;br /&gt;your stance, be thoughtful about your positions&lt;br /&gt;and not just emotional.&lt;br /&gt;JESUS said, "Will I find faith on the earth when&lt;br /&gt;I return?". I wonder. Our civilization has drifted&lt;br /&gt;or sped so far from what He taught that the&lt;br /&gt;ultimate question is - Are you a Christian or an&lt;br /&gt;infidel? Do you believe in, have you accepted,&lt;br /&gt;and are you living for the Saviour?  Have you&lt;br /&gt;asked for and received forgiveness for you sins?&lt;br /&gt;Politics aside, the most important issue that&lt;br /&gt;each of must decide is - Where will I spend eternity?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-8891456425955910231?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/8891456425955910231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/are-you-conservative-moderate-or.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8891456425955910231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8891456425955910231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/are-you-conservative-moderate-or.html' title='ARE YOU A CONSERVATIVE, MODERATE, OR LIBERAL?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-3276866446333141983</id><published>2009-05-24T15:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T06:33:03.317-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dealing with anti-American terrorists'/><title type='text'>WHO DECIDES WHAT "THE RULES" ARE?</title><content type='html'>Brace yourself, I'm asking you to recall in your mind&lt;br /&gt;the vivid pictures of 9/11. Did you see the planes striking&lt;br /&gt;the World Trade Center Towers? Did you see the damage&lt;br /&gt;done to our nation's defense center, the Pentagon. Can&lt;br /&gt;you recall the phone messages sent from Flight 93 over&lt;br /&gt;the Pennsylvania countryside?&lt;br /&gt;Let's get more graphic, please. Picture the clouds of smoke&lt;br /&gt;and debris emanating from downtown New York City's&lt;br /&gt;two commerce center landmarks. Were you able to see&lt;br /&gt;any of the people who weren't done in by the smoke or&lt;br /&gt;flames who jumped to their deaths? We should never&lt;br /&gt;forget the scenes of people running for their lives, as&lt;br /&gt;the emergency crews rushed to the site in a futile effort&lt;br /&gt;to rescue people - Americans!&lt;br /&gt;We lost about 3,000 of our precious countrymen and&lt;br /&gt;women that day! That would be akin to destroying the&lt;br /&gt;entire population of the area in which I currently live!&lt;br /&gt;This day and its cataclysmic events were only the&lt;br /&gt;"tip of the iceberg" in the history of the enemies of&lt;br /&gt;freedom, democracy, and Christianity as we Americans&lt;br /&gt;have been blessed to know it and live it.&lt;br /&gt;Let's not forget the hostages that have been taken,&lt;br /&gt;tortured, and killed - Americans! Let's not forget the&lt;br /&gt;embassies that have been attacked and bombed - American!&lt;br /&gt;Not all of the maniacally-caused disasters were caused&lt;br /&gt;by Muslim extremist terrorists, but they were all the&lt;br /&gt;plots of madmen and women whose ideologies did not&lt;br /&gt;prohibit them from causing deprivation, pain, or death&lt;br /&gt;to those who they considered their enemies.&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Obama, who somehow managed to get himself&lt;br /&gt;elected to be the President of the United States despite&lt;br /&gt;his naivete and lack of experience, has been making&lt;br /&gt;apologies to the peoples of the world for the efforts that&lt;br /&gt;we have undertaken to protect and defend our nation&lt;br /&gt;and its people from further diabolical attacks. He has&lt;br /&gt;made reference to "the rule of law" among other things,&lt;br /&gt;casting aspersions on those who were in the frontlines&lt;br /&gt;during those crisis days, almost as if he would have done&lt;br /&gt;a better job. HUH! I doubt it very much.&lt;br /&gt;For one thing, he was a young, somewhat inactive&lt;br /&gt;Illinois state senator at the time, teaching "law" at the&lt;br /&gt;Chicago Law School. What law? Whose law? He wasn't&lt;br /&gt;even in his United States Senate seat long enough to be&lt;br /&gt;knowledgeable about international relations and problems.&lt;br /&gt;He only spent about 1 1/2 years in that position, the rest&lt;br /&gt;of the term he was out campaigning at our expense!&lt;br /&gt;He scolds our nation's leaders for their "unlawful and&lt;br /&gt;inhumane" tactics when they frantically tried to get as&lt;br /&gt;much information as possible in as quick a manner as&lt;br /&gt;they could, to stop our enemies in their tracks. He talks&lt;br /&gt;as if he is an expert on interrogation and "torture". He&lt;br /&gt;apologizes to our enemies for the necessary means we&lt;br /&gt;had to take to protect freedom and democracy. Talk&lt;br /&gt;about AUDACITY! Try IGNORANCE! ARROGANCE!&lt;br /&gt;What would he do? Slap the killers with velvet gloves?&lt;br /&gt;Challenge them to blank-filled dueling pistols? Sit down&lt;br /&gt;and have dinner with them to try to discover why they&lt;br /&gt;are "disgruntled"?  What "rule" or "law" did the kid-&lt;br /&gt;nappers follow?  What "rule" or "law" did the bombers&lt;br /&gt;follow?  What "rule" or "law" did the hijackers follow?&lt;br /&gt;THEY HATE US!! How much plainer can it be? THEY&lt;br /&gt;ARE DETERMINED TO ERADICATE US FROM THE&lt;br /&gt;FACE OF THE EARTH! THEY HAVE A "JIHAD" AGAINST&lt;br /&gt;US! They think we are their "holy" enemies! To them&lt;br /&gt;we are "pagans", "heathen", deserving of death!&lt;br /&gt;I surmise that Mr. Obama says the things that he does&lt;br /&gt;to make himself look good. After all, he has been called&lt;br /&gt;"the Messiah". (Apologies to our Lord and Saviour,&lt;br /&gt;Jesus Christ.)&lt;br /&gt;If you had an intruder in your house, what would you do,&lt;br /&gt;fellow-American? Would you ask him to wait a minute&lt;br /&gt;while you consulted the "rules of law" book? Would you&lt;br /&gt;apologize for being at home to limit his access to your&lt;br /&gt;belongings.&lt;br /&gt;NO APOLOGIES!! NO EXCUSES!! NO EXPLANATIONS!!&lt;br /&gt;Maybe that should be our country's new motto? Let's all&lt;br /&gt;order T-shirts with similarly-styled messages on them!&lt;br /&gt;The reason for the "detainees" in prison at Guatonamo&lt;br /&gt;was that they had given evidence of their involvement&lt;br /&gt;in either the 9/11 disasters, or similar plots that were&lt;br /&gt;being hatched. THE ONLY "RULES" THAT NEEDED TO&lt;br /&gt;APPLY IN THAT SITUATION WERE THOSE THAT&lt;br /&gt;GUARANTEED OUR SURVIVAL!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-3276866446333141983?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/3276866446333141983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/who-decides-what-rules-are.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3276866446333141983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/3276866446333141983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/who-decides-what-rules-are.html' title='WHO DECIDES WHAT &quot;THE RULES&quot; ARE?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-1990259778815094107</id><published>2009-05-20T12:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T13:30:56.467-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DO YOU HEAR THE CHILDREN CRYING?</title><content type='html'>Life is precious!  Human life is unique.  It's a blessing&lt;br /&gt;to be given the opportunity to live this life that we've&lt;br /&gt;been given!  I hope you agree.  Aren't you glad that&lt;br /&gt;your parents gave you life?  Of course, God is the&lt;br /&gt;Creator of life, but your parents chose to birth a&lt;br /&gt;child, thus you were born.&lt;br /&gt;I'd be foolish to say that life is always a bed of roses,&lt;br /&gt;but at the same time, at least for most of us, there&lt;br /&gt;are myriads of reasons to "count our blessings"!&lt;br /&gt;What if.........you'd never been born?  We wouldn't&lt;br /&gt;have had the privilege of knowing you!  What if...&lt;br /&gt;many of the men and women of our race had been&lt;br /&gt;"opted out" before being allowed to live?&lt;br /&gt;Can you imagine a world without Galileo, Morse,&lt;br /&gt;Martin Luther, Shakespeare, Marconi, Edison,&lt;br /&gt;or Jesus Christ?  What if their mothers had "taken&lt;br /&gt;the easy way out" and had them aborted?  OUCH!!&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever seen stills or videos of a baby in&lt;br /&gt;the womb?  AWESOME!  The miracle of life from&lt;br /&gt;the moment of conception is just that - A MIRACLE!&lt;br /&gt;To witness their little limbs, hands, feet, facial&lt;br /&gt;features and more develop is a sight to behold.&lt;br /&gt;It humbles you.  It amazes you.  It delights you.&lt;br /&gt;I have seen pictures, too, of "fetuses" or&lt;br /&gt;"embryos" being killed, and that's frightening!&lt;br /&gt;To think that humans could be animalistic to&lt;br /&gt;the point of having total disregard for their&lt;br /&gt;developing young.  UGH!  It's awful!  To think&lt;br /&gt;that some devalue the very precious gift that&lt;br /&gt;God has given us - a new life - to the point of&lt;br /&gt;causing pain and death!&lt;br /&gt;Many a woman has been fooled by doctors,&lt;br /&gt;advisors, and programs into thinking that she&lt;br /&gt;can cover up the results of her "unwanted&lt;br /&gt;pregnancy" by just destroying it!  HOW CAN A&lt;br /&gt;HUMAN DO THIS TO ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE?&lt;br /&gt;The consequences and evidences of our immoral&lt;br /&gt;society are being "trashed" daily by money-hungry&lt;br /&gt;practitioners who care only for the profit that they&lt;br /&gt;can accumulate!&lt;br /&gt;ABORTION IS WRONG!!&lt;br /&gt;God created life, He sustains life, He gave us the&lt;br /&gt;responsibility to maintain life, and anything less&lt;br /&gt;than that is a violation of one of His chiefest&lt;br /&gt;instructions - "Thou shall not kill.".  Jeremiah was&lt;br /&gt;told by God that he was known BEFORE he was&lt;br /&gt;even "formed in the womb"!! &lt;br /&gt;HOW MUCH MORE DOES GOD KNOW THE&lt;br /&gt;BABIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE WOMB?!&lt;br /&gt;We have to come to a sane, mature, responsible&lt;br /&gt;decision concerning this subject.  If we don't our&lt;br /&gt;society will suffer greatly, and in fact is already&lt;br /&gt;reaping God's displeasure.&lt;br /&gt;LIFE IS PRECIOUS!!  Don't destroy it!  Find a&lt;br /&gt;way to continue it by accepting responsibility for&lt;br /&gt;your actions (sins?), raise the child or adopt him&lt;br /&gt;or her to a loving family.  DON'T HAVE MURDER&lt;br /&gt;ON YOUR CONSCIENCE!!&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Obama wants "dialogue" about this subject.&lt;br /&gt;Does he want to mesmerize those who disagree with&lt;br /&gt;him on this issue?  Or is just his way to delay having&lt;br /&gt;to show his true misperceptions?  It doesn't matter,&lt;br /&gt;GOD IS PRO-LIFE, and so am I!! I would hate to&lt;br /&gt;be counted in the camp of those who are "pro-death".&lt;br /&gt;LOVE LIFE!  LIVE LIFE!  LIVE TO LOVE!  LOVE TO LIVE!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-1990259778815094107?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/1990259778815094107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/do-you-hear-children-crying.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1990259778815094107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/1990259778815094107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/do-you-hear-children-crying.html' title='DO YOU HEAR THE CHILDREN CRYING?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-378679107995764434</id><published>2009-05-07T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T06:32:40.029-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='We need to follow God&apos;s agenda.'/><title type='text'>OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE IN JEOPARDY!</title><content type='html'>A MAJOR RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE OF OURS AS&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS, HAS BEEN "FREEDOM OF SPEECH".&lt;br /&gt;PART OF THAT GUARANTEED RIGHT IS THE&lt;br /&gt;ABILITY TO DISAGREE OR TO EXPRESS OUR&lt;br /&gt;DISSENT WITH A PERSON, IDEA, OR MOVEMENT.&lt;br /&gt;"HR 1913", A BILL CURRENTLY IN CONGRESS,&lt;br /&gt;THOUGHT TO HAVE PASSED THE HOUSE AND&lt;br /&gt;NOW IN THE SENATE, IS COMMONLY TERMED&lt;br /&gt;"THE HATE-CRIMES BILL". ITS OFFICIAL NAME&lt;br /&gt;IS "LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES&lt;br /&gt;PREVENTION ACT OF 2009".&lt;br /&gt;WHILE PORTENDING TO PROTECT THOSE WHOSE&lt;br /&gt;ETHNICITY, NATIONALITY, OR LIFESTYLE FROM&lt;br /&gt;BEING TARGETS OF DISCRIMINATION, IN&lt;br /&gt;PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ABUSE OR&lt;br /&gt;HARASSMENT, THE MAJOR PROPONENTS AND&lt;br /&gt;SUPPORTERS OF THIS LEGISLATION IS THE&lt;br /&gt;SO-CALLED "GAY COMMUNITY". LESBIANS&lt;br /&gt;AND HOMOSEXUALS ARE DETERMINED TO&lt;br /&gt;PROMOTE THEIR DEVIANT LIFESTYLES UPON&lt;br /&gt;OUR SOCIETY, AND HAVE BEEN CHIPPING&lt;br /&gt;AWAY GRADUALLY FOR DECADES, "HELLBENT"&lt;br /&gt;TO BE ACCEPTED AS NORMAL.&lt;br /&gt;I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRAYED&lt;br /&gt;FROM "THE NORM" AND WHO ARE LIVING IN&lt;br /&gt;THIS LIFESTYLE, AND I LOVE THEM, NOT&lt;br /&gt;BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY&lt;br /&gt;ARE DOING, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE PEOPLE&lt;br /&gt;WHO ARE CONFUSED AND MISLED. STRONG&lt;br /&gt;WORDS, I KNOW, BUT I THINK I CAN BACK&lt;br /&gt;THEM UP.&lt;br /&gt;WITHOUT GOING INTO THE MANY CLINICAL&lt;br /&gt;OR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR WHY&lt;br /&gt;MEN AND WOMEN TURN TO THEIR OWN GENDER&lt;br /&gt;FOR "LOVE" AND SEXUAL FULFILLMENT, OUR&lt;br /&gt;SOCIETY, SADLY, HAS DEGENERATED TO THE&lt;br /&gt;POINT THAT GOD'S ORIGINAL INTENTION OF&lt;br /&gt;"ONE MAN/ONE WOMAN" HAS BEEN BASTARDIZED&lt;br /&gt;BY THOSE WHO REFUSE TO MEET THE EMOTIONAL&lt;br /&gt;OR SOCIETAL OBLIGATIONS OF MARRIAGE AS&lt;br /&gt;ORIGINALLY INSTITUTED.&lt;br /&gt;GOD'S LAW, AS LAID OUT PLAINLY FOR US IN THE&lt;br /&gt;BOOK OF LEVITICUS IN THE BIBLE, SAYS IT IS&lt;br /&gt;SIN FOR A MAN TO LIE WITH ANOTHER MAN,&lt;br /&gt;"IT IS AN ABOMINATION".&lt;br /&gt;SODOM AND GORMORRAH WERE DESTROYED&lt;br /&gt;BECAUSE OF RAMPANT HOMOSEXUALITY!&lt;br /&gt;JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF, REITERATED HIS&lt;br /&gt;(AND OUR) FATHER'S DESIGN FOR HUMAN&lt;br /&gt;COMPANIONSHIP AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS&lt;br /&gt;AS "A MAN CLINGING TO HIS WIFE AND A&lt;br /&gt;WOMAN CLINGING TO HER HUSBAND).&lt;br /&gt;THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ANOTHER PLACE&lt;br /&gt;IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS DESCRIBES THE&lt;br /&gt;JUDGMENT OF GOD UPON THOSE WHO&lt;br /&gt;"EXCHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD FOR A LIE"&lt;br /&gt;MEN AND WOMEN "BURNING IN THEIR LUST&lt;br /&gt;FOR ONE ANOTHER".&lt;br /&gt;MR. OBAMA, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AMERICANS&lt;br /&gt;ALIKE, WE CAN NOT, WE DARE NOT SUPPRESS&lt;br /&gt;THE TRUTH BY LEGISLATING AGAINST SPEAKING&lt;br /&gt;THE TRUTH!! IN SPITE OF THOSE WHOSE&lt;br /&gt;CONSTANT PRESSURING AND BADGERING WE&lt;br /&gt;MAY WANT TO SILENCE BY LETTING THEM HAVE&lt;br /&gt;THEIR WAY, SIN IS SIN, WRONG IS WRONG, AND&lt;br /&gt;IT WILL NEVER CHANGE, NO MATTER WHAT&lt;br /&gt;LAWS ARE PASSED! GOD'S LAW PREVAILS!&lt;br /&gt;THERE WILL BE A JUDGMENT DAY! ALL OF US&lt;br /&gt;WILL BE REQUIRED TO "GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF&lt;br /&gt;OURSELVES"!!&lt;br /&gt;WHETHER WE SPEAK AGAINST ASSAULTS,&lt;br /&gt;ROBBERIES, MUGGINGS, MURDERS, OR ANY&lt;br /&gt;OTHER SINS OR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY,&lt;br /&gt;SQUELCHING OUR VOICES WILL NOT MAKE THE&lt;br /&gt;WRONGS TO BE RIGHT!&lt;br /&gt;THE "GOOD NEWS" IS THIS - THAT JESUS CHRIST&lt;br /&gt;CAN DELIVER AND HEAL FROM ALL SINS AND&lt;br /&gt;LEANINGS! WE CAN BE FREE FROM DISPLEASING&lt;br /&gt;GOD! WE CAN BE FREE FROM DISHONORING OUR&lt;br /&gt;PARENTS! WE CAN BE DELIVERED FROM THE&lt;br /&gt;TENDENCY AND DESIRE TO SIN!&lt;br /&gt;GOD SAVE AMERICA!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-378679107995764434?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/378679107995764434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/our-first-amendment-rights-are-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/378679107995764434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/378679107995764434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/our-first-amendment-rights-are-in.html' title='OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE IN JEOPARDY!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-6769601920152807147</id><published>2009-05-07T07:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T08:25:31.717-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='We dare not exclude God and Jesus from our lives.'/><title type='text'>IS OBAMA AFRAID OF JESUS?</title><content type='html'>LISTENING CAREFULLY OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS&lt;br /&gt;TO MANY OF THE SPEECHES, INTERVIEWS, AND&lt;br /&gt;OFF-CAMERA CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MEDIA&lt;br /&gt;AND BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, I'VE COME TO THE&lt;br /&gt;CONCLUSION THAT HE DOES NOT "KNOW" THE&lt;br /&gt;PERSON JESUS CHRIST. I DON'T RECALL ONCE&lt;br /&gt;THAT HE UTTERED "GOD BLESS YOU" OR EVEN&lt;br /&gt;MENTIONED "GOD" OR "JESUS" IN ANY OF HIS&lt;br /&gt;APPEARANCES.&lt;br /&gt;THIS BRINGS ME TO THE ONLY SUMMATION THAT&lt;br /&gt;INTELLIGENCE CAN AFFORD - THAT THE MAN&lt;br /&gt;WHO SAYS HE "CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY AT&lt;br /&gt;THE AGE OF 28", DID NOT BECOME A CHRISTIAN,&lt;br /&gt;BUT RATHER JOINED A LOCAL CHURCH NEARBY&lt;br /&gt;WHERE HE LIVED AND/OR WORKED.&lt;br /&gt;AND THAT "CHURCH" WAS LED BY A MAN WHO&lt;br /&gt;PREACHED HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION, NOT&lt;br /&gt;"THE GOSPEL" AS GIVEN TO US BY GOD THROUGH&lt;br /&gt;HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST.&lt;br /&gt;NO WONDER A PERSON WOULD CLING TO HIS&lt;br /&gt;MUSLIM ROOTS AND UPBRINGING INSTEAD OF&lt;br /&gt;TURNING TO THE LIGHT-GIVING, LOVING, LIFE-&lt;br /&gt;CHANGING TRUTH OF TRUE CHRISTIANITY!!&lt;br /&gt;TODAY, MAY 7TH, 2009, IS THE ANNUAL EVENT&lt;br /&gt;KNOWN AS "THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER".&lt;br /&gt;WHILE BASICALLY JUDEO/CHRISTIAN IN ITS&lt;br /&gt;ORIGIN AND SPONSORSHIP, THE PURPOSE OF&lt;br /&gt;THIS SPECIAL DAY IS TO CALL ALL TRUE&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS TO PRAYER FOR DIVINE INTER-&lt;br /&gt;VENTION INTO THE PROBLEMATIC AFFAIRS&lt;br /&gt;OF OUR ONCE-GREAT NATION. IT'S NO MATTER&lt;br /&gt;TO WHAT DEITY YOU PRAY, ALTHOUGH THE&lt;br /&gt;HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FROM ITS INCEPTION&lt;br /&gt;HAS BEEN REPLETE WITH GOD-FEARING, CHRIST-&lt;br /&gt;HONORING LEADERSHIP, AS THE PURPOSES&lt;br /&gt;OF THIS DAY INCLUDE ADMITTING THAT IN&lt;br /&gt;OURSELVES WE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO DEAL&lt;br /&gt;WITH AND PROPERLY CORRECT THE PROBLEMS&lt;br /&gt;THAT WE AS A PEOPLE ARE FACING.&lt;br /&gt;PRAYER IS A WAY TO SEEK GUIDANCE FROM&lt;br /&gt;THE "HIGHER POWER", NAMELY THE CREATOR,&lt;br /&gt;BECAUSE IN OURSELVES WE ARE NOT CAPABLE&lt;br /&gt;OF DOING MANY THINGS RIGHT.&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE, AND IN JESUS&lt;br /&gt;CHRIST, AS MOST AMERICANS STILL DO TO ONE&lt;br /&gt;DEGREE OR ANOTHER, THEN YOU KNOW THAT&lt;br /&gt;WE ARE CALLED UPON TO "SEEK THE FACE OF&lt;br /&gt;GOD" FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN THE GOVERNING&lt;br /&gt;OF OUR NATION.&lt;br /&gt;MR. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WILL NOT BE&lt;br /&gt;PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S EVENT, HAVING&lt;br /&gt;SAID THROUGH ONE OF HIS PUPPETS THAT "HE&lt;br /&gt;PRAYS PRIVATELY". TO WHOM? MY SUSPICION&lt;br /&gt;IS THAT HE PRAYS TO "ALLAH", THE SUPREME&lt;br /&gt;BEING IN THE MUSLIM RELIGION. OR.............&lt;br /&gt;MAYBE HE PRAYS TO HIMSELF, HAVING&lt;br /&gt;BELIEVED MANY PEOPLE'S ASSESSMENT OF&lt;br /&gt;HIM AS "THE MESSIAH". I WOULD NOT BE&lt;br /&gt;SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT HE DOES SUCH.&lt;br /&gt;HIS CONSTANT ARROGANCE WOULD HAVE US&lt;br /&gt;BELIEVING THAT HE HAS ALL OF THE ANSWERS&lt;br /&gt;TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. HUH? AN ANGEL&lt;br /&gt;ONCE "FELL" (WAS THROWN OUT) FROM HEAVEN&lt;br /&gt;BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE KNEW MORE AND&lt;br /&gt;KNEW BETTER THAN GOD, THE FATHER.&lt;br /&gt;BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S RECENT NOMINATION&lt;br /&gt;OF JUDGE DAVID HAMILTON TO 7TH CIRCUIT&lt;br /&gt;COURT OF APPEALS ONLY HELPS TO CONFIRM&lt;br /&gt;OUR FEARS - JUDGE HAMILTON IS AN "ANTI-JESUS",&lt;br /&gt;FORMER "ACORN" FUNDRAISER, AND FORMER&lt;br /&gt;LEADER OF THE ACLU, WHO HAS PETITIONED&lt;br /&gt;TO HAVE PRAYERS "IN JESUS' NAME" BANNED,&lt;br /&gt;AMONG OTHERS OF HIS UNCONSCIONABLE&lt;br /&gt;ACTIONS AND DECISIONS!&lt;br /&gt;AMERICANS, PRAY, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT&lt;br /&gt;EVERY DAY, AS OUR COUNTRY IS IN DIRE&lt;br /&gt;STRAITS, AND FACING BLEAK TIMES AHEAD&lt;br /&gt;IF WE DISMISS THE LIVING GOD AND HIS&lt;br /&gt;SON FROM OUR AWARENESS AND INVOLVE-&lt;br /&gt;MENT.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-6769601920152807147?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/6769601920152807147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-obama-afraid-of-jesus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6769601920152807147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/6769601920152807147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-obama-afraid-of-jesus.html' title='IS OBAMA AFRAID OF JESUS?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-2528375169634636536</id><published>2009-04-25T06:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T07:56:02.174-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A sensible approach to &quot;gun control&quot;'/><title type='text'>DONT TAKE MY SLINGSHOT AWAY!</title><content type='html'>As a lad, one of my favorite toys was a slingshot. Actually, I&lt;br /&gt;had a number of them, some handmade by myself, some&lt;br /&gt;store-bought, but they were a lot of fun to play with. My&lt;br /&gt;friends and I would aim at trees, tin cans we'd set up as&lt;br /&gt;targets, and sometimes we'd even just shoot up into the&lt;br /&gt;air, safely of course, to see how far our missiles would go.&lt;br /&gt;We never shot at people or animals or houses or anything&lt;br /&gt;like that, we just had harmless fun.&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that "slingshotting" is a serious pasttime?&lt;br /&gt;There are manufacturers of slingshots of various styles,&lt;br /&gt;using NASA-inspired space or aircraft-type metals,&lt;br /&gt;rubber that's been treated in a variety of ways to&lt;br /&gt;enhance resiliency and endurance, and you can even&lt;br /&gt;order a variety of ammunition, from BB size to those made&lt;br /&gt;in musket molds, sized at .44 or .50 calibre.&lt;br /&gt;You can join a slingshot organization, subscribe to a&lt;br /&gt;magazine dedicated to the sport, and even participate in&lt;br /&gt;tournaments, including nationals.&lt;br /&gt;There are beginners, advanced, and expert models&lt;br /&gt;available, even ones with "laser sights"? Huh? Prices&lt;br /&gt;range from $15.95 to $29.95, with numerous accessories&lt;br /&gt;offered, as well.&lt;br /&gt;A slingshot, sometimes known as "shangai" or "katty" or&lt;br /&gt;"catapult" (not my idea of one), have been around for&lt;br /&gt;centuries, often employed in small game hunting, such as&lt;br /&gt;pheasants, geese, ducks, rabbits, etc. While I've never&lt;br /&gt;heard of a slingshot being used in battle or personal assault,&lt;br /&gt;four 10-year olds were just suspended from a Pittsburgh-area&lt;br /&gt;school for fashioning pencils, rubber bands, and tape into makeshift,&lt;br /&gt;homemade "weapons", which they were using to launch paper clips&lt;br /&gt;at fellow students and a teacher, hitting the teacher and 3 students,&lt;br /&gt;but not doing any harm or injury.&lt;br /&gt;Can you imagine being attacked by a bunch of "slingshot gangsters"&lt;br /&gt;or robbers? Sure, David used a "sling" (not the same item) to do in&lt;br /&gt;Goliath, but slingshots to commit crimes and do personal harm?&lt;br /&gt;Sounds like a cartoon strip in the making, hey?&lt;br /&gt;TO MY POINT - There are those in our society, especially in our&lt;br /&gt;government and current administration, who feel that ownership&lt;br /&gt;of a firearm is a dangerous proposition. These people want to&lt;br /&gt;severely restrict or limit or do away with gun ownership. Using&lt;br /&gt;the guise of "taking guns out of criminals' hands", or of "removing&lt;br /&gt;dangerous weapons that threaten public safety", they are&lt;br /&gt;proposing and planning to "disarm" the general population.&lt;br /&gt;SORRY! Our God-given and constitutionally-guaranteed right&lt;br /&gt;to possess and use firearms for sport or personal protection is&lt;br /&gt;not one taken lightly by those of us who value our freedoms!&lt;br /&gt;THOSE WHO FORGED OUR COUNTRY'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS&lt;br /&gt;realized how important and necessary it is for law-abiding, sane,&lt;br /&gt;conscientious citizens to own and use their guns and rifles for&lt;br /&gt;sport, hunting, or to protect our persons, families, and possessions!&lt;br /&gt;If those who feel otherwise would just see to it that our current&lt;br /&gt;laws were enforced, and that crimes involving guns were rigidly&lt;br /&gt;and regularly punished, perhaps more harshly than now, "the&lt;br /&gt;problem", as they term it, would dissipate. PUNISH THE&lt;br /&gt;WRONGDOERS, not the American PATRIOTS who believe that&lt;br /&gt;if you get your way, disarming the general populace will only&lt;br /&gt;encourage terrorists and foreign entities who mean us ill will.&lt;br /&gt;MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND LIBERALS&lt;br /&gt;IN GENERAL - DO NOT REMOVE WHAT HAS WORKED AND&lt;br /&gt;WHAT HAS BEEN OUR RIGHTFUL WAY OF LIFE FOR OVER&lt;br /&gt;250 YEARS!! God SAVE America!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-2528375169634636536?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/2528375169634636536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/dont-take-my-slingshot-away.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2528375169634636536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/2528375169634636536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/dont-take-my-slingshot-away.html' title='DONT TAKE MY SLINGSHOT AWAY!'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-8439583664755655955</id><published>2009-04-20T13:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T13:58:12.880-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handling the matter of amnesty properly'/><title type='text'>WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT "AMNESTY"?</title><content type='html'>Anyone who tackles this subject is running the risk of&lt;br /&gt;going pell-mell into a hive of "killer" bees, I know, but&lt;br /&gt;a sensible, logical approach to AMNESTY needs to be&lt;br /&gt;taken, as so much is at risk.&lt;br /&gt;First, there is the toll of human life that we, as a&lt;br /&gt;"Christian" and godly nation, must, out of compassionate&lt;br /&gt;hearts such as our Saviour (Jesus Christ), take into&lt;br /&gt;consideration.  After believing for a long time that we&lt;br /&gt;should "send the illegals packing", I'm straining to&lt;br /&gt;consider the ramifications, humanely speaking, of taking&lt;br /&gt;such an action. &lt;br /&gt;Heavens, YES, they are here against our laws and against&lt;br /&gt;common sense, or so I've thought.  Laws have consequences&lt;br /&gt;for the lawbreakers, usually, and it is that approach that&lt;br /&gt;I'm beginning to believe should best be taken.  Those who&lt;br /&gt;are here illegally should be made to pay a higher price or&lt;br /&gt;perform tougher procedures before they can become&lt;br /&gt;eligible for citizenship.  After all, they have taken some of&lt;br /&gt;our jobs that belong to American citizens, they have been&lt;br /&gt;a drain on our welfare and healthcare systems, and they&lt;br /&gt;are probably NOT paying their share of the expenses for&lt;br /&gt;operating our great nation's government.&lt;br /&gt;Just try to imagine the logistics of trying to send any&lt;br /&gt;portion of the 8 million or so "squatters" back to their&lt;br /&gt;homelands.  It may be simpler and less expensive to&lt;br /&gt;keep them here and patriate them!  (My word.)  Let's&lt;br /&gt;give them a time requirement to meet before allowing&lt;br /&gt;them to become citizens.  Let's limit the number and&lt;br /&gt;value of assets they can accumulate before becoming&lt;br /&gt;citizens. &lt;br /&gt;LET'S REQUIRE THAT THEY LEARN OUR COUNTRY'S&lt;br /&gt;LANGUAGE - ENGLISH - BEFORE BECOMING CITIZENS!!&lt;br /&gt;If they want to continue to speak their native tongue(s), fine,&lt;br /&gt;but do so as a subculture, DON'T EXPECT US TO HAVE TO&lt;br /&gt;LEARN OTHER LANGUAGES just to assimilate them into&lt;br /&gt;our lifestyles!  Haba Englas?  YES!&lt;br /&gt;I'm all for returning "criminals" to their homeland(s) - those&lt;br /&gt;who commit crimes of any nature, whether drug trafficking,&lt;br /&gt;assualts, robberies, thefts, or failing to register properly and&lt;br /&gt;be liable for appropriate taxation.  Our penal system is already&lt;br /&gt;overburdened with inmates, a large percentage of them drug-&lt;br /&gt;related, and we don't need to have to keep being taxed to take&lt;br /&gt;on an even heavier tax burden!&lt;br /&gt;Individuals who are sick or need health care should be given&lt;br /&gt;the necessary treatment to get them well, then send them home.&lt;br /&gt;The most difficult part of this problem is the children who have&lt;br /&gt;been born here, which I understand makes them automatically&lt;br /&gt;American citizens.  Here's the conundrum:  How do we absorb&lt;br /&gt;these citizens into our citizenship and legally and humanely&lt;br /&gt;handle the problem of their parents?  Should we send them&lt;br /&gt;home and allow the children to return at some point or age?&lt;br /&gt;Do we require that a monetary stipulation be attached to&lt;br /&gt;their wages when they enter the work force, which payment&lt;br /&gt;would help to cover the costs of allowing the parents to remain&lt;br /&gt;here?  Should the parents be granted "provisional citizenship",&lt;br /&gt;assuming that they intend to blend into our culture and make&lt;br /&gt;an honest effort to "earn their keep"?&lt;br /&gt;Who has the answers?  Congress?  The president?  Any of&lt;br /&gt;the state legislatures?  The churches?  Government departments?&lt;br /&gt;NO ONE HUMAN BEING OR GROUP OF SUCH CAN PRETEND&lt;br /&gt;TO KNOW THE SOLUTION, but together, with God's help, we&lt;br /&gt;need to reach a civilized, humane, conscientious decision soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-8439583664755655955?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/8439583664755655955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-should-we-do-about-amnesty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8439583664755655955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/8439583664755655955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-should-we-do-about-amnesty.html' title='WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT &quot;AMNESTY&quot;?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-7869198021671958618</id><published>2009-04-15T06:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T07:14:02.198-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America IS A Christian Nation'/><title type='text'>IS AMERICA A "CHRISTIAN" NATION?</title><content type='html'>I am a Christian. What does that statement mean? What&lt;br /&gt;does it say to you? Are you a Christian? What is a Christian?&lt;br /&gt;If one was to take a poll, a variety of responses would be&lt;br /&gt;received as to the answer to that last question, so I hereby&lt;br /&gt;propose to advance what some of them might be:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is a non-Jew or a non-Muslim, or a non-&lt;br /&gt;member of any other organized or unorganized (dis-&lt;br /&gt;organized?) religion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is one who was reared by parents who&lt;br /&gt;professed Christianity, no matter to what degree they&lt;br /&gt;may or may not have practiced it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is someone who has not been involved&lt;br /&gt;in any way with any religion, assuming therefore that&lt;br /&gt;he/she is a "Christian".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is a person who has been active in&lt;br /&gt;attendance or who claims a local church as his or hers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Christian is one who has believed the Gospel&lt;br /&gt;accounts of the life and person of Jesus Christ, and&lt;br /&gt;consequently has accepted Him and His teachings as&lt;br /&gt;the pattern for their lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sense? Any variation or combination of the&lt;br /&gt;aforementioned may apply in some cases (yours?),&lt;br /&gt;but I believe that this is an appropriate overview.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do we bother to raise the questions? Is it at&lt;br /&gt;all important who Jesus is, or what He taught, or&lt;br /&gt;that we have some familarity with Him? YES!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, the man who is the president of the United&lt;br /&gt;States made a comment during one of his addesses&lt;br /&gt;on his European trip, that "America is not a Christian&lt;br /&gt;nation".....! Huh? Duh? Is he serious? He did go on&lt;br /&gt;to state that we are not "Jewish" or "Muslim" , but&lt;br /&gt;the die was cast for a rebuttal, and here it is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AMERICA IS A CHRISTIAN NATION! We were&lt;br /&gt;founded by God-fearing and God-honoring people&lt;br /&gt;whose intent was to incorporate the principles of&lt;br /&gt;the Bible, in particular the teachings of Jesus Christ,&lt;br /&gt;into the fiber of government, families, and individuals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Obama, if you had paid attention to the teachers&lt;br /&gt;in your youthful education,.......oh, wait a minute, you&lt;br /&gt;had a Muslim upbringing, didn't you! No wonder you&lt;br /&gt;have no concept of Christianity. Sorry. (Not really.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You "converted to Christianity" at the age of 28, while&lt;br /&gt;listening to Jeremiah Wright (I won't disgrace the title&lt;br /&gt;of reverend in reference to him), whose brand of&lt;br /&gt;"christianity" (if you can call it that) involved the&lt;br /&gt;delivering of diatribes that denounced America,&lt;br /&gt;"whiteys", and numerous other subjects. For 20&lt;br /&gt;years you listened to this man berate the churches,&lt;br /&gt;government, and people of this great nation, and you&lt;br /&gt;never said a word of disagreement! Huh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Methinks that your so-called "coversion" was&lt;br /&gt;politically motivated, as you knew (and so do&lt;br /&gt;the "powers behind you") that Americans would&lt;br /&gt;not elect a Muslim to the presidency. Thus, it&lt;br /&gt;behooved you to expeditiously "convert" to a brand&lt;br /&gt;of bastardized religion in the guise of being "one of us".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you look out of the windows of your limousine as&lt;br /&gt;you're being driven down the street? Can you not see&lt;br /&gt;the myriad of churches and synagogues as you pass&lt;br /&gt;by them? They are not monuments or simply great&lt;br /&gt;pieces of architecture. They are the centers of&lt;br /&gt;worship, however full or active they may be, that&lt;br /&gt;represent the MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS that&lt;br /&gt;are American citizens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Granted, many who call themselves Christians are&lt;br /&gt;so only by name, or only because of upbringing, but&lt;br /&gt;CHRISTIANITY IS ALIVE AND WELL in the hearts,&lt;br /&gt;minds, and daily living of millions of this great nations'&lt;br /&gt;citizens! As long as we live and as far as we're&lt;br /&gt;concerned, the United States of America has always&lt;br /&gt;been, IS, and will continue to be "a Christian nation",&lt;br /&gt;no matter what you or anyone else may say, or may&lt;br /&gt;try to do to change our character!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever looked into the claims of Jesus Christ?&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever read the Gospels? Are you familiar&lt;br /&gt;with Josh McDowell's "Evidence" books that clearly,&lt;br /&gt;intelligently, and very scholarly present the truths&lt;br /&gt;of the prophecies and fulfillments concerning the&lt;br /&gt;coming and arrival of "the Messiah"? No, I'm not&lt;br /&gt;referring to you, no matter what Mr. Farrahkan said.&lt;br /&gt;Jesus fulfilled dozens of prophecies concerning his&lt;br /&gt;coming, had his life documented by secular as well&lt;br /&gt;as religious historians, and is THE ONLY LIVING&lt;br /&gt;"RELIGIOUS LEADER" who died and resurrected!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been seriously doubtful of your religion&lt;br /&gt;ever since you declared during the "Compassion Forum"&lt;br /&gt;at Messiah College that you are "pro-death" and an&lt;br /&gt;"evolutionist". Not exactly your words. I intend to&lt;br /&gt;speak to those two subjects on another blog, but&lt;br /&gt;suffice to say that TRUE CHRISTIANS believe the&lt;br /&gt;Bible which states that we were Divinely and purposely&lt;br /&gt;created by God, and that LIFE is precious at any and&lt;br /&gt;all stages, including in the womb, which is clearly&lt;br /&gt;mentioned in THE SCRIPTURES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I WILL DO MY BEST TO PRAY FOR YOU AND THOSE&lt;br /&gt;LIKE YOU WHO OPPOSE THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY&lt;br /&gt;AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, AND THE SAVING&lt;br /&gt;POWER OF GOD'S ONLY SON, JESUS CHRIST!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-7869198021671958618?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/7869198021671958618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-america-christian-nation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7869198021671958618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/7869198021671958618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-america-christian-nation.html' title='IS AMERICA A &quot;CHRISTIAN&quot; NATION?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-5604345404190473156</id><published>2009-04-07T13:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T14:10:32.102-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN'/><title type='text'>I AM AN AMERICAN - ARE YOU?</title><content type='html'>My birth certificate says that I was born at approximately 12:15 AM on July 15, 1940,&lt;br /&gt;in Canonsburg Hospital, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.  Son of Nancy Virginia O'Donnell-&lt;br /&gt;Richey and Charles Wilbert Richey, Sr., the firstborn of their union.  Both of my parents&lt;br /&gt;were (now deceased) natural-born Americans, of Scotch-Irish and German-English&lt;br /&gt;descent.  Actually, a family tree done many years ago establishes me as a descendant&lt;br /&gt;of a king!  Whether of Scottland or Ireland, I don't recall.&lt;br /&gt;Canonsburg, my birth city, may sound familiar to you, as it is also the home of some&lt;br /&gt;entertainers of note, namely Perry Como, Bobby Vinton (the Polish Prince),  and the&lt;br /&gt;Four Coins singing group.&lt;br /&gt;I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!  Thank God for being born here instead of some&lt;br /&gt;other places where life would not have been so good, if you know what I mean.  My&lt;br /&gt;mother often remarked how that often as a child still in the crib, I would stand whenever&lt;br /&gt;I would hear our national anthem playing.  Precocious, hey?  I have always felt my&lt;br /&gt;heart flutter and my pride rise when seeing the flag go by during a parade or a color&lt;br /&gt;guard presentation. &lt;br /&gt;I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!  My country has come to the rescue numerous&lt;br /&gt;times during my lifetime, to help the needy, nurse the sick, rescue the perishing, and&lt;br /&gt;to intervene when injustices were being perpetrated upon innocent and helpless peoples.&lt;br /&gt;I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!  I love saying the pledge of allegiance, singing&lt;br /&gt;partiotic songs, honoring our military, and visiting historical sites where our freedoms&lt;br /&gt;were bought and fought for. &lt;br /&gt;I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!  I've seen the "amber waves of grain", the "purple&lt;br /&gt;mountains' majesty", the "fruited plains", and many of our nations' "shining seas", and&lt;br /&gt;I've been awed by their beauty and grandeur!&lt;br /&gt;ARE YOU AN AMERICAN?  Whether born here or naturalized by becoming a citizen,&lt;br /&gt;I pray that you appreciate the blessings you've been given by God to live in this great&lt;br /&gt;country.  And if you're not yet a citizen, you would do yourself a favor by taking the&lt;br /&gt;steps to become one, enjoying the full privileges of what few other peoples can claim.&lt;br /&gt;To my point - the person now residing in the White House has refused to provide proof&lt;br /&gt;of his nationality and birth.  Repeated requests by numerous individuals have been met&lt;br /&gt;with either deaf ears or curious attempts to ridicule why anyone would question his&lt;br /&gt;origin.  He claims to have been born in one Hawaiian hospital, while his sister stated that&lt;br /&gt;he was born in a different Hawaiian hospital.  His paternal grandmother is reported to&lt;br /&gt;have been in the room in Kenya when he was born.  A "Certificate Of Live Birth" has&lt;br /&gt;circulated, which is nothing more than a legal instrument to enable one to apply for&lt;br /&gt;a driver's license, or do any of a number of legal activities - it is not the same as a&lt;br /&gt;"Birth Certificate"!&lt;br /&gt;All of the suspicion and questions could be easily put to rest if he would only come&lt;br /&gt;forth and display his actual, legal, American birth certificate, that is, if indeed such a&lt;br /&gt;document exists!  Mr. President, prove yourself!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-5604345404190473156?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/5604345404190473156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-am-american-are-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5604345404190473156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5604345404190473156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-am-american-are-you.html' title='I AM AN AMERICAN - ARE YOU?'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295872526976511568.post-5997376347586809136</id><published>2009-04-03T13:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T13:39:04.587-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Introduction to my patriotism blog.'/><title type='text'>Watch This Blog For Patriotic Comments &amp; Views</title><content type='html'>An inspiration from God, I trust, to speak about the many issues that so many of the&lt;br /&gt;silent American citizens cannot, will not, or do not know how to express their hearts,&lt;br /&gt;minds, and desires concerning what has taken place in our great nation, what is&lt;br /&gt;transpiring now, and what we hope, pray for, and expect for the years, decades, and&lt;br /&gt;generations to follow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having agonized lately over political, social, and religious developments in and&lt;br /&gt;behind the news, it is my intent to comment carefully on those things that most&lt;br /&gt;affect and worry my fellow citizens, and myself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your thoughts, input, and prayers are most welcome, as I make an effort to make&lt;br /&gt;a difference for those who need things to be different, which, I believe, is most of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hope and prayer is that I will, indeed, be one who "speaks for true Americans"!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patriot Bill&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4295872526976511568-5997376347586809136?l=speakingforamericans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/feeds/5997376347586809136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/watch-this-blog-for-patriotic-comments.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5997376347586809136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4295872526976511568/posts/default/5997376347586809136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://speakingforamericans.blogspot.com/2009/04/watch-this-blog-for-patriotic-comments.html' title='Watch This Blog For Patriotic Comments &amp; Views'/><author><name>C.W.Richey</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02079045564555153925</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
