AS UNION DESTROYED GM - UNIONS ARE DOING THE SAME WITH STATES

Facing huge budget difficulties, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been showing other states how to survive — namely, by taking on the government-employee unions.

Christie's battles with the teachers unions over the past year have produced countless YouTube hits. And last month, he got a law passed to limit wage hikes — from labor arbitrations between the state and public-employee unions — to a 2 percent average annual increase.

As New Jersey, New York, California, and Illinois — the four states with the highest insurance premiums on their bonds — face life without a compliant Congress to approve their pleas for more cash, they'll increasingly have to follow Christie's example and rein in their unions.

As Margaret Thatcher famously said, the problem with socialism is that sooner or later "you run out of other people's money." 
Gone from our politics would be $200 million that the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, SEIU and AFSCME together spent on political action in the last election cycle.


Initially, Democrats will oppose the idea of state bankruptcies. But when House Republicans make clear that no more aid will be forthcoming and that the stimulus spigot is turned off, at least some Democrats will realize this is their best option.

Read more on Newsmax.com: Let States Declare Bankruptcy
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THE ADMINISTRATION'S ANSWER TO BORDER - ELIMINATE FENCE

Obama Scraps 'Virtual Fence' for Border
Friday, 14 Jan 2011 04:58 PM Article Font Size    
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration officially has ended a high-tech southern border fence boondoggle that cost taxpayers about $1 billion.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says proven technology will be used in the future. She says technology will be tailored to local terrain and population density.

Napolitano said Friday there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution to the country's border security needs.

Congress ordered the high-tech fence in 2006 amid a clamor for more border security. The project yielded only 53 miles of protection.

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/BorderSecurityVirtualFence/2011/01/14/id/382944


(THE 111TH CONGRESS WANTED THIS KILLED SO NO FUNDING WAS APPROVED)
Fran Townsend, who was a homeland security adviser for President George W. Bush, said Friday that Congress should have established an office to oversee the project when it approved it years ago.

Napolitano announced the discontinuation of the program on Friday. She outlined a new plan that will replace SBInet with unmanned aerial vehicles, thermal imaging cameras, and a variety of other surveillance tools.
(EXPLAINS WHY SHE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN:)
http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2010/12/tsa-napolitano-at-large-in-afghanistan.html

The 4-year old program, started under President George W. Bush, has only established 53 miles worth of fencing along the border (MAINLY IN AZ), and has been plagued by delays. Last year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ordered a complete assessment of the SBInet program.

“The Obama Administration must promptly present the people of this country with a comprehensive plan to secure our borders, incorporating the necessary staffing, fencing, and technology,” said Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) in a statement. “I expect the Administration, in its upcoming 2012 budget proposal, to put forward such a plan, including timelines and metrics.”
(THIS WILL NOT GET RESOLVED IN THIS ADMINISTRATION)

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/138135-homeland-security-chairman-wants-plan-after-white-house-scraps-border-fence

SOME INFAMOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN 2010

See all the GOV agency list:
http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/D.shtml

ATF(TTB) - Today, the Department's work with the alcohol and tobacco industries is carried out by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB. TTB was created in January of 2003, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, or ATF, was extensively reorganized under the provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. (NOW PART OF JUSTICE DEPT IN 2010)

http://www.ttb.gov/about/history.shtml

DEA- The Drug Enforcement Administration was created by President Richard Nixon through an Executive Order in July 1973 in order to establish a single unified command to combat "an all-out global war on the drug menace."

http://www.justice.gov/dea/history.htm

TSA - We were created in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to strengthen the security of the nation's transportation systems. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act, passed by the 107th Congress on November 19, 2001, established our agency and gave it three major mandates:
(AS PART OF DHS- HOMELAND SECURITY 171,000 employed)

http://www.tsa.gov/research/tribute/history.shtm

FCC -The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.

http://www.fcc.gov/aboutus.html

EPA - Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors in downtown Washington, D.C., on December 2, 1970.
(18,000 employed)

http://www.epa.gov/history/

TOTAL MASSIVE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYED

With about 2.0 million civilian employees, the Federal Government, excluding the Postal Service, is the Nation's largest employer.
A substantial number of job openings will arise as many Federal workers are expected to retire over the next decade; competition is high during times of economic uncertainty, however, when workers seek the stability of Federal employment.
About 85 percent of Federal employees work outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Table 1. Federal Government civilian employment, except U.S. Postal Service, November 2008 (Employment in thousands)	United States	Washington MSA
Total	1909	320
Executive departments TOTAL	1664	238
Defense, total	652	68
Army	244	20
Navy	175	25
Air Force	149	6
Other	84	17
Veterans Affairs	280	8
Homeland Security	171	23
Justice	108	24
Treasury	88	12
Agriculture	82	8
Interior	67	7
Health and Human Services	64	30
Transportation	55	9
Commerce	39	20
Labor	16	6
Energy	15	5
State	15	12
Housing and Urban Development	9	3
Education	4	3
Independent agencies TOTAL	180	48
Social Security Administration	64	2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	18	4
Environmental Protection Agency	18	5
General Services Administration	12	4
Office of Personnel Management	5	2
Smithsonian Institution	4	4
Other	59	27
Judicial branch TOTAL	33	3
Legislative branch TOTAL	30	29
SOURCE: U.S. Office of Personnel Management

http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm

TAX BURDEN OVERALL RATE IS 40%

Your real tax rate: 40%


Most workers will pay about that much on each dollar of income when all taxes -- federal and state income taxes, sales taxes, taxes for benefit programs, etc. -- are considered.

In a study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston University economists Laurence J. Kotlikoff and David Rapson have found that our all-in marginal tax rate is 40%, give or take a bit. Yes, you read that right: 40%.


Democrats argue that taxes on the rich should be raised because others need the money. This wins votes from the legions of voters who aren't rich.

Republicans argue, with great piety, that high taxes crush incentives and should be reduced, and that only then will the American way see a new dawn.

Politicians talk this way because they generally talk about only one tax: the federal income tax, which offers graduated rates from 10% to 35%.

The average marginal tax rate on incomes between $20,000 and $500,000 is 40.3%, the median tax rate is 41.8%, and the standard deviation of all of those rates is 5.3 percentage points. Basically, most of us pay about 40%, plus or minus 5.3 percentage points.

The de facto flat tax

All-in marginal tax rates for couples
Age	$20,000	$30,000	$50,000	$75,000	$100,000	$150,000	$200,000	$300,000	$500,000
30	42.5%	42.3%	24.4%	36.9%	37.0%	45.9%	36.8%	43.9%	44.0%
45	41.7%	41.8%	35.8%	36.1%	36.1%	45.1%	35.9%	40.9%	43.2%
60	32.0%	36.3%	36.5%	45.5%	45.5%	47.7%	43.2%	45.8%	45.0%

Source: "Does It Pay, at the Margin, to Work and Save?" by Laurence J. Kotlikoff and David Rapson

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/Advice/YourRealTaxRate40.aspx

FIGURES WHY THE TEA PARTY IS UP IN ARMS AGAINST TAXES. SO WHY ARE THE LEFTY SO HAPPY TO GIVE TO THE GOVERNMENT? MAYBE ITS THE GOOD MARXIST WAY OF DOING BUSINESS.

http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2011/01/marxist-among-us.html

CONSTITUTION 101 : SCORE OF CONGRESS VS THE PEOPLE

Elected officials who took the test scored on average 5 percentage points lower than the national average (49 percent vs. 54 percent). AOL News gives some example findings:

• Only 49 percent of elected officials could name all three branches of government, compared with 50 percent of the general public.
• Only 46 percent knew that Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war — 54 percent of the general public knows that.
• Just 15 percent answered correctly that the phrase “wall of separation” appears in Thomas Jefferson’s letters — not in the U.S. Constitution — compared with 19 percent of the general public.
• And only 57 percent of those who’ve held elective office know what the Electoral College does, while 66 percent of the public got that answer right. (Of elected officials, 20 percent thought the Electoral College was a school for “training those aspiring for higher political office.”)
• Overall, our sample of elected officials averaged a failing 44 percent on the entire 33-question test, 5 percentage points lower than the national average of 49 percent.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/are-you-smarter-than-an-elected-official/

IT'S OUR HOME: A FORECLOSURE NIGHTMARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LOCAL GMAC BANK

"People ask me, 'How do you put up with this?' I have no choice," Michael Negrea said. "It has cost us a fortune. We don't make that much. But it's our home."


The Eastlake couple's story started in 1995, when they built their modest 2,400-square-foot colonial and borrowed $200,000. They refinanced in 1998 with a local mortgage company, which sold the loan to Advanta Mortgage Corp.


The loan was sold a year later to Nation's Credit, then it was sold to Homecomings Financial/GMAC, with the loan being serviced by Fairbanks Capital Corp., one of the nation's most notorious mortgage lenders. The Federal Trade Commission in 2003 sued Fairbanks for deceptive and illegal practices, including not posting customer payments, and the company agreed that year pay $40 million in damages.

Sometime while Fairbanks was in the picture for the Negreas, two payments didn't get posted.


A foreclosure was filed in 2001 on behalf of Homecomings, which owned the loan.

When attorneys for both sides sat down in 2003, they worked out a written settlement:


The Negreas started making normal payments again in early 2004.
By June, GMAC sent another default letter.

After the couple sent their December payment, it wasn't cashed. The next month, in January 2005, GMAC again filed for foreclosure and wouldn't back down.


In 2008, the couple got a statement from GMAC demanding payment for its attorneys in the second foreclosure case -- the one in which GMAC lost the counterclaim. "How can you ask for legal fees when you paid our legal fees?" Michael Negrea asked.

Their attorney Futterer asked for a large enough award from GMAC to wipe out their roughly $200,00 mortgage forever (in 2003). By the time they got the $217,244 settlement more than three years later -- in 2009 -- GMAC had again added on more than $50,000 worth of fees.

The couple had been making normal payments last year when GMAC again stopped cashing them, saying they owed a lump sum of nearly $310,000 plus attorneys' fees on their $208,000 mortgage.

In August 2009, GMAC/Homecomings filed for foreclosure again, this time in federal court instead of common pleas court. "We feel they're court-shopping," Futterer said. The trial is set for January.



The Negreas are ecstatic that GMAC's practices may finally be coming to light, even though the accusations so far are limited to whether GMAC gave false information about foreclosures.

http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2010/10/willoughby_couple_foreclosed_u.html

SEE ALSO:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Home-Mortgage-Law-Show-sponsored-by-Morris-duPont-Mansfield-PA/160832907268261

PALIN DEFENDS HER ACCUSERS.

AFTER BEING ACCUSED ALL WEEK OF BEING THE PERPETRATOR OF JAN 11th, 2010 TUCSON AZ. THE MEDIA COMES OUT AFTER THEIR HAIL MARY PASS AND ACCUSES PALIN AGAIN FOR RESPONDING AGGRESSIVELY. TRICKERY AND SLIGHT OF HAND IS ALL I CAN MAKE OF THIS TO FURTHER CONFUSE THE ISSUE AS THE MEDIA HAS BEEN CAUGHT RED HANDED OF ULTIMATE BIAS. THE PRESS IS DEAD.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) set off a firestorm of controversy Wednesday by accusing the media of “blood libel” for their coverage of the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).

Palin’s aggressive response to suggestions from liberals and left-wing pundits that she had inappropriately used incendiary images and rhetoric in the 2010 campaign escalated the political debate surrounding the deadly shooting. 

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/137667-palin-starts-storm-over-blood-libel

DEEP WATER OIL DRILLING WHEN PROPERLY SUPERVISED IS SAFE

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was an avoidable disaster caused in part by a series of cost-cutting decisions made by BP and its partners, the White House oil commission has concluded.

In a preview of its final report, due next week, the national oil spill commission said systemic management failure at BP, Transocean, and Halliburton caused the blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico, and warned that such a disaster would likely recur because of industry complacency.

Transocean tried to shift the blame to BP and government. "The procedures being conducted in the final hours were crafted and directed by BP engineers and approved in advance by federal regulators," a company statement said.

Halliburton, which has previously criticised commission lab tests finding a faulty cement seal, said the commission had made use of selective information.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/06/bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon

SO THE BALL IS ON THIS ADMINISTRATION's COURT, WILL THEY ALLOW MORE DRILLING LEASES SO THAT GAS PRICES WILL FALL (NOW AS HIGH AS $3.70 as LOW AS $2.80) OR WILL THEY PREFER THE DESTRUCTION METHOD FOR THIS COUNTRY THROUGH SKYROCKETING ENERGY CONSUMER COST AND EVENTUALLY LEADING TO HIGHER FOOD COST BE THE PREVAILING WIND.

	Regular	Mid	Premium	Diesel	85	**E85 MPG/BTU adjusted price
Current Avg.	$3.09	$3.28	$3.40	$3.34	$2.65	$3.48
Yesterday Avg.	$3.09	$3.28	$3.40	$3.33	$2.63	$3.46
Week Ago Avg.	$3.07	$3.26	$3.38	$3.32	$2.62	$3.45
Month Ago Avg.	$2.97	$3.16	$3.27	$3.25	$2.55	$3.35
Year Ago Avg.	$2.75	$2.92	$3.02	$2.91	$2.36	$3.11

http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/?redirectto=http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/index.asp

DEMOCRATS NO LONGER HAVE A POLITICAL PLATFORM - BUT HAVE INCREASED THE MIDDLE FINGER POINTER PLATFORM

(SINCE DEMOCRATS CAN'T ARTICULATE EXACTLY WHAT THEY STAND FOR ANYMORE THEY HAVE NOW RESORTED TO SLASH AND BURN WITH THE BLAME GAME IN LIEU OF GOVERNING DUE TO THE TUCSON SHOOTINGS.
DEMOCRATS  HAVE BLAMED THE TEA PARTY
DEMOCRATS HAVE BLAMED SARAH PALIN.
DEMOCRATS IS NOW BLAMING SARAH ANGLE WHO RAN AGAINST HARRY  REID AND LOST. BETTER ATTACK HER NOW LEST SHE RUNS AGAIN AND WINS.
A DEMOCRAT SHERIFF OF TUCSON BLAMES CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO SINCE THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON HIS WATCH AND IN HIS JURISDICTION. HEAVEN FORBID THAT HIS DEPT FAILED TO PROFILE THE SHOOTER. OH WAIT YOU CAN"T PROFILE A KILLER. BUT YOU CAN A TEA PARTY BY OSMOSIS.
THE LEFT WING MEDIA WILL NOT STOP THE BLAME GAME. THEY HAVE NO MORE POLITICAL POLICY TO STAND ON CONSIDERING THAT THE 111Th CONGRESS OF DESTRUCTION HAS TRULY REVEALED THE DESTRUCTIVE CAPABILITY OF THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SO LET THE TREE FALL IN THE FOREST, NO ONE IS LISTENING ANYMORE. THE DAMAGE TO THEIR CREDIBILITY WHATEVER IS LEFT OF IT IS DONE.)


The motive behind Jared Lee Loughner's attack in Arizona remains a mystery, but some Democratic lawmakers are looking to curb speech they claim creates an "aura of hatred" -- and are pointing to failed Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada as an example of the need for federal regulations.
Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., on Monday referenced a comment by Angle in calling for a change in the nation's political dialogue -- by will or by law.


Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., told Fox News that Angle "talked about people rising up and taking over the government by force, using their guns. She was very explicit."


Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., said he has no knowledge about what motivated Loughner to attack Giffords and the others, but he still wants legislation that bans the use of certain imagery when talking about congressional targets.
"I want to eliminate what may have been," Brady told Fox News. "I'm not a psychologist ... All I'm saying is you can't put a bullseye or a crosshair on a member of Congress."

( LET"S GO OUTLAW (FREE SPEECH) ALL MOVIES THAT CAN INSIGHT KILLERS THEN)


More than a decade ago, lawmakers like Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., warned that violence in movies and video games could cause violence in life.

On Tuesday, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., was quoted in the Oregon Statesman-Journal that he blamed personalities like Fox News' Glenn Beck and radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Leahy added, "In a free society, the society that we Americans must always want our country to be, the government should not and must not restrain free expression." (SHOCKER BUT THE ONLY SENSIBLE COMMENT COMING FROM A LAWMAKER)


Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., also suggested Tuesday in a speech at the Center for American Progress that the blame game has no winner.
"The big question wasn't whose rhetoric was right or wrong, but whether our political conversation was worthy of the confidence and trust of the American people," he said.

(WHEN THE GOVERNMENT REMOVES THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FROM AN INDIVIDUAL AND LEGISLATE THOUGHTS THEN  WE ARE MUCH MORE CLOSER TO THE COMMUNIST PATH THAT WILL TAKE THIS COUNTRY INTO)

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/democrats-single-sharron-angle-calling-limits-speech/

SOCIALIST SEN. BERNIE SANDERS DID NOT WANT A GOOD CRISES TO WASTE - DOES FUNDRAISING

Sen. Bernie Sanders is the latest to attract sharp criticism for using the weekend Arizona shootings for political purposes.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee widely distributed news, first published by the Weekly Standard today, that the Vermont Independent referenced the gruesome attacks in a fundraising appeal sent to supporters Tuesday afternoon.

“Given the recent tragedy in Arizona, as well as the start of the new Congress, I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few words with political friends in Vermont and throughout the country,” Sanders wrote in the e-mail. “I also want to thank the very many supporters who have begun contributing online to my 2012 reelection campaign at www.bernie.org. There is no question but that the Republican Party, big money corporate interests and right-wing organizations will vigorously oppose me. Your financial support now and in the future is much appreciated.”

(APPARENTLY HE HAS NO EMPATHY WHATSOEVER CANT EVER LET A GOOD CRISES GO TO WASTE)

http://www.rollcall.com/news/-202373-1.html

MEDIA HAS NO MORE CREDIBILITY BECAUSE OF JAN 8TH, 2011 TUCSON AZ

LET'S GO BACK IN NOV 5th, 2009, Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire at a troop readiness center in Ft. Hood, Texas, killing 13 people. Within hours of the killings, the world knew that Hasan reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar!"..... Nevertheless, public officials, journalists, and commentators were quick to caution that the public should not "jump to conclusions" about Hasan's motive.  CNN, in particular, became a forum for repeated warnings that the subject should be discussed with particular care.

FAST FORWARD JAN 8th, 2011.
In Tucson, Arizona, a 22 year-old man named Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a political event, gravely wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killing a federal judge and five others, and wounding 18.  In the hours after the attack, little was known about Loughner beyond some bizarre and largely incomprehensible YouTube postings that, if anything, suggested he was mentally ill.  Yet the network that had shown such caution in discussing the Ft. Hood shootings openly discussed the possibility that Loughner was inspired to violence by…Sarah Palin.  Although there is no evidence that Loughner was in any way influenced by Palin, CNN was filled with speculation about the former Alaska governor.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/01/journalists-urged-caution-after-ft-hood-now-race-blame-palin-afte

HONORABLE SENATOR DICK DURBIN THROWS 2 CENTS AGAINST PALIN

(APPARENTLY DICK IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY AND ONLY HIS KIND OF FREE SPEECH IS ACCEPTABLE. CAMPAIGN 2012 HAS BEGUN IT SEEMS)

Sen. Dick Durbin: Past Rhetoric Of Sarah Palin And Tea Party “Beyond The Bounds”

Mediaite ^ | January 9, 2011 | Matt Schneider
Posted on Mon Jan 10 2011 00:02:40 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) by 2ndDivisionVet

Senator Dick Durbin appeared on CNN’s State of the Union and told Candy Crowley that Sarah Palin’s gun imagery of targeting certain congressional districts was “beyond the bounds” and “not acceptable rhetoric.” Although when pressed by Crowley, Durbin did not want to suggest there was a direct connection between the rhetoric and yesterday’s shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, nor whether there was similarly unacceptable rhetoric amongst Democrats.

Durbin explained:

“We live in a world of violent images and violent words, but those of us in public life and the journalists who cover us, should be thoughtful in response to this and try to bring down the rhetoric, which I’m afraid has become pervasive in our discussion of political issues. The phrase ‘don’t retreat, reload’ – putting crosshairs on congressional districts as targets – these sorts of things I think invite the kind of toxic rhetoric that can lead unstable people to believe this is an acceptable response.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2654136/posts

IT'S UNANIMOUS!! LIBERALS HATE SARAH PALIN

WITH THEIR ACCUSATORY BLAMING OF SARAH AND TEA PARTY FOR THE JAN 8th 2011 TUCSON AZ. HERE'S THE MESSAGE FROM ALL CONSERVATIVE. 2012 IS FAST APPROACHING AND YOUR TENURE IN CONGRESS IS SUN SETTING.





http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2654089/posts

CAMPUS UNIVERSITY FREE SPEECH OR NOT TO BE

Mike Adams
Welcome to Personal Responsibility 101

(Universities - the spawning of MARXISTS are on notice against free speech)

At the time I joined this fight, it seemed like every public university had an unconstitutional speech code. Today, that number is more like 67%. One of the main reasons for the improvement is the efforts of a group called the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE. And now, FIRE has crafted an ingenious plan that promises to build on its momentum and make unconstitutional speech codes the exception, rather than the rule, at America’s public universities.

The case of Valdosta State University student Thomas Hayden Barnes is illustrative. Barnes was expelled in 2007 after he peacefully protested plans by then-President Ronald Zaccari to use $30 million in student activity fees to build two parking garages. The court decided the infringement was so gross that a reasonable administrator could not have been unaware of the illegality of the expulsion.

FIRE is also citing these important decisions in its letters:

•DeJohn v. Temple University, where the Third Circuit invalidated a university sexual harassment policy for being overly broad and vague in violation of the First Amendment;

•Dambrot v. Central Michigan University, where the Sixth Circuit declared a university discriminatory harassment policy to be obviously unconstitutional;

•College Republicans at San Francisco State University v. Reed, where a federal court enjoined enforcement of a university civility policy that placed the supposed right to be unoffended above the First Amendment.

Campus speech codes are no longer public property inherited by unknowing public servants. The speech codes now belong to those who oversee their maintenance. And they ignore them at their own peril.

http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeAdams/2011/01/10/welcome_to_personal_responsibility_101/page/full/

DON'T LET A (GOOD) CRISES GO TO WASTE (Jan 8th, 2011)

AS THE DUST START TO SETTLES CONGRESS IS AT WORK ALREADY TO LEGISLATE MORE CONTROL. THEIR EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING 100MPH.


Loughner legally purchased his weapon – a Glock 19 with an extended magazine – from an Arizona store. The same kind of extended magazine was illegal under the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.

(THE FBI CLEARED THE SHOOTER IN NOV, 2010. SO MAYBE THEY SHOULD LEGISLATE THE FBI PROCESS)

One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce legislation as soon as Monday.

Pennsylvania Rep. Robert Brady, a Democrat from Philadelphia, told CNN that he also plans to take legislative action. He will introduce a bill that would make it a crime for anyone to use language or symbols that could be seen as threatening or violent against a federal official, including a member of Congress.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47338.html

CONGRESSMAN WANTS SPECIAL TSA TREATMENT

SO NOW A CONGRESSMAN WANTS SPECIAL TREATMENT AGAINST TSA PROCEDURES BY THE WAY ENACTED BY THEM. THIS IS ABSURD. WHY NOT REMOVE THE TSA AND SAVE SOME TAX DOLLARS THEN WE THE PEOPLE AND THE ARISTOCRATS OF CONGRESS CAN BE  TREATED THE SAME. I CAN ONLY HOPE HE NOW UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PEOPLE HAS TO GO THROUGH WHEN THEY LEGISLATE ABSURD LAWS WHICH THEY THEMSELVES DO NOT WANT TO FOLLOW.


A top House Democrat said the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) should change how members of Congress are screened at airports.

“I really believe that that is the place where we feel the most ill at ease, is going through airports,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who serves as assistant minority leader in the House, said on "Fox News Sunday."

Clyburn called for the Transportation Security Administration, which administers airport security checkpoints, to interact “a little better” with the Capitol Hill Police.

“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” he said. “Well, the fact of the matter is, we are held to a higher standard in so many other areas, and I think we need to take a hard look at exactly how the TSA interact with members of Congress.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136849-house-dem-calls-for-beefed-up-security-special-treatment-by-tsa

AN ARTICLE WORTHY OF EVERY WORDS ABOUT JAN 8TH, 2011 TUCSON AZ

Blame lunatic for Ariz. tragedy, not Palin or rhetoric
BY RICHARD ROEPER rroeper@suntimes.com Jan 9, 2011 7:14PM

Born on Sept. 11, 2001, Christina-Taylor Green was 9 years old.

She had been featured in a book called Faces of Hope, which told the stories of children born on that tragic day.

Christina was in third grade. The granddaughter of baseball’s Dallas Green, she was the only girl on her Little League team.

Having recently been elected to the student council, Christina had an interest in politics, which is what led her to the “Congress on Your Corner” event Saturday.

Christina was one of six victims fatally shot on Saturday.....



.....On Page 41 of Faces of Hope, there’s a photo of Christina, born at 12:50 p.m. on 9/11. Wearing a hat with a little bow on it.

“I hope you help those in need,” reads the message on the page before Christina’s picture. “I hope you see rainbows.”

On the page after her photo, the message reads, “I hope you know all of the words to the National Anthem and sing it with your hand over your heart. I hope you jump in rain puddles.”

http://www.suntimes.com/3229156-417/palin-christina-hope-responsible-rhetoric.html

THE ARISTOCRATS ARE FEARFUL

THEY CAN'T OWN UP TO THEIR OWN FAULT IN THIS. IF THE ARGUMENT WAS ON HEALTHCARE AND IF AND ONLY IF THIS EVENT WAS CAUSED BY THAT LEGISLATION COMING OUT FROM CONGRESS, THE BLAME SQUARELY FALLS WITH THEM. WHY DON'T WE THEN ELIMINATE FREE SPEECH OR BETTER YET FREEDOM FROM SEIZURE WITHOUT DUE CAUSE OH RIGHT WE LOST THAT ALREADY IN OUR AIRPORTS AND POLICE CHECK POINTS IN FLORIDA.

Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.) reportedly plans to introduce legislation that would make it a federal crime to use language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a federal official or member of Congress.

Brady told CNN that he wants federal lawmakers and officials to have the same protections against threat currently provided to the president. His call comes one day after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot, along with 19 other people, at a public event in Tucson. A suspect is currently in custody.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136895-dem-planning-bill-that-would-outlaw-threatening-lawmakers

SO WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE YOU ARE FORCED TO TAKE A TEST BECAUSE OF A CHECKPOINT.
http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-nail-on-liberty-for-safety-sake.html

THE LIES THAT ALLOWS TSA MORE GROPING POWERS
WAS SCANNERS REALLY NECESSARY  TO SUPPRESS OUR 4th AMENDMENT. 

http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2010/12/lies-that-allows-tsa-more-groping.html

JAN 8TH, 2011 - TUCSON AZ

KVOA lists the six victims according to the Sheriff's Office:

-John Roll, 63, a federal district court judge.
-Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, Giffords' director of community outreach

-Dorwin Stoddard, 76, a pastor at Mountain Ave. Church of Christ.

-Christina Greene, 9, a student at Mesa Verde Elementary

-Dorothy Morris, 76 (previously reported as Murray)

-Phyllis Scheck, 79

It appears that Stoddard is not the pastor, but a volunteer at the church. His wife was also injured.

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/01/08/the-list-of-victims

THE SUBTLE BLAME OF PALIN AND TEA PARTY CONTINUES

The self-proclaimed "most trusted name in news" provide zero credibility to their mantra with "reports" like this from The Beard, Jessica Yellin, and Gloria Borger. But, hey, at least we conservatives knew it was coming. America can always "trust" that CNN will consistently report the news from a left-wing point of view. 


"CNN MAKES NO CONNECTION THAT PALIN OR THE TEA PARTY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS"
BUT TO EVEN ASK OR MENTION THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE.






http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GregHengler/2011/01/09/cnn_on_az_massacre_palin_allowed_this_kind_of_instance_to_happen

TRAGIC BEYOND WORDS FOR JAN 8, 2011 - TUCSON AZ

The mother of a 9-year-old girl gunned down in Saturday’s shooting rampage outside an Arizona grocery store described her grief as “beyond words,” saying her daughter was a beautiful and intelligent child who was interested in government.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/09/mother-youngest-shooting-victim-describes-girl-bright-vivacious/

AS THE DUST SETTLES LINDA LOPEZ WAS FOUND TO BE LEFTY

Yesterday was a HORRIBLE day.
We’ve seen an obviously unstable and deranged individual, Jared Loughner, shoot and kill innocents; we’ve seen a US Congresswoman declared dead, then not-dead, and we vets have been accused of being the shooter by none other than a state Congresswoman from Arizona.
While listening and watching all of the activity and coverage of this horrific event, one thing has become even more clear- the MFM has come unglued on the Right, on Veterans, and on grass roots organizations. This vitriol has GOT to stop, in both directions. But blaming Veterans just because it involved a gun is over the top. Especially for someone who should know better than to spread rumors.
The topper statement is from State Congressional Representative Linda Lopez, who is about as far-Left as you can get. Not that that’s a particular issue, but, given her next statement, we’ve got a HUGE problem …
”the shooter is likely, from what I’ve heard, an Afghan vet..”
During an interview with Shep Smith (please, do NOT get me started on him) she made these statements- you can hear them about 5 minutes into this interview:
Ms Lopez, on behalf of ALL veterans, and especially the Afghanistan veterans you have repeatedly defaced, I would like to ask this-
WE DEMAND AN APOLOGY
Your demented, irrational view of veterans shows in this despicable statement. You have, as most do on the extreme Left and within the MFM, caused irreparable damage to veterans everywhere- not just those in Arizona. You do a complete disservice to us, to your country, and to your state by repeatedly asserting that there was a likelyhood he was an Afghanistan veteran.
Granted, in the heat of the moment, things can be said that are ‘caustic’, but this goes beyond anything that was said all day (EXCEPT that Rep. Giffords was ‘dead’) and does a greater disservice to your party.
If you are not willing to issue a retraction, and apology, then I am asking those in Arizona to look at censuring and/or recalling someone who would put forth such discpicable accusations without cause nor merit. What caused you to even think that this person was associated in any way with the military?
He had a gun?
He was male?
He was WHITE?
Loughner was turned down by the Army (as stated by both CNN and to posted by Stars and Stripes) for ‘instability issues’. Just because someone used a gun in a despicable act, you want to throw it on the ‘veterans as victims’ pile.
What if one of Breitbart’s contributors had posted that they thought that, since a white Congresswoman was attacked, that the shooter was likely Hispanic/Latino, or Black? Who’s head would be rolling in the gutter then? The shrieking would go on for months…
All of you Brietbart readers, please feel free to contact Congresswoman Lopez at the following:
Lopez and napolitano
Linda Lopez House of Representatives 1700 W. Washington, Room 321 Phoenix, AZ 85007
Fax Number: (602) 417-3029
Phone Number: (602) 926-4089 or 1-800-352-8404
Email: llopez@azleg.state.az.us
Visit Linda’s State Legislature web page
Ms Lopez, I hope you have the backbone to do the right thing. But, I’m not holding my breath.
There certainly will be more to come on this.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2653934/posts

Veterans Demand an Apology From Arizona Rep. Linda Lopez

Posted by Mr. Wolf Jan 9th 2011 at 10:48 am in Democrats, Featured Story, Military,

http://bigjournalism.com/mrwolf/2011/01/09/veterans-demand-an-apology-from-arizona-rep-linda-lopez/

See OTHER Comments from Foxnews:
http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2011/01/liberals-in-charge-loves-to-blame.html