Patrick Henry

Saturday, December 25, 2010

HISTORY BEACONS ONCE AGAIN ABOUT CHRISTMAS - IT SHOWS OUR HEART

Hitler's Christmas party: Rare photographs capture leading Nazis celebrating in 1941

The pictures from December 18, which have only just come to light, show Hitler and his generals at a party for SS officer cadets in Munich.

But the Nazi Christmas was far from traditional.

Hitler believed religion had no place in his 1,000-year Reich, so he replaced the Christian figure of Saint Nicholas with the Norse god Odin and urged Germans to celebrate the season as a holiday of the ‘winter solstice’, rather than Christmas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1341272/Hitlers-Christmas-party-Rare-photographs-capture-leading-Nazis-celebrating-1941.html

THIS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR, EVEN THE SAME WITH THE GERMAN PEOPLE OF THEN, AS TODAY WHEN THOSE IN POWER ARE PREVENTING THE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION EVEN TO THE POINT OF RE-WRITING TRADITIONS AND RE-WRITING THE HERITAGE AND CHRISTIAN HISTORY. HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US TO ACT AND NEITHER FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.

WE THE PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE A FORM OF GOVERNMENT AS EXPOUNDED BY OUR CONSTITUTION. WE DO NOT NEED ANY OTHER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE IN POWER (EVEN AGENCIES) WHO RULE BY FIAT, THIS IS TREACHERY. AS HISTORY HAVE PROTECTED THIS COUNTRY FROM ITSELF, AND WITHIN, AND OUTSIDE FORCES; BY THIS CONSTITUTION WE SHALL ALL BE GUIDED.

HOW MUCH SALARY DO WE PAY CONGRESS?

How much are members of Congress paid and what are their retirement benefits?

The current salary for all senators and members is $174,000. The salary for the speaker is $223,500 and the salary for the majority and minority leaders is $193,400.
Members of Congress are covered by the same retirement plans as other federal employees, the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for those hired, or elected, before 1984, and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for those whose service began in 1984 or later. There are some differences in retirement age eligibility, years of service required, and contributions. Members elected after 1984 also participate in Social Security.
As of October 1, 2007, the average annual pension for former members under the CSRS plan was $63,696; for those under the FERS plan, $36,732.
Further information about congressional salaries, pensions, and benefits may be found at TheCapitol.Net and C-Span's Capitol Questions.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/faqlist.html#10

FYI: CONGRESS REIGN & DATE CONVERSION:
1973-1974       93rd
1975-1976       94th
1977-1978       95th
1979-1980      96th
1981-1982       97th
1983-1984       98th
1985-1986       99th
1987-1988       100th
1989-1990       101st
1991-1992       102nd
1993-1994       103rd
1995-1996       104th
1997-1998       105th
1999-2000       106th
2001-2002       107th
2003-2004       108th
2005-2006       109th
2007-2008       110th
2009-2010       111th

Friday, December 24, 2010

A LOOK AT THE 3 WISE GOV AGENCY (FCC, EPA, ATF)

If this is not the sign of the times of once we were a free Nation but now governed under so much scrutiny that our very existence will one day be in question too. WHERE IS CONGRESS IN ALL OF THIS.? Well...."The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;"

FCC - JULIUS "SIEZURE" - WILL NOW REGULATE THE ONCE FREE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL INTERNET.

The Federal Communications Commission's new "net neutrality" rules, passed on a partisan 3-2 vote yesterday, represent a huge win for a slick lobbying campaign run by liberal activist groups and foundations. The losers are likely to be consumers who will see innovation and investment chilled by regulations that treat the Internet like a public utility.

There's little evidence the public is demanding these rules, which purport to stop the non-problem of phone and cable companies blocking access to websites and interfering with Internet traffic. Over 300 House and Senate members have signed a letter opposing FCC Internet regulation, and there will undoubtedly be even less support in the next Congress.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703886904576031512110086694.html?KEYWORDS=fcc

The "net nuetrality" passed by a 3 - 2 vote.
Last year, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski started to fulfill this promise by proposing rules using a legal theory from an earlier commission decision (from which I had dissented in 2008) that was under court review. So confident were they in their case, FCC lawyers told the federal court of appeals in Washington, D.C., that their theory gave the agency the authority to regulate broadband rates, even though Congress has never given the FCC the power to regulate the Internet. FCC leaders seemed caught off guard by the extent of the court's April 6 rebuke of the commission's regulatory overreach.

http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2010/12/by-way-we-cannot-have-freedom-on.html

EPA - LISA JACKSON - WILL NOW BAN BIOMASS AS A FUEL
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), however, plans to move full speed ahead with new regulations on January 2 that will likely cost many Americans their jobs before the New Year’s Eve party hats have even been put away.

(WHEN "THIS ONE" SPEAKS OF CREATING JOBS IS BUT RHETORIC, AS ON THE OTHER HAND THOSE "THAT ONE" HAS APPOINTED, DESTROYS THEM.)

http://townhall.com/columnists/TimothyLee/2010/12/25/the_epa_says_bah,_humbug!/page/full/

ATF - KEN MELSON, the Acting Director of ATF. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, or ATF, has a long history of excess and overreaching … and they're at it again.

ATF's requested regulation – which is unconstitutional, violates a statutory prohibition against firearms registration schemes and was obviously filed as an "emergency" simply as a means of bypassing Congress – would be "temporary," meaning that it would have to be renewed in four or five months, and is said to only apply to gun dealers in states bordering Mexico, though the regulation, as submitted, seems to be missing that specific limitation.

http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-federal-agency-atf-created.html

SEE THE ATF TRANSCRIPT: http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2010/12/122010-hdqrts-melson-webcast.html

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO OUR MEN & WOMEN IN UNIFORM

Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 11:53:13 PM by TSgt
“THE SOLDIERS NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS”
Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give And to see just who in this home did live.
I looked all about a strange sight I did see, No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the fire, just boots filled with sand, On the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.
With medals and badges, awards of all kind A sober thought came through my mind.
For this house was different, so dark and dreary, I knew I had found the home of a soldier, once I could see clearly.
I heard stories about them, I had to see more So I walked down the hall and pushed open the door.
And there he lay sleeping silent alone, Curled up on the floor in his one bedroom home.
His face so gentle, his room in such disorder, Not how I pictured a United States soldier.
Was this the hero of whom I’d just read? Curled up in his poncho, a floor for his bed?
His head was clean shaven, his weathered face tan, I soon understood this was more then a man.
For I realized the families that I saw that night Owed their lives to these men who were willing to fight.
Soon ‘round the world, the children would play, And grownups would celebrate on a bright Christmas day.
They all enjoyed freedom each month of the day, Because of soldiers like this one lying here.
I couldn’t help wonder how many lay alone On a cold Christmas Eve in a land far from home.
Just the very thought brought a tear to my eye, I dropped to my knees and started to cry.
The solder awakened and I heard a rough voice, “Santa don’t cry, this life is my choice;
I fight for freedom, I don’t ask for more, My life is my God, my country, my Corps.”
With that he rolled over and drifted off into sleep, I couldn’t control it, I continued to weep.
I watched him for hours, so silent and still, I noticed he shivered from the cold night’s chill.
So I took off my jacket, the one made of red, And I covered this Soldier from his toes to his head.
And I put on his T-shirt of gray and black, With an eagle and an Army patch embroidered on back.
And although it barely fit me, I began to swell with pride, And for a shining moment, I was United States Army deep inside.
I didn’t want to leave him on that cold dark night, This guardian of honor so willing to fight.
Then the soldier rolled over, whispered with a voice so clean and pure, “Carry on Santa, it’s Christmas day, all is secure.”
One look at my watch, and I knew he was right, Merry Christmas my friend, and to all a good night!

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The worst Christmas I can remember was the one I spent in the middle of the desert 40km south of Iraq. I kept myself busy to pass the time but could not stop thinking about my family back home and the various Christmas traditions that I would miss that year. Tonight some Soldier, Sailor and Airmen is somewhere far away from their family this Christmas. Let's please not forget about them.
Merry Christmas to all my FReeper friends,
TSgt

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BTTT

2 posted on Friday, December 24, 2010 11:53:57 PM by Jet Jaguar

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