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ALERT! Lord Monckton Stating "Obama poised to cede power in Copenhagen"

2009-10-16T23:09:00.002-05:00

ALERT ! THIS IS A MUST SEE ! This is a real ALERT to WE The PEOPLE !
It is a call to action. In Copenhagen, December 6 - 18, 2009, if Obama signs this treaty, the United States will no longer be a soveriegn nation. We've been had, people!

Minnesota Free Market Institute on 10/14/09. The speaker was Lord Christopher Monckton, former science adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
http://motls.blogspot.com/2006/11/christopher-monckton-vs-mark-trodden.html

http://foxienews.com/blog/?
"This Treaty (also known as a Convention) would take away our US Sovereignty. He said that the Treaty itself doesn’t do it, but that Article 6 of our Constitution states that: “all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land;”

Do you think Obama wouldn't do that to this country? Really? Think again. Better than that, don't take my word for it. READ THIS ! http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/14/obama-india-china-climate-change

They want to tax CO2. In other words - they haven't found a way to tax the air you breath yet......BUT, they have found a way to tax us all for breathing out.
Then they want to use your tax money for breathing out to fund 3rd world countries.
You see what this really is, don't you? It's another way to steal more of our wealth, or what is left of it, and funnel it to the greedy corporations so that they can develop 3rd world countries in their image so they can make more Profits !
And they plan to trample our Constitution and our Bill of Rights to do it.

This a call to action. CONTACT YOUR Reps in the Congress & the Senate. Pick up your phone. Crank up your email. Visit in person if you can ! BE HEARD !Make your voices heard, loudly, proudly, and powerfully. Do it now ! Do this for you, your kids, your grandkids, and the generations to follow.
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Goldman Sachs-Robbing and Thieving The American Sucker-AGAIN

2009-10-16T20:33:00.001-05:00

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

2009-10-16T03:52:00.004-05:00

Open Letter to President Obama

The Second American Revolution

Are you awake now ! Make yourselves heard while you still can. Be sure to read the post following this. IMPORTANT PEOPLE ! Call- Email - Write Your Reps !
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
http://www.house.gov/
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

SHOWDOWN IN CHICAGO * October 25, 2009
http://www.showdowninchicago.org

Wear What You Mean !

http://www.wesaidnobailout.bravehost.com

OBAMA POISED TO CEDE US SOVEREIGNTY, CLAIMS BRITISH LORD

2009-10-16T03:45:00.001-05:00

The Minnesota Free Market Institute hosted an event at Bethel University in St. Paul on Wednesday evening. Keynote speaker Lord Christopher Monckton, former science adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, gave a scathing and lengthy presentation, complete with detailed charts, graphs, facts, and figures which culminated in the utter decimation of both the pop culture concept of global warming and the credible threat of any significant anthropomorphic climate change.

A detailed summary of Monckton’s presentation will be available here once compiled. However, a segment of his remarks justify immediate publication. If credible, the concern Monckton speaks to may well prove the single most important issue facing the American nation, bigger than health care, bigger than cap and trade, and worth every citizen’s focused attention.

Here were Monckton’s closing remarks, as dictated from my audio recording:

At [the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in] Copenhagen, this December, weeks away, a treaty will be signed. Your president will sign it. Most of the third world countries will sign it, because they think they’re going to get money out of it. Most of the left-wing regime from the European Union will rubber stamp it. Virtually nobody won’t sign it.

I read that treaty. And what it says is this, that a world government is going to be created. The word “government” actually appears as the first of three purposes of the new entity. The second purpose is the transfer of wealth from the countries of the West to third world countries, in satisfication of what is called, coyly, “climate debt” – because we’ve been burning CO2 and they haven’t. We’ve been screwing up the climate and they haven’t. And the third purpose of this new entity, this government, is enforcement.

How many of you think that the word “election” or “democracy” or “vote” or “ballot” occurs anywhere in the 200 pages of that treaty? Quite right, it doesn’t appear once. So, at last, the communists who piled out of the Berlin Wall and into the environmental movement, who took over Greenpeace so that my friends who funded it left within a year, because [the communists] captured it – Now the apotheosis as at hand. They are about to impose a communist world government on the world. You have a president who has very strong sympathies with that point of view. He’s going to sign it. He’ll sign anything. He’s a Nobel Peace Prize [winner]; of course he’ll sign it.

[laughter]

And the trouble is this; if that treaty is signed, if your Constitution says that it takes precedence over your Constitution (sic), and you can’t resign from that treaty unless you get agreement from all the other state parties – And because you’ll be the biggest paying country, they’re not going to let you out of it.

So, thank you, America. You were the beacon of freedom to the world. It is a privilege merely to stand on this soil of freedom while it is still free. But, in the next few weeks, unless you stop it, your president will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your humanity away forever. And neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect will have any power whatsoever to take it back. That is how serious it is. I’ve read the treaty. I’ve seen this stuff about [world] government and climate debt and enforcement. They are going to do this to you whether you like it or not.

But I think it is here, here in your great nation, which I so love and I so admire – it is here that perhaps, at this eleventh hour, at the fifty-ninth minute and fifty-ninth second, you will rise up and you will stop your president from signing that dreadful treaty, that purposeless treaty. For there is no problem with climate and, even if there were, an economic treaty does nothing to [help] it.

So I end by saying to you the words that Winston Churchill addressed to your president in the darkest hour before the dawn of freedom in the Second World War. He quoted from your great poet Longfellow:

Sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!

Lord Monckton received a standing ovation and took a series of questions from members of the audience. Among those questions were these relevent to the forthcoming Copenhagen treaty:

Question: The current administration and the Democratic majority in Congress has shown little regard for the will of the people. They’re trying to pass a serious government agenda, and serious taxation and burdens on future generations. And there seems to be little to stop them. How do you propose we stop Obama from doing this, because I see no way to stop him from signing anything in Copenhagen. I believe that’s his agenda and he’ll do it.

I don’t minimize the difficulty. But on this subject – I don’t really do politics, because it’s not right. In the end, your politics is for you. The correct procedure is for you to get onto your representatives, both in the US Senate where the bill has yet to go through (you can try and stop that) and in [the House], and get them to demand their right of audience (which they all have) with the president and tell him about this treaty. There are many very powerful people in this room, wealthy people, influential people. Get onto the media, tell them about this treaty. If they go to www.wattsupwiththat.com, they will find (if they look carefully enough) a copy of that treaty, because I arranged for it to be posted there not so long ago. Let them read it, and let the press tell the people that their democracy is about to be taken away for no good purpose, at least [with] no scientific basis [in reference to climate change]. Tell the press to say this. Tell the press to say that, even if there is a problem [with climate change], you don’t want your democracy taken away. It really is as simple as that.

Question: Is it really irrevocable if that treaty is signed? Suppose it’s signed by someone who does not have the authority, as I – I have some, a high degree of skepticism that we do have a valid president there because I -

I know at least one judge who shares your opinion, sir, yes.

I don’t believe it until I see it. … Would [Obama's potential illegitimacy as president] give us a reasonable cause to nullify whatever treaty that he does sign as president?

I would be very careful not to rely on things like that. Although there is a certain amount of doubt whether or not he was born in Hawaii, my fear is it would be very difficult to prove he wasn’t born in Hawaii and therefore we might not be able to get anywhere with that. Besides, once he’s signed that treaty, whether or not he signed it validly, once he’s signed it and ratified it – your Senate ratifies it – you’re bound by it. But I will say one thing; they know, in the White House, that they won’t be able to get the 67 votes in the Senate, the two-thirds majority that your Constitution has stipulated must be achieved in order to ratify a treaty of this kind. However, what they’ve worked out is this – and they actually let it slip during the election campaign, which is how I know about it. They plan to enact that Copenhagen treaty into legislation by a simple majority of both houses. That they can do. But the virtue of that – and here you have a point – is that is, thank God, reversible. So I want you to pray tonight, and pray hard for your Senate that they utterly refuse to ratify the [new] Treaty of Copenhagen, because if they refuse to ratify it and [Obama] has to push it through as domestic legislation, you can repeal it.

Regardless of whether global warming is taking place or caused to any degree by human activity, we do not want a global government empowered to tax Americans without elected representation or anything analogous to constitutional protections. The Founding Fathers would roll over in their graves if they knew their progeny allowed a foreign power such authority, effectively undoing their every effort in an act of Anti-American Revolution. If that is our imminent course, we need to put all else on hold and focus on stopping it. If American sovereignty is ceded, all other debate is irrelevant.

Edited to add @ 8:31 am:

Skimming through the treaty, I came across verification of Monckton’s assessment of the new entity’s purpose:

38. The scheme for the new institutional arrangement under the Convention will be based on three basic pillars: government; facilitative mechanism; and financial mechanism, and the basic organization of which will include the following:

World Government (heading added)
(a) The government will be ruled by the COP with the support of a new subsidiary body on adaptation, and of an Executive Board responsible for the management of the new funds and the related facilitative processes and bodies. The current Convention secretariat will operate as such, as appropriate.

To Redistribute Wealth (heading added)
b) The Convention’s financial mechanism will include a multilateral climate change fund including five windows: (a) an Adaptation window, (b) a Compensation window, to address loss and damage from climate change impacts [read: the "climate debt" Monckton refers to], including insurance, rehabilitation and compensatory components, © a Technology window; (d) a Mitigation window; and (e) a REDD window, to support a multi-phases process for positive forest incentives relating to REDD actions.

With Enforcement Authority (heading added)
© The Convention’s facilitative mechanism will include: (a) work programmes for adaptation and mitigation; (b) a long-term REDD process; © a short-term technology action plan; (d) an expert group on adaptation established by the subsidiary body on adaptation, and expert groups on mitigation, technologies and on monitoring, reporting and verification; and (e) an international registry for the monitoring, reporting and verification of compliance of emission reduction commitments, and the transfer of technical and financial resources from developed countries to developing countries. The secretariat will provide technical and administrative support, including a new centre for information exchange [read; enforcement].

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If this is real you had all better organize and fight for your country RIGHT NOW!

LINKS TO YOUR REPS * CONTACT THEM * JUST DO IT !

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

http://www.house.gov/
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

SECRET BANK

2009-10-16T03:43:00.000-05:00

LISTEN UP ! WAKE UP !

Bill Moyers with William K. Black * How The Economic Crisi Happened * EXCELLENT

2009-04-05T00:51:00.003-05:00

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04032009/watch.html

This is strong stuff. This Bill Moyers Report interview with William K. Black about who tanked the economy and why is explosive. The transcript is also available at the link given.
Have you got an hour to listen ? If you do, listen twice, and get mad ! Then, please demand that your representatives on the hill stop sucking up to these criminals including those newly appointed in the administration. It's all a con job. These Wall Street appointees are the same crooks who robbed We The People blind.
Why did Obama appoint these people ? He knew they were crooks. You must realize that they have been appointed to cover all the crooks asses. What is going on here ? I guess somebody has to say it. Was he involved ?

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04032009/watch.html

TEXAS VOTING ON DECLARATION OF SOVERIEGNTY

2009-02-19T00:11:00.002-06:00

RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.

81R5789 MMS-F

By: Creighton H.C.R. No. 50

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people";
and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of
federal power as being that specifically granted by the
Constitution of the United States and no more; and
WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment
means that the federal government was created by the states
specifically to be an agent of the states; and
WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated
as agents of the federal government; and
WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the
Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of
the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union
of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal
government may not usurp; and
WHEREAS, Section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution says,
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government," and the Ninth Amendment states that
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not
be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people";
and
WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New
York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that congress may not
simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the
states; and
WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations
and some now pending from the present administration and from
congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise
enumerated and granted to the federal government by the
Constitution of the United States; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal
government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective
immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these
constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation that
directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal
penalties or sanctions or that requires states to pass legislation
or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the
senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the
Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this
resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.

Beautiful !

The Money Masters - YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS !

2009-02-15T23:27:00.002-06:00

This is serious stuff, and worth watching in one sitting. This is better than tv. We are in a financial war. It has been going on for a long time. Before TPTB destroy every economy on the face of the earth, you must see this.
So, get your beverage & your popcorn. Put your snuggly socks on, and a fire in the fireplace. You'll want your monitor where you can see it from the couch.
Full Screen. Ready............ON !

AND, You Need To Know This !
http://newsbrowser.org/firewall/index.html

You don't believe your reps in Washington DC are on the take ? Really ? Almost every legislator's votes are bought and paid for, whether the vote is yea or nay.
See for yourselves. http://www.maplight.org

Send this to your Congressperson and Senators. Let them know it's time for a change, all right. Yes, indeed it is.
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Additional Hurricane Ike Vids & Links

2008-10-10T22:41:00.005-05:00

I'm going to provide a list of links, some of which may include similar footage. The area where I grew up was devastated, and as of today almost 140 people are still missing, possibly washed out to sea, or inland. I think these videos will say it all. May God bless them, and those who knew them.

Lots of New Devastation Pictures of Hurricane Ike
http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20people%20have%20sent%20me.html

This first video is of a rescued couple who frequent an international forum where I post. As the hurricane was coming in, many of us in the area from the coast to north of Houston were posting first hand information about conditions as they worsened. This couple was posting from Bolivar, and suddenly weren't posting up. As we knew the 'cane' had hit them first, there was great concern, even from those in Europe who were following our reports. It was a week before we found out that they had survived barely, as they clung to the rafters in their attic crawl space.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYp7J80qfLU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Z5dMLOQ9k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTucbmRnG0&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na58dGNsxH0&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uvwqTdQEoc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgZOEPho4a0&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQnR0fjhYA&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZDwQgv99Lk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeYsVF5n82g&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofvDTeN807I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFgWIQ8WWMM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYp7J80qfLU&feature=related

Be Sure To See the Video in the post below, the September 21, 2008 Post.
Stunning Video & Music

Favorite Beaches After Hurricane Ike

2008-09-21T00:06:00.000-05:00

I grew up in Winnie, Texas. If you have followed Hurricane Ike news, you will have heard of it. These beach communities were right down the road, about 10 minutes away. I have seen names I recognize on the missing list. Maybe they evac'd and will turn up. A few evacuees say that 100's are missing.
These were the beaches I walked and ran along, the places I surfed, the places I fished.
At High Island-Gilchrist I would park, and walk down to the beach. A dolphin always seemed to jump as soon as I would approach the water, even from the time of my childhood.
They are gone. Swept out to sea, and some swept inland. Gone.
These were quiet, pristine beaches where people lived real lives. Not geared for tourists, but rather for families who had been there for generations.
I hope that in the days and weeks to come, those who were trapped by waters that rose 24 hours sooner than expected will show up, or be found alive.
May God bless everyone there. May God bless those who are now gone. They will be very much missed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3j92DNnOI

I will post many video links later, maybe tomorrow, showing the complete devastation to this once paradise on the Texas coast. As soon as I can do it without tears.

HURRICANE IKE ! YIKES !

2008-09-09T22:48:00.004-05:00

Gulf Sat Hurricane Loop * http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/gulfir.html

Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ)

2008-09-04T03:16:00.000-05:00

Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ)
You have to see this. It's beautiful !
Grab your hankies. You're going to need them.

Sign the Petition for Impeachment

2008-09-04T03:14:00.000-05:00

Dennis Kucinich is looking for 1,000,000 signatures for Impeachment of GW Bush !
Be a part of it. Email the link to everyone you know !
http://kucinich.us/

Now Here This ! The Second AMERICAN REVOLUTION !

2008-08-14T21:46:00.002-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFKGrmsBDk

WELL DONE !

I, for one, am fed up with the crap that is being shoved down our throats by representatives who haven't represented us in a very long time. All you have to do is a little research, such as a previous post on my blog, to know that anyone with a little money in their pockets can buy the reps vote away from common sense, the will of the people, and plain and simple survival of the nation.
We have, for instance, a potential Democratic nominee, Nobama, who wants to send almost ONE TRILLION DOLLARS , that's TRILLION, to Africa. EXCUSE ME ?
This IDIOT, this clueless , inexperienced IDIOT, must not have heard the truth, or chooses to ignore it, as in Bush 'Black'.
So, Nobama, just in case you stumble across my little blog, I have news for you.
The United States of America is more than NINE TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT. What kind of fool gives aid to anyone, any foreign nation, when they are more than 9 TRILLION DOLLARS in debt ? FOOL !
Where the hell does he plan to get this money ? Who does he think will pay for it ?
I WON"T. I don't think anyone who is willing to put up with some inexperienced jerk with a big check book, and lot's of credit cards who doesn't know this nation is drowning in debt has a brain to think with. Do the math.

AS to not recognizing English as our national language, FOOLS ! Do you know that in southwestern states, if you want a job that has public contact, you have to learn Spanish to be hired ? HEY ! This is America. This isn't Mexico. If Spanish speaking immigrants want a job here, they need to be required to speak English, or go home.
I'm fed up with Spanish on my bills, Spanish on the phone recordings, Spanish at the stores. THIS IS AMERICA. Our language is English.
I'm fed up with companies who cancel American traditional holidays because the Muslim employees want their religious holiday instead. Go home if that's what you want. Any company who does this, I will email campaign against, and boycott.
I'm fed up with rigged elections, a goverment that ignores the people who are paying their salaries. I'm fed up with lobbyists being treated with all due respect, and screw the people if we don't like it. I tell you what, any reps who might read this. You either stop cowtowing to the lobbyists, and foreign entities, stop taking kick backs, or I will vote against you, email campaign against you, and if I get the chance, I'll demand your impeachment for treason.

9/11 TRUTH RISING * Alex Jones

2008-08-13T03:46:00.000-05:00

9/11 TRUTH RISING * Alex Jones

Kucinich's Official Petition for Impeachment of GWB

2008-08-10T01:03:00.000-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUuhKJYFUfg&eurl=http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message584120/pg1

To Sign the Kucinich Official Petition for Impeachment of GWB, click here
http://kucinich.us/impeachment/petition/

STORM IN THE GULF ! Batten Down The Hatches

2008-08-03T18:32:00.004-05:00

Satellite Photo, 6:30 PM CDST
Houston KHOU HURRICANE CENTRAL
http://www.khou.com/weather/hurricanecentral/
GOES IR Gulf Java Applet Loop
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/gulfir.html
GOES WV Gulf Java Applet Loop
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huwvloop.html
National Hurricane Center, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

HURRICANE SUPPLY LIST @ FUTUREQUAKE Supply List, More Weather Links
While this storm probably doesn't have the time to become a full blown hurricane, do take precautions. If it's only a great big thunderstorm, then call it a dress rehearsal. The season is young yet, and the Gulf will only get warmer.

***** Be sure to back up your computer hard drive, and files you wouldn't want to lose, like photo albums, music, logons & passwords, favorite sites. If you have to evacuate you will want a way to take your backups with you.
If you can, put everything on an external hard drive. Of course there are also blank CD's and DVD's that will store gigabytes.
If you have to, take the hard drive out to take it with you.

RED CROSS Finds Bush Guilty of War Crimes !

2008-08-03T03:30:00.000-05:00

This is from MSNBC, COUNTDOWN.

The Impeachment Hearings & Abuse of Power

2008-07-26T20:43:00.000-05:00

Here are some highlights. Links to the complete hearings held on 7.25.2008 as well as links to an interview with Dennis Kucinich will be provided at the bottom of the videos. Priceless !

How to Make a Angry American

Dennis Kucinich - 7-25-2008

7/25/08 #38 Scott 'What can Congress do other than Impeach?'

7/25/08 #48 Rep Wexler Q&A

"BUSH GUILTY OF 1ST DEG MURDER" - BUGLIOSI TELLS CONGRESS

Kucinich Interview, #1
#2, #3

The Complete Hearing Links, Video #1, Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

Well, Hello Hurricane Dolly

2008-07-23T04:32:00.001-05:00

KHOU Houston News and Weather, for forecasts by Dr. Neil Frank, one of the planets foremost hurricane experts.
http://www.khou.com/weather/hurricanecentral/
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huirloop.html
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/gulfir.html

It's a little after 4 AM, here in west Houston, Texas. We're seeing the far outer bands, looks like rain is on the doorstep within the next hour or two. We're expecting high tides, beach erosion, some winds and heavy rains today.
No biggy here. Just some much needed rain.
Brownsville, Texas is about to get slammed, sometime later today, about noon is the guess-timate.

Batten the hatches, and be safe people.

The DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE

2008-07-05T00:24:00.000-05:00

This Declaration of Independence, written by my great great uncle, generations ago, is as fresh today as it was on July 4, 1776. Maybe he envisioned the current times. Just substitute George Bush's name and you will see what I mean.

Happy Birthday, AMERICA !

Ron Paul on Iran & Energy (C-SPAN 6-26)

2008-06-29T23:01:00.000-05:00

There are a few voices in our goverment who stand up, speak up, and are willing to be the fool in the room speaking the truth, while all around pretend not to know what truth is.
Like many, I have watched as the majority in our goverment these recent almost 8 years have acted like foreigners running the US into ruin as fast as they can. In speaking to people of all genre's , it becomes clear than almost any adult citizen in this country has a better grasp of the truth, intellect, and common sense than almost anyone in our goverment.
It's time to replace all of those representatives who consistently vote against the will of the people and good common sense, out of office as quickly as possible. Once you realize that the lobbyists and corporations are buying votes against your bests interests, it becomes clear that a complete overhaul of the Congress, the White House, and the military brass is in order, and long over due.
I hope this election year will be a good start in accomplishing that.

And, now, Ron Paul addressing the congressional pod people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7354M1QmGYQ&eurl=http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message567400/pg1

COUNTDOWN * Keith Olbermann * FISA Bill passed

2008-06-26T01:29:00.000-05:00

Countdown video FISA bill passed after debate

Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA

2008-06-26T01:22:00.000-05:00

Our privacy as guaranteed in the Constitution, our right to sue when eavesdropped on, has been bought and sold. Yes, our so called representatives in Congress have sold their votes, our rights, to the telecom companies who are helping the Bush administration spy on all of us.
I don't think it's terrorists they are afraid of. Do you ? I think they are afraid of the 89% of the American population who think 9/11 was an Inside Job, and want to see these criminals impeached. We are now called extremists.

HOUSE DEMS WHO CHANGED THEIR VOTE TO SUPPORT FISA BILL, GIVING IMMUNITY TO TELCOS, RECEIVED, ON AVERAGE, $8,359 IN PAC CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VERIZON, AT&T, AND SPRINT

BERKELEY, CA—Last week, on June 20, the House of Representatives approved a compromise bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill sets new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits resulting from the government’s warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls and viewing of emails of private citizens in the U.S. Approximately 40 lawsuits have been filed with potential damages totaling in the billions of dollars.

On March 14 of this year the House passed an amendment that rejected retroactive immunity for phone carriers who helped the National Security Agency carry out the illegal wiretapping program without proper warrants. Ninety-four House Democrats voted in favor of this measure--rejecting immunity--on March 14, then ‘changed’ to vote in favor of the June 20 House bill--approving immunity.

“Why did these ninety-four House members have a change of heart?” asked Daniel Newman, executive director of MAPLight.org, “Their constituents deserve answers.”

MAPLight.org's research department compiled PAC campaign contributions from Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint and correlated them with the voting records of all House members who voted on last week’s FISA bill. (The analysis used data from CRP; contributions were from January 2005 through March 2008). Here are the findings:

Comparing Democrats' Votes (March 14th and June 20th votes):

Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint gave PAC contributions averaging:

$8,359 to each Democrat who changed their position to support immunity for Telcos (94 Dems)
$4,987 to each Democrat who remained opposed to immunity for Telcos (116 Dems)

88 percent of the Dems who changed to supporting immunity (83 Dems of the 94) received PAC contributions from Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint during the last three years (Jan. 2005-Mar. 2008). See below for list of these 94 Dems.

All House Members (June 20th vote:)
Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint gave PAC contributions averaging:

$9,659 to each member of the House voting "YES" (105-Dem, 188-Rep)
$4,810 to each member of the House voting "NO" (128-Dem, 1-Rep)

MAPLight.org's research department findings are based on the combination of contribution data from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) with voting data from THOMAS via GovTrack.us.

"Campaign contributions bias our legislative system,” said Daniel Newman, Executive Director of MAPLight.org. “Simply put, candidates who take positions contrary to industry interests are unlikely to receive industry funds and thus have fewer resources for their election campaigns than those whose votes favor industry interests."

Democrats who changed their voting to support immunity for Telcos:

PAC contributions from Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint (January 2005 - March 2008).

Contribution
House Member
District

1
29500
Clyburn, James
SC-6

2
29000
Hoyer, Steny
MD-5

3
28000
Emanuel, Rahm
IL-5

4
27500
Boucher, Frederick
VA-9

5
26000
Meeks, Gregory
NY-6

6
24500
Crowley, Joseph
NY-7

7
24500
Pelosi, Nancy
CA-8

8
24000
Bean, Melissa
IL-8

9
22500
Edwards, Thomas
TX-17

10
22100
Baca, Joe
CA-43

11
21500
Engel, Eliot
NY-17

12
19000
Bishop, Sanford
GA-2

13
18500
Moore, Dennis
KS-3

14
18500
Spratt, John
SC-5

15
18500
Thompson, Bennie
MS-2

16
16000
Melancon, Charles
LA-3

17
15500
Cuellar, Henry
TX-28

18
15500
Stupak, Bart
MI-1

19
15000
Ackerman, Gary
NY-5

20
14800
Butterfield, George
NC-1

21
14300
Tanner, John
TN-8

22
14000
Kind, Ronald
WI-3

23
13500
Barrow, John
GA-12

24
13500
Gordon, Barton
TN-6

25
12500
Costa, Jim
CA-20

26
12500
Ross, Mike
AR-4

27
12000
Green, Al
TX-9

28
12000
Hinojosa, Rubén
TX-15

29
11000
Cardoza, Dennis
CA-18

30
11000
Schiff, Adam
CA-29

31
10000
Boswell, Leonard
IA-3

32
9000
Boyd, F.
FL-2

33
9000
Tauscher, Ellen
CA-10

34
8500
Skelton, Ike
MO-4

35
8000
Ellsworth, Brad
IN-8

36
7500
Gutierrez, Luis
IL-4

37
7500
Rahall, Nick
WV-3

38
7000
Harman, Jane
CA-36

39
7000
Langevin, James
RI-2

40
7000
Lipinski, Daniel
IL-3

41
7000
Reyes, Silvestre
TX-16

42
6500
Matheson, Jim
UT-2

43
6500
Scott, David
GA-13

44
6500
Wilson, Charles
OH-6

45
6000
Cleaver, Emanuel
MO-5

46
6000
Etheridge, Bob
NC-2

47
6000
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
SD-0

48
6000
Salazar, John
CO-3

49
5500
Hastings, Alcee
FL-23

50
5500
McCarthy, Carolyn
NY-4

51
5500
McIntyre, Mike
NC-7

52
5000
Davis, Artur
AL-7

53
5000
Murtha, John
PA-12

54
5000
Ortiz, Solomon
TX-27

55
4500
Brown, Corrine
FL-3

56
4500
Donnelly, Joe
IN-2

57
4000
Berman, Howard
CA-28

58
4000
Bishop, Timothy
NY-1

59
4000
Dicks, Norman
WA-6

60
4000
Lowey, Nita
NY-18

61
4000
Mahoney, Tim
FL-16

62
3000
Murphy, Patrick
PA-8

63
3000
Smith, Adam
WA-9

64
2500
Arcuri, Michael
NY-24

65
2000
Altmire, Jason
PA-4

66
2000
Castor, Kathy
FL-11

67
2000
Chandler, Ben
KY-6

68
2000
Giffords, Gabrielle
AZ-8

69
2000
Higgins, Brian
NY-27

70
2000
McNerney, Jerry
CA-11

71
2000
Mitchell, Harry
AZ-5

72
2000
Pomeroy, Earl
ND-0

73
2000
Sherman, Brad
CA-27

74
2000
Sires, Albio
NJ-13

75
1000
Berkley, Shelley
NV-1

76
1000
Boyda, Nancy
KS-2

77
1000
Gillibrand, Kirsten
NY-20

78
1000
Kanjorski, Paul
PA-11

79
1000
Kildee, Dale
MI-5

80
1000
Klein, Ron
FL-22

81
1000
Perlmutter, Ed
CO-7

82
1000
Rodriguez, Ciro
TX-23

83
1000
Space, Zackary
OH-18

84
0
Baird, Brian
WA-3

85
0
Berry, Robert
AR-1

86
0
Marshall, James
GA-8

87
0
Peterson, Collin
MN-7

88
0
Richardson, Laura
CA-37

89
0
Ruppersberger, C.A.
MD-2

90
0
Sestak, Joe
PA-7

91
0
Snyder, Victor
AR-2

92
0
Taylor, Gene
MS-4

93
0
Udall, Mark
CO-2

94
0
Yarmuth, John
KY-3

The FISA bill also requires the administration to submit surveillance procedures to the secret FISA court for approval before surveillance could begin, except in emergency circumstances. The bill's provisions expire at the end of 2012.

The March 16th vote was on the House amendment (to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3773), to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA).

Who We Are:
MAPLight.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides unprecedented government transparency, shining a light on our broken system of money-dominated politics. We track all campaign contributions given to members of Congress, and how every member of Congress votes on every bill, revealing connections between money and politics never before possible to see. Our concise graphs show correlations between money and votes, and timelines of contributions and votes, showing specifics about when legislators received large donations before and after a vote.

About MAPLight.org:
MAPLight.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Berkeley, California. Its search engine at MAPLight.org illuminates the connection between Money And Politics (MAP) via an unprecedented database of campaign contributions and legislative outcomes. Data sources include: GovTrack.us; Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org); Federal Election Commission (FEC); and National Institute on Money in State Politics (NIMSP). Support and opposition data is obtained through testimony at public hearings, proprietary news databases and public statements on the websites of trade associations and other groups. To learn more visit MAPLight.org.

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