Okay, as if our economy isn't in the dumps enough and we should all be exercising caution in the "need vs want" spending category, here comes another shove it down my throat (a la "gimme gimme") "But I can fab up my home with these!" the ads say from Glam.com. This will no doubt appeal to those that possess poor buying skills and are so caught up in this buying binge that has so many of us in a stranglehold, up to our teeth in debt and can't pay the mortgage. Okay, here we go!
Essential Home Electronics
from Glam.com
We've got a weakness for glam gadgets, especially those that offer a simplified, sleek approach to everyday tasks and simultaneously up your home's fab factor. Give in to your techie temptations-and keep up with the home-electronics current-with these seven super -cool essentials.
(Keep up with those Jonesies!!!!!!!)
Bose SoundDock Digital Music System
Enjoy your tunes inside or alfresco with this mega-powered system that bellows enough rich, clear sound waves to fill even your biggest room. (The bass booms.) Simply pop your iPod into the cradle, press Play, and rock out.
(Bose is overrated. Try Klipsch instead for a lot less money! Their ipod systems range from $150-$300. Bose runs about $400.)
Canon Powershot A560 Digital Camera
From life's most well-planned occasions to last-minute memories in the making, this digital camera captures any moment with incredible clarity, thanks to its whopping 7.1 megapixel resolution. Keep it handy for spontaneous snaps around the house, or take it wherever you roam.
(Canon ain't the only guy out there. Comparison shop with other makers like Olympus, Panasonic and even Fuji.)
Canon PIXMA MP970 Photo All-in-One Printer
When it's time to transfer your digital pictures from the pixel to the page, this all-in-one system is the choice of home-printing champions. It produces the crispest 4"x6" pictures directly from your camera's memory card in seconds and has copy and scanning capabilities to boot.
(Need I repeat myself? HP makes some good stuff too.)
Curves Digital Glass Scale
Step on up-and on-to this high-tech scale, which measures weight down to the last 10th of a pound. The large LCD screen instantly and accurately displays the results-whether you like them or not. Best of all, the sleek, modern design won't weigh down your bathroom decor.
(Okay this gets my "most ridiculous" vote. Why not just buy a regular scale instead and save all that money?)
Alessi Stainless-Steel Cordless Electric Kettle
Skip the stove and fire up this Michael Graves-designed electric kettle. When its contents come to full boil, the little birdie perched atop the pour spout sings-and the system automatically turns itself off. (Aww isn't that cute...well let's see how much that little birdie is gonna cost us!)
(Okay this might have to share the vote with the scale. The price range on this baby is about $200-$235. Are you kidding me??? That's about as ridiculous as spending $300 on a Dualite toaster. If you want a good electric kettle, buy a Breville, Krups or something similar for less than $80. I would say just buy the good ol stovetop kind but even those are going up in price in favor of the more modern looks. The main advantages to having an electric kettle are that they have the auto shutoff feature and can boil water quicker. That's it! Do you need to spend $235 to have that? Come on.)
Sephora Professional Cordless Straightener
In addition to creating super-straight, glossy locks, this cordless hair straightener rocks innovative features rarely found on other flatirons, like automatic safety shutoff, three temperature levels, infrared heat drying, a car charger, and a heat-protection bag for safe stashing.
(A car charger????? Is this just in case you need to do your hair while driving and talking on your cell phone? This item goes for a cool $225. Buy one at Target or Best Buy for about $30 instead. Sure it won't have the car charger, but then again you don't need a ticket. Or worse.)
Illuminations Electric Aroma Diffuser
Plug this discreet scent diffuser into any electrical out outlet to fill a room with soothing fragrance-without overpowering it with perfume. The small pots of essential oils, which last for up to 30 days, create a calming environment with their aromatherapy qualities.
(Just like Glade plug ins on steroids. $17 not including the oils. Now march yourself into Pier 1 instead and get some reed diffusers. They look a lot nicer out on your countertop anyway, and one bottle of the stuff can go a lot farther than having to shell out $100 to outfit your home with these.)
STOP!!!!! Decide what you NEED, and ignore the rest. Sounds pretty easy doesn't it? And look, you might even have some money left over to pay down that credit card or mortgage!!!! Glam.com really needs to be more responsible. Hey, if we gotta be "green" hows about promoting "save the green" as well???
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
I'm a little late on this, but...
The Texas Courts ruled in favor of freedom in January when David and Shannon Croft lost their case trying to ban the moment of silence in Texas Schools. Here's the complete article from Dallasnews.com:
Texas schools' moment of silence upheld after Carrollton couple's challenge
Judge says law doesn't mandate prayer
8:46 AM CST on Saturday, January 5, 2008
By STEPHANIE SANDOVAL / The Dallas Morning News
ssandoval@dallasnews.com
A Carrollton couple's court challenge to Texas' requirement that schoolchildren observe a minute of silence has failed.
David and Shannon Croft had sued Gov. Rick Perry and the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, alleging that the law was unconstitutional and amounted to required prayer.
But U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn in Dallas upheld the statute this week.
She said the law – amended in 2003 to add the word "pray" to "reflect" and "meditate" as options for students' use of the minute – does not promote an "excessive entanglement between government and religion."
"The Legislature amended the statute to provide a period of time for the full panoply of thoughtful contemplation," Judge Lynn said. "The primary effect of the amendment is not to advance or inhibit religion."
Dean Cook, attorney for the plaintiffs, said he was disappointed in the opinion but respects the judge.
"Whether we're going to appeal at this point, we're going to have to discuss that and see what we want to do," he said.
Meanwhile, he has another case pending in state district court, in which the Crofts have sued the governor over the addition of "one state, under God" to the pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag.
Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists, said she wasn't surprised by the ruling. But she expects more challenges to similar statutes around the country.
"Secular students, atheist students, are not happy with this, and they're going to challenge it in every way possible," she said.
She said students who want to pray can do so by their locker or at their desk at any time, and there's no reason to stop the school day.
"Basically, what it is is a way to silence everyone else while those who want to pray can pray," she said. "Everyone knows what this is all about, and we pretend that it's not what it really is. It's really about starting the school day off with prayer."
Judge Lynn said in her ruling that there is no doubt that some legislators, including the bill's sponsor, Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, had expressed a desire with the bill to put prayer back in schools.
But she said it was also clear that the Legislature intended to draft a constitutional law and that the addition of the word "pray" was not an endorsement of religion or prayer in the classroom. That finding is further supported by a catch-all provision that allows students to engage in any kind of silent activity or thought during that minute, she said.
Lisa Graybill, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said her organization was not involved in the case but had watched it closely.
"I think we might disagree with the outcome of the analysis had we been part of the case, but we were not," she said. But she said that the judge did a thorough job of reviewing the legislative history and the intent of the law.
"I think it's a really thorough opinion," she said.
Because the judge acknowledged that her decision was a "close" call, Ms. Graybill said, she is interested in seeing whether the plaintiffs will appeal.
And though the judge ruled that the law itself is constitutional, that won't prevent someone from filing a lawsuit alleging that a school's implementation of it is unconstitutional. An example of that might be if teachers or school administrators said the moment of silence was specifically for prayer.
The governor said in a written statement that justice was served in the ruling.
"I am proud that Texas' children will continue to be able to have a moment dedicated daily to their innermost thoughts and contemplations," Mr. Perry said.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott also praised the decision.
"Particularly in an age where children are so frequently confronted with violence and disorder, 60 seconds of quiet contemplation at the beginning of each day is not too much to ask," he said in a statement.
The Crofts have repeatedly failed to return phone calls from reporters. But over the years, Mr. Croft has fought several signs of religion at Rosemeade Elementary, which his children attended.
The family successfully asked that "Silent Night" be dropped from a holiday program and objected to an "In God We Trust" poster on the wall.
On his blog, Mr. Croft wrote that the minute of silence is a waste of educational time and has no secular purpose.
Liberty Legal Institute, a Plano-based legal organization that protects religious freedoms and First Amendment rights, called the court ruling a "great victory."
"The ultimate intolerance is someone attacking a moment of silence because they are worried others will decide to pray in their free time," chief counsel Kelly Shackelford said in a written statement. "This is a victory for everyone who believes in freedom."
The school district was dismissed from the lawsuit in August because the plaintiffs were challenging the constitutionality of the state statute, not the district's policy.
But Carrollton-Farmers Branch school officials expressed relief at the news Friday.
"Our perspective was this is primarily a state law," school board President John Tepper said. "As a district, we and our employees, teachers in particular, were just doing our best to comply with the state's requirements there. We're pleased they didn't find any problems on our part in that regard."
Schools superintendent Annette Griffin said that every morning, after the pledges of allegiance to the U.S. and state flags, each campus calls for a minute of silence. She said students are free to do what they want during that minute, as long as they are quiet and don't interfere with others' thoughts, contemplation or prayers.
"During that time, you can pray, you can not pray, you can pray to whoever you want to, or you can just be silent," Dr. Griffin said. "They can use that moment to think about whatever they want."
I think anyone could have predicted the outcome of this. But even though the Crofts lost, it must serve as a warning to those that want to protect basic religious freedoms in this country, and illustrate that we must WAKE UP to what is happening to the world around us.
There are those that want NO religion, NO borders, just an international body and activist judges to run our country. Heck, even Berkley CA is running off the Marines. Same Marines that die for their freedoms every day. Sound like a return to Franco and/or Lenin? Talk to some people that went through that era and ask them if they think it's best for the USA to go for that. My theory is that the people that are pushing for this aren't old enough to remember or haven't studied enough history to understand what's really at stake here.
Students have the right to use that contemplative minute in school however they want. That's FREEDOM. It's NOT, "get out your bibles everybody, and read John 3:16." There is a DIFFERENCE!
To try and overturn this law IMHO amounts to FASCISM. Everyone in that school district needs to have some cojones and stand up for what is RIGHT and not bend to these attempts to erase basic freedoms in our schools.
And that's my post for today.
Texas schools' moment of silence upheld after Carrollton couple's challenge
Judge says law doesn't mandate prayer
8:46 AM CST on Saturday, January 5, 2008
By STEPHANIE SANDOVAL / The Dallas Morning News
ssandoval@dallasnews.com
A Carrollton couple's court challenge to Texas' requirement that schoolchildren observe a minute of silence has failed.
David and Shannon Croft had sued Gov. Rick Perry and the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, alleging that the law was unconstitutional and amounted to required prayer.
But U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn in Dallas upheld the statute this week.
She said the law – amended in 2003 to add the word "pray" to "reflect" and "meditate" as options for students' use of the minute – does not promote an "excessive entanglement between government and religion."
"The Legislature amended the statute to provide a period of time for the full panoply of thoughtful contemplation," Judge Lynn said. "The primary effect of the amendment is not to advance or inhibit religion."
Dean Cook, attorney for the plaintiffs, said he was disappointed in the opinion but respects the judge.
"Whether we're going to appeal at this point, we're going to have to discuss that and see what we want to do," he said.
Meanwhile, he has another case pending in state district court, in which the Crofts have sued the governor over the addition of "one state, under God" to the pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag.
Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists, said she wasn't surprised by the ruling. But she expects more challenges to similar statutes around the country.
"Secular students, atheist students, are not happy with this, and they're going to challenge it in every way possible," she said.
She said students who want to pray can do so by their locker or at their desk at any time, and there's no reason to stop the school day.
"Basically, what it is is a way to silence everyone else while those who want to pray can pray," she said. "Everyone knows what this is all about, and we pretend that it's not what it really is. It's really about starting the school day off with prayer."
Judge Lynn said in her ruling that there is no doubt that some legislators, including the bill's sponsor, Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, had expressed a desire with the bill to put prayer back in schools.
But she said it was also clear that the Legislature intended to draft a constitutional law and that the addition of the word "pray" was not an endorsement of religion or prayer in the classroom. That finding is further supported by a catch-all provision that allows students to engage in any kind of silent activity or thought during that minute, she said.
Lisa Graybill, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said her organization was not involved in the case but had watched it closely.
"I think we might disagree with the outcome of the analysis had we been part of the case, but we were not," she said. But she said that the judge did a thorough job of reviewing the legislative history and the intent of the law.
"I think it's a really thorough opinion," she said.
Because the judge acknowledged that her decision was a "close" call, Ms. Graybill said, she is interested in seeing whether the plaintiffs will appeal.
And though the judge ruled that the law itself is constitutional, that won't prevent someone from filing a lawsuit alleging that a school's implementation of it is unconstitutional. An example of that might be if teachers or school administrators said the moment of silence was specifically for prayer.
The governor said in a written statement that justice was served in the ruling.
"I am proud that Texas' children will continue to be able to have a moment dedicated daily to their innermost thoughts and contemplations," Mr. Perry said.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott also praised the decision.
"Particularly in an age where children are so frequently confronted with violence and disorder, 60 seconds of quiet contemplation at the beginning of each day is not too much to ask," he said in a statement.
The Crofts have repeatedly failed to return phone calls from reporters. But over the years, Mr. Croft has fought several signs of religion at Rosemeade Elementary, which his children attended.
The family successfully asked that "Silent Night" be dropped from a holiday program and objected to an "In God We Trust" poster on the wall.
On his blog, Mr. Croft wrote that the minute of silence is a waste of educational time and has no secular purpose.
Liberty Legal Institute, a Plano-based legal organization that protects religious freedoms and First Amendment rights, called the court ruling a "great victory."
"The ultimate intolerance is someone attacking a moment of silence because they are worried others will decide to pray in their free time," chief counsel Kelly Shackelford said in a written statement. "This is a victory for everyone who believes in freedom."
The school district was dismissed from the lawsuit in August because the plaintiffs were challenging the constitutionality of the state statute, not the district's policy.
But Carrollton-Farmers Branch school officials expressed relief at the news Friday.
"Our perspective was this is primarily a state law," school board President John Tepper said. "As a district, we and our employees, teachers in particular, were just doing our best to comply with the state's requirements there. We're pleased they didn't find any problems on our part in that regard."
Schools superintendent Annette Griffin said that every morning, after the pledges of allegiance to the U.S. and state flags, each campus calls for a minute of silence. She said students are free to do what they want during that minute, as long as they are quiet and don't interfere with others' thoughts, contemplation or prayers.
"During that time, you can pray, you can not pray, you can pray to whoever you want to, or you can just be silent," Dr. Griffin said. "They can use that moment to think about whatever they want."
I think anyone could have predicted the outcome of this. But even though the Crofts lost, it must serve as a warning to those that want to protect basic religious freedoms in this country, and illustrate that we must WAKE UP to what is happening to the world around us.
There are those that want NO religion, NO borders, just an international body and activist judges to run our country. Heck, even Berkley CA is running off the Marines. Same Marines that die for their freedoms every day. Sound like a return to Franco and/or Lenin? Talk to some people that went through that era and ask them if they think it's best for the USA to go for that. My theory is that the people that are pushing for this aren't old enough to remember or haven't studied enough history to understand what's really at stake here.
Students have the right to use that contemplative minute in school however they want. That's FREEDOM. It's NOT, "get out your bibles everybody, and read John 3:16." There is a DIFFERENCE!
To try and overturn this law IMHO amounts to FASCISM. Everyone in that school district needs to have some cojones and stand up for what is RIGHT and not bend to these attempts to erase basic freedoms in our schools.
And that's my post for today.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Preparing for Lent and Pascha
Let's see, where to begin? I have so many things I need to give up for Lent. This is my very first time to observe it officially as an Orthodox, so I'm sure to have a lot of curveballs. Here goes...
1) Sodas (Wow, I think I might have dangerous withdrawal symptoms there LOL. Look out!)
2) My cynical attitude towards the world (That's a tough one! I need a lot of prayer there, but I do call it as I see it, so maybe that's actually a good thing!)
3) World of Warcraft (Okay, so maybe I can do without that for 40 days)
4) Spending more time in prayer and the Scriptures. I don't care who you are, we could all use more of that IMHO
5) Re-examine my walk with Christ (I do this every year at Christmas, I just need to do it at Lent in addition.)
6) Of course, follow all the dietary restrictions
7) Give more of myself to the community
8) Attend my Catechumen classes and be attentive
I'm sure I will think of more.
This year I'm preparing a Pascha basket. In the Russian Orthodox tradition, which is what I observe, you make your Easter basket with all the good things representing that which Christ has given us. A sausage, cheese, bread, horseradish, butter, and just whatever else you would like to have blessed. A beautiful tradition is the red eggs. You give another parishioner an egg to symbolize Christ's resurrection. The egg represents new life, and as a "forbidden food" it celebrates the end of Lent in a special way. Red of course represents blood.
There are many theories about how the red Easter egg originated, including pagan traditions and a story about Mary Magdalene supposedly going to the Emporer of Rome and he said, "Christ has no more risen than the egg on that table is red." Funny how that parallels with so much of society's thinking today.
I'm going to decorate mine with some Russian folk fairytale and Orthodox cathedral wraps, so they'll look really awesome. (I hope!) Coveting is considered a great sin, and I am guilty as much as the next person. I love beautiful Faberge eggs and wish I had a whole cabinet filled with them. When I visited the Armory Museum in Moscow years ago, I fell in love with Imperialist art, Faberge eggs and the treasures of the Czarist empire. I don't agree with the political climate it carried, but nonetheless, there is no way the British monarchy would have anything on these guys when it comes to pomp, pageantry and displaying your wealth.
But the real reason we celebrate Pascha is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It's not about the pretty eggs, or blessing of baskets, fancy foods, etc. Those are traditions handed down and are great to observe, but we must not forget what Easter really is. Forget all the Wal Mart grass, chocolate bunnies, and egg hunts...those are mainly fueled by corporate greed and an unleashed assault on the American buyer's psyche.
All over the world, Christians are accused of being stupid for their belief in Christ. All over the world, Christians die every day because of belief in a simple carpenter that was sent to the Earth to die for our sins. I would like for someone to tell me how this is such a horrible and terrible thing that is going to destroy mankind??? We, as humans, have made it a bad thing by starting wars in His name and forcing Him upon others, when His gift is free to receive. All that is required of us as Christians is merely to plant the seed. Around me I see professionals: doctors, lawyers, CPAs in my parish that will emphatically proclaim their belief in Christ. According to "the world," are these people stupid and ignorant? To those that have not accepted Christ: Would you not take your kid to a pediatrician that believed in Jesus? Use an accountant that had a cross displayed on his desk? Disregard a scientist's opinion because he says he believes in a Creator? Those that hold that Christ is just a "fairytale" in a book are sentencing themselves to something far worse than we can imagine here on Earth. No amount of science or what man has discovered will be enough to keep you separated from the eternal kingdom and rewards that we can each receive. All you have to do is believe and receive.
"Science is merely God's gift to humanity to understand His creation."
--Me
There I go again with my cynicism.
1) Sodas (Wow, I think I might have dangerous withdrawal symptoms there LOL. Look out!)
2) My cynical attitude towards the world (That's a tough one! I need a lot of prayer there, but I do call it as I see it, so maybe that's actually a good thing!)
3) World of Warcraft (Okay, so maybe I can do without that for 40 days)
4) Spending more time in prayer and the Scriptures. I don't care who you are, we could all use more of that IMHO
5) Re-examine my walk with Christ (I do this every year at Christmas, I just need to do it at Lent in addition.)
6) Of course, follow all the dietary restrictions
7) Give more of myself to the community
8) Attend my Catechumen classes and be attentive
I'm sure I will think of more.
This year I'm preparing a Pascha basket. In the Russian Orthodox tradition, which is what I observe, you make your Easter basket with all the good things representing that which Christ has given us. A sausage, cheese, bread, horseradish, butter, and just whatever else you would like to have blessed. A beautiful tradition is the red eggs. You give another parishioner an egg to symbolize Christ's resurrection. The egg represents new life, and as a "forbidden food" it celebrates the end of Lent in a special way. Red of course represents blood.
There are many theories about how the red Easter egg originated, including pagan traditions and a story about Mary Magdalene supposedly going to the Emporer of Rome and he said, "Christ has no more risen than the egg on that table is red." Funny how that parallels with so much of society's thinking today.
I'm going to decorate mine with some Russian folk fairytale and Orthodox cathedral wraps, so they'll look really awesome. (I hope!) Coveting is considered a great sin, and I am guilty as much as the next person. I love beautiful Faberge eggs and wish I had a whole cabinet filled with them. When I visited the Armory Museum in Moscow years ago, I fell in love with Imperialist art, Faberge eggs and the treasures of the Czarist empire. I don't agree with the political climate it carried, but nonetheless, there is no way the British monarchy would have anything on these guys when it comes to pomp, pageantry and displaying your wealth.
But the real reason we celebrate Pascha is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It's not about the pretty eggs, or blessing of baskets, fancy foods, etc. Those are traditions handed down and are great to observe, but we must not forget what Easter really is. Forget all the Wal Mart grass, chocolate bunnies, and egg hunts...those are mainly fueled by corporate greed and an unleashed assault on the American buyer's psyche.
All over the world, Christians are accused of being stupid for their belief in Christ. All over the world, Christians die every day because of belief in a simple carpenter that was sent to the Earth to die for our sins. I would like for someone to tell me how this is such a horrible and terrible thing that is going to destroy mankind??? We, as humans, have made it a bad thing by starting wars in His name and forcing Him upon others, when His gift is free to receive. All that is required of us as Christians is merely to plant the seed. Around me I see professionals: doctors, lawyers, CPAs in my parish that will emphatically proclaim their belief in Christ. According to "the world," are these people stupid and ignorant? To those that have not accepted Christ: Would you not take your kid to a pediatrician that believed in Jesus? Use an accountant that had a cross displayed on his desk? Disregard a scientist's opinion because he says he believes in a Creator? Those that hold that Christ is just a "fairytale" in a book are sentencing themselves to something far worse than we can imagine here on Earth. No amount of science or what man has discovered will be enough to keep you separated from the eternal kingdom and rewards that we can each receive. All you have to do is believe and receive.
"Science is merely God's gift to humanity to understand His creation."
--Me
There I go again with my cynicism.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
SPP Facts vs Myths
The Bush Administration’s Efforts to Cover Up the North American Union Myths, Facts -- Truth
September 20, 2006
By Tom DeWeese
"Conspiracy theories." "Fringe nuts." "Lies." "Myths." These are the words being used by officials of the Bush Administration and others to brand those who have reported on the activities of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), currently operating out of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Opponents have charged the SPP will result in the establishment of a North American Union, much on the same lines as the European Union.
In response to its critics, the SPP has added a "SPP Myths Vs Facts" section to its website at www.SPP.gov. According to the "Myths Vs Facts" document the SPP is simply a "dialog" among the three countries to "enhance prosperity." It goes on to say the SPP is not an agreement, nor is it a treaty. It says "no agreement was ever signed."
The truth is, on March 23, 2005, President Bush met at his ranch in Crawford, Texas with Vicente Fox and Paul Martin (then PM of Canada) in what they called a Summit. The three heads of state then drove to Baylor University in Waco, where they issued a press release announcing their signing of an agreement to form the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).
This year, on March 31, 2006, Bush. Fox and new Canadian PM, Stephen Harper met in Cancun, Mexico. This time their press release celebrated what they called the first anniversary of the SPP.
The use of the word "dialog" is a carefully selected euphemism designed to make the SPP sound like an innocent discussion among friends. To admit that it is anything more would force the government to provide Constitutional justification for its actions.
Moreover, the SPP says it won’t change our court system or legislative process and that it respects the sovereignty of each nation. And, says the SPP Myths and Facts document, it strongly rejects the idea that it is creating a European Union-like structure.
That defense is almost laughable in light of the massive activity taking place in the SPP office located in the Commerce Department.
First one must know that the European Union was also originally sold to the nations on the European continent as simply a trade and security framework. The idea, said proponents, was to create an economic structure to allow a combined European economy to compete with the United States and other economic powerhouses. Only a few years later nations were told they needed a common currency to provide seamless trade. At the same time, the working groups organizing the EU policy began to morph into what today has become a European Union parliament, which now is working to create a means of taxation, regulation of commerce and a court system.
Now, in offices buried in the bureaucratic structures of the United States, Canada and Mexico, twenty "working groups" are hard at work writing policy initiatives for the SPP, covering a wide range of issues including, the manufacture and movement of goods across the borders of the three North American nations: creating a common energy policy and common environmental regulations over the three nations; regulating E-commerce and information communications and technologies; establishing financial services, including loan policy and foreign aid policy; overseeing business facilitation, creating the rules under which businesses will operate in the three nations; establishing food and agriculture policy; and overseeing transportation and health policy.
These policy directives will infringe on every aspect of our lives. Can anyone seriously accept the Administration’s explanation that nothing really important is going on here? That this is only a friendly discussion taking place? That nothing will change in the way our government operates? If that were so, then why are we doing it? Why are so much time, money and energy being taken up in an effort that means nothing? The answer, of course, is that lots is going on.
It’s no accident that the SPP is working out of the NAFTA office of the Department of Commerce. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was the precursor to the Security and Prosperity Partnership. According to investigative journalist, Jerome Corsi, a key part of the SPP plan is to expand the NAFTA tribunals into a North American Union court system.
Under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA Agreement, a tribunal conducts a behind closed-doors "trial" to decide the cases dealing with how state and federal laws may damage NAFTA business. If NAFTA investors believe state or federal laws damage their NAFTA businesses, under the tribunal the investor may sue the government and taxpayers will foot the bill. The NAFTA tribunal decision trumps the U.S. courts, all the way to the Supreme Court. Yet, the Bush Administration insists the SPP will have no effect on our court system.
The SPP says it is a myth that Congress is not involved or supportive of its actions. The truth is, to date, there has been no legislation passed by Congress to permit its actions. No taxpayer funds have been appropriated. One "hearing" was held in Senator Richard Lugar’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It was a friendly affair with friendly "dialog." No tough questions were asked. No one was held accountable for their actions.
Meanwhile, members of Congress are beginning to become aware of the SPP activities at the Commerce Department. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) is demanding the Bush Administration fully disclose the activities of the SPP, which he says, has no authorization from Congress.
Specifically, Tancredo wants to know the membership of the SPP working groups. To date, no one knows who is involved, or is performing the work to create the policies of the SPP. Geri Word, who heads the SPP office told World Net Daily that the work has not been disclosed because "We did not want to get the contact people of the working groups distracted by calls from the public." Yet the SPP denies it is working in secret.
Additional congressional reaction has come from Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). He had introduced a bill, "The North American Investment Act" (S.3622). Incredibly the bill contains near exact language from the book by Robert Pastor entitled "Toward a North American Community." Pastor’s book is largely considered to be the blue print for the creation of the North American Union. Much of the contents of the book later appeared in a report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) entitled "Building a North American Community." That report was issued just a week before the Summit in Waco.
However, once these facts were demonstrated to Senator Cornyn, he immediately took efforts to assure S.3622 would not be voted on in the Senate. His spokesman stated that Senator Cornyn "is adamantly opposed to any ‘North American Union’ being formed like the EU had been formed in Europe." Regardless of how the Administration spins it, there is no congressional authorization for SPP actions or spending.
The SPP denies that it is planning to create a unique currency some have called the "Amero." However, on April 6, 2006, the SPP announced the formation of the Financial Services Working Group. According to its own news release, the Financial Group will focus on "enhancing processes for addressing banking, securities, and insurance issues." It goes on to say, "U.S. financial regulatory agencies will play a critical role in the SPP."
In truth, the SPP is being put into place incrementally. It will take years before everything is in place. It took the European Union several years to create the Euro. However, the guiding documents from Dr. Pastor’s book and the CFR report both call for the creation of a North American currency. It is obvious, if one dissects the double speak of the bureaucratic language of the SPP, in order for it to reach its goal to "reduce the cost of trade," "combat counterfeiting," and "facilitate trade" among three nations trying to act as one, the drive for a single currency will not be questioned.
And finally, there is the issue of the NAFTA super highway. NAFTA was the first step in creating a North American Union. It was sold as a means to enhance trade among the North American nations. All were promised greater exports, better jobs and better wages. In truth, NAFTA is an unmitigated failure for all but a very few. The U.S. trade deficit has soared to almost $1 trillion per year; The U.S. has lost some 1.5 million jobs and real wages in both the U.S. and Mexico have fallen significantly. Yet, the agenda is set and so our government presses on.
The latest objective is the NAFTA super highway on which construction is planned to begin next year. It would bisect Texas from its border with Mexico to Oklahoma. It will travel on to Kansas City where an "inland port" is now in the final planning stages.
Plans call for a ten lane, limited access highway to parallel I-35 It would have three lanes each way for passenger cars, two express lanes each way for trucks, rail lines both ways for people and freight, plus a utility corridor for oil and natural gas pipelines, electric towers, cables for communications and telephone lines. The highway will require the taking of more than 500,000 acres of private land and is estimated to displace a million Americans from their property. Eminent Domain will be the tool of choice for the massive land grab – now made easier by last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the Kelo case.
The Kansas City Smart Port will be literally the first checkpoint on a highway that will run all the way from Columbia through the Hartland of the United States. Mexico will have a facility on the KC Smart Port site that it now insists will be Mexican sovereign land.
To make the NAFTA super highway reality, the borders of the three nations must disappear. Immigration will simply become "migration." Border laws cannot exist. "Harmonizing" of our societies is becoming the catch phrase.
The SPP says its purpose is to guarantee security and prosperity for the three nations. The NAFTA model has already proven there will be no prosperity. The NAFTA super highway is proof there can be no security as we pave the way for more illegals to flood the nation, as truckloads of illegal drugs fly up the highway and terrorists just hitch a ride.
The United States is the most unique nation on earth. We were created out of a radical idea that free people, with their freedoms protected by the government would be happy and prosper beyond imagination. The idea worked. Now, the Bush Administration is ignoring this historic fact to "harmonize" us with Canada and especially Mexico, which is not a free country; has no property and has just proved its unworthiness of conducting free and fair elections. At risk are our culture, our wealth, and the once proud American way of life.
Americans must now understand that the battle to stop the North American Union is the last stand for a free and independent United States. That’s not a "Myth" it’s the truth.
September 20, 2006
By Tom DeWeese
"Conspiracy theories." "Fringe nuts." "Lies." "Myths." These are the words being used by officials of the Bush Administration and others to brand those who have reported on the activities of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), currently operating out of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Opponents have charged the SPP will result in the establishment of a North American Union, much on the same lines as the European Union.
In response to its critics, the SPP has added a "SPP Myths Vs Facts" section to its website at www.SPP.gov. According to the "Myths Vs Facts" document the SPP is simply a "dialog" among the three countries to "enhance prosperity." It goes on to say the SPP is not an agreement, nor is it a treaty. It says "no agreement was ever signed."
The truth is, on March 23, 2005, President Bush met at his ranch in Crawford, Texas with Vicente Fox and Paul Martin (then PM of Canada) in what they called a Summit. The three heads of state then drove to Baylor University in Waco, where they issued a press release announcing their signing of an agreement to form the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).
This year, on March 31, 2006, Bush. Fox and new Canadian PM, Stephen Harper met in Cancun, Mexico. This time their press release celebrated what they called the first anniversary of the SPP.
The use of the word "dialog" is a carefully selected euphemism designed to make the SPP sound like an innocent discussion among friends. To admit that it is anything more would force the government to provide Constitutional justification for its actions.
Moreover, the SPP says it won’t change our court system or legislative process and that it respects the sovereignty of each nation. And, says the SPP Myths and Facts document, it strongly rejects the idea that it is creating a European Union-like structure.
That defense is almost laughable in light of the massive activity taking place in the SPP office located in the Commerce Department.
First one must know that the European Union was also originally sold to the nations on the European continent as simply a trade and security framework. The idea, said proponents, was to create an economic structure to allow a combined European economy to compete with the United States and other economic powerhouses. Only a few years later nations were told they needed a common currency to provide seamless trade. At the same time, the working groups organizing the EU policy began to morph into what today has become a European Union parliament, which now is working to create a means of taxation, regulation of commerce and a court system.
Now, in offices buried in the bureaucratic structures of the United States, Canada and Mexico, twenty "working groups" are hard at work writing policy initiatives for the SPP, covering a wide range of issues including, the manufacture and movement of goods across the borders of the three North American nations: creating a common energy policy and common environmental regulations over the three nations; regulating E-commerce and information communications and technologies; establishing financial services, including loan policy and foreign aid policy; overseeing business facilitation, creating the rules under which businesses will operate in the three nations; establishing food and agriculture policy; and overseeing transportation and health policy.
These policy directives will infringe on every aspect of our lives. Can anyone seriously accept the Administration’s explanation that nothing really important is going on here? That this is only a friendly discussion taking place? That nothing will change in the way our government operates? If that were so, then why are we doing it? Why are so much time, money and energy being taken up in an effort that means nothing? The answer, of course, is that lots is going on.
It’s no accident that the SPP is working out of the NAFTA office of the Department of Commerce. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was the precursor to the Security and Prosperity Partnership. According to investigative journalist, Jerome Corsi, a key part of the SPP plan is to expand the NAFTA tribunals into a North American Union court system.
Under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA Agreement, a tribunal conducts a behind closed-doors "trial" to decide the cases dealing with how state and federal laws may damage NAFTA business. If NAFTA investors believe state or federal laws damage their NAFTA businesses, under the tribunal the investor may sue the government and taxpayers will foot the bill. The NAFTA tribunal decision trumps the U.S. courts, all the way to the Supreme Court. Yet, the Bush Administration insists the SPP will have no effect on our court system.
The SPP says it is a myth that Congress is not involved or supportive of its actions. The truth is, to date, there has been no legislation passed by Congress to permit its actions. No taxpayer funds have been appropriated. One "hearing" was held in Senator Richard Lugar’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It was a friendly affair with friendly "dialog." No tough questions were asked. No one was held accountable for their actions.
Meanwhile, members of Congress are beginning to become aware of the SPP activities at the Commerce Department. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) is demanding the Bush Administration fully disclose the activities of the SPP, which he says, has no authorization from Congress.
Specifically, Tancredo wants to know the membership of the SPP working groups. To date, no one knows who is involved, or is performing the work to create the policies of the SPP. Geri Word, who heads the SPP office told World Net Daily that the work has not been disclosed because "We did not want to get the contact people of the working groups distracted by calls from the public." Yet the SPP denies it is working in secret.
Additional congressional reaction has come from Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). He had introduced a bill, "The North American Investment Act" (S.3622). Incredibly the bill contains near exact language from the book by Robert Pastor entitled "Toward a North American Community." Pastor’s book is largely considered to be the blue print for the creation of the North American Union. Much of the contents of the book later appeared in a report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) entitled "Building a North American Community." That report was issued just a week before the Summit in Waco.
However, once these facts were demonstrated to Senator Cornyn, he immediately took efforts to assure S.3622 would not be voted on in the Senate. His spokesman stated that Senator Cornyn "is adamantly opposed to any ‘North American Union’ being formed like the EU had been formed in Europe." Regardless of how the Administration spins it, there is no congressional authorization for SPP actions or spending.
The SPP denies that it is planning to create a unique currency some have called the "Amero." However, on April 6, 2006, the SPP announced the formation of the Financial Services Working Group. According to its own news release, the Financial Group will focus on "enhancing processes for addressing banking, securities, and insurance issues." It goes on to say, "U.S. financial regulatory agencies will play a critical role in the SPP."
In truth, the SPP is being put into place incrementally. It will take years before everything is in place. It took the European Union several years to create the Euro. However, the guiding documents from Dr. Pastor’s book and the CFR report both call for the creation of a North American currency. It is obvious, if one dissects the double speak of the bureaucratic language of the SPP, in order for it to reach its goal to "reduce the cost of trade," "combat counterfeiting," and "facilitate trade" among three nations trying to act as one, the drive for a single currency will not be questioned.
And finally, there is the issue of the NAFTA super highway. NAFTA was the first step in creating a North American Union. It was sold as a means to enhance trade among the North American nations. All were promised greater exports, better jobs and better wages. In truth, NAFTA is an unmitigated failure for all but a very few. The U.S. trade deficit has soared to almost $1 trillion per year; The U.S. has lost some 1.5 million jobs and real wages in both the U.S. and Mexico have fallen significantly. Yet, the agenda is set and so our government presses on.
The latest objective is the NAFTA super highway on which construction is planned to begin next year. It would bisect Texas from its border with Mexico to Oklahoma. It will travel on to Kansas City where an "inland port" is now in the final planning stages.
Plans call for a ten lane, limited access highway to parallel I-35 It would have three lanes each way for passenger cars, two express lanes each way for trucks, rail lines both ways for people and freight, plus a utility corridor for oil and natural gas pipelines, electric towers, cables for communications and telephone lines. The highway will require the taking of more than 500,000 acres of private land and is estimated to displace a million Americans from their property. Eminent Domain will be the tool of choice for the massive land grab – now made easier by last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the Kelo case.
The Kansas City Smart Port will be literally the first checkpoint on a highway that will run all the way from Columbia through the Hartland of the United States. Mexico will have a facility on the KC Smart Port site that it now insists will be Mexican sovereign land.
To make the NAFTA super highway reality, the borders of the three nations must disappear. Immigration will simply become "migration." Border laws cannot exist. "Harmonizing" of our societies is becoming the catch phrase.
The SPP says its purpose is to guarantee security and prosperity for the three nations. The NAFTA model has already proven there will be no prosperity. The NAFTA super highway is proof there can be no security as we pave the way for more illegals to flood the nation, as truckloads of illegal drugs fly up the highway and terrorists just hitch a ride.
The United States is the most unique nation on earth. We were created out of a radical idea that free people, with their freedoms protected by the government would be happy and prosper beyond imagination. The idea worked. Now, the Bush Administration is ignoring this historic fact to "harmonize" us with Canada and especially Mexico, which is not a free country; has no property and has just proved its unworthiness of conducting free and fair elections. At risk are our culture, our wealth, and the once proud American way of life.
Americans must now understand that the battle to stop the North American Union is the last stand for a free and independent United States. That’s not a "Myth" it’s the truth.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Mexican Customs facility in Kansas City
Well here I go again on a tirade about the Mexican customs port planned for Kansas City. I located the text of the Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 071068, which regards finance for the facility.
The link I tried to provide is broken but you can google it under CityClerk.kcmo.org.
This is all PAID FOR by the City of Kansas City. Let's see, $600,000 just to pave the thing, and $2.5 million for construction of it. I've heard rumours that an old building in the West Bottoms area will be utilized, so if this is true, why do they need $2.5 million dollars???? There's also a stipulation in there for $20,000 additional reimbursement from the City for scouting for "other sites." I think this could possibly be money for officials' travel expenses back and forth between here and Mexico. I could be wrong though, but it's a sneaky suspicion.
I don't remember voting for this. Do you? Of course there is a "disclaimer" that Smartport will have to pay the City back, at a rate of 4 percent over 15 years. Gee...do you know of any business loans right now that are offering those kind of rates? Meanwhile, Kansas City residents are fighting to keep their mortgages paid at rates of 6.5% or higher in this volatile market and economy. Who does this benefit? Why, Mexico, of course! And when the North American Union is formed, and the Amero is forced upon us, who will we have to thank for it? Kansas City will have blood on their hands.
Now are we so stupid to think that we will actually get this money back? Having lived in Oklahoma City as well, I know just how quickly funds can get "paid back" to the city for services. There was a "MAPS" project in the works many years ago to help revitalize the downtown area of Bricktown. People naively voted for the additional sales tax. Then came the bombing and MILLIONS of dollars poured into the city. All of a sudden we see a river ride, new restaurants, new entertainment venues, all things that were not to be laid to ground for some time because of the collection of this MAPS tax. I even saw elected officials proudly proclaiming in the Gaylord empire's mouthpiece, The Daily Oklahoman, that funds from the bombing should be combined with MAPS taxes to "help rebuild" Oklahoma City. I bet they were giddy with excitement when they saw the envelopes of donations! Just like the televangelists. Meanwhile, MAPS taxes were collected in their entirety from the folks. Uh, did we get reimbursed for that? You decide.
That money was supposed to help the victims and small businesses get back on their feet, not to build a glitzy river ride. But it was all handled in the usual political way, behind closed doors and under the table shady deals. In the end, many bombing victims did not receive the fair compensation they were entitled to.
Don't get me wrong. I love Bricktown, but it should not have been paid for because of an act of domestic terrorism and the sincere outpouring of support from everyday Americans. And Kansas City could very well be headed down that same road, but instead of revitalizing it as they claim to be doing, the money we are paying for this will instead destroy American jobs and our economy in this beautiful city.
Meanwhile, we buy our hybrid cars to save on gas and pollution. Wait...I see some Mexican trucks coming up that superhighway without EPA regulations....
The link I tried to provide is broken but you can google it under CityClerk.kcmo.org.
This is all PAID FOR by the City of Kansas City. Let's see, $600,000 just to pave the thing, and $2.5 million for construction of it. I've heard rumours that an old building in the West Bottoms area will be utilized, so if this is true, why do they need $2.5 million dollars???? There's also a stipulation in there for $20,000 additional reimbursement from the City for scouting for "other sites." I think this could possibly be money for officials' travel expenses back and forth between here and Mexico. I could be wrong though, but it's a sneaky suspicion.
I don't remember voting for this. Do you? Of course there is a "disclaimer" that Smartport will have to pay the City back, at a rate of 4 percent over 15 years. Gee...do you know of any business loans right now that are offering those kind of rates? Meanwhile, Kansas City residents are fighting to keep their mortgages paid at rates of 6.5% or higher in this volatile market and economy. Who does this benefit? Why, Mexico, of course! And when the North American Union is formed, and the Amero is forced upon us, who will we have to thank for it? Kansas City will have blood on their hands.
Now are we so stupid to think that we will actually get this money back? Having lived in Oklahoma City as well, I know just how quickly funds can get "paid back" to the city for services. There was a "MAPS" project in the works many years ago to help revitalize the downtown area of Bricktown. People naively voted for the additional sales tax. Then came the bombing and MILLIONS of dollars poured into the city. All of a sudden we see a river ride, new restaurants, new entertainment venues, all things that were not to be laid to ground for some time because of the collection of this MAPS tax. I even saw elected officials proudly proclaiming in the Gaylord empire's mouthpiece, The Daily Oklahoman, that funds from the bombing should be combined with MAPS taxes to "help rebuild" Oklahoma City. I bet they were giddy with excitement when they saw the envelopes of donations! Just like the televangelists. Meanwhile, MAPS taxes were collected in their entirety from the folks. Uh, did we get reimbursed for that? You decide.
That money was supposed to help the victims and small businesses get back on their feet, not to build a glitzy river ride. But it was all handled in the usual political way, behind closed doors and under the table shady deals. In the end, many bombing victims did not receive the fair compensation they were entitled to.
Don't get me wrong. I love Bricktown, but it should not have been paid for because of an act of domestic terrorism and the sincere outpouring of support from everyday Americans. And Kansas City could very well be headed down that same road, but instead of revitalizing it as they claim to be doing, the money we are paying for this will instead destroy American jobs and our economy in this beautiful city.
Meanwhile, we buy our hybrid cars to save on gas and pollution. Wait...I see some Mexican trucks coming up that superhighway without EPA regulations....
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Buzz words, phrases and mispellings I'm sick of
As I watch these political debates, caucuses and primaries, I'm getting tired of certain phrases used by the candidates and media. Maybe it's the result of the writer's strike or something, I don't know. But something's got to give with this terrible use of the English language, and its deterioration in our everyday lives. A few examples:
"At the end of the day..." followed by whatever tag line du jour, used with the intention to prop up either side's candidate. All networks and print media seem to be guilty of this. (This means what exactly?) Taking the "moral high ground" and assuming something about American voters that they want or don't want, which may or may not be true? Frankly, it's overused and they need to get more creative with their coverage (or attempt thereof) GET RID OF IT! It sucks.
Okay. Home remodeling shows that keep using the phrase, "Make your room POP with color," "Just make that room you know, POP" and, "I wanna get that to just POP out." Almost every designer I watch is guilty of using this statement, and again, it's overused. The producers of these shows need to get with it.
"Absolutely." This word seems to be used as a put down rather than an agreeable statement. "Oh, absoloootely," with emphasis is particularly annoying when stressing a point that contradicts with another, combined with a condescending smile. This is particularly popular with guests on talk shows that want to duke it out regarding their ideology.
News reports. "Why this incident happened or why Mr. X did not return our phone calls was immediately unclear."
Unclear, inconclusive.....this means that they probably know but have been instructed not to say because it is immediately UNCLEAR just who might lose their jobs if they spill the beans. It's a nice little idiotic disclaimer that I hear or read every day, and it's really wearing me out.
"Couple minutes," "Couple times," "Couple pieces of..."
What's missing here? The word OF, of course! Come on...it's a simple one syllable word that won't take but a second to type or say.
"Your a moron."
"Your a great person, don't ever change!"
"Your so great!"
Sigh....must I keep going? "You are" means "You're!"
"Like you know, he was like, OMG! And like, I go, like yeah!"
"Hey like how ya doin? Like dude....OMG..."
(Do I REALLY need to explain this one?)
"Well you know I would of gone if I'd of known."
Sigh, I guess people just don't understand plain English anymore and can actually type or say, "I would have gone if I would have known," or I would've gone if I'd have known." RIDICULOUS!
Just another ramble from me on the downfall of our society as Americans.
"At the end of the day..." followed by whatever tag line du jour, used with the intention to prop up either side's candidate. All networks and print media seem to be guilty of this. (This means what exactly?) Taking the "moral high ground" and assuming something about American voters that they want or don't want, which may or may not be true? Frankly, it's overused and they need to get more creative with their coverage (or attempt thereof) GET RID OF IT! It sucks.
Okay. Home remodeling shows that keep using the phrase, "Make your room POP with color," "Just make that room you know, POP" and, "I wanna get that to just POP out." Almost every designer I watch is guilty of using this statement, and again, it's overused. The producers of these shows need to get with it.
"Absolutely." This word seems to be used as a put down rather than an agreeable statement. "Oh, absoloootely," with emphasis is particularly annoying when stressing a point that contradicts with another, combined with a condescending smile. This is particularly popular with guests on talk shows that want to duke it out regarding their ideology.
News reports. "Why this incident happened or why Mr. X did not return our phone calls was immediately unclear."
Unclear, inconclusive.....this means that they probably know but have been instructed not to say because it is immediately UNCLEAR just who might lose their jobs if they spill the beans. It's a nice little idiotic disclaimer that I hear or read every day, and it's really wearing me out.
"Couple minutes," "Couple times," "Couple pieces of..."
What's missing here? The word OF, of course! Come on...it's a simple one syllable word that won't take but a second to type or say.
"Your a moron."
"Your a great person, don't ever change!"
"Your so great!"
Sigh....must I keep going? "You are" means "You're!"
"Like you know, he was like, OMG! And like, I go, like yeah!"
"Hey like how ya doin? Like dude....OMG..."
(Do I REALLY need to explain this one?)
"Well you know I would of gone if I'd of known."
Sigh, I guess people just don't understand plain English anymore and can actually type or say, "I would have gone if I would have known," or I would've gone if I'd have known." RIDICULOUS!
Just another ramble from me on the downfall of our society as Americans.
Friday, February 8, 2008
The "Act of God" clause
I think it's time for the atheists and non believers to start suing everybody out there that includes an "Act of God" clause in their warranties, etc.
Here's an example:
Customers who purchase WHITESPA product for personal, family, and commercial use can rely upon our guarantee which covers all manufacture imperfection. However, we do not take responsibility for damages, defects or failures caused by delivery accident, misuse, fire and act of God. Also, we cannot give guarantee when customers deliberately change or modify the products for their own and when they do not follow the instructions. We provide warranty exclusively for the customers with registered cards.
Come on guys, where's your spirit? I see this everywhere on just about everything I purchase. So do you. Now I want to start seeing "act of evolutionary involvement" or "act of nature" or "act of Mother Earth" or something else politically correct on my warranties from now on!!!! Get out there and add this to your "to do" list along with removing "under God" from our pledges, "In God we trust" from our money, and "so help me God" when taking any oaths. I also don't want to see any swearing on Bibles anymore. I think we should start swearing on Darwin's "Origin of Species" from now on, or some socialistic/humanistic ideology. It just makes more sense, doesn't it?
This brings me to even more issues. I think we should give in to the UN, turn our power over to the international authorities, surrender our national identity, currency, and entire culture to those who want to infiltrate us and make us more "diverse." Come on! We can't be American patriots anymore. That's SO Reagan era. Big businesses run this country, we no longer do, so let's just give in!! No matter who gets elected president in 2008, it won't matter. America's gonna get sold out.
Here's an example:
Customers who purchase WHITESPA product for personal, family, and commercial use can rely upon our guarantee which covers all manufacture imperfection. However, we do not take responsibility for damages, defects or failures caused by delivery accident, misuse, fire and act of God. Also, we cannot give guarantee when customers deliberately change or modify the products for their own and when they do not follow the instructions. We provide warranty exclusively for the customers with registered cards.
Come on guys, where's your spirit? I see this everywhere on just about everything I purchase. So do you. Now I want to start seeing "act of evolutionary involvement" or "act of nature" or "act of Mother Earth" or something else politically correct on my warranties from now on!!!! Get out there and add this to your "to do" list along with removing "under God" from our pledges, "In God we trust" from our money, and "so help me God" when taking any oaths. I also don't want to see any swearing on Bibles anymore. I think we should start swearing on Darwin's "Origin of Species" from now on, or some socialistic/humanistic ideology. It just makes more sense, doesn't it?
This brings me to even more issues. I think we should give in to the UN, turn our power over to the international authorities, surrender our national identity, currency, and entire culture to those who want to infiltrate us and make us more "diverse." Come on! We can't be American patriots anymore. That's SO Reagan era. Big businesses run this country, we no longer do, so let's just give in!! No matter who gets elected president in 2008, it won't matter. America's gonna get sold out.
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