Our Social Security ;
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security
(FICA) Program. He promised:
1.) That participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary.
2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first
$1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program.
3.) That the money the participants elected to put Into the Program
would be deductible from Their income for tax purposes each year.
4.) That the money the participants put into the Independent "Trust
Fund" rather than into the General operating fund, and therefore,
would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no
other Government program, and,
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees Would never be taxed
as income.
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are Now receiving
a Social Security check every month -- And then finding that we are
getting taxed on 85% of The money we paid to the Federal government
to "put Away" -- you may be interested in the following:
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Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the Independent
"Trust Fund" and put it into the General fund so that Congress could
Spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically Controlled House and
Senate.
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Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax Deduction for
Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
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Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the "tie-breaking"
deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice
President of The US
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Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving Annuity payments to
immigrants?
A: That's right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.
AND MY FAVORITE:
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, Began to receive
Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments
to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!
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Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats
turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social
Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of Awareness will be
planted, and maybe changes will Evolve. Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully
sure of what isn't so.
But it's worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Terrorists to get Anti-Terrorist Training ...
November 26, 2007
U.S. to give terrorists anti-terror training courses
No, I am not making this up.
"Terror group told to prepare for U.S. training," from WorldNetDaily.com (thanks to Doug):
Much of the senior leadership of the most active Palestinian terrorist organization in the West Bank recently received orders to prepare to enter U.S.-run security training courses, according to the author of a new book.
The courses, meant to train forces to fight terrorism, are to be reportedly stepped up following this week's Annapolis summit.
WND's Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein, author of the recently released ""Schmoozing with Terrorists," said yesterday he received information much of the senior leadership of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group were told they will be entering U.S. anti-terror training courses for security forces associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah forces.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's declared military wing, took credit along with the Islamic Jihad terror group for every suicide bombing in Israel between 2005 and 2006. The Brigades is responsible for more terrorism from the West Bank than any other Palestinian Arab organization, carrying out thousands of shootings and grenade attacks.
Many members of the Brigades serve openly on Fatah's security forces, including the Force 17 presidential guards and Fatah's Preventative Security Services, which function as Palestinian police forces. Abbas last June appointed senior Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader Mahmoud Damra as commander of Force 17. Damra, who was arrested by Israel last November, was on the Jewish state's most-wanted list of terrorists.
The U.S. has been running bases in Jericho to train Fatah militias since the late 1990s. Over the years, the U.S. also has provided Fatah militias with arms, reportedly including thousands of high-powered assault rifles during the past year alone.
[...]
The U.S. training programs include courses in the use of weapons. They are being partially funded with a $86.5 million grant approved by Congress in April and are slated to be infused with more funds from a $400 million grant President Bush asked Congress to approve last month ahead of this week's U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit in Annapolis, Md.
The training courses are to be stepped up following the Annapolis summit to prepare Abbas' forces for their stated role in fighting terror in West Bank.
[...]
"It's scandalous that in the midst of the war on terror, our tax dollars are used to fund, train and arm the most active Palestinian West Bank jihad group," said Klein.
"It took no investigative reporting whatsoever on my part to discover members of U.S.-backed, trained and armed Fatah militias are also members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group," writes Klein. "I simply went around the West Bank and asked Fatah militia members, who walk around with American-provided high-power assault rifles, whether they are also in the Brigades."
[...]
Speaking to Klein through a translator, Yousuf said his American training was instrumental in attacks on Israelis.
"All the methods and techniques that we studied in these trainings, we applied them against the Israelis," he said.
"We sniped at Israeli settlers and soldiers," he said. "We broke into settlements and Israeli army bases and posts. We collected information on the movements of soldiers and settlers. We collected information about the best timing to infiltrate our bombers inside Israel. We used weapons and we produced explosives, and, of course, the training we received from the Americans and the Europeans were a great help to the resistance."
Yousuf said the training included both intelligence and military tactics.
[...]
The leader of the Brigades in Nablus, Ala Senakreh, received U.S. training and serves in the Palestinian Preventative Security forces. Senakreh is widely considered to be the West Bank chief of the Brigades; his cell is accused of planning multiple suicide bombings.
"In other words, a U.S.-trained police officer charged with stopping terrorism in Nablus is also the known head of the city's terror group. Something smells a little wrong here," writes Klein.
In his new book, Aaron Klein lists more such follies:
* The Bush administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons per year to Palestinian militias without official congressional oversight.
* U.S. weapons have been used in scores of terrorist shootings, including against Israeli schoolgirls.
* U.S. intelligence has coordinated security with terrorists.
* The U.S. funds Hamas-run schools and a university in which the chemistry lab has been used to produce rockets and suicide bomb belts.
* U.S.-funded streets and sports stadiums have been named after enemies of America, including Iraqi insurgent leaders, suicide bombers and even hanged Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
U.S. to give terrorists anti-terror training courses
No, I am not making this up.
"Terror group told to prepare for U.S. training," from WorldNetDaily.com (thanks to Doug):
Much of the senior leadership of the most active Palestinian terrorist organization in the West Bank recently received orders to prepare to enter U.S.-run security training courses, according to the author of a new book.
The courses, meant to train forces to fight terrorism, are to be reportedly stepped up following this week's Annapolis summit.
WND's Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein, author of the recently released ""Schmoozing with Terrorists," said yesterday he received information much of the senior leadership of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group were told they will be entering U.S. anti-terror training courses for security forces associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah forces.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's declared military wing, took credit along with the Islamic Jihad terror group for every suicide bombing in Israel between 2005 and 2006. The Brigades is responsible for more terrorism from the West Bank than any other Palestinian Arab organization, carrying out thousands of shootings and grenade attacks.
Many members of the Brigades serve openly on Fatah's security forces, including the Force 17 presidential guards and Fatah's Preventative Security Services, which function as Palestinian police forces. Abbas last June appointed senior Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader Mahmoud Damra as commander of Force 17. Damra, who was arrested by Israel last November, was on the Jewish state's most-wanted list of terrorists.
The U.S. has been running bases in Jericho to train Fatah militias since the late 1990s. Over the years, the U.S. also has provided Fatah militias with arms, reportedly including thousands of high-powered assault rifles during the past year alone.
[...]
The U.S. training programs include courses in the use of weapons. They are being partially funded with a $86.5 million grant approved by Congress in April and are slated to be infused with more funds from a $400 million grant President Bush asked Congress to approve last month ahead of this week's U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit in Annapolis, Md.
The training courses are to be stepped up following the Annapolis summit to prepare Abbas' forces for their stated role in fighting terror in West Bank.
[...]
"It's scandalous that in the midst of the war on terror, our tax dollars are used to fund, train and arm the most active Palestinian West Bank jihad group," said Klein.
"It took no investigative reporting whatsoever on my part to discover members of U.S.-backed, trained and armed Fatah militias are also members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group," writes Klein. "I simply went around the West Bank and asked Fatah militia members, who walk around with American-provided high-power assault rifles, whether they are also in the Brigades."
[...]
Speaking to Klein through a translator, Yousuf said his American training was instrumental in attacks on Israelis.
"All the methods and techniques that we studied in these trainings, we applied them against the Israelis," he said.
"We sniped at Israeli settlers and soldiers," he said. "We broke into settlements and Israeli army bases and posts. We collected information on the movements of soldiers and settlers. We collected information about the best timing to infiltrate our bombers inside Israel. We used weapons and we produced explosives, and, of course, the training we received from the Americans and the Europeans were a great help to the resistance."
Yousuf said the training included both intelligence and military tactics.
[...]
The leader of the Brigades in Nablus, Ala Senakreh, received U.S. training and serves in the Palestinian Preventative Security forces. Senakreh is widely considered to be the West Bank chief of the Brigades; his cell is accused of planning multiple suicide bombings.
"In other words, a U.S.-trained police officer charged with stopping terrorism in Nablus is also the known head of the city's terror group. Something smells a little wrong here," writes Klein.
In his new book, Aaron Klein lists more such follies:
* The Bush administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons per year to Palestinian militias without official congressional oversight.
* U.S. weapons have been used in scores of terrorist shootings, including against Israeli schoolgirls.
* U.S. intelligence has coordinated security with terrorists.
* The U.S. funds Hamas-run schools and a university in which the chemistry lab has been used to produce rockets and suicide bomb belts.
* U.S.-funded streets and sports stadiums have been named after enemies of America, including Iraqi insurgent leaders, suicide bombers and even hanged Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
This Christmas, BUY AMERICAN !
Make a Declaration of Independence this Holiday Season!
We are all too aware of how sovereignty eroding economic policies put into place by this elitist owned government have resulted in enslavement and set us on a marching path to a one world economy and banking system. It is through this that the elitist establishment will and has been pulling our country out from under us.
We should not complain about this then turn around and enable it! Actions speak louder than words,don't be a hypocrite!
BE FREE! BE INDEPENDENT! and BUY AMERICAN!
Yes it's more expensive and there may be less presents but the presents you do buy will mean so much more.The presents you buy for your children and loved ones will not enable the destruction of their nation and future.If you love your children and you love your family then the only CLEAR CHOICE you have is to buy American this holiday season. Tell your loved ones you care about them and BUY AMERICAN.
It's time we put our money where our mouths are. This means instead of buying 50 cheap Made in Communist China gifts at Wal-Mart we instead buy 25 gifts from retailers who carry American made gifts.This year, remember that less is more and BUY AMERICAN.
It's better for you, better for your family and better for America.
http://www.madeinusa.org/
http://www.buydirectusa.com/
http://www.shopforamerica.com
http://www.usmadetoys.com
http://www.unclegoosetoys.com
http://www.holgatetoy.com
http://www.maplelandmark.com
In addition to the sites listed above, many retailers carry Made in USA products.You do not have to buy everything online in order to buy American. Go to your local retailers with a discerning eye, check the labels. If it's not Made in USA , then place it back on the shelf to rot.
We are all too aware of how sovereignty eroding economic policies put into place by this elitist owned government have resulted in enslavement and set us on a marching path to a one world economy and banking system. It is through this that the elitist establishment will and has been pulling our country out from under us.
We should not complain about this then turn around and enable it! Actions speak louder than words,don't be a hypocrite!
BE FREE! BE INDEPENDENT! and BUY AMERICAN!
Yes it's more expensive and there may be less presents but the presents you do buy will mean so much more.The presents you buy for your children and loved ones will not enable the destruction of their nation and future.If you love your children and you love your family then the only CLEAR CHOICE you have is to buy American this holiday season. Tell your loved ones you care about them and BUY AMERICAN.
It's time we put our money where our mouths are. This means instead of buying 50 cheap Made in Communist China gifts at Wal-Mart we instead buy 25 gifts from retailers who carry American made gifts.This year, remember that less is more and BUY AMERICAN.
It's better for you, better for your family and better for America.
http://www.madeinusa.org/
http://www.buydirectusa.com/
http://www.shopforamerica.com
http://www.usmadetoys.com
http://www.unclegoosetoys.com
http://www.holgatetoy.com
http://www.maplelandmark.com
In addition to the sites listed above, many retailers carry Made in USA products.You do not have to buy everything online in order to buy American. Go to your local retailers with a discerning eye, check the labels. If it's not Made in USA , then place it back on the shelf to rot.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Muslim Counterfeit Ring
Jamaat ul Fuqra, Muslims of the Americas tied to U.S. counterfeit trade
By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director, & Judi McLeod, Founding Editor, Canada Free Press, November 16, 2007
16 November 2007: Earlier this year, a multi-million dollar counterfeit clothing ring based in New York City with its tentacles reaching into various states and internationally was busted by federal authorities after a lengthy investigation. Investigation revealed that at least three of those arrested have definitive ties to the terrorist organization Jamaat ul Fuqra and its front group, the Muslims of the Americas, led by Pakistani terrorist Sheikh Mubarek Ali Gilani. The latest action in this case occurred this week. On Wednesday, 14 November 2007, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson sentenced Ronald Roundtree, 51, a member of the Muslims of the Americas camp in Virginia to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a multi-state, multi-million dollar counterfeiting ring.
The counterfeiting ring was busted by federal authorities on 7 March 2007, as announced by the United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia. In a press release, authorities announced the arrest of eight-(8) individuals in Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York, as part of a FBI led investigation into trafficking in counterfeit goods and copyright infringement.
According to investigative reports, the counterfeit clothing ring led by Abbas CHOUMAN, 43, of Astoria, NY generated over $7 million in revenue. CHOUMAN was sentenced on Friday, 12 October 2007 to 57 months in federal prison for his role in the criminal copyright infringement scam. In September, HAQQ, PIERRE and HARMON were sentenced to 8, 24, and 27 month prison terms respectively for their roles in the operation; on August 2, Ishoc Uthman Ibn-Abdus SALAAM, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury in Richmond of attempted conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods. Additionally, Terri SINGLETON, 34, of Beckley, WV, one of ROUNDTREE's three wives, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods with ROUNDREE. SINGLETON received two years probation in a separate federal court penalty hearing last month.
As part of the investigation conducted by this agency, it was determined that three of the above named defendants, Ismail HAQQ, 33, Cherubin PIERRE, 32, and Ronald ROUNDTREE, 51 have ties to the Muslims of the Americas and Jamaat ul Fuqra encampments located within the United States and Canada. The headquarters for Jamaat ul Fuqra is located on the outskirts of Hancock, NY, nestled in a wooded area near the water reservoir that supplies the majority of fresh water to the greater New York City area.
Jamaat ul Fuqra is the Islamic terrorist organization operational within the United Stated and Canada that uses the Muslims of the Americas as an allegedly innocuous Islamic organization that is led by the Pakistani terrorist Sheikh Mubarek Gilani. Gilani, most notably, was identified as the Muslim leader that Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl was on his way to interview when he was kidnapped and brutally beheaded. Investigators from the Northeast Intelligence Network first reported on the activities of Jamaat ul Fuqra on this web site in a comprehensive report last year. That report drew the ire of Pakistani Sheikh Gilani against the Northeast Intelligence Network, along with denials of his involvement in any criminal or terrorist enterprise in the U.S.
As verified by Interpol, the FBI and CSIS, there is a vast amount of money being made in the sale of counterfeit goods, and in many cases, the profits are being funneled to Islamic terrorist groups. From brake pads to CDs and clothing, it's easy to find a source for "knock-off" goods in the city where you live. According to Interpol, most terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda, will have a counterfeiting arm built within their organization that raises money for the terrorist leaders to fund terror operations and sustain their organizations.
Despite the innocuous characterizations by some in law enforcement and neighboring residents that the Muslim compounds housing members of the Muslims of the Americas, or more precisely, Jamaat ul Fuqra are "good residents and neighbors," evidence uncovered by our investigation suggests that activities at these compounds could involve terrorist training. In addition to such training, additional evidence was uncovered that Gilani's disciples are involved in raising money for terrorist operations through Muslim charities inside the U.S. The counterfeiting operation is just one more method of fund raising for terrorism operations.
© Copyright Northeast Intelligence Network. All Rights reserved.
By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director, & Judi McLeod, Founding Editor, Canada Free Press, November 16, 2007
16 November 2007: Earlier this year, a multi-million dollar counterfeit clothing ring based in New York City with its tentacles reaching into various states and internationally was busted by federal authorities after a lengthy investigation. Investigation revealed that at least three of those arrested have definitive ties to the terrorist organization Jamaat ul Fuqra and its front group, the Muslims of the Americas, led by Pakistani terrorist Sheikh Mubarek Ali Gilani. The latest action in this case occurred this week. On Wednesday, 14 November 2007, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson sentenced Ronald Roundtree, 51, a member of the Muslims of the Americas camp in Virginia to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a multi-state, multi-million dollar counterfeiting ring.
The counterfeiting ring was busted by federal authorities on 7 March 2007, as announced by the United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia. In a press release, authorities announced the arrest of eight-(8) individuals in Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York, as part of a FBI led investigation into trafficking in counterfeit goods and copyright infringement.
According to investigative reports, the counterfeit clothing ring led by Abbas CHOUMAN, 43, of Astoria, NY generated over $7 million in revenue. CHOUMAN was sentenced on Friday, 12 October 2007 to 57 months in federal prison for his role in the criminal copyright infringement scam. In September, HAQQ, PIERRE and HARMON were sentenced to 8, 24, and 27 month prison terms respectively for their roles in the operation; on August 2, Ishoc Uthman Ibn-Abdus SALAAM, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury in Richmond of attempted conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods. Additionally, Terri SINGLETON, 34, of Beckley, WV, one of ROUNDTREE's three wives, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods with ROUNDREE. SINGLETON received two years probation in a separate federal court penalty hearing last month.
As part of the investigation conducted by this agency, it was determined that three of the above named defendants, Ismail HAQQ, 33, Cherubin PIERRE, 32, and Ronald ROUNDTREE, 51 have ties to the Muslims of the Americas and Jamaat ul Fuqra encampments located within the United States and Canada. The headquarters for Jamaat ul Fuqra is located on the outskirts of Hancock, NY, nestled in a wooded area near the water reservoir that supplies the majority of fresh water to the greater New York City area.
Jamaat ul Fuqra is the Islamic terrorist organization operational within the United Stated and Canada that uses the Muslims of the Americas as an allegedly innocuous Islamic organization that is led by the Pakistani terrorist Sheikh Mubarek Gilani. Gilani, most notably, was identified as the Muslim leader that Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl was on his way to interview when he was kidnapped and brutally beheaded. Investigators from the Northeast Intelligence Network first reported on the activities of Jamaat ul Fuqra on this web site in a comprehensive report last year. That report drew the ire of Pakistani Sheikh Gilani against the Northeast Intelligence Network, along with denials of his involvement in any criminal or terrorist enterprise in the U.S.
As verified by Interpol, the FBI and CSIS, there is a vast amount of money being made in the sale of counterfeit goods, and in many cases, the profits are being funneled to Islamic terrorist groups. From brake pads to CDs and clothing, it's easy to find a source for "knock-off" goods in the city where you live. According to Interpol, most terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda, will have a counterfeiting arm built within their organization that raises money for the terrorist leaders to fund terror operations and sustain their organizations.
Despite the innocuous characterizations by some in law enforcement and neighboring residents that the Muslim compounds housing members of the Muslims of the Americas, or more precisely, Jamaat ul Fuqra are "good residents and neighbors," evidence uncovered by our investigation suggests that activities at these compounds could involve terrorist training. In addition to such training, additional evidence was uncovered that Gilani's disciples are involved in raising money for terrorist operations through Muslim charities inside the U.S. The counterfeiting operation is just one more method of fund raising for terrorism operations.
© Copyright Northeast Intelligence Network. All Rights reserved.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
A Thanksgiving Lesson
A Thanksgiving lesson
Posted: November 23, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the people responsible for the American Thanksgiving tradition. Contrary to popular opinion, the Pilgrims didn't wear buckles on their shoes or hats. They weren't teetotalers, either. They smoked tobacco and drank beer. And, most importantly, their first harvest festival and subsequent "thanksgivings" weren't held to thank the local natives for saving their lives.
Do you know there are public schools in America today actually teaching that? Some textbooks, in their discomfort with open discussions of Christianity, say as much. I dare suggest most parents today know little more about this history than their children.
Yet, there is no way to divorce the spiritual from the celebration of Thanksgiving – at least not the way the Pilgrims envisioned it, a tradition dating back to the ancient Hebrews and their feasts of Succoth and Passover.
The Pilgrims came to America for one reason – to form a separate community in which they could worship God as they saw fit. They had fled England because King James I was persecuting those who did not recognize the Church of England's absolute civil and spiritual authority.
On the two-month journey of 1620, William Bradford and the other elders wrote an extraordinary charter – the Mayflower Compact. Why was it extraordinary? Because it established just and equal laws for all members of their new community – believers and non-believers alike. Where did they get such revolutionary ideas? From the Bible, of course.
When the Pilgrims landed in the New World, they found a cold, rocky, barren, desolate wilderness. There were no friends to greet them, Bradford wrote. No houses to shelter them. No inns where they could refresh themselves. During the first winter, half the Pilgrims died of sickness or exposure – including Bradford's wife. Though life improved for the Pilgrims when spring came, they did not really prosper. Why? Once again, the textbooks don't tell the story, but Bradford's own journal does. The reason they didn't succeed initially is because they were practicing an early form of socialism.
The original contract the Pilgrims had with their merchant-sponsors in London called for everything they produced to go into a common store. Each member of the community was entitled to one common share. All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belonged to the community. Bradford, as governor, recognized the inherent problem with this collectivist system.
"The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years ... that by taking away property, and bringing community into common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing – as if they were wiser than God," Bradford wrote. "For this community (so far as it was) was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense ... that was thought injustice."
What a surprise! Even back then people did not want to work without incentive. Bradford decided to assign a plot of land to each family to work and manage, thus turning loose the power of free enterprise. What was the result?
"This had very good success," wrote Bradford, "for it made all hands industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been."
As a result, the Pilgrims soon found they had more food than they could eat themselves. They set up trading posts and exchanged goods with the Indians. The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London much faster than expected. The success of the Plymouth colony thus attracted more Europeans and set off what we call the "Great Puritan Migration."
But it wasn't just an economic system that allowed the Pilgrims to prosper. It was their devotion to God and His laws. And that's what Thanksgiving is really all about. The Pilgrims recognized that everything we have is a gift from God – even our sorrows. Their Thanksgiving tradition was established to honor God and thank Him for His blessings and His grace.
Tomorrow we continue that tradition in my home – and I hope in yours. God bless you, God bless America, and Happy Thanksgiving.
Posted: November 23, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the people responsible for the American Thanksgiving tradition. Contrary to popular opinion, the Pilgrims didn't wear buckles on their shoes or hats. They weren't teetotalers, either. They smoked tobacco and drank beer. And, most importantly, their first harvest festival and subsequent "thanksgivings" weren't held to thank the local natives for saving their lives.
Do you know there are public schools in America today actually teaching that? Some textbooks, in their discomfort with open discussions of Christianity, say as much. I dare suggest most parents today know little more about this history than their children.
Yet, there is no way to divorce the spiritual from the celebration of Thanksgiving – at least not the way the Pilgrims envisioned it, a tradition dating back to the ancient Hebrews and their feasts of Succoth and Passover.
The Pilgrims came to America for one reason – to form a separate community in which they could worship God as they saw fit. They had fled England because King James I was persecuting those who did not recognize the Church of England's absolute civil and spiritual authority.
On the two-month journey of 1620, William Bradford and the other elders wrote an extraordinary charter – the Mayflower Compact. Why was it extraordinary? Because it established just and equal laws for all members of their new community – believers and non-believers alike. Where did they get such revolutionary ideas? From the Bible, of course.
When the Pilgrims landed in the New World, they found a cold, rocky, barren, desolate wilderness. There were no friends to greet them, Bradford wrote. No houses to shelter them. No inns where they could refresh themselves. During the first winter, half the Pilgrims died of sickness or exposure – including Bradford's wife. Though life improved for the Pilgrims when spring came, they did not really prosper. Why? Once again, the textbooks don't tell the story, but Bradford's own journal does. The reason they didn't succeed initially is because they were practicing an early form of socialism.
The original contract the Pilgrims had with their merchant-sponsors in London called for everything they produced to go into a common store. Each member of the community was entitled to one common share. All of the land they cleared and the houses they built belonged to the community. Bradford, as governor, recognized the inherent problem with this collectivist system.
"The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years ... that by taking away property, and bringing community into common wealth, would make them happy and flourishing – as if they were wiser than God," Bradford wrote. "For this community (so far as it was) was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For young men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense ... that was thought injustice."
What a surprise! Even back then people did not want to work without incentive. Bradford decided to assign a plot of land to each family to work and manage, thus turning loose the power of free enterprise. What was the result?
"This had very good success," wrote Bradford, "for it made all hands industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been."
As a result, the Pilgrims soon found they had more food than they could eat themselves. They set up trading posts and exchanged goods with the Indians. The profits allowed them to pay off their debts to the merchants in London much faster than expected. The success of the Plymouth colony thus attracted more Europeans and set off what we call the "Great Puritan Migration."
But it wasn't just an economic system that allowed the Pilgrims to prosper. It was their devotion to God and His laws. And that's what Thanksgiving is really all about. The Pilgrims recognized that everything we have is a gift from God – even our sorrows. Their Thanksgiving tradition was established to honor God and thank Him for His blessings and His grace.
Tomorrow we continue that tradition in my home – and I hope in yours. God bless you, God bless America, and Happy Thanksgiving.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
A Jew Who Gets It
Emerson, a Jew who gets it
A perspective of a moderate Muslim
At the risk of sounding anti-Semitic, I want to say this: either American Jews are completely clueless about the internal struggle inside Islam or they are so cowardly, that they are even afraid to voice their opinion. Or maybe it's a combination of both.
Every time there is a development that involves radical Islam, be it a Mayor of New York attending an Islamist parade, DOJ's officials attending an Islamist conference, or a protester being sued for having the balls to expose an Islamist-sponsored event at an amusement park, the American Jewish community is as quiet as a church mouse. It's like it is not even there.
The effect of this silence is devastating. Not for the Jewish community, not yet. That time is still to come. The silence affects the American Muslim community. Every time moderate Muslims are ignored and Islamists are legitimized (by either direct support from government representatives or silent support of the ADL), radicals gain ground. In the current PC climate, moderate Muslims have pretty much no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
Luckily for us, not everyone in the Jewish community is like that. There are some Jews that are speaking out. One of them is Steven Emerson, who has been warning the West about the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism since before PanAm 103. Most of his current work is focused on exposing the radicals masquerading as the moderates – those radicals who are embraced by the DOJ and the Pentagon, by the mayor of New York Bloomberg (Rudy would never get into bed with terrorist supporters) and the Treasury Department, by the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, by the Congress and the White House.
There is a war of ideas within Islam, and moderate Muslims are losing. Most of Muslim clergy and Muslim establishment are paid for by the Wahhabis. Moderate Muslims are being run out of Mosques and community centers, and in many cases are physically threatened. Moderate Muslims have no place in the media or public debate, because the place reserved for Muslims is filled by Islamic radicals, who attempt to make criticizing anything Islamic a taboo. According to the Islamists, a Muslim can do no wrong.
1. When a non-Muslim criticizes Islam or Muslims, he/she is an Islamophobe.
2. When a Muslim criticizes Islam or Muslim, he/she is not a real Muslim, therefore see #1.
This is a tactic used by "moderate" Muslims, the darlings of the government and the media. But how can you call someone who praises bin Laden, or has ties to Hamas, or calls for the elimination of Israel, or wants to replace the Constitution with the Koran a moderate? They are anything but moderates, however nobody except for a few people like Steven Emerson seems to notice that. But even when the Emersons of America appeal to the public, they are often being dismissed as alarmists and racists. Well, they are anything, but. You don't have to be a clairvoyant to predict the future when it comes to expansion of radical Islam and extinction of moderate Muslims. All you need to do is get your heads out of the sand.
Why our government is so forgiving and forgetful when it comes to individuals or organizations with known terrorist ties and anti-American views is beyond me. Why the Jewish leaders are so timid when it comes to the subject of radical Islam is incomprehensible.
I thank God every day for people like Steven Emerson, because they are the last glimmer of hope for moderate Muslims.
A perspective of a moderate Muslim
At the risk of sounding anti-Semitic, I want to say this: either American Jews are completely clueless about the internal struggle inside Islam or they are so cowardly, that they are even afraid to voice their opinion. Or maybe it's a combination of both.
Every time there is a development that involves radical Islam, be it a Mayor of New York attending an Islamist parade, DOJ's officials attending an Islamist conference, or a protester being sued for having the balls to expose an Islamist-sponsored event at an amusement park, the American Jewish community is as quiet as a church mouse. It's like it is not even there.
The effect of this silence is devastating. Not for the Jewish community, not yet. That time is still to come. The silence affects the American Muslim community. Every time moderate Muslims are ignored and Islamists are legitimized (by either direct support from government representatives or silent support of the ADL), radicals gain ground. In the current PC climate, moderate Muslims have pretty much no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
Luckily for us, not everyone in the Jewish community is like that. There are some Jews that are speaking out. One of them is Steven Emerson, who has been warning the West about the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism since before PanAm 103. Most of his current work is focused on exposing the radicals masquerading as the moderates – those radicals who are embraced by the DOJ and the Pentagon, by the mayor of New York Bloomberg (Rudy would never get into bed with terrorist supporters) and the Treasury Department, by the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, by the Congress and the White House.
There is a war of ideas within Islam, and moderate Muslims are losing. Most of Muslim clergy and Muslim establishment are paid for by the Wahhabis. Moderate Muslims are being run out of Mosques and community centers, and in many cases are physically threatened. Moderate Muslims have no place in the media or public debate, because the place reserved for Muslims is filled by Islamic radicals, who attempt to make criticizing anything Islamic a taboo. According to the Islamists, a Muslim can do no wrong.
1. When a non-Muslim criticizes Islam or Muslims, he/she is an Islamophobe.
2. When a Muslim criticizes Islam or Muslim, he/she is not a real Muslim, therefore see #1.
This is a tactic used by "moderate" Muslims, the darlings of the government and the media. But how can you call someone who praises bin Laden, or has ties to Hamas, or calls for the elimination of Israel, or wants to replace the Constitution with the Koran a moderate? They are anything but moderates, however nobody except for a few people like Steven Emerson seems to notice that. But even when the Emersons of America appeal to the public, they are often being dismissed as alarmists and racists. Well, they are anything, but. You don't have to be a clairvoyant to predict the future when it comes to expansion of radical Islam and extinction of moderate Muslims. All you need to do is get your heads out of the sand.
Why our government is so forgiving and forgetful when it comes to individuals or organizations with known terrorist ties and anti-American views is beyond me. Why the Jewish leaders are so timid when it comes to the subject of radical Islam is incomprehensible.
I thank God every day for people like Steven Emerson, because they are the last glimmer of hope for moderate Muslims.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
How to Piss Off Americans
How to piss off Americans
By Frosty Wooldridge (11/06/07)
This tribute focuses on American leaders who piss off Americans to the core of their being. It makes us so angry, we want to wring their necks. We want to tar and feather them. We need to send them out of town on a rail. We can't stand what they do to us!
First off, New York Governor Spitzer pissed off 80 percent of New Yorkers in his bid to provide illegal aliens a driver's license. That's the state where illegals blew up the World Trade Towers. That's the state where Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bloomberg favor and refuse to dissuade sanctuary policy for illegal aliens in New York.
At this moment, 29 government New York clerks claim they won't issue licenses to illegal aliens. A rash of New Yorkers seethe over Spitzer's initiative. He stands in violation of federal laws.
Behind him, in New Jersey, Governor Jon Corzine aids, abets and encourages illegal aliens. His side kick, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, offers sanctuary policy to all illegals even after two illegals, Godinez and Carranza executed three African-American college kids in the back of their heads while they kneeled on the ground. You better believe Corzine and Booker earned the wrath of voters, citizens and anyone with an ounce of common sense.
John Baldacci created the first sanctuary state in Maine to protect illegal aliens by the tens of thousands from arrest and deportation. Today, those same illegals flood into Maine as they drive drunk, kill, rape and displace Americans from their jobs. Citizens of Maine may increase their usage of hypertensive medications, stressed with the fight to bring their governor into line.
House Representative Chris Cannon of Utah aids, abets and cheers illegal aliens. He�s been celebrated by La Raza. He's a skunk whom no one wants to stand beside, but he continues his charade against the people of Utah and the U.S. Constitution with a passion that made Fox and now, Mexico's President Calderon fabulously proud. Cannon stands as a traitor to all Americans.
Not to be outdone, Kay Bailey-Hutchinson of Texas, pissed off Texans with her pro-illegal alien stance. No wonder Texas features 1.5 million illegal aliens. No wonder Parkland Hospital in Dallas delivers 95 percent anchor babies that cost Texans millions upon millions of throw-away dollars in medical and schooling costs.
Pete Domenici of New Mexico must love his state overrun by illegals as he hasn�t changed his indolence in all his years in the senate. He angers every red blooded American who stands by the Stars and Stripes.
Texas Governor Rick Perry stands around picking his nose while his state suffers an invasion one thousand times worse than General Santa Ana that killed every Texan at the Alamo. Worse today, Texans watch their schools overrun, their hospitals overwhelmed, their prisons bursting and their local police killed (Brian Jackson in Dallas), and citizens murdered by drunk illegal aliens as well as shoot-outs in Laredo that mimic the wild west days. Perry angers Texans especially at Farmer's Branch where they fight for their lives while that do-nothing governor does nothing.
We're pissed off at the Dirty Dozen corrupt republican senators who voted for the Dream Act two weeks ago to suck more of our tax dollars into the pockets of illegal aliens while they break our laws.
Americans sicken to hear the same old refrain, "Illegal immigration is a federal matter."
Listen you money-grubbing, chicken-stealin', gutter trash without 10 rounds between you (borrowing a phrase from Robert Ryan in Sam Peckinpah's Wild Bunch), Americans gnash their teeth more exasperated than ever at the lawless Bush, Cheney (Bush's brain), "Lapdog for war" McCain, "Senile" Specter, "Drunk" Ted Kennedy, "Coward" Kyle, "Feeble" Orrin Hatch, "Fool" Bacca, "All sweet and nice like a dull knife" Hillary Clinton, "Come-over" Carl Levin, Boxer, Feinstein, Harry "Icabod Crane" Reid, "Traitor" Martinez, "Nebraska's impotent" Hagel and every pathetic U.S. Senator that voted us into the Iraq War while they left the borders wide open in 1993, 2001 and TODAY!
To the noteworthy senators standing up for our country, I applaud you for defeating that disgusting amnesty in June. Americans thank you for your leadership in deafeating that stupid and corrupted Dream Act. It's time to defend this country from this invasion and all the consequences affecting our precious Republic. We demand our laws deforced and we demand you stand true to your oath of office and override those senators that refuse to do their duty to God and country.
Every time U.S. Senators vote against the Constitution in favor of illegal aliens whether it's to give them medical care, free schooling on our backs, translators for their languages, lawyers for their breaking our laws, freebees on our backs, scant enforcement of our laws--they vote against our Republic; they vote against the citizens of the USA. They degrade our citizenship to the lowest common denominator of a law breaker. Every time those weasels in Congress with no integrity stand for this continued invasion, we suffer the consequences and we're sick of it!
You, Bush for your leaderless stand at the helm as you spin the wheel of our ship of state like it was Pat Sajak's "Wheel of Fortune." Worse, you might as well be spinning the wheel on the "Price is Right" as you see which of our kids suffers death in Iraq or amputation or burns or worse in this insane and useless overseeing of that civil war in the sands of the Middle East.
May God grant us new leaders with brains, souls, integrity for our citizens, our language, our way of life and the United States of America.
Copyright © 2007 Frosty Wooldridge All Rights Reserved.
By Frosty Wooldridge (11/06/07)
This tribute focuses on American leaders who piss off Americans to the core of their being. It makes us so angry, we want to wring their necks. We want to tar and feather them. We need to send them out of town on a rail. We can't stand what they do to us!
First off, New York Governor Spitzer pissed off 80 percent of New Yorkers in his bid to provide illegal aliens a driver's license. That's the state where illegals blew up the World Trade Towers. That's the state where Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bloomberg favor and refuse to dissuade sanctuary policy for illegal aliens in New York.
At this moment, 29 government New York clerks claim they won't issue licenses to illegal aliens. A rash of New Yorkers seethe over Spitzer's initiative. He stands in violation of federal laws.
Behind him, in New Jersey, Governor Jon Corzine aids, abets and encourages illegal aliens. His side kick, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, offers sanctuary policy to all illegals even after two illegals, Godinez and Carranza executed three African-American college kids in the back of their heads while they kneeled on the ground. You better believe Corzine and Booker earned the wrath of voters, citizens and anyone with an ounce of common sense.
John Baldacci created the first sanctuary state in Maine to protect illegal aliens by the tens of thousands from arrest and deportation. Today, those same illegals flood into Maine as they drive drunk, kill, rape and displace Americans from their jobs. Citizens of Maine may increase their usage of hypertensive medications, stressed with the fight to bring their governor into line.
House Representative Chris Cannon of Utah aids, abets and cheers illegal aliens. He�s been celebrated by La Raza. He's a skunk whom no one wants to stand beside, but he continues his charade against the people of Utah and the U.S. Constitution with a passion that made Fox and now, Mexico's President Calderon fabulously proud. Cannon stands as a traitor to all Americans.
Not to be outdone, Kay Bailey-Hutchinson of Texas, pissed off Texans with her pro-illegal alien stance. No wonder Texas features 1.5 million illegal aliens. No wonder Parkland Hospital in Dallas delivers 95 percent anchor babies that cost Texans millions upon millions of throw-away dollars in medical and schooling costs.
Pete Domenici of New Mexico must love his state overrun by illegals as he hasn�t changed his indolence in all his years in the senate. He angers every red blooded American who stands by the Stars and Stripes.
Texas Governor Rick Perry stands around picking his nose while his state suffers an invasion one thousand times worse than General Santa Ana that killed every Texan at the Alamo. Worse today, Texans watch their schools overrun, their hospitals overwhelmed, their prisons bursting and their local police killed (Brian Jackson in Dallas), and citizens murdered by drunk illegal aliens as well as shoot-outs in Laredo that mimic the wild west days. Perry angers Texans especially at Farmer's Branch where they fight for their lives while that do-nothing governor does nothing.
We're pissed off at the Dirty Dozen corrupt republican senators who voted for the Dream Act two weeks ago to suck more of our tax dollars into the pockets of illegal aliens while they break our laws.
Americans sicken to hear the same old refrain, "Illegal immigration is a federal matter."
Listen you money-grubbing, chicken-stealin', gutter trash without 10 rounds between you (borrowing a phrase from Robert Ryan in Sam Peckinpah's Wild Bunch), Americans gnash their teeth more exasperated than ever at the lawless Bush, Cheney (Bush's brain), "Lapdog for war" McCain, "Senile" Specter, "Drunk" Ted Kennedy, "Coward" Kyle, "Feeble" Orrin Hatch, "Fool" Bacca, "All sweet and nice like a dull knife" Hillary Clinton, "Come-over" Carl Levin, Boxer, Feinstein, Harry "Icabod Crane" Reid, "Traitor" Martinez, "Nebraska's impotent" Hagel and every pathetic U.S. Senator that voted us into the Iraq War while they left the borders wide open in 1993, 2001 and TODAY!
To the noteworthy senators standing up for our country, I applaud you for defeating that disgusting amnesty in June. Americans thank you for your leadership in deafeating that stupid and corrupted Dream Act. It's time to defend this country from this invasion and all the consequences affecting our precious Republic. We demand our laws deforced and we demand you stand true to your oath of office and override those senators that refuse to do their duty to God and country.
Every time U.S. Senators vote against the Constitution in favor of illegal aliens whether it's to give them medical care, free schooling on our backs, translators for their languages, lawyers for their breaking our laws, freebees on our backs, scant enforcement of our laws--they vote against our Republic; they vote against the citizens of the USA. They degrade our citizenship to the lowest common denominator of a law breaker. Every time those weasels in Congress with no integrity stand for this continued invasion, we suffer the consequences and we're sick of it!
You, Bush for your leaderless stand at the helm as you spin the wheel of our ship of state like it was Pat Sajak's "Wheel of Fortune." Worse, you might as well be spinning the wheel on the "Price is Right" as you see which of our kids suffers death in Iraq or amputation or burns or worse in this insane and useless overseeing of that civil war in the sands of the Middle East.
May God grant us new leaders with brains, souls, integrity for our citizens, our language, our way of life and the United States of America.
Copyright © 2007 Frosty Wooldridge All Rights Reserved.
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